The CMLL Luchadora Roster - 2015

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración LLC (AAA) may get more press here in the US, but Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre co.ltd (CMLL) is still the world's oldest pro wrestling promotion.
It was created in 1933, although then it was called Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (EMLL).
They are still going strong today and they have one of the best female rosters in the world....

Marcela (María Elena Santamaría Gómez) - CMLL World Women's Champion
Princesa Sugehit - CMLL-Reina International Champion
Silueta (Joana Guadalupe Jiménez Hernández) - CMLL-Reina International Junior Champion
Zeuxis - Mexican National Women's Champion
La Amapola (Guadalupe Ramona Olvera)    
La Comandante (Norma Martinez)   
Dalys la Caribeña
Estrellita (Bibiana Ochoa Barradas)    
Lluvia
Luna Mágica (Maria De Los Angeles Aranda Ramirez)    
La Seductora (Irene Lagunas)
Skadi (Guadalupe Buye Peña)
Tiffany (Xóchitl Leyva Sánchez)   
La Vaquerita

La Comandante - Lucha Women

CMLL luchadora La Comandante is probably one of the toughest women to ever set foot in a wrestling ring.
She was trained by Felipe Ham Lee, Shadito Cruz, Aaron Alvarado Nieves, Karloff Lagarde and made her debut on February 23, 1996.
Right off the rip she had a hard time.
Like Kana in Japan, La Comandante (who was then called La Nazi) was accused of working "stiff".
That means she would really hit her opponets and not try very hard to keep from hurting them in the ring.
She worked for both Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's (AAA) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
In Japan she has worked for Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina and World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana.

Although she has only held one title (the Reina World Tag Team Championship (with both Zeuxis and Yumiko Hotta), she has done well with luchas de apuestas ("matches with wagers").
She has taken the mask of Estrella de Fuego, and the hair of Rudy Reyna and Chica de Arabia.

La Comandante is a member of "Bullet Club Latinoamerica" along with Mephisto, Rey Bucanero and Terrible.

Princesa Blanca vs Dalys la Caribeña

The Princesa Blanca vs Dalys la Caribeña feud in CMLL.
First we have a really nice picture of luchadoras Princesa Blanca and Dalys la Caribeña laying the stare-down on each other.

Although these two are "mortal enemies", Blanca and Dalys are related by marriage.
Blanca Rodríguez aka Princesa Blanca is Dalys' sister-in-law.

CMLL kinda keeps that on the down-low, but if I were them, I would play that up.
Everybody loves a good family feud.

 Dalis la Caribeña, Dark Angel, Estrellita vs Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit 

Lola Gonzales - Mexican Female Wrestlers

Here's some "old school" pictures of Luchadora Lola Gonzales.
Lola was the sister of luchadora Leslie Gonzalez and was pretty much a legend in Lucha Libre.
Although her main claim to fame was in Mexico, she also wrestled in other countries including the United States and Japan.

During her career she held the Mexican National Women's Championship twice, the JDStar TWF World Women's Championship, the NWA California Women's Championship, Universal Wrestling Association World Women's Championship four times, the WWA World Women's Championship, the Occidente Women's Championship and the EWWL Women's Championship.

She regularly worked for Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).

The CMLL Luchadora Roster

I havent done a roster listing in quite a while so here are the luchadoras currently on the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) roster (to the best of my knowledge).

    Tiffany - Photo: Yahoo! Deportes Mexico

Tiffany
Dark Angel (Sarah Stock)
Lluvia
Marcela - CMLL World Women's Champion
Silueta - CMLL-Reina International Junior Champion   
Estrellita    
León - Reina-CMLL International Champion
Zeuxis
La Amapola
Lady Apache
Goya Kong
Mima Shimoda
Princesa Blanca - Mexican National Women's Champion
La Comandante
La Seductora
Lady Afrodita    
Luna Mágica    
Princesa Sujei    
Dalys la Caribeña

One thing I noticed in looking at this roster is that a large portion of these luchadoras are in their 30s and 40s.
Mima is 42 and Marcela is 41.
That would be a little unusual in the WWE, but not in lucha libre.

Dark Angel - Sarah Stock Back In CMLL

As you may know, on January 9th, 2013, Sarita (Sarah Stock) parted ways with TNA wrestling.
While I was sad to hear this, Sarah hadn't wrestled for TNA in over seven months.
But TNA's loss is lucha libre's gain as Sarah is back in CMLL.
And may I say that she is looking better than ever.

Seriously...she has developed the body of a fitness model since leaving TNA.
I know she has won the CMLL Bodybuilding Contest six years in a row, but I think this is her best.

