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Ernestina Sugehit Salazar Martínez (born June 25, 1980) is a Mexican '' luchadora'' (Spanish for ''
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'') who is best known under the
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Princesa Sugehit. She is working for the Mexican
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(CMLL) portraying a '' ruda''/heel ("bad guy") wrestling character. Her name has appeared differently in different publications, even her employer CMLL has not always spelled her name consistently, it has appeared as Princesa Sujei, Princesa Sugey, Princesa Sujey, Princesa Sugeth, Princesa Sugehit and variations thereof.


Early life

Salazar was a fan of
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or
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from a young age and was one of the first people to show up when a new wrestling school opened in her native
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,
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. She was the only female in the wrestling school, which meant that the diminutive woman () had to wrestle against men as she was taught to wrestle by Bello Kalifa, Centurión Negro, and Carnicero Aguilar.


Professional wrestling career


Early career (1996–2005)

The butterfly design on her
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came from one of her trainers who said she would fly high like a
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. She decided on the name "Princesa Sujei" with "Sujei" being the name of a queen of the stars. She made her professional wrestling debut on September 22, 1996, in ''Arena La Junta'' teaming up with Flor de Loto to face off against Reina Salvaje and La Intrusa in a
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match. In the years following her debut Princesa Sujei worked primarily for
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(AAA), one of Mexico's largest wrestling promotions. In 1999 Princesa Sujei participated in AAA's first ever '' Reina de Reinas'' ("Queen of Queens") tournament, losing to
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in the qualifying round. On November 23, 2001, Princesa Sujei teamed up with
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and Estrellita to defeat
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, Mujer Demente, and Tiffany on the undercard of the 2001 '' Guerra de Titanes'' event. Princesa Sujei also worked for ''Lucha Libre Feminil'', a local promotion in her hometown of Monterrey where she held the LLF Extreme Championship, the LLF Juvenil Championship and the LLF Tag Team Championship along with Poly Star. While in LLF, she developed a rivalry with Canadian wrestler Dark Angel throughout 2004, which led to a forty-five long minute ''
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'' ("Bet Match") between the two, which saw Princesa Sujei pin Dark Angel, forcing her to unmask afterward. She also participated in the
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-promoted " ChickFight" tournament, defeating
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in the first round,
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in the second round and
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in the finals to win the first ChickFight tournament. In 2005, she participated in that year's ''Reina de Reinas'' tournament alongside
Lady Apache Sandra González Calderón (born June 26, 1970) is a Mexican professional wrestling, professional wrestler or ''Lucha Libre, luchadora'', best known under the ring name Lady Apache. As Lady Apache, González has mainly worked for Consejo Mundia ...
, Tiffany,
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, Dark Angel, Estrellita,
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, Golden Girl, La Chola, Martha Villalobos, Nikki Roxx, Poly Star,
Princesa Blanca Blanca Rodríguez (born August 26, 1974) is a Mexican retired '' luchadora'', or female professional wrestler, better known as Princesa Blanca. She is best known for her work with the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Luc ...
, Simply Luscious, and Veronica in a ''
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'' elimination match but was eliminated early in the match. She later participated in the " ChickFight II" tournament, defeating Luscious in the first round, but losing to Mariko Yoshida in the second round.


Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2005–present)

In early 2005,
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(CMLL) decided to renew their female's division after several years of low activity, adding a number of wrestlers to their roster including Princesa Sujei. On April 27, 2007, she competed to in a tournament to crown a new Mexican National Women's Champion when previous champion Lady Apache won the higher ranked
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. Princesa Blanca was one of 14 women competing in a ''torneo cibernetico'' to qualify for the finals. The ''torneo cibernetico'' was won by Princesa Sujei and
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. The two faced off a week later with Marcela winning the match and the championship Princesa Sujei developed a storyline rivalry with '' tecnica'' ("Good guy") Goddess, a strong rivalry that built to ''Luchas de Apuestas'', mask vs. mask match between the two in October 2008. The ''Apuestas'' match is the most prestigious "prize" in Lucha Libre, even more than a championship match, a prize that Princesa Sujei claimed when she pinned Goddess and forced her to unmask. She was given several opportunities to travel to Japan and work for several Japanese wrestling promotions through her CMLL contacts. One such chance came in March 2010 when she appeared on the final ''Fuka Matsuri'' event on March 28, 2010, where Sujei and
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lost to promotion owner Tigre Fuka and
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. On June 14, 2010 Princesa Sujei defeated Lady Apache to win the PWR World Women's Champion on a CMLL promoted show in
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. Sujei held the championship for over a year, 454 days in total, before losing the championship back to Lady Apache. Over the years Princesa Blanca developed a professional relationship with Princesa Sujei and Hiroka, creating a group known as ''Las Zorras'' ("The Foxes") and when Hiroka retired the two Princesas became known as ''Las Ladies de Polanco'', The ladies of
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, an affluent neighborhood in
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. In June 2012 ''Los Ladies'' traveled to Japan to compete in a tournament for the vacant
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, losing in the first round to eventual tournament winners "Muscle Venus" (
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and
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). On April 28, 2015, Sujei defeated Narumiya to win the CMLL-Reina International Championship. She lost the title back to Narumiya in a rematch in Tokyo on May 17. On February 25, 2017, Princesa Sujei defeated longtime rival Zeuxis to win the Mexican National Women's Championship. On September 16, 2017, at the annual CMLL 84th Anniversary Show, Sugehit lost her mask in a
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two out of three falls against Zeuxis, revealing herself as Ernestina Sugehit Salazar Martinez with 21 years experience in the sport. On September 16, 2020, Sugehit announced that he would not be able to wrestler to '' CMLL 87th Anniversary Show'' after testing positive for
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. On October 23, Sugehit defeated Marcela in a Two-out-of-three falls match to win the World Women's Championship. On August 16, 2023, Sugehit was forced to relinquished her title after sustaining an injury, ending her reign at 1,027 days.


WWE (2017)

On June 16, 2017,
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announced Sugehit as part of the Mae Young Classic. On August 28, Sugehit defeated Kay Lee Ray in the first round. On September 4, Sugehit was eliminated in the second round by
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.


Championships and accomplishments

* ChickFight ** ChickFight I *
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** CMLL-Reina International Championship ( 1 time) **
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( 1 time) ** Mexican National Women's Championship ( 1 time) **Copa Natalia Vázquez (2017) **Copa Irma González (2023) * Lucha Libre Feminil ** LLF Extreme Championship (1 time) ** LLF Juvenil Championship (1 time) ** LLF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Polly Star * ''
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'' ** Ranked No. 32 of the top 150 female singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2022 * Pro Wrestling Revolution ** PWR World Women's Championship (1 time)


''Luchas de Apuestas'' record


References


External links

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