.jpg) La Máscara in December 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1982-01-08)January 8, 1982 (age 43)[1] |
| Family | The Alvarado family |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Brazo de Oro Jr. La Máscara |
| Billed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 85 kg (187 lb)[1] |
| Trained by | Brazo De Oro[1] |
| Debut | April 2, 2000[1] |
Felipe de Jesús Alvarado Mendoza (born January 8, 1982) is a Mexicanluchador, orprofessional wrestler best known by the ring nameLa Máscara for his time working forLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and was the co-founder and leader ofLos Mercenarios (alongsideEl Hijo del Fantasma,Rey Escorpión, andTexano Jr.).
Alvarado worked forConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 2001 until 2017, during that time he won several championships including theCMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship,CMLL World Tag Team Championship,CMLL World Trios Championship,NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship,Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship,Mexican National Trios Championship, andMexican National Welterweight Championship. Alvarado is a founding member ofLos Ingobernables along withRush andLa Sombra.
Alvarado is the son of Jesús Alvarado Nieves, better known under the nameBrazo de Oro, and the promotion acknowledges the relationship. many of theAlvarado family have been, or currently are professional wrestlers, including family patriarchShadito Cruz and uncles who worked under the ring namesBrazo de Plata,El Brazo,Brazo Cibernético.Brazo de Platino andSúper Brazo. Many of Felipe Alvarado's cousins are also wrestlers includingPsycho Clown,Máximo Sexy andGoya Kong among others. Alvarado originally used the nameBrazo de Oro Jr. ("Golden Arm Jr.) after his father.
Felipe de Jesús Alvarado Mendoza was born on January 8, 1982, son ofJesús Alvarado Nieves and grandson of Juan Alvarado Ibarra, better known under theprofessional wrestlingring nameShadito Cruz. Jesús Alvarado and five of his brothers had following in Shadito Cruz's footsteps and all became professional wrestlers as well. Jesús Alvarado was the oldest brother and became known as Brazo de Oro ('Golden Arm") while his brothers would be known asBrazo de Plata ('Silver Arm"),El Brazo ("The Arm"),Brazo Cibernético ("Cyborg Arm"),Brazo de Platino ("Platinum Arm") andSúper Brazo.[2] for a while Jesús Alvarado was married to Sandra González Calderón, better known asLady Apache, Felipe Alvarado's step mother. Growing up Felipe Alvarado and several of his cousins would often attend wrestling events together, which led to Felipe and his cousins José Christian Alvarado (later known as Máximo) and the wrestler later known asPsycho Clown (real name unrevealed).[3] Several of his cousins would later follow them into the wrestling business such asRobin,Goya Kong, Muñeca de Plata, Brazo Cibernetico Jr. and Brazo Celestial.[4][5] Over the years several wrestler have paid to use the "Brazo" name, leading to some confusion and uncertainty to how many Alvarado family members have actually been professional wrestlers; it has been confirmed thatBrazo Metálico, Brazo Jr. and Andros de Plata were not related to the Alvarado family.[4]
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Felipe Alvarado received most of his early training from his father, often in theConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) where his father served as a trainer for several CMLL trainees.[3]
After his initial training, Felipe Alvarado would make his official wrestling debut on April 2, 2000, using the ring name "Brazo de Oro Jr.", wearing the same mask design as his father. As Brazo de Oro Jr. he often teamed up with his cousins (José Christian Alvarado and his brother) who worked as Brazo de Platino Jr. and Brazo de Plata Jr. respectively, collectively referred to asLos Brazos Junior.[6] The trio worked primarily for CMLL, normally in the early parts of the shows as they gained in-ring experience. During the summer of 2002 Brazo de Oro Jr. was involved in his first significant storyline feud against a local wrestler onOaxaca known as Némesis.[Note 1] On August 24, 2002, Brazo de Oro Jr. defeated Némesis in aLucha de Apuestas, or "bet match", after which Némesis was forced to unmask.[1] InLucha libre theLucha de Apuestas matches are generally considered more prestigious than winning a championship.[7] Through CMLL's working relationship withInternational Wrestling Revolution GroupLos Brazos Junior worked several major shows for that promotion. Including theArena Naucalpan 26th Anniversary Show on December 21, 2003, where they defeated the trio of Angel de Tijuana andLos Megas (Mega andUltra Mega).[8] and the subsequentIWRG 8th Anniversary Show on January 1, 2004, where they defeatedLos Comandos (Comando Alfa, Comando Delta and Comando Gama).[9]
