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LLA Azteca Championship
The LLA Azteca Championship (''Campeonato Azteca de LLA'' in Spanish) was a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Lucha Libre Azteca (LLA) between 2009 and 2014. This championship had no weight limit nor any other limits on who could become champion. It was sponsored by TV Azteca Noreste, who televised all championship matches and covered professional wrestling in Monterrey, Nuevo León on a weekly basis. The Championship was last seen on May 4, 2014 and was not promoted by LLA between that date and LLA's last show on September 27, 2015. No champion was able to successfully defend the championship as it changed hands each time LLA and CMLL promoted a title match. As a professional wrestling championship, it was not won through athletic competition; it was instead won and lost via a scripted ending to a match. The championship was vacated on May 2, 2013, after a match between then-champion Místico and challengers La Sombra and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre
Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence. CMLL currently recognizes and promotes 12 World Championships in various weight divisions and classifications, six national level and six regional level championships. The Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows, CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual major show, starting in 1934, with the CMLL 91st Anniversary Show being the most recent. CMLL also regularly promotes major events under the names ''Homenaje a Dos Leyendas'' ("Homage to two legends"), ''Sin Piedad'' ("No Mercy"), ''Sin Salida'' ("No Escape"), ''Infierno en el Ring'' ("Inferno in the Ring") during the year. CMLL has promoted their regular weekly ''CMLL Super Viernes, Super Viernes'' ("Super Friday") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Peste Negra
''La Peste Negra'' (Spanish for "The Black Plague") was a Mexican ''lucha libre'' ''rudo'' (villainous) stable in the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion. The core of the group is the Casas wrestling family, which includes members Negro Casas and El Felino and former members Heavy Metal and Princesa Blanca. The group is rounded out by Mr. Niebla and rookies Bárbaro Cavernario and Herodes, Jr. The group was founded in July 2008 when Mr. Niebla returned to CMLL after working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The group has consistently been used at the main event and semi-main event level in CMLL. Their motto is "be heinous and stinky" History In July 2008 Mr. Niebla returned to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) after working for its rival Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) for over a year. Upon his return to CMLL he formed a group with Negro Casas and Heavy Metal called ''La Peste Negra'' (Spanish for "the Black Plague). The group was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Panther
Genaro Vázquez Nevarez (born September 18, 1960) is a Mexican professional wrestler and trainer, best known under his ring name Blue Panther. He made his in-ring debut in 1978. Since then, he has worked for most major Mexican professional wrestling promotions, including the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración (AAA). He was one of the first wrestlers to leave CMLL for AAA when it was created in 1992, but returned to CMLL in 1997 where he has competed ever since. Vázquez's two oldest sons, known as Blue Panther Jr. and Black Panther (wrestler), Black Panther, are also professional wrestlers, working for CMLL since 2013. A third son referred to as El Hijo de Blue Panther has been introduced to the audience but has not made his in-ring debut. He was the first CMLL World Middleweight Championship, CMLL World Middleweight Champion and has won the Mexican National Middleweight Championship twice, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Show
A house show (also commonly called a live event) is a professional wrestling event produced by a major Professional wrestling promotion, promotion that is not televised, though they can be recorded. Promotions use house shows mainly to cash in on the exposure that they and their wrestlers receive during televised events, as well as to test reactions to matches, wrestlers, and Gimmick (professional wrestling), gimmicks that are being considered for the main televised programming and upcoming pay-per-views. As house shows are not televised, all matches are technically dark matches, though that term is usually reserved for non-televised matches at otherwise televised events. House shows are also often scripted to make the Face (professional wrestling), face wrestlers win most matches, largely to send the crowd home happy. If a Heel (professional wrestling), heel defends a title, the face may win by disqualification, preventing the title from changing hands. Until the 1990s, most t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Súper Luchas
''Súper Luchas'' is a Spanish-language publication covering lucha libre and other forms of professional wrestling. The publication began as a print magazine in 1991 and later became the largest lucha libre magazine in the world and remained one of the few professional wrestling magazines to survive to the 2000s but now operates mainly as an online website. The website is the number one Spanish-language professional wrestling website in the world. Critics When Leopoldo Meraz directed Spectacular, the world of wrestling, and later the first era of Super Fights, it was common for timely photos to be published on covers or posters when the fighters were left without a mask in the middle of a fight. He even encouraged his star photographer, Guillermo Mañón, to get this type of graphics, which is why several fighters from the International Wrestling company that organized billboards at El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos threatened Mañón and tried to hit him, as a threat to kill him. Stop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Sombra (wrestler)
Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza (born November 3, 1989) is a Mexican professional wrestler. , he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Andrade (formerly Andrade "Cien" Almas). He is also known for his appearances in Mexico for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling under the ring name La Sombra (Spanish for "The Shadow") and for the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Andrade El Idolo (also stylized Andrade "El Ídolo"). A third-generation professional wrestler, Andrade made his debut a month before his 14th birthday and worked under the name Brillante Jr. in reference to his father, who wrestled as Brillante. He spent eight years wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the name La Sombra, where he won the 2007 '' Torneo Gran Alternativa'' tournament and the 2011 Universal Championship, as well as simultaneously holding the CMLL World Tag Team Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torneo Cibernetico
