El Brazo
Alvarado wearing his "El Brazo" wrestling gear
Birth name	Juan Alvarado Nieves
Born	(1961-07-30)July 30, 1961 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	October 15, 2013(2013-10-15) (aged 52)[1][2] Mexico City, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	El Brazo Brazo Negro Brazo Hermoso Tio Lucas Latin Boiler Ingordable La Puerca La Braza
Billed height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Billed weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Trained by	Shadito Cruz
Debut	August 1980

Juan Alvarado Nieves (July 30, 1961 – October 15, 2013)^[1][2] was a Mexicanluchador (professional wrestler). He was best known under thering nameEl Brazo (Spanish for "the Arm"), which he used since his debut in 1980. Alvarado was part of theAlvarado wrestling family, which includes his fatherShadito Cruz, five brothers who used the "Brazo" name at some point and several third-generation wrestlers.

Alvarado made his debut as "El Brazo", anEnmascarado (masked wrestler) who worked mainly inTag team action with his brothers who worked asBrazo de Oro ("Gold arm") andBrazo de Plata ("Silver Arm").^[3] Los Brazos, as they were billed, wrestled all over Mexico and made appearances for theLos Angeles based "NWA Hollywood Wrestling". Over the years Brazo de Plata and his brothers competed in a large number ofLuchas de Apuestas ("Bet fights") where they put their masks or hair on the line against their opponents. Los Brazos' most famous Luchas de Apuestas occurred on October 21, 1988, when Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Oro and El Brazo all placed their masks on the line in a match against another well known Lucha libre family, Los Villanos, in this caseVillano I,Villano IV andVillano V. The match was the culmination of a long feud (Storyline) between the two families and saw all six wrestlers bleed profusely during the bout. In the end Los Villanos won the match forcing all three Brazos to unmask and reveal their real names as its tradition in these types of matches.^[3] Despite losing their masks Los Brazos remained successful in the ring winning various tag team and trios titles such as theUWA World Tag Team Championship,^[4]UWA World Trios Championship,^[5]WWA World Tag Team Championship^[6] and theWWA World Trios Championship^[7][8] By the 1990s Los Brazos worked mainly forConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) where Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Oro and El Brazo won theCMLL World Trios Championship fromLos Infernales (Pirata Morgan,Satánico andMS-1) on April 6, 1993. Los Brazos lost the titles toDr. Wagner, Jr.,Gran Markus, Jr. andEl Hijo del Gladiador.^[9]

Los Brazos began teaming less and less with Brazo de Oro working more backstage in CMLL. El Brazo began working under various ring names such asTio Lucas,Latin Boiler,Ingordable andLa Puerca, but his expanding waist line made it hard to hide who was actually behind the various gimmicks. In 2008 El Brazo signed withAsistencia, Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and quickly inserted himself in his brother Brazo de Plata's storyline with a group known asLos Guapos VIP. Initially it looked like El Brazo was siding with his brother, only to turn on him and join Los Guapos VIP, taking the (storyline) control of the Los Guapos VIP group. The storyline fight of the two brothers came to a crescendo atGuerrera de Titanes 2008, where they faced off in a steel cage match where the loser would have his hair shaved off. El Brazo lost and had his hair shaved to put at least a temporary end to the storyline.^[10] On November 5, 2011, El Brazo debuted a newexótico persona, La Braza, and aligned himself withCassandro andPimpinela Escarlata in their battle with fellowexóticosNygma,Pasión Cristal,Polvo de Estrellas andYuriko.^[11]

El Brazo has appeared in the video gameLucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring.

Alvarado died on October 15, 2013, due to complications fromdiabetes.^[1][2] Alvarado was inducted into theAAA Hall of Fame on August 17, 2014, atTriplemanía XXII.^[12]

The Alvarado wrestling family spans three generations starting with Shadito Cruz followed by his 6 sons and a third-generation who have begun wrestling in recent years, which includes Juan Alvarado's son that works as "El Brazo, Jr.". All second-generation Alvarados use wrestling names with the term "Brazo" in it, El Brazo (Juan Alvarado Nieves), Brazo de Oro (Jesús Alvarado Nieves), Brazo de Plata (José Alvarado Nieves), Brazo de Platino ("Platinum Arm"; Daniel Alvarado Nieves), Super Brazo (Martin Alvarado Nieves) and Brazo Cibernetico (Cybernetic Arm; José Aarón Alvarado Nieves).^[3][13]

† = deceased

• Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración
  • AAA Hall of Fame (Class of 2014)^[12]
• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
  • CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) – withBrazo de Oro andBrazo de Plata^[9]
  • Mexican National Trios Championship (3 times) – with Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata (2), Brazo de Plata & Super Elektra (1)^[14]
• Comision de Box y Lucha Distrito Federal
  • Distrito Federal Trios Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata^[7]
  • Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Plata^[7]
• Federacion Internacional de Lucha Libre
  • FILL Trios Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata^[7]
• International Wrestling Revolution Group
  • Legado Final (2011) – withEl Hijo del Brazo^[15]
• Universal Wrestling Association
  • UWA World Trios Championship (3 times) – with Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata^[4]
• World Wrestling Association
  • WWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata^[8]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2021) as part ofLos Brazos^[16]

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