Lidia Hortencia Rangel Ávalos (born December 29, 1955) is a Mexican former professional wrestler, more commonly known under the

ring name A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons ...

Pantera Sureña (Spanish for "Southern Panther"). She has also worked as the '' enmascarada'' ("masked") wrestling characters La Galáctica, La Galáctica 2000, Lady Discovery and Lady Metal during her career. Her career began in 1969 and stretched until 2008 where she worked her last match. As Pantera Sureña, Rangel started her career as a ''luchadora enmascarada'', but lost her mask to Lola González in 1977. Her stints as La Galáctica, La Galáctica 2000, Lady Discovery and Lady Metal were all under a mask and only confirmed to be Rangel later in her career. In her almost 40-year career she has won the Distrito Federal Women's Championship, the UWA World Women's Championship, and the

Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship The Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship (Spanish: ''Campeonato Nacional Femenil de Parejas'') is a Mexican national tag team professional wrestling championship that is run exclusively for female wrestlers. The championship is sanctione ...

with

Martha Villalobos Martha García Mejía (born May 30, 1962) is a Mexican former '' luchadora'', or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Martha Villalobos an active wrestling promoter, running a company named ''Reyes del Ring'' ("Kings of the ...

in Mexico, as well as being the only '' luchadora'' to win the WWWA World Singles Championship in Japan.

Championships and accomplishments

* Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre :*Distrito Federal Women's Championship (1 time) :*

( 1 time) with

Universal Wrestling Association The Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) was a Mexican ''Lucha Libre'' or professional wrestling promotion based in Naucalpan, Mexico State that operated from 1975 until 1995. The name of the actual promotion was Promociones Mora y Asociados and ...

:* UWA World Women's Championship ( 1 time) *

All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling , nicknamed Zenjo (全女: 全 meaning "All", 女 meaning "Woman") was a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held the ...

:* WWWA World Singles Championship ( 1 time)

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pantera Surena 1955 births Living people Mexican female professional wrestlers 20th-century female professional wrestlers 20th-century Mexican professional wrestlers Mexican National Women's Tag Team Champions 21st-century female professional wrestlers 21st-century Mexican professional wrestlers UWA World Women's Champions