You can check out Sarah on Facebook here:
 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Stock/196313450384801

And/or check out the official website of Dark Angel/Sarah Stock here:
http://sarah.newscott.com/

Estrellita - Mexican National Women's Champion

It's been a pretty good year for luchadora Estrellita.
First "Little Star" was in the second season of The Luchador on A&E in Mexico along with Princesa Blanca, Shocker, Rey Bucanero, Felino and Dragon Lee.

Estrellita and Dark Angel http://superluchas.net/

Then on November 27th, 2012, she beat Princesa Blanca for the CMLL Mexican National Women's Championship, ending Blanca's 1,397 day reign.

Princesa Blanca vs Estrellita for the Mexican National Women's Championship

You can see more of Estrellita and the other women of Lucha Libre Mexicana here

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship Update

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship Update
http://luchawomen.blogspot.com/

The last time I did a write up on the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship was way back in December of 2008.
The title has changed hands a few times since then, so here is an update.
To start out though, the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship is the AAA equivalent of the CMLL World Women's Championship.
Although the Reina de Reinas Championship belt is decided in a tournament easch year, the belt is still defended throughout the reign by the champion.



Since my last write up in 2008, luchadora Sexy Star won the title on September 26th, 2009 in Monterey, Mexico at Heroes Inmortales III.
She held the belt for a total of 322 days.

Next up, Mari Apache won the belt on August 14th, 2010 in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico at Verano de Escándalo in a six person tag team match.
This match was unusual for the Reina de Reinas Championship as in it was one...a tag team match and two...it was Alex Koslov and Christina Von Eerie facing Mari Apache, Faby Apache and Aero Star.
Not only was the Reina de Reinas Championship on the line, but the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship as well.
Mari held the belt for 351 days.

Now for the current champion, who won in a match that would make the WWE proud.
The current champion is Pimpinela Escarlata, an Exotico.
Yes...a man is the Reina de Reinas Champion.
Shades of Santina Marella and WrestleMania XXV!
He won the title in an eight-way elimination match with Cynthia Moreno, Faby Apache, Jennifer Blake, Lolita, Mickie James and Sexy Star on July 31st, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico at Verano de Escándalo.
He has held the belt for 113 plus days.

Really I'm not happy about that.
Basically because I go around telling people how much better Lucha Libre treats their female performers, then they pull a stunt like this.
Having a man hold the belt does to the title what having Hervina win the WWE Women's Championship did.
But to the WWE's credit they only had Hervina hold the belt one day...not a hundred plus.

Here is the match posted by WarriorsX2000PPV.
The Reina de Reinas part starts about 5:00 in.





As much as I didn't like the outcome, I have to admit, Sexy Star and Mickie James make a heck of a team.

For more on the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship, check out AAA's website here:
 http://luchalibreaaa.com/

Dalis La Caribena - CMLL

Dalis La Caribena - CMLL
http://luchawomen.blogspot.com/



Over at my other Luchadora blog I did a write up on Dalis La Caribeña back in April of this year.
But she seems to be picking up a bit in popularity so I thought I would include her here.
Well, that and I'm thinking about making this blog more CMLL oriented.

Anyway, Dalis La Caribena is the wife of luchador Negro Casas which makes her the sister-in-law of Felino and Heavy Metal, the daughter-in-law of Pepe Casas, the sister-in-law of Princesa Blanca and the aunt of both Tiger Kid and Puma King.
She is also the sister of Veneno.
Who says Lucha Libre isn't a family based business?



Dalis was born in Panama and was trained by her husband Negro Casas.
Although before that, she had an extensive Kickboxing background.
She made her lucha libre debut on October 6th, 2009 at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City.

You can check out Dalis at her Facebook page here.

The Lack of Luchadoras

Despite Sarita (Dark Angel, Sarah Stock) having a really good time in TNA (she and Taylor Wilde are the TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions) it doesn't look like the luchadoras in Mexico are getting much of a push.
I was really hoping that Sarita would stir a little more interest in the female wrestlers of Lucha Libre.
But looking back at the major Mexican promotions so far this year, that doesn't to have seemed to happened.

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), held their Rey de Reyes (King of Kings) tournament back on March 15, 2009.
The AAA Reina de Reinas (Queen of Queens) tournament is usually held around the same time, but so far, they haven't had one yet.
The last one was on May 28, 2008 and was won by Faby Apache.

At AAA's Triplemania XVII, there were no luchadoras matches, although Billy Boy, Sexy Star, Polvo de Estrellas, and Mini Abismo Negro took on El Elegido, Faby Apache, Pimpinela Escarlata, and Octagoncito in an Eight Person "Atómicos" Tag Team match and won.

At Verano de Escandalo on August 21, 2009, again there was no luchadora match, but Fabi Apache, Sexy Star, Billy Boy and Aero Star were all involved in a Luchas de Apuestas, Steel Cage "hair/mask" match which Billy Boy lost.

