La Vaquerita

La Vaquerita
Birth name Unrevealed[1]
Born (1978-05-16) May 16, 1978
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Alaska[3]
Gypsy
La Vaquerita
Billed height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[4]
Billed weight 56 kg (123 lb)[4]
Trained by Arkangel de la Muerte[4]
Diablo Velasco[4]
Franco Colombo[4]
Gran Cochisse[4]
Virus[4]
Debut June 1993

La Vaquerita (Spanish for "The Little Cowgirl"; born May 16, 1978 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is the ring name of a Mexican luchadora enmascarada, or masked female professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a ruda ("bad girl") wrestling character. La Vaquerita's real 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.[1] She was the first holder of the Lucha POP Women's Championship and made her debut for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in late 2012.

Professional wrestling career

La Vaquerita became interested in lucha libre by pure chance, passing by Arena Coliseo in her native Guadalajara, Jalisco she noticed that they had female wrestlers on the card and became interested. She went to renowned wrestling trainer Diablo Velasco who lived in Guadalajara and got accepted into his wrestling school. According to Vaquerita she was the last female wrestler to be trained by Diablo Velasco before he retired in 1997.[3] She began working as a professional wrestler in 1993 at the age of only 16, as she was a last minute replacement when wrestler Miss Janeth was injured and the promoter was a woman short for the show. Even after her debut she continued her training under Velasco when she was not booked on shows. Initially she worked under the ring name Gypsy, an enmascarada (masked) character. Later on she would adopt the ring name "Alaska" as she worked primarily in and around Guadalajara.[3] At one point during either her time as Gypsy or Alaska she took an extended sabbatical from wrestling to have a child.[5]

La Vaquerita (2008–present)

After having worked as Alaska for some years La Vaquerita decided to change her name in 2008, inspired by some of the cheers and chants she got when she wore leather chaps to the ring during a match she decided to change her ring character and mask when her wrestling license was up for renewal anyway, giving birth to the "La Vaquerita" (The Cowgirl") ring character.[3] She continued to work on the independent circuit, but started to work more and more outside of Guadalajara, working for promotions such as Xtreme Latin American Wrestling (XLAW), Los Perros del Mal, International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) and Desastre Total Ultraviolento (DTU), normally working as a tecnica, a wrestler portraying the "good guys", also referred to as "a face". Vaquerita often faced off against Chica Tormenta and Keira, the latter of whom she developed a long running rivalry.[6] On Janiary 29, 2011 she worked a Mixed tag team match, teaming with male wrestler La Hormiga, losing to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) wrestler Sexy Star and Zumbi, marking her first time wrestling against someone from one of the "big two" promotions in Mexico, AAA and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. On January 30, 2011 she defeated Keira, Megan and Ashley to win DTU's Trofeo Promociones RAD tournament.[7] In March she teamed up with Cerebro Negro and Comando Negro to win a four team intergender tournament on a DTU show. La Vaquerita was one of six women from the independent circuit who was given a chance to compete for a match against the then reigning AAA Reina de Reinas Champion through DTU's relationship with AAA. La Vaquerita saw herself lose to constant rival Keira.[8] She was one of seven women vying for the newly created Pro-Lucha POP Women's Championship during Pro-Wrestling POP's debut show. La Vaquerita and rival Keira survived a Battle Royal to continue on to the finals of the tournament where La Vaquerita pinned her longtime rival to win the championship.[9] In July, 2011 La Vaquerita had an opportunity to become a double champion as she competed for the vacant DTU Chica Tercera Caida Championship, but lost to Vaneli in the torneo cibernetico, elimination match.[10] She had her first successful POP Women's Championship on August 27, 2011 as she defeated both Keira and Lolita. A few months later she was one of 15 men and women who risked their mask or hair on the outcome of a steel cage match, where the last person remaining in the cage would be either unmasked or shaved bald. The match also included female wrestlers Chica Tormenta, Herejia, Keira, Vaneli and male wrestlers Chucho el Roto, Epitafio, Iron Love, Mr. Potro, Ronny el Italiano, Ronny Ventura, Trauma I, Trauma II, Yakuza and the loser Mexico Bronco who was shaved bald after the match.[11] On October 2, 2011 La Vaquerita put her POP Women's Championship on the line against Chica Tormenta's Lucha Libre Feminil Junior Championship in a match that ended in a double pin, thus both champions left with their titles. La Vaquerita followed up with a third and a fourth successful defense against Vaneli and Yuki Star.[12] On February 19, 2012 during the debut show of the Daga Dynamite Dojo X-Project promotion La Vaquerita's 204-day-long run with the Pro-Lucha POP Women's Championship came to an end when she lost to Canadian LuFisto, two falls to one.[12] In late 2012 La Vaquerita wrestled a try-out match for CMLL, working as a ruda (bad guy character) for the first time, teaming with CMLL regulars Mima Shimoda and Zeuxis as they lost to Marcela, Dalys La Caribeña and Lady Afrodita in a match designed to give the CMLL officials a chance to evaluate her work. At the time she did not sign a contract with CMLL.[2] Her try-out was successful and by early 2013 she started working more shows for CMLL, including a match on CMLL's main show CMLL Super Viernes scheduled for April 12.[13] On September 8, La Vaquerita and Zeuxis won a tournament for the Reina World Tag Team Championship in Kawasaki, Japan.[14][15] They lost the title to Aki Shizuku and Ariya on November 2.[16]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  2. 1 2 Valdés, Apolo (November 14, 2012). "Vaquerita contenta con su debut en el CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Valdés, Apollo (January 5, 2012). "Vaquerita orgullosa campeona de POP". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Girls". Reina Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  5. ↑ Cruz Flores, Arturo (January 2011). "La vaquerita talento femenil originara". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (December 13, 2011). "Vaquerita quiere la mascara de Keira". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  7. 1 2 Velazquez Martinez, Alejandro (January 2011). "Noche de sorpresas en DTU en Tulancingo". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Reina de Reinas de AAA en jueg en DTU". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). April 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  9. 1 2 Reyes, Eduardo (July 7, 2012). "Vaquerita la primera campeona POP". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  10. ↑ "DTU femenil por el titulo la chica". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). July 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  11. ↑ Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (September 18, 2011). "Mexico Bronco perdio la mascara su". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  12. 1 2 Valdés, Apollo (February 19, 2012). "Lufisto es la nueva campeona POP". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Viernes 12 de Abril '13". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. April 5, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  14. 1 2 3 "セウシス&バケリータ組がLeon&ライディーン鋼組下し第9代Reina世界タッグ王者 欠場中Rayが「私が巻くハズだった」と挑発". Miruhon (in Japanese). September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Zeuxis y Vaquerita, Campeonas CMLL-Reina". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  16. ↑ "☆1１月２日（土）東京・新木場1st Ring　試合結果". Reina Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). Ameba. November 4, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
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