Boby Zavala

Boby Zavala
Born February 12, 1991
Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Bobby Zavala
Boby Zavala
Licantropo
Billed height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Billed weight 90 kg (200 lb)
Trained by Corsario Rojo
Viento Negro
Emperador Azteca
Arkángel de la Muerte
Franco Colombo
Debut 2008

Boby Zavala (born February 12, 1991) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. He is working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a rudo ("bad guy") wrestling character. He originally worked as a masked wrestler, or enmascarado called Licantropo, but adopted his current ring name in 2010 and unmasked.

Professional wrestling career

Boby Zavala began his wrestling career in 2008 after being trained by Corsario Rojo, Viento Negro and Emperador Azteca. He adopted a ring character called Licantropo, Spanish for Lycanthrope or werewolf, with a wrestling mask and outfit patterned on werewolf imagery. In 2010 he abandoned the ring character, unmasked and began wrestling under the name Boby Zavala. As Zavala he began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and trained under Arkángel de la Muerte and Franco Colombo. Zavala was introduced to the general CMLL audience as part of Generación 2011 group. the group was not a unit as such, more a "graduating class", who made their debut around the same time. The group also included Magnus, Enrique Vera, Jr., Hombre Bala, Jr., Dragon Lee, Hijo del Signo ,and Super Halcón, Jr.[1] He was one of 16 students of Arkangel de la Muerte selected to participate in a Battle Royal, the Torneo Arkangel, to honor the 25th anniversary of Arkangel de La Muerte. The match as won by Starman.[2][3] Zavala was involved in a general Generacion 2011 vs. veteran rudos storyline, which ultimately resulted in a Luchas de Apuestas, or bet match where Hombre Bala, Jr. and Super Halcón, Jr. unmasked Los Rayos Tapatío.[4] In late 2011 Zavala began an individual storyline feud against Evola that took place primarily in CMLL's training league in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The feud culminated in a Luchas de Apuestas, or bet match, where both wrestlers put their hair on the line. The match took place on November 25, 2011, and saw Zavala pin his experienced opponent, forcing Evola to be shaved bald after the match.[5] Following his Apuesta victory he became a regular competitor in Arena Mexico, Mexico's main venue and made his Super Viernes debut on February 3, 2012, teaming with Disturbio as the team lost to Metálico and Molotov.[6] On March 6, 2012, Zavala competed in the first Torneo Sangre Nueva ("New Blood Tournament"), a tournament designed to highlight younger, low ranking wrestlers. Zavala took part in the first of two torneo cibernetico, multi-man elimination matches but was pinned by Cancerbero and eliminated from the tournament.[7] Only weeks later Zavana was teamed up with veteran wrestler Rey Bucanero to compete in the 2012 Torneo Gran Alternativa ("Great Alternative tournament"). The Gran Alternativa tournament pairs a rookie with an experienced wrestler for a tag team tournament. Zavala and Dragon Lee were the last two survivors in the "Seeding" battle royal, while Dragon Lee and Rush defeated Zavala and Ray Bucanero in the first round of the tournament.[8]

In the months following the Gran Alternativa tournament Zavala began working with fellow rookie rudo Disturbio.[9][10] In late 2012 the duo of Zavala and Distubio began a storyline against the tecnico ("good guy character") team of Leono and Tigre Blanco. The two teams clashed on multiple occasions, building the rivalry until the two teams faced off in a double Luchas de Apuestas match where both teams put their hair on the line in the match. The match took place on January 1, 2013, and saw Leono and Tigre Blanco lose and for the first time in their careers shaved bald as a result of the loss.[11] Zavala was one of a handful of wrestlers that returned to the 2013 version of the Torno Sangre Nueva tournament, but like in 2012 did not make it past the first round as he was pinned by Hombre Bala, Jr. as the 8th elimination in the match.[12] In late March 2013, Zavala was announced as one of the Novatos in the 2013 Torneo Gran Alternativa, marking the second time he had competed in the tournament as a rookie.[13] Zavala was teamed up with veteran wrestler Rey Escorpión and competed in Block B that took place on the April 19, 2013, Super Viernes show. The team defeated Leono and Blue Panther in the first round, Espanto, Jr. and Mr. Niebla in the second round, and defated Soberano, Jr. and La Sombra in the semi-finals to earn the last spot in the finals of the tournament the following week at the Arena Mexico 57th Anniversary Show.[14] For the finals Zavala was made an honorary member of Los Revolucionarios completed with a Rey Escorpión and his own Sombrero. The team unity worked as the two defeated Hombre Bala, Jr. and Atlantis to win the tournament.[15][16]

Championships and accomplishments

Lucha de Apuesta record

Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Hair Boby Zavala Evola Guadalajara, Jalisco November 25, 2011 [5]
Hair Boby Zavala and Disturbio Leono and Tigre Blanco Mexico City January 1, 2013 [11]

References

  1. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (January 13, 2011). "Estos son los integrantes de la "Generación 2011 del CMLL"". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ Salazar, Alexis (July 17, 2011). "Grande maestro Arkangel !!!!!". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ Salazar, Alexis (July 18, 2011). "El homenaje a Arkangel". Fuego en el Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Imagen: Hombre Bala Jr y Super Halcon Jr destapan a los Rayos Tapatios I y II". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 1, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "¡Por Las Cabelleras!". CMLL Gaceta (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. December 26, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Angel de Oro bicampeon de Reyes del Aire". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). MSN. February 4, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Se mantiene el reinado de la Atlantida". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). MSN. March 7, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  8. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (April 1, 2012). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Mr Niebla vuelve a humillar a Volador Jr". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). MSN. August 11, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  10. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (September 21, 2012). "Viernes 21 de Septiembre '12" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Leono y Tigre Blanco primeros pelones". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). MSN. January 2, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Soberano, finalista de Sangre Nueva". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). MSN. February 27, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  13. ↑ "CMLL inicia el Torneo de la Gran Alternativa". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  14. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (April 20, 2013). "Místico y Averno por el Campeonato Nacional Welter". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "¡Boby Zavala y Rey Escorpión ganan "La Gran Alternativa 2013"!". SuperLucha (in Spanish). April 26, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Redaccion (April 27, 2013). "Boby Zavala y Rey Escorpión, La Gran Alternativa". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 28, 2013.