In 2005 all of the Brazos Junior members took on a new name, creating their own identity inLucha Libre. Felipe Alvarado took theenmascarado (masked character) "La Máscara" ("The Mask"). In May 2005, he won his first major championship when he defeatedDoctor X for theMexican National Welterweight Championship.[10] He held the title for over a year, before he lost the belt toSangre Azteca on December 17, 2006. Earlier that year, he lost toHajime Ohara in a match for the then vacantNWA World Welterweight Championship inMexico City.[11] La Máscara has been pushed strongly since changing to that gimmick (from Brazo de Oro Jr.), with some thought that it might be due to his family connections. His work has appeared to catch up with his push this year, and he's a solid high flier. On June 13, 2008, La Máscara teamed withHéctor Garza andEl Hijo del Fantasma in a tournament for the vacantCMLL World Trios Championship and won the titles after beatingBlue Panther,Dos Caras, Jr. andMístico in the finals.[12] The three held the titles for over seven weeks until they lost it toÚltimo Guerrero,Negro Casas andAtlantis on August 5. La Máscara and his partners regained the titles on a show inGuadalajara on January 18, 2009.[13] On January 29, 2010, La Máscara teamed up with Negro Casas to participate in CMLL's "Torneo Nacional de Pareja Increíbles" ("National Amazing Pairs tournament"), a tournament where CMLL teams up aTecnico (La Máscara) and aRudo (Casas) for a tournament. The two defeatedEl Texano, Jr. andRouge in the opening round,El Sagrado andShocker in the second round and Héctor Garza andToscano in the semi-final to earn a spot in the final of the tournament.[14] On February 5, 2010, Casas and La Máscara lost toMáscara Dorada and Atlantis in the finals.[15]
In March 2010 signs of dissention amongst the Trios champions began showing as Garza walked out on the team during a trios match mistakenly thinking that one of his teammates had attacked him.[16] Following the walk out Garza kept insincerely insisting that he was still atecnico and that his team was getting along great. Further doubts about Garza's allegiance arose when he teamed up with theRúdoPólvora to win the 2010Gran Alternativa tournament.[17] When Garza, La Máscara and Hijo del Fantasma were booked for a CMLL World Trios defense the following week Garza complained that his partners agreed to the match without asking him, but swore that he would still be professional about it.[18] During the title defense on theMay 7, 2010 Super Viernes Garza attacked both Hijo del Fantasma and La Máscara, allowingLa Ola Amarilla (Hiroshi Tanahashi,Okumura andTaichi) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship, turning full blownRudo in the process.[19] On May 14, 2010, La Máscara teamed up with Máscara Dorada andLa Sombra to defeatOla Amarilla in a non-title match to earn a shot at the titles the following week.[20] One week later the trio defeatedOla Amarilla again, ending the Japanese trios title reign after just two weeks, making La Máscara a three times Trios Champion[21] By virtue of holding the CMLL World Trios Championship La Máscara participated in the2010 Universal Championship tournament. He was part of "Block B" that competed on theAugust 6, 2010 Super Viernes show. In the first round of the tournament he defeatedMr. Águila, then moved on to a match againstVolador Jr. during the match Volador Jr. turnedrudo (bad guy) after teasing a turn for a long time and got himself disqualified for excessive violence. After the match Volador Jr. beat up La Máscara further, leaving him an easy target for his third round opponent,Jushin Thunder Liger, who quickly defeated La Máscara.[22] On October 5, 2010, La Máscara defeated Volador Jr. to win theMexican National Light Heavyweight Championship.[23]
On January 22, 2011, La Máscara made hisJapanese debut, when he took part in theFantastica Mania 2011 weekend, co-promoted by CMLL andNew Japan Pro-Wrestling inTokyo. During the first night, he teamed withTiger Mask in a tag team match, where they were defeated byDragón Rojo, Jr. andTomohiro Ishii.[24] The following night, he, Máscara Dorada and La Sombra successfully defended the CMLL World Trios Championship againstLa Ola Amarilla (Okumura,Tetsuya Naito andYujiro Takahashi).[25] In April 2011, La Máscara began feuding with theWWE boundAverno, which led to CMLL booking the two to face each other in a Mask vs. MaskLucha de Apuesta on June 17.[26] On June 17 atJuicio Final, La Máscara picked up the biggest win of his career by defeating Averno two falls to one and forcing him to unmask himself.[27] Afterwards, La Máscara and Averno continued their rivalry, building up to another singles match on July 4, where Averno successfully defended theNWA World Historic Middleweight Championship.[28][29] On July 15,La Generación Dorada lost the CMLL World Trios Championship toLos Hijos del Averno (Averno,Ephesto andMephisto).[30] After La Máscara pinned Averno in a six-man tag team match on July 22, the two agreed to another match for the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship on July 29, where Averno was again able to retain the title.[31][32] La Máscara and Averno faced each other again on September 9 in the second round of theUniversal Championship tournament, where Averno once again was victorious.[33] On November 22, La Máscara defeated Averno to win the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship.[34] He would go on to lose the title to Volador Jr. on February 14, 2012.[35] On January 18, 2013, La Máscara returned to Japan to take part in the three-dayFantastica Mania 2013 event. During the first night, he teamed with Máscara Dorada andMáximo in a six-man tag team match, where they were defeated by Taichi, Taka Michinoku and Volador Jr.[36] During the second night, he, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Rush were defeated in a six-man tag team match byKazuchika Okada,Rey Escorpión and Volador Jr.[37] During the third and final night, La Máscara successfully defended the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship against Volador Jr.