Brazo de Oro (wrestler)
| Brazo de Oro | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 7, 1950 Mexico City , Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Brazo de Oro El Hombre del Brazo de Oro |
| Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Billed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Billed from | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Trained by |
Shadito Cruz Felipe Hamm Lee |
| Debut | September 5, 1975 |
Jesús Alvarado Nieves (born October 7, 1950) is a Mexican Luchador (professional wrestler) who works under the name Brazo de Oro (Spanish for "Arm of gold"). Alvarado currently works as a booker for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and as head of the wrestlers' union. Brazo de Oro is part of the Alvarado wrestling family, with his father Shadito Cruz siring Brazo de Plata, El Brazo, Brazo Cibernético, Super Brazo and Brazo de Platino. Brazo de Oro's son La Mascara is also a successful CMLL wrestler, as are his nephews Máximo and Psycho Clown. Additionally, Brazo de Oro was previously married to former CMLL World Women's Champion Lady Apache.
Pro wrestling career
Alvarado made his debut as "Brazo De Oro" an Enmascarado (masked wrestler) who worked mainly in Tag team action with his brother who worked as Brazo de Plata ("Silver Arm") and in trios action with another brother known simply as El Brazo ("the arm"). Los Brazos, as they were billed, wrestled all over Mexico and made appearances for the Los Angeles based "NWA Hollywood Wrestling". While working for NWA Hollywood Oro and Plata won the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship from Chino Chou and the Kiss on November 7, 1981.[1] The brothers were also last holders of the Los Angeles version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship in 1982.[2]
Losing the masks
Over the years Brazo de Oro and his brothers competed in a large number of Luchas de Apuestas ("Bet fights") where they put their masks or hair on the line against their opponents. Los Brazo's most famous Luchas de Apuestas occurred on October 21, 1988 when Plato, Oro and El Brazo all placed their masks on the line in a match against another well known Lucha libre family, Los Villanos, in this case Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V. The match was the culmination of a long feud (Storyline) between the two families and saw all six wrestlers bleed profusely during the bout. In the end Los Villanos won the match forcing all three Brazos to unmask and reveal their real names as is tradition in these types of matches. Despite losing their masks Los Brazos remained successful in the ring winning various tag team and trios titles such as the UWA World Tag Team Championship,[3] UWA World Trios Championship,[4] WWA World Tag Team Championship[5] and the WWA World Trios Championship[6]
By the 1990s Los Brazos worked mainly for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) where Oro, Plato and El Brazo won the CMLL World Trios Championship from Los Infernales (Pirata Morgan, El Satánico and MS-1) on April 6, 1993. Los Brazos lost the titles to Dr. Wagner, Jr., Gran Markus, Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiador.[7] In the 1990s Brazo de Oro became the head of the wrestler's Union and also started working as a booker for CMLL. Brazo de Oro usuallyw works lower card matches and mainly appears for CMLL away from Arena México.
The Alvarado Family
The Alvarado wrestling family spans three generations starting with Shadito Cruz followed by his 6 sons and a third generation who have begun wrestling in recent years. Jesús Alvarado has a son who has followed in his footsteps working for CMLL as La Mascara.[8]
† = deceased
| Shadito Cruz † | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Apache | Brazo de Oro | El Brazo† | Brazo de Plata | Brazo Cibernético † | Brazo de Platino | Súper Brazo | La Alimaña | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Mascara | El Brazo, Jr. | Maximo | Robin | Súper Brazo, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Psycho Clown | India Sioux | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goya Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muñeca de Plata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andros de Plata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- La Bracina (Armbar)
- Signature moves
Championships and accomplishments
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) - with Brazo de Plata and El Brazo
- Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time)1 - with Brazo de Plata
- Mexican National Trios Championship (2 times)2 - with Brazo de Plata and El Brazo
- Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre
- FILL Trios Championship (1 time) - with Brazo de Plata and El Brazo
- NWA Hollywood Wrestling
- NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brazo de Plata
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version) (1 time) - with Brazo de Plata
- Universal Wrestling Association
- UWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brazo de Plata
- UWA World Trios Championship (3 times) - with Brazo de Plata and El Brazo
- World Wrestling Association
- WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brazo de Plata
- WWA World Trios Championship (1 time) - with Brazo de Plata and El Brazo
- Other titles
- Distrito Federal Trios Championship (1 time) - with Brazo de Plata and El Brazo
- Distrito Federal Welterweight Championship (1 time)
- Distrito Federal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Puebla Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brazo de Plata
- Mexico State Welterweight Championship (1 time)
- Naucalpan Welterweight Championship (1 time)
Luchas de Apuestas record
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazo de Oro (hair) | Roberto Paz (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| Brazo de Oro (hair) | Atila (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| Brazo de Oro (hair) | Frankenstein (mask) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| Brazo de Oro (hair) | Mohicano I (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| Dr. Wagner, Jr. (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| Brazo de Oro (mask) | Golden Rogers (mask) | Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua | Live event | 1977 | [Note 1] |
| Brazo de Oro (mask) | El Texano (mask) | Naucalpan, Mexico State | Live event | December 4, 1977 | |
| Los Brazos (mask) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) | El Migra I and El Migra II (mask) | Unknown | Live event | 1978 | |
