Pólvora

Pólvora
Ring name(s) Pólvora
Billed height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Billed weight 85 kg (190 lb)[1]
Born July 19, 1979 (1979-07-19) (age 32)[1]
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Trained by Tony Salazar[1]
Franco Columbo[1]
Debut 2000[2]

Pólvora (Born July 19, 1979) is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler best known for his work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is the current Mexican National Welterweight Champion. Pólvora'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.[3] Pólvora is a part of a wrestling group called Los Cancerebros del Infierno ("The Infernal Cerberusses") under the leadership of Virus, the group also includes Raziel, Cancerbero and Euforia. His name is the Spanish term for Gunpowder. Pólvora's brother is also a professional wrestler, under the ring name Inquisidor.

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Professional wrestling career

Pólvora made his professional wrestling debut in 2000, mainly teaming with his brother Vaquero on the Mexican independent circuit[2] By 2005 both Pólvora and Vaquero began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), mainly on the promotions minor shows or in the opening match of their big shows from Arena México. On June 22, 2008 Pólvora and Vaquero participated in a tournament for the vacant CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship, but lost in the opening round to Mictlán and Fabian el Gitano.[4] The two brothers teamed up with mixed success from 2005 until mid 2008 but by July, 2008 Vaquero had left CMLL, leaving Pólvora without a regular tag team partner.

On April 7, 2009 Pólvora participated in a 10-man Torneo Cibernetico for the vacant CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship. The other participants included Rey Cometa, Pegasso, Tiger Kid, Ángel Azteca, Jr., Inquisidor (Pólvora's brother Vaquero under a new persona), Súper Comando, Ángel de Oro, Ángel de Plata and eventual winner Mascara Dorada.[5] On September 25, 2009 Pólvora was one of eight Novatos (rookies) that participated in the 2009 Gran Alternativa tournament, a tournament where an experienced wrestler teams up with a newcomer. Pólvora teamed up with Averno but did not make it past the first round of the tournament as they lost to Héctor Garza and Ángel de Plata.[6] On October 18, 2009 Polvora was one of 12 wrestlers who put his mask on the line in a 12-man Luchas de Apuestas cage match. He one of the last two men in the cage, wrestling and defeating Tigre Blanco. After the match Tigre Blanco was forced to unmask and reveal his real name per. Lucha Libre traditions.[7] This was Pólvora's first ever Luchas de Apuesta win, a win that signalled CMLL had plans on moving him up on the card.

Los Cancerberos del Infierno

On November 18, 2009 CMLL presented a new Rudo group that they had formed, Los Cancerberos del Infierno ("The Infernal Cerberus") a team led by veteran mid-carder Virus and consisted of rookies Pólvora and Euforia as well as two new characters never used before - Raziel and Cancerbero.[8] It was later revealed that Raziel and Cancerbero were not two new wrestlers CMLL brought in but actually two low card wrestlers that had been repackated, Raziel was previously known as Caligula while Cancerbero was known as Messala. In late 2009 Pólvora teamed up with Euforia and Virus to represent Los Cancerberos in a tournament to crown new Mexican National Trios Champion. The team defeated Los Ángeles Celestiales (Ángel Azteca, Jr., Ángel de Plata and Ángel de Oro) in the first round, but lost to eventual tournament winners Mascara Dorada, Stuka, Jr. and Metro in the second round.[9] Following the tournament loss Los Ángeles Celestiales and Los Cancerberos del Infierno have developed a rivalry between the two groups, facing off on various CMLL shows, including their Friday night CMLL Super Viernes show.[10] On July 15, 2011, Pólvora defeated Valiente to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship.[11]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Lucha de Apuesta record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Mask Pólvora Tigre Blanco Mexico City, Mexico 02009-10-18 October 18, 2009 The last two competitors in a twelve-man Lucha de Apuesta cage match

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Rudos - Pólvora" (in Spanish). Fuego En El Ring. http://www.fuegoenelring.com/wrestlers_full_tec.php?wrestlers_id=129. Retrieved October 21, 2009. 
  2. ^ a b Oculto, Rostro (October 15, 2009). "12 Máscaras en juego (18 octubre 2009) – Cartel Completo – Strongman vs. Último Guerrero" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2009/10/15/cmll-12-mascaras-en-juego-18-octubre-2009-cartel-completo-strongman-vs-ultimo-guerrero/. Retrieved October 25, 2009. 
  3. ^ 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. 
  4. ^ 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. 
  5. ^ Ovaciones staff (April 7, 2009). "Se improne la lucha aéra" (in Spanish). Ovaciones (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.): p. 22. Número 21543 Año LXII. http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/07042009/2009040701/en/?page=22. Retrieved April 8, 2009. 
  6. ^ Arturo Rosas Plata (September 24, 2009). "Llega la fábrica de Estrellas" (in Spanish). Ovaciones (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.): p. 18–19. Número 21719 Año LXII. http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/24092009/2009092401/en/?page=18. Retrieved September 26, 2009. 
  7. ^ Marquina, Alva (October 18, 2009). "CMLL- 12 Máscaras en juego en jaula (Resultados 18 octubre 2009) – Tigre Blanco pierde la máscara, dice llamarse Sergio Guzmán" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2009/10/18/cmll-12-mascaras-en-juego-en-jaula-resultados-18-octubre-2009-%E2%80%93-cartel-completo-%E2%80%93-strongman-vs-ultimo-guerrero-en-mano-a-mano/#more-43361. Retrieved October 19, 2009. 
  8. ^ Marquina, Alva (November 19, 2009). "CMLL Los Hijos del Averno y No Limit formaron los contractos para Sin Salida. Se presenta Los Cancerveros" (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 March 11, 2010. 
  9. ^ SuperLuchas staff (January 11, 2010). "El Novato del Año: Angel de Oro" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 346. http://superluchas.net/2010/01/10/super-luchas-346-11-enero-2010-%e2%80%93-lo-mejor-de-la-lucha-libre-mexicana-en-2009-hulk-hogan-en-tna-bret-hart-en-wwe/. Retrieved March 10, 2010. 
  10. ^ Boutwell, Josh (January 29, 2010). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1264809342.php. Retrieved February 26, 2010. 
  11. ^ a b Rodríguez, Édgar (July 16, 2011). "Pólvora, nuevo Campeón Welter". Récord. http://www.record.com.mx/luchalibre/2011-07-16/polvora-nuevo-campeon-welter. Retrieved July 16, 2011. 
  12. ^ Rivera, Manuel (May 1, 2010). "Resultados Arena México (30 abril 2010): ¡Pequeño Warrior destapa a Bracito de Oro! ¡Pólvora recibe la Gran Alternativa!" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2010/05/01/resultados-arena-mexico-30-abril-2010-%c2%a1pequeno-warrior-destapa-a-bracito-de-oro-%c2%a1polvora-recibe-la-gran-alternativa/. Retrieved May 1, 2010. 
  13. ^ Ruiz Glez, Alex (October 7, 2009). "El CMLL compite contra WWE: Arena México (18 de octubre 2009 - Lucha en jala con 12 Máscaras en Juego" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2009/10/07/el-cmll-compite-contra-wwe-arena-mexico-18-de-octubre-2009-lucha-en-jaula-con-12-mascaras-en-juego/. Retrieved October 25, 2009.