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La Copa Junior
The Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) has held the La Copa Junior ("The Junior Cup") tournament on an infrequent schedule since 1996. The tournament pays respect to the fact that wrestling is a family tradition in Lucha libre, with many second or even third-generation wrestlers following the footsteps of their relatives. So far CMLL has held ten tournaments starting in 1996 and then intermittently since 2005. While most of the family relationships are real there are a few instances of the family relationship being a storylines family relationship, such as Dragón Rojo Jr. being billed as the grandson of Dragón Rojo, when in reality that is simply a storyline created by CMLL. The oldest tournament winner was Emilio Charles Jr., who was 39 years old when he won the 1996 tournament, while the oldest competitor ever was Brazo de Plata who was 51 years old when he wrestled in the 2014 VIP tournament. The youngest tournament winner was La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shocker (wrestler)
José Luis Jair Soria (born September 12, 1971) is a Mexican ''luchador'' or professional wrestler, who works under the ring name Shocker. He currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico and has previously worked for AAA in Mexico, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, in the United States and New Japan Pro-Wrestling in Japan. Soria is a second-generation professional wrestler; his father, Rubén Soria, was an active wrestler from 1963 to the 1970s. Working as Shocker, he has held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship on three occasions, with Negro Casas, Mr. Niebla and L.A. Park. He is also a former holder of the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (twice) and the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship. He has won the Gran Alternativa tournament in 1995, the Copa de Arena México in 2001, La Copa Junior in 2005 and CMLL Copa Revolución Mexicana in 2011. He is talked about in a Netflix movie ''Lucha Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Copa Junior (2005)
''La Copa Junior'' (2005) (Spanish for "The Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament ran from January 28, 2005 to February 11, 2005 in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. CMLL's recurring ''La Copa Junior'' tournament featured second, third or fourth generation wrestlers completing against each other. The 2005 version of the ''La Copa Junior'' was the second tournament held by CMLL. The ''La Copa Junior'' tournament did not return until 2005 when CMLL revived the concept and presented it as an annual recurring tournament. Héctor Garza was originally supposed to work the tournament, but was unable to return to Mexico due to commitments in the United States of America and had to be replaced by Apolo Dantés. Olímpico was unable to compete due to a neck injury, forcing CMLL to replace him with Máscara Mágica and the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universo 2000 Jr
Universo is a Legion of Super-Heroes supervillain in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Comics universe. He was created by Jim Shooter and Curt Swan, and first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #349 (October 1966). Pre-Zero Hour Universo first appeared as a powerful hypnotist. With his "Hypno Stone", he is able to control the head of the Time Institute, and lure the Legionnaires into a series of traps. The Legion defeats him with the help of a Time Cube invented by scientist Rond Vidar, who is subsequently revealed to be Universo's son. With his next scheme, Universo manages to take control of Earth by posing as the new president, Kandro Boltax, using his powers of hypnosis, augmented by a chemical placed in the world's water supply. He accomplishes this while most of the Legion is away from Earth on a mission, and they return to find the Legion outlawed. The Legion find refuge in one of Lex Luthor's abandoned hideouts and eventually, with the help of Rond Vidar, are able to thw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Copa Junior (2019)
The ''La Copa Junior'' (2019) (Spanish for "The Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament ran from December 3 to December 17, 2019 as part of CMLL's weekly Tuesday night shows in Arena México. The ''La Copa Junior'' tournament exclusively feature second, third or fourth generation wrestlers as they compete for the cup. The 2019 ''La Copa Junior'' was the eleventh time CMLL has held the tournament since the first tournament in 1996. After two separate ''torneo cibernetico'' elimination matches Guerrero Maya Jr. and Universo 2000 Jr. both qualified for the finals of the tournament on December 17. Universo 2000 Jr. defeated Guerrero Maya Jr. two falls to one to win the 2019 ''La Copa Junior'' tournament. Production Background Starting in 1996 the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niebla Roja
Sergio Raymundo Chávez Velasco (born March 20, 1986), better known by his ring name Niebla Roja (Spanish for "Red Mist"), is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler), who currently works for the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He previously worked as Ángel de Plata (Spanish for "Silver Angel") between 2008 and 2012 before adopting his current ring name. A second-generation wrestler, he is the son of retired wrestler Apolo Chávez, and the brother of Miguel Ángel Chávez Velasco, who is also a ''luchador'' under the ring name Ángel de Oro (Spanish for "Golden Angel"). Chávez has been working for CMLL since 2008. He is the current CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion and CMLL World Tag Team Champion. He is also a former CMLL World Trios Champion as part of ''Los Guerreros Laguneros'' with Euforia and Último Guerrero. Chávez wrestled in the main event of the CMLL 84th Anniversary Show, losing the match and his mask to Gran Guerr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Copa Junior VIP (2017)
