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Los Luchas is a Mexican
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that consists of Phoenix Star and Zokre. They are best known for their reign as
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and their tenure in
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(between 2003 and 2009).


History

Originally called “Los Luchas Espectaculares”, most English speaking announcers couldn't pronounce their name and thus Phoenix Star and Zokre became known simply as "Los Luchas". In 2003 they had a series of matches with the “X-Foundation” of Joey Ryan and
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at the Alternative Wrestling Show in
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. Los Luchas eventually defeated the X-Foundation for the AWS Tag Team Championship. Over the next two years Los Luchas would hone their skills in the
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wrestling scene with feuds against teams like
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(Nick & Matt Jackson), The Ballard Brothers, "Aerial Xpress" (
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& Quicksilver), and “Arrogance” (Scott Lost &
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). In 2006 Los Luchas was entered into the Copa de Lucha tournament for NWA Pro Wrestling in
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,
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. Representing Mexico, they upset the favored
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ese representatives Black Tiger and Puma in the first round. In the finals they beat the
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team of Joey Ryan and
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which began a feud between the two teams that lasted nearly two years. The return match in Las Vegas at the Fiesta Lucha event was a Flag Match that saw Ryan and Anderson (now known as “The Real American Heroes”) align themselves with
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and his manager C. Edward Vander Pyle. Los Luchas and The Real American Heroes faced off in Cage Matches,
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es and more at events in
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,
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and throughout Texas and California. During this time Anderson and Ryan captured the
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left vacant after the
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ended its licensing agreement with
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. After several attempts, Los Luchas captured the titles on February 10, 2008 in Las Vegas. After losing the championship to the Skullkrushers ( Keith Walker & Rasche Brown) on October 4, 2008 in
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, Los Luchas took a brief hiatus from wrestling. They returned recently to full-time action including entering the 16 team tournament for the Mach One Wrestling Tag Team Championship.


Global Force Wrestling (2015)

On July 24, 2015, Los Luchas debuted for
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working two matches at the first '' GFW Amped'' taping in Las Vegas. They were on the winning side of a Lucha six man tag match and lost a tag match to
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At the second set of '' GFW Amped'' taping's in Las Vegas, Los Luchas teamed with
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to take on
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and The Akbars.


Championships and accomplishments

*Alternative Wrestling Show **AWS Tag Team Champions (1 time) *Empire Wrestling Federation **EWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) * International Wrestling Association ** IWA World Cruiserweight Championship ( 1 time) – Phoenix Star *
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**
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( 1 time) *NWA Pro Wrestling **Copa De Lucha Tournament Winner (2006) *Oddity Wrestling Alliance **OWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) *Pro Wrestling Revolution **PWR Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) *United Independent Wrestling Alliance **UIWA Tag Team Championship (1 time, current)


References


External links


Global Force Wrestling profile
* – Phoenix Star * – Zokre

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