Máximo (wrestler)

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Máximo
CMLL World Heavyweight Champion in January 2017
Birth nameJosé Christian Alvarado Ruiz
Born (1980-11-08) November 8, 1980 (age 43)
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Brazo de Platino Jr.
  • Brazo Jr.
  • Corazon de Dragon
  • Máximo
  • Pepe Rous
  • Máximo Sexy
  • Máximo Ken
Billed height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Billed weight92 kg (203 lb)[1]
Trained by
DebutApril 2, 2000
RetiredJanuary 2, 2023

José Christian Alvarado Ruiz[1] (born November 8, 1980) is a Mexican retired Luchador or professional wrestler, better known by Máximo (Spanish for "Maximus").

Maximo while working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion

José Alvarado Nieves, who wrestled as Brazo de Plata (Spanish for "Silver Arm"), the grandson of Shadito Cruz and part of the extended Alvarado wrestling family. Alvarado wrestles as an Exótico
character, a character that appears to be homosexual but he is married to wrestler India Sioux and together they have a son.

Early life

José Christian Alvarado Ruiz was born on November 8, 1980, son of professional wrestler

José Alvarado Nieves (Brazo de Plata), into an extended family of wrestlers. The young José Christian grew up watching his father and his uncles wrestle all over Mexico and wanted nothing more than become a professional wrestler himself.[2][3] He was trained for his professional wrestling debut by his grandfather Shadito Cruz and his father Brazo de Plata.[1] He would later on receive further training by El Hijo del Gladiador, Shocker, Memo Díaz and Franco Columbo.[1]

Professional wrestling career

Alvarado made his professional wrestling debut in April, 2000 under the

Brazo de Oro Jr. to form the next generation of "Los Brazos". After a few months Alvarado changed his name from Brazo Jr. to Brazo de Platino Jr. primarily because El Brazo's own son was training to become a wrestler himself.[2]

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2003–2017)

The Junior Brazos began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 2003 before the Alvarez family decided that their sons should create characters of their own instead of being the "Junior Brazos". Brazo de Oro Jr. became La Máscara, Brazo de Plata Jr. became Kronos (and later "Psycho Clown" in AAA's Los Psycho Circus).[4]

José Christian Alvarado was repackaged as Máximo ("Maximus"), a character inspired by the

Halloween. The title change was facilitated by El Texano Jr. turning on his partners mid-match, giving Los Perros an easy victory.[6] Not long after turning Rudo (the Lucha Libre term for heel, or villain) Texano Jr. joined Los Perros del Mal and began a long-running, on again, off again, feud with Máximo. The storyline between Máximo and El Texano Jr. finally ended on March 15, 2009, almost two years after it began, when Texano Jr. defeated Máximo in two straight falls in a Lucha de Apuesta match, forcing Máximo to have all his hair shaved off after the match.[7]

Following the match Máximo stated that he was going to leave CMLL and become a freelance wrestler, stating that he was not happy that CMLL's booking team was "too focused on a single wrestler".[8] After the interview the CMLL Booking team and Máximo came to an agreement as he returned to CMLL only a short time later.[9] In the fall of 2009 Máximo began a feud with Japanese wrestler Okumura as part of a longer running "Mexico vs. Japan" storyline. Okumura and Máximo faced off several times, usually as part of trios matches and each time the tension between the two wrestlers built. On November 5, 2009, the two faced off in a Lucha de Apuesta match, which saw Okumura win his first ever Apuesta, leaving Máximo bald in the process.[10] The same year, Máximo wrestled in Japan for the Último Dragón Lucha Fiesta, facing and later teaming with Otoko Sakari in tag team matches. They faced twice Los Salseros Japoneses (Takeshi Minamino & Mango Fukuda), but were defeated.

In early 2010 Máximo was entered in the first ever

Taichi, centered around Taichi's distaste over Máximo's homosexual ring character. The tension rose when Máximo kissed Taichi during a match, resulting in Taichi retaliating by kicking Máximo in the groin.[14] The two met in a Lucha de Apuesta, hair vs. hair match on June 6, 2010, in the main event of CMLL's 2010 Sin Salida show, which Máximo won two falls to one.[15]

Máximo in May 2013

In January 2011, Máximo took part in the

La Sombra (by disqualification) to qualify for the finals.[33][34] On October 10, Maximo defeated Mephisto to win his first ever La Copa Junior.[35]

On January 30, 2015, Máximo defeated

2015 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles.[38] On May 9, 2015, Maximo had his first defense against Rey Bucanero. On July 14, 2015, Maximo had his second defense against Rey Escorpión. On July 27, 2015, Maximo had his third defense against Euforia. During his reign, in October 2015, Máximo changed his ringame to Máximo Sexy. In January 2017, Máximo Sexy took part in the Fantastica Mania 2017 tour, successfully defending the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship against Hechicero during the January 21 event.[39]

