The WWE versus CMLL and AAA

The closest I wanna see WWE and Lucha Libre, Shelly Martinez and Vampiro

Well, the WWE has moved into Mexico and are ready to go up against Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.
Last month WWE Smackdown's debuted on Azteca TV and was the most-watched TV program in prime time from Oct. 3 to 19.
The show drew a 9.0 rating and over 1.2 million TV households tuned in.
WWE Raw debuted on Sunday, Oct. 5 on Televisa to similar results.
I really hope this is a " Interest Factor", people watching WWE just to see what its all about, because I don't see how this would be good for Lucha Libre.
Of course Lucha's storylines are just as exaggerated as the WWE's, but Lucha in Mexico is tradition.
I'd hate to see CMLL and AAA go they way of ECW here in the US. Seeing WWE buy out the two big companies would just give you a watered down version of each.
I shudder to think of " WWE CMLL" or " WWE Friday Night AAA".
I know many of the WWE stars are wildly popular in Mexico and as long as WWE stays a separate entity things may be okay.
But I'd hate to see the memories of El Santo, Mil Máscaras or Blue Demon lumped in with the Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo affair, the Fake Kane or the Red Rooster someday.

Masks in Lucha libre

Masks are an important part of Lucha Libre. They have been used since the beginnings of the sport.
The early masks were basic, but they have grown into the elaborate ones we know today.
Almost all luchadores in Mexico start their careers wearing masks, but over the span of their careers a large number of them will be unmasked.
Often, a retiring wrestler will be unmasked in his final match or at the beginning of a final tour, signifying loss of identity as that character.
Sometimes, losing the mask marks the end of a gimmick, with the wrestler moving on to a new gimmick and masked identity.



Fully removing an opponent's mask during a match is grounds for disqualification.
Some luchadores, like Mil Mascaras (Man of a Thousand Masks), El Santo and Blue Demon, will/were often seen in public wearing their masks.
El Santo was buried wearing his silver mask.
Luchadoras often wear masks as well.




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Alderan

Alderan is a Mexican Luchador.
He was born on June 2nd, in Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico.
Alderan is related to Águila Solitaria-(Lone Eagle) (father in law), Angel Blanco-(White Angel) (cousin) and Flanagan (cousin)
He got his wrestling training from Águila Solitaria, Tony del Aguila and Tony Salazar.
Alderan's pro wrestling debut was November 22, 1988 at Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, Mexico.
His wrestling signature moves are the Alderiana, slam, German Suplex.
He stands 6 feet tall, and weighs 260 pounds.

Luchadore Links

I thought today since I hadn't done any in awhile, I'd post some links to Luchadore sites.......

Black Tiger, NJPW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Black Warrior, NWA Middleweight Champion. Blue Demon Jr, Luchadore. Blue Panther
http://www.bodyslamming.com/mexico.html

Organizations. Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre · Universal Wrestling Association
http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/

Luchavavoom
http://www.luchavavoom.com/luchadores.html

Todo lo referente a la lucha libre y el box. ... Correo Electrónico revistaazul@boxylucha.com.mx © Copyright 2002 BOX Y LUCHA Derechos Reservados.
http://www.boxylucha.com.mx/

Lucha Libre Legend, Santo, part 2

In the early 1940s, Guzmán married María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Montaño (Maruca), a union that would produce 10 children; their names were Alejandro, María de los Ángeles, Héctor Rodolfo, Blanca Lilia, Víctor Manuel, Miguel Ángel, Silvia Yolanda, María de Lourdes, Mercedes, and the youngest child Jorge, who also became a famous wrestler in his own right, El Hijo del Santo (Son of Santo). One of his grandsons (not a son of Jorge) wrestled under the name El Nieto Del Santo (Grandson of Santo), but after Son of Santo took legal action against him using the name Santo, he changed it to Axxel, but people still refer to him as Nieto del Santo.

In 1942, Rodolfo's manager, Don Jesús Lomelí, was putting together a new team of wrestlers, all dressed in silver, and wanted Rodolfo to be a part of it. He suggested three names, El Santo (The Saint), El Diablo (The Devil), or El Angel (The Angel), and Rodolfo chose the first one. On the 26th of June at the age of 25, he wrestled at the Arena Mexico for the first time as El Santo. Under this new name he quickly found his style, and his agility and versatility made him very popular.

