Brazo de Platino

Brazo de Platino
Birth name Daniel Alvarado Nieves[1]
Born (1973-03-07) March 7, 1973[1]
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Brazo de Platino
Shadito Cruz, Jr.
Super Makita
Billed height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Billed weight 108 kg (238 lb)[1]
Trained by Shadito Cruz[1]
Brazo de Oro[1]
Debut 1986[1]

Daniel Alvarado Nieves (born March 7, 1973) is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Brazo de Platino ("Platinum Arm"). He is a part of the extensive Alvarado wrestling family that was founded by his father Shadito Cruz and includes Alvarado's five older brothers as well as a large number of third generation wrestlers. Most of the wrestlers in the Alvarado family is using or has used a ring name with the word "Brazo" ("Arm") in it at some point in their career. Alvarado has worked for a number of Mexican professional wrestling promotion, but is currently working on the Mexican Independent circuit and not permanently for one specific promotion.

Professional wrestling career

Daniel Alvarado Nieves was the youngest of six sons of Shadito Cruz and the last one to make his debut in 1986 after training under both his father and his brother Jesús Alvarado Nieves, better known as Brazo de Oro.[1][2][3][4] Initially he wrestled as Shadito Cruz Jr. and is the only Alvarado sibling to officially be billed as such.[5]

Brazo de Platino

After a few years as a professional wrestler Daniel Alvarado adopted a new ring name and character, Brazo de Platino ("Platinum Arm"), a name inspired by the ring name of his older brothers Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata, and El Brazo.[1] The last two Alvarado siblings also adopted "Brazo" names and became Súper Brazo and Brazo Cibernético. While his three oldest brothers had worked as "Los Brazos" and other Brazos had at times replaced one of them, Brazo de Platino, Brazo Cibernético, and Súper Brazo worked as Los Nuevo Brazos for the Universal Wrestling Association starting in 1992.[2][3][4] By 1994 the UWA collapsed and stopped promoting shows all together. In the years following the collapse of the UWA Brazo de Platino became a regular on the Mexican independent circuit, especially around Mexico City, oftentimes teaming with Súper Brazo and Brazo Cibernético until the death of Brazo Cibernético in 1999.[2][4] In 2000 Brazo de Platino began working regularly for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), one of Mexico's larges wrestling promotions. During his time in CMLL he became involved in a long running storyline feud against Olímpico, a storyline that led Brazo de Platino losing his mask as he was forced to unmask after losing a Luchas de Apuestas, or bet match, on July 27, 2000, to Olímpico.[1] The mask lost meant that all six Alvarado siblings had lost their masks in Luchas de Apuestas matches. Over the years Brazo de Platino became more of a "Special attraction" wrestler, brought in by a promoter for a few events but not working regularly, long term for any promotion. Brazo de Platino, as well as most of the other second generation Alvarado brothers often lost their hair in Luchas de Apuestas matches, losing to wrestlers such as Black Warrior, El Dandy, Rey Bucanero, Zumbido, Alan Stone, Villano III, Villano IV, and Ray Mendoza Jr.[1][6][7] Brazo de Platino even even lost his hair to how own brother, Súper Brazo, on at least two occasions, both times as a result of the brothers losing a Relevos Suicidas where they were forced to fight each other as a result. Platino began working for Toryumon Mexico in 2010 as he participated in their annual Yamaha Cup where Brazo de Platino and Brazo de Plata lost in the first round to El Hijo del Fantasma and Angélico.[8] He also participated in the Dragonmania V "Dragon Scramble" match but lost to Hijo del Fantasma.[9] For later Toryumon shows Brazo de Platino worked as the enmascarado character "Super Makita", a gimmick based on the show sponsor Makita power tools. In the first appearance as Super Makita he teamed up with "Super Suzuki", another sponsored character. The following year Platino (as Platino), participated in the "Dragon Scramble" match at DragonMania VI, but lost to Hajime Ohara.[10] On February 2, 2013, Brazo de Platino and Súper Brazo took part in another chapter in the decade long feud between the Alvarado brothers and Los Villanos as the two lost a Luchas de Apuestas to Villano III and Villano IV and was once again shaved bald.[7] On February 17, 2013, Súper Brazo and the rest of the Alvarado family held a special show, Homenaje a Shadito Cruz ("Homage to Shadito Cruz") where he teamed up with Súper Brazo and competed in the La Copa Shadito Cruz tournament, defeating El Hijo de Fishman and El Hijo de Canek before losing to their nephews Máximo and La Máscara in the semi-finals of the tournament.[11]

