Black Rose

Puerto Rican luchadora Black Rose has worked for both the International Wrestling Association (IWA) and World Wrestling Council (WWC) in Puerto Rico.
She made her pro wrestling debut in 2003 and at one point held the Capitol Womens Championship.
She is/was a member of the Dominican Revolution stable along with with Bacano, Bravo and Shaka the Trucker.

Amazona - IWA Luchadora

Here are a couple of pictures of the current IWA Champion, Amazona.
Amazona stands 5'10" and weighs 160 pounds.
She is from Cabo Rojo and made her pro wrestling debut in 2005.
Besides the IWA Womens Wrestling Championship, she has held the IWA Hardcore Championship.

The WWC Women's Championship, Part Two

Amaryllis won the belt on August 9, 1992 in Ponce, PR, but then the title was vacated in October, 1992 when Amaryllis left the WWC.
Sasha won the belt again on November 22, 1992 in Caguas, PR by defeating La Tigresa.
On April 17, 1993, La Tigresa took the title for the third time when Sasha no-showed for their rematch.
On February 25, 1998, Tigresa was arrested, and the title went vacant again.
The title was retired on March 1, 1999, but on March 25, 2006, Génesis won a Battle Royal to become the new champion when the title was revived.
And then the title was vacated on May 6, 2006...AGAIN!
On May 6, 2006, Lady Demonique was awarded the belt after she defeated Black Rose. Then Black Rose won it, Demonique won it back until Génesis got the title back again on September 30, 2006.
This was followed by Demonique winning it back for the third time, Black Rose beating her for the title, Amazona in turn defeating Black Rose, Génesis winning the title back for her third time, Killer Kat winning the belt and finally Sweet Nancy winning the title on January 24, 2009.

Here's a video of Sasha wrestling La Tigresa back in 1992.

Nikki Roxx wrestling in Mexico.

Here's some photos of female wrestler Nikki Roxx wrestling in Mexico.

First, laying one into Dark Angel (Sarah Stock) outside the ring.

And locking a tight camel clutch on La Chacala.

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Daizee Haze wrestling in Mexico

Daizee Haze wrestling in Mexico

Daizee Haze has wrestled in Europe, as well as in Mexico for LLF ( Lucha Libre Feminil)
Here's a photo of Daizee applying what looks like a Tilt-a-whirl headscissors to Poly Star.

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Luchadoras contra el Robot Asesino

Luchadoras contra el Robot Asesino
(Never released in an English-dubbed version)

Luchadoras contra el Robot Asesino introduces the viewers to two new wrestling women, Gaby (Regina Torne) and Gema (Malu Reyes). As this was the first of the wrestling women series to be shot in color, it was also the first to be released on video.

Dr. Orlak, your typical loony scientist, makes a robot to help him with his dastardly schemes. Also assisting him are his assistant Waldo and a Frankenstein-like monster named Carfax. Orlak is kidnapping scientists to help him perfect a device that will turn regular people into robot-slaves. One captured scientist balks at helping Orlak and he's unceremoniously killed for his refusal. This scientist's niece is Gaby, a popular female wrestler. She and her partner Gema, are joined by two policemen Arturo (Joaquin Cordero) and Chava (Hector Lechugo) in their quest to bring the killer to justice. They all go to Orlak's hideout where they're captured and fitted with special bracelets made of "Acridium." These bracelets subject them to Orlak's will, in effect making them human-robots. Gaby manages to remove her bracelet and she places it on the real robot. This causes the mechanical man to go berserk, wreck Orlak's lab and kill Waldo (as well as some of the captive scientists). The robot is finally destroyed and Orlak is mad (in addition to being insane). He swears revenge on Gaby. This revenge takes the form of his latest creation, a masked-super-human-female-wrestling-robot named Electra. He sets up a match with Gaby. During the bout, Orlak is discovered and he tries to escape. He and his creation climb to the top of the arena, where they both fall to their death.

As was a common practice during the late 1960s (in films like, Santo en el Tesoro de Dracula) Luchadoras contra el Robot Asesino was also released in a pornographic version (with added nude footage). The "sex" version was called El Asesino Loco y el Sexo, and was exported for foreign markets only. The monstrous Carfax has an expanded role in this version, as it is he who get's the tough job of tearing women's clothing off.

The top-billed Joaquin Cordero and Regina Torne were new to the Luchadora series, but not to Mexican genre films in general. Cordero starred in; La Loba, Orlak, el Infierno de Frankenstein, Monstruo de los Volcanes, a pair of Dr. Satan films and the first two Santo outings. Torne showed up in; Los Canallas (with Mil Mascaras), Blue Demon y las Invasoras, Rocambole vs las Mujeres Arpias, Pacto Diabolica and Senora Muerte (the last two with John Carradine). While not available in an English version, Luchadoras contra el Robot Asesino is well worth seeking out. There are far worse ways to spend 80 minutes.

http://www.santostreet.com/subpages/WWarticle.htm

Joaquín Cordero ... Dr. Orlac
Regina Torné ... Gaby
Héctor Lechuga
Malú Reyes ... Gemma
Carlos Agostí
Genaro Moreno
José Elías Moreno
Isela Vega
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Andrés Soler
Agustín Martínez Solares
Pascual García Peña
Eduardo MacGregor
René Barrera
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gloria Chávez ... Berthe (as Gloria Chaves)
Gerardo Zepeda ... Carfax, the monster (as Gerardo Cepeda)
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lucha libre

Las mujeres panteras [The Panther Women]

Las mujeres panteras [The Panther Women]

After a long wait, I finally got to see this entry in the Luchadoras series, and while it is a decent picture, my pleasure was dulled by the realization that Alfredo Salazar had done it again. The plot is a variation on El mundo de los vampiros (which Salazar adapted from a story by others), and large portions of the script were subsequently re-used for Santo y Blue Demon contra Drácula y el Hombre Lobo, right down to some of the dialogue. Consequently, a film I had never seen before was all too familiar.

