La Sombra (wrestler)

La Sombra

La Sombra in December 2010.
Ring name(s) Brilante, Jr.
Guerrero Azteca
Rey Azteca (II)
La Sombra
Billed height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Billed weight 80 kg (180 lb)[1]
Born November 3, 1989 (1989-11-03) (age 22)[2]
Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico[2]
Billed from Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico[1]
Trained by Moro III[2]
Brillante, Sr.[2]
El Satánico[2]
Stuka[2]
Franco Colombo[2]
Debut 02003-10-03 October 3, 2003[2]
Gómez Palacio, Durango

La Sombra (born November 3, 1989) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (Spanish for masked professional wrestler). La Sombra's real 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.[3] His last name is known to be Andrade, from his father Jose Andrade Salasa, who wrestles as Brillante. La Sombra made his professional wrestling debut a months before his 14th birthday and worked initially as Brillante, Jr. after his father. La Sombra is Spanish for "the Shadow".

In 2007 he began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as La Sombra and has met with in ring success as he has won the 2007 Torneo Gran Alternativa, the 2011 Universal Championship and at one point he was a triple champion; holding the Mexican National Trios Championship, NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship and CMLL World Tag Team Championship at the same time. Currently he is the NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion.

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Professional wrestling career

The person who would later be known as La Sombra was born on November 3, 1989 as the third generation of the Moro wrestling family. His grandfather wrestled as El Moro, his father wrestles as Brillante, his uncles wrestle or wrestled as Diamante/Moro III, Zafiro, Pentagóncito, Kevin and Espanto, Jr., his cousin works as Moro, Jr..[4] Being born into a wrestling family meant that he began training for a professional career from an early age and made his professional wrestling debut a month before his 14th birthday under the name Brillante, Jr. after his father.[5] La Sombra also worked for short periods of time as Guerrero Azteca (Aztec Warrior) and Rey Azteca (II) (Aztec King), but mainly worked as Brillante, Jr. from 2003 until 2007.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2007–present)

In 2007 he signed with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and after more training from CMLL head trainer El Satánico he made his debut as La Sombra. CMLL previously had other people work as La Sombra, in the 1980s and 1990s, but the new version has not been promoted as having any relation to those at all, in fact, his family relationship is acknowledge as he wears a black and silver version of his father's mask. La Sombra quickly moved up the ranks of CMLL in the months after his debut. The first sign of CMLL putting their faith in La Sombra came when he teamed up with CMLL's main good guy (known as a "Técnico" in Spanish) Místico for their annual Torneo Gran Alternativa where a "rookie" and a veteran team up. La Sombra and Místico defeated Heavy Metal and Super Nova in the first round, Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Mascara Purpura in the semi-final and Último Guerrero and Euforia in the finals to win the 2007 Tornero Gran Alternativa.[6] The following month La Sombra teamed up with El Sagrado and Volador, Jr. to defeat Mr. Águila, Damián 666 and Halloween, collectively known as Los Perros del Mal, to win the Mexican National Trios Championship.[7]

On November 27, 2007, La Sombra added the NWA World Welterweight Championship to his collection as he defeated Hajime Ohara to win the title, thus making him the youngest wrestler to ever hold that title at the age of 18.[8][9] Throughout 2008 La Sombra was busy defending both titles successfully while further establishing him as one of CMLL'S future stars. On January 16, 2009 La Sombra became a triple champion as he teamed up with Volador, Jr. to defeat Averno and Mephisto for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship.[10] La Sombra was only a triple champion for just over two weeks, until February 3, 2009 where Sangre Azteca, Black Warrior, Dragón Rojo, Jr., collectively known as Poder Mexica defeated Sombra, Volador and Sagrado to win the Mexican National Trios Championship. On May 27, 2009 La Sombra lost the NWA World Welterweight Title to Mephisto.[11] La Sombra and Volador, Jr. have currently successfully defended the CMLL Tag Team title 8 times.[12] Their teamwork got them voted the "CMLL Tag Team of the year" for 2009 by the fans of CMLL.[13]

