Adorable Rubí
Adorable Rubí | |
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Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico[2] | |
Family | Divino Roy (Nephew)[1] |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Silvestre Carbajal Bestia Roja Rubi Rubalcava/Rubi Ruvalcaba Adorable Rubí |
Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Billed weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
Trained by | Jose Rojas[1] Pepe "Lince" Hernandez[1] |
Debut | December 1965 (No later than)[1] |
Retired | 1989 |
Ruben Carbajal Lopez (December 31, 1931 – June 23, 2012) was a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler who is best known under the ring names Adorable Rubí and Rubi Rubalcava / Rubi Rubalcaba.[2] As Adorable Rubí he was one of the pioneers of the Exótico wrestling style, mixing Cross-dressing with wrestling to create a type or wrestling character that was more sexually ambiguous and self-obsessed. The "Adorable Rubí" character was inspired by Dizzy Gardenia, the first successful Exótico character to compete in Mexico. During his career he won the Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship, Mexican National Middleweight Championship and NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship. While he played an effeminate, self-obsessed character where it was implied he was homosexual, it was never revealed if that was Carbajal's personal sexual orientation as well.
Personal life
Ruben Carbajal Lopez was born on December 31, 1941, in
Professional wrestling career
In an interview in 2011, Carbajal recalled making his wrestling debut in October 1966; but while conducting research for Carbajal's obituary in 2012, SuperLuchas Magazine writer Teddy Baños found records indicating that Carbajal was actually working in December 1965 under the name "Silvestre Carbajal", putting the mistake down to Carbajal mis-remembering the date.[1] In his debut, he lost to veteran wrestler Tony Infante and was paid a total of 37.00 Pesos for the match.[1] Following his debut, EMLL sent him to Monterrey, Nuevo León to work for the local EMLL promoter to gain in-ring experience before returning to Mexico City at some point. In Monterrey, Carbajal got the opportunity to work with EMLL headliner René Guajardo as he worked in the northern Mexico for about two years. For part of the time, he was unable to compete due to a severe injury he suffered during a match with Bulldog Villegas.[1] In 1968, he returned to Mexico City, working as "Rubi Ruvalcaba" now, and put on a series of matches that made him the 1968 EMLL "Rookie of the year"[1] Unfortunately, there were only so many positions on the main show that he found himself only working sporadically in Mexico City.[1]
Working in Monterrey, Carbajal met and worked with El Chamaco Naturalista who used an Exótico ring character. Due to Carbajal's light build and long, wavy hair, Monterre promoter Gory Guerrero suggested that perhaps an Exótico character would work for Carbajal. He later recalled that Chamaco Naturalista offered to teach him ballet to help with his character while Carbajal could teach him Spanish.[3] After a year of ballet and working on incorporating the moves and mannerism into his repertoire, Carbajal was given a beautiful, sparkly ring robe by Chamaco Naturalista prior to his return to Mexico City.[3] In 1971, Carbajal returned to the national level, adopting a brand new ring persona transforming from the serious wrestler Rubi Ruvalcaba to the flamboyant, prissy Exótico "Adorable Rubí", a character he had patterned after one of the original Exóticos Dizzy Gardenia who had worked in Mexico in the 1940s. As "Adorable Rubí", he displayed a very self-centered attitude, more worried about his looks and his hair than his opponent at times and portraying a character whose sexuality was less macho than wrestlers usually displayed. Together with fellow Exóticos El Bello Greco and Sergio el Hermoso, he formed a trio known as La Ola Lila ("The Lilac Wave") that would work all over Mexico, headlining shows on several occasions.[4] The character was such a hit with the audience that EMLL decided to book him in Mexico City full-time, even deciding that he should win the Mexican National Middleweight Championship from then reigning champion Ciclón Veloz Jr. on December 14, 1973.[5][6] As Adorable Rubí, he would defend the championship for over six months, until it was decided to move the title to Aníbal on June 28, 1974.[5][6] During the EMLL 41st Anniversary Show on September 20, 1974, he wrestled Ringo Mendoza to a time limit draw.[7][8][9] Later in the year, he was booked in a championship match against Aníbal, playing up the rivalry between the flamboyant Exótico rule breaker Adorable Rubí and the popular masked good guy Aníbal as a continuation of the title change earlier in the year. The match was for Aníbal's NWA World Middleweight Championship and took place on December 13, 1974, in a match where Aníbal retained the championship by pinning the challenger.[10][11] Carbajal has stated in interviews that Aníbal was the first wrestler to defeat him in a Luchas de Apuestas, or bet match, and thus forced the image obsessed character to be shaved completely bald after his loss.[3] At the first of the EMLL 42nd Anniversary Shows, Adorable Rubí and Coloso Colosetti lost a tag team Luchas de Apuestas match to Los Gemelo Diablos ("The Twin Devils") and was once again shaved bald after the match.[8][9][12]
In 1976, EMLL decided to book Adorable Rubí as the
In the early-1980s, a new type of Exótico emerged in Mexico, where they were now overtly homosexual, somethings in real life, sometimes only in their ring persona, adopting certain aspects also found in
Retirement and death
