Abismo Negro
Abismo Negro | |
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Died | March 22, 2009[3][4] El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico[4] | (aged 37)
Spouse(s) |
Martha Gonzalez (m. 1994) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Alex Dinamo Pequeño Samurai Furor The Winner/Winners Abismo Negro[5] |
Billed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] |
Billed weight | 96 kg (212 lb)[2] |
Billed from | Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico[5] |
Trained by | El Noruego (Don Nerio Soto)[5] Delio Soto[5] Diablo Velasco[5][6][7] Ray Mendoza[5] |
Debut | 1987[8] |
Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González
In his professional wrestling career, Palomeque worked for the two most prominent professional wrestling promotions in Mexico:
On March 22, 2009, Palomeque was found dead in a river near El Rosario, Sinaloa; the official cause of death was listed as drowning. On the night before, a wrestler using the Abismo Negro outfit worked an AAA show pretending to be Palomeque; this incident caused the promoter to be barred from promoting shows for two years. Palomeque was inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame in June 2013.
Early life
Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González was born July 1, 1971, in
Professional wrestling career
Palomeque received further training from famous Mexican wrestling coaches Diablo Velasco and Ray Mendoza before changing his character and ring name to "Pequeño Samurai"—a masked persona patterned after the Japanese Samurai tradition. In 1991, Palomeque began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"), the biggest wrestling promotion in Mexico at that time. In CMLL, he worked as Furor, another masked ring persona.[1][10] While working as Furor, Palomeque won his first Luchas de apuestas, or "bet match" when he defeated his mentor El Noruego in a match where Noruego's hair and Palomeque's mask was at stake.[6]
Winners
In 1992 CMLL head
Abismo Negro
In January 1997, Palomeque's character was changed from that of the quintessential heroic ladies' man known as "Winners", to that of a cheating
In AAA,
In 1999, Los Vipers split into two factions, with Abismo Negro leading a splinter group called Los Vipers Extreme consisting of Electroshock, Pentagón, Shiima, El Cuervo and Mini Abismo Negro while Cibernético created a group called Los Vipers Primera Clase (First Class Vipers). After less than two months, the angle was dropped and Los Vipers reunited. Not long after Los Vipers reunited, Cibernético formed a group called Lucha Libre Latina (LLL), a group intent on taking over AAA that was inspired by World Championship Wrestling's New World Order.[1] Los Vipers became a subgroup within LLL, and Negro assumed leadership of Los Vipers.[1] On May 2, 1999, Negro and Electroshock teamed up to defeat Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr. to win the Mexican National Tag Team Championship. Los Vipers held the tag team title for four months before losing it to the team of Haytor and the Panther.[20]
In 2000, Palomeque participated in a AAA tour of Japan and competed at
Negro became one of the driving forces in LLL's feud with AAA owner Antonio Peña and his AAA loyalists. Over the years, Negro feuded with the top técnicos of AAA such as
In 2000 Abismo Negro won the hair of the Panther in Lucha del reves match, a contest where two masked wrestlers put their hair on the line instead of their mask.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004)
In 2004, TNA and AAA began a working relationship that saw TNA wrestlers work in Mexico and AAA wrestlers make several appearances on TNA's
Abismo Negro and the rest of Team AAA returned for the
Return to AAA (2005-2009)
After the World X Cup tournament ended, Negro returned to AAA full-time taking full charge of Los Vipers.
Black Abyss
In late 2007, AAA created a ring persona for a new wrestler called Black Abyss; the gimmick featured the same mask and attire as Negro and used a similar wrestling style to Negro as well. Initially, it was believed that this was done because there were rumors of him jumping to CMLL or to cover several no-shows.[1] In 2008, Negro's "almost winning" streak at Rey de Reyes continued as he lost in the final to El Zorro. Black Abyss made sure Negro did not win but interfering on Zorro's behalf during the match, furthering the storyline between the two.[42] During the fall of 2008, AAA pushed the storyline further by having Black Abyss "injure" Negro with his own trademark move the "Martinete".[1] Abismo Negro was scheduled to take part in Triplemanía XVI in a match where he would face Los Vipers (Psicosis, Histeria, Black Abyss and Mr. Niebla) in a cage match, but in the weeks leading up to the show Abismo Negro suffered an injury and the match had to be cancelled, AAA used the attack at Rey de Reyes as a storyline explanation of why the match did not take place.[1] At the 2008 Guerra de Titanes, Negro returned to challenge Los Vipers' Revolution and specifically Black Abyss.[43] Subsequently, the storyline between Negro and Black Abyss seemed to be building to a Luchas de Apuestas fight between the two, with their masks on the line.[44][45] Both Abismo and Black Abyss were booked in the same four-way elimination match qualifier at the Rey de Reyes (2009) event. Negro was able to eliminate Black Abyss from the match but was in turn eliminated by Latin Lover.[46] Black Abyss still competed under the Black Abyss name, still as a rudo, but seemingly only a couple times on TV since then. Black Abyss has stated his wishes to continue with the character to honor the memory of Abismo Negro, but AAA didn't shown a lot of interest in using it on TV. In October 2010 it was reported that Black Abyss had left AAA.[47]
Abismo Negro II
On September 27, 2011, AAA announced the start of a competition to find a new Abismo Negro.[48] In the end no one was chosen to take over the Abismo Negro character.
Personal life
Palomeque was married to a woman named Martha for 15 years and the couple had four children, two girls and two boys. Palomeque's wife has been suffering from breast cancer for a number of years.[49][50]
He often appeared on the morning television program Vida TV, in full wrestling gear and persona, billed as Abismo Negro. He usually appeared as a kind of judge for talent contests on the show earning him the nickname Fiscal De Hierro de la Televisión (the Iron Judge of Television).
Death
Palomeque was found dead on March 22, 2009. His body was found in a river near the town of
On Saturday March 21, while Palomeque was either lost in the hills or already dead, someone worked as Abismo Negro on an AAA show in
On October 26, 2009 AAA held the Torneo Abismo Negro in honor of Palomeque, the tournament was a 7-man
Championships and accomplishments
- Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- Heavy Metal[5]
Luchas de Apuestas record
Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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Furor (mask) | El Noruego (hair) | Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico | Live event | N/A | [6] |
Winners (mask) | Marabunta (mask) | Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico | Triplemanía III-B | June 18, 1995 | [10] |
Super Caló (mask) | Winners (mask) | Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico | Triplemanía III-C | June 30, 1995 | [5] |
Abismo Negro (hair) | Stuka Jr. (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | [a][6] |
Abismo Negro (hair) | The Panther (hair) | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | Live event | January 30, 2000 | [a][1] |
Abismo Negro (hair) | El Alebrije (hair) |
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | Live event | September 7, 2001 | [a][1] |
See also
Footnotes
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- Martinez, Juan F. (March 30, 2009). "Abismo de Dudas". El Periódico (in Spanish). D.F.pp. 14–15.