One of Santo's greatest matches was in 1952, when he fought a tag-team known as Los Hermanos Shadow (which consisted of famed luchadors Blue Demon and the Black Shadow). Santo beat and unmasked The Black Shadow in the ring, which triggered Blue Demon's decision to become a técnico, as well as a legendary feud between The Blue Demon and Santo that culminated in Blue's beating Santo in a well-publicized series of matches in 1952 and again in 1953. Their rivalry never really ended in later years, although they appeared together in a number of action/adventure films, since Santo always remembered his defeat at the Blue Demon's hands.


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Wolf Rubinsky - Latvian Luchador

Wolf Rubinsky (also known as Wolf Ruvinskis) was born on October 30th, 1921 in Riga, Latvia, a pretty good distance from Mexico. Wolf was an actor and luchador. He was married to Beatriz Perez, the dancer Armida Herrera and to actress Lilia Michel.

Born to Jewish parents, they relocated to Argentina during World War II.
In spite of living in extreme poverty he excelled in sports and as a professional wrestler he toured South America, the United States and Mexico.
This last country became his place of residence where he stayed in the ring well into the 1960s, wrestling El Santo, Black Shadow, El Médico Asesino and Lobo Negro.
As a wrestler he was introduced to Mexican film playing luchadores, in particular the masked Neutrón a character he created.
Neutron appeared in five films.
One of his most memorable roles was in La bestia magnífica ("The Magnificent Beast") in 1953.
He also appeared in well over 100 films during his career.
Wolf was so good that he won the Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Film for Best supporting actor in the film Juego limpio (1996).
And he also appeared on the American TV show, I Spy (with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby) in the episode "Shana" as Andreyev.



You can watch Neutrón el Enmascarado Negro (1960) in in entirety on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t69HCjwHXZo

Mexico's El Hijo del Santo fights outside the ring

Mexico's El Hijo del Santo fights outside the ring
By Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 14, 2007

MEXICO CITY -- During his long, sweaty career as a lucha libre wrestler and occasional B movie actor, El Hijo del Santo has grappled with borderland outlaws, green-faced vampire assassins and such fearsome adversaries as Negro Casas and Heavy Metal.

Now he's battling opponents that are as hazardous and hard to pin down as any foe he has faced in the ring, including environmental radiation, child poverty and a system that he believes neglects the needs of many of his fellow stretchy-panted warriors.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-wrestler14aug14,1,5218995.story?ctrack=1&cset=true


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Rey Bucanero

Arturo García Ortiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Rey Bucanero (Spanish for "Buccaneer king").

After being trained by his uncles and spending several years working undercards for independents and undercards for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, he got his first push in late 1996 after winning the Gran Alternativa tournament with Emilio Charles, Jr. In March 1997, he won the CMLL World Trios Championship with Satánico and Emilio Charles but the group were transitional champions to take the Trios championship off the Héctor Garza, who was preparing to leave the promotion. The push quickly cooled down and Bucanero began work on World Wrestling Federation's short lived Telemundo project, Los Super Astros, without his mask and under the name "Rey 'Pirata' Ortiz."

He returned to CMLL in 1999 and feuded extensively with Olímpico and the build up pointed to a mask vs. mask match between the two. However, Bucanero teamed with Shocker, another up and coming rudo (heel), in a "Ruleta de la Muerte" tournament where the losers advance and the final losing team has to fight amongst themselves in a mask vs. mask match. Shocker and Bucanero lost in the last round and Shocker took Bucanero's mask. At this time he also started teaming with Último Guerrero and the duo were recruited by Satánico for his new stable, Los Nuevos Infernales. The team of Bucanero and Guerrero was pushed in 2000 with a tournament win for the vacant CMLL World Tag Team Championship.

In 2001, Guerrero and Bucanero turned on Satánico by costing him a match with Tarzan Boy and the trio of Guerreo, Bucanero and Tarzan starting calling themselves "Los Infernales." Satánico recruited Averno and Mephisto, two undercarders with new gimmicks, for his own Infernales group and the two groups feuded over who could use the name. Injuries kept Bucanero and Tarzan out at times so Máscara Mágica was brought in as an alternate member of the group. Bucanero's group lost a seven man cage match and they settled on the name Los Guerreros del Infierno. They spent the rest of the year feuding with Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo over the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. After a match with an inconclusive finish in October, Los Guerreros lost to Santo and Casas on November 2.

In 2002, Guerrero and Bucanero regained their tag team titles from Santo and Casas in May. The team successfully defended their titles against Damián 666 and Halloween of La Familia de Tijuana in July. Los Guerreros spent the rest of the year feuding with Vampiro Canadiense and Shocker. Los Guerreros successfully defended their tag team titles against the duo but Bucanero lost his hair to Vampiro in a singles hair vs. hair match in December to close out the year. In 2003, they defended their titles successfully against Vampiro & Lizmark, Jr. and Negro Casas & Perro Aguayo, Jr. but were defeated in December by the team of Shocker and the newly arrived L.A. Park.

