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Mascarita Sagrada 2007
Mascarita Sagrada is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler who works for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide's (AAA) ''Mini-Estrella'' division. He is the third wrestler to work under the ring name "Mascarita Sagrada" for AAA, having used the name since 2007. Mascarita Sagrada'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. Working in the Mini division does not automatically mean that he has dwarfism as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division, although at in this case it is clear that the wrestler under the mask is a dwarf. His name and outfit is patterned after popular luchador Mascara Sagrada and the name "Mascarita Sagrada" is Spanish for "Little Sacred Mask"). Professional wrestling career The wrestler now known as Mascarita Sagrada made his professional wrestling debut no later than in 2000 after having trained under In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucha Libre
Lucha libre (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term used in Latin America for professional wrestling. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has developed into a unique form of the genre, characterized by colorful masks, rapid sequences of holds and maneuvers, and "high-flying" maneuvers, some of which have been adopted in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere. The wearing of masks has developed special significance, and matches are sometimes contested in which the loser must permanently remove his mask, which is a wager with a high degree of weight attached. Tag team wrestling is especially prevalent in lucha libre, particularly matches with three-member teams, called ''trios''. Although the term today refers exclusively to professional wrestling (staged performances with predetermined outcomes), it was originally used in the same style as the American and English term "freestyle wrestling", referring to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Boy (wrestler)
José Roberto Islas García (born June 9, 1977) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' or professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Billy Boy. Billy Boy has worked for the majority of his career in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where he most notably teamed with Alan and Decnnis to form ''Los Barrio Boys'' and works under the ring name Billy el Malo ("Billy the Evil One") as a member of ''Los Bizarros''. Since 2004 he has been involved in a long-running storyline feud that revolves around his relationship with Faby Apache, his real-life wife, as well as his father-in-law, Gran Apache, and involved Billy Boy and Faby Apache's son Marvin. Professional wrestling career Islas began his professional wrestling career in 1997 under the ring name "Fighterman", a stripper character aimed primarily at female fans. Later, his ring name was changed briefly to Luigi Boy, then to just Billy as he was teamed up with Jimmy Boy and Vangelis t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guerra De Titanes (2009)
''Guerra de Titanes'' (2009) ("War of the Titans") was the thirteenth annual ''Guerra de Titanes'' professional wrestling show promoted by AAA since 1997. The show took place on December 11, 2009 in the Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas Convention center, a site that AAA has used for many of their major shows. ''Guerra de Titanes'' is AAA's "End of year" show and the fifth of their "big shows" they hold every year. The Main Event saw Dr. Wagner Jr. defend the AAA Mega Championship against El Mesias in a ''Domo De La Muerte'' cage match. The show also featured two AAA championship matches as Nicho el Millonario and Joe Líder defended the AAA World Tag Team Championship and Mini Charly Manson defended the AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship. Furthermore a "Mask vs. Hair", Lucha de Apuesta match between Faby Apache and Sexy Star took place as well. Finally the show featured a Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match and a four on four "AAA vs. '' La Legion Extranjera'' elimination match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polvo De Estrellas
Polvo is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The band formed in 1990 and is fronted by guitarists/vocalists Ash Bowie and Dave Brylawski, with Steve Popson playing bass guitar and Brian Quast playing drums. Eddie Watkins was the band's original drummer, but did not rejoin the band upon its reunion in 2008, after breaking up in 1998. The band was critically acclaimed from the outset. Biography Formation and early releases Polvo formed in 1990 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Their original lineup consisted of vocalists/guitarists Ash Bowie and Dave Brylawski, bassist Steve Popson, and drummer Eddie Watkins. Bowie and Brylawski met in a Spanish class at the University of North Carolina and shared an affinity for music released by SST Records and local rock band Let's Active. Polvo's first recording was ''Can I Ride'', a double 7-inch single released on the band's Kitchen Puff Records label in 1991. It was later re-released on CD as the ''Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Brazo
Juan Alvarado Nieves (July 30, 1961 – October 15, 2013) was a Mexican Luchador (professional wrestler). He was best known under the ring name El Brazo (Spanish for "the Arm"), which he used since his debut in 1980. Alvarado was part of the Alvarado wrestling family, which includes his father Shadito Cruz, five brothers who used the "Brazo" name at some point and several third-generation wrestlers. Professional wrestling career Alvarado made his debut as "El Brazo", an Enmascarado (masked wrestler) who worked mainly in Tag team action with his brothers who worked as Brazo de Oro ("Gold arm") and Brazo de Plata ("Silver Arm"). Los Brazos, as they were billed, wrestled all over Mexico and made appearances for the Los Angeles based "NWA Hollywood Wrestling". Over the years Brazo de Plata and his brothers competed in a large number of Luchas de Apuestas ("Bet fights") where they put their masks or hair on the line against their opponents. Los Brazos' most famous Luchas de Apuesta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazo De Plata
José Luis Alvarado Nieves (March 19, 1963 – July 26, 2021) was a Mexican luchador best known under the ring name Brazo de Plata, a name he had used since his debut in 1977. He is also well known for his appearances in WWE as Super Porky. Alvarado was a member of the Alvarado wrestling family which includes his father Shadito Cruz, five brothers who used the "Brazo" name at some point and several third-generation wrestlers who have appeared over the last couple of years. Professional wrestling career Early career (1977–1988) Alvarado made his debut as "Brazo De Plata" (Spanish for "Silver arm"), an Enmascarado (masked wrestler) who worked mainly in tag team matches with his brother who worked as Brazo de Oro ("Gold arm") and in trios action with another brother known simply as El Brazo ("the arm"). Los Brazos, as they were billed, wrestled all over Mexico and made appearances for the Los Angeles based NWA Hollywood Wrestling. While working for NWA Hollywood Wrestling, Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Peña Memorial Show (2008)