''La Copa Junior VIP'' (2017) (Spanish for "The New Values Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament took place on December 1, 2017, in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. CMLL's recurring ''La Copa Junior'' tournament featured second, third, or fourth-generation wrestlers competing against each other. The 2017 version of the ''La Copa Junior'' was the tenth tournament held by CMLL. The 2017 ''La Copa Junior VIP'' tournament was contested under ''torneo cibernetico'' elimination match rules. The six man teams saw Niebla Roja, Carístico, Volador Jr., Místico, Dragon Lee, and Stuka Jr. face off against the team of Negro Casas, Mephisto, Shocker, Euforia, Sansón, and El Felino. In the end Niebla Roja pinned Mephisto to eliminate him, earning the 2017 ''La Copa Junior VIP'' trophy. Production Background Starting in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soberano Jr
El Soberano or Soberano Jr. (born August 12, 1993 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a '' tecnico'' ("Good guy") wrestling character. Soberano Jr.'s real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. He is a third-generation wrestler, son of Euforia and grandson of Pablo Moreno Román, known under the ring name El Soberano. Soberano is Spanish for "Sovereign". In his career he has won the 2013 ''Torneo Sangre Nueva'', the 2017 '' La Copa Junior Nuevo Valores'' and 2017 '' Torneo Gran Alternativa'' tournaments and is the current holder of the Mexican National Welterweight Championship. Alongside tag team partner Star Jr. (collectively known as ''Los Principes del Aire'') he has won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Copa Junior Nuevos Valores (2017)
''La Copa Junior Nuevos Valores'' (2017) (Spanish for "The New Values Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament ran from April 14, 2017 to April 28, 2017 in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. CMLL's recurring ''La Copa Junior'' tournament featured second, third or fourth generation wrestlers completing against each other. The 2017 version of the ''La Copa Junior'' was the ninth tournament held by CMLL. The format of the 2017 tournament matches the previous tournament, as well as a number of CMLL's other annual tournaments. 16 wrestlers are divided into two groups of eight that wrestle in a ''torneo cibernetico'' elimination match on April 14 and April 21, the survivor of each qualifying ''torneo cibernetico'' then faces off against each other in the finals on April 28, 2017. On April 28, 2017 Soberano Jr. defeated Sansón ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo!
Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon Communications. It provides a web portal, search engine Yahoo Search, and related services, including My Yahoo!, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports and its advertising platform, Yahoo! Native. Yahoo was established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. However, usage declined in the late 2000s as some services discontinued and it lost market share to Facebook and Google. History Founding In January 1994, Yang and Filo were electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University, when they created a website named "Jerry and David's guide to the World Wide Web". The site was a human-edited web directory, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esfinge
Esfinge (born June 14, 1993 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is the ring name of a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, currently working for the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) wrestling promotion. Esfinge's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. He is the son of professional wrestler Magnum and the grand son of wrestler "Halcon Furia" and has previously also worked under the name "Halcon Furia Jr." Esfinge is Spanish for Sphinx. Professional wrestling career The wrestler later known as Esfinge made his in-ring debut in late 2009, wrestling under the ring name "Halcón Furia Jr.", the same name his uncle used for years and was an homage to his grandfather who was the original Halcón Furia. In 2011 he was given a new ring identity, name and mask becoming "Esfinge" a character with Egyptian inspiration. Due to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Copa Junior (2016)
''La Copa Junior'' (2016) (Spanish for "The Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament ran from January 5, 2016 to January 19, 2016 in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. CMLL's recurring ''La Copa Junior'' tournament featured second, third or fourth generation wrestlers completing against each other. The 2016 version of the ''La Copa Junior'' was the eight tournament held by CMLL. The format of the 2016 tournament matched the 2012 version of the tournament and a number of CMLL's other annual tournaments. The 16 wrestlers were divided into two groups of eight that wrestle in a ''torneo cibernetico'' elimination match on January 5 and January 12, the survivor of each qualifying ''torneo cibernetico'' then faces off against each other in the finals on January 19, 2015. Puma won the first ''cibernetico'' and Esfinge won the sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo (wrestler)
José Christian Alvarado Ruiz (born November 8, 1980) is a Mexican '' Luchador'' or professional wrestler, better known by Máximo (Spanish for "Maximus"). Maximo while working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as Máximo Sexy until May 2017. Alvarado is the son of José Alvarado Nieves, who wrestled as ''Brazo de Plata'' (Spanish for "Silver Arm"), the grandson of Shadito Cruz and part of the extended Alvarado wrestling family. Alvarado wrestles as an '' Exótico'' character, a character that appears to be homosexual but he is married to wrestler India Sioux and together they have a son. Early life José Christian Alvarado Ruiz was born on November 8, 1980 son of professional wrestler José Alvarado Nieves (Brazo de Plata), into an extended family of wrestlers. The young José Christian grew up watching his father and his uncles wrestle all over Mexico and wanted nothing more than become a professional wrestler himself. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
