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This second-generation luchador and son of El Fantasma was born Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly and obviously had wrestling in his blood, as Santos Escobar. He first earned a name for himself in his native Mexico under the name El Hijo Del Fantasma, or Son of El Fantasma (The Phantom). He started by working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, or CMLL, the longest-lasting wrestling promotion in the world. While he was there, he captured the World Middleweight Championship and the World Trios Championship with La Mascara and the late Hector Garza. He eventually departed CMLL for their primary rival, Lucha…

Los Lotharios are a family rich in tradition. While other Latin families such as the Guererros or the Colon’s may have likely gained more recognition, cousins Angel Garza and Humberto Carillo have ushered in a new sense of purpose for Luchadore’s competing outside of Mexico. However, before addressing how they came to be, it is important to recognize their family ties in wrestling and the rich family ties of the Garza’s. Los Lotharios – The Origins of El Hijo del Ninja & Ultimo Ninja Humberto Garza Solano hadn’t competed under the name Angel Garza until he came to the WWE…

A thousand dead or a thousand deaths, this was the story of Mil Muertes. In the Fall of 2014, Ricky Banderas joined the Lucha Underground program. Upon his entry, we hear of the tale of Pasquel Mendoza. Mendoza’s family died in an earthquake in Mexico City when he was a child. With Catrina by his side, Mil Muertes would make his debut. “We’ve always had chemistry from the beginning,”. “There’s a respect there, where he’s obviously a massive guy, but he doesn’t overshadow me, and I don’t overshadow him. From that paragraph, we kind of grew into it. Our entrance…

Born Francisco Islas, this famed ECW talent Super Crazy began competing at the age of 14. By today’s standards that is common practice but in the late 1980’s it wasn’t common practice. He was trained by his older brother and it was at this time he assumed the ring name ‘Super Crazy”. His career initially began as an “enmascarado” (a masked wrestler) but lost it just a month after his debut in the Lucha de Apuestas match in which he lost a bet to El Semionarista. Over the course of the next seven years, Super Crazy worked extensively in his…

“Until the day Homicide is in the grave, there will be no other King of New York. Homicide will always be the King of New York because every New Yorker that has made it from my generation or the generation after me, it was because of Homicide. He mentored all of us. He may not have trained us, but he has mentored all of us. So, until the day he’s in the ground, there is no other King of New York. Any match he had with Bryan Danielson or Colt Cabana in Ring of Honor. The match with him and…

Konnan reveals his work with Kevin Sullivan, the faction that he was a part of that was underrated in WCW, his role in Mexico, and what he looked forward to with Lucha Underground. Check out the complete interview below. (originally conducted in June 2015) Super ASTRO, Negro Casas, Eddie Guerrero, and Rey Misterio Sr. are all synonymous with your training. Describe your experiences with each and what you walked away with. Konnan: “Super Astro was the first superstar to ever come out of Tijuana. He trained me with the fundamentals, and he used to train Rey Mysterio (Jr), & Psychosis.…

At the 2011 Money In The Bank pay-per-view, the narrative that the show focussed on was CM Punk leaving after his contract expires at midnight with the WWE title. The show took place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemount, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago and the broadcast team consisted of Booker T, Michael Cole and Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler. On tap were two Money in the Bank 2011 ladder matches. This is the WWE Sunday Night Pay Per Retroview for Money In the Bank 2011. Smackdown Money In The Bank 2011 Ladder Match Wade Barrett vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Heath…

Throughout the career of the Icon Sting one rivalry that likely flies under the radar was his longstanding feud against The Great Muta. Both men carried with them a true sense of competition that exceeded their respective roles as either heel or face. For all the darkness that The Great Muta it would face all the justice that the light in Sting would represent. Despite being polar opposites of one another, it is 68 recorded matches that they faced against or with one another either in a Battle Bowl, singles, tag team or six-man tag that showcased what how they…

Darkness often falls upon all those who have crossed paths with ill-doers, especially an army of darkness. It also crosses paths with those who made deals with those they likely shouldn’t have. To make a deal with the Devil is often shuddered at. In the case of the Boston Battler, Kevin Sullivan was known babyface that decided that he needed to change who he was and how he was portrayed. The result is a faction still talked about to this very day. He would embrace the occult during a time when Satanism became widely discussed on television. “I came in…

The Triple Threat. It’s a term often used to describe someone that is multi-faceted in a particular sport. Whether it’s baseball, basketball, football, or hockey, the Triple Threat suggests that athlete is capable of doing so much as their skillset covers different areas that of their sport that makes that individual elevated as if they are elite talents among common talents. But the tale of Extreme Championship Wrestling’s Triple Threat was a collection of talents that combined size, speed, technical skill, strength, charisma, sex appeal, beauty, and brawn all in one. While all those qualities certainly exceed ‘three’ combined, they…