La Sombra (The Shadow)

The Luchador La Sombra (The Shadow) that wrestles for CMLL is not the first to use that name.
The first La Sombra was Tony Lopez who wrestled in the 80s.
The second La Sombra was Hector Navarro who wrestled in the 90s.
And the current La Sombra's real name is unknown, other than his last name is Andrade and he was born on November 3, 1989 in Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico.
And we also know that he has one of the coolest masks in Lucha Libre.

The current La Sombra was trained by Moro III, Brillante Sr., Satanico, Stuka and Franco Colombo (the luchador, not the bodybuilder).
He made his wrestling debut on October 18, 2003 in his hometown of Gomez Palacio.
Before adopting the La Sombra idenity, he wrestled as Brillante Jr., Rey Azteca (II) , and Guerrero Azteca.

He has held the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) World Tag Team Championship with Volador, Jr., the Mexican National Trios Championship with El Sagrado and Volador, Jr., the NWA World Welterweight Championship and he won the Torneo Gran Alternativa in 2007 with Místico.

Pegasso

Pegasso (or Pegaso) was born on February 25, 1978 in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
He was trained by Gran Apache, Sombra Salvaje and Irasu.
Pegasso started out in the Indy wrestling promotions in Mexico until he caught the interest of Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
He went to AAA in 2006 and joined a group called Real Fuerza Aerea.
Pegasso left AAA in 2008 and went to IWRG.
When Rey Cometa went to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Pegasso went with him.
By all accounts he is a sound technical wrestler, but really hasnt received a "push".
This may be because of rumored attitude problems backstage.

Here is a video from YouTube of Billy Boy, Pegasso and Super Fly wrestling Gran Apache, Gallego and Cóndor

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.

Dragon Rojo Jr.

Luchador Dragon Rojo Jr. was born on November 3rd, 1982 in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico.
He is the grandson of Dragón Rojo.
Rojo was trained by Raúl "Loco" Díaz, Dandy Garcia and Satanico and made his lucha libre debut in June of 2001.
He wrestles for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico.
Dragón Rojo, Jr. has held the # Mexican National Trios Championship with Sangre Azteca and Black Warrior and won the CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa with Último Guerrero in 2008.

Sean Waltman / X-Pac

It seems like I have done write ups on Sean Waltman on every wrestling blog I have.
TNA, WWF / WWE, WSX, but he gets an entry here too.

Sean Waltman was born on July 13, 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
I think he has wrestled for almost every major wrestling promotion in the world since his pro wrestling debut back on March 16, 1992.

In Lucha Libre he is known as 6-Pac or X-Pac (out of the myriad of names he has wrestled under) and wrestles for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).
As far as I can tell, he first showed up there back in 2007, as a member of Konnan's Foreign Legion.
His manager was his girlfriend Alicia Webb (Ryan Shamrock).

X-Pac left Asistencia Asesoría y Administración for a time to re-enter rehab back in mid 2008, but returned towrads the end of 2008, turning on the Foreign Legion and creating D-Generation Mex.
D-Generation Mex was comprised of X-Pac, Rocky "Azúcar" Romero and Alex Koslov.
Both Romero and Koslov came from rival wrestling promotion CMLL to join the stable.

Luchador, Vampiro

Ian Richard Hodgkinson does not sound like your usual luchador's name.
But his ring name Vampiro is known all over Mexico and the US.

Ian was born on May 31, 1967 in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
He started out wrestling for International Wrestling in Montreal, Quebec in 1984.
Vampiro made his lucha libre debut on February 12, 1991 at the Arena México.
He moved to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1998.
When the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) purchased WCW in 2001, Vampiro was out, so he headed to CMLL.
During that time he also wrestled for Rob Black's XPW, had a tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling, a brief stint with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and finally wound up back in Mexico working for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) wrestling promotion.

Vampiro went to the MTV wrestling show Wrestling Society X (WSX) but finally wound up back in AAA after WSX folded.

In his Lucha Libre career, he won the Rey de Reyes in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in 2006, the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and the FILL Heavyweight Championship in Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre.

A documentary on his life titled "Vampiro: Angel, Devil, Hero" made it's US debut in early March 2009.
You can visit the movies website here:
http://www.vampiromovie.com/

He is also part of the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración "Invasion Tour" that starts on March 27th in the US.

