Luchador-Billy Boy

José Roberto Islas García was born on June 9, 1977, in Tetitlan, Guerrero, Mexico.
He is better known in lucha libre as Billy Boy, a wrestler for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración wrestling promotion.
Billy was trained by luchadors Gran Apache and Skayde.
He made his pro wrestling debut in july of 1997.
Billy is married to the beautiful luchadora Faby Apache, is the son-in-law of Gran Apache, the brother-in-law of Mari Apache and the father of Marvin the baby.
Besides Billy Boy, he has wrestled as Fighterman, Luigi Boy, Billy and the masked Alfa.

During the Summer of 2009, Billy, Hijo del Tirantes and Mesias (Ricky Banderas) were arrested for allegedly beating up a fan after a show.
Mesias (who you may know from TNA and the ill-fated Wrestling Society X) said he was just trying to calm Billy and Hijo del Tirantes down.
Billy and Hijo del Tirantes were both suspended for two weeks after the incident.

Billy has held the Mexican National Atomicos Championship twice with Oscar Sevilla, Alan and Decnis.

For more info on Billy Boy, check out http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/



Luchador-Billy Boy, posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/, Nov. 3rd, 2009

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.