Luchador - Hector Guerrero

Hector Manuel Guerrero Llanes (born October 11, 1954) is a Mexican-American professional wrestler, better known simply by his paternal name, Hector Guerrero. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a Spanish color commentator and road agent.

Guerrero was born in Mexico City, Mexico, but his family relocated to El Paso, Texas in the United States of America when he was young. Guerrero attended the University of Texas at El Paso, graduating with a bachelor's degree in physical education.

Guerrero trained as a wrestler under his father, Gory, and debuted in 1977 as Hector Guerrero. Early in his career, he wrestled primarily in California, often teaming with his brothers Chavo and Mando.

In the mid-1980s, Guerrero wrestled for NWA: Jim Crockett Promotions as the masked Lazer-Tron. Guerrero teamed with Jimmy Valiant and feuded with the New Breed. Guerrero went on to feud with Denny Brown for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, and teamed with Manny Fernandez as "The Latin Connection" until Fernandez turned on him to join Rick Rude and Paul Jones.

In the late 1980s, Guerrero wrestled in the American Wrestling Association, winning the AWA World Tag Team Championship with Dr. D.

After leaving the NWA, Guerrero joined the United States Wrestling Association, where he became known for throwing a compound (supposedly extracted from jalapeño) in the eyes of his opponents to temporarily blind them. Guerrero teamed with Dr. Diablo until inadvertently throwing the extract in Diablo's eyes and blinding his own partner, causing the team to split.

In 1990, Guerrero appeared in the World Wrestling Federation at the 1990 Survivor Series, wearing a turkey costume and performing under the name Gobbledygooker. Although the costume was new, he did reappear as the Gobbledygooker in the Gimmick Battle Royal at WrestleMania X-Seven.

Guerrero appeared with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion in 1995, unsuccessfully challenging 2 Cold Scorpio for the ECW Television Championship at Return of The Funker.

Guerrero appeared in World Championship Wrestling in 1997 to confront his brother Eddie about his onscreen behavior. He left the promotion after losing to his brother in a singles match on an episode of WCW Saturday Night. Eddie Guerrero stated in his autobiography that Hector left WCW because he was unhappy with the way he was treated.

On March 1, 2007, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling announced that Guerrero had been hired by TNA as a Spanish color commentator and road agent. On March 8, 2007, he was presented with an award for "achievements in the sport of professional wrestling" by TNA and the Hispanic Legacy Foundation. [2] At Lockdown 2007, Hector helped Team 3-D defeat LAX in an Electric Steel Cage Tag Team Match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship when he stopped Konnan from entering the cage.

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Luchador - Salvador "Gory" Guerrero Quesada

Salvador "Gory" Guerrero Quesada (January 11, 1921 – April 18, 1990) was one of the premier Hispanic professional wrestlers in the early days of Lucha Libre when most wrestlers were imported from outside of Mexico.

Gory was born in Ray, Arizona but his family moved shortly thereafter to California where he went to an English school. His family moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco in Mexico and Gori used his language skills at a pottery shop. In Guadalajara, he joined the local "Box y Lucha" club (intending to learn boxing) and was trained by the legendary trainer Diablo Velasco as one of his first protegés. He made his debut shortly after in 1937 in Guadalajara.

Over the next few years, he would make important friends, learn more about the tricks of the trade and amateur wrestling. He made his debut for the Mexico City promotion Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre in 1943. He quickly rose the ranks, being named "Rookie of the Year" and winning two titles in 1945, the National Welterweight title (which he never lost) and the National Middleweight title. His feud with Cavernario Galindo is considered to be one of the first true blood feuds in the history of professional wrestling. The feud later evolved into a tag feud, with El Santo on the side of Gori Guerrero, forming the legendary tag team La Pareja Atómica, and Black Shadow teaming with Galindo.

He continued his success, defeating Tarzán López for the NWA Middleweight title and even wrestling a match with NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz. He broke away from EMLL and worked as an independent in the mid-sixties, also beginning to branch out into booking. As he got older he was wrestling less and less until he retired in the 1980s. He died at the age of 69 in 1990 in El Paso, Texas.

Gori is best remembered for his aggressive technical style and he is credited with the invention of La de a Caballo (or "Camel Clutch" as it is known in the U.S. since it was used by Middle Eastern heels like The Sheik) and the Gori Special, a back to back stretch hold which has been modified into a facebuster move (Gory Bomb) or a neckbreaker/backbreaker (Widow's Peak). He was well respected by several generations of luchadores for his toughness and ability.

A key part of his legacy are his children, Chavo Guerrero Sr. (whose son Chavo Guerrero Jr. is also a wrestler), Hector, Mando, and Eddie Guerrero. He also has two daughters, Cuqui and Linda. His wife Herlinda was the sister of Mexican wrestler Enrique Llanes. He was a born-again Christian and raised his children in the Baptist Church.

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Luchador - Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes / Eddie Guerrero

Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005), better known by his ring name Eddie Guerrero, was a Mexican American professional wrestler, born into a legendary Mexican wrestling family. Through the 1990s, he had a distinguished career, working for every major professional wrestling promotion in the United States during that period: Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment.

