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.

More Luchadoras on YouTube

Here is a video posted on YouTube by newscott of luchadoras Dark Angel (Sarah Stock), Marcela and Lluvia wrestling Princesa Sugey, Hiroka and Rosa Negra in CMLL.
This is just part one, and it runs ten minutes.
And I'm not even gonna bore you with asking when was the last ten minute WWE Diva match you saw.



Anyway, the action is very fast paced, and the Rudas (heels) really dominate the technicas in the first round.
But the technicas come back in the second round after Marcela catches fire and clears house.
To see the rest of this video and more like it, check out newscott's YouTube Channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/newscott

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.

Sweet Nancy

Sweet Nancy is a Puerto Rican luchadora from the town of Caguas.
Nancy has wrestled for both the International Wrestling Association (IWA) and the World Wrestling Council (WWC) in Puerto Rico.
She has held the Women's Wrestling Championship in both promotions.

IWA: La Potra

Another International Wrestling Association (IWA) luchadora, La Potra.
As far as I can tell, La Potra is a heel.

IWA: Genesis

Genesis is another Luchadora that wrestles for the Puerto Rican wrestling promotion International Wrestling Association (IWA).
She also wrestled for the other Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council (WWC) where she held the WWC Women's Championship three times.
Genesis has also held the IWA Women's Wrestling title.

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 IWA Women's Wrestling Championship

The current IWA Champion, Amazona

International Wrestling Association (IWA) is the other big lucha libre promotion in Puerto Rico.
It was actually started in Japan in 1994 by promoter Victor Quiñones.
The company has had ties in the past with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
This IWA should not be confused with the IWA started by Eddie Einhorn in the mid 1970s.

The IWA Women's World Wrestling Championship seems to be a very short lived title.
I don't know if records weren't kept, or they just didn't have a women's belt before 2007.
But according to the IWA website, there have only been three champions.

The first was Amazona, then the current WWC Women's Champion Sweet Nancy, then Genesis, and finally Amazona again on November 15th, 2008.

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.......

A Couple More Dark Angel Pictures

Here is Canadian Luchadora Dark Angel (Sarah Stock) getting ready to mix it up with Mexican Luchadora Raven Hiroka.



And a picture of Dark Angel with a pinning attempt on her long time rival Princess Sugey.

Luchadora: Sexy Star, part 3

Here's another picture of popular Luchadora, Sexi Star.

And here's another video of her from YouTube.
I don't really understand whats going on, but it does have her doing her little "dance" routine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V30E5Te_O-c

Luchadora: Sexy Star, part 2

Here is another photo of Mexican Luchadora Sexi Star.
And here is a video of her wrestling in Mexico back when she was Dulce Poly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjEfzOSCiX0

Cynthia Moreno, part 3

Cynthia Moreno, along with her sisters Alda, Esther and Rossy, has been a force to reckon with in Lucha Libre for years.
But not only Lucha Libre, she and her sisters have wrestled extensively in Japan as well.
Cynthia captured the AJW Japanese Tag Team Wrestling Titles with her sister Esther Moreno.

Here's another video of her wrestling from YouTube, this time she's in Mexico going up against Sexy Star.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZd5gTHK3QU

Cynthia Moreno, part 2

Another picture of Mexican Luchadora, Cynthia Moreno.

Here is a video with Cynthia Moreno wrestling KAORU in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OiItxXfws8



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Cynthia Moreno

Cynthia Moreno

Flavia Antonia Moreno León is a Mexican female wrestler better known by her wrestling name, Cynthia Moreno.
( I've seen it spelled Cynthia and Cinthia )
She was born July 23, 1970, in Mexico City.
Cynthia is part of a fairly large wrestling family consisting of Alfonso Moreno, her father, El Oriental her brother, Esther Moreno, Alda Moreno and Rossy Moreno, her sisters.
She was trained by Pepe Casas, Negro Casas, Blue Panther and her father.
Her pro wrestling debut was in 1987, at the Arena Azteca Budokan.
Cynthia's favorite wrestling moves are the Tope Suicida and Flying Armdrag.
She has held the AJW Japanese Tag Team Wrestling Titles, with Esther Moreno and the AAA World Mixed Tag Championship with Oriental.

I found this video on YouTube of her wrestling Tomoe Araya back in 1995.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dlnd2rvKAM

Ayako Hamada, part 4

Ayako's favorite wrestling moves are the Top-rope Hama-Chan (Diamond Cutter, Adopted from her father Gran Hamada) , La Ayakita (Neck scissors / Wristlock combination to a kneeling opponent), La Ayakita II (Hamada catapults the opponent into a vertical surfboard stretch) and the Super Quebrada (Springboard moonsault).
In Mexico, her nickname is Super Estrella (Superstar).

Ayako Hamada, part 3

After leaving ARSION in 2001, she has won numerous women's wrestling titles in several Japanese and Mexican promotions, including the WWWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Momoe Nakanishi on May 11, 2003 and the AAAW Singles Championship from Dynamite Kansai on January 11, 2004, just one week after she had lost the WWWA title to Amazing Kong. She has also appeared in HUSTLE under the name Arisin Z.
Hamada is currently working with the Kaoru Ito dojo and works regularly for AAA in Mexico.

Ayako Hamada, part 2

Ayako is a second generation wrestler, as her father is the legendary Gran Hamada.
Her older sister Xochitl Hamada is also a professional wrestler.
Ayako Hamada was trained by Gran Hamada, Gran Apache, Aja Kong and Mariko Yoshida.
She debuted at the age of seventeen against Candy Okutsu on August 9, 1998 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan for the ARSION promotion.
She received an immediate push and won her first title, the Twinstar of ARSION tag belts with Mika Akino, on June 30, 1999, less than one year after her debut.
She won the QUEEN of ARSION from Aja Kong on December 3, 2000.