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89-558: Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz (born March 22, 1964), better known by his ring name El Felino ("The Feline"), is a Mexican luchador (or professional wrestler ) working for Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Casas started his professional wrestling career under the name Babe Casas , working for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA). In 1989, he adopted the "Felino" ring character, wearing an orange full body suit and cat inspired mask. With

178-494: A Lucha de Apuesta on the CMLL 76th Anniversary Show , where Casas lost two falls to one and had his hair shaved off. After the match Místico challenged El Felino, Casas' cornerman, to an Apuesta some time in the future although nothing came of it at the time. In early 2010 El Felino began a storyline feud with La Sombra . The feud began on February 2, 2010, with a singles match between El Felino and La Sombra, after each wrestler won

267-490: A Relevos increíbles six-man tag team match between members of La Peste Negra . They would repeatedly attack each other throughout the match, which ended in a disqualification when Cavernario cheated to win the final fall over Felino. Afterwards, Felino hoped that La Peste Negra would continue, but Cavernario announced that, without Mr. Niebla , the stable should be disbanded, In the weeks that followed, Felino and Cavernario were involved in multiple confrontations (including at

356-500: A black leather mask , and Lutteroth dubbed him La Maravilla Enmascarada or "The Masked Marvel". In the United States the concept of the masked wrestler was more of a mid-level attraction, but the reaction to La Maravilla Enmascarada led to Lutteroth and EMLL officials to introduce more masks, starting with a wrestler known simply as El Enmascarado ("The Masked Wrestler"), and later El Murciélago Enmascarado ("The Masked Bat"). Through

445-645: A 16-man torneo cibernetico elimination match as the first stage of the Leyenda de Plata tournament. The following week El Felino defeated Black Tiger to earn his way to the finals of the tournament. In the end, El Felino defeated Black Warrior to win the Leyenda de Plata trophy. His third CMLL World Welterweight Championship reign lasted more than two years, ended by El Satánico on November 25, 2003, in Mexico City. On December 5, 2003, Felino, Volador Jr. and Safari won

534-783: A Dos Leyendas , Felino was defeated by Cavernario in the hair vs. hair match. On October 5, Ángel de Oro challenged Felino for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship. On October 12, Felino was defeated by Ángel de Oro, ending his reign at 105 days. Ring name Ring names are much more common in professional wrestling than any other sport; famous examples include Terry Bollea becoming Hulk Hogan , Michael Shawn Hickenbottom becoming Shawn Michaels , Roderick Toombs becoming Roddy Piper , Dwayne Johnson becoming The Rock , Christopher Irvine becoming Chris Jericho , and Phillip Jack Brooks becoming CM Punk . A number of wrestlers adopted their real name or

623-530: A fall, Puma King , El Felino's nephew, showed up wearing an El Felino outfit and mask, distracting both the referee and La Sombra long enough for El Felino to land a low blow on La Sombra to win the match. The two met in a Lighting match (a one fall, 10 minute time limit match) on the February 19 CMLL Super Viernes show. Once again Puma King tried to help his uncle, but this time the referee disqualified El Felino for

712-462: A few others, their real name. One notable exception was made for David Otunga because of his real marriage to singer Jennifer Hudson at the time, which gave WWE some mainstream exposure. Low Ki used the alias "Senshi" during his second TNA stint to reserve his primary ring name for other use. A similar example is the team known as The Dudley Boyz in ECW and WWE and Team 3D elsewhere. WWE trademarked

801-576: A few scattered local promoters, especially along the U.S. border, who brought in American professional wrestlers as their main attractions. In 1929, Salvador Lutteroth González , who at the time was a property inspector for the Mexican tax department, moved to Ciudad Juárez , near the Mexico–United States border . During a trip to El Paso, Texas , Lutteroth witnessed a professional wrestling show and

890-421: A less serious style of match than was unusual, especially for a serious wrestler like Negro Casas. On September 2, 2008, the last Casas brother, El Felino turned Rudo as well and joined La Peste Negra . After Felino joined the group Heavy Metal was quietly phased out as he was not comfortable working the comedic style. Felino's wife Princesa Blanca joined the group in early 2009, turning Rudo to work with La Pestra,

979-483: A man who go on to become a cultural icon in Mexico and is often cited as the greatest Mexican wrestler of all time. With the popularity of El Santo as well as other Mexican stars such as Bobby Bonales , Tarzán López , Cavernario Galindo and Gory Guerrero Arena Modelo eventually became too small to accommodate the demand for tickets. To solve the problem Lutteroth financed the construction of Arena Coliseo in Mexico City,