In early 2010 La Sombra began a storyline feud with El Felino. The feud began on February 2, 2010 with a singles match between El Felino and La Sombra, after each wrestler won a fall a Puma King, El Felino's nephew, showed up wearing an El Felino outfit and mask, distracting both the referee and La Sombra long enough for El Felino to land a low blow on La Sombra to win the match.[14] The two met in a Lighting match (a one fall, 10 minute time limit match) on the February 19 CMLL Super Viernes show. Once again Puma King tried to help his uncle, but this time the referee disqualified El Felino for the transgression.[15] After the main event of the February 21's show between Místico, La Máscara and Negro Casas against Volador, Jr., Último Guerrero and Héctor Garza Místico challengede Volador,Jr. to a Lucha de Apuesta, or bet match, between the two with their masks on the line.[15] During the main event La Sombra came to Volador, Jr's aid while El Felino helped Místico.[16] On the February 26 CMLL Super Viernes show it was announced that Místico, Volador, Jr., La Sombra and El Felino would face off in a four way Lucha de Apuesta match as the main event of the 2010 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas.[17] La Sombra was the first man pinned at Dos Leyendas and El Felino was the second, forcing the two to put their masks on the line. After a long match La Sombra pinned El Felino. After the match he unmasked and announced that his real name was Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz.[18] On May 14, 2010 La Sombra teamed up with Máscara Dorada and La Máscara to defeat the then CMLL World Trios Champions La Ola Amarilla (Hiroshi Tanahashi, Okumura and Taichi) in a non-title match to earn a shot at the titles the following week.[19] One week later the trio defeated Ola Amarilla again, ending the Japanese trios title reign after just two weeks.[20] On July 12, 2010, at the Promociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show La Sombra participated in a match where 10 men put their mask on the line in a match that featured five pareja incredibles teams, with the losing team being forced to wrestle each other with their mask on the line. His partner in the match was Histeria, facing off against the teams of Atlantis and Olímpico, Místico and El Oriental, El Alebrije and Volador, Jr., Último Guerrero and Averno.[21] La Sombra and Histeria was the first team to escape the match. In the end Místico defeated El Oriental to unmask him.[22] While La Sombra had travelled to Japan to participate in the 2010 Best of the Super Juniors (BOSJ) tournament Volador, Jr. had begun showing rudo signs, but when La Sombra returned the two teamed up, seemingly without any problems. The two lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to the Los Invasores team of Mr. Águila and Héctor Garza on July 23, 2010, again without any signs of dissention between the two.[23] During a later show Volador, Jr. finally turned rudo when he attacked La Sombra, tore his former partner's mask off and beat him up to start a feud between the two former partners. La Sombra entered the 2010 Universal Championship tournament and qualified for the finals when he won "Block A" on the July 30, 2010 Super Viernes by defeating Mephisto, El Texano, Jr. and Último Guerrero.[24] In the finals Jushin Liger got revenge for his BOSJ loss against La Sombra when he, with help from Okumura at ringside, defeated La Sombra to claim the tournament trophy.[25] The unresolved issues between La Sombra and Volador, Jr. as well as La Sombra and Jushin Liger led to all three wrestlers being booked in the main event of the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show,, a 14-man steel cage Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match.[26] The match came down to Olímpico and La Sombra after the other 12 men had escaped the cage, following just under 10 minutes of one-on-one wrestling La Sombra pinned Olímpico to force him to unmask. After the match Olímpico announced that his name was Joel Bernal Galicia from Mexico City since lucha libre tradition dictates that he revealed his real name after the Apuesta loss.[27] On March 13, 2011, La Sombra defeated Mephisto to win the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship.[28] On July 15, La Generación Dorada lost the CMLL World Trios Championship to Los Hijos del Averno (Averno, Ephesto and Mephisto).[29] On September 2, La Sombra entered CMLL's annual tournament of champions, the Universal Championship tournament. After defeating Mexican National Trios Champions Ángel de Oro and Diamante in his first two matches, La Sombra defeated NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion Rey Bucanero in his block's finals to advance to the tournament finals, where he will meet the winner of the second block, CMLL World Trios Champion Averno.[30] On September 16, La Sombra defeated Averno to become the 2011 Universal Champion.[31] Two days later La Sombra successfully defended the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship against former partner Volador, Jr., in a match, which received rave reviews.[32]

