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Máscarita Dorada
Mascarita Dorada (Spanish: ''Little Golden Mask''; born February 19, 1982), is the ring name of a Mexican '' Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, who works in the '' Mini-Estrella'' division, comparable to midget wrestling. He is also known for his tenure with WWE under the ring name El Torito (Spanish for ''The Little Bull''). From 2000 until 2007, he worked under the name Mascarita Sagrada in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), taking over after the original Mascarita Sagrada left AAA. In 2007 he moved from AAA to join Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) he changed name to Mascarita Dorada. After leaving CMLL in 2011, he began wrestling for El Hijo del Santo under the ring name Mascarita Plateada, while also returning to AAA under the Mascarita Dorada ring name. He is a former two-time Mexican National Mini-Estrella Champion and co-holder of the AAA Mascot Tag Team Championship along with Máscara Sagrada. Mascarita Dorada's real name i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedy Gonzales
Speedy Gonzales is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast, being quick-witted and heroic while speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent. He usually wears a yellow ''sombrero'', white shirt and trousers (which was a common traditional outfit worn by men and boys of rural Mexican villages), and a red kerchief, similar to that of some traditional Mexican attires. To date, there have been 46 theatrical shorts made either starring or featuring the character. History Speedy's first appearance was in 1953's ''Cat-Tails for Two'' though he appeared largely in name (and super speed) only. It would be two years before Friz Freleng and layout artist Hawley Pratt redesigned the character into his modern incarnation for Speedy Gonzales (film), the 1955 Freleng short of the same name. The cartoon features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octagoncito
Octagoncito (born April 24, 1974) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, who works in the ''Mini-Estrellas'' ("Mini-Stars") division on the Mexican Independent circuit. He is the first wrestler to work as Octagoncito, with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) giving the same ring character to a second Octagoncito when the original one left the promotion in 1995. Octagoncito'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. In addition to working for AAA Octagoncito has also worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Lucha Libre USA, World Wrestling Federation (WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and a slew of smaller wrestling promotions. Working in the Mini division does not necessarily mean that Octagoncito has dwarfism, as short wrestlers can also work in the "Mini" division. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ... [...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] |
Psicosis II
Juan Ebodio Gonzalez (born February 22, 1967) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'' better known under the ring name Psicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) to replace the Original Psicosis, and is often denoted Psicosis II. When Gonzalez left AAA in early 2009 he was briefly replaced by a third Psicosis. He was not referred to as "Psicosis II" on promotional material, instead the name is used to distinguish himself from the original Psicosis. In November 2013, Gonzalez was renamed Psyco Ripper and shortly thereafter Reapper. Professional wrestling career Early career Juan Gonzalez was trained by his father, who wrestled under the ring name El Puma. Upon his debut he began working as El Puma, Jr., mainly in the Puebla region and in Tijuana, Baja California. When he began wrestling in Tijuana in 1994 he received additional training by Rey Misterio, Sr. and also adopted the ring p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hombre Bala
Hombre, the Spanish word for "man" and sometimes used informally in English, may refer to: * ''Hombre'' (novel), a 1961 novel by Elmore Leonard * ''Hombre'' (film), a 1967 motion picture based on the novel starring Paul Newman, directed by Martin Ritt * ''Hombre'' (comics), a Spanish comics series by Antonio Segura and José Ortiz * ''Hombre'' (magazine), a magazine for Latino men * L'Hombre (or, in 17th Century Spanish orthography, Ombre), a card game of Spanish origin * "Hombre", a 2005 song by M.I.A from her debut album ''Arular'' * Amiga Hombre chipset for Commodore-Amiga computers * Isuzu Hombre, a pickup truck sold in the U.S. from 1996 to 2000 See also * Hombres, the plural of Hombre * Ombre, a seventeenth-century trick-taking card game * Ombré ''Ombré'' (literally "shaded" in French) is the blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark. It has become a popular feature for hair coloring, nail art, and even baking, in addit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Alebrije (wrestler)
El Alebrije (born July 12, 1972) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the ring name Kraneo. He best known for his work in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where he worked for 12 years as El Alebrije, along with his ''Mini-Estrella'' companion Cuije. He has also played the role of Máscara Sagrada II after the Original Máscara Sagrada left AAA. El Alebrije'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. Professional wrestling career He made his debut under the ring name King Imperio, before switching to another character called Máscara de Oro ("Gold Mask"). Later on, he changed his gimmick to Kraneo before going to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración He was brought to AAA because of the original Más ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abismo Negro
Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González (July 1, 1971 – March 22, 2009) was a Mexican luchador (Spanish for "masked professional wrestler"). He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro, which is Spanish for "Black Abyss", in the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion. Before appearing under the ring name Abismo Negro, Palomeque worked for five years under the alias " heWinners" and before that also wrestled as the characters "Alex Dinamo", "Pequeño Samurai", and "Furor" for short periods. Palomeque owned and operated the ''Gimnasio Abismo Negro'', a wrestling school where individuals were trained to become professional wrestlers. In his professional wrestling career, Palomeque worked for the two most prominent professional wrestling promotions in Mexico: Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and AAA. He also worked for the North American–based promotions the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) due to ... [...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] |
Triplemanía IX
Triplemanía IX was the ninth Triplemanía professional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on May 26, 2001 in Mexico City, Mexico. The Main event featured a Dog collar match ''Lucha de Apuestas'' match where the last man remaining in the match would have his hair shaved off. The participants were Pirata Morgan, El Cobarde and Sangre Chicana. Production Background In early 1992 Antonio Peña was working as a booker and storyline writer for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Mexico's largest and the world's oldest wrestling promotion, and was frustrated by CMLL's very conservative approach to ''lucha libre''. He joined forces with a number of younger, very talented wrestlers who felt like CMLL was not giving them the recognition they deserved and decided to split from CMLL to create Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, later known simply as "AAA" or Triple A. After making a deal with the ''Televisa'' television network AAA held their first show in April 1992. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rey De Reyes (2000)
The Rey de Reyes 2000 (Spanish language, Spanish for "King of Kings") was the fourth annual Rey de Reyes professional wrestling tournament and show, produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA World Wide, AAA. The event took place on March 5, 2000, in the Toreo de Cuatro Caminos arena in Naucalpan, Mexico State, Mexico. The Rey de Reyes tournament consisted of a semi-final round of four four-man elimination matches and a final match with the winners of each of the semi-finals facing off in an elimination match until only one man remained. The final of the 2000 Rey de Reyes tournament pitted Abismo Negro, El Alebrije (wrestler), El Alebrije, Charly Manson, and Cibernético against each other. Besides the five tournament matches the show featured an additional four matches including two ''Lucha de Apuestas'' matches, one where the hair of the wrestler's seconds were on the line. The other ''Apuesta'' match, which was also the main event match saw both La Parka, Jr. and ... [...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] |
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