Add to this a rather abrupt, anti-climactic conclusion, a miscast Ariadne Welter (replacing Lorena Velázquez), and a disappointing performance by "Loco" Valdés in the comic relief slot, and Las mujeres panteras has a couple of strikes against it. But there are a number of positive aspects as well, not the least of which is the presence of Elizabeth Campbell in her last Luchadoras outing. Campbell looks great (as usual), and her character is significantly more active and assertive than Welter. In addition to the titular panther women (all two of them)--who look a little silly in their furry beanies with ears, but one can't expect too much, can one?--there is a big zombie-like monster (Angel Di Stefani, a former Aztec Mummy) who looks appropriately gruesome but doesn't have much to do and dies far too easily. One odd aspect is the inclusion of a masked hero, El Angel, who is a professional wrestler (like Santo) and a crime-fighter (like Santo), and even has a secret lab (like Santo) and drives a convertible sports car (like Santo). His dialogue is dubbed, like Santo. However, I've seen El Santo, and El Angel is not El Santo. He isn't bad, but the script really uses him as just one part of the heroic ensemble--which includes the Luchadoras and Eric del Castillo and Loco Valdés as police agents--and he doesn't have much of a personality. On balance, however, Las mujeres panteras is an entertaining picture, well-paced and with a good amount of action.

The film opens in a secret cave, where high priestess Satanasa gives a quick introduction to the plot (in the guise of an invocation to other members of the cult): 200 years before, their leader Eloím was killed by a member of the Pietra Santa family, wielding the "Druid sword." Over the years, the cult has had its revenge, so that now only 4 members of the Pietra Santa family are left--and soon there will be zero.

The scene shifts to the arena, where Gloria Venus and The Golden Rubí are involved in a tag team match. [Both Welter and Campbell do a fair amount of their own wrestling in the two arena matches shown in the picture. In the second match, Welter's double is rather obvious, since her hair is longer and darker, but Campbell seems to have done most of her own stunts, although several falls are done in extreme long shot so it's hard to tell for sure. However, Campbell's body type is fairly distinctive, and it would have been hard to find a real female wrestler that tall and--relatively--slim.] After the match, the Luchadoras are greeted in their dressing room by Gloria's uncle Professor Pietra Santa and his son Ramón. They go out to a nightclub and watch Tongo perform an exotic dance; afterwards, Ramón introduces her as his fiancee (he's a widower with a young daughter). [Tongolele still looks good as a dancer, but she is obviously considerably older than Genaro Moreno and has a rather hard face; in this scene, she also has about a pound of sequins on each eyelid.]

Full review at: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~dwilt/mujerpan.htm

Ariadna Welter ... Gloria Venus (as Ariadne Welter)
Elizabeth Campbell ... Golden Rubi
Yolanda Montes ... Tongo (as Yolanda Montes 'Tongolele')
Eric del Castillo ... Captain Arturo Diaz
Manuel 'Loco' Valdés ... Leocadio
Eda Lorna ... Eda
Genaro Moreno ... Ramon Pietra Santa (as Jenaro Moreno)
María Douglas ... Satanasa
Jorge Mondragón ... Professor Rafael Petra Santa
Elenita Saldivar ... Paquita Pietra Santa (as Niña Elenita Saldivar)
Nathanael León ... Cain (as Notanael Leon)
Ángel Di Stefani ... Eloim (as Angel D'Stefano)
Betty Grey
Marina Rey
María Guadalupe Delgado ... Female Wrestler (as Guadalupe Delgado)

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Bibi's box: Fifi and Bibi Poubelle

Bibi's box: Fifi and Bibi Poubelle:

"The twins Vera and Barbara Duffy, aka 'Gemelas Poubelles', aka 'Les Maids Mecontentes', and most known as Fifi and Bibi Poubelle are burlesque performers and luchardoras. They starred a series of pictures as French maids, luchadoras, in the dream land and films. It's just a small part of their site. One of the nice pages to explore is Les Luchardoras that has a vast collection of pictures of their performances at Lucha Va VOOM! and other events."

Luchadora - Dark Angel/ Sarah Stock

Real name Sarah Stock
Nicknames Sara la Canadiense
Name history Sarah Stock (Pro Wrestling Debut: - ), Sarah Stone, Sarah Swayze, Natasha Graves, Sweet Sarah (07/02 - 09/02), Sarah Griffin (10/02 - 10/03), Dark Angel (10/03 - ), Sara la Canadiense (2004)
Trained by: Eddie Watts, Phil LaFon, Diluvio Negro I, José Luis Feliciano
Birth date March 4, 1979 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada



Pro wrestling debut: February 22, 2002 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Lost mask to Princesa Sujei - April 2, 2004 - Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
Height 5'4"/162 cms
Weight 123 lbs/56 kg
Signature moves Tapatía, Camel Clutch, Wakigatame, and Tiger Driver
Titles: Calgary: Can-Am Wrestling Federation Woman's Wrestling Title, LLF Juvenil Title, Nuevo Leon State Woman's Wrestling Title, FILL Woman's Wrestling Title