Carbajal retired in 1989 and settled in
Championships and accomplishments
- Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre
- Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[6][20]
- Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time)[5]
- NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[13]
- Rookie of the year / Novato del Año: 1968[1]
Luchas de Apuestas record
Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes | EL Bello GRECO (hair) | Adorable Rubí (hair) | arena coliseo Loser 1968 | Aníbal (mask) | Adorable Rubí (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | [3] |
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Dr. Wagner (mask) | Adorable Rubí (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | N/A | [22] | |||||||||
El Fantasma (mask) | Adorable Rubí (hair) | El Pavillón Azteca | Live event | 1984 | [23] | |||||||||
Super Muñeco (mask) | Adorable Rubí (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | [24] | |||||||||
Adorable Rubí (hair) | Paco Pardínez (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | March 1, 1974 | ||||||||||
Los Gemelos Diablo (hair) | Coloso Colosetti and Rubí Rubalcava (hair) | Mexico City | EMLL 42nd Anniversary Show (1) | September 19, 1975 | [8][9][12] | |||||||||
Sangre Chicana and Adorable Rubí (hair) | El Cobarde and Dragón Rojo (hair) |
Mexico City | EMLL 45th Anniversary Show | September 1978 | [25] | |||||||||
Ringo and Cachorro Mendoza (hair) | Adorable Rubí and Divino Roy (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | June 22, 1979 | [26][27] | |||||||||
El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza (hair) | El Nazi and Adorable Rubí (hair) | Mexico City | 24. Aniversario de Arena México | April 7, 1980 | [14][27] | |||||||||
Halcón Ortiz (mask) | Adorable Rubí (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | June 18, 1982 | [28] | |||||||||
Halcón Ortiz (mask) | Adorable Rubí (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | December 10, 1982 | [28] | |||||||||
Ringo Mendoza, César Curiel and Rey Salomón (hair) | Tony Benetto, Herodes and Adorable Rubí (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | December 10, 1982 | [27][29] | |||||||||
Perro Aguayo (hair) | Adorable Rubí (hair) | Naucalpan, State of Mexico | Live event | May 1989 | [21] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Baños, Teddy (July 2, 2012). "Aquellos Luchadores, Aquellos Tiempos: Estampas del pasado luchístico: Falleció Adorable Rubí" (in Spanish). Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c Centinela, Teddy (June 23, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 1985: Perro Aguayo derrota en mano a mano a Mil Máscaras… 2012: Fallece Adorable Rubí". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Macias, Chava (June 27, 2012). "Recordando a Adorable Rubi". Fuego en en Ring (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
- ^ ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ a b c d e f "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). December 20, 2004. Especial 21.
- ^ "41st Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 20, 1974. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Historia de Los Aniversarios" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ^ Centinela, Teddy (December 14, 2014). "En un día como hoy… El segundo FMLL… Aníbal, gran campeón". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ a b "42nd Anniversary Show #1". Pro Wrestling History. September 19, 1975. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
- ^ ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ a b c Lucha 2000 Staff (April 2006). "Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 28.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "45th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 22, 1978. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
- ^ "Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero". Sangre Chicana (1951) (in Spanish). Mexico. 2008. p. 53. Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre.
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- ^ a b Monserrate, Rafael. "Los Exoticos: Transgeneros en la Lucha Libre" (in Spanish). Que Pasa Gay PR. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ^ Baños, Teddy (May 28, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 1982: André el Gigante regresa a la Arena México… Ringo y Cachorro Mendoza son rapados" (in Spanish). Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c Lucha 2000 Staff (December 20, 2004). "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 21.
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- ^ "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". El Fantasma (in Spanish). Mexico. August 2007. p. 13. Tomo II.
- ^ "Luchas 2000". Super Muñeco y sus Victimas (in Spanish). Juárez, Mexico: Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V. May 2008. pp. 16–17. Especial 30.
- ^ "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". El Cobarde (I) (in Spanish). Mexico. June 2007. p. 34. Tomo I.
- ^ Centinela, Teddy (June 22, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 1979: Alfonso Dantés derrota a Satoru Sayama… Ringo y Cachorro Mendoza rapan a Adorable Rubí y Divino Roy". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c Flores, Manuel (May 25, 2009). "Los Hermano Mendoza – Ringo y Cachorro están de regreso". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). pp. 22–23. issue 316.
- ^ a b "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Halcón Ortiz (in Spanish). Mexico. August 2007. p. 26. Tomo II.
- ^ Centinela, Teddy (December 10, 2014). "En un día como hoy… Satánico y Sangre Chicana empatan en lucha de cabelleras". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 29, 2015.