The tour dates are:
March 27 in Fresno, Calif. at the Save Mart Center.
March 28 in Sacramento, Calif. at ARCO Arena.
March 29 in San Jose, Calif. at the HP Pavilion.
April 2 in Las Vegas at the Orleans Hotel & Casino.
April 4 in San Diego, Calif. at the Sport Arena.
April 5 in Los Angeles, Calif. at the L.A. Sports Arena.

Tickets range from $30 for general admission to $75 for reserved seating.

Luchador Ricky Banderas

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.

Konnan

Charles Ashenoff doesn't sound much like a luchador's name does it?
But in Lucha Libre and wrestling circles he is better known as Konnan.
Konnan was born on June 6, 1964 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

Before becoming a wrestler, Konnan was a boxer (Californian Middleweight Amateur Boxing Champion in 1982 and 1983) and a bodybuilder.

He was trained in Tijuana, Mexico by varvious luchadors alongside Psicosis, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Halloween and Damián 666.

"The Mexican Hulk Hogan" started out wrestling for Universal Wrestling Alliance as a masked wrestler called El Centurión ("The Centurion").
Leaving UWA, he then went to Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (EMLL). It was in EMLL that he took on the name Konnan El Barbaro ("The Barbarian").
On June 9, 1991, Konnan became the first ever CMLL World Heavyweight Champion.

Konnan left EMLL and went to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1992.
For AAA he worked as a booker, became the first AAA Americas Heavyweight Champion and helped set the all-time attendance record for a Mexican wrestling event, 48,000 people at TripleMania on April 30, 1993.
In 1994, Konnan formed an alliance known as Los Gringos Locos with Eddie Guerrero, Art Barr and Madonna's Boyfriend (Louie Spicolli).

Konnan left Mexico in 1992 and wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

In early 2007, he returned to AAA.

Besides wrestling, Konnan has appeared on soap operas and TV shows in Mexico, and has recorded Rap music.

You can check out Konnan's MySpace here:
http://www.myspace.com/konnan619

Teddy Hart

Theodore Annis was born 0n February 2, 1980, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
A third generation member of the Hart wrestling family, he is better known in the wrestling ring as Teddy Hart.
His wrestling pedigree is amazing, not only was he born into the Hart family, but he was trained by Ross Hart, Bruce Hart, Leo Burke and Dory Funk Jr.
Teddy was the youngest wrestler ever signed by the WWE.
He made his Lucha Libre debut on November 30, 2007, wrestling for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).
Teddy is a member of Konnan's heel stable La Legión Extranjera (the Foreign Legion) .
He regularly tag-teams with Jack Evans as The Hart Foundation 2.0.
Part of his heel gimmick is that he can't speak Spanish, so during his shoot promos, AAA captions his dialogue in Spanish.

Silver King

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.

Luchador: Rocky Romero

Luchador: Rocky Romero

John R. Rivera was born on October 28, 1982 in Havana, Cuba.
He is better known by his wrestling name Rocky Romero and as the fourth Black Tiger.
In 2003, Rocky began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
Rocky became the first ever CMLL World Super Lightweight Champion after beating Volador Jr. in a tournament final on September 12, 2003. He has gone on to hold the belt 3 times and is the current champion.
Which is a little awkward because on October 5, 2008, Rocky jumped from CMLL to rival promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) while still holding the CMLL belt and became a member of Sean Waltman's D-Generation MEX stable.
So what happens to the belt?

Ozz / Dark Ozz

Ozz (or Dark Ozz) was born Marcos Tinajero on January 30, 1975.
He is a Mexican Luchador that was trained by Skayde and made his pro wrestling debut in 1996.
He has wrestled under the names Angel Del Misterio, Rey Dragon, Path Finder, Ozz and Dark Ozz.
Ozz has held the Mexican National Atomicos Championship several times with Escoria, El Cuervo, Chessman and Espiritu.
He has also held the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) World Tag Team Wrestling Championship with El Cuervo.

Jack Evans

Jack Evans was born on April 2, 1982 in Parkland, Washington.
Jack was trained in wrestling by Bryan Alvarez, Tim Flowers, Bruce Hart, Ross Hart and Teddy Hart.
He has wrestled for Calgary's Stampede Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling, Wrestling Society X, Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Dragon Gate and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).

