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Melissa Cervantes (born July 22, 1986), known by her ring name Thunder Rosa, is a Mexican
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and former
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signed to
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(AEW), where she is a former one-time
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. She is currently inactive due to suffering a
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. She debuted in 2014 and has also appeared in
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(Stardom),
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(Impact), and the
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(NWA). Cervantes appeared in seasons 2 through 4 of the wrestling-based TV series
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as Kobra Moon, leader of the Reptile Tribe; she won the
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(with Daga and Jeremiah Snake). After the show ended, she resumed performing on the
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, working in
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(WOW) in 2018 as Serpiente, and won the
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in 2019. Cervantes also founded and owns Mission Pro Wrestling (MPW), a Texas-based independent promotion devoted to women's wrestling. Cervantes made her
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debut in 2019 at
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.


Professional wrestling career


Early career

Cervantes made her wrestling debut in late 2014, in a Supreme Pro Wrestling
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in Sacramento, California. In 2015, she performed regularly throughout California, and on April 12, she made her Japanese debut for
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(aka "Stardom").


Lucha Underground (2015–2019)

Cervantes joined the cast of
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in season 2 as Kobra Moon, leader of the Reptile Tribe; she would remain on the show for the remainder of its run. She was nominated for the 2015 Southern California Rookie of the Year Award, and finished second to Douglas James. In 2016 Cervantes returned to Stardom to take part in its
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, teaming with Holidead. She won the 2016 Southern California Women's Wrestler of the Year Award. She was released on March 26, 2019.


Ring of Honor (2018–2019)

On June 15, 2018, Thunder Rosa made her
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debut on its ''ROH State Of The Art'' show, teaming with
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against
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and
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. On November 3 (which aired on tape delay on December 15) episode of ROH's eponymous weekly TV show, Rosa teamed with
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as "The Twisted Sisterz," defeating
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and
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.


Women of Wrestling (2018–2019)

Cervantes worked through the October 2018 tapings on
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under her Kobra Moon ring name. Her first televised matched aired on March 1, 2019, where she was managed by Sophia Lopez as she defeated Azteca. With WOW renewed for a second season, Moon's name changed to Serpentine. On the September 14 episode of ''WOW'', Serpentine unsuccessfully challenged
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for the WOW World Championship.


Tokyo Joshi Pro (2019–2020)

On April 29, 2019, Thunder Rosa made her
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debut, teaming with Yuki Aino against Mizuki and
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. In winning the International Princess Championship on January 5, 2020, from
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, Rosa became the first
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titleholder in Tokyo Joshi Pro history. On October 7, Thunder Rosa announced she had relinquished the championship as
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restrictions precluded her from traveling to Japan.


National Wrestling Alliance (2019–2021)

Thunder Rosa made her
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(NWA) TV debut on the October 29, 2019 episode of ''
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''. After
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lost to Ashley Vox, Thunder Rosa entered the ring and extended her hand to Belle, which Belle declined as she left the ring. On the following episode, Rosa had her in-ring debut, defeating Ashley Vox and attacking her post-match. Rosa later attacked
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, with Belle also attacking Kay and aligning with Rosa. On the November 19 episode of ''NWA Power'', Belle and Thunder Rosa defeated Kay and Vox, after Melina distracted Kay, and aligning herself with Belle and Rosa. At
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on January 24, 2020, Thunder Rosa defeated Allysin Kay to capture the NWA World Women's Championship and also becoming the first Mexican born wrestler to win the championship. She would lose the title against
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on October 27, 2020, at UWN Primetime Live. Fightful Select reported on July 22, 2021, that her contract in NWA was bought out by All Elite Wrestling, allowing her to sign with AEW full time. NWA wished her well via their
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account.


Impact Wrestling (2021)

Thunder Rosa made her Impact debut on July 17, 2021, at its annual
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PPV as the mystery opponent for Impact Knockouts Champion
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.


