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Lady Victoria
Victoria Ann Moreno (born September 15, 1972), better known by her ring name Lady Victoria, is an American professional wrestler/ luchadora, manager/valet, and actress. She began training to wrestle in 1991 and made her American professional wrestling debut on January 16, 1993. Lady Victoria made her first Mexican wrestling appearance during the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (EMLL) event held at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles on July 9, 1994 as well as her Lucha Libre AAA debut in Tijuana in 1995 and television debut at Triplemanía IV-A in Orizaba, Veracruz on July 15, 1996. During her career, Lady Victoria has performed all over the USA and Mexico, performing for companies such as AAA, CMLL/EMLL, International Wrestling Revolution Group, Promo Azteca, and Xtreme Pro Wrestling. Professional wrestling career California and AAA Moreno debuted as Victoria Starr, after being trained by Billy Anderson and Jesse Hernandez. She began wrestling as Lady Victoria three m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barstow, California
Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. Located in the Inland Empire region of California, the population was 25,415 at the 2020 census. Barstow is an important crossroads for the Inland Empire and home to Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow. History The settlement of Barstow began in the late 1840s in the Mormon Corridor. Every fall and winter, as the weather cooled, the rain produced new grass growth and replenished the water sources in the Mojave Desert. People, goods, and animal herds would move from New Mexico and later Utah to Los Angeles, along the Old Spanish Trail from Santa Fe, or after 1848, on the Mormon Road from Salt Lake City. Trains of freight wagons traveled back to Salt Lake City and other points in the interior. These travelers followed the course of the Mojave River, watering and camping at Fish Ponds on its south bank (west of Nebo Center) or 3.625 miles up river on the north bank, at a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Anderson (wrestler)
Billy Anderson may refer to: *Broncho Billy Anderson (1880–1971), American actor and filmmaker *Billy Anderson (running back) (born 1929), American football player *Billy Anderson (quarterback) (1941–1996), American football player *Billy Anderson (Australian footballer) (1892–1954), Australian rules footballer * Billy Dean Anderson (1934–1979), armed robber on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list *Billy Anderson (producer), American record producer and musician active since 1988 See also * William Anderson (other) *Wil Anderson (born 1974), Australian comedian, performing stand-up, as well as on television and radio *Bill Andersen Gordon Harold "Bill" Andersen (21 January 1924 – 19 January 2005) was a New Zealand communist, social activist and trade union leader. Biography Andersen was born in Auckland on 21 January 1924, the youngest child of Hans (Skip) Andersen and ... (1924–2005), New Zealand Communist and trade union leader * Bill Andersen (politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Sirenita
Guadalupe Buye Peña (born March 17, 1962) is a Mexican former '' luchadora'', or female professional wrestler who was primarily active from 1976 until 1996. She worked under the ring name La Sirenita, Spanish for "Little Mermaid". She was once married to a professional wrestler known as "Crazy 33" and together they have a son that also became a professional wrestler under the name Enigma. During her career, Buye won several championships, including the Distrito Federal Women's Championship, the Mexican National Women's Championship on two occasions, and the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship alongside La Rosa. She started her career as an ''enmascarada'', or masked wrestler but lost her mermaid inspired mask to Viuda Negra I in 1984. She stopped working full time in 1996, having only wrestled on special occasions since then, with matches in 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2017. Championships and accomplishments *Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre' :* Mexican National Women's C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Briosa
La Briosa (Spanish for The Verve One) is the ring name of a semi-retired Mexican '' luchadora'', or female professional wrestler who was primarily active from the mid-1970s until 2000. She is a second-generation wrestler, daughter of Sugi Sito, and together with her husband, a wrestler known under the names El Mexicano and Halcón 78. Together they have three sons that have followed in their footsteps and also become wrestlers, known as Halcón 78 Jr., Hammer Fist and Combat. La Briosa is the cousin of wrestlers Pánico, El Jabato, and Black Cat, and the aunt of Skándalo and Stigma. She has only worked a small number of matches since 2000. During her career, La Briosa won the Mexican National Women's Championship on one occasion, and was the only wrestler to win the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship twice, first with Vicky Carranza and later on with Neftali. She worked as an ''enmascarada'', or masked wrestler for most of her career, but lost it to Martha Vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuleyma
Elvia Fragoso Alonso (born January 13, 1964) is a Mexican former professional wrestler, known by her ringname Zuleyma, who competed in the Universal Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Association as one of the most dominant '' luchadoras'' in Mexico during the 1980s and early 1990s. She is the real-life older sister of ''luchadora'' Miss Janeth, whom she helped train, and the wife of Kato Kung Lee, Jr., son of veteran ''rudo'' Kato Kung Lee. On March 30, 1988, Zuleyma lost to La Briosa in a tournament final for the Mexican National Women's Championship but managed to beat her for the title three months later. She lost the title to La Marquesa on August 8, 1989, but regained it in Mexico City on March 30, 1990. In early 1989, Zuleyma became the first WWA World Women's Championship and eventually lost the title to Lola Gonzales in Tijuana on July 20, 1989. She eventually defeated Gonzales for the UWA World Women's Championship in Mexico City on February 23, 1991, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerbomb
