Flavia Antonia Moreno León (born July 23, 1970) is a Mexican ''

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'', or female

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, best known under the

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Cynthia Moreno (sometimes spelled "Cinthia Moreno") She is working for

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its or ...

(AAA). Moreno is a part of an extended wrestling family that includes her father Alfonso Moreno, her brother who wrestles as

El Oriental Noé Astro Moreno León (born December 6, 1972) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' known under the ring name El Oriental, currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) but is mainly known for his almost 10-year-long stint in Asistencia Asesorí ...

and her sisters,

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, Alda, and

Rossy Moreno María del Rocío "Rossy" Moreno León (born October 17, 1965) is a Mexican ''luchadora'', or female professional wrestler. In AAA she is a former AAA Reina de Reinas Champion and a two-time Mexican National Women's Champion. Personal life Mor ...

. She is a former two-time holder of the

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with her brother El Oriental.

Professional wrestling career

Flavia Antonia Moreno León is the daughter of Alfonso "Acorazado" (

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for "Battleship") Moreno and was trained by her father as well as by

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for her professional wrestling career. She made her debut in 1987 in ''Arena Azteca Budoka'' in

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, the building her father promoted at the time, under the name Cynthia Moreno. In the early 1990s Cynthia and her sister

Esther Moreno María Esther Moreno León (born February 20, 1969) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchadora'', or female Professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known under the ring name Esther Moreno. In Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, AAA she is a former 2 ...

travelled to Japan to wrestle for

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. On April 21, 1991 the Moreno sisters defeated

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and

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to win the

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, making them the first Mexican team to hold a championship in Mexico. They would hold the titles until August 2, 1991 where they lost the title to

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and

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. After returning to Mexico she began working for

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(CMLL), occasionally touring in Japan. In 1997 she left CMLL to work for

(AAA) along with her sisters Esther, Alda and

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. She made her first

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appearance for AAA as Cynthia, Alda and Esther Moreno lost to the team of their sister Rossy,

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and

Miss Janeth Janet Fragoso Alonso (born January 14, 1973) is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by her ringname Miss Janeth, who is a longtime '' ruda'' for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. She has also competed in the Universal Wrestling Associati ...

as part of the 1999 '' Verano de Escandalo''. At the 1999 ''

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'' event Cinthia and Alda teamed up with

Faby Apache Fabiola Balbuena Torres (born 26 December 1980) is a Mexican ''Luchadora'', or female professional wrestler known for her time with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) where she performed as Faby Apache (sometimes written as "Fabi Apache"). Between 2 ...

to defeat Rossy, Miss Janeth and Tiffany. She participated in the 2000 '' Reina de Reinas'' tournament, but was defeated in the semi-final by Xochitl Hamada. The following year she competed in the ''Reina de Reinas'' tournament once again, but was unable to make it past the semi-final match. At the 2003 ''

'' Moreno, El Oriental,

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and

Pimpinela Escarlata Mario González Lozano (born April 18, 1969) is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler, who works as an ''exótico'' for the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA World Wide promotion and Lucha Underground under the ring name Pimpinela Escarlata. As ...

defeated Faby Apache,

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and Polvo de Estrellas in a ''Relevos Atómicos de locura'' match (Spanish for "Eight-man madness match"), a match that featured two teams of four, each composed of a male wrestler, a female wrestler, an ''Exotico'' wrestler, and a ''

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''. In May 2004 she travelled Japan to wrestle for Hustle's HUSTLE-3 show, teaming with Mascarita Sagrada and

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and Pimpinela Escarlata to defeat Faby Apache, Gran Apache, Mini Abismo Negro and Polvo de Estrellas. The following month she wrestled on her first

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event as she wrestled during

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, repeating the match she had participated in at HUSTLE-3 with the same results. In mid-2004 Cynthia started a storyline feud with the Apache family, primarily Faby Apache and Gran Apache that lasted until 2009. On August 1, 2004, Cynthia and El Oriental unsuccessfully challenged for the

, losing to Gran Apache and Faby Apache. The teams subsequently clashed on several occasions, with the Apaches managing to retain the mixed championship each time. In 2005 the Apaches were forced to vacate the Mixed tag team titles, after which AAA held a tournament to crown new champions. Moreno and El Oriental defeated Gran Apache and Tiffany in the semi-final and then defeated Chessman and

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in a one-night tournament at '' Verano de Escandalo'' to become the new AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champions. Over the next 779 days Moreno and El Oriental repeatedly defended the Mixed tag team title, including defending it on various independent shows. Their reign came to an end in November 2007 when they were forced to vacate the championship when Moreno suffered an injury and was unable to defend the titles. While Moreno was recuperating, Gran Apache and

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won the vacant title as well as turning '' técnicos'' (good guys) in the process. With the Apaches now playing the ''tecnico'' role both Moreno and El Oriental turned '' rúdo'' upon Moreno's return when they attacked the Apaches after a match. Moreno and El Oriental regained the Mixed tag team title on September 14, 2008 at the '' Verano de Escandalo''. The ''Dinastia Moreno's'' second reign with the tag team title turned out to be as active as their first, in fact El Oriental once claimed they defended the titles around 150 times, although records do not support such a claim. In late 2009 both Cynthia and El Oriental left AAA, losing the Mixed Tag Team title to Faby Apache and

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as their last match for AAA. Subsequently Moreno and El Oriental both began working on the Mexican

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. During the 2009 ''

'' show Moreno returned to AAA, siding with former opponent Faby Apache against ''

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'' in the form of

Sexy Star Dulce Maria García Rivas (born September 20, 1982) is a Mexican ''luchadora'' '' enmascarada'', or masked female professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and professional boxer who is better known by the ring name Sexy Star. She is best kno ...

, Jennifer Blade, and

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. As a result Moreno, Faby and her sister

faced off against Sexy Star, Rain and

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during the 2010 ''

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'' event, a match which Moreno won for her team by pinning Sexy Star. During a post ''Rey de Reyes'' interview Sexy Star claimed that the Apaches and Moreno were nothing but maids, which led to AAA booking a match between Cynthia Moreno, Faby and Mari Apache against Sexy Star, Rain, and Blade in a

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match where the person pinned or submitted would have to be the winning team's slave for a month. At Triplemanía ''La Legión'' defeated Moreno and the Apaches, when Blade pinned Mari, thanks in part to biased refereeing by Hijo del Tirantes. Following the match Konnan ordered Mari Apache to begin her maid duty right away by cleaning up their dressing room. The stipulation expired on July 6, 2010.

Personal life

Flavia Moreno is a member of an extended wrestling family founded by her father Alfonso Moreno who was both a wrestler and a wrestling promoter and her mother who took over promoting wrestling in Arena Azteca Budokan in

after Alfonso Moreno died. Cinthia's sisters Rossy Alda and Esther are or have been professional wrestlers as well as her brother who works as El Oriental. She is the former sister-in-law of Dr. Wagner, Jr. who was married to Rossy Moreno; she is also the aunt of Rossy and Wagner, Jr.'s son who wrestles as

Dr. Wagner III El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (born December 4, 1991) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador wrestling mask, enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestling, professional wrestler, currently working Major League Wrestling (MLW) in the United States, Pr ...

. She's also the former sister-in-law of wrestler

Groon XXX Groon XXX (born January 11, 1980 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) is the ring name of a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He has previously wrestled as El Gronda, Gronda XXX, Groond XXX and Gran Masther and ha ...

who was married to Esther. She is not related to the Moreno family that founded and promotes the

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promotion.

Championships and accomplishments

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) – with

References

External links

AAA profile
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