Takeda (Mexico City)

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Takeda
	Name Takeda Real name Nicknames Name history Brontes, Takeda Family Maestro(s) Abundio Radilla, Centauro Birth date, location listed as January 23, 1962 - Mexico City (billed from Acapulco) Obituary date Debut, location February, 1983 Lost mask to Height 173 cm/5'8" Weight 95 kg/209 lbs Signature moves Titles:

History

Training

With a sports background in Martial Arts such as Karate and Judo, he tried Lucha Libre with incredulity at first. Then, he was challenged by others and decided to practice it to the point he loved it, he enjoyed training for two hours from Monday to Friday. His first trainers were Abundio Radilla and Centauro. Trained from 1978 until 1982. In at least one interview said to have been trained in Japan.

Professional Career

Had no intentions of wrestling professionally, only practiced as a sport and for self defense. However, his debut was sudden, on February, 1983, he went to Cancun see one of his friends who was also his training partner who lived there. He was still undecided to wrestle professionally. That friend invited him to a lucha libre event. A wrestler did not show up and was asked to take that place. The young wrestler did not have a ring name yet. He was so nervous that he could not even hear the name he used on his debut. Despite of the nerves, he liked the experience so much that made him decide to become a professional wrestler.

After the debut, his friends helped him design a gear and an appropriate ring name. He decided to continue under the name of Brontes. By 1984, he moved to Acapulco where he continued his wrestling career. For this reason, several sources bill him from Acapulco. Had also presentations in Quintana Roo and Mexico City. Wreslted in most of states of Mexico. Was part of the then EMLL and the Promocionea Mora-Flores (UWA).

Becoming Takeda

Brontes met Babe Sharon who came from Ciudad Juárez with a young trainee who was using a martial artist gimmick. Brontes assisted Sharon's disciple, because of his background and experience in Karate. They became very good friends.

Babe Sharon was a masks and gears maker. One day, Brontes asked Sharon (in a tone of joke) if he has a ring name for him and a design of the same kind of oriental martial artist gimmick. Sometime later, Sharon told he had a surprise for him. Brontes went to see him and Sharon showed and gave him a gear of Takeda. The one condition that Sharon gave to him was helping someone when need it. With Sharon's blessing, Brontes continued his career as Takeda.

Takeda and Takeda (formerly known as El Ninja) had a fraternal relationship. They consider themselves as brothers. There is a mutal respect and they continued their careers under the same name, but following different paths. For years, many people believed they were the same person.

UWA

Takeda came to Mexico City to join the UWA in 1990, returning in 1992 and 1994 thru the last days of UWA. When Flores's nephew passed away, many of fellow wrestlers migrated to AAA or CMLL. After the disappearance of UWA, had short stints in AAA, but he decided to retire, because he did not like the ways of AAA. He was invited to other emerging promotions, but he did not feel the same emotion which he had before.

Japan

Takeda wrestled in Japanese promotions such as Universal Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling and NOAH. On November 17, 1990, made his debut at Universal Pro Wrestling in which Kung Fu & Takeda defeat Bello Greco & Sergio El Hermoso at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Gallery

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  as Brontes

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  with Sombra Poblana

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  against Sergio El Hermoso at Korakuen Hall, 1990

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