Fuego (wrestler)

Fuego
Ring name(s) Flash
Fuego
Billed height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Billed weight 78 kg (170 lb)[1]
Born December 11, 1981 (1981-12-11) (age 30)[1]
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico[1]
Trained by Charito de Oro[1]
Skayde[1]
El Cholo[1]
Debut 02003 2003

Fuego (born December 11, 1981) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). His original ring character, Flash, was inspired by the comic book character The Flash. Fuego regularly teams with Stuka, Jr., with whom he holds the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship. Fuego's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.[2] On November 19, 2009 it was announced that Flash was changing his ring name to Fuego (Spanish for "Fire") from that point forward.

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Professional wrestling career

Flash made his professional wrestling debut in 2003, immediately adopting the ring name flash and an outfit and mask that was patterened after the comic book character the Flash, although he would often change the main color of his outfit to blue or white and not just the red of the original character. After only a year of professional experience Flash was offered and accepted a contract with the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Flash made his CMLL debut in April, 2004 on a show in Puebla, Puebla working mainly in the first and second match of the night. Flash's first top level exposure came in 2007 when he teamed with Marco Corleone in the 2007 Gran Alternativa tournament. The team lost to Dos Caras, Jr. and Valiente in the first round.[3]

Teaming with Stuka, Jr.

By 2008 Flash had begun teaming with Stuka, Jr. on a semi-regular basis, especially on CMLL's "lower level" shows away from Arena Mexico. When CMLL announced that they were bringing back the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship in June, 2008 the team of Flash and Stuka, Jr. was one of the 16 teams entered in the tournament. The first three rounds of the tournament took place on June 22, 2008 and saw Stucka, Jr. and Flash defete Astro Boy and Molotov in the first round, the Guerreros Tuareg team of Nitro and Skandalo in the quarter final and Bronco and Diamante Negro in the semi final[4][5] The team faced and defeated Los Infernales (Nosferatu and Euforia) in the final on June 28, 2008 to win the Arena Colise Tag Team Championship.[6] Flash and Stuka, Jr. teamed with Máscara Purpura to defeat the Guerreros Tuareg team of Arkangel de la Muerte, Loco Max and Skándalo at CMLL's 2008 Infierno en el Ring event.[7] Through the fall of 2009 Flash and Stuka, Jr. worked a series of matches against Los Infernales, including a successful tag team title defense on December 14, 2008.[8] Los Infernales defeated Stuka, Jr. and Flash at CMLL's La Hora Cero PPV on January 11, 2009 but the Coliseo Tag Team title was not on[9] Flash and Stuka, Jr. teamed with Metalico at CMLL's 2009 Infierno en el Ring event as the trio lost to the team of Virus, Euforia and Skandalo.[10] At a CMLL press conference on November 19, 2009 it was announced that Flash had changed his name to "Fuego" ("Fire") and along with the name changed his outfit to a "fire" inspired outfit instead of the outfit that closely resembled the DC superhero.[11]

Not to be mistaken for

Several wrestlers have used the name "Flash", most notably a wrestler from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico who held the Mexican National Lightweight Championship. The Guadalajara Flash passed the name on to his sons who wrestle as Flash I and Flash II or Hijo de Flash I and Hijo de Flash II.[12]

In wrestling

La Flashina (La magistral roll-up variation)

Championships and accomplishments

Lucha de Apuesta record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Mask Flash Hooligan II Cuernavaca, Morelos 02005-09-01 September 1, 2005 Relevos suicida match: lost to Spider Man and Hooligan III.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Tecnicos - Flash" (in Spanish). Fuego En El Ring. http://www.fuegoenelring.com/wrestlers_full_tec.php?wrestlers_id=75. Retrieved October 20, 2009. 
  2. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. 
  3. ^ Ocampo, Jorge (September 12, 2004). "Gran Alternativa 2007" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. issue 229. 
  4. ^ "CMLL Domingos de Coliseo" (in German). CageMatch.net. June 22, 2008. http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=23127. Retrieved October 21, 2009. 
  5. ^ Arturo Rosas Plata (June 23, 2008). "Ya están los Finalistas" (in Spanish). Ovaciones (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.): p. 22. Número 21264 Año LXI. http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/23062008/2008062301/en/?page=22. Retrieved July 24, 2009. 
  6. ^ a b Arturo Rosas Plata (June 30, 2008). "La tarde se Pintó de azul" (in Spanish). Ovaciones (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.): p. 22. Número 21271 Año LXI. http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/30062008/2008063001/en/?page=22. Retrieved July 24, 2009. 
  7. ^ Yoav (June 15, 2008). "Resultados Infierno en el Ring en Vivo!" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2008/06/15/resultados-infierno-en-el-ring-en-vivo/. Retrieved September 21, 2009. 
  8. ^ "Domingos de Coliseo" (in German). CageMatch.net. December 14, 2008. http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=32602. Retrieved October 21, 2009. 
  9. ^ Ocampo, Jorge (January 11, 2009). "Resultados Arena México: La Hora Cero - Shockercito pierde la máscara dice llamarse Javier Cortes Sánchez" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/?p=11988. Retrieved July 28, 2009. 
  10. ^ Arturo Rosas Plata (August 1, 2009). "Naitoh... Abrió los Ojos!" (in Spanish). Ovaciones (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.): p. 22—23. Número 21665 Año LXII. http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/01082009/2009080101/en/?page=22. Retrieved August 2, 2009. 
  11. ^ Maquina, Alva (November 19, 2009). "CMLL- Los Hijos del Averno y No Limit firmaron los contratos para Sin Salida – Se presentan los Cancerberos – Flash ahora será Fuego" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2009/11/19/cmll-los-hijos-del-averno-y-no-limit-firmaron-los-contratos-para-sin-salida-se-presentan-los-cancerveros/. Retrieved November 20, 2009. 
  12. ^ Enciclopedia staff (September, 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras" (in Spanish). Flash (primera version) (Mexico City, Mexico): p. 16. Tomo II.