Xtreme Latin American Wrestling (XLAW or X-LAW) is a
lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, founded in 2001 by wrestling journalist
Ernesto Ocampo. The promotion is credited to be the first
Hardcore wrestling
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company in Mexico.
The promotion began in an attempt to show the Mexican fans the wrestling style that was practiced during the nineties in foreign promotions like
FMW
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as (FMW). The promotion specializes in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their ...
and
ECW ECW may refer to:
Professional wrestling
* Extreme Championship Wrestling (originally Eastern Championship Wrestling), a professional wrestling promotion that operated from 1992 to 2001
* The Alliance (professional wrestling) (originally the WCW/E ...
.
The promotion was founded in 2001 and closed in 2005. However, the promotion was restarted in 2009.
History
X-LAW: Génesis
In 2000, Ocampo, who was then working for the magazine
Luchas 2000, had a meeting with
Antonio Peña
Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada (June 13, 1951 – October 5, 2006) was the founder of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1992. Peña's promotion reached its height of popularity in the ea ...
, the owner of
AAA
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Arts, entertainment, and me ...
, to show him a project to form a hardcore
stable within the company,
knowing that
Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestling manager, former promoter, photographer, and executive. He is currently signed to WWE, appearing on the SmackDown brand as manager for Undisputed WWE Universal Heavyweig ...
had offered Peña the opportunity to acquire shares of
ECW ECW may refer to:
Professional wrestling
* Extreme Championship Wrestling (originally Eastern Championship Wrestling), a professional wrestling promotion that operated from 1992 to 2001
* The Alliance (professional wrestling) (originally the WCW/E ...
(which at that time was in financial troubles), which would have given the rights to create an "ECW Mexico" group in AAA. Given the refusal of Peña, Ocampo and fellow journalist Manuel Flores began to work on creating their own promotion, raising money for months. In December 2000, both traveled to
Tijuana
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(US) and [< ...]
to signing several
luchadores
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with experience in hardcore wrestling, like
Damian 666 Damian ( la, links=no, Damianus) may refer to:
*Damian (given name)
*Damian (surname)
*Damian Subdistrict, in Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
See also
*Damiani, an Italian surname
*Damiano (disambiguation)
*Damien (disambiguation)
*Dam ...
,
Halloween and
Nicho el Millonario
Dionicio Castellanos Torres (born May 19, 1971) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Psicosis (sometimes Anglicised as Psychosis) and Nicho el Millonario. He is best known for his appearances with the promotions ...
.
The venue chosen to debut the new promotion was
El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, a bullring that for more than two decades host the shows of
UWA.
Ocampo and Flores also signed ECW wrestlers
Super Crazy,
Nova and
Yoshihiro Tajiri
is a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter primarily known under the ring name Tajiri (sometimes stylized as "TAJIRI"), he has also competed under his real name as well as under the names Aquarius and Kikkoman and briefly worked as the ...
(who was about to start working for
WWE
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), and former ECW stars
Sabu and
Juventud Guerrera. X-LAW also established ties with
Último Dragón
(born December 12, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor, better known as . In addition to having trained in Japan, Asai learned to wrestle in the lucha libre style while working in Mexico. He is credited with popularizing the " A ...
promotion
Toryumon, booking for the show almost all his students at the time, who then integrated Toryumon 2000 Project (T2P). Another working relationship started with
International Wrestling Association from Puerto Rico. IWA promoter
Víctor Quiñones
Víctor Quiñones Hernández (June 30, 1959 – April 2, 2006) was a Puerto Rican professional wrestling promoter, manager, and the founder and owner of International Wrestling Association in Japan, as well as the later International Wrestling ...
travel to Mexico with then IWA Heavyweight Champion
Ricky Banderas
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and taped many segments for his IWA TV show. Two main events were announced:
Hijo del Santo vs.
