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Torneo Gran Alternativa (2016)
The ''Torneo Gran Alternativa'' (2016) was a professional wrestling tournament event produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that began on March 22, 2016 and ran over the course of three of CMLL's Tuesday night shows in Arena México through April 5. The '' Torneo Gran Alternativa'' (Great alternative tournament) concept sees a ''Novato'' or rookie team up with an experienced wrestler for a tag team tournament. The rookie winner is often elevated up the ranks of CMLL as a result of winning the tournament, but there is no specific "prize" for winning the tournament beyond a symbolic trophy. After not holding a ''Gran Alternativa'' in 2015 CMLL brought the concept back in 2016, this time holding the first block of the tournament on their Tuesday show in Arena México as opposed to previous years where they held it on their Friday night '' Super Viernes'' shows. The 2016 tournament was the 21st ''Gran Altern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence. CMLL currently recognizes and promotes twelve "World Championships" for various weight divisions and classifications, six national level and six regional level championships. The Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows, CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual major show, starting in 1934, with the CMLL 87th Anniversary Show being the most recent. CMLL also regularly promotes major events under the names ''Homenaje a Dos Leyendas'' ("Homage to two legends"), ''Sin Piedad'' ("No Mercy"), ''Sin Salida'' ("No Escape"), ''Infierno en el Ring'' ("Inferno in the Ring") during the year. CMLL has promoted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Script (recorded Media)
''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, feature length filmed dramas, including ''ScreenPlay''. Various writers and directors were utilized on the series. Writer Jimmy McGovern was hired by producer George Faber to pen a series five episode based upon the Merseyside needle exchange programme of the 1980s. The episode, directed by Gillies MacKinnon, was entitled ''Needle'' and featured Sean McKee, Emma Bird, and Pete Postlethwaite''.'' The last episode of the series was titled "Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands" and featured Robbie Coltrane as English writer Samuel Johnson, who in the autumn of 1773, visits the Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland. That episode was directed by John Byrne and co-starred John Sessions and Celia Imrie. Some scenes were shot at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magia Blanca
Magia Blanca (born June 26, 1993) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, previously known by the ring name Magnifico I. He is currently working with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is the current Mexican National Welterweight Champion. He is a fourth-generation wrestler, the nephew of Apóstol Jr. and cousin of wrestlers Bandido and Myzteziz Jr. His real name is not a matter of public record as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico. Career Magia Blanca made his in-ring debut on June 19, 2011, in his hometown of Torreón, then under the name Magnifico I. Along with their cousin Magnifico II, they formed the group Los Magnificos. The first mach they had was against Vientos Negros. Soon, they founded the trio Reyes del Aire with another relative, Angelikal. The trio wrestled extensively high on the match cards in Coahuila and Durango in 2012 and 2013. In 2015, he was signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valiente (wrestler)
Valiente (born May 30, 1974) is a Mexican ''luchador enmáscarado'', or masked professional wrestler, and is mainly known for his work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Valiente'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. Valiente is Spanish for "Valiant", expressed by the sword icon on his mask. Valiente won the 2008 and the 2012 '' Reyes del Aire'' tournaments and is a former Mexican National Welterweight and CMLL World Trios Champion. Professional wrestling career Valiente made his debut in 1996, working on the Mexican independent circuit. After not making much headway Valiente actually retired from professional wrestling in the late 1990s. After almost five years away from the ring Valiente returned to wrestling in the early 2000s, hoping to make a name for himself. ''Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oro Jr
Oro Jr. 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. Oro 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. It has been revealed that he is a third-generation wrestler, part of the Hernández family that also included his uncle Oro (whom his ring name is taken from) as well as his father Plata and uncles Oro II, Plata II, Bronce II, El Calavera Jr. and Golden. Personal life The man known under the ring name Oro Jr. is a third-generation wrestler; he is the son of Ismael Hernández Solís who worked under the ring name ''Plata'' ("Silver") and the nephew of Jesús Javier Hernández Solís who worked as a professional wrestler under the name ''Oro'' ("Gold") until his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantis (wrestler)
Atlantis (born September 28, 1962) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'' (masked professional wrestler), working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) where he performs as a ''Técnico'' (face or "good guy" character) and is one of the longest-tenured ''luchador'' in CMLL history. Atlantis was trained by Diablo Velasco, made his in-ring debut in 1983 and has always wrestled under the ring name Atlantis, named after the sunken city of Atlantis. Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico and in Japan, both individually and as a tag team. He has also won the mask of several prominent wrestlers through his career including Kung Fu, Villano III, Último Guerrero and La Sombra. Atlantis earned the nickname ''El idolo de los Niños'' (the children's idol) as he was always a favorite with the younger fans. He even retained the nickname when he worked as a ''Rudo'' (a wrestler who portrays the bad guy) for several years. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flyer (wrestler)
