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Esfinge
Esfinge (born June 14, 1993, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is the ring name of a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is the current Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion, in his first reign. Esfinge's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. He is the son of professional wrestler Magnum and the grandson of wrestler "Halcon Furia" and has previously also worked under the name "Halcon Furia Jr." Esfinge is Spanish for Sphinx. Professional wrestling career The wrestler later known as Esfinge made his in-ring debut in late 2009, wrestling under the ring name "Halcón Furia Jr.", the same name his uncle used for years and was an homage to his grandfather who was the original Halcón Furia. In 2011 he was given a new ring identity, name and mask becoming "Esfinge" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Busca De Un Ídolo 2015
''En Busca de un Ídolo 2015'' ("In Search of an Idol 2015") was a professional wrestling tournament held by the Mexican ''Lucha Libre'' (professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) from May through August, 2015. The qualifier took place on May 24, 2015 to determine which eight wrestlers would compete in the main portion of the show. This is the fourth time since 2012 that CMLL has held an ''En Busca de un Ídolo'' tournament, making it the fourth overall tournament under that name. All tournament matches took place in CMLL's main building, Arena México on Tuesday and Friday shows. Like the first 2012 and 2014 version of the tournament was devised to focus on a group of younger wrestlers trying to prove themselves to both CMLL and the fans. The first round of the tournament ran from June 5 to July 21 with Guerrero Maya Jr., Boby Zavala, Esfinge and Disturbio all qualifying for the second round. The second round ran from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship
The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Campeonato de Parejas de la Arena Coliseo del CMLL'') is a professional wrestling Tag team Championship (professional wrestling), championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based professional wrestling promotion, promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 2000. The championship is considered a revival of the EMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship that was used in the 1960s and 1970s when CMLL was known as "Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre" (EMLL). The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship is considered a secondary championship, with the CMLL World Tag Team Championship being the primary championship for the tag team division in CMLL. As it is a professional wrestling championship, its holders are determined by Promoter (entertainment), promoters or promotions, not by athletic competition. As the name indicates the championship is intended to be defended in ''Arena Coliseo'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Gallo (wrestler)
El Gallo (born December 15, 1984, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is the ring name of a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) professional wrestling promotion. El Gallo is the son of ''luchador'' El Líder and the brother of CMLL wrestler Ráfaga. He is a former three-time Occidente Light Heavyweight Champion and currently holds the Occidente Tag Team Championship with Esfinge. El Gallo's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. Originally he teamed up with his brother as "Estrella de Jalisco I", while his brother was known as "Estrella de Jalisco II", but changed his ring character to El Gallo in 2006. ''El Gallo'' is Spanish for "The Rooster", a name that is reflected in his mask, which is adorned by a Cockscomb and fabric wattles on his chin. In 2012 El G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
The Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (''Campeonato Nacional Semicompleto'' in Spanish) is a national Mexican singles professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the ''Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.'' (''Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission''). Since its creation in 1942, the championship has not been promoted by one specific promotion throughout its existence, but shared between many Mexican promotions. Among others, Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), the ''ENSEMA'' promotion and the Independent circuit but since December 2007 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) has had the exclusive rights to the championship.In this statement, the rights refers to the every day use of the championship, determining which storylines the championship is being used in, who gets to challenge for it and how to use it in a public relations sense. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta (wrestler)
Delta (born August 27, 1985) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, Luchador'' ''wrestling mask, enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestling, professional wrestler currently working for the Mexico City based professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Delta's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. Delta is the son of wrestler Trueno and previously wrestled as Hijo del Trueno ("Son of Thunder"), his brother currently works for CMLL wrestling under the ring name Trueno (wrestler), Trueno like their father, although the family relationship has not been publicly acknowledged by CMLL. Personal life The wrestler currently known as Delta was born on August 27, 1985, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, and grew up watching his father wrestle under a mask as "Trueno" (Spanish language, Spanish for "Thunder"). Trueno wore an outfit closely resemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canelo Casas
Canelo Casas (born 1982 in Mexico City, Mexico, currently residing in Cuernavaca, Morelos) is the ring name of a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a ''rudo'' ("Bad guy") wrestling character. His birth name has not been revealed, but he is a member of the extensive Casas wrestling family and a third-generation ''luchador'', being the grandson of wrestler-turned-referee Pepe Casas and the nephew of Negro Casas, El Felino and Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal originally wrestled as Canelo Casas, but this Casas claims to not be a son but a nephew of the original Canelo Casas. He has previously worked as the masked character "Bengala" as well as "Canelo Casas, Jr." Personal life Casas was born in 1982 in Mexico City, Mexico as part of the extensive "Casas wrestling family". His grand father is José Casas Granados, better known under the ring name Pepe Casas. Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akuma (luchador)