Los Guerreros regained their tag team titles in early 2004 but Bucanero suffered a knee injury and was temporarily replaced by Black Warrior. Los Guerreros lost the tag titles to Atlantis and Blue Panther on June 25. Bucanero and new Guerreros member Olímpico challenged Atlantis and Panther for the tag team titles on the first Arena México show of 2005 but they lost and Olímpico injured his neck while attempting a dive. He teamed with Guerrero in a feud with newcomer Místico and recently turned Dr. Wagner, Jr. early in the year, losing a main event tag match on March 11. In September, Bucanero and Olímpico teamed up again to unsuccessfully challenge the visiting Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP World Tag Team Championship. After Atlantis turned heel and Los Guerreros became known as Los Guerreros del Atlántida, it was teased that Bucanero would break up with Guerrero but Bucanero stayed and Los Guerreros feuded with Perro Aguayo, Jr.'s Los Perros del Mal faction into 2006. At the end of April, he teamed with Tarzan Boy to win a double hair vs. hair match against Mr. Águila and Damián 666 in the main event of an Arena México show.

The following week, he teamed with Atlantis against Último Dragón and Keiji Mutoh but his team lost after Atlantis hit him by accident. For the following weeks, Bucanero kept having trouble with his teammates and magazines hinted at a possible face turn. Later that month, Averno and Mephisto turned on him during an Arena México match. Shortly afterwards, Tarzan Boy and Guerrero turned on him as well, ripping his tights, signifying he was no longer a member of Los Guerreros. On July 14, he defeated Guerrero for his CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, ending Guerrero's three and a half year title reign. Actually, he is teaming with Dos Caras jr. and Hijo de Lizmark as a tecnico; he has a notorious feud with Kenzo Suzuki and Ultimo Guerrero.

Outside of Lucha Libre, he has also worked in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, Toryumon and Dragondoor.

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Rito Romero

Name Rito Romero
Real name Rito Romero Loza
Nicknames Rayo Mexicano
Name history Fideo Romero (debut - ??), Rito Romero (?? - death)
Family Pablo Romero (brother), Kiko Van Dick (father-in-law)
Trained by: Diablo Velazco
Born: March 19, 1927 - Tepatitlán, Jalisco
Died: January 18th 2001
Pro Wrestling Debut 1942 - Arena Nilo - Guadalajara, Jalisco
Signature wrestling moves: Romero Special/La Tapatia
Titles: Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title, NWA Texas Heavyweight Title (3), NWA Texas Junior Heavyweight Title (2), NWA Texas Tag Team Titles (8, with Black Guzmán three times, with Carlos Moreno, with Sugi Sito, with George Drake, with Pepe Mendieta, with Pepper Gomez)

Rito Romero Loza was a successful luchador who wrestled in Mexico and in the NWA territories of Texas and Los Angeles. In common with a number of luchadors, he appeared in several films in his native country. He is perhaps best remembered for his innovation of the Romero Special submission manoeuver, also known as the Surfboard.

Romero was trained as a luchador by Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame member Diablo Velasco, a man also responsible for the training of Mil Máscaras and Gory Guerrero. His early career was spent in Mexico, making his debut in Guadalajara at aged just 15, having been in training for the previous 3 years.

He began finding title success upon becoming a regular in NWA Texas (which would become World Class Championship Wrestling. With tag-team partner Miguel "Black" Guzmán (brother of El Santo) he would win the NWA Texas Tag Team titles 3 times, winning the same belts a further 5 times with different partners. He would also co-hold the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) twice (the belts being recognised as World Championships by WCCW and Dory Funk's Amarillo territory. As a singles competitor he had the distinction of being the inaugural NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion of the Los Angeles territory in 1953 as well as being a two-time NWA Texas Jr. Heavyweight Title back in the region in which he remained a perennial star. In between his first title reign in 1949 and his retirement there was only one year (1960) during which Rito Romero did not enjoy at least some time with a championship.

During his career he became friends with the legendary Lou Thesz (against whom he had his biggest match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at a time when he was NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion) and travelled Europe with him. Thesz esteemed Romero so highly as to rate him as a better performer than his contemporaries El Canek and Gory Guerrero.

Romero was married to Yolanda and had 4 children: Diana, Sandy, Yolanda Verónica and Rito Alberto, none of whom became involved in professional wrestling.