A ''torneo cibernetico'' is a multi-man professional wrestling elimination match that was created and primarily used in Mexican ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotions, especially in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The match format sees two teams of varying sizes face off against each other. It uses standard ''lucha libre'' tag team rules with elimination occurring with a pinfall, submission, disqualification and count out and allows a wrestler to enter the match when their tag team partner exits the ring as well as when they tag out. A special 'batting' order system is used in which the wrestlers are given a specific order and may only tag in and out in this order. If two or more men from the same team remain, they must face each other to determine one individual winner. History in the United States Chikara The ''lucha libre''-inspired, Pennsylvania-based Chikara (professional wrestling), Chikara promotion holds an annual show with a ''torneo cibernetico'' as their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mephisto (wrestler)
Mephisto (born December 10, 1968) is the ring name of a Mexico, Mexican ''lucha libre, luchador wrestling mask, enmascarado'', or masked Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). His real name is not a matter of official record as he is an ''enmascarado'', which by ''lucha libre'' traditions means that his personal life is kept secret from the general public. Mephisto is the son of Luchador Astro Rey/Kahoz and has previously worked both as Astro Rey Jr. and Kahoz Jr. but has been most successful as Mephisto. Since adopting the Mephisto Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick, gimmick he has been associated with the group ''Los Infernales'' ("The Infernal Ones") and later on ''Los Hijos del Averno'' ("The Sons of Hell"), especially working closely with Averno (wrestler), Averno as his regular tag team partner for years. Mephisto and Averno are considered one of the top teams in Mexico between 2000 and 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ephesto
Ephesto (born July 10, 1965) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado ( Spanish for "masked professional wrestler"). Margarito real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican lucha libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record. The wrestler currently known as Ephesto made his debut in 1982 and worked for almost 20 years as Pantera del Ring with limited success. He later worked under the name Safari where he won the Mexican National Trios Championship on two occasions. His ring name "Ephesto" is derived from the Spanish name for Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire, Hefesto; in fact, his name is sometimes spelled ''Hefesto'' in print sources. Ephesto is a founding member of the stable '' Los Hijos del Infierno'' (Spanish for ''the Sons of the Inferno'') with Averno and Mephisto. Ephesto is a former CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion, Mexican National Trios Champion, and CMLL World Trios Champion. Professional wrestling career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Averno (wrestler)
Renato Ruíz Cortes (born May 9, 1977), better known by his ring name Averno (Hell), is a Mexican Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is the current CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. Ruíz initially worked for (CMLL) as Rencor Latino in 1995, but did not achieve any significant success until he adopted the ring name Averno in June 2001. Under his new ring name, Ruíz went on to become a one–time CMLL World Middleweight Championship, CMLL World Middleweight, CMLL World Trios Championship, CMLL World Trios Champion, NWA World Middleweight Champion and NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion and a List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions, three–time CMLL World Tag Team Championship, CMLL World Tag Team Champion. His ring name is most commonly translated as "Hades, Hell" in English. For many years Averno's real name was not a matter of public re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Hijos Del Averno
''Los Hijos del Averno'' (Spanish for "The Sons of Hell") was the most well known name of a Mexican professional wrestling group, called a stable in the Mexican ''Lucha Libre'' (Professional Wrestling) promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The group was originally formed in 2006 under the name ''La Triadad del Terror'' ("The Triad of Terror") and has also been briefly known as ''Los Jauria del Terror'' ("the Hounds of Terror"). In 2015 the group was renamed ''Los Hijos del Infierno'' ("The Sons of the Inferno") and currently consists of Mephisto, Ephesto and Luciferno and works as a '' rudo'' (term used for wrestlers who portray the "Bad guys") faction. The group was led by Averno, whom the group was named after, until Averno left CMLL in 2014. ''Los Nuevo Infernales'' The characters of Averno and Mephisto were originally created to team up with El Satánico to form the team '' Los Nuevo Infernales'' ("The New Infernals") in 1999, discarding their previous ring id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rey Bucanero
Arturo García Ortiz (born July 19, 1974) is a Mexican ''luchador'' or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Rey Bucanero. Ortiz, as Rey Bucanero, has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1996. His ring name is Spanish for "Buccaneer King", which was originally reflected in his mask that featured a skull face and an eye patch. Ortiz was unmasked in 1999 and has worked unmasked ever since. He is the nephew of Pirata Morgan, from whom he took the Pirate character, as well as the nephew of Hombre Bala and El Verdungo. While he has primarily worked for CMLL through most of his career he has made appearances in the United States, most notably for the World Wrestling Federation and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as well as in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Rey Bucanero, along with Último Guerrero and Tarzan Boy were the founders of the long running ''Los Guerreros del Infierno'' ("The Infernal Warriors") group in 2001. Bucanero later left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