José Luis Florencio Martínez (born 1996) is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Akuma. He is working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a ''rudo'' ("Bad guy") wrestling character, and is a former CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champion. He is the younger brother of CMLL wrestler Demus 3:16 and has been referred to as both Akuma 3:16 and Akuma 666 early in his career. Personal life The wrestler known as Akuma is the younger brother of ''Mini-Estrella'' wrestler Demus 3:16. He is the brother-in-law of retired professional wrestler Hiroka Yaginuma who is married to Demus 3:16. He is also the brother in law of wrestler Charlie Montana who is married to Akuma's sister. Professional wrestling career Lucha libre has a tradition of keeping the real name and personal information of masked wrestlers private if they have never been officially unmasked, it makes it possible that Ak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disturbio
Disturbio (born March 30, 1979) is the ring name of Israel Aguilar Alvarez, a Mexico, Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador'', or professional wrestling, professional wrestler working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a ''Heel (professional wrestling), rudo'' ("bad guy") wrestling character. Aguilar is the husband of ''luchadora'' (female wrestler) Princesa Dorada ("Golden Princess"). Disturbio has formed a regular tag team with Bobby Zavala since 2011, although the team does not have an official team name. Professional wrestling career Aguilar made his professional wrestling debut on December 22, 2004, On January 31, 2008, Disturbio lost a ''Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas, Lucha de Apuestas'', or "bet match", which meant Disturbio had all his hair shaved off. In April, 2008 Disturbio had a try out match for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), the world's oldest wrestling promotion, when he teamed up with Zayco to defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagrado (wrestler)
El Sagrado (born June 19, 1980) is a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). His ring name is Spanish for "The Sacred One". Working as "Sagrado" won the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship with Misterioso, Jr. as well as having formerly held the Mexican National Trios Championship twice, with different partners as well as the Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship on one occasion. Like many children in Mexico, El Sagrado grew up idolizing ''Lucha libre'' (professional wrestling), especially El Santo. At the age of 12 he told his parents he wanted to become a professional wrestler, something his parents opposed. The young Sagrado found a way to train to become a professional wrestler without his parents knowing it, his brothers covered for him by telling his parents that he was at football practice instead. One of his younger brothers became a professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphinx
A sphinx ( ; , ; or sphinges ) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. In Culture of Greece, Greek tradition, the sphinx is a treacherous and merciless being with the head of a woman, the haunches of a lion, and the wings of a bird. According to Greek myth, she challenges those who encounter her to answer a riddle, and kills and eats them when they fail to solve the riddle. This deadly version of a sphinx appears in the myth and drama of Oedipus. In Egyptian mythology, in contrast, the sphinx is typically depicted as a man (an androsphinx ()), and is seen as a benevolent representation of strength and ferocity, usually of a pharaoh. Unlike Greek or Levantine/Mesopotamian ones, Egyptian sphinxes were not winged. Both the Greek and Egyptian sphinxes were thought of as guardians, and statues of them often flank the entrances to temples. During the Renaissance, the sphinx enjoyed a major revival in European decorative art. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boby Zavala
Boby Zavala (born February 12, 1991) is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler. He is best known for working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) between 2011 and 2017, where he portrayed a ''rudo'' ("bad guy") wrestling character. He originally worked as a masked wrestler, or ''enmascarado'' called Licantropo, but adopted his current ring name in 2010 and unmasked. Professional wrestling career Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2010-2017) Boby Zavala began his wrestling career in 2008 after being trained by Corsario Rojo, Viento Negro and Emperador Azteca. He adopted a ring character called Licantropo, Spanish for Lycanthrope or werewolf, with a wrestling mask and outfit patterned on werewolf imagery. In 2010 he abandoned the ring character, unmasked and began wrestling under the name Boby Zavala. As Zavala he began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and trained under Arkángel de la Muerte and Franco Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cancerbero
Daniel Nuñez Hernandez (born June 11, 1977), better known by his ring name Cancerbero, is a Mexican '' luchador'' (or professional wrestler), working for the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Cancerbero is a member of '' Los Cancerberos del Infierno'' ("The Infernal Cerberusses"), under the leadership of Virus. Cancerbero previously worked as Messala for many years, forming the team ''Los Romanos'' along with Caligula (who was later known as Raziel). The name Cancerbero is Spanish for Cerberus, the three-headed hound, which according to Greek mythology, guards the entrance to Hell. Professional wrestling career Hernandez began his wrestling career using the ring name El Potro ("The Colt") and later on wrestled as El Monstruo I, teaming with El Monstruo II. El Monstruo I was unmasked by Gran Cuchillo on December 8, 2002 when he lost a '' Lucha de Apuesta'', bet match. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2002–present) ''Los Romanos'' (2005–2009) In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
