El Soberano

El Soberano
Birth name Unrevealed
Born August 12, 1993[1][2]
Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) El Nieto del Soberano
Soberano, Jr.
El Soberano
Billed height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1][2]
Billed weight 75 kg (165 lb)[1][2]
Trained by Soberano[1][2]
Euforia[1][2]
Debut December 24, 2007[1][2]

El Soberano or Soberano Jr. (born August 12, 1993 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character. Soberano, Jr.'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] He is a third generation wrestler, son of Euforia and grandson of Pablo Moreno Román, known under the ring name El Soberano. Soberano is Spanish for "Sovereign"

Professional wrestling career

Soberano, Jr. was trained both by his grandfather Pablo Moreno Román, better known by his ring name Soberano and his father, best known under the ring name Euforia.[4] He made his professional wrestling debut at the age of only 13, working on the local independent circuit in Torreón, Coahuila.[1][2] During the early parts of his career he competed as El Nieto del Soberano ("The Grandson of Soberano") but later changed his name to Soberano, Jr. or El Soberano, Jr. the same ring name used by his father.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2010–present)

He began training in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) wrestling school and even competed in CMLL's 2010 Bodybuilding contest, before he had made his in ring debut for the company, he placed third in the beginners category.[5] He would not make his in ring debut for CMLL until six months later, on June 7, 2011 where he teamed up with Trueno losing to Semental and Apocalipsis in a match at Arena Mexico.[1][2][6] In March, 2012 Soberano, Jr. was one of the participants in the Torneo Sangre Nueva("The New Blood Tournament") that featured 16 wrestlers classified as rookies, or at least rookie characters. Soberano, Jr. competed in the "Block A" torneo cibernetico, eight-man elimination match and was eliminated as the third man, 10:12 into the match when he was pinned by Stigma.[7] During a match on the September 7, 2012 Super Viernes match between the tag team of Soberano, Jr. Horus and Camorra and Inquisidor Soberano, Jr. was injured due to a mistimed move and was carried out of the arena on a stretcher.[8] Soberano, Jr. would not wrestle again for over a month before making a full recovery. On February 26, 2013 Soberano, Jr. outlasted Camaleón, Stigma, Horus, Hombre Bala, Jr., Akuma, Espanto, Jr., Herodes, Jr., Cholo and Bobby Zavala to qualify for the finals of the 2013 Torneo Sangre Nueva.[9] Sobereano, Jr. defeated Taurus, two falls to one to win the 2013 Sangre Nueva tournament.[6] In late March, 2013 Soberano, Jr. was announced as one of the Novatos, or rookies, in the 2013 Torneo Gran Alternativa, or "Great Alternative tournament". The Gran Alternativa pairs a rookie with an experienced wrestler for a tag team tournament.[10] Soberano, Jr. was teamed up with veteran wrestler La Sombra and competed in Block B that took place on the April 19, 2013 Super Viernes show. The team defeated Herodes, Jr. and El Terrible in the first round, Sensei and Rush in the second round, but lost to Bobby Zavala and Rey Escorpión in the semi-finals.[11] On April 7, 2013 Soberano, Jr. worked his first major CMLL event when he teamed up with Metatrón to defeat Espanto, Jr. and Guerrero Negro, Jr. in the opening match of the Arena Coliseo 70th Anniversary Show.[12][13]

Soberano was injured in a CMLL event May 26, 2013 after Raziel botched a powerbomb, planting Soberano on his head. He was forced to leave the match but returned a week later. El Soberano teaming up with Star jr called Los Príncipes Azules.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Lucha de Apuesta record

Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Mask Soberano, Jr. and Star Jr. Cholo and Ramstein Mexico City January 6, 2014 [14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Nuevo integrante de la Generación 2011". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 ""El Maya" Sufre Un Infarto Un Nuevo Integrate De La Generaciãn 2011". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). June 6, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  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. ↑ "Murio el Soberano I". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). April 27, 2009. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ Islas, Alejandro (November 25, 2010). "V Concurso de Fisicoconstructivismo CMLL". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Soberano Jr gana el Torneo Sangre Nueva 2013". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ Redaccion MEDIOTIEMPO (March 7, 2012). "Se mantiene el reinado de la Atlantida" (in Spanish). MedioTiempo. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  8. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (September 7, 2012). "Viernes 7 de Septiembre '12". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Soberano, finalista de Sangre Nueva". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). February 27, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  10. ↑ "CMLL inicia el Torneo de la Gran Alternativa". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  11. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (April 20, 2013). "Místico y Averno por el Campeonato Nacional Welter". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  12. ↑ Redaccion (April 8, 2013). "La Arena Coliseo festejo sus 70 anos". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  13. ↑ "¡Felices 70 años, Arena Coliseo!". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. April 7, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Volador Jr. supera en mano a mano a Rey Bucanero en el CMLL". Terra México (in Spanish). January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2015.