Perro Aguayo
Pedro Aguayo Damián (18 January 1946 — 3 July 2019) better known as "(El) Perro Aguayo" (Aguayo the dog) and El Can de Nochistlan (The Nochistlan Dog) was a Mexican wrestler through the 1970s to the 1990s.
Aguayo was the first person ever ...
, and Sabu vs. Damián 666 in a match for the
XPW
Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion owned by Rob Zicari.
Zicari originally ran the promotion out of Los Angeles from 1999 to 2003. He appeared on shows as the on-camera owner under the name R ...
Heavyweight Championship. The card also featured the first ever
ladder match in Mexico, with
Rey Misterio, Sr.
Miguel Ángel López Díaz (born July 8, 1956) is a Mexican retired professional wrestler and trainer, better known by his ring name, Rey Misterio ("Mystery King"). He is also referred to as Rey Misterio Sr. to distinguish him from his nephew.
...
and Halloween vs.
El Mosco and Depredador. The show was heavily promoted in Luchas 2000 magazine and in other publications like
La Afición newspaper
and the
Tijuana
Tijuana ( ,["Tijuana"](_blank)
(US) and [< ...]
based
Frontera daily
The show was held on March 4, 2001 gathering a crowd of 7000 people.
X-LAW: LAW AND disORDER
After Génesis, Ocampo and Flores planned a second show in El Toreo headlined by a mask vs. hair match between Hijo del Santo and Perro Aguayo, but the idea was scrapped due to the forced retirement of Aguayo after a similar match between him and
Universo 2000
Andrés Reyes González (April 18, 1963 – May 1, 2018) was a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, who was best known under the ring name Universo 2000. Reyes made his professional wrestling debut in 1985 and worked for Consejo Mundial de ...
in the
Arena Mexico
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. Instead of run Toreo again, a tour was prepared, which was originally called SIEGE, but was renamed LAW AND disORDER.
The tour has four dates: Tulancingo, Aguascalientes, Tultitlán and Tlalnepantla. Originally, the entire roster of Genesis was contemplated, but was reduced, although they added two wrestlers from the Philadelphia-based promotion
Combat Zone Wrestling
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:
John Zandig
John Corson (born April 4, 1971), better known by the ring name John Zandig, is an American professional wrestler and promoter. He is the founder and former owner of the promotion Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW).
Early life
Corson was born in Se ...
and
Wifebeater. During this tour the company crowned its first Tag Team Champions when, in a rematch from the precedent ladder match, El Mosco and Depredador beat Rey Misterio, Sr. and Halloween. One day later, in Tlalnepantla, the new champions defended successfully the belts against El Dólar & El Duende, but were challenged by Damián and Halloween. In the same show, the match take place, being won by the members of La Familia de Tijuana.
On June 17, 2001, the last day of the tour, Sabu pinned
Nosawa
, better known by his ring names Nosawa and , (born December 17, 1976) is a Japanese freelance professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions.
Career Early career (19952004)
Nos ...
in a deathmatch.
X-LAW XMAS
On December 16, 2001, was held the X-LAW XMAS show in Unidad Deportiva Javier Rojo Gómez,
Tulancingo
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. In that show, X-LAW crowned its first Jr. Heavyweight Champion in a ladder
three-way dance
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where the winner would take the belt, while the two losers would face in a
lucha de apuestas
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match. The competitors were
Crazy Boy
Crazy Boy (born March 30, 1978) is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known in Lucha Libre. He works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) in Mexico. Crazy Boy is the first cousin of Super Crazy. A masked wrestler, Crazy Boy's real name i ...
,
Brazo de Plata Jr. and
Pirata Morgan, Jr. The winner was Brazo de Plata Jr., so he was awarded with the belt.
In the apuestas match, Crazy Boy shaved the Pirate, then bet his mask against Brazo de Plata's belt. The new champion agreed, and right there start the match, which was won by Crazy Boy.
Championships
Current champions
See also
*
List of professional wrestling promotions in Mexico
Notes
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Mexican professional wrestling promotions
Lucha libre
Entertainment companies established in 2001