Brazo de Plata
Brazo de Plata | |
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Birth name | José Luis Alvarado Nieves |
Born | [1] Mexico City, Mexico | March 19, 1963
Died | July 26, 2021 Mexico City, Mexico | (aged 58)
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
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Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Billed weight | 135 kg (298 lb; 21.3 st) |
Trained by |
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Debut | January 21, 1977 |
Retired | 2016 |
José Luis Alvarado Nieves (March 19, 1963 – July 26, 2021) was a Mexican
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1977–1988)
Alvarado made his debut as "Brazo De Plata" (
Losing the masks (1988–1990)
Over the years Brazo de Plata and his brothers competed in a large number of
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1985–2005)
Alvarado debuted for
As the years wore on and Brazo de Plata's waistline expanded he found himself working a more comedic style, often seen as a specialty act. During this time period he was nicknamed "Super Porky" in reference to his weight gain, a nickname Brazo de Plata seemed to embrace.
World Wrestling Entertainment
Juniors division (2005–2006)
Plata was hired by
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2006–2009)
After having worked for many years for CMLL Brazo de Plata jumped to its rival promotion
He left AAA in March 2009, with his last appearance being March 15 at the
Later Career (2009–2016)
After leaving AAA, Plata began working independent dates throughout the country as well as wrestling regularly for the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), Perros del Mal Producciones (PdM), and his former home promotion CMLL. He wrestled his last match in 2016.
Death
On July 26, 2021, Nieves died at the age of 58; his cause of death was a heart attack. According to his son, wrestler Psycho Clown, his father's girlfriend called him to tell him he was not breathing. Psycho Clown arrived at his father's house and performed CPR, to no success.[14]
Alvarado family
The Alvarado wrestling family spans three generations starting with Shadito Cruz followed by his 6 sons and a third-generation who have begun wrestling in recent years. José Alvarado has 5 children who have all followed in his footsteps, his sons José (working as Máximo), Psycho Clown and Magia Jr. and his two daughters Danah and Gloria Alvarado Nava, who wrestles as Goya Kong.[2][15]
† = deceased
Shadito Cruz † | Ana Nieves † | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Super Brazo | La Alimaña | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aramís | La Máscara | El Brazo Jr. | Máximo | Robin | Super Brazo Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Psycho Clown | India Sioux | Brazo Cibernético II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carta Brava Jr. | Goya Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championships and accomplishments
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- CMLL World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1][10]
- CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro and El Brazo[9][16]
- Mexican National Trios Championship (3 times) – with Brazo de Oro and El Brazo (2) and El Brazo and Super Elektra (1)[1][18]
- Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre
- NWA Hollywood Wrestling
- NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro[3][20]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version) (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro[4][21]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #229 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2006
- Universal Wrestling Association
- UWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro[5][22][23]
- UWA World Trios Championship (3 times) – with Brazo de Oro and El Brazo[6][24]
- World Wrestling Association
- WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro[1][7][25]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Los Brazos[27]
- Other titles
Luchas de Apuestas record
Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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Brazo de Plata (mask) | Tony Grimaldo (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | [1] |
Brazo de Plata (mask) | Anfibius (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | [1] |
Brazo de Plata (mask) | Astral[a] (mask) | N/A | Live event | N/A | [1] |
Los Brazos (masks) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) |
Los Migra (masks) (Migra I and Migra II) |
N/A | Live event | 1978 | |
Brazo de Plata (mask) | Lobo del Ring (mask) | N/A | Live event | December 18, 1978 | [1] |
Los Brazoz (masks) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) |
Danny Grimaldo and Tauro (hair) | Naucalpan, Mexico State | Live event | February 21, 1979 | |
Los Brazos (mask) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) |
Los Wrestling (masks) (Wrestling I and Wrestling II) |
Mexico City | Live event | July 12, 1981 | [1][28] |
Los Brazoz (masks) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) |
Enfermero II and Flama Azul (masks) | Mexico City | Live event | August 22, 1982 | [b][1] |
Los Brazoz (masks) (El Brazo and Brazo de Plata) |
Los Corsarios (masks) (Corsario I and Corsario II) |
Mexico City | UWA live event | August 3, 1985 | [29] |
Los Villanos (masks) (Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V) |
Los Brazos (masks) (Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata and El Brazo) |
Monterrey, Nuevo León | Live event | October 21, 1988 | [30] |
Emilio Charles Jr. (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | N/A | |
Los Brazoz (hair) (El Brazo and Brazo de Plata) |
El Verdugo and Hombre Bala (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | November 17, 1989 | |
Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | |
Salomon Grundy (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Asesino Negro (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | 1990 | |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Aaron Grundy (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | December 15, 1992 | [1] |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Rambo (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | December 1996 | |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Mano Negra (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | April 15, 1997 | [1] |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Bestia Negra I (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | April 24, 1998 | [1] |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Gran Markus Jr. (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | May 29, 1998 | [1] |
Máscara Año 2000 (mask) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | August 7, 1998 | [1] |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Bestia Negra III (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | December 19, 1998 | |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Sensei Akira (mask) | Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas | Live event | March 29, 1999 | |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Apolo Dantés (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | November 26, 1999 | [c][1] |
Pierroth Jr. (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | December 3, 1999 | |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Bestia Negra III (hair) | Cuernavaca, Morelos | Live event | May 4, 2000 | [d] |
El Felino (mask) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Tijuana, Baja California | Live event | June 23, 2000 | [e][31] |
Tarzan Boy (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Mexico City | CMLL Sin Piedad 2001 | December 14, 2001 | [32] |
Villano III (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State | Live event | September 16, 2002 | [33] |
Pierroth Jr. (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Cuernavaca, Morelos | Live event | July 31, 2003 | |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Asesino Negro (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | June 6, 2004 | |
Halloween (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Tijuana, Baja California | Live event | June 25, 2004 | |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Asesino Negro (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | January 17, 2006 | |
Scorpio Jr. (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Ciudad Madero | Guerra de Tianes | December 8, 2006 | [f][12] |
Brazo de Plata (hair) | Asesino Negro (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | May 26, 2010 | [34] |
El Texano Jr. and El Terrible ) |
La Dinastia Alvarado (hair) (Brazo de Plata and Máximo) |
Mexico City | Homenaje a Dos Leyendas | March 18, 2011 | [35] |
Rey Escorpión (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Mexico City | Super Viernes | August 18, 2013 | [36] |
Mixed martial arts record
1 match | 0 wins | 1 loss |
By knockout | 0 | 0 |
By submission | 0 | 1 |
By decision | 0 | 0 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Loss | 0–1 | Takumi Yano | Submission (heel hook) | Deep - 9th Impact | May 5, 2003 | 2 | 0:24 | Tokyo, Japan | [37] |
Notes
- ^ >Not the current wrestler known as Astral
- ^ This was the finals of a 24-man "Loser advances" tournament.
- ^ This was a triangle match that also included Pierroth Jr.
- Brazo de Oro Jr.) defeated Bestias Negras (I, II and III) III was pinned so he lost his hair.
- ^ Relevos suicidas match; El Hijo del Santo and Pierroth Jr. defeated El Felino and Brazo de Plata.
- ^ This was a four-way match that also included Alan Stone and El Intocable
References
- General
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