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1068-470: A match on March 8 ended without a conclusive winner. Four months later El Hijo del Santo claimed the title once more, when he defeated El Felino in the rematch. Casas made his first trip to Japan in 1998 to work New Japan Pro-Wrestling 's (NJPW) Best of the Super Juniors tournament . He ended up with just one point in the tournament, losing all but one match. 1998 also marked the year El Felino competed in

1157-705: A match where Pepe Casas' hair was on the line if the Casas brothers had lost. As a result of the Casas' brothers victory, referee El Tirantes' hair was shaved off instead. By the end of the year El Felino left AAA, with his last match for the company taking place on October 17 that saw El Felino, Hator, La Parka Jr. and Path Finder defeating Los Vipers ( Abismo Negro and Electroshock ), El Hijo del Espectro and El Hijo del Solitario. After his short stay with AAA, El Felino worked his first match back for CMLL on October 22, only five days after his last match for AAA. In December, El Felino teamed up with rookie Tigre Blanco (who had

1246-543: A number of local wrestling promoters across Mexico, allowing them to use the EMLL name and some of their contracted wrestlers while also gaining access to local wrestlers in return. Each booking office was independent of each other, but the main office in Mexico City had the final say if there were disputes over who would be able to book certain wrestlers. In 1942, a masked wrestler clad in silver, simply known as El Santo ("the Saint"),

1335-433: A regular basis since the 1930s. Founder Salvador Lutteroth funded the building of Arena Coliseo in 1943, making it the first building in Mexico built specifically for professional wrestling. Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Prior to 1933, lucha libre shows in Mexico were primarily promoted by foreign promoters doing the occasional match through Mexico or

1424-533: A result. On January 29, 1989, he won his Apuestas match, pinning Mario Prado Jr. to force Prado to have his hair shaved off. In 1989 Casas began working for Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Enterprise"; EMLL), later known as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("Word Wrestling Council"; CMLL). in EMLL, he adopted a new masked persona, the technico "El Felino" (Spanish for "The Feline") character. As El Felino he wore an orange mask with black tiger stripes as well as an orange full body suit to match

1513-536: A rule illustrated in 2015 where L.A. Park was fired from the promotion only three weeks after returning due to a profanity-laden rant during a CMLL show. CMLL's main programming, hosted by Alfonso Morales, Leobardo Magadan and Miguel Linares, is broadcast regularly on Televisa in Mexico, on LATV in the United States, and formerly on Telelatino in Canada and The Wrestling Channel in the United Kingdom. CMLL also had

1602-617: A similar "wild cat" character) for the Gran Alternativa tournament. The duo defeated Fugaz and Scorpio Jr. in the first round, then Ricky Marvin and Ringo Mendoza in the semi-finals and finally Máscara Año 2000 and Sangre Azteca in the finals to win the entire tournament. Felino won the CMLL World Welterweight Championship for the third time with a victory over Nosawa on September 21, 2001, in Mexico City. On July 26, 2002, El Felino and Black Tiger survived

1691-410: A storyline that was split between CMLL and Lucha Libre Elite shows. The storyline led to Super Crazy defeating El Felino as in a Lucha de Apuestas match, forcing El Felino to be shaved bald. The rivals teamed up for the 2016 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles ("National Incredible teams tournament"), but they lost to Máscara Dorada and Boby Z in the first round. In November 2017, CMLL held

1780-622: A syndicated show called "Sin Limite de Tiempo" ("with no time limit") which shows matches from Arena Coliseo shows and matches they could not fit onto the regular broadcast. It aired in Los Angeles on KWHY and Also Air in San Francisco on KEMO-TV . This show was followed up by "Guerreros del Ring" on Canal 52MX. Also, Spanish-language American sports channel Fox Sports en Español recently started broadcasting CMLL programming. Recently CMLL also added

1869-470: A tag team tournament teaming rudos with technicos . The team lost to La Máscara and Averno in the first round despite Averno and La Máscara being long time rivals. On March 15, 2013, El Felino teamed up with his sons Tiger and Puma to defeat the team of Guerrero Maya Jr. , Delta and Tritón in the opening match of the 2013 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas . On February 18, 2014, El Felino, Mr. Niebla and Negro Casas defeated La Máscara, Rush and Titán to win

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1958-473: A ten-man steel cage match . In October 2011, El Felino became one of four CMLL wrestlers featured in an A&E Latinoamericano documentary series titled El Luchador . In late 2011, El Felino began feuding with Blue Panther , which led to a Hair vs. Hair match on December 16 at Sin Piedad . A week prior to the show, Panther was disqualified in a tag team match, after giving El Felino a Martinete . This led to