Guerrero's in-ring character was that of a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. His famous mantra became "Cheat to Win". Despite being a heel for much of his career, he became popular in and outside the ring.

Throughout his career, Guerrero encountered various substance abuse problems outside of wrestling, including alcoholism and an addiction to pain killers. His problems outside of the ring were sometimes integrated into his storylines. Notwithstanding these issues, Guerrero won numerous titles during his career, including the WWE Championship.

Guerrero came from a legendary wrestling family. His father, Gory Guerrero, was a founding father of Lucha Libre, a prominent wrestling trainer and an influential figure in Mexican professional wrestling. His three brothers Chavo Guerrero, Hector Guerrero and Mando Guerrero all followed in their father's footsteps and became professional wrestlers. Guerrero's nephew, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. also became a wrestler, while his uncle Enrique Llanes and cousin Javier Llanes wrestled in Mexico. As a boy, Guerrero's father allowed him and Chavo Jr. to wrestle one another during intermissions in the wrestling arena that Gory owned. Guerrero was born in Juarez, Mexico and raised in El Paso, Texas and attended the University of New Mexico as well as New Mexico Highlands University on an athletic scholarship, where he wrestled collegiately, before returning to El Paso to train as a professional wrestler. He debuted in 1987 in the Mexican Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre promotion. He became a star in Mexico long before he wrestled in the United States. In the late 1980s, Guerrero debuted in the National Wrestling Alliance affiliate World Championship Wrestling (formerly known as Jim Crockett Promotions) as a jobber. While wrestling in Juarez, Guerrero and 5 other wrestlers, were accused of statuary rape on a underage wrestling groupie, who had become pregnant. Out of the five accused, the Mexican authorities went after Eddie, due to him being American. He then left Juarez and did not return for several years, in fear of being arrested

In 1993, Guerrero began wrestling in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he was known as Black Tiger II. In Mexico, he wrestled mainly for Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion, teaming with El Hijo del Santo as the new version of La Pareja Atómica (The Atomic Pair), the legendary tag team of Gory Guerrero and El Santo. After Guerrero turned on Santo and allied with Art Barr as La Pareja del Terror (The Pair of Terror), the duo became arguably the most hated tag team in lucha libre history. Along with Barr, Konnan, Chicano Power and Madonna’s Boyfriend, Guerrero formed Los Gringos Locos (The Crazy Americans), a heel stable. Guerrero later said that no matter how many people joined Los Gringos Locos, the stable was all about Art. Los Gringos Locos feuded mostly with El Hijo del Santo and his partner Octagón, eventually ending in a Hair vs. Mask match at the first lucha pay-per-view in America, When Worlds Collide, which they lost.

Guerrero and Barr's first break would come when they were noticed in late 1994 by the owner of Extreme Championship Wrestling, Paul Heyman, and were approached about wrestling for him in 1995. However, Barr died before he could join ECW with Guerrero. As an homage to his fallen friend, Guerrero adopted his friend's finishing move, the Frog Splash.

Guerrero won the ECW World Television Championship on his debut and went on to have a series of acclaimed matches with Dean Malenko before they both signed with World Championship Wrestling later that year. After their last match which ended in a draw in a 2 out of 3 falls match at the ECW arena, the locker room emptied and the two were carried around the ring by their fellow wrestlers while the crowd chanted "Please don't go."

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Luchador - Chavo Guerrero, Jr.

Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (born Salvador Chavito Guerrero III on October 20, 1970) is a third generation American professional wrestler and member of the famed Guerrero wrestling family.

He is the grandson of Gory Guerrero; the son of Chavo Guerrero, Sr.; the nephew of Eddie Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, Mando Guerrero and Enrique Llanes; and the cousin of Javier Llanes and Hector Mejia. He is currently working on the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment, where he is the reigning WWE Cruiserweight Champion.

His grandfather Gory Guerrero was one of the most famous wrestlers in Mexican history. His father, Chavo Guerrero, Sr., was also a legendary wrestler in Mexico, and worked in WWE as a part-time wrestler and full-time manager. One of his uncles, Eddie Guerrero, was one of WWE's biggest stars. Eddie performed for the SmackDown! brand, as did Chavo Sr. (aka Chavo Classic). Chavo Jr. has two other uncles (Mando and Hector) who have had successful careers in the business.

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Luchador - Chavo Guerrero, Sr.

Chavo Guerrero, Sr. (born Salvador Guerrero Llanes on January 7, 1949) is a former professional wrestler.

Earlier in his career, Chavo had feuded with Roddy Piper in California and Atsushi Onita in Japan over lighter-weight titles.

He usually teamed with his brothers, Mando and Hector wherever he wrestled. Prior to wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment, his biggest exposure was in the late 1980s wrestling in the American Wrestling Association on ESPN. He was teaming with his brother Mando to go after the AWA World Tag Team Championship held by Diamond Dallas Page's team of Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka).

Chavo Guerrero began working for World Wrestling Entertainment. He debuted on the January 15, 2004 episode of SmackDown! coming in to join with his son Chavo, Jr. in feud with his brother Eddie. While with WWE, Guerrero had a brief reign as Cruiserweight Champion, becoming the oldest Cruiserweight Champion in history. On June 15, 2004, he was fired by WWE for no-showing a SmackDown! house show two days earlier.

