Gotita de Plata
| Gotita de Plata | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 21, 1998 Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico |
| Family |
Vengador (father)[1] Halcón Negro (brother)[1] Halcón Suicida (brother)[1] Chica Dinamita (cousin)[1] Pequeño Ángel (cousin)[1] |
| Website | Facebook page |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Gotita de Plata Máscara de Bronce |
| Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Billed weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Trained by |
Campesino del Valle Vengador Aero Star |
| Debut | November 5, 2009 |
Gotita de Plata (Spanish for "Droplet of Silver"; born September 21, 1998) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler from Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. He currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) as a tecnico (lucha libre term for those that portray the "good guys") and has previously worked for the International Wrestling League (IWL). In October 2016 he was reintroduced as Máscara de Bronce ("Bronze Mask") during an AAA show in Tlalnepantla.
Gotita de Plata's birth 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.[Note 1][2]
Personal life
While masked wrestlers in Mexico often do not reveal a lot about their personal life Gotita de Plata has confirmed that he is the son of Hidalgo wrestler El Vengador and the brother of wrestlers Halcón Negro[Note 2] and Halcón Suicida as well as the cousin of Pequeño Ángel and female wrestler Chica Dinamita.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Gotita de Plata made his in ring debut on November 5, 2009 against Rayito del Sol (Little Ray of Sunshine), making him only 11 years old at the time.[1] To obscure the fact that he was only 11 when he began wrestling he was booked as a Mini-Estrella, working with other wrestlers who were not necessarily little people but general short of stature. His early matches were closely monitored by his father and older brothers, only working the occasional match while still in school.[1] Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), one of Mexico's largest wrestling promotions, held the 2012 version of their Quien Pinta Para La Corona ("Who Desires the Crown") competition, a contest used to evaluate young wrestlers and invite the top prospects to work a match or two for AAA show before the judges chose the best male, female and Mini-Estrella to get an AAA contract. For the 2012 version AAA visited Monterrey, Campeche, Puebla and Guadalajara to evaluate wrestlers, it is not clear which location Gotita de Plata auditioned in or if he was invited to wrestle a try out match in some other way.[1] The actual try out matches took place on September 12, 2012 in Mexico City in front of a panel of AAA judges and officials. In the first match Gotita de Plata teamed up with fellow Mini-Estrellas Lucky Boy and Rey Celestial, losing to Heylex, Mini Excorcista and Los Gemelos Muertes (who did not compete in the Mini-Estrella division).[Note 3][3] Later in the night Gotita de Plata, Pequeño Bonsai and Rey Celestial defeated the team of Heylex, Mini Diamond and Mini Exorcista.[3] In the end Rey Celestial won the Minis division contest, but Gotita de Plata impressed the AAA officials enough that they brought him back in May 2013 as part of the regular sized division, teaming with Flamita and Saturno to defeat the team of Carta Brava Jr., Danny Casas and Eterno in the opening match of the show.[4][5][6] Following his experiences with AAA Gotita de Plata began working in the regular sized division full-time, working for the International Wrestling League (IWL) in 2013. On the IWL 3rd Anniversary Show he lost to Flyer in the third match of the night.[7] In late 2014 he returned to AAA and began working opening show matches for AAA television tapings, often with opening match wrestlers such as Argenis, Ludxor, Venum and Niño Hamburguesa as he continues his in ring training, supervised by AAA high flyer Aero Star.[8][9]
Máscara de Bronce (2016-present)
On October 28, 2016 AAA presented Gotita de Plata under a new ring character, "Máscara de Bronce" ("Bronze Mask") complete with a new mask and full body suit. He teamed up with Aerostar and Venum, losing to Super Fly, Parka Negra and Dave the Clown.[10]
Footnotes
- ↑ In Mexico newspapers and magazines do not report masked wrestlers real names even if they could find out through research, nor do they show clear pictures where you can see most or all of the face of a masked wrestler, normally blurring it out.
- ↑ Not related to the Halcón Negro Jr. who wrestled in the 1990s
- ↑ Records are not clear on who the fourth person on Gotita's team was.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Quien Pinta Para La Corona - Minis - Gotita de Plata". SuperLuchas Magazine (in Spanish). 428.
- ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- 1 2 "AAA @ El Centro Banamex". Cagematch. December 9, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ↑ "AAA Fusión en Tultitlán, Estado de México" (in Spanish). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
- ↑ "Cibernético Imparable" (in Spanish). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
- ↑ "Gotita de Plata's articles" (in Spanish). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
- ↑ "IWL 3. Aniversario". Cagematch. September 14, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ↑ "AAA Sin Limite". Cagematch. February 27, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ↑ "AAA Sin Limite". Cagematch. March 4, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ↑ "La pesadilla de Psycho Clown crece rumbo a Guerra de Titanes" (in Spanish). AAA. October 29, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2016.