2047-431: A tournament for family teams called Copa Dinastia . Felino and his sons Tiger and Puma lost to Dragon Lee, Mistico and their father Comandante Pierroth . El Felino was one of 12 participants in the 2017 La Copa Junior VIP tournament , but was eliminated by Drago Lee. El Felino participated in the 2018 Leyenda de Plata tournament, but was eliminated in the opening round when he was pinned by Soberano Jr. and became

2136-751: A variation of it, sometimes modifying the spelling to better fit their gimmick , such as Dave Bautista becoming Batista (later reverting to his real name for his Hollywood acting career), Patricia Stratigeas becoming Trish Stratus , Jonathan Good becoming Jon Moxley , Bryan Danielson becoming Daniel Bryan (when he wrestled in WWE), Richard Fliehr becoming Ric Flair and Randall Poffo becoming Randy Savage . Others simply use part of their name, such as Bill Goldberg using Goldberg , Nicole Garcia-Colace using Nikki Bella , Mike Mizanin using The Miz , Cody Runnels using Cody Rhodes , and Michael Wardlow using Wardlow . Many female wrestlers go solely by their first name such as. It

2225-611: A video was posted on YouTube featuring an interview David Marquez had with NWA Executive Director and Legal Counsel Robert Trobich . Trobich announced that CMLL did not have permission to use the NWA trademark. The rights to usage of the NWA trademark in Mexico is now held by NWA Mexico, represented by Blue Demon, Jr. CMLL replaced the three championships with the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship , NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship and

2314-673: A working relationship with CMLL. CMLL regularly runs six shows on five days in a week. The biggest weekly show is the Friday night Super Viernes ("Super Friday") show, held in the famous Arena Mexico in Mexico City. CMLL runs also shows on Saturdays in Arena Coliseo , on Sundays in Arena Mexico, on Mondays in Arena Puebla , and on Tuesdays in Arena Mexico and Arena Coliseo Guadalajara. The Friday and Tuesday shows are also televised. Of all

2403-697: A working relationship with New Japan Pro-Wrestling as part of "G-1 World", several wrestlers have since toured between the two companies winning titles, including Místico winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and Jushin Thunder Liger winning the CMLL Universal Championship tournament. Since 2011, the two promotions have annually co-promoted events in Japan, under the name Fantastica Mania . In 2011, CMLL established

2492-403: A working relationship with American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). The two promotions were linked through their separate relationships with NJPW. The alliance with ROH ended on April 27, 2021. On July 7, 2019, CMLL announced the death of the president of the company Paco Alonso (who died a day before, on July 6). On July 10, CMLL appointed Sofía Alonso , Paco's daughter, as the president of

2581-598: A working relationship with Japanese women's promotion Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina and announced that the two promotions would create a new championship for women who have been in the professional wrestling industry for less than ten years, called the CMLL-Reina International Junior Championship . This was followed by the establishment of the CMLL-Reina International Championship one year later. On March 16, 2010,

2670-539: Is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City . The promotion was previously known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) ( Mexican Wrestling Enterprise ). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence. CMLL currently recognizes and promotes 12 World Championships in various weight divisions and classifications, six national level and six regional level championships. The CMLL Anniversary Show series

2759-587: Is a highly respected tradition in Mexican lucha libre for performers to hide their true identities, usually wrestling under masks, and revealing a luchador's identity without their permission is considered a serious offence with real-life consequences. Professional wrestlers are often referred to by their contemporaries by their ring name. In interviews, Bret Hart regularly referred to Mark Calaway, Curt Hennig, and Kevin Nash by their ring names ( The Undertaker , Mr. Perfect , and Diesel ). Ring names are often trademarked by

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2848-448: Is also common for wrestlers of all genders to use a nickname in addition to their real name for marketability and other reasons. Ricky Steamboat is an atypical instance of a wrestler adopting a ring name to sound less intimidating, as his legal name of Richard Blood was considered unfitting for his babyface persona. Some (mostly independent ) wrestlers still go to great lengths to ensure that their real names are not publicly known. It

2937-415: Is also the uncle of wrestlers Canelo Casas , Danny Casas , Black Star, Destroyer and Nanyzh Rock. His sons are both wrestlers under the names of Tiger and Puma King respectively. Up until mid-2014, his wife, Blanca Rodríguez wrestled under the ring name "Princesa Blanca" but has since retired. He was a member of the group La Peste Negra ("The Black Plague") from 2008 to 2020, with whom he has held

