Joana Guadalupe Jiménez Hernández (born December 15, 1985) is a Mexican ''

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'', or female

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, better known as Dark Silueta (Spanish for Dark "

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"). She is working for the Mexican

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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'') (''Mexi ...

(CMLL) and Japanese Reina Joshi Puroresu, portraying a '' tecnico'' ("Good guy") wrestling character. She originally worked as an '' enmascarada'', or masked wrestler but was forced to unmask after losing a match to Zeuxis.

Personal life

Jiménez was born and still resides in

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. She is married and the mother of two children, her first son was born in April 2010 and a son born in 2018.

Professional wrestling career

She began her training for a professional wrestling career at the age of only 13, training in the wrestling school of Francisco Gaitan. She made her professional wrestling debut in 2006 and received additional training from

(CMLL) trainers

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and

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She began wrestling as an '' enmascarada'', or masked wrestler, using the

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Silueta (Spanish for "Silhouette") and joined CMLL in 2008. CMLL decided to book Silueta in a storyline with ''ruda'' newcomer Zeuxis that developed in mis-2010. The storyline started out with the two being on opposite sides of a number of Best two out of three falls six-woman tag team matches where Zeuxis focused on trying to unmask her opponent, going so far as to rip Silueta's mask apart, causing Siluta to respond in kind. The storyline led to a ''

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'', or "Bet match" between the two where the loser of the match would be forced to unmask and state their birth name after the loss as per Lucha Libre traditions. Zeuxis was successful, winning two of the three falls to force Silueta to unmask and reveal that her birthname was Joana Guadalupe Jiménez Hernández. Through her work in CMLL Silueta was invited to wrestle in Japan on several occasions, primarily for Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina (Reina for short). On October 11, 2011, Silueta won an eight-woman ''

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'' elimination match to earn a match for the

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. The match also included

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, Kiara,

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and

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. The following week, during CMLL's show in

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Silueta defeated Ray to become the second ever CMLL-Reina International Junior Champion. She held the title until June 4, 2013, when she lost it to Zeuxis. She regained the title from Zeuxis on August 3, 2014. After a reign of only five days, Silueta lost the title to

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back in Japan. On August 30, Silueta won the title for the third time by defeating Narumiya in a rematch. On June 13, 2015, Silueta announced at a Reina event that she had signed with the promotion, making Reina her second home promotion alongside CMLL. On October 9, Silueta and

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defeated

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and Rina Yamashita to win the

Reina World Tag Team Championship The Reina World Tag Team Championship (''Campeonato Mundial en Parejas de Reina'' in Spanish; in Japanese) was a professional wrestling Tag team championship promoted by Reina Joshi Puroresu. The championship was created in September 2011 in Uni ...

. They relinquished the title on March 16, 2016, due to Syuri's resignation from Reina. On January 29, 2017, Silueta lost the CMLL-Reina International Junior Championship to Keira.

Championships and accomplishments

*Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre **

Mexican National Women's Championship The Mexican National Women's Championship ( es, Campeonato Nacional Femenil) is a women's professional wrestling championship for female wrestlers sanctioned by the ''Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.'' (the Mexico City Boxing and Wrest ...

(1 time, current) **Women's Grand Prix (2021) *Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina **

( 3 times) **

( 1 time) – with

*''

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'' **Ranked No. 38 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the '' PWI Female 150'' in 2022

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

References

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