| Brazo de Oro (hair) | Águila Roja (hair) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Live event | January 29, 1978 | [Note 2] |
| Los Brazos (mask) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) | Danny Grimaldo and Tauro (mask) | Naucalpan, Mexico State | Live event | February 21, 1979 | |
| Los Brazos (mask) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) | Los Wrestling (I and II) (mask) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | July 12, 1981 | [9] |
| Los Brazos (mask) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) | Enfermero II and Flama Azul (mask) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | August 22, 1982 | [Note 3] |
| Brazo de Oro (mask) | Orión (mask) | Pachuca, Hidalgo | Live event | February 27, 1983 | |
| Brazo de Oro (mask) | Babe Face (hair) | Live event | August 1985 | ||
| Brazo de Oro (mask) | Ultraman (mask) | Tijuana, Baja California | Live event | September 3, 1987 | |
| Los Villanos (masks) (Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V) | Los Brazos (mask) (El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Live event | October 21, 1988 | [10] |
| Brazo de Oro (hair) | El Signo (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | November 28, 1990 | |
| El Hijo del Santo (mask) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Naucalpan, Mexico State | Live event | January 13, 1991 | |
| Sangre Chicana (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | June 19, 1992 | |
| Brazo de Oro (hair) | Troglodita (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | December 20, 1992 | |
| Brazo de Oro (hair) | Popitekus (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | November 6, 1993 | |
| El Brazo (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | March 31, 1995 | [Note 4] |
| Rambo (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | 1996 | |
| Gran Markus, Jr. (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | 42. Aniversario de Arena México | April 24, 1998 | [11] |
| Los Brazos (hair) (El Brazo de Oro and Brazo Cibernetico) | Las Bestias Negras (hair) (Bestian Negra I, II and III) | Celaya, Guanajuato | Live event | April 22, 1999 | |
| El Satánico (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | November 29, 1999 | |
| Brazo de Oro (hair) | Valentín Mayo (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | May 11, 2000 | [12] |
| El Signo (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Oaxaca, Oaxaca | Live event | February 11, 2001 | |
| Negro Navarro (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico State | Live event | June 1, 2001 | |
| Brazo de Oro (hair) | Toro Salvaje (hair) | Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas | Live event | December 2001 | |
| Villano III (mask) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Naucalpan, Mexico State | Live event | August 8, 2002 | [13] |
| Nitro (mask) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Tlalnepantla, Mexico State | Live event | April 16, 2003 | [Note 5] |
| Los Brazos (hair) (Brazo de Oro and Super Brazo) | Bestial and Impacto (hair) | Cuernavaca, Morelos | Live event | January 15, 2004 | |
| Villano III (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Unknown | Live event | July 11, 2004 | [Note 6][13] |
| Villano IV (mask) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Acapulco, Guerrero | Live event | November 20, 2004 | [Note 7] |
| Villano III (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Querétaro | Live event | January 3, 2006 | [13] |
| Cesar Dántes (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | July 16, 2007 | [Note 8] |
| Exterminador (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | December 7, 2007 |
Notes
- ↑ Brazo de Oro, El Hijo del Santo and Huracán Ramírez against Rogers and Atila and Saeta Azteca
- ↑ Lost a Relevos suicidas vs. Senor Tormenta and Jungla Negra II.
- ↑ Finals of a 24 man tournament
- ↑ Triangle match that also included Brazo de Plata
- ↑ Cage match with Pierroth, Jr., Violencia, Brazo de Oro, Jr. and Brazo de Plata.
- ↑ Losers of a match a week earlier vs. Shocker and Perro Aguayo, Jr.
- ↑ Los Brazos vs. Los Villanos cage match.
- ↑ Cage match that also included Brazo de Platino, Super Brazo, Danger and Asesino Negro.
References
- General sources - Championship Information
- Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 389–402. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- General sources - Career
- Various (2005). "Los Brazo Familia Ejemplar / The Brazo a Model Family". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. pp. 187–190. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
- Specific
- ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "CALIFORNIA: NWA Americas Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 296–297. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Los Angeles: World Tag Team title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 299. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO/JAPAN: UWA World Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 399. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO: UWA Trios Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 399. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO: WWA Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 401. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO: WWA Trios Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 401. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO: EMLL CMLL Trios title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling -- Chapter A family Affair. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 224–228. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ↑ Centinela, Teddy (July 12, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 1966: Dr. Wagner rapa a Raúl Reyes… 1981: Torneo de la Muerte en el Palacio de los Deportes". SuperLuchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ↑ Enciclopedia staff (July 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Brazo, Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata (in Spanish). Mexico. pp. 39–41. Tomo I.
- ↑ Lucha 2000 Staff (April 2006). "Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 28.
- ↑ "SLAM! Wrestling International -- 2000: The Year-In-Review Mexico". Slam Wrestling!. Canoe.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- 1 2 3 Luchas 2000 staff. "Luchas 2000". Villaño III y sus Victimas (in Spanish). Juárez, Mexico: Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V. pp. 24–27. Especial 30.