3026-530: Is the longest-running annual major show, starting in 1934, with the CMLL 91st Anniversary Show being the most recent. CMLL also regularly promotes major events under the names Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends"), Sin Piedad ("No Mercy"), Sin Salida ("No Escape"), Infierno en el Ring ("Inferno in the Ring") during the year. CMLL has promoted their regular weekly Super Viernes ("Super Friday") on

3115-460: The Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to Two Legends") annual show series. From 2007 to 2009, CMLL had a working relationship with American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , which saw CMLL's Averno , Rey Bucanero , Último Guerrero and Volador Jr. winning the 2008 TNA World X Cup and TNA worker Alex Shelley winning the 2008 CMLL International Grand Prix . In 2008, CMLL established

3204-474: The Leyenda de Plata ("Silver Legend") tournament, CMLL's most prestigious tournament at the time. He was eliminated by Scorpió Jr. early on. For the April 1999 Gran Alternativa tournament, El Felino teamed up with rookie Starman , but lost to Mr. Niebla and Atlantico in the opening round. In 1999, after 10 years with CMLL, Jorge Casas left the company to work for their Mexican rival AAA . He, as El Felino,

3293-553: The Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles final where Felino distracted Cavernario enough that he was pinned for the third and final fall), until they agreed on a hair vs. hair match at Homenaje a Dos Leyendas . The event had to be cancelled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it would be rescheduled the following year. They continued the feud later that year during CMLL's empty arena shows. In 2021, they were paired together for

3382-699: The Mexican National Trios Championship . He has also won the CMLL World Welterweight Championship three times in his career, the Mexican National Welterweight Championship once, and is the current Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. He has also won several major CMLL tournaments, including the 1999 Torneo Gran Alternativa , the 2001 Copa Ovaciones and the 2002 Leyenda de Plata tournament . Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz

3471-766: The NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship . On September 19, 2014, CMLL became only the second promotion in the Americas, after WWE , to draw a $ 1 million gate with their 81st Anniversary Show , headlined by a Mask vs. Mask match between Atlantis and Último Guerrero. On November 6, 2014, the promotion made an alliance with the Mexican independent group Lucha Libre Elite to help bring independent wrestlers into CMLL which ended in early 2018. On July 6, 2016, NJPW announced that they would broadcast CMLL Friday shows in their video-streaming service, NJPW World . On August 10, CMLL announced

3560-511: The NWA World Welterweight Championship . In the early 1950s television became as a viable entertainment medium in Mexico which was set to bolster the popularity of EMLL, but Arena Coliseo was not equipped properly for television transmissions. As it turns out luck was on Lutteroth and EMLL's side as Lutteroth and the personnel at Arena Coliseo bought a lottery ticket worth 5 million Pesos . Lutteroth used his portion of

3649-483: The Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles , but were defeated in the first round by Ángel de Oro and Mephisto . Cavernario was later challenged by Felino for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, which happened on June 29. Felino defeated Cavernario at the event, hitting him with a low blow, as the referee was dealing with Negro Casas ; it was his first singles championship win since 2011. At Homenaje

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3738-568: The Universal Wrestling Association (UWA). With the creation of the UWA EMLL faced a rival national promotion for the first time. In the mid-1980s, Chavo Lutteroth II retired, allowing his nephew Paco Alonso , grandson of Chavo Lutteroth I , to take control of EMLL. In the late 1980s, EMLL decided to leave the NWA, seeking to distance themselves from the political wrestling in the National Wrestling Alliance. At that time, EMLL, with

3827-453: The ladder match , CMLL remains much more traditional. They also have strict rules for what they will allow to happen during their shows; on one occasion a match between Dr. Wagner Jr. and L. A. Park during the CMLL 75th Anniversary Show degenerated into a brawl on the floor that was so out of control that both wrestlers were fired by CMLL a short time later. CMLL also has strict rules on what wrestlers can and cannot say during their shows,

3916-482: The promotion that creates a character or gimmick for a performer. It is common to see one performer use a variety of ring names throughout their career, even if their overall persona remains similar. This is especially true in WWE , which has largely forced most wrestlers that have debuted since 2006 to use a WWE-owned ring name instead of a ring name that they used on the independent circuit or, such as with Daniel Bryan and

4005-728: The "Dudley Boyz" name, leading them to have to change their name when they went to TNA. The members' individual names were also trademarked by WWE, forcing them to have to change their names. WWE partially repealed the policy in 2015, allowing wrestlers who were well known in other promotions such as Samoa Joe , A.J. Styles , Shinsuke Nakamura , Austin Aries , Bobby Roode , and Eric Young to use their long-standing ring names (or, in Nakamura's and Roode's cases, their real names) as well as wrestlers who sign "Tier 2" NXT brand contracts such as Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa , who wrestle both on NXT and

