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Enrique Del Rio
Enrique Del Rio (born May 28, 1966) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler who has worked for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide's (AAA) ''Mini-Estrella'' division since AAA was founded in 1992. Del Rio currently works under the ring name Mini Psicosis, a smaller version of Psicosis II, and is a former AAA World Mini-Estrella Champion. Until 2008 he worked as Jerrito Estrada, a smaller version of the wrestler Jerry Estrada. As Estrada Del Rio has held the Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship once, being the shortest reigning champion in the title's history. Working in the Mini division does not automatically mean that he has dwarfism as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division, including Enrique Del Rio. Professional wrestling career Enrique Del Rio received his professional wrestling training from Panchito Villalobos and El Hijo del Gladiador; Villalobos is known for training a large number of ''Mini-Estrellas'' while Hijo del Gladi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Beristain
Arturo Beristain (born September 5, 1949) is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, or ''Luchador'' in Spanish, who works as a wrestling trainer at the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) gym in Mexico City, Mexico. Beristain is best known for working under two different ring names, ''Talismán'' and ''El Hijo del Gladiador''; both personas started out as '' enmascarados'', or masked, and Beristain lost both masks in ''Luchas de Apuestas''. He lost the Talismán mask to Atlantis in 1984 and the Hijo del Gladiador mask to Rencor Latino in 2000. As Talismán, Beristain won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship twice, the Mexican National Middleweight Championship and the Mexican National Lightweight Championship. As el Hijo del Gladiador he has won the CMLL World Trios Championship with Gran Markus, Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. and the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship. When Beristain lost the "Hijo del Gladiador" he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mascarita Sagrada
:''At least three wrestlers have wrestled under the name "Mascarita Sagrada". This article is about the original.'' Mascarita Sagrada (Spanish for Little Sacred Mask, real name not known, born January 11, 1965) is a Mexican Mini-Estrella, Mini Lucha libre, Luchador Wrestling mask, enmascarado (Spanish language, Spanish for Mini Masked Professional wrestling, wrestler) and one of the most well-known Mexican Minis of the modern era. He is the original Mascarita Sagrada although there have been several wrestlers who have used the same gimmick through the years. In Mexico, Mascarita Sagrada has worked for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide, AAA, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and a long list of independent promoters over the years. He has also worked for American wrestling promotions WWE, World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Lucha VaVOOM. In the late 1990s he worked for the WWF as Mini Nova (somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starrcade (1996)
The 1996 Starrcade was the 14th annual Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on December 29, 1996, from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The event featured the New World Order (nWo) stable, which formed in July. The main event was between Hollywood Hogan and Roddy Piper. Piper debuted in WCW a few months prior to oppose the nWo, and challenge Hogan to determine who the bigger icon was. Other matches featured Lex Luger and The Giant, Diamond Dallas Page and Eddie Guerrero for the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, The Outsiders and the Faces of Fear for the WCW World Tag Team Championship, and Ultimo Dragon and Dean Malenko to unify the J-Crown Championship and the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. In 2015, All WCW pay-per-views were made available on the WWE Network. Storylines The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triplemanía III-C
Triplemanía III-C was the third part of the third Triplemanía professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). 1995 was second year to feature the "Triplemanía Series" of shows with 3, referred to as III-A, III-B and III-C, where this was the third and final of the series in 1995. The show was the seventh overall show held under the Triplemanía name. The show took place on June 30, 1995 in Madero, Mexico. The Main event featured a Best two out of three falls ''Lucha de Apuestas'' "Mask vs. Mask" match where friends and tag team partners Super Caló and Winners put their masks on the line in the match. Production Background Initial plans for the 1995 Triplemanía III series of events included a storyline where ''Los Gringos Locos'' members Eddy Guerrero and Art Barr would turn on teammate Konnan in the fall of 1994. This was supposed to turn ''técnico'' and set up a ''Luchas de Apuestas'', or bet match, between Konnan and Art Barr where b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triplemanía III-A
Triplemanía III-A was the first of three parts of the third Triplemanía professional wrestling show series promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). 1995 was second year to feature the "Triplemanía Series" of shows with 3, referred to as III-A, III-B and III-C. The show took place on June 10, 1995 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The Main event featured a 13-wrestler Steel Cage Elimination match, ''Lucha de Apuestas'' "Mask vs. Mask" match featuring the "Mini-Estrellas" division. The participants included Ninjita, Espectrito I, Espectrito II, Jerrito Estrada, Fuercita Guerrera, Mascarita Sagrada, Mini Calo, Octagoncito, La Parkita, Payasito Rojo, Payasito Azul, Super Muñequito, and Torerito. This marked the first and so far only time that the "Minis division" was featured in the main event of a Triplemanía. The show also featured the first of three ''Lucha de Apuestas'', mask vs. mask match series for the Triplemanía III shows as the culmination of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel Cage Match
