Norma Martínez (born April 23, 1978), known by the
ring name
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La Comandante, is a Mexican ''
luchadora
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'', or female
professional wrestler
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currently working for the Mexican
professional wrestling promotion
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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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(CMLL) portraying a ''
ruda'' ("bad guy") wrestling character.
Professional wrestling career
She began her career working under the
ring name
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''La Nazi'' (The
Nazi
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), inspired by ''El Nazi'', a hated Mexican ''rudo'' (a bad guy character or
heel
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Structure
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). Her early days as a professional wrestler was tough, she was met with a lot of resistance with people complaining that she was too rough in the ring, not protecting her opponents enough while wrestling. Her reputation for working "stiff", as it is called in wrestling, made it so hard for her to get work that she retired in the late 1990s.
During her retirement she worked in a furniture factory and as a tailor.
[ She did not return to full-time wrestling until she met wrestler Pierroth, Jr. who helped her improve in the ring and get regular work as well.][ La Nazi participated in ]AAA
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Arts, entertainment, and me ...
's first ever '' Reina de Reinas'' tournament, but lost a qualifying match to 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 ...
. When Pierroth, Jr. created his ''Los Boriquas'' (" The Puerto Ricans") group in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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La Nazi became his constant companion, adopting a look that was more " guerilla soldier" than Nazi as she began wearing more camouflage pants and shirts. At some point while working as La Nazi she won a '' Luchas de Apustas'', ("bet match") over Chica de Arabia where her opponent was shaved bald after the match.[ She also defeated ''Exotico'' (a man using an effeminate or crossdressing ring character) Estrella de Fuego to unmask him.][ On April 27, 2007 La Nazi competed to in a tournament to crown a new Mexican National Women's Champion when previous champion Lady Apache won the higher ranked ]CMLL World Women's Championship
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. She was one of 14 women competing in a ''torneo cibernetico
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'' elimination match to qualify for the finals. The ''torneo cibernetico'' was won by Marcela
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* Marcela Lucatelli (born 1988), Brazilian composer
* Marcela Morelo, Argentine singer-songwriter
* Marcela Rodríguez, Mexican composer
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and Princesa Sujei, eliminating La Nazi.
La Comandante (2009–present)
In late 2009 she started working under the ring name ''La Comandante'' ( The Comandant), dropping the more controversial "La Nazi" name. CMLL began working closely with various Japanese female only wrestling promotions, including Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina. Through her work in CMLL La Comandate was invited to wrestle in Japan, teaming up with fellow CMLL wrestler Zeuxis to compete in a tournament to crown the first ever Reina World Tag Team Champions
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* La Reina, ...
. In the first round the team defeated Aki Kanbayashi and Saya in the first round and then defeated the team known as "the Canadian NINJAs" (Nicole Matthews
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and Portia Perez
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Pro ...
) to become the first ever champions. The duo would hold the championship until December 6, 2011 when they lost the championship to the CMLL duo of Lluvia and Luna Mágica
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on a CMLL show in Mexico City. On May 13, 2012 La Comandate faced off against Yumiko Hotta
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in a Falls count anywhere match
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under ''Luchas de Apuestas
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'' rules which meant the loser would have her hair shaved off. The match was the main event of Reina 33, the first anniversary of the Japanese Universal Women's Pro Wrestling REINA promotion. La Comandante lost after 20 minutes of wrestling all over the arena and had her hair shaved off after the match.[
]
Comando Caribeño
On May 9, 2013 CMLL introduced a new Comandante Pierroth
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, a character based on the original Pierroth
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. The new Comandante Pierroth was announced as the leader of a faction called '' El Comando Caribeño'' ("The Caribbean Commando") consisting of members of the original Pierroth's ''Los Boriquas'', La Comandante, Pierrothito and Pequeño Violencia and added Puerto Rican Zeuxis to the group as well. On December 22, La Comandante returned to Japan and Reina Joshi Puroresu, losing to Syuri
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in a match for the vacant
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CMLL-Reina International Championship
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. During the tour, La Comandante also made several appearances for World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, where she most notably on January 4, 2014, turned on Kyoko Inoue
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to join former rival Yumiko Hotta's Bousou-gun stable. On June 29, La Comandante and Yumiko Hotta defeated Aki Shizuku and Ariya to win the Reina World Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Ariya and Makoto
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As a noun, Makoto means "sincerity" (誠) or "truth" (真, 眞).
People
Given name
* Makoto (musician) (born 1977), drum and bass artist
*Makoto (Sharan Q) ( まこと), ...
on August 20.
Championships and accomplishments
*Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina / Reina Joshi Puroresu
:*Reina World Tag Team Championship
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(2 times
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) – with Zeuxis (1)[ and ]Yumiko Hotta
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(1)[
]
Luchas de Apuestas record
References
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1978 births
Mexican female professional wrestlers
Living people
People from Ecatepec de Morelos
Professional wrestlers from the State of Mexico
Expatriate professional wrestlers in Japan
Bullet Club members
20th-century professional wrestlers
21st-century professional wrestlers
Reina World Tag Team Champions