4094-716: The Casas brothers defeated La Corporacion (Black Tiger, Pentagon Black , and Pantera) to win the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship . The Casas' brothers trios championship reign in IWRG lasted 133 days, until Cerebro Negro , Veneno and Scorpio Jr. won it from them. Later in 2006, El Felino teamed up with longtime rival Pantera to win the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship on June 29, 2006, as they defeated Los Cerebros (Cerebro Negro and Dr. Cerebro ). They would hold

4183-586: The Distrito Federal Box y Lucha Commission announcing that Panther was suspended for two weeks, starting after the December 16 event. At Sin Piedad , El Felino tried to exact revenge on Panther, but was disqualified after the referee caught him going for a Martinete . As a result, El Felino was shaved bald. El Felino was teamed up with tecnico El Hijo del Fantasma for the 2013 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles ("National Incredible Pairs Tournament"),

4272-484: The Mexican National Trios Championship. They lost the title to Los Reyes de la Atlantida ( Atlantis , Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr.) on April 26, 2015. Felino, Casas and Mr. Niebla lost to the trio of Dragon Lee and Sky Team ( Místico and Valiente ) on the undercard of the CMLL 82nd Anniversary Show . In late 2015 into early 2016, El Felino became involved in a storyline feud with Super Crazy ,

4361-504: The Mexican network Cadena Tres to its list of networks airing CMLL Wrestling. Galavision began airing CMLL wrestling in the spring of 2011. Galavision shows only a one-hour version while LATV has shown a two-hour version. In 2015, several of CMLL's shows became available live on their YouTube channel and they have held a number of internet- Pay Per Views (PPVs). Each year CMLL promotes a number of signature events, some shown as pay-per-view events and others shown on regular television. Over

4450-603: The Mexican-based Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). On July 5, 2023, CMLL announced an alliance with the Arena Coliseo Tony Arellano de Torreón, who at a press conference announced this merger in which they will work on several very ambitious projects. Edgar "güero" Noriega, referee and promoter of this company, attended the press conference directly from the CMLL, for several good news, the first being

4539-626: The US based National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming the official NWA territory for all of Mexico, known as "NWA-EMLL" outside Mexico. By joining the NWA, Lutteroth and EMLL gained control of the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship . They were also able to re-brand their "World Middleweight Championship" to become the NWA World Middleweight Championship and their "World Welterweight Championship" became

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4628-507: The United States, allowed El Felino to work for ROH in August 2019, first teaming with Okumura and Silas Young to defeat The Shinobi Shadow Squad (Cheeseburger, Eli Isom and Ryan Nova), followed by a loss to The Bouncers (Brian Milonas and Beer City Bruiser ) the following night as part of ROH's Honor for All supercard show. On January 24, 2020, at La Noche de Mr. Niebla , Felino and Bárbaro Cavernario faced each other on opposite sides in

4717-452: The championship on March 25, 2005, to Dr. X , Nitro and Sangre Azteca . Through CMLL's working relationship with International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), El Felino had worked for the group on special occasions over the years, but began working for them on a regular basis in 2005. First he formed a group called Los Revolucionarios with Black Dragon and Matrix , but soon began working with his brothers instead. On August 25, 2005,

4806-411: The company. On August 26, it was revealed that Sofía had been relieved of her position, with Salvador "Chavo" Lutteroth III becoming the chairman and CEO of PROMECOR-CMLL. In September 2021, president of Ice Ribbon Hajime Sato appeared alongside Kounosuke Izui, promoter of Lady's Ring, on an episode of CMLL Informa to announce the establishment of a working relationship between the two promotions and

4895-562: The consent of Paco Alonso , the booker Antonio Peña and the Monterrey promoter Carlos Humberto Elizondo, devised the creation of the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council") to establish a new identity after the NWA split, in order to have their own titles and organize promoters who wanted to join, in addition to sounding more international. From 1991 through 1993 CMLL created eight "CMLL World" titles in addition to

4984-418: The day-to-day operations of EMLL leaving the company in the hands of his son Salvador "Chavo" Lutteroth Jr. In 1975, local promoter Francisco Flores , along with EMLL trainer Ray Mendoza broke away from EMLL, citing their displeasure with EMLL's conservative, restrictive promotional style. The two took a number of EMLL's younger wrestlers with them to form Lucha Libre Internacional, S. C , later known as

