Rey Wagner and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr

Juan Manuel González Barrón aka Dr. Wagner Jr.aka Rey Wagner and his son El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.

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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.

Sangre Azteca

Sangre Azteca (Aztec Blood) was born on October 5, 1975, in Mexico City, Mexico.
He is a Mexican pro wrestler (luchadore) who works as a "rudo", or heel, for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
Sangre is part of the "Poder Mexica" stable along with Dragon Rojo Jr. and Black Warrior.
He trained with Scorpio and Raúl Reyes, and made his pro wrestling debut on October 5, 1997, at the Arena Naucalpan.
He started out with International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) and moved to CMLL in 1988.
There he became a member of "Grupo Cibernetico" and was further trained by Guillermo "Memo" Díaz and Negro Casas.

He has held the Mexican National Trios Championship twice, once with Dr. X and Nitro, and once with Dragon Rojo Jr. and Black Warrior.
He has also held the Mexican National Welterweight Championship.
Sangre and Ramstein also held the Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship at one time.

Rey Cometa - Lucha Libre

Rey Cometa was born on March 11, 1983 in Queretaro, Queretaro Mexico.
He is a luchadore that works as a tecnico (face) for the Lucha Libre promotion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
When he wrestled for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) he was a member of the stable "Real Fuerza Aerea".
Rey started wrestling at the age of 16, and was trained by Kaoma Jr., Atomico de Oro, Dragon De Oriente I and Dragon de Oriente II.
He made his pro wrestling debut on April 30, 1999 in Cadereyta, Queretaro, Mexico.

After wrestling for AAA, he left with Pegasso to go to CMLL.

  Puma King vs. Rey Cometa

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.

Mictlan

Mictlan was born Jonathan de Jesus Navarro Jímenez on August 25, 1982 in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico.
He has wrestled under several names and in several masks.
Mictlan made his pro wrestling debut in 1999 in his hometown.
He's wrestled as Angel del Barrio (2002-2004, lost his mask to Hator), Randy (GDL 2003-2004), Vaquero I (GDL, 2004-2006), Mictlan (lost his mask to Dragon Rojo Jr.)
Mictlan (Mictlan was the Aztec underworld) currently wrestles for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

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.

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.

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.

Nicho el Millonario / Psicosis

What's in a name?
Well when you follow luchador Psicosis, a name can get a little confusing.
Is it Psicosis?
Or Psychosis?
Or Psichosis?
Or is he Nicho el Millonario?
Either way he was born Dionicio Castellanos Torres on May 19, 1971 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Psicosis was trained by Fobia and Rey Misterio, Sr.
He made his pro wrestling debut as El Salvaje on March 10, 1989 in his hometown Tijuana.
Nicho El Millionaro is the name he is wrestling under now in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
The name began when he was working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
He had to take it because when Psicosis left AAA originally and went to the WCW, AAA booker Antonio Peña claimed ownership to the Psicosis name and gimmick, creating Psicosis II.
In Lucha Libre, he has had feuds with El Hijo del Santo, Rey Mysterio, Jr., La Parka, Juventud Guerrera, and Fuerza Guerrera.

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.