His son Salvador Chavito Guerrero III, better known as Chavo Jr. (also known as Chavo Guerrero) continues to perform for WWE. His youngest brother, Eduardo, better known as Eddie Guerrero, also performed in WWE until his death in November 2005.

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Juventud Guerrera - Triple AAA Lucha Libre

Juventud Guerrera (born Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández on November 23, 1974 in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional wrestler who has worked for World Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Extreme Championship Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, World Wrestling Entertainment and Xtreme Pro Wrestling. He is the son of Mexican wrestling legend Fuerza Guerrera (Warrior Strengh or Fighting Force in Spanish). Juventud Guerrera means "Youth Warrior" in Spanish

Early in his career Guerrera was a main stay in the Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion promotion. He had a very lengthy fued with Rey Mysterio, Jr. in which they traded the AAA Welterwieght title back and forth. The pair also had several tag team matches in which Guerrera would team with his father Fuerza, while Rey, Jr. would tag with uncle and trainer Rey Misterio, Sr.

Juventud Guerrera wrestled in many Mexician independent promotions as a masked wrestler but he first gained American exposure in Extreme Championship Wrestling alongside fellow luchadores Rey Misterio Jr., Psicosis, Konnan and La Parka, all of whom were also wrestling for Konnan's Promo Azteca in Mexico at the time. When Konnan left for WCW, Juvi and the rest followed.

In WCW, Juvi made his WCW debut on August 26, 1996 in a victory over Billy Kidman. Prior to signing with WCW, he competed briefly in ECW. He would compete throughout 1996 and 1997 under a mask, like he had in Mexico and ECW. His most remembered matches of '96 and '97 were clashes with fellow luchadores Rey Mysterio and Psicosis. Guerrera pinned the Ultimo Dragon for the WCW Cruiserweight title on January 8, 1998. He would then lose the title to Rey Misterio, Jr., and Chris Jericho would beat him again in a Mask vs Title match forcing Juvi to unmask. Later in the year, Juvi defeated Jericho at Road Wild 98 to capture his second Cruiserweight Championship. He retained the belt at Fall Brawl '98 before losing it to Billy Kidman the following night on Nitro.

At Spring Stampede '99, Juvi faced Blitzkrieg in what many consider the 1999 Match of the Year. Later Juvi became an announcer on WCW Thunder, after he suffered an injury. Juvi often imitated The Rock by calling himself The Juice and saying The Rock's catch phrases. He joined Rey Mysterio, Konnan, Billy Kidman, and others to form the Filthy Animals and during the group's run, Juvi and Mysterio became the WCW Tag Team Champions.

Guerrera went on to wrestle for many other promotions including Xtreme Pro Wrestling, CMLL, WWA, AAA, and Frontier Wrestling Alliance He frequently teamed with Rey Mysterio in CMLL before Rey's signing with WWE. He joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

In TNA, Guerrera was joined by fellow AAA wrestlers: Mr. Águila, Héctor Garza, Abismo Negro, Heavy Metal to form a group first know as Team AAA, then later as Team Mexico to compete in TNA's World X Cup Matches. Guerrera would also take part in the 2003 Super X Cup advancing through to the final only to be defeated by Chris Sabin.

When TNA's working relationship with AAA came to an end the group dispanded, and Juvi was released to continue working for Lucha Libre promotions.

Juventud Guerrera had signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in spring 2005. He debuted on television, wrestling simply as Juventud (the Guerrera was dropped, possibly to avoid confusion with Chavo and Eddie Guerrero) on June 18, 2005, defeating Funaki on SmackDown!'s sister show Velocity. On June 23 he, Super Crazy and Psicosis (collectively called "The Mexicools") interrupted a match between Chavo Guerrero and Paul London by riding to the ring on a lawn mower and attacking both wrestlers.

This was followed week by week of The Mexicools interrupting matches and beating down seemingly random wrestlers and cutting promos, Juventud quickly established himself as the mouthpiece/leader of the group and began using his old gimmick name of "The Juice".

At the 2005 Great American Bash on July 24, The Mexicools defeated the bWo, a team led by Stevie Richards, in a six-man tag team match.

After more weeks of interruptions and sneak attacks, Juventud and the group were sent down to the SmackDown! B-show, Velocity. The group fueded with Velocity main-stay and Cruiserwieght Champion, Nunzio and his tag partner, Vito. Members of The Mexicools picked up numerous pin fall victories over the champion during this time.

At the October 4 SmackDown! tapings, for Velocity, Juventud (along with Super Crazy and Psicosis) faced Brian Kendrick, Paul London, Scotty 2 Hotty and Funaki in an over-the-top battle royal with the stipulation that the winner would receive a title shot at the Cruiserweight Championship at No Mercy. After finally eliminating Paul London, Juventud won the battle royal and the title shot. At the event on October 9, he defeated Nunzio following a Juvi Driver to capture the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

Juventud later went on to lose the title back to Nunzio at a live event in Italy. On November 25 however, Juventud regained the gold on an edition of SmackDown! from England, following a Juvi Driver. Guerrera lost the title to Kid Kash at Armageddon on December 18, 2005.