5073-525: The end CMLL owner Paco Alonso decided to go with Juan Herrera's booking style. After Paco Alonso chose to ignore Peña's booking ideas, Peña began negotiations with Televisa television channel to fund a new wrestling promotion that would provide Televisa with weekly wrestling shows. In 1992 Peña started a booking agency, providing wrestlers and matches for the Televisa owned Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion. While Peña technically owned

5162-508: The end of 1994, El Felino won another mask, as he defeated Justiciero in a Lucha de Apuestas match in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Felino was teamed up with Emilio Charles Jr. for the 1995 Copa de Oro , held in honor of Oro who died during a match in 1993. The duo defeated Blue Demon Jr. and Silver King in the first round, the team of Máscara Mágica and Ringo Mendoza in the semi-finals before losing to Chicago Express and Pierroth Jr. in

5251-644: The exception of a short stint in AAA in 1999, Casas has worked for CMLL since adopting the "El Felino" ring character. El Felino was originally an enmascarado , or masked professional wrestler, but was forced to unmask in March 2010 due to losing a match. He is a second-generation professional wrestler, as he is the son of wrestler-turned-referee Pepe Casas and a part of the Casas wrestling family . His siblings include his older brother Negro Casas and younger brother Heavy Metal . He

5340-539: The finals. In 1997, El Hijo del Santo began defending the WWA World Welterweight Championship in CMLL. On February 21 El Felino added another welterweight championship to his collection as he defeated El Hijo del Santo for the WWA title. El Hijo del Santo regained the championship on October 8, 1997, only for El Felino to win it a second time on January 31, 1998. The championship ended up being vacated after

5429-543: The finals. With his success in the welterweight division, El Felino was one of 16 wrestlers in a tournament to determine a new NWA World Welterweight Champion . He defeated Onita Jr. and Oro II to the semi-finals, where he lost at this stage to El Hijo del Santo to be eliminated from the tournament. In May of that year Máscara Mágica defeated El Felino in the finals of a tournament for the vacant CMLL World Welterweight Championship after Felino had first defeated Alacran de Durango, Ángel Azteca , and Ciclón Ramírez to advance to

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5518-439: The first arena in Mexico built specifically for professional wrestling and the first sports building in Mexico to have built in air conditioning. The arena, nicknamed the "Lagunilla Funnel" due to its interior shape would hold over 8,800 spectators when configured for Lucha libre or boxing. Arena Coliseo began hosting EMLL's annual Anniversary shows starting with the 10th Anniversary show . In 1953, Salvador Lutteroth joined

5607-477: The independent circuit to keep their ring names (or, in Gargano's case, his real name). Gargano and Ciampa have since signed exclusive WWE contracts. "In-house" WWE wrestlers still use WWE-owned ring names. In rare cases, the rights to a wrestler's ring name may be owned by a company with little or no connection to professional wrestling, such as Marvel Comics ' ownership of the name Hulk Hogan until early 2003, which

5696-507: The last couple of years CMLL have held three regular events each year and a number of one off, special events. The Major show, shown in order of when they happen during the year, include: CMLL conducts several annual tournaments which usually signify a big push. Tournaments have been left out of the schedule for unexplained reasons. Some tournaments are conducted as torneo ciberneticos , a large multi-man tag team elimination match, others are normal single elimination tournament. These are all

5785-511: The main bookers for EMLL, helping determine who would win matches, what storylines to use and so on, he was also a driving force behind the name change to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . Peña would often clash with Juan Herrera, the other main booker for CMLL at the time. Herrera wanted to maintain the old style of booking with heavyweights such as Atlantis , El Dandy and El Satánico , while Peña wanted to feature younger, faster moving wrestlers such as Konnan , Octagón or Máscara Sagrada . In

5874-414: The main event of the 2010 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas. La Sombra was the first man pinned at Dos Leyendas and El Felino was the second, forcing the two to put their masks on the line. After a long match La Sombra pinned El Felino. After the match he unmasked and announced that his real name was Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz. On September 30, 2011, at CMLL's 78th Anniversary Show , El Felino won Rey Bucanero 's hair in

5963-492: The major professional wrestling promotions in the world, CMLL is one of the most conservative, having earned the nickname "The serious and the stable" ( La Seria y Estable ) over time. Matches with blood are not broadcast unless it accidentally happens during a live event. CMLL rarely uses specialty or "gimmick matches" outside a limited number of steel cage matches and the occasional Super Libre , no-disqualification matches. While other promotions have adopted matches such as