Rito Romero suffered a fatal heart attack on January 18th 2001. He had gone into hospital in his hometown of Guadalajara on the 16th with high blood-sugar levels where it was discovered he was suffering from appendicitis. Bored of being in hospital he decided to check himself out on the 18th. While remonstrating with the hospital workers who were trying to make him return to his bed he collapsed.

http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Rito_Romero

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Halloween: Manuel Ortiz Partida

Name Halloween
Real name Manuel Ortiz Partida
Nicknames La Calabacita (The Little Pumpkin)
Name history Rocky Boy (debut - 08/93), Halloween (08/93 - ), Ciclope/Cyclope (03/97 - 99), Elvis González (a "brilliant" WCW idea, 12/04/98)
Trained by: Fobia, Rey Misterio
Birth date May 22, 1971 - Tijuana, Baja California
Wrestling Debut 1990 - Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
Lost mask to Super Parka - December 24, 1999 - Auditorio de Tijuana; Antifaz - 1999 (as Ciclope)
Height 5'9"/174 cms
Weight 207 lbs/94 kg
Signature moves La Calabaza, Michinoku Driver II, Power Bomb, Spear, F-5, Double Underhook Piledriver, various other WWE finishers
Titles: AAA Baja California Light Heavyweight Title, LAWA World Middleweight Title, WWO Tag Team Titles (w/ Damian 666), WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title, IWC Middleweight Title, WWEA Extreme Title, XLAW Tag Team Titles (w/ Damian 666) (2), National Trios Titles (w/Damian 666 & Mr. Aguila and w/ Damian 666 & Nicho), Revolution Pro Tag Team Titles (w/ Damian 666), NGX Tag Team Championship (w/ Damian 666), XPW Tag Team Championships (2) (w/ Damian 666)

Manuel Ortiz Partida is a professional wrestler who is currently wrestling the Independent Circuit in Mexico, particularly in the Tijuana area. He is better known by his stage name Halloween.

Manuel Ortiz Partida, debut in the pro's in 1990, spent his time in the Independent Circuit. He wrestled as "Halloween" for most of his career but switched to "Ciclope" in 1996 when he went to World Championship Wrestling. Ciclope was neglected in WCW, even compared to other luchadors. His biggest moment in wrestling was part of the feud between Chris Jericho and Dean Malenko. Malenko, who had been inactive for a few months prior, dressed up as Ciclope to win a Cruiserweight battle royale to determine the number one contendership to Chris Jericho's Cruiserweight Title. Jericho had been refusing to grant Malenko contendership, making the disguise necessary. All Ciclope got out of the deal was a singles match with Jericho on Nitro, which he lost.

After his time there was over, he lost the Ciclope mask to Antifaz del Norte early in 1999. He quickly reverted back to his Halloween character but lost his mask again on December 24, 1999 in a match against Super Parka. He has wrestled in many United States promotions over the years including for USA Pro Wrestling, FCW and Luchamania. In 2002 he along with La Familia de Tijuana (a group consisting of himself, Damián 666, Nicho el Millionario and Rey Misterio, Sr. although Rey did not come for the tour) came to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico City. The trio won the National Trios title but Nicho had a falling out with management and La Familia soon left entirely. They continued to work for independent promoters until CMLL called them back in 2005 to wrestle against Negro Casas, Heavy Metal and Felino on a show celebrating Negro's 25 years of wrestling. Perro Aguayo, Jr. recruited him and Damián for his Los Perros del Mal group. However, Halloween suffered a leg injury and his role was minimalized. After Universo 2000 used the illegal martinete on Damián 666, Halloween challenged Universo to a hair vs. hair match on the December 2 show. After losing the match and his hair, Halloween underwent knee surgery that would put him out of action for several months.

http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Halloween


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Octagon

Wrestlers Name: Octagon
Nicknames El Amo de los Ocho Ángulos (The Master of the Eight Angles)
Name history La Amenaza Elegante (debut - 05/89), Octagon (05/89 - )
Trained by: Raúl Reyes
Birth date March 27, 1961 - Jalapa, Veracruz
Wrestling Debut December 6, 1981 - Arena Azteca - Mexico City
Height 5'8"
Weight 189 lbs
Signature wrestling moves: La Escalera (Russian Legsweep into armbar submission), La Jarocha (spinning over his opponent's back armdrag), Quebradora con Giro (spinning backbreaker)
Titles: National Trios Titles (2, w/ Atlantis & Máscara Sagrada, w/ Rey Misterio Jr. & Super Muñeco), National Middleweight Title (4), IWC/PNW/AAA World Tag Team Titles (w/ El Hijo del Santo), WWA World Heavyweight Title, National Tag Team Titles (w/ La Parka AAA)

Octagón is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for AAA

He formed a tag team with El Hijo Del Santo to take on Los Gringos Locos (Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr) in a double mask vs hair match during 1994.