Appearances outside CMLL

On May 8, 2010 it was announced that La Sombra had been selected to participate in New Japan Pro Wrestling's (NJPW) Best of the Super Juniors XVII tournament that will take place between May 30 and June 16, 2010 in Japan. At age 20, this was La Sombra's first trip to Japan as well as his first appearance for NJPW.[33] On May 30, 2010 La Sombra wrestled his first match in the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, surprisingly defeating Tiger Mask IV, who has been one of NJPW's top Junior Heavyweights for several years.[34] La Sombra also pulled off an upset on the final day of competition by defeating the Junior Heavyweight wrestling icon, Jushin Liger. However, he only gained six points by defeating Tiger Mask IV, Gedo and Liger, which was not enough points to advance to the semi-finals.[35] In a special tag match during the tournament, La Sombra teamed with Davey Richards to defeat Jushin Liger and Nobuo Yoshihashi.[36] In November 2010 La Sombra and Máscara Dorada took part in New Japan's five day long Super J Tag League. After winning two out of their four matches in the group stage, Sombra and Dorada finished third in their block, missing the finals of the tournament.[37] Sombra and Dorada returned to New Japan on January 4, 2011, at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, where they defeated Jushin Liger and Héctor Garza in a tag team match, when Sombra pinned Liger, earning a shot at his CMLL World Middleweight Championship in the process.[38][39] Sombra received his shot at the title on January 22, 2011, at Fantasticamania 2011, a New Japan and CMLL co–promoted event in Tokyo, Japan, but was defeated by Liger.[40] On July 3 New Japan announced that La Sombra would return to the promotion in August to take part in the 2011 G1 Climax, a tournament normally reserved only for heavyweights.[41] La Sombra started the tournament by picking up early wins over Wataru Inoue and fellow CMLL worker Strong Man, but then went on to lose his other seven matches, finishing eighth out of the ten wrestlers in his block.[42][43][44]

In wrestling

  • "El Centinela del Espacio"[46] (Spanish for "The Space Sentinel")

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de apuestas record

See also: Luchas de apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Mask Briliante, Jr. Camorra Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico 02006-11 November 2006  
Hair Briliante, Jr. Zafiro (II) Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico 02006 2006  
Mask La Sombra El Felino Mexico City, Mexico 02010-03-19 March 19, 2010 [Note 1][18]
Mask La Sombra Olímpico Mexico City 02010-09-03 September 3, 2010 At the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show.[Note 2][27]

Notes

  1. ^ First two men eliminated in a Relevos suicida match that also included Místico and Volador, Jr.
  2. ^ Last two men in a steel cage match that also included Atlantis, Último Guerrero, Jushin Liger, Mr. Niebla, Averno, Mephisto, Ephesto, Místico, Volador, Jr., Psicosis II, Histeria and Ell Alebrije.

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Canek and Dr. Wagner, Jr.  · Los Cowboys (El Texano and Silver King)  · The Headhunters (Headhunter A and Headhunter B)  · Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.  · La Nueva Ola Blanca (El Hijo del Gladiador and Gran Markus, Jr.)  · Atlantis and Lizmark  · Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Silver King  · Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Emilio Charles, Jr.  · Mr. Niebla and Shocker  · Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio, Jr.  · El Hijo del Santo and Negro Casas  · Los Guerreros del Infierno (Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero)  · L.A. Park and Shocker  · Atlantis and Blue Panther  · Averno and Mephisto  · Místico and Negro Casas  · Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Último Guerrero  · Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Atlantis and Último Guerrero)  · Héctor Garza and Místico  · La Sombra and Volador Jr.  · Los Invasores (Héctor Garza and Mr. Águila)  · Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Dragón Rojo, Jr. and Último Guerrero) (current)
Los Infernales (MS-1, Pirata Morgan and El Satánico)  · Los Intocables (Jaque Mate, Masakre and Pierroth, Jr.)  · Los Brazos (El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)  · La Nuevo Ola Blanca (Dr. Wagner, Jr., Gran Markus, Jr., El Hijo del Gladiador)  · Los Chacales (Bestia Salvaje, Emilio Charles, Jr. and Sangre Chicana)  · Dos Caras, La Fiera and Héctor Garza  · Emilio Charles, Jr., Rey Bucanero and El Satánico  · La Ola Azul (Atlantis, Lizmark and Mr. Niebla)  · Black Warrior, Blue Panther and Dr. Wagner, Jr.  · Blue Panther, Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Fuerza Guerrera  · Atlantis, Black Warrior and Mr. Niebla  · Black Tiger III, Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Universo 2000  · Black Warrior, El Canek and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.  · La Furia del Norte (Héctor Garza, Tarzan Boy and El Terrible)  · Los Guerreros de la Atlantida (Atlantis, Tarzan Boy and Último Guerrero)  · Los Perros del Mal (Héctor Garza, Mr. Águila and Perro Aguayo, Jr.)  · Los Ángeles Rebeldes (Héctor Garza, El Hijo del Fantasma and La Máscara)  · Los Guerreros Negros (Atlantis, Negro Casas and Último Guerrero)  · La Ola Amarilla (Hiroshi Tanahashi, Okumura and Taichi)  · La Generación Dorada (La Máscara, Máscara Dorada and La Sombra)  · Los Hijos del Averno (Averno, Ephesto and Mephisto) (current)
Último Guerrero  · Héctor Garza  · Atlantis  · La Sombra  · Volador Jr. (current)