[38] La Máscara was once again forced to team up with Averno, for the 2013Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles, just like he was for the 2012 tournament. The team worked together without too many problems in the first round as they defeated the team of El Hijo de Fantasma andEl Felino, but stumbled in the second round as they lost to eventual tournament winners La Sombra and Volador Jr.[39][40] On April 7, La Máscara returned to New Japan Pro-Wrestling atInvasion Attack, where he andValiente unsuccessfully challengedTama Tonga andEl Terrible for theCMLL World Tag Team Championship.[41] On June 30, La Máscara, Rush andTitán defeatedLos Invasores (Kráneo, Mr. Águila andPsicosis) to win theMexican National Trios Championship.[42] On August 13, La Máscara lost the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship to Mephisto.[43] On October 18, La Máscara and Rush were awarded the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, whenRey Bucanero, one half of the previous champions, was unable to defend the title due to an injury.[44][45] On February 18, 2014, La Máscara, Rush and Titán lost the Mexican National Trios Championship toLa Peste Negra (El Felino,Mr. Niebla and Negro Casas).[46] On June 13, La Máscara and Rush lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Negro Casas and Shocker.[47]
During the summer, La Máscara formed a trio namedLos Ingobernables ("The Ungovernables") with Rush and La Sombra with the three essentially wrestling asrudos and being referred to as the most hated wrestlers in the past decade.[48][49] On April 8, 2016, La Máscara defeatedÁngel de Oro to win theCMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship,[50] becoming the 15th light heavyweight champion in the history of the championship. After the match he got into an altercation with Ángel de Oro's corner manDragon Lee. On May 13, the partnership between La Máscara and Rush came to an end, when Rush andPierroth turned on theirLos Ingobernables stablemate.[51] Following the turn, La Máscara declared war on the entire Muñoz family, which included Rush, Pierroth, Dragon Lee andMístico.[52] La Máscara won the 2016Leyenda de Plata tournament when he defeated Negro Casas in the finals, held on July 22.[53] On August 5, La Máscara accepted a challenge from Dragon Lee for a Mask vs. MaskLucha de Apuestas between the two.[54] On September 2 in the main event of the83rd Anniversary Show, La Máscara was defeated by Dragon Lee and was forced to unmask and reveal his birthname. Afterwards, La Máscara reconciled with Rush.[55][56]
On May 19, 2017, footage emerged of Felipe Alvarado and other members of theAlvarado family, including his cousins José (Máximo Sexy), Psycho Clown andRobin, as well as his uncle Daniel Alvarado (Brazo de Platino), destroying an expensive car belonging to José Gutiérrez, better known asÚltimo Guerrero.[57][58] The vandalism was reportedly motivated by the fact that Gutiérrez had spoken out against Felipe Alvarado as a possible the head of the wrestler's union after the death of Alvarado's father. The head of the CMLL wrestlers' union had been in the Avarado family for over a decade and the Alvarado family believed it should go to someone in their family.[59] On May 22, CMLL publicly fired both Felipe and José Alvarado, as well asBobby Villa, while also stripping the two Alvarados of their titles.[60][61]
On May 30, 2017, La Máscara and Máximo made a surprise appearance atThe Crash Lucha Libre, confronting members of theLa Rebelión stable.[62] The cousins were originally announced as being booked to wrestle againstL.A. Park andDr. Wagner Jr. in the main event of a Lucha Libre Boom! show, but it was later announced that the match had been changed to L.A. Park vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. asLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) did not want wrestlers under contract with AAA (Wagner) to work with La Máscara and Máximo at the moment.[63] In September, Rush and Pierroth arrived in The Crash, reuniting with La Máscara and kick starting a rivalry betweenLos Ingobernables andLa Rebelión.[64][65]
On January 26, La Máscara along withMáximo made their debut inGuerra de Titanes to help his brotherPsycho Clown and thus forming his team called,Los Mosqueteros del Diablo ("The Musketeers of the Devil").
On May 4, La Mascara announced his departure from the AAA and declared himself independent.
† = deceased
| Shadito Cruz † | Ana Nieves † | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Apache | Brazo de Oro † | El Brazo † | Brazo de Plata † | Brazo Cibernético † | Brazo de Platino | Super Brazo | La Alimaña | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aramís | La Máscara | El Brazo Jr. | Máximo | Robin | Super Brazo Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Psycho Clown | India Sioux | Brazo Cibernético II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carta Brava Jr. | Goya Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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| Brazo de Oro Jr. (mask) | Némesis (mask) | Oaxaca, Mexico | Live event | August 24, 2002 | [1] |
| La Máscara (mask) | Mosco de la Merced (hair) | Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes | Live event | August 4, 2005 | |
| La Máscara (mask) | Averno (mask) | Mexico City | Juicio Final | June 17, 2011 | [27] |
| Dragon Lee (mask) | La Máscara (mask) | Mexico City | CMLL 83rd Anniversary Show | September 2, 2016 | [55] |
| La Máscara (Goya Kong's hair) | Máximo (Brazo de Plata's hair) | Benito Juarez, Distrito Federal | AAA/Legends show | February 1, 2019 | [71][Note 2] |
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