Luchador Gato Eveready / Alan

Víctor Manuel Soto Flores was born on July 23, 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico.

This now masked wrestler has wrestled under several names during his career including Morfo, Billy Jean, (Spice Boy) Jimmy Boy, Alan and of course, Gato Eveready.

He was trained by luchador El Picudo and made his Lucha Libre debut in April, 1998 working for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) wrestling promotion, under the ring name Morfo.

Later, his ring name was changed to "Jimmy Boy" and he teamed up with Billy and Vangelis to form Los Spice Boys, that was kinda like a "Boy Band" wrestling stable.
When Los Spice Boys broke up, they reformed into Los Barrio Boys with Jimmy Boy (now renamed Alan), Billy Boy and Decnis.
Alan and Decnis turned on Billy Boy in 2007 as part of the Billy Boy-Gran Apache-Faby Apache storyline.

Later in 2007, the Barrio Boys broke up, but were reformed by Alan as the Nuevo Barrio Boys in 2008 with Kevin (Los Warriors), Javi (Nemesis) and Ricky (the son of luchadora Vicky Carranza).

The new Barrio Boys never really caught on, and it's rumored that Javi went on to become a new character (sponsored by Eveready Battery?) called Gato Eveready.
We probably know the Energizer Bunny better, but for years the symbol was the "Cat With Nine Lives" symbol.
The colors of Gato Eveready are even the same colors as the old logo.

Javi left the character, and in 2008, Alan took over, wrestling as both Gato Eveready and sometimes Alan.

At one time, he held the Mexican National Atómicos Championship along with Oscar Sevilla, Billy Boy, Decnis.

Here is a video of Sexy Star, Billy Boy and Tigre Cota wrestling Faby Apache, Aerostar and Gato Eveready posted by LuchaLibreNation on YouTube...



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Molotov

Molotov is a luchador that works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
He was born in 1979 in Mexico City.
Molotov is the cousin of luchador Olimpus, and he was trained by Olimpus and Jose Luis Feliciano.
He made his pro wrestling debut on May 11, 2004 at the Arena Coliseo.
Molotov has tag teamed with Sensei, Starman, Leono and Metalico.

Mistico Updates

Since the last entry I did on Mistico, thankfully he didn't go to WWE.
I say thankfully because I think Mistico is a great wrestler, and the WWE doesn't have a great track record with lucha libre stars.

Even though Mistico didn't go to the WWE, he and Hector Garza became CMLL World Tag Team champions by defeating Averno and Mephisto on March 10, 2008.
But they did turn around and lose the titles in December 2008.

In July 2008, Místico had a huge opportunity as he went to China and participated in the Beijing International Martial Arts Training Camp.
The event was covered by Televisa and shown during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Mistico made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling at Wrestle Kingdom III on January 4, 2009.

Negro Casas took Mistico's CMLL Welterweight Championship on March 20, 2009.

Alma Llanera

Alma Llanera

I posted this pic of luchadore Alma Llanera because I like the cool mask variation.
Alma Llanera is on the right.
For more info, check out http://www.luchawiki.org/
They have more lucha libre info than you can shake a stick at!


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Villano IV

Wrestlers Name Villano IV (Villano Cuarto)
Nicknames La Pantera Rosa (The Pink Panther)
Name history Leopardo Negro [II] (debut - 83), Villano IV (83 - ), Ray Mendoza Jr. (WCW, 1996), Tony Peña (WCW, 1996)
Family Ray Mendoza (father), Villanos I, II, III, V (brothers), La Infernal (sister-in-law)
Trained by: Ray Mendoza, Villano I
Birth date December 19, 1969 in Tijuana, Mexico
Pro Wrestling Debut 1979 - Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State
Height 5'8"/172 cms
Weight 209 lbs/95 kg
Signature Wrestling moves Hucararrana, Diamond Cutter, DDT, Senton, Octopus Hold
Titles: Yucatán Welterweight Title, Yucatán Middleweight Title, Naucalpan Welterweight Title, Naucalpan Middleweight Title, WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title, Universal/FULL UWF Super Middleweight Title, UWA World Trios Titles (4, with Villanos I & V), National Atomicos Titles (with Pierroth Jr. & Villanos III & V), AAA Americas Trios Titles (with Villanos III & V), UWA World Tag Team Titles (with Villano V), WWA World Tag Team Titles (with Villano V), IWRG Trios Titles (with Villanos III & V), IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Title, Arena Aztahuacan Tag Team Titles (with Villano V)

Villano IV is a Mexican professional wrestler. Within the stable Los Villanos, he wrestled for Universal Wrestling Association, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, and World Championship Wrestling. While more popular in the south, he frequently performed as a jobber in WCW, usually appearing on shows like WCW Saturday Night.

He played the role of a heel and would occasionally tag team with a fellow Villano, with whom he could cheat by switching places while the referee was distracted (all Villanos wore identical attire, aside from their Roman numeral distinctions). However, while working for WCW, Villano IV was severely injured by a botched move, by Kanyon and Raven, that would become known as the "Villano breaker."

The other sons of Ray Mendoza who have used the name "Villano" include Villano I, Villano II, Villano III (Arturo Díaz Mendoza), and Villano V.


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Villano III

Wrestler Name Villano III (Villano Tercero)
Real name Arturo Díaz Mendoza
Nicknames El Rey Arturo (King Arthur), La Pantera Rosa (The Pink Panther)
Name history Ray Rosas (debut), Pulpo Blanco, Mancha Roja, Búfalo Salvaje, Rokambole (?? - 01/73), Villano III (01/73 - )
Family Ray Mendoza (father), Villanos I, II, IV, V (brothers), La Infernal (wife)
Trained by: Felipe Ham Lee, Ray Mendoza
Born: March 23, 1952 - Mexico City
Pro Wrestling Debut January 29, 1970 - Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State
Lost mask to Atlantis - March 17, 2000 - Arena México
Height 5'7"/170 cms
Weight 211 lbs/96 kg
Signature wrestling moves DDT, Legdrop, Media Cerrajera, Senton
Titles: UWA World Welterweight Title, UWA World Light Heayvweight Title (2), WWF World Light Heavyweight Title (7), UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title, WWC Puerto Rican Title (2), CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title, National Trios Titles (with Villano V & Dos Caras), National Atomicos Titles (withVillanos IV & V & Pierroth Jr.), AAA Americas Trios Titles (with Villanos IV & V), IWRG Trios Titles (with Villanos IV & V)

Arturo Díaz Mendoza is a Mexican professional wrestler best known for performing under the stage name Villaño III (In Spanish Villano Tercero) where he is most famous for teaming with one or more of his brothers: Villaño I, Villaño II, Villaño IV and Villaño V.

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


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