Luna Mágica (

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for "Magic Moon") is the

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of Maria De Los Angeles Aranda Ramirez (born January 10, 1978, in

Ciudad Madero Ciudad Madero is a coastal city located on the Gulf of Mexico in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Lying within the metropolitan area of Tampico, it is the seventh most populous city in the state, with a census-estimated ...

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities. It is located in nor ...

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). Aranda is a Mexican '' luchadora'', or female

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

currently working for the Mexican

professional wrestling promotion A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. "Promotion" also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event. Within ...

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 (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest profe ...

(CMLL) portraying a '' tecnico'' ("Good guy") wrestling character.

Personal life

Maria Aranda and

(CMLL) Booking team member Franco Colombo have at least one child together, born in early 2009. Aranda took over 18 months off from wrestling while pregnant, followed by complications to her pregnancy that led her to have a longer recovery period than expected. She is the sister of CMLL and

independent circuit In professional wrestling, the independent circuit (often shortened to the indie circuit or the indies) is the collective name of independently owned promotions which are deemed to be smaller and more regionalized than major national promotions. ...

wrestler Estrella Mágica ("Magic Star")

Professional wrestling career

Aranda made her professional wrestling debut in 1996, working under the

Luna Mágica, initially competing on the

including the Monterrey-based ''Lucha Libre Femenil'' promotion. In 2005 CMLL restarted their women's division, adding a number of female competitors to their roster including Luna Mágica. On April 27, 2007, Luna Mágica 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 The CMLL World Women's Championship (''Campeonato Mundial Femenil de CMLL'' in Spanish language, Spanish) is the professional wrestling championship, championship in women's professional wrestling that is most highly promoted by the Mexican lucha ...

. She was one of 14 women competing in a ''torneo cibernetico'' to qualify for the finals. The ''

torneo cibernetico A ''torneo cibernetico'' is a multi-man professional wrestling elimination match that was created and primarily used in Mexican ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotions, especially in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The match format ...

'' elimination match was won by Marcela and

Princesa Sujei Ernestina Sugehit Salazar Martínez (born June 25, 1980) is a Mexican '' luchadora'' (Spanish for ''professional wrestler'') who is best known under the ring name Princesa Sugehit. She is working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion C ...

, eliminating Luna Mágica. In 2010 Luna Mágica developed a long running rivalry with

Princesa Blanca Blanca Rodríguez (born August 26, 1974) is a Mexican retired '' luchadora'', or female professional wrestler, better known as Princesa Blanca. She is best known for her work with the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Luc ...

, building the storyline to the point where the two agreed to wager their hair on the outcome of a ''

Luchas de Apuestas ''Lucha libre'' (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term for the style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has develope ...

'' (Bet match) between the two. The two met on October 17, 2010, in

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where Princesa Blanca defeated Luna Mágica, who was shaved completely bald after loss to Princesa Blanca. On December 6, 2011, during a CMLL show Luna Mágica and Lluvia defeated La Comandante and Zeuix 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 ...

, a title promoted by Japanese wrestling promotion Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina. The victory meant that the two traveled to Japan to defend the titles in early 2012. On January 29, 2012, Lluvia and Luna Mágica successfully defended the titles against Casandra and La Silueta. Later on the team would successfully defend the titles against the team of Aoi Ishibashi and Aki Kanbayashi. Near the end of their tour of Japan, on March 24, the team lost the championship to Zeuxis and Mima Shimoda.

Championships and accomplishments

*Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina :*

( 1 time) – with Lluvia

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

Footnotes

References

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