On January 6, 2006, WWE announced that Juventud had been released from the company. His final match aired that evening on SmackDown!, a Cruiserweight title rematch against Kid Kash which Juventud lost. During this match, Juventud would use many high flying moves - despite WWE telling its cruiserweights to tone down those aerial moves - and the 450 splash, a move WWE outright banned due to an earlier match Juventud had when he botched the move and ended up fracturing bones in Paul London's face.

Juventud Guerrera would return to Mexico to compete with AAA. Guerrera first appeared on April 30th and formed a new stable known as "Mexican Power" that will include Crazy Boy, who is the first cousin of Super Crazy, and Joe Lider.

During a TNA vs. AAA Mexico show, Juventud was one of the Mexican wrestlers who aided LAX attack A.J. Styles. This footage was later shown on the October 5, 2006 edition of TNA iMPACT!

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Fuerza Guerrera - Triple AAA Lucha Libre

Height: 5 ft 7 in
Weight: 175 lb
Birthday: December 13, 1953
Hometown: Mexico City, Distrito Federal
Previous Gimmicks: El Lider, Cachorro Gonzalez
Professional debut: 1978

Fuerza Guerrera (Spanish for "Warrior Power") is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is the father of Juventud Guerrera and currently wrestles for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.

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Luchadore: Silver King

Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight: 217 lb (98 kg)
Birthday: January 9, 1968
Hometown: Torreón, Coahuila
Trained by: Dr. Wagner & Gran Markus
Debut: November, 1985
Previous identities: El Invasor, Silver King, Dr. Wagner, Jr. (for one New Japan tour), Black Tiger III, Bronco

César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón is a Mexican pro wrestler known best as Silver King or Black Tiger III. He is the son of luchador Dr. Wagner and the brother of Dr. Wagner, Jr..

He began his career as Silver King in the Universal Wrestling Association and lost his mask early to El Hijo del Santo. He formed a tag team with El Texano called "The Cowboys" and the tandem saw success with a UWA and WWA World Tag Team title reigns and an appearance on WCW's Clash of the Champions XIX in 1992 being defeated by The Fabulous Freebirds. In 1993, Texano and Silver King jumped to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where they continued their success by winning the vacant CMLL tag titles. In singles competition, Silver King feuded with veterans such as Scorpio and Emilio Charles, Jr. and he won the CMLL World Heavyweight title by defeating Black Magic Norman Smiley in 1994. In 1996, he and his brother Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated Dos Caras and Último Dragón to win the vacant CMLL World Tag-Team titles but in 1997, Silver King joined WCW full time and gave up his half of the title.

Other than a Cruiserweight title challenge against Juventud Guerrera on the 1998 Fall Brawl pay-per-view, he did not receive much of a push, mostly wrestling in opening matches, even though he was a member of the short-lived Latino World Order. He began teaming with El Dandy as Los Fabulosos with Stacy Keibler managing but when Vince Russo took over booking, most of the luchadores in WCW's employ were released or given a much smaller role. After leaving WCW, he returned to CMLL and began wrestling for CMLL's Japanese affiliate, New Japan Pro Wrestling. In 2001, he adopted the Black Tiger character previously used by Eddie Guerrero. As Black Tiger, he wrestled several tours with New Japan and had an unsuccessful IWGP Tag Team Championship attempt with his brother against Jushin Liger and El Samurai in 2001. In 2003, New Japan used Mexican wrestlers less and less so Black Tiger wrestled mostly for CMLL, usually as Dr. Wagner, Jr.'s back-up. However, since Black Tiger was supposed to be Japanese (for the Mexican storyline - New Japan had always given the Black Tiger character to a foreigner), the relationship was not publicly recognized by CMLL even when Tiger, Wagner and Universo 2000 won the CMLL World Trios title that year.

After losing the title to Canek, Black Warrior and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. in 2004, Dr. Wagner, Jr. turned técnico (face) when Dr. Wagner, Sr. died. This left Tiger without much to do and he wrestled mainly in IWRG, Arena Coliseo, CMLL's secondary arena, or he filled in holes in Arena Mexico cards. In 2005, Rocky Romero debuted as New Japan's new Black Tiger. González continued to use the name but CMLL decided to repackage him as "El Bronco." His debut, where he teamed with Elektro (a wrestler from AAA) and L.A. Park against the original members of Los Guerreros del Infierno, was a huge failure. The crowd did not buy Elektro or Bronco and a rematch set for next week on top of the Gran Alterntiva tournament was quickly changed with Hijo del Lizmark and Místico filling in and Bronco replacing Lizmark in the tournament. Elektro was never used again and Bronco was used occasionally in midcard roles. Despite the name change in CMLL, he continued to wrestle as "Black Tiger" in IWRG and in independent promotions. After months of delays due to injuries, he finally lost the Black Tiger mask to L.A. Park in his hometown of Torreón and began wrestling as Silver King again. He stars in the Paramount Pictures Production Nacho Libre as Ramses, in which he dons a golden mask; since then, he has gone on to wrestle in Mexico as the Ramses character.