6052-405: The mask design. On July 5, 1992, El Felino defeated Ciclón Ramírez to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship . The match was part of a longer running storyline between the two. Felino vacated the title after winning the CMLL World Welterweight Championship on July 16, 1992. He lost the championship to Ciclón Ramírez on May 21, 1993, as part of their ongoing feud. The storyline between

6141-494: The merger in which this Tony Arellano Arena will be part of the company's programming as it does with the Coliseo de Guadalajara, Puebla, Arena México and Arena Coliseo and now La Laguna is already the headquarters and has been certified. On August 3, 2023, the CMLL and Revolution Pro Wrestling announced their alliance beginning with their first joint event, Fantastica Mania UK. On October 13, 2023, All Elite Wrestling announced

6230-427: The ninth wrestler to be eliminated from the contest. For the 2019 Copa Dinastia , El Felino and Negro Casas faced and lost to Flyer and Volador Jr. in the opening round. El Felino was one of the wrestlers selected to work against Jushin Thunder Liger as Liger toured Mexico on his retirement tour, losing to Liger on a CMLL/Lucha Libre Real show on July 20, 2019. CMLL's working relationship with Ring of Honor (ROH) in

6319-724: The prefix "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Numerous boxers have used ring names or nicknames as their mode of identification during their professional boxing careers, particularly during the late 19th century and the early 20th century. The ring name "Kid" was particularly popular, indicating the boxer's comparative youth. Since the mid 20th century, ring names for boxers have typically been less common, although nicknames have become more popular in recent years. Famous examples of boxers who used ring names include: Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. ( CMLL ; Spanish pronunciation: [konˈsexo munˈdjal de ˈlutʃa ˈliβɾe] , "World Wrestling Council")

6408-540: The premier boxing venue in Mexico City , but the promoters would not let him rent it, forcing Lutteroth and EMLL to take up residence in Arena Modelo , an abandoned and run-down facility that Lutteroth was able to use as his home base. The concept of Lucha Libre quickly became very popular, so much so that the EMLL 1st Anniversary Show drew a sold-out crowd of 5,000 paying fans. In 1934, an American wrestler debuted in Mexico under

6497-643: The promotion Televisa owns the rights to the AAA name. In a move that mirrored Flores' departure in the 1970s Peña left the promotion alongside a number of young wrestlers who were unhappy with their position in the promotion. With the creation of AAA the promotion replaced the UWA as Mexico's other main wrestling promotion, creating a long running rivalry between CMLL and AAA. Starting in 1996 CMLL began promoting an annual show in March, first paying homage to Salvador Lutteroth, then later Lutteroth and El Santo and then finally becoming

6586-626: The ring name "Babe Casas". The first documented match for Babe Casas took place on January 14, 1984. He later began working for the Naucalpan, State of Mexico-based Universal Wrestling Association (UWA). Early on in his time with the UWA, he won the Naucalpan Lightweight Championship, but ended up losing it to El Pantea on January 27, 1985. Around the same time he would lose a Lucha de Apuestas , or "Bet match", to Pantera I on two different occasions, which meant that he shaved bald as

6675-443: The three NWA branded titles they retained and a slew of other championships. At the start of the 1990s the company began appearing on the national Televisa network, which led to a second big boom in business due to the renewed national television exposure, in the mid-1970s through the 1980s, magazines and newspapers were the sole medium of Lucha Libre for most Mexicans. In the mid-1980s, retired wrestler Antonio Peña became one of

6764-501: The title into 2007, losing to Los Junior Dinamitas ( El Hijo de Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. ). In July 2008 Mr. Niebla returned to CMLL, forming a group with Negro Casas and Heavy Metal called La Peste Negra (Spanish for "the Black Plague), a Rudo group that had a more comical approach to wrestling. The trio started wearing large afro wigs, painting their faces black and dancing during their entrances and generally worked

6853-425: The transgression. After the main event of the show, Místico challenged Volador Jr. to a Lucha de Apuesta , or bet match, between the two with their masks on the line. During the main event La Sombra came to Volador Jr.'s aid while El Felino helped Místico. On the February 26 Super Viernes show it was announced that Místico, Volador Jr., La Sombra and El Felino would face off in a four-way Lucha de Apuesta match as

6942-479: The turn led to Princesa Blanca winning the Mexican National Women's Championship from Marcela on January 30. La Pesta Negra's biggest triumph to date is Negro Casas' title win over Místico that brought the CMLL World Welterweight Championship into the group. After the title win, La Peste Negra continued their feud with Místico and his various allies. The feud led to Místico and Negro Casas facing off in