Flyer (born October 3, 1994 in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico) is the ring name of a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He is the grandson of Ramón Ibarra Banda who has wrestled as "Volador" and "Super Parka" over the years and the nephew of Ramón Ibarra Rivera who has wrestled all over the world as "Volador Jr.". Flyer currently works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as a '' tecnico'' (wrestling term for those that portray the "good guys"). El Flyer's full birth 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. Personal life The man later known under the ring name Flyer was born on October 3, 1994 in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico, as part of the Ibarra family which includes a large number of professional wrestlers. His grandfather is Ramón Ibarra Banda who has worked both masked and unmask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rey Bucanero
Arturo García Ortiz (born July 19, 1974) is a Mexican ''luchador'' or professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ... best known under the ring name Rey Bucanero. Ortiz, as Rey Bucanero, has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1996. His ring name is Spanish for "Buccaneer King", which was originally reflected in his wrestling mask, mask that featured a skull face and an eye patch. Ortiz was unmasked in 1999 and has worked unmasked ever since. He is the nephew of Pirata Morgan, from whom he took the Pirate character, as well as the nephew of Hombre Bala and El Verdungo. While he has primarily worked for CMLL through most of his career he has made appearances in the United States, most notably for the World Wrestling Federation and Total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Cuatrero
El Cuatrero (born 1996) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, where he is currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. Best known for his work for '' Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre'' (CMLL) based in Mexico City. He is the son of ''lucha libre'' legend Cien Caras and the nephew of Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000. Cuatrero, his brother Sansón and their cousin Forastero form a trio known as ''Nueva Generación Dinamita'' ("New Generation Dynamite"). NGD are presented as the successors to '' Los Hermanos Dinamita'', which was formed by Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000. His 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. His ring name is Spanish for "The Horsethief" or "The Cattle Rustler", reflected in the cowboy-inspired ring gear and mask he wears during shows. El Cuatrero is one time CMLL World Middlewe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negro Casas
José Casas Ruiz (born January 10, 1960) is a Mexican professional wrestler (called a ''Luchador'' in Spanish) and trainer working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the ring name Negro Casas. He is the son of former wrestler turned referee Pepe Casas, and part of the large Casas wrestling family; brother of professional wrestlers El Felino and Heavy Metal and uncle of Puma, Tiger, Canelo Casas, Rocky Casas, Danny Casas and many more. Casas has trained several wrestlers, including Mephisto, Kazushige Nosawa, T. J. Perkins, Rocky Romero, and Ricky Marvin. Casas has worked all over the world, making appearances for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the United States of America as well as touring with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Japan for over a decade. In Mexico Casas has worked for CMLL since the 1990s but has also wrestled for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), World Wrestling Association (WWA) and International Wrestling Revolution Group (I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mephisto CMLL
Mephisto or Mephistopheles is one of the chief demons of German literary tradition. Mephisto or Mephistopheles may also refer to: Film and television * '' Méphisto'', a 1931 French film * ''Mephisto'' (1981 film), a German-Hungarian film based on Klaus Mann's novel ''Mephisto'' * Dr. Mephesto, a mad scientist in the ''South Park'' TV series * Mephistopheles (''Xena''), a villain in the ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' TV series * Mephisto, a character on the Australian television series, ''Double the Fist'' * Mephisto, a character in the anime Suite PreCure * Mephisto Pheles, a son of Satan in the manga/anime ''Blue Exorcist'' * Mephisto, a character in the feature art film ''The Last Faust'' *''Mephisto'', a 1912 British silent film written by Leedham Bantock and directed by Alfred de Manby and F. Martin Thornton Gaming * Mephisto (automaton), a chess-playing pseudo-automaton * Mephisto (chess computer), a line of chess computers sold by Hegener & Glaser * Mephistopheles (''Dun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Royal (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal (sometimes battle royale; plural battles royal or battle royals) is a multi-competitor Professional wrestling match types, match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared the winner. Typical battles royal begin with a number of participants in the Wrestling ring, ring, who are then eliminated by going over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor. Variations Battlebowl In a two-ring variation on a battle royal, the wrestlers start in one ring and try to throw wrestlers into the second ring, after which they can be eliminated by being thrown out of that ring. The last remaining wrestler in the first ring can rest until only one wrestler is left in the second ring, after which they fight in both rings until one is eliminated and a winner is declared, in similar fashion to a double elimination tournament. The two-version was held in World Championship Wrestling's 1991 Starrcade (1991), Starrcade eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