At Heroes Inmortales III, Faby Apache will defend her Reina de Reinas Championship against Sexy Star in a "Bull Terrier" match.

Over at Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) the luchadoras didn't fair much better.

At Homenaje a Dos Leyendas on March 20, 2009, there were no luchadoras.

Infierno en del Ring 2009 on July 31, 2009 no luchadoras.

BUT, at the CMLL 76th Anniversary Show held on September 18, 2009 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, amazingly Dark Angel herself showed up and teamed with Lady Apache to take on and defeat La Amapola and Hiroka in a tag team match.


The Lack of Luchadoras, posted to http://luchawomen.blogspot.com/ on Sept 24th, 2009.

Luchadoras Wrestling In CMLL

Here is a lucha libre video I found on YouTube of Marcela, Dark Angel and Lady Apache going up against Amapola, Princesa Sujei and Medusa in the CMLL.
This is part one of a two part video that was posted by TheCatchChannel who BTW has a lot of good lucha libre videos on his channel.
Like I said, this is part one of a two part video and part one alone is edited but still runs 10:27.
When's the last time you saw a WWE Diva's match go 10 minutes?
And like I said, that's just part one.

I really don't like Princesa Sujei's bleached blond hair.
I think she looked better the other way.

Sarah Stock DID Go To TNA

Well I made an entry and again it happened.
This is getting weird.....
So just in case I'm on to something here.....
I am a millionaire!
Sorry, it just seems like every time I report on something it seems to happen within a week.

ANYWAY...LOL...right after I did my last entry on Sarah Stock and TNA, she debuted!
Yes "The Dark Angel" had a match with Awesome Kong in a match taped for Xplosion.
Sarah came up short, but c'mon, she was wrestling Kong!
But dont feel bad, the next night in another dark match, Sarah defeated Taylor Wilde.

Sarah still isnt on the TNA roster at their website (watch..now that I said that she'll be there by Friday) yet, even though they wasted no time getting Jenna Morasca on there.

So will we see Sarah in CMLL again?
To keep up to date with Sarah, you can visit her website here:
http://www.sarah.newscott.com/

Is Sarah Stock Going To TNA?

So is Sarah Stock (Dark Angel) going to TNA?
At first everything seemed like it was pointing at that.
But as far as I know, SuperLuchas.net is still denying reports of Stock signing with TNA.
They say that Sarah is in negotiations with TNA, but right now, thats all.
Sarah is still competing in Mexico, but we have known since the beginning that Sarah had to fulfill her obligations in CMLL before coming to TNA.
I guess like everything else, we will just have to wait and see.

Sarah Stock, Luchadora to TNA Knockout

Taking a break from the WWC History.....
Well I suppose the big news is that luchadora Sarah Stock, Dark Angel, is now going to be referred to as TNA Knockout Sarah Stock.
Yes TNA has finally signed the lovely CMLL star and I guess now she bids farewell to Mexico.
For the time being at least.
TNA has been after Sarah since the Knockouts division started.

The WWC Women's Wrestling Championship

Wendi Richter, the first ever WWC Women's Wrestling Champion

In the US, lucha libre is associated with Mexico.
But there are other countries where lucha libre is popular.
For example, Puerto Rico.
In Puerto Rico the two big wrestling promotions are The World Wrestling Council (WWC) and The International Wrestling Association (IWA).
Both of these wrestling promotions have luchadoras.

The World Wrestling Council has a Women's Championship that has been contested since May of 1987.
Their first ever champion was Wendi Richter. She defeated Monster Ripper in a tournament to become the first champion.
Then Monster Ripper turned around and took the title in the same year defeating Wendi.
Wendi Richter reclaimed the title, defeating Monster Ripper in Trinidad and Tobago on July 28, 1987.
Richter left the promotion and the title was vacated.
Monster Ripper got the belt back after defeating Candi Devine in a tournament on July 7, 1990 in Bayamón, PR.
Sasha got the belt on October 13, 1990 and she and Monster Ripper traded the belt back and forth like this:
Monster Ripper won it on November 10, 1990, Sasha got it back on December 15, 1990, Monster Ripper took it back on March 9, 1991, Candi Devine stepped in and broke the streak on May 11, 1991, Monster Ripper defeated her and took the belt back on September 9, 1991and Sasha in turn won it back on October 5, 1991.
Then La Tigresa broke everything up by winning the title from Sasha on April 26, 1992.
Due to some controversy, the title was held up after a match on June 13, 1992 between La Tigresa and Sasha.
There was a rematch set for July 22, 1992, but Sasha no showed and the belt went to La Tigresa.

To be continued.......