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Luchadore: Héctor Garza

Héctor Garza (born Héctor Solano Segura) is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

Solano began wrestling as Héctor Garza in 1992 after being trained by his two uncles for the FILL promotion in his native Monterrey. In 1995, he brought to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre on the técnico (face) side as part of CMLL's rebuilding after the split with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. He was put over veteran rudos (heels) like Bestia Salvaje and Satánico in hair matches and Garza quickly became one of the top técnicos in the company. In the following year, he teamed with Dos Caras and La Fiera to win the CMLL World Tríos Title and won the "Copa Junior," a tournament for the sons of wrestlers. However, after being a part of the shocking El Hijo del Santo heel turn, he jumped for a short period to rival AAA.

His stay in AAA was short although he did participate in a match on the 1997 World Wrestling Federation Royal Rumble pay-per-view when the WWF and AAA had a working agreement. He went to World Championship Wrestling later in the year and WCW added "Jr." to his name although his father wrestled as Humberto Garza. He was best known in WCW for his twirling turnbuckle to floor plancha called The Corkscrew Plancha, a move he botched more than he hit. Other than a victory over Scott Hall, he did not receive any push, mostly wrestling on WCW's minor shows, even when he became part of the Latino World Order. On February 25, 1999 he suffered the weirdest of wrestling injuries in a match against Psicosis on WCW Thunder when he tore his scrotum[1]. Later in 1999, he returned to AAA and became part of a multi-man feud with other younger wrestlers like Heavy Metal, Latin Lover and Perro Aguayo, Jr.. Different combinations of the four battled in various gimmick matches with Garza winning Metal's hair in 2001. In 2002, the focus of the feud became Latin Lover and Héctor Garza. In 2003, the two faced each other in a hair vs. hair match and, for the first time in Garza's career, he lost.

In 2004, he returned to the United States for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling during AAA's working agreement with the company. Along with Abismo Negro, Juventud Guerrera, Mr. Aguila and later Heavy Metal, "Team Mexico" was successful in winning the America's X-Cup. After Team Canada was repackaged, Team Mexico became faces, with Garza getting particularly good reactions from the crowd. In Mexico, he also turned face when he teamed with Latin Lover in a program with Abyss. In June, he jumped back to CMLL, claiming that AAA owner Antonio Peña owed him money for Garza's dates in TNA.

While the AAA-TNA deal was still in effect, Garza wrestled exclusively in Mexico. In CMLL, he helped Perro Aguayo turn heel and became involved in Aguayo's feud with El Hijo del Santo. Eventually, he would help found La Furia del Norte with El Terrible and Tarzan Boy. Teaming with Tarzan and Terrible, La Furia chased after and defeated the CMLL Tríos champions Black Warrior, Canek and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. Meanwhile in the United States, the AAA-TNA deal was dead so TNA decided to bring Garza back. He returned for TNA Victory Road 2004, TNA's first three hour pay-per-view when he won a Twenty Man X-Division Gauntlet. The push continued with a match against NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett on TNA's weekly TV show. In 2005, he was set to wrestle Scott Hall at TNA Final Resolution 2005 but was arrested in Houston, Texas with steroids that were legal in Mexico but illegal in the United States (He used these steroids because of a knee surgery he had). Garza was deported, effectively ending his career in the United States. Garza claimed that he did not know the steroids were illegal in the United States and that he was humiliated by the guards. Garza would later sell t-shirts that read "If Pepe el Toro is innocent, so is Héctor Garza," alluding to the story of an old movie where a carpenter is incriminated on a murder and goes to jail where he finds the true assassins and fights with them and pops out the eye of the master mind to make him confess "Pepe el Toro es inocente".

After being deported, he returned to working full time in Mexico for CMLL. He teamed with Perro Aguayo, Jr. against Los Capos and became a major part of the new group, Los Perros del Mal along with members of La Furia del Norte, Los Pierroths and La Familia de Tijuana. In August, Pierroth was kicked out of the group and Garza volunteered to face him in a hair vs. hair match, which Garza won. After the Dr. Wagner, Jr. vs. Atlantis mask vs. mask match fell through, CMLL decided to go with Héctor Garza and Perro Aguayo, Jr. vs. Universo 2000 and Máscara Año 2000 double hair vs. hair matchas the main event of the EMLL 72nd Anniversary show. Three weeks before the show, Garza hit Máscara Año 2000 with a "Martinete" (tombstone piledriver), a move that takes wrestlers out for weeks in Lucha Libre. The match for the anniversary show was changed to a triangle match with Universo 2000 vs. Perro Aguayo, Jr. vs. Héctor Garza where the last man to get pinned gets his hair shaved. In the end, Universo pinned Garza with help of a low blow from his brother, Cien Caras, and Pierroth's valet, La Nazy.

