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 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.

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.