All Elite Wrestling


Debut and signing (2020–2022)

Thunder Rosa made her
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(AEW) debut on the August 22, 2020, episode of ''
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'', where she cut a promo on then-
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, and challenged her to a title match at the All Out pay-per-view show. On the September 2 episode of ''Dynamite'', Thunder Rosa made her AEW in-ring debut, where she defeated
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. At All Out, Thunder Rosa unsuccessfully challenged Shida for the AEW Women's World Championship. On the September 16 episode of ''Dynamite'', Rosa successfully defended her
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against Ivelisse. After the match, Rosa was attacked by
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and Ivelisse, and was later saved by Shida, turning Rosa face in the process. A week later on ''Dynamite'', Rosa teamed with Shida when they defeated Diamante and Ivelisse in a tag team match. On the November 18 episode of ''Dynamite'', Rosa fought Deeb in a rematch for the NWA Women's Championship, but would lose following outside interference from Dr.
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. After the match, Rosa brawled with Baker. On the March 17, 2021, episode of ''Dynamite'', Rosa and Britt Baker became the first women to main event ''Dynamite''; Rosa defeated Baker in an intense Unsanctioned Lights Out match that was highly praised by critics, and widely viewed as breaking down sexist assumptions that women wrestlers couldn't wrestle a "hardcore" style match. Eleven months after her debut, on her 35th birthday July 22, 2021, it was announced that Rosa had officially signed a full-time deal with AEW. On the November 24 special episode of ''Dynamite'' being AEW Thanksgiving EVE, Rosa wrestled in the AEW TBS women's championship tournament where she faced
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and beat her. On the December 29 special episode of ''Dynamite'' being AEW New Year's Smash, Rosa faced
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in the semi finals of the TBS tournament which Rosa lost due to interference by
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.


AEW Women's Championship reign (2022)

On March 6, 2022, at
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Rosa faced Britt Baker for the AEW Women's World Championship however due to Baker, Jamie Hayter and
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distracting the referee and cheating this resulted in Rosa losing. On March 16 special edition episode of ''Dynamite'' being St. Patrick's Day Slam, Rosa won her first
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after she defeated Baker in a
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in her adoptive hometown of
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. On April 16, Rosa defended her championship against
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in the main event of AEW Battle of The Belts ll which Rosa won. On May 29 at
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Rosa defended her championship against Serena Deeb and won. On June 8 on Dynamite Rosa successfully defended her championship against Maria Shafir. At AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, Rosa successfully defended her championship against
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. On July 27 at Fight For The Fallen Rosa defended her championship against
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which Yamashita earned a shot at after she defeated Thunder Rosa in TJPW. On August 5 at AEW Battle Of The Belts III, Rosa defeated
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to retain championship. On August 24 at ''Dynamite,'' Rosa revealed she can't defend her championship due to injury, which then lead to allegations claiming the injury was fake which Rosa denied. Initially the company kept Rosa's championship reign intact in her absence while moving forward with an interim champion. This decision was rescinded three months later, as it was announced on the November 23 episode of ''Dynamite'' that Rosa had relinquished her championship not only presently, but retroactively as well, with both Toni Storm and
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having their interim title reigns recognized as fully lineal runs with the Women's World Championship.


Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

During Triplemanía XXX: Tijuana,
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called out Thunder Rosa, asking to prove the latter is the best female wrestling from Mexico. Rosa reacted on Social Media accepting the challenge. On August 8th
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held a media conference to confirm the match and the event's match card.


Professional wrestling style and persona

Cervantes' "Thunder Rosa" ring name is a tribute to Thunder Road, a rehabilitation center for teenagers Cervantes worked at for over 2 years, which overlapped with the training and launch phases of her wrestling career. It was a collaboration between Cervantes, her husband and a Thunder Road coworker on a car ride home after attending a wrestling show. Cervantes wanted a name that appealed to both Latinos and non-Latino Americans, would honor her work with teens, and be easy for fans to chant during her matches. When Cervantes’ uncle attended one of her matches (at a Lucha Underground taping), he told her it was the first time he had attended a wrestling show in years. Cervantes’ grandfather died of a heart attack at a Tijuana wrestling show; her uncle, then a child who watched wrestling weekly, was sitting on her grandfather's lap at the time. Due to the close, painful association of wrestling with his father's death, Cervantes’ uncle had hated wrestling ever since. However, watching Cervantes wrestle rekindled his childhood love of wrestling, and convinced him she had been destined to become a wrestler. The paint also symbolizes the rebirth of Cervantes’ career, after a concussion in Japan put her out of work for a month. Cervantes’ husband suggested that when she resumed performing, she also resume the face paint to stand out from other wrestlers.


