La Metálica
Artist rendition of La Metálica's mask
Birth nameUnrevealed[lower-alpha 1]
Born (1994-11-13) November 13, 1994
Mexico City, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Felina Metálica
  • La Metálica
Billed height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Billed weight52 kg (115 lb)
Trained by
  • Rocky Santana
  • Sadico
  • Judas el Traidor
  • Terrorista
  • Negro Navarro
  • Justiciero
  • Robin Maravilla
DebutMay 13, 2009

La Metálica (born November 13, 1994) is the ring name of a Mexican luchadora enmascarada, or masked female professional wrestler who works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a técnico ("Good guy") wrestling character. La Metálica's given name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept concealed from the general public.

She formerly worked under the name Felina Metálica prior to joining CMLL in 2016. She is the incumbent Mexican National Women's Champion, having won the title in December 2018. Her name means "The Metallic One" in Spanish, while "Felina Metálica" means "The Metallic Feline".

Professional wrestling career

La Metálica's birth name has not been revealed, nor reported on, which is a tradition in Lucha Libre when a wrestler has not been unmasked.[1] She made her in-ring debut on May 13, 2009, after having trained under Rocky Santana, Sadico, Judas el Traidor, Terrorista, Negro Navarro, Justiciero and Robin Maravilla for her in-ring career. One of her early high profile matches was at the Arena Lopez Mateos 45th Anniversary Show where she, Keira and Sadica defeated Ice Queen, La Hielera and La Vaquerita.[2] Her first documented championship match took place on January 26, 2014, on a Toryumon Mexico show as Baby Star successfully defended the North Women's Championship.[3] In June 2014, Felina Metálica first won a four-way match, defeating Mystique, Paloma Rouse, and Star Fire,[4] then another four-way match where she defeated Crazy Star, Reina Dorada, and Yuca la Potranquita to win the vacant Producciones Sánchez Women's Championship.[5] On an unknown date prior to July 2014, Felina Metálica also won the DZ Women's Championship.[6] On April 24, 2016, She outlasted La Heronina, Lilith Dark, Star Pink and Zuka to win the Copa WMC Feminil.[7]

CMLL (2016–current)

By September 2016, Felina Metálica began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Mexico's largest professional wrestling company, under the ring name "La Metálica". Her first CMLL match took place at the 2016 Leyendas Mexicanas show where she, La Amapola and La Jarochita lost to Estrellita, Marcela and Sanely.[8] The following month, La Metálica also wrestled on CMLL's annual Día de Muertos show, where she, La Amapola and Dalys la Caribeña lost to Estrellita, Marcela, and Sanely once more.[9][10] While she was under contract with CMLL, the company allowed La Metálica to work on the Mexican independent circuit when she was not needed for CMLL shows. One such independent show match saw La Metálica, La Heroina, Ludark Shaitan, and La Magnifica all risk their masks in a Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match". La Heroina won the match, pinning La Magnifica who then had to unmask.[11]

She finished 2016 by being one of ten women to risk either their mask or their hair in a steel cage match in the main event of the 2016 Infierno en el Ring supercard show. La Metálica was the second woman to escape the cage, keeping her mask safe while Zeuxis pinned La Vaquerita to win the match.[12][13] In July 2017, CMLL celebrated female wrestler Natalia Vazquez, one of the pioneers of women's professional wrestling, by holding the Copa Natalia Vazques. The 14-woman torneo cibernetico match saw La Metálica become the second wrestler eliminated.[14] For the CMLL 85th Anniversary Show, La Jarochita, Marcela and Princesa Sugehit defeated Dalys, Metálica and Reyna Isis on the undercard of CMLL's biggest show of the year.[15]

On December 9, 2018, La Metálica defeated Princesa Sugehit in a best two-out-of-three falls match to win the Mexican National Women's Championship, ending Princesa Sugehit's 672-day reign as champion.[16] In April 2019, La Metálica had an opportunity to become a double champion, but Marcela successfully defended the CMLL World Women's Championship.[17] In August CMLL introduced the Universal Amazons Championship tournament, the female equivalence of the CMLL Universal Championship, one of CMLL's biggest tournaments of the year. La Metálica outlasted Marcela, Avispa Dorada, La Amapola, La Guerrera, La Infernal, La Seductora, Maligna, Sanely and Tiffany to qualify for the finals of the tournament.[18][19] She lost to Dalys in the finals two weeks later.[20] Dalys originally earned a CMLL World Women's Championship match against Marcela, but the champion was injured in the weeks leading up to the show. Instead. La Metálica replaced her, defending the Mexican National Women's Championship at the CMLL 86th Anniversary Show. The end saw La Metálica awkwardly pin Dalys for a three-count even though Dalys clearly did not have her shoulders down.[21] At the 2019 Día de Muertos show, Dalys, La Metálica, and Reyna Isis defeated La Jarochita, Lluvia, and Princesa Sugehit, two falls to one.[22]