The 2008 Antonio Peña Memorial Show (''Homenaje a Antonio Peña'' in Spanish) was the second show held in honor of the deceased Antonio Peña, owner and creator of the Mexican ''Lucha Libre'', or professional wrestling, company AAA. The show was held near the second anniversary of Peña's death from a heart attack. The main focus of the show was the second annual ''Copa Antonio Peña'' which was won by El Mesias as he survived a 13-man Gauntlet match defeating Pirata Morgan, El Elegido, Psicosis II, Dark Escoria, Silver King, Crazy Boy and Dark Cuervo one by one to win the ''Copa''. The main event of the show saw ''La Legión Extranjera'' (Electroshock, Konnan, Rellik and Kenzo Suzuki) defeat "Team AAA" (Latin Lover, Octagón, La Parka and Super Fly). As a result of the win Konnan became the storyline owner of AAA. In the third main event of the evening Cibernético successfully defended the AAA Mega Championship against Chessman and El Zorro. The event has since been retros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mini Charly Manson
Arturo Santos Hernández (born July 9, 1987) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' or professional wrestler and bodybuilder, best known by his ring name Mini Charly Manson. For years he worked in the ''Mini-Estrella'' division for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), and was the first holder of the AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship. After leaving AAA, he uses the ring name Tiago, in competition on the independent circuit against regular sized competitors. He is not to be confused Charly Manson Jr. who sometimes works under the name Mini Charly Manson. Professional wrestling career Arturo Santos trained for a professional wrestling career under Tom Mix, Jr. a wrestler who has trained a number of people who have later competed in Mexico's ''Mini-Estrella'' division. Working in the Mini division does not automatically mean that Santos has dwarfism as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division, including Mini Abismo Negro. He made his debut in 2004 working under the ring name "Mini Sky Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mini Histeria
Rolando Fuentes Romero (born May 5, 1982) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'' better known under the ring name Mini Histeria. Fuentes works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) in their ''Mini-Estrellas'' division. Fuentes is the son of ''Luchador'' Rocco Marvin and the brother of Ricky Marvin. He previously worked as Rocky Marvin. winning the Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship under that name. As Mini Histeria he is part of '' Los Mini Vipers'' along with Mini Abismo Negro and Mini Psicosis. Working in the Mini division does not necessarily mean that Fuentes has dwarfism as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division, including Rolando Fuentes. Professional wrestling career Rolando Fuerntes Romero was trained for his professional wrestling career by his father Rocco Marvin, making his debut on April 7, 1996. He initially wrestled as a ''Mini-Estrellas'' known as Pequeño Cochisse, a ''Mascota'' version of Gran Cochisse. Fuentes wrestled on the Independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verano De Escandalo (2008) , a cemetery in Rome, Italy that was founded in the early nineteenth century
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Verano may refer to: * Verano (Neighborhood), a neighborhood in Talega, California * Verano, Italy, or Vöran, a comune in South Tyrol, Italy * Verano Brianza, a municipality in the province of Milan, Italy * Verano (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * ''Verano'' (film), or ''Summer'', a 2011 Chilean film * Operation Verano, a 1958 offensive against revolutionaries in Cuba *"Verano", a song by Natalia LaFourcade from ''Las 4 Estaciones del Amor'' *"Verano", a song by La Oreja de Van Gogh from ''El planeta imaginario'' * Buick Verano, a four-door, five passenger sedan sold by Buick in North America * Campo Verano The Campo Verano (Italian: ''Cimitero del Verano'') is a cemetery in Rome, Italy, founded in the early 19th century. The monumental cemetery is currently divided into sections: the Jewish cemetery, the Catholic cemetery, and the monument to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AAA World Mini-Estrellas Championship
The AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship (''Campeonato Mundial Mini AAA'' in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The championship is exclusively competed for in the ''Mini-Estrellas'', or Minis, division. A "Mini" is not necessarily a person with dwarfism like North American Midget wrestling, it can also be very short wrestlers who works in the Mini division. The Championship was created in 2008 after Mascarita Sagrada left AAA, taking the Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship with him, leaving AAA without a title for their ''Mini-Estrellas'' division. Being a professional wrestling championship it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match. History The AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship was created in 2008 as the focal point of AAA's ''Mini-Estrellas'' division. The first champion was Mini Charly Manson who won a Mini-Estrella Championship tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Súper Luchas
''Súper Luchas'' is a Spanish-language publication covering lucha libre and other forms of professional wrestling. The publication began as a print magazine in 1991 and later became the largest lucha libre magazine in the world and remained one of the few professional wrestling magazines to survive to the 2000s but now operates mainly as an online website. The website is the number one Spanish-language professional wrestling website in the world. Critics When Leopoldo Meraz directed Spectacular, the world of wrestling, and later the first era of Super Fights, it was common for timely photos to be published on covers or posters when the fighters were left without a mask in the middle of a fight. He even encouraged his star photographer, Guillermo Mañón, to get this type of graphics, which is why several fighters from the International Wrestling company that organized billboards at El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos threatened Mañón and tried to hit him, as a threat to kill him. Stop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