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. Some of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Duchess of Queensbury Rules match A Duchess of Queensbury Rules match is a singles match contested under specific, often disclosed rules is replaced by a title usually meant to sound traditional for one combatant. A wrestler challenging another wrestler to a mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Worlds Collide (wrestling)
When Worlds Collide ( es, Cuando Los Mundos Chocan) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event that took place on November 6, 1994, at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. It was scripted and produced by the Mexican ''lucha libre'' company ''Asistencia Asesoría y Administración'' (AAA), now known as Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, and their American partner, International Wrestling Council (IWC). The show was produced by the technical staff of World Championship Wrestling (WCW). WCW Executive Vice-President Eric Bischoff had helped AAA secure the show to be broadcast by American pay-per-view providers, marking the first time a non-US-based wrestling promotion was shown live on US PPV television. The show was broadcast in both English and Spanish. Chris Cruise and Mike Tenay called the action in English, while Arturo Rivera and Andrés Maroñas handled the Spanish announcing. This event also marked Tenay's first commentating role in professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pay-Per-View
Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast. Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guide, an automated telephone system, or through a live customer service representative. There has been an increasing number of pay-per-views distributed via streaming video online, either alongside or in lieu of carriage through television providers. In 2012, the popular video sharing platform YouTube began to allow partners to host live PPV events on the platform. Events distributed through PPV typically include boxing, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, and concerts. In the past, PPV was often used to distribute telecasts of feature films, as well as adult content such as pornographic films, but the growth of digital cable and streaming media caused these uses to be subsumed by video on demand systems (which allow viewers to purch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triplemanía II-B
Triplemanía II-B was a major '' lucha libre'', or professional wrestling event Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) that took place at ''Auditorio Benito Juárez'' in Zapopan, Jalisco on May 15, 1994. The show was the second of three Triplemanía II shows held in 1994, preceded by Triplemanía II-A, with a subsequent show held in 12 days later. 1994 was the first year AAA held multiple Triplemanía shows in a year, a tradition they would continue through 1997, after which Triplemanía became a single annual event. The annual Triplemanía show(s) are AAA's biggest show of the year, serving as the culmination of major storylines and feature wrestlers from all over the world competing in what has been described as AAA's version of WrestleMania or their Super Bowl event. The Main event featured a Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match between the teams of Konnan, Perro Aguayo, and Cien Caras and the ''Los Gringos Locos'' team of Jake Roberts, Love Machine, and Miguel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triplemanía II-A
Triplemanía II-A was a major '' lucha libre'', or professional wrestling event Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) that took place at the Aguascalientes baseball stadium on April 26, 1994. The show was the first of three Triplemanía II shows held in 1994 with two subsequent shows held in May. 1994 was the first year AAA held multiple Triplemanía shows in a year, a tradition they would continue through 1997, after which Triplemanía became a single annual event. The annual Triplemanía show(s) are AAA's biggest show of the year, serving as the culmination of major storylines and feature wrestlers from all over the world competing in what has been described as AAA's version of WrestleMania or their Super Bowl event. In the main event of the first Triplemanía II show was a ''Lucha de Apuestas'', or bet match, where both Heavy Metal and Jerry Estrada "bet" their hair on the outcome of the match. The main event originally ended in a disqualification loss for Heavy Metal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Muñequito
''Super Muñequito'' (born October 26, 1966 in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico) is the most well known ring name of a retired Mexican ''Luchador enmacarado'' or masked professional wrestler. He started his career under the name ''Aguilita Solitaria'' and then later ''Angelito Azteca'' before adopting his most well known moniker, a ''Mini-Estrella'' version of Super Muñeco. Starting in 2010 he began working as Mini Super Astro. While he has been working in the ''Mini-Estrella'' division his entire career, it does not necessarily mean that he has dwarfism as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division as well, which is what separates the Mexican ''Mini-Estrella'' from traditional Midget wrestling as practiced in the United States among other places. Professional wrestling career The wrestler who would later become known as Super Muñequito made his wrestling debut in 1989, promoted by the creation of the ''Mini-Estrellas'' division in Empresa Mexicana de Lucha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espectrito
Mario Pérez Jiménez (December 18, 1966 – January 23, 2016) was a Mexican Mini-Estrella luchador, or Mini professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Espectrito. Jiménez worked for the World Wrestling Federation as "Mini Vader" and "El Torito" between 1997 and 1999. Jiménez was the first ever Mexican National Mini-Estrella Champion and IWC World Mini-Estrella Champion. Jiménez was originally an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, under the Espectrito name but lost it to Mascarita Sagrada in a ''Luchas de Apuestas'' match, a bet match where each wrestler puts his mask on the line. The Espectrito ring character is a Mini-version of wrestler ''Espectro'', who was a well-known Luchador from the 1960s-1980s. Professional wrestling career Mario Jiménez made his professional wrestling debut in 1984 under the ring name ''Centellita'', working as a Mini-Estrella, or "Mini", division; working in the Mini division does not necessarily mean that Jiménez has dwarfism, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