Mixed martial arts career


Combate Americas/Global (2019–2021; 2022)

On September 13, 2019, it was confirmed that Cervantes had signed with
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. Her first fight took place on November 8 in
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. She lost the fight by unanimous decision against Nadine Mandiau. On October 10, 2021, Cervantes announced that she had officially retired from MMA when she signed a contract with All Elite Wrestling due to not having the time to commit to training. In June 2022, it was confirmed that Thunder Rosa would return to Combate to do
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on the July 15th and 22nd shows.


Mixed martial arts record

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Personal life

Before wrestling and during the early years of her wrestling career, Cervantes was a professional social worker, doing case work with at-risk young adults struggling with mental illness, homelessness, substance abuse and other life issues. When she realized that season three of Lucha Underground would pay enough to surpass her income as a social worker, Cervantes' husband encouraged her to focus 100% of her time and effort on wrestling. Cervantes married Brian Cervantes on December 21, 2006, and together they have a son Anakin, born on August 31, 2005. Cervantes graduated from the
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in 2010 with a
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in
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. She became a US citizen on February 21, 2019.


Lucha Underground lawsuit

On February 6, 2019, it was reported that Cervantes,
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, Joey Ryan, and Jorge Luis Alcantar (aka, El Hijo del Fantasma/King Cuerno) had filed a
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in California against Lucha Underground's coproducers: the
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and the Baba-G production company. The performers alleged that their Lucha Underground contracts were illegal under California law because they unfairly restricted their ability to work in their chosen profession. In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Cervantes said that she joined Lucha Underground for season 2 under a 5-year contract. However, production of the series ended after less than 4 full seasons' worth of episodes were made. This left Cervantes, et al. -- who, as professional wrestlers in the U.S., work as independent contractors—trapped in a situation where they were effectively fired yet also contractually blocked from working for any other wrestling companies until their Lucha Underground contracts expired (i.e., at least 1–2 years later), or they each paid a $5,000 (USD) escape clause fee. By March 26, 2019, all lawsuits had been settled in the wrestlers' favor, and they were freed from their LU contracts.


Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) * Allied Independent Wrestling Federations ** AIWF International Women's Championship (1 time) * Gold Rush Pro Wrestling ** GRPW Lady Luck Championship (1 time) * East Bay Pro Wrestling ** EBPW Ladies Champion (1 time) * Inspire Pro Wrestling ** Inspire Pro Twin Dragon Connection Championship (3 times) – with Cherry Ramons (1), Raychell Rose (1), Steve O Reno (1) *
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( 1 time) – with Daga and Jeremiah Snake *
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'' ** Match of the Year (2021) vs
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** Ranked No. 3 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the ''
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Shine Tag Team Championship The Shine Tag Team Championship is the tag team championship (professional wrestling), championship contested in the professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Shine Wrestling. Inaugural Championship Tournament (2014) The ...
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Holidead Camille Ligon (born July 21, 1986), known by her ring name Holidead, is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW). Professional wrestling career Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) (2017–2022) In ...
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SoCal Uncensored SoCal Uncensored (SCU) was an American professional wrestling collective that consisted of Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Scorpio Sky. They are signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Daniels and Kazarian are no longer able to team tog ...
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Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling , often abbreviated to TJPW, is a Japanese joshi puroresu or women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 2012 as a sister promotion of DDT Pro Wrestling. Initially running alongside other shows such as live music and other idol perform ...
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Warrior Wrestling Warrior Wrestling is an American Independent circuit, independent professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion based in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Roster #Adam Brooks (wrestler) #Alex Coughlin #Alex Shelley #Alex Zayne #Al ...
** WW Women's Championship (1 time)


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