7031-680: The two led to a mask vs. mask, Lucha de Apuestas , on July 9, which saw El Felino pin Ramírez, forcing him to remove his mask and state his name afterwards. Felino regained the CMLL World Welterweight March 30, 1994 in Acapulco , conclusively ending the storyline between the two as he defeated Ciclón Ramírez again. His second reign came to an end on June 21, 1994, as he relinquished the championship to El Pantera II in Cuernavaca, Morelos. Near

7120-458: The use of the masks and ring characters EMLL helped create the sacred position of the mask in Lucha libre , making it the ultimate status symbol for luchadors . In the early days of EMLL, most of the top names were Americans, but with time EMLL introduced several Mexican natives that became so popular that they began to main-event most of the EMLL shows. To expand their business, EMLL began working with

7209-424: The vacant Mexican National Trios Championship by defeating Alan Stone, Super Crazy and Zumbido in the finals of a tournament. At the 2004 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends") show, El Felino, Safari and Volador Jr. successfully defended the Mexican National Trios Championship against Olímpico , Super Crazy and Zumbido . The Mexican National Trios Championship reign lasted 476 days, as they lost

7298-547: The winnings to finance the construction of Arena México , on the location where Arena Modelo used to sit. Arena México enabled EMLL to broadcast their weekly wrestling shows across Mexico, yielding a popularity explosion for the sport. Starting in 1956, with the EMLL 23rd Anniversary Show all anniversary shows were held in Arena México, except the EMLL 46th Anniversary Show . Over time the arena became known as "The Cathedral of Lucha Libre". Over time, Lutteroth retired from

7387-455: The wrestler's gimmick changes, either subtly or dramatically. After debuting in WWE as the " Connecticut Blueblood " Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Paul Levesque's character later morphed into Triple H . A more drastic change sometimes occurs when a wrestler turns heroic or villainous , such as when Hulk Hogan joined the villainous nWo (New World Order) and became "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. His new attitude

7476-407: Was born on March 22, 1964, son of professional wrestler Pepe Casas, best known as wrestling referee Pepe "Tropi" Casas later on, and part of the Casas wrestling family , spanning three generations of wrestlers. Jorge Casas' older brother José would later become known under the ring name Negro Casas , while his younger brother, Erick Francisco Casas, would be known as Heavy Metal . For years Casas

7565-596: Was due to Hogan being advertised as " The Incredible Hulk Hogan" early in his career, while Marvel owned the trademark for their comic book character. Sometimes, a wrestler will buy the rights to their own ring name; for example, Steve Borden owns the rights to the name Sting and licenses it to the musician of the same name . The wrestler formerly known as Test took this one step further and legally changed his name to "Andrew Test Martin". Jim Hellwig, known as The Ultimate Warrior , had his name legally changed to simply "Warrior". In many cases, ring names evolve over time as

7654-595: Was enhanced by changing his costume color scheme from his famous red and yellow to nWo's black and white. Steve Williams adopted the ring name Steve Austin to avoid confusion with the then-more established performer "Dr. Death" Steve Williams . Austin would wrestle under that name for several years before signing with the WWF and being given the name "the Ringmaster". This gimmick failed to catch on, and Austin reverted to his established name, reaching his greatest level of success with

7743-519: Was intrigued by it, especially the main event, Greek wrestler Gus Pappas. Four years later, Lutteroth, along with his financial backer Francisco Ahumada, chartered Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; literally "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise"), the first Mexican-owned wrestling promotion in the country. EMLL held their first show on September 21, 1933, considered the "birth of Lucha libre", and which led to Lutteroth being known as "the father of Lucha Libre". EMLL initially tried to book Arena Nacional,

7832-441: Was introduced to the AAA audience as support for his younger brother Heavy Metal and their father as part of an ongoing storyline. His first mach for AAA took place on April 18, 1999, when he, Heavy Metal and Perro Aguayo Jr. defeated El Texano , Espectro Jr. and Sangre Chicana . The Casas storylined peaked at Triplemanía VII on June 11, 1999. In the semi-main event El Felino and Heavy Metal defeated Kick Boxer and Thai Boxer in

7921-614: Was married to Blanca Rodríguez, who is known as professional wrestler Princesa Blanca . Prior to his relationship with Rodríguez, Casas had two children with his previous wife, known as Puma King and Tiger . His sister-in-law, wife of José, is a professional wrestler known as Dalys la Caribeña , and through that marriage he is related to Rafael Ernesto Medina Baeza, known as Veneno . His nephews and niece, Canelo Casas , Danny Casas , Destroyer and Nanyzh Rock are also second-generation professional wrestlers. After training under his father and Raúl Reyes he made his in-ring debut in 1982, using

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