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Luchadore: Super Calo

Name Super Calo
Real name Rafael García
Nicknames El Rapero (The rapper)
Name history El Greco Jr. (debut - ??), El Hijo de Superzán (90 - 91?),El Diabólico Chucky (91 - 92), Super Caló (05/92 - ), Love Warrior (96 - 97)
Family Bello Greco (father), Alan & Chris Stone (brothers)
Trained by: Bello Greco, Pepe Casas
Birth date February 22, 1971 - Guadalajara, Mexico
Wrestling Debut August 5, 1990 - Arena San Juan Pantitlán - Mexico City
Height 5'8"/173 cms
Weight 192 lbs/87 kg
Signature moves Top-Rope Headscissors, Tope Con Giro, Flying Dropkick, Slingshot somersault senton plancha
Titles: Distrito Federal Trios Titles (w/ Alan & Chris Stone), Aztecas Middleweight Title

Rafael García (born February 22, 1971) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Super Calo. A longtime mainstay of Asistencia Asesoría y Administración during the 1990s, he also competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).

Pro Wrestling Illustrated ,PWI ranked him # 273 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003

Calo's brother Chris Stone may have worked under the Super Calo name in 2005 when he jumped to AAA. Chris jumped back to CMLL a few months later, and Calo was last reported retired and not living in Mexico, so it's unclear who's currently using the name and image.

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Luchadore: Fray Tormenta

Fray Tormenta (born Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, 1945) is a Mexican priest who supported an orphanage for 23 years by taking up a career in Lucha Libre. While performing, he wore a mask with red and yellow colors. He is currently retired.
He never lost his mask.
The videogame characters King from Tekken, Tizoc from Fatal Fury and Greco from Chrono Cross were inspired by his story, as was the movie Nacho Libre .

Fray Tormenta has appeared in CMLL in recent years, acting as a padrino to debuting devout wrestlers Sagrado and Mistico. Due to Mistico's success, Tormenta is more often associated with him, and has appeared with him on CMLL's TV show. Fray Tormenta plays a big role in Sagrado's purported background; when Sagrado was unable to decide between wrestling and the priesthood, it was Tormenta who pointed him towards CMLL.

The 2006 US Movie, Nacho Libre, is loosely based on Tormenta's life. Both Fray and the main character of the movie are priests who also become luchadores, but the similarities appear to end there - the movie just uses the concept as a jumping off point to tell its own story.

There have been other movies on Fray Tormenta's life, including one from a film company in France.

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Luchadore: Fishman

Name Fishman
Real name José Ángel Nájera Sánchez
Nicknames El Hombre Pez (The Fish Man), El Pez Volador, (The Fly Fish),El Veneno Verde, (The Green Poison), El Látigo Lagunero (The Lagunero Whip)
Name history Goliath Reyes (11/69 - 70), Titán (70 - 71), Fishman (71 - )
Family El Hijo de Fishman -por debutar- (son), El Único de Cd. Juárez (son), Fishman Jr. (nephew)
Trained by: Marco Tulio, Bulldog Villegas, El Rebelde, Sunny War Cloud
Birth date April 6, 1951 - Torreón, Coahuila
Wrestling Debut November 1969 - Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua
Lost mask to Máscara Sagrada - August 27, 2000 - Palacio de los Deportes
Height 5'8"/173 cms
Weight 218 lbs/99 kg
Signature wrestling moves Lariat, Senton, Second Rope Splash, Patadas de Canguro (kangaroo dropkick), Cavernaria
Titles: National Welterweight Title (3), NWA World Welterweight Title, UWA World Light Heavyweight Title (4), WWF World Light Heavyweight Title (2), WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title

José Ángel Nájera Sánchez, best known under the ring name of Fishman, was a Mexican professional wrestler who became one of Lucha Libre's biggest stars during the 1980s with the Universal Wrestling Association. Fishman retired in 2000

Fishman debuted in late 1969 under the name Goliath Reyes but changed it during 1970 to Titán. In 1971 he changed his name once again this time to Fishman and it is under this name and mask that he achieved his fame.

Fishman rose to notoriety in the UWA, holding the federation’s Lightheavyweight Title 4 times (tied with Karloff Lagarde for most title reigns). In his time in the UWA Fishman competed in many “Mask Vs Mask" matches always coming out with his trademark green and yellow mask in place beating such well known Luchadors as Sangre Chicana and Rey Misterio Sr .

After the UWA folded, he went with some of the other UWA wrestlers to AAA through the mid 1990s and later on also wrestled independently in Mexico. On August 28, 2000 Fishman put his mask on the line against Máscara Sagrada and lost, after he was unmasked Fishman retired from wrestling.

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Luchadore: Jerry Estrada

Name Jerry Estrada
Real name Gerardo Hernández Estrada
Nicknames El Puma
Name history Jerry Estrada (debut - )
Trained by: Alberto Mora, Herodes
Birth date January 10, 1958 - Monclova, Coahuila
Wrestling Debut 1978 - Monclova, Coah
Height 5'10"/178 cms
Weight 191 lbs/87 kg
Signature wrestling moves Media Cerrajera, Flying Senton, Tope Suicida, Salida de Bandera
Titles: National Middleweight Title, National Trios Title (with Pirata Morgan & Hombre Bala), CMLL World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Title, National Light Heavyweight Title, Puerto Rico: WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title (2)

Jerry Estrada (full name, Gerardo Hernández Estrada; born January 10, 1958, Monclova, Coahuila), is a Mexican professional wrestler. Estrada was a major star for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre during the 1980s but was one of the first stars to jump to Antonio Peña's AAA promotion during the 1990s. He had a brief run in WWF when AAA and WWF had a working agreement. In 2003, he was forced to retire due to chronic injuries caused by his bumps to the outside of the ring.