He became really famous in Mexico's AAA achieving great fame during the mid-90's.

http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Octag%C3%B3n

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Los Warriors

Los Warriors

Los Warriors are an AAA stable comprised of:

Brandon
Kevin
Vangelis
They all have odd looks which fit right into the AAA mold. When they first made their debut in 2001, they had a member who has long since been forgotten - Uri.

http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Image:LosWarriors.jpg

Vipers Revolution

Vipers Revolution is an AAA stable, based off the old Vipers stable. The members, particularlly when Electroshock was part of the group, pushed the idea that there was no leade and they were all equals. In practice, Abismo's the top guy.
Current members:

Abismo Negro
Charly Manson
Histeria
Kaoma Jr.
Antifaz

Former members include:

Electroshock (jumped to CMLL)
Psicosis II (for a very short time, left to join Mexican Powers)
Extreme Tiger (for a very short time, jumped to RXLL)

El Trio Fantasia

El Trio Fantasia is comprised of:

Super Muñeco
Name Super Muñeco (Super Toy)
Name history El Sanguinario Jr. (Pro Wrestling Debut: - ??), Super Muñeco (?? - )
Family El Sanguinario (father), El Tramposo/Sanguinario Jr. (brother) neither is the AAA Sanguinario
Trained by: El Sanguinario
Birth date April 10, 1960 - Mexico City
Pro Wrestling Debut: March 22, 1982
Height 5'7"/170 cms
Weight 216 lbs/98 kg
Signature moves Swastika, Tope Suicida, Bobbing his head
Titles: AWWA World Junior Heavyweight Wrestling Title, WWA World Middleweight Wrestling Title, Distrito Federal Trios Titles (with Super Ratón & Super Pinocho), AWWA Trios Titles (with Super Ratón & Super Pinocho), National Trios Titles (with Rey Misterio Jr. & Octagon)

Super Pinocho
Name Super Pinocho
Name history Tigre de Bengala III (Pro Wrestling Debut: - 05/79), Super Pinocho/Pinocho/Gran Pinocho (05/83 - )
Family Pinocho 3000 (brother)
Birth date December 8, 1951 - Llano de Zacapezco, Villa del Carmen, Mexico City
Pro Wrestling Debut: 1979 - Pavillón Azteca - Mexico City
Height 5'7"/170 cms
Weight 187 lbs/85 kg
Signature moves Tope Suicida
Titles: Apatlaco Tag Team Titles (with Tigre de Bengala II), Distrito Federal Trios Titles (with Super Muñeco & Super Ratón), AWWA Trios Titles (with Super Muñeco & Super Ratón), AWWA Welterweight Title, AWWA Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title, Distrito Federal Tag Team Titles (with Super Ratón)

Super Ratón
Name Super Ratón (Super Mouse)
Name history Super Ratón (Pro Wrestling Debut: - )
Trained by: Rayo Dorado
Birth date June 23, 1960 - Mexico City
Pro Wrestling Debut: July 15, 1984 - Tampico, Tamaulipas
Height 5'3"/160 cms
Weight 176 lbs/80 kg
Signature moves Victory Roll, Standing Mil Mascaras-style surfboard
Titles: Distrito Federal Lightweight, AWWA Welterweight Title, Mexico State Welterweight Title, Distrito Federal Welterweight Title, Distrito Federal Trios Titles (with Super Muñeco & Super Pinocho - El Trío Fantasía), AWWA Trios Titles (with Super Muñeco & Super Pinocho), Distrito Federal Tag Team Titles (with Super Pinocho)

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Los Tortuguillos Karatekas

Los Tortuguillos Karatekas
This group of Ninja Turtle knock-offs started in the UWA and eventually ended up in AAA minus a member. They even got the chance to tour in Japan for Hamada's UWF. The members were never named, they were just given numbers:
Tortuguillo Karateka I
(Rocky Santana)
Tortuguillo Karateka II
(Robin Hood )
Tortuguillo Karateka III
( ???)
Tortuguillo Karateka IV
(Danny Boy)
They are not to be confused with Tortugas Ninja, a CMLL Ninja Turtles knock-off.

Tortugas Ninjas

Tortugas Ninjas are a masked group based off the US Cartoon Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles.

They are not to be confused with Los Tortuguillos Karatekas, a UWA group of Ninja Turtles.

The members of Tortugas Ninjas were:

Donatello
Leonardo
Miguel Angel
Rafael