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Thursday, April 9, 2009

El Zorro


El Zorro was born Jesus Cristóbal Martínez Rodriguez on July 20th, 1975 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
He was trained by Jorge Rodríguez and Flash, and he made his pro wrestling debut (as Neurosis) on October 2, 1993 at the Plaza de Toros Jorge Rivera in Zapopan, Jalisco.
He lost the Neurosis mask to Cesar Dantés and soon after adopted the El Zorro gimmick.
El Zorro has has some colorful story lines involving luchador Charly Manson, a cursed Mayan mask and mind control.

He is currently in Konnan's La Legión Extranjera, claiming that he is a Spaniard, not a Mexican.

El Zorro has wrestled for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F., Comisión de Box y Lucha de Guadalajara, IWA Puerto Rico, Universal Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Organization wrestling promotions, and also made a few brief appearances for the old WWF show, WWF Super Astros.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Luchador Ricky Banderas

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Luchador Ricky Banderas has worked for wrestling promotions not only in Mexico, but North America and Puerto Rico as well.

He was born Gilbert Cosme on May 25, 1976 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Ricky began his wrestling career in the International Wrestling Association (IWA) in Puerto Rico.
While he was there, he won the IWA Hardcore Championship nine times, the IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship twice, the IWA World Heavyweight Championship five times and the IWA World Tag Team Championship five times (three times with Gran Apolo, once with Glamour Boy Shane and once with Cruzz).

Ricky left IWA in 2006 and went to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in Mexico.
There he wrestled as Muerte Cibernetica.
In November 2006 he went to MTV's Wrestling Society X, where he was the second and last wrestler to win the WSX Championship before the company folded.
Ricky went back to IWA, then returned to AAA as Mesias.
There, he became the first wrestler to win the AAA World Heavyweight Championship.
During that time, Ricky hooked up with the American wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and debuted with them as Judas Mesias in September 2007.
In March of 2008 his run with TNA came to an end and he went back to focusing his time on AAA.

His ring name "Ricky Banderas" is a fusion of Latin musician Ricky Martín and actor Antonio Banderas.

Besides the titles in IWA, WSX and his AAA World Heavyweight Championship, Ricky has held the GPCW Super-X Monster Championship and the IWC World Heavyweight Championship.

In the beginning, while doing his wrestling training in Puerto Rico, Ricky attended the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico in Bayamón, and completed two years of study in computer technology.

Besides Ricky Banderas, he has wrestled under the ring names Asesor Cibernetica, El Mesias, Judas Mesias, Muerte Cibernetica.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Silver King

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César Cuauhtémoc González Barrónwas born on January 9, 1968 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.
He is a Mexican luchador, better known in Lucha Libre as Silver King.
Outside of wrestling though, a lot of you might know him as Ramses from the Jack Black movie "Nacho Libre".
Cesar is the son of the famous Dr. Wagner, and the brother of Dr. Wagner, Jr.
He was trained by Dr. Wagner and Grand Markus and he made his pro wrestling debut in November 1985, in Matamoros, Coahuila.
Silver King lost his mask to El Hijo del Santo on November 13th, 1987 at Auditorio de Tijuana, in Tijuana, Baja California.
He worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1997 to 2000. For a brief time he was managed by Stacy Keibler there.
After leaving WCW, he wrestled for CMLL's Japanese affiliate, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as Black Tiger III. He was the third wrestler to wear the mask, the first two being Mark Rocco and Eddie Guerrero.
Besides WCW and NJPW, he has wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA), International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), World Wrestling Association (WWA) and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).

In 2005, César appeared in the movie "Nacho Libre" with Jack Black as the villian Ramses. After the movie opened, he wrestled in the golden Ramses outfit a few times.

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