Championships and accomplishments

  • DZ Women's Championship (1 time)[23]
  • Producciones Sánchez Women's Championship (1 time)[24]
  • Wrestling Martín Calderón
  • Copa WMC Femenil (2016)[7]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Traditionally Mexican sources will not report on the birth name of a masked wrestler who has never been unmasked in the ring.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  2. ↑ "AULL 45. Aniversario de Arena Lopez Mateos". CageMatch. July 8, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Toryumon Mexico". CageMatch. January 26, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Producciones Sanchez". CageMatch. June 8, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Producciones Sanchez". CageMatch. June 15, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  6. ↑ "ILLM". CageMatch. July 26, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  7. 1 2 "WMC". CageMatch. April 23, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  8. ↑ Acosta, Carlos (September 19, 2017). "Apuntes y resultados sobre la función del CMLL: Leyendas Mexicanas" [Notes and results from the CMLL: Mexican Legends show]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  9. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (October 29, 2016). "¡Gran sorpresa! Valiente campeón universal del CMLL" [Major surprise! Valiente is the CMLL Universal Champion]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  10. ↑ Hernández Ortíz, Diego (October 29, 2016). "¡Noche de miedo! Valiente se convierte en Campeón Universal" [Scary night! Valiente becomes the Universal Champion]. ESTO (in Spanish). Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Kamicazes del Ring Noche de Apuestas". CageMatch. December 17, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  12. ↑ Dark Angelita (December 25, 2016). "CMLL: Resultados "Infierno en el Ring – Amazonas en acción" – 25/12/2016 – Vaquerita muestra su rostro, Zeuxis su verdugo" [CMLL: Results “Hell in the Ring - Amazons in action” - 12/25/2016 - Vaquerita shows her face, Zeuxis her executioner]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  13. ↑ López, Gonzalo (December 26, 2016). "Zeuxis deja sin máscara a La Vaquerita en Infierno en el Ring" [Zeuxis leaves La Vaquerita unmasked at Inferno in the Ring]. Yahoo! Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  14. ↑ Rosas Plata, Arturo (July 22, 2017). "Sugehit... ¡reina!" [Sugehit... Queen!]. Ovaciones (in Spanish). Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  15. ↑ Aiken, Chris (September 14, 2018). "CMLL 85. Aniversario live results: hair vs. hair tag team main event". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  16. 1 2 "¡La juventud triunfó! Metálica, nueva Campeona Nacional Femenil" [The Youth triumphs! Metálica new national women's champion]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). December 30, 2018. Archived from the original on December 31, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  17. ↑ "CMLL Lunes Arena Puebla". CageMatch. April 24, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Forastero finge un foul y la Nueva Generación Dinamita se lleva el triunfo" [Forastero fakes a foul and the New Generation Dynamite wins]. Marca (in Spanish). August 3, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Ciber derrotó a Último Guerrero; Metálica va por Campeonato Universal" [Cyber defeated Ultimo Guerrero; Metálica goes for Universal Championship]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). August 3, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  20. ↑ Dark Angelita (August 19, 2019). "CMLL: Dalys se corona como la primer Campeona Universal de Amazonas" [CMLL: Dalys is crowned the first Universal Amazon Champion]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  21. ↑ Ocampo, Ernesto (September 27, 2019). "CMLL Aniversario 86 (27 de septiembre 2019) | Resultados en vivo | 7 cabelleras en juego" [CMLL 86th Anniversary (September 27, 2019) | Live results | 7 scalps at play]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  22. ↑ @VideosOficialesCMLL (November 1, 2019). "Lucha Libre Viernes Espectacular Dia de Muertos 1 de noviembre de 2019 function completa" [Professional wrestling Friday spectacular Day of the death November 1 full show] (in Spanish). YouTube. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  23. ↑ "ILLM". CageMatch. July 26, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  24. ↑ "Producciones Sanchez Women's Championship". CageMatch. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
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