A powerbomb is a professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted (usually so that they are sitting on the wrestler's shoulders) and then slammed back-first down to the mat. The standard powerbomb sees an opponent first placed in a standing headscissors position (bent forward with their head placed between the attacking wrestler's thighs). The opponent is then lifted on the wrestler's shoulders and slammed down back-first to the mat.Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.242). A prawn hold is commonly used for a pinning powerbomb. Powerbombs are sometimes used in mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on strike (attack), striking, grappling and ground f ... competitions, when a fighter attempts to slam another fighter who has him trapped in a triangle choke. In profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierroth, Jr
Norberto Salgado Salcedo (born March 10, 1958) is a retired Mexican '' luchador'' (professional wrestler), primarily known under the ring name Pierroth Jr. Salgado made his professional wrestling debut on July 1, 1984, working as a '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked wrestler, using the name Pierroth Jr. He lost his mask as a result of losing a ''Lucha de Apuestas'' ("bet match") to La Parka in 1998. In the late 1990s Pierroth became known as Comandante Pierroth or simply Pierroth, leader of a faction of pro-Puerto Rican wrestlers in CMLL known as '' Los Boricuas'', notwithstanding him being born in Mexico. After suffering a stroke in November 2008 Salgado retired from wrestling. Several other wrestlers have used the name Pierroth or derivatives there off over the years, with approval from Salgado, currently Pierrothito is the only wrestler actively using the name. Over the years Salgado has worked for Mexican professional wrestling promotions Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máscara Sagrada
Máscara Sagrada (born November 6, 1959) is a Mexican '' Luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler) who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is inspired by the "sanctity" of masks in ''lucha libre''. Sagrada has been involved in a long running copyright dispute over the use of the Máscara Sagrada name, outfit and mask with AAA, who claimed that they owned the copyright to the character and has even promoted other wrestlers as "Máscara Sagrada". Máscara Sagrada'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. Professional wrestling career The wrestler who would later be known as Máscara Sagrada was trained for his professional wrestling career by Espectro I, Villano I, Shadito Cruz, and Antonio Hernández before making his debut on September 2, 1978. He init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Janeth
Janet Fragoso Alonso (born January 14, 1973) is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by her ringname Miss Janeth, who is a longtime '' ruda'' for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. She has also competed in the Universal Wrestling Association and won the UWA World Women's Championship following its revival in 2001. Fragoso is the younger sister of ''luchadora'' Zuleyma Career Fragoso's career with the promotion stretches back to the early 1990s, her first major victory in the promotion being a "hair vs. hair" match against Migala in 1996, however she remained at a mid-card level for much of her time in the AAA's women's division. Another highlight in her early career occurred two years later when she and Alda Moreno beat Rosy Moreno and Xóchitl Hamada in a "hair vs. hair" match at Verano de Escandalo (1998) when Janeth pinned Rosy Moreno. The next year, Janeth entered Reina de Reina 1999 and in the opening rounds defeated Lady Discovery, Princess Sujei and Migala in a "fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. In the 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park. The earliest evidence of human occu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Girl Wrestling Association
The Professional Girl Wrestling Association (PGWA) is an America women's professional wrestling promotion. The aim of the PGWA is to preserve and promote "Old School" Women's professional wrestling. Based in North Carolina, the organization frequently sponsors matches and whole cards in the Mid-Atlantic and Mid-South states, as well as in Mexico and the United Kingdom through partnerships with other regional promotions. From its founding in 1992 until her death in mid-2008, the Commissioner of the PGWA was Penny Banner. Purpose The company sets up wrestling matches for independent female wrestlers—wrestlers that are not signed to a major company—video tapes the matches and sells them to help promote their careers. Because the women do not sign exclusive contracts, they are free to wrestle in other promotions or major wrestling companies. Unlike many female-only wrestling organizations, PGWA does not overly emphasize the sexuality of the female wrestlers, nor does it promote t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomona, California
Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city's population was 151,713. The main campus of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, also known as Cal Poly Pomona, lies partially within Pomona's city limits, with the rest being located in the neigboring unincorporated community of Ramona, Los Angeles County, California, Ramona. History Beginnings to 1880 The area was originally occupied by the Tongva Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans. The city is named after Pomona (mythology), Pomona, the ancient Roman goddess of fruit. For horticulturist Solomon Gates, "Pomona" was the winning entry in a contest to name the city in 1875, before anyone had ever planted a fruit tree there. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