Fired from CMLL

On May 19, 2017, footage emerged of José Alvarado and other members of the Alvarado family, including his brother Psycho Clown and cousins Felipe (La Máscara) and Robin, as well as his uncle Daniel Alvarado (Brazo de Platino), destroying an expensive car belonging to José Gutiérrez, better known as Último Guerrero.[40][41] The vandalism was reportedly motivated by the fact that Gutiérrez had spoken out against Felipe Alvarado as the possible head of the wrestler's union after the death of Alvarado's father. The head of the CMLL wrestlers' union had been in the Avarado family for over a decade and the Alvarado family believed it should go to someone in their family.[42] On May 22, CMLL publicly fired both Felipe and José Alvarado, stripping them both of their championships in the process.[43][44]

The Crash (2017–2018)

On May 30, 2017, Máximo (as Máximo Ken) and La Máscara made a surprise appearance for

L.A. Park and Dr. Wagner Jr. in the main event of a Lucha Libre Boom! show, but it was later announced that the match had been changed to L.A. Park vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. as Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) did not want wrestlers under contract with AAA (Wagner) to work with La Máscara and Máximo at the moment.[46]

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2018–2021)

On January 26, Máximo along with

Guerra de Titanes to help his brother Psycho Clown
and thus forming his team called, Los Mosqueteros del Diablo ("The Musketeers of the Devil").

On July 13, 2021, Máximo was announcing

Alberto El Patron
's "Hecho en Mexico" event, announcing his departure from AAA.

Impact Wrestling (2018)

Máximo made a special appearance on the October 11, 2018, edition of

IMPACT Wrestling, which was taped September 13–14, 2018 at Mexico City's Frontón México Entertainment Center, defeating Grado with schoolboy roll-up after having momentarily stunned the latter with a kiss. After the match, Grado kissed Máximo and left the ring.[47][48]

The Alvarado wrestling family

Main article: Alvarado wrestling family

José Christian Alvarado is part of a very large family of professional wrestlers all descendants of Shadito Cruz, most of whom use or have used a variation of the name "Brazo" ("Arm") in their ring name. José Christian's father is José Alvarado Nieves, who wrestles as "Brazo de Plata" and he is the brother of wrestlers

La Máscara, El Brazo Jr., Super Brazo Jr., Robin and Andrea Alvarado.[2][3][4]

José Christian Alvarado is married to professional wrestler India Sioux and together they have a son (born August 18, 2009). India Sioux had to retire from wrestling for them to get pregnant and has not yet returned to the ring after giving birth though a Caesarean section. Alvarado has stated that "Being a father is harder than being a wrestler".[49] India Sioux also comes from a wrestling family, including her father Hombre Bala, her brothers Hombre Bala Jr. and Corsario Jr., and her uncles Pirata Morgan, Verdugo and La Marquesa. She's the cousin of Pirata Morgan Jr., Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Barba Roja, Perla Negra and Rey Bucanero.[3][4]

† = deceased

Shadito Cruz †Ana Nieves †
Super Brazo
La Alimaña
Aramís
La Máscara
El Brazo Jr.MáximoRobinSuper Brazo Jr.
Psycho ClownIndia SiouxBrazo Cibernético II
Carta Brava Jr.Goya Kong
Danah

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Máximo (hair) Conde 2000 (hair) Pachuca, Hidalgo Live event July 5, 2005 [1]
Máximo (hair) César Dantés (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event October 10, 2005 [a]
Máximo (hair) (hair) Destroyer Acapulco, Guerrero Live event March 15, 2006 [1]
Máximo (hair) Sexy Piscis (hair) Torreón, Coahuila Live event April 8, 2006 [1]
Máximo (hair) Loco Max (hair) Mexico City Live event June 5, 2006 [1]
Máximo (hair) Mr. Mexico (hair) Puebla, Puebla Live event August 8, 2006 [1]
Máximo (hair) Emilio Charles Jr. (hair) Mexico City Live event October 29, 2006 [1]
Máximo (hair) Rambo (hair) Querétaro, Querétaro Live event January 15, 2008 [1]
Máximo (hair) Police Man (hair) Puebla, Puebla Live event August 11, 2008 [1]
El Texano Jr.
(hair)		 Máximo (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event March 15, 2009 [7]
Okumura (hair) Máximo (hair) Mexico City Live event November 15, 2009 [10]
Máximo (hair)
Taichi
(hair)		 Mexico City Sin Salida June 6, 2010 [15]
El Texano Jr. and El Terrible
(hair)		 La Dinastia Alvarado (hair)
(Brazo de Plata and Máximo)		 Mexico City Homenaje a Dos Leyendas March 18, 2011 [52]
Máximo and Volador Jr. (hair) TRT: La Máquina de la Destrucción (hair)
(El Terrible and Rey Bucanero)		 Mexico City Homenaje a Dos Leyendas March 20, 2015 [53]
Máximo Sexy (hair)
Kamaitachi
(hair)		 Mexico City Sin Piedad January 1, 2016 [54]
Rush (hair) Máximo Sexy (hair) Mexico City Homenaje a Dos Leyendas March 18, 2016 [55]
Máximo Sexy (hair) Máscara Año 2000 (hair) Mexico City Sin Piedad January 1, 2017 [56]
La Máscara (Goya Kong
's hair)		 Máximo (Brazo de Plata's hair) Benito Juarez, Distrito Federal AAA/Legends show February 1, 2019 [57][b]

See also

Notes

  1. Máscara Mágica, Mazada, Okumura, El Terrible.[1]
  2. ^ Each wrestler bet the hair of their second instead of their own.

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