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...to his Facebook accounts) though some sources say he was born on 1931. In Lucha Libre #89 his birth date was January 12, 1939 it could be either a mistake ...d the mask of La Sombra Vengadora, a character who had appeared in several lucha libre films. The actor Armando Silvestre played Sombra Vengadora's alter e

|birthdate=[[October 10]], [[1969]] - [[Mexicali]], [[Baja California]] ...alifornia)|Príncipe Negro]] for a year of intensive training. During that year of training he started on a mat before stepping on the ring. They places w

...illa Mainero, Tamaulipas]]. When he was 13 years old he attended his first lucha card and he was so impressed and became such a big fan that three years lat ...[[EMLL]] and he debuted in [[Arena Coliseo]] on [[October 8]] of that same year against [[Mishima Ota]].

...hampionship is one of the state championships of the [[Guadalajara]] box y lucha libre commission. It's controlled by the Guadalajara branch of [[CMLL]]. ...onship, he was called up to the Mexico City CMLL roster. By the end of the year, he'd been reborn as '''Mascara Dorada''', treated as a new wrestler, and s

...ntes Hernandez]]|[[1937]].[[06.28]]|[[Old Arena Mexico]]|<ref name="LL367">Lucha Libre 367</ref>}} ...1|[[Lobo Negro]]|[[1937]].[[12.02]]|[[Old Arena Mexico]]|<ref name="LL367">Lucha Libre 367</ref>}}

At the end of every year the major magazines in Mexico release their official awards. The awards use Other awards are often handed out by "Dr. Lucha" Stephen Sims, a noted Lucha Libre historian, the old <i>Huricanrana!</i> snail-mail publication, as wel

...Charro Aguayo|Francisco Aguayo]]|[[1937]].06.??|[[Mexico City]]|<ref>Box Y Lucha 905, part of a history piece on early title matches</ref>}} ...o Aguayo]] [2]|[[Yaqui Joe]]|[[1937]].[[07.01]]|[[Mexico City]]|<ref>Box Y Lucha 905, part of a history piece on early title matches</ref>}}

|obituarydate=[[November 2]] [[1969]] ...and after some presentations, he went back to Monterrey on 1941. On that year he won a tournament for a regional middle weight championship. As regional

...itle was declared vacant and decided in Mexico. It's possible he was off a year.</ref>}} ...ajara]]|<ref>[http://superluchas.net/2014/12/20/en-un-dia-como-hoy-villano-y-villano-ii-campeones-de-parejas-del-estado-de-mexico/ SuperLuchas]</ref>}}

...rio Nunez]]|[[Tony Canales]]|[[1934]].[[06.17]]|[[Mexico City]]|<ref>Box Y Lucha 905, arena unclear</ref>}} ...opez]]|[[Dientes Hernandez]]|[[1937]].[[07.11]]|[[Mexico City]]|<ref>Box Y Lucha 905</ref>}}

...championship to [[Super Delfin]] and won it back, mostly unnoticed by the lucha libre audience. While the championship was mentioned in Ohara's CMLL matche ...against Ephesto at the close of December was one of the best bouts of the year, but that match was set up with just a couple weeks of build. Still, this c

...WWE in 2003, he sold the belt back to CMLL. CMLL did nothing with it for a year, before doing a decision match with no particular build up. ...r. The match was well received, and the two met many times the rest of the year in rematches of the initial title match (which has never been shown on tele

|nicknames=El Black, el Dennis Rodman de la lucha libre, El Rey del Tope, La Saeta del Ring |birthdate=[[January 7]], [[1969]] - [[Torreón]], [[Coahuila]]

...a]] to purse those dreams but he eventually gave up and abandoned them for lucha libre. Before becoming a luchador, he worked as a shoemaker, and he practic At first he was your basic lucha libre wrestler. He could go to the mat, he could get rough and he had a few

...Mexico called "Lucha Libre", run by Valente Pérez (though it was renamed "Lucha Libre Mundial" when Benjamín Mora Jr. took over, and not coincidentally, t ...ade his debut as Tinieblas in the movie Los Campeones Justicieros (1970. A year later made his debut as luchador. He also participated in these films:

...ne, but respect Luchas 2000's research in this area. Some changes from the Lucha 2000's research has been added to this page. The portions of [[Mexican Nati ...for pictures wearing this championship, but did little more for the first year and half he was champion. At the time, Mistico also held many other champio

...[[Perro Aguayo Jr.]]), [[Copa Ovaciones y Costalazos | 1985 Copa Ovaciones y Costalazos]] ...t the unique name and character helped him become recognized as one of the lucha libre legends of the 70s.

To say that El Santo is just a lucha legend would a huge understatement. He was more than a luchador with a para ...nd became fairly popular, in fact in [[1939]] he was voted "rookie" of the year. On the other hand, Rodolfo wasn't so successful and rather than being "som

He trained for lucha libre in Guadalajara's "Gimnasio Hércules", which was owned by Roy Velasco ...uajardo]] and [[Karloff Lagarde]]. When the "Rebeldes" broke up later that year, they were clearly the best in the country.

José Díaz Velázquez, better known in the lucha libre world as Ray Mendoza, is, along with [[Perro Aguayo]], the biggest an ...gym so he missed the transport to [[Queretaro]], where he was scheduled to box against Pirrín Vega. Espinoza was mad, and didn't want to hear from Mendoz