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Luchador - El Solitario

Name El Solitario (The Lone One)
Real name Roberto González Cruz
Nicknames El Enmascarado de Oro (The Man of the Golden Mask), El Soli
Name history El Hijo del Santo (debut - ??), Othon Banzica II, El Zica II, El Zica, El Solitario (?? - death)
Family El Hijo del Solitario (son), Othon Banzica/El Zica (brother)
Trained by: Joe El Hermoso
Birth date May 22, 1946 - Yahualica, Jalisco
Obituary date April 6, 1986
Debut 1960 - Guadalajara, Jalisco
Signature wrestling moves La Filomena (reverse kick)
Titles: Occidente Welterweight Title, NWA World Middleweight Title, Arena Mexico Tag Team Titles (with El Halcon), UWA World Light Heavyweight Title, UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title (2), UWA World Junior Heavyweight Title

Roberto González Cruz was a Mexican professional wrestler who wrestled under the name El Solitario. He entered the sport at the age of 14, and quickly became one of the best and most popular wrestlers in the country, especially after he defeated both Ray Mendoza and René Guajardo in hair vs. mask matches in 1968. His signature gold and black mask took its inspiration from the American TV show the Lone Ranger. During his career he held both the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Middleweight Championship.

After achieving stardom in Mexico's oldest promotion, Empresa Mundial de Lucha Libre, Cruz joined the breakaway promotion, the Universal Wrestling Association, where he held four more world championships in the early 1980s.

Cruz died of a heart attack at the age of 39, on April 6, 1986.

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Luchadore: Canek

Height: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight: 242 lb (110 kg)
Birthday: June 19, 1952
Hometown: Frontera, Tabasco
Trained by: Ham Lee, Indio Azteca, Maciste, El Remington I and El Chacal
Professional wrestling debut: 1972
Previous identities: El Universitario, Príncipe Azul, Canek
Finishing and signature move(s): Gorilla Press

Canek is a Mexican professional wrestler currently performing part time for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. As one of Mexico's few true heavyweights (above 220 pounds), he became one of Lucha Libre's biggest attractions during the 1980s with the Universal Wrestling Association. Although Lucha Libre Internacional, the promotion administering the UWA titles, ceased to exist in 1995, Canek continues to defend and trade the UWA title wherever he goes, although his June 2004 loss at the hands of former partner Dr. Wagner Jr. may signal a long break in Canek's monopoly.

Canek holds victories over several international stars including Lou Thesz, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Yokozuna, Big Van Vader and Japanese stars Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Chōshū and Kim Duk; however, these are rarely mentioned outside of Mexico. He bodyslammed Andre the Giant and Yokozuna (under the name Kokina).

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
1-time CMLL World Tag Team Wrestling Champion (with Dr. Wagner, Jr.)
1-time CMLL World Tríos champion (with Black Warrior & Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.)

Universal Wrestling Association
15-time UWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion

Wrestling Observer Newsletter
He is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 1996).

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Luchadore: Dos Caras Jr.

Wrestler Name Dos Caras Jr. (Two Faces Jr.)
Nicknames Hercules Potosino
Name history Dos Caras Jr./El Hijo de Dos Caras (debut - )
Family Dos Caras (father), Mil Máscaras & Sicodelico (uncles), Sicodelico Jr. (cousin)
Trained by: Dos Caras
Birth date May 25, 1977 - San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
Wrestling Debut August 11, 2000 - Shimonoseki, Japan
Height 6'5 1/2"/197 cms
Weight 211 lbs/96 kg
Signature wrestling moves Plancha, Side suplex, German Suplex, Enzuigiri, Olympic Suplex
Titles: CMLL La Copa Jr 2006

Dos Caras Jr., Dos Caras (meaning "Two Faces" in Spanish), is a Mexican Professional Wrestler and Mixed Martial Artist. He was born in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Made his pro-wrestling debut on October 11, 2000, teaming with his father Dos Caras to defeat El Azteca and Chiba, in an event promoted by the Japanese independent promotion Pro Wrestling Kageki. This card was held in Shimonoseki and reports said that the junior looked very good for a rookie.

Before turning pro, Caras Jr. was a member of the Mexican national team in Greco-Roman wrestling for five years, and he placed third at the World Junior Championships in 1997 (held in Czech Republic), won the Central American and Caribbean Games three times and also won a medal at the Pan American Games. He was looking forward to compete in the Sydney 2000 Olympics, but due to lack of support, politics and government problems Mexico could not send any representatives to the Olympic wrestling competition so he turned pro instead.

Made his AAA debut on 9/4 when he ran-in during a match involving his father, that was getting beat up by Texano, Pirata Morgan and Espectro Jr., but his first actual match was on September 29, 2000, in AAA's "Verano de Escándalo" supershow. He teamed with Alebrije, Sangre Chicana and La Parka Jr. to beat "Los Consagrados" (Pirata Morgan, Espectro Jr., El Texano and El Cobarde).