Evans joined AAA Wrestling in 2008 as a member of the heel group La Legión Extranjera (The Foreign Legion) and he tag teams with Teddy Hart as The Hart Foundation 2.0.

Escoria / Dark Escoria

Jose Guadalupe Ibarra Andrade was born on December 9, 1980 in Durango, Durango, Mexico.
He is a Mexican Luchador better known as Escoria, or now Dark Escoria (Dark Scoria).
He was trained by Blackman, Negro Sosa and Draco, and made his pro wrestling debut on August 13, 1998.
Dark Scoria works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and has been part of The Black Family since it was formed.
Besides the Black Family, he has been a member of La Secta Cibernetica, Secta De Mesias and Lucha Libre Latina.
His favorite wrestling moves in matches are the El Pozo (Reverse figure four leglock), Corkscrew Tope, Tornillo (a plancha in which the diving wrestler twists in the air),Jumping leg drop and the Flying Spinning Leg Lariat.
He has been a co-holder of the Mexican National Atomicos Title three times. Once with Ozz and Dark Cuervo, once with Chessman and once with Espiritu.

Dark Cuervo / El Cuervo

Jaime Ignacio Tirado Correa was born on January 4, 1974 in Toluca, Mexico State, Mexico.
He is a Mexican Luchador better known under his ring name El Cuervo and now Dark Cuervo.
Cuervo was trained by Dos Caras and Impala.
He made his pro wrestling debut on February 28, 1996 at the Arena Naucalpan.
Cuervo wrestles for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and has been part of The Black Family since Charly Manson formed the stable.
He has been a member of Lucha Libre Latina (LLL),and La Secta Cibernetica (later Secta De Mesias).
Cuervo has held the Mexican National Atomicos Championship (three times with Ozz and Escoria, twice with Chessman and once with Espiritu) and the AAA World Tag Team Wrestling Championship (with Ozz).

Apolo Estrada Jr.

Roberto Guadalupe Estrada Zúñiga was born on January 10, (year unknown) in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
Wrestling in Lucha Libre as Apolo Estrada Jr.,he is presumed to be the son of Luchadore Apolo Estrada.
Apolo wrestles for the Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre (FILL) wrestling promotion in Mexico and he has held several titles there.
The FILL Welterweight Wrestling Title (twice), the FILL Middleweight Wrestling Championship, FILL Tag Team Wrestling Championships with Estrella Dorada Jr, the FILL Trios Wrestling Championship, with Chucho Mar Jr. and Estrella Dorada Jr. and with Monje Negro Jr. and Estrella Dorada Jr. and the FILL Atomicos Titles with Chucho Mar Jr., Estrella Dorada Jr. and Gato Volador.

Mexican Luchadore, Apocalipsis

This luchadore with the unusual looking mask is Apocalipsis.
He was born Juan Carlos Contreras Uribe on January 16, 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Apocalipsis was trained by Tony Salazar and Jose Luis Feliciano, and made his pro wrestling debut on February 11, 2000 at the Arena Neza.
He wrestles for CMLL.

Lucha Libre: Anubis

I mentioned Anubis in my last entry, well here is the second Anubis that looks way cooler.
I wonder if they got this idea from "The Mummy".
This Anubis has wrestled under different names, Black Jack and Corsario Negro Jr. besides Anubis.
He was born on February 27, 1988, and his father is Luchadore Black Demon.
Anubis was trained by Indio Chamula,Leopardo Negro, Viento Negro, Shu el Guerrero, El Dandy ("Who are you to doubt El Dandy?") and Negro Navarro.
He made his pro wrestling debut on April 30, 2002.
Anubis wrestles for the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in Mexico.

Mexican Luchadores: Antar, Antifaz and Anubis

Luchadore Antar was born in Acapulco, Guerrero.

He's wrestled under the names Antar and Tigre Blanco.

Antifaz or Antifaz del Norte (Mask of the North), was born on July 7, 1971 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
He was trained by Marco Tulio and Jesse Rojas "El Vasco".
His pro wrestling debut was on July 4, 1993 at Arena Pesquería in Pesquería, Nuevo León, Mexico.
He has held the NAWA Middleweight Wrestling Title four times and the WWA World Tag Team Wrestling Titles with L.A. Park.

Mexican luchadore Anubis was trained by Elfego Silva, El Hijo del Diablo, Ringo Mendoza and Zaratustra.
He made his pro wrestling debut October 18, 1998.