Esther Moreno

Esther Moreno
Ring name(s) Esther Moreno
Ultima Tigrita
Chiquita Azteca
Billed height 5.0 m (16 ft 5 in)
Billed weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Born February 20, 1969 (1969-02-20) (age 43)[1]
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Trained by Blue Panther
Gran Hamada
Alfonso Moreno[1]
Debut 01984-03-18 March 18, 1984[1]
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Moreno and the second or maternal family name is León.

María Esther Moreno León (born February 20, 1969)[1] is a Mexican luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Esther Moreno. In AAA she is a former 2 time AAA Reina de Reinas Champion

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Professional wrestling career

In the early 1990s Esther and her sister Cynthia Moreno travelled to Japan to wrestle for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. On April 21, 1991 the Moreno sisters defeated Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda to win the AJW Tag Team Championship, making them the first Mexican team to hold a championship in Mexico.[2][3][4]They would hold the titles until August 2, 1991 where they lost the title to Takako Inoue and Mariko Yoshida.[3]

Personal life

Esther Moreno is a member of an extended wrestling family founded by her father Alfonso Moreno who was both a wrestler and a wrestling promoter and her mother who took over promoting wrestling in Arena Azteca Budokan in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State after Alfonso Moreno died. Esther's sisters Rossy Alda and Cynthia Moreno are or have been professional wrestlers as well as her brother who works as El Orientál. She is the former sister-in-law of Dr. Wagner, Jr. who was married to Rossy Moreno, she is also the aunt of Rossy and Wagner, Jr.'s son who wrestles as Dr. Wagner III.Groon XXX was married to Esther.[5] She is not related to the Moreno family that founded and promotes the International Wrestling Revolution Group promotion.[5]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Esther Moreno Profile". LuchaWiki. http://www.luchawiki.com/index.php?title=Esther_Moreno. Retrieved August 2, 2011. 
  2. ^ LuchalibreAAA Staff. "Cynthia Moreno". AAA. http://luchalibreaaa.com/cynthia-moreno.php. Retrieved June 22, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Japan: AJPW Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. **Page**. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  4. ^ Wrestling-titles Staff. "Wrestling-titles". Wrestling-titles. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zenjo/ajw-t.html. Retrieved August 2, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.