The Alvarado family

The Alvarado wrestling family spans three generations starting with Shadito Cruz followed by his 6 sons and a third generation of wrestlers that started working in the late 1990s. At least two different wrestlers have worked under the ring name "Brazo de Platino Jr." The first Brazo de Platino Jr. was Jose Cristian Alvarado Ruiz, the son of José Luis Alvarado (Brazo de Plata), who used the name since someone else was already wrestling as "Brazo de Plata Jr. He used the name until changing his ring character in 2004 to Maximo.[12] In 2010 another wrestler began working as Brazo de Platino Jr. but it was never confirmed if he truly was the son of Alvarado, a member of the Alvarado family or someone who was allowed to use the name and thus only had a storyline, or fictional, connection to the family.[4]

† = 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

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Olímpico (mask) Brazo de Platino(mask) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event July 27, 2000 [1]
Zapatista (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event September 7, 2000 [1]
Black Warrior (mask) Brazo de Platino (hair) San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí Live event September 30, 2000 [Note 1][1]
Olímpico (mask) Brazo de Platino (hair) Acapulco, Guerrero Live event December 26, 2000 [1]
El Dandy (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event May 30, 2001 [1]
Tony Rivera (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event October 18, 2001 [1]
Rey Bucanero (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Mexico City Live event August 11, 2002 [1][6]
Brazo de Platino (hair) Bestia Negra I (hair) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event January 8, 2004 [Note 2][1]
Brazo de Platino (hair) Queen (hair) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event April 15, 2004 [1]
Zumbido and Súper Brazo (hair) Brazo de Platino and Crazy 33 (hair) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event July 1, 2004 [1][3]
Brazo de Platino (hair) Travesti (hair) Mexico City Live event 2004 [1]
Alan Stone (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Mexico City Live event 2004 [1]
Magnifico I (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Coacalco, Mexico State Live event October 17, 2004 [1]
Súper Brazo (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Tampico, Tamaulipas Live event September 21, 2005 [Note 3][1]
Villano III (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Cuautitlan, State of Mexico Live event May 16, 2006 [Note 4][1]
Brazo de Platino (hair) Asesino Negro (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event July 23, 2006 [1]
Cesar Dantes (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event July 30, 2006 [1]
Súper Brazo (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Mexico City, Mexico Live event April 21, 2007 [Note 5][1][3]
Hajime Ohara (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event March 1, 2009
Apolo Estrada, Jr. (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Chilpancingo, Guerrero Live event November 19, 2010 [Note 6]
Ray Mendoza, Jr. (hair) Brazo de Platino (hair) Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, State of Mexico Live event March 4, 2012 [Note 7]
Los Villanos
(Villano III (hair) and Villano IV (mask)) 		Brazo de Platino and Súper Brazo (hair) Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico Live event February 2, 2013 [7]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Last two wrestlers in a steel cage match
  2. ↑ "Captain's Fall" trios match, Brazo de Platino (Captain), Brazo de Oro and Súper Brazo vs. Besita Negra I (Captain), Bestial and Impacto/
  3. ↑ Lost a Relevos Suicidas match to Bronco and Bulldozer and were forced to wrestle each other.
  4. ↑ Last two wrestlers in a steel cage match that also included Villano IV, Villano V, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata.
  5. ↑ Lost a Relevos Suicidas match to Villano IV and Villano V, Coco Blanco and Coco Verde, Pierroth, Jr. and Emilio Charles, Jr. and were forced to wrestle each other.
  6. ↑ Last two wrestlers in a steel cage match that also included Volador, Jr., La Máscara, Psicosis, El Hijo de Aníbal, Héctor Garza, Histeria, Dragón Rojo, Jr. and Atlantis.
  7. ↑ Last two wrestlers in a steel cage match

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Enciclopedia staff (July 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Brazo de Platino (in Spanish) (Mexico). p. 41. Tomo I.
  2. 1 2 3 "Los Brazos Familia Ejemplar / the Brazos a model Family". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 184–190. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Enciclopedia staff (December 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Super Brazo (in Spanish) (Mexico). p. 25. Tomo V.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha a Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 224–228. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  5. ↑ "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Shadito Cruz Jr. (in Spanish) (Mexico). December 2007. p. 37. Tomo V.
  6. 1 2 "Arena Coliseo, cementerio de máscaras y cabelleras". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. April 3, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (February 2, 2013). "Los Compadres del Diablo mucho colmillo para los Ex-WWE.". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Yamaha Cup 2010". Yamaha/Toyota Cup. Pro Wrestling History. February 26, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Dragon Mania V". Pro Wrestling History. May 29, 2010. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Dragon Mania V". Pro Wrestling History. May 14, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  11. ↑ "La Avalancha Alvarado apago la dinamita". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). February 17, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  12. ↑ Muñoz, Javier (November 26, 2009). "Brazos puede haber muchos pero Dinastia Alvarado solo hay una...". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 22, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
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