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Boby Zavala (born February 12, 1991) is a Mexican ''
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'', or
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. He is best known for working for the Mexican
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(CMLL) between 2011 and 2017, where he portrayed a ''
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'' ("bad guy") wrestling character. He originally worked as a
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, or ''enmascarado'' called Licantropo, but adopted his current
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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,
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for
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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 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 profe ...
(CMLL) and trained under Arkángel de la Muerte and Franco Colombo. Zavala was introduced to the general CMLL audience as part of ''Generación 2011'' group. the group was not a unit as such, more a "graduating class", who made their debut around the same time. The group also included
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, Enrique Vera, Jr., Hombre Bala Jr., Dragon Lee,
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, and Super Halcón Jr. He was one of 16 students of Arkangel de la Muerte selected to participate in a
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, the ''Torneo Arkangel'', to honor the 25th anniversary of Arkangel de La Muerte. The match as won by Starman. Zavala was involved in a general ''Generacion 2011'' vs. veteran ''rudos'' storyline, which ultimately resulted in a ''
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'', or bet match where Hombre Bala Jr. and Super Halcón Jr. unmasked ''
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''. In late 2011 Zavala began an individual storyline feud against Evola that took place primarily in CMLL's training league in
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,
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. The feud culminated in a ''
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'', or bet match, where both wrestlers put their hair on the line. The match took place on November 25, 2011, and saw Zavala pin his experienced opponent, forcing Evola to be shaved bald after the match. Following his ''Apuesta'' victory he became a regular competitor in
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, Mexico's main venue and made his Super Viernes debut on February 3, 2012, teaming with
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as the team lost to
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and Molotov. On March 6, 2012, Zavala competed in the first ''
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'' ("New Blood Tournament"), a tournament designed to highlight younger, low ranking wrestlers. Zavala took part in the first of two ''
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'', multi-man elimination matches but was pinned by
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and eliminated from the tournament. Only weeks later Zavana was teamed up with veteran wrestler
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to compete in the 2012 ''
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'' ("Great Alternative tournament"). The ''Gran Alternativa'' tournament pairs a rookie with an experienced wrestler for a
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tournament. Zavala and Dragon Lee were the last two survivors in the "Seeding" battle royal, while Dragon Lee and Rush defeated Zavala and Ray Bucanero in the first round of the tournament. In the months following the ''Gran Alternativa'' tournament Zavala began working with fellow rookie ''rudo'' Disturbio. In late 2012 the duo of Zavala and Distubio began a storyline against the '' tecnico'' ("good guy character") team of
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and
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. The two teams clashed on multiple occasions, building the rivalry until the two teams faced off in a double ''Luchas de Apuestas'' match where both teams put their hair on the line in the match. The match took place on January 1, 2013, and saw Leono and Tigre Blanco lose and for the first time in their careers shaved bald as a result of the loss. Zavala was one of a handful of wrestlers that returned to the 2013 version of the '' Torno Sangre Nueva'' tournament, but like in 2012 did not make it past the first round as he was pinned by Hombre Bala Jr. as the 8th elimination in the match. In late March 2013, Zavala was announced as one of the ''Novatos'' in the 2013 ''
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'', marking the second time he had competed in the tournament as a rookie. Zavala was teamed up with veteran wrestler
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and competed in Block B that took place on the April 19, 2013, '' Super Viernes'' show. The team defeated Leono and
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in the first round,
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and Mr. Niebla in the second round, and defeated Soberano Jr. and
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in the semi-finals to earn the last spot in the finals of the tournament the following week at the Arena Mexico 57th Anniversary Show. For the finals Zavala was made an honorary member of ''Los Revolucionarios'' completed with a Rey Escorpión and his own
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. The team unity worked as the two defeated Hombre Bala Jr. and
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to win the tournament. In May 2015 Zavala competed in a qualifying match for the 2015 version of En Busca de un Ídolo as one of 16 wrestlers in the qualifying ''
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'', elimination match where the last eight wrestlers would qualify for the tournament. He competed against Akuma,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, Flyer, El Gallo, Guerrero Maya Jr., Joker,
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,
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and Stigma. During the match Zavala eliminated Sagrado and was one of the eight survivors of the match to qualify. On October 16, Zavala was renamed "Bobby Z". In January 2016, Bobby Z made his Japanese debut by taking part in the CMLL and
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(NJPW) co-produced '' Fantastica Mania 2016'' tour. In 2017, Zavala was again renamed, this time "Bobby Villa", after
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. On May 22, 2017, CMLL announced that Zavala had been fired from the promotion. No official reason was given but the announcement was made at the same time as the firing of
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and La Máscara who were involved in vandalizing
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's car. Zavala's role in the incident was not clear.


Championships and accomplishments

*
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**Occidente Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with
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** Gran Alternativa (
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) – with
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**
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) fr ...
*FULL Lucha Libre **FULL World Championship (2 times)


''Luchas de Apuestas'' record


References

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