During his first months he has feuded with the veteran stable of "Los Consagrados" and on January 21, 2001, he failed (teaming with his father) to conquer Texano and Pirata Morgan's National Tag Team Titles.

Dos Caras Jr. has been pushed as a top heavyweight tecnico since joining CMLL, but he lacks a notable feud at the moment. He's had mini feuds with Ultimo Guerrero, Universo 2000, Kenzo Suzuki and Mark "Marco Corleone" Jindrak, formed a team with Lizmark Jr. and Rey Bucanero, and done some work as a trio with Dr. Wagner Jr. and Mistico, but really hasn't had a monumental feud.
Dos is always on the side of good, and pushed as an agile guy for his size. Dos has also done some MMA fighting - sometimes with his mask and sometimes without - for DEEP promotions in Japan and for PRIDE, his MMA training included training at Marco Ruas gym. He's incorporated submissions to his fighting style. He's still an unfinished guy in lucha libre - and in MMA too -, but he's likely the best of guys in CMLL his size and his age.
Dos comes from a family of Wrestlers, he is a worthy heir of a dynasty of great wrestlers: His father Dos Caras Sr., uncles Sicodelico and Mil Mascaras, and his cousin Sicodelico Jr. are World-Wide Superstars as professional wrestlers.
Dos is a graduated of the UNAM where he earned a degree in architecture.

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Luchadore: Dos Caras

Name Dos Caras (Two Faces)
Nicknames El Two Faces
Name history Dos Caras (debut - )
Family Dos Caras Jr. (son), Mil Máscaras & Sicodélico (brothers), Sicodélico Jr. (nephew)
Trained by: Rafael Salamanca, Gory Medina
Birth date February 20, 1951 - San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
Wrestling Debut January 6, 1970 - Arena KO Algusto - Naucalpan, Mexico State
Height 5'10"/178 cms
Weight 211 lbs/96 kg
Signature moves Plancha, Plancha Suicida, Flying double chest chop, Ground Octopus Hold, Octopus Hold
Titles: National Light Heavyweight Title, National Trios Titles (with Villano III and Villano V), UWA World Heavyweight Title (3), WWA World Heavyweight Title, CMLL World Trios Titles (with La Fiera & Héctor Garza)

Jose Luis Rodriguez is a Mexican professional wrestler who wrestles under the name Dos Caras (Spanish for Two faces). Dos Caras was active mostly in the 1970s and 80s, and achieved his greatest success in Mexico's Universal Wrestling Alliance (UWA), where he carried the heavyweight title three times. He has been called "the greatest heavyweight ever to come out of Mexico."

Rodriguez made his debut on January 6, 1970 at the age of 18. He wrestled for the Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (EMLL) for five years, before helping start the UWA. In the UWA he had a very successful feud against frequent champion, El Canek. He held the UWA Heavyweight Championship three times between 1984 and 1992.

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Luchadore: "Diablo" Velazco

Name "Diablo" Velazco
Real name Cuauhtémoc Velazco Vargas
Nicknames Diablo (Devil)
Name history Telmo Velazco (debut - ??), Diablo Velazco (?? - death)
Trained by: Raúl Romero
Birth date 1919 - Guadalajara, Jalisco
Obituary date June 13, 1999 - Guadalajara, Jalisco
Wrestling Debut 1937
Titles: Occidente Lightweight Title, Occidente Welterweight Title, Occidente Middleweight Title

Diablo Velasco, born Cuahutémoc Velasco in Guadalajara, Jalisco, was a famous Mexican trainer of professional wrestlers. He trained many famous Mexican wrestlers, including Gory Guerrero, Perro Aguayo, and Mil Mascaras. In 2001, Velasco was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in recognition of his career and extensive influence on lucha libre.

Famous trainees of Diablo......
Atlantis, Alfonso, Apolo and César Dantés, Emilio Charles Sr. and Jr., El Dandy, Irma Aguilar and Irma González, Ringo and Cachorro Mendoza, Satánico, Perro Aguayo, Cavernario Galindo, Angel Blanco Sr. and Jr., Los Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000, Universo 2000), Tarzán López, Javier "Monarca" Cruz, Javier "Américo" Rocca, Gran Markus Jr., Bestia Salvaje, Corazón Salvaje, Mosco de la Merced, Zorro, Solar I & II, Rayo de Jalisco Sr. & Jr., Valentín Mayo, Arkángel de la Muerte, Oro, Plata, El Piloto Suicida, Rito Romero, Hiro Matsuda, Mano Negra, Black Man, Black Terry (Guerrero Maya), El Texano, El Gladiador, El Hijo del Gladiador, Bobby Bonales, Rolando Vera, Gory Guerrero, Alberto Muñoz (White Man), Pepe Vargas, Vic Amezcua, Tony Salazar (Ulises), Enrique Vera, Franco Colombo, Sangre India, Águila India, Gran Cochisse (Espectro de Ultratumba), Espectro Jr., El Supremo I, César Curiel, El Solitario, Mil Máscaras, and his last major trainées, Shocker and Mr. Águila.