IWRG Intercontinental Women's Wrestling Championship

IWRG, Grupo Internacional Revolucion or International Wrestling Revolution Group (English version of the promotion name) is an independent Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, Mexico.
They have a women's title belt listed as being held by Amapola, but the listing doesn't appear on the IWRG website.
Close to the end of 2007, Amapola stopped wearing the belt to matches. But up until 2007, IWRG had a talent sharing agreement with CMLL. In 2007 that agreement fell apart, and that may account for why Amapola stopped wearing the belt.


The previous history of the IWRG Intercontinental Women's Wrestling Championship goes like this......

Flor Metalica, Marcela, Josseline, Ayako Hamada, La Diabolica, La Amapola, Lady Metal were involved in a Torneo Cibernetico (elimination tag-team matches) that Ayako Hamada won.
In 2003, Ayako Hamada successfully defended the belt against La Diabolica.
In 2005, Amapola evidently beat Ayako for the belt in Japan.
She defended the belt twice against Marcela in 2006 and Hiroka in 2007.

The CMLL World Women's Wrestling Championship

The CMLL World Women's Wrestling Championship has a long and illustrious history.
Some of the biggest stars in lucha libre have held the title.

Bull Nakano won the title first on June 12, 1992 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal. She defeated Lola González after she and Lola had both become finalists in a 12-woman battle royal.
Xóchitl Hamada defeated Bull Nakano on March 21, 1993 to take the title.
Then La Diabólica defeated Xóchitl Hamada on October 10, 1993.
Reina Jubuki (a masked Akira Hokuto) beat La Diabólica on July 30, 1994, but was stripped of the title on November 4, 1996, because she wrestled in a match against Madusa on WCW Monday Nitro.
Lady Apache then won the title on November 8, 1996 after winning a four-woman tournament.
She held the title until February 6, 1997, when Mariko Yoshida defeated her in Tokyo, Japan.
Mariko Yoshida was stripped of the title in February 1999 for not defending it.
Lady Apache got it back, but then lost it again on August 18, 2000 because she jumped ship and went to AAA.
The title was given back to La Diabólica, till she was stripped of it as well for doing the same thing Lady Apache did, going to the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).
Another 12-woman tournament was held on on September 9, 2005, and Marcela defeated Dark Angel (Sarah Stock) in the finals to take the title.
(Raven) Hiroka defeated Marcela on June 9, 2006 to win the title, and held it till she was defeated by the returning Lady Apache on Christmas Day in 2006.
Lady Apache held it until November 16, 2007, when she was defeated by Amapola in Mexico City.

Since then, Amapola has manged to hold onto the title, defending against other great lucadoras like Luna Magica, Marcela, Dark Angel, Princesa Blanca and Lady Apache.
Also Amapola is technically still the IWRG Intercontinental Women's Wrestling Champion.

For more Luchadoras go here

La Nazi, La Amapola and La Medusa

Three famous CMLL rudas, La Nazi, La Amapola and La Medusa.

Luchadora: Xóchitl Hamada

Name Xóchitl Hamada
Real name Xóchitl Guadalupe Hamada Villarreal
Name history Xóchitl Hamada (debut - )
Family Gran Hamada (father), Ayako Hamada (sister), Pentagon (husband), Tiger Mask IV (brother-in-law), Silver King (former husband)
Trained by: Blue Panther, Gran Hamada, Shadito Cruz, Shinobu Kandori, Jackie Sato
Birth date May 1, 1970 - Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas

Wrestling Debut September 5, 1986 - Korakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan
Height 5'5"/165 cms
Weight 176 lbs/80 kg
Signature moves Power Bomb, Flying Legdrop
Titles: JWP Pacific Coast Tag Team Wrestling Titles (with Miss A), CMLL World Women's Wrestling Title, AAA Reina de Reinas

http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=X%C3%B3chitl_Hamada

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Marcela - Mexican Female Wrestlers

Name: Marcela
Real name: María Elena Santamaría Gómez
Name History: Marcela (debut - )
Trained by: Panchito Villalobos, Rafael Salamanca, Franco Colombo, Jose Luis Feliciano, Satanico and Fantastik
Born: May 31st, 1971 - Mexico City
Lucha Libre Debut: December 1985 - Actopan, Hidalgo
Height: 155cm
Weight: 60 kilos
Signature Wrestling Moves: Plancha Suicida (diving on an opponent outside the wrestling ring), the La Tapatía (Romero ceiling hold), Kentucky Bomb (Pump Handle into a Power Bomb), Shinzaki Praying Ropewalk Chop (Kinda like The Undertakers "Old School" move) and the Michinoku Driver (a sitout scoop slam piledriver).
Titles Held: Distrito Federal Women's Wrestling Title (current), CMLL Women's Wrestling Title (2, current)



Luchadora: Marcela, posted to http://luchawomen.blogspot.com/ on 4-27-2007