Black Warrior

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Black Warrior

Name Black Warrior Real name Jesus Toral Lopes Nicknames El Black Name history Destroyer (G. Palacio, debut - 85), Camorra (EMLL, 85 - 88), La Máscara (UWA, 88 - 91), Bronce (EMLL, 91 - 05/92), Super Star (AAA, 05/92 - 10/92), Dragón de Oro (AAA/PROMELL, 10/92 - 07/94, 02/95 - 08/95), Bali (AAA, 07/94 - 02/95), Vegas (AAA, 09/95), Black Panther (EMLL, 10/95 - 05/96), Black Warrior (05/96 - ) Family Blue Panther (uncle), Héctor López (uncle), Mano Negra (father-in-law), Mano Negra Jr. (brother-in-law) Maestro(s) Halcón Suriano, Asterión Birth date, location January 7, 1969 - Torreón, Coahuila Obituary date n/a Debut, location January 1984 - Gómez Palacio, Durango Lost mask to Mistico - September 29, 2006 - Arena Mexico Height 5'11"/170 cms Weight 198 lbs/90 kg Signature moves El Nudo Lagunero, Catapult Facebuster, Tope of Death, Asai Moonsault(inside ring), Flying Leg Drop, Top Rope Frankensteiner, flying elbowdrop, Slingshot Legdrop Titles: Distrito Federal Trios Titles (as Bronce, w/ Oro & Plata), NWA World Light Heavyweight Title (2), CMLL World Trios Titles (3, w/ Blue Panther & Dr. Wagner Jr. - Los Laguneros, w/ Atlantis & Mr. Niebla, w/ Rayo de Jalisco Jr. & Canek), 4th Annual Leyenda de Plata Tournament Champion, NWA World Middleweight Championship

Notes

After a mostly forgettable tecnico period - big push to start, but got lost in the shuffle - Black Warrior returned to the rudo side in 2006. Warrior, at least under that name, had much more career success as a rudo, and actually stepped out of character and requested the promotion allow him to go rudo in the pages of the Box Y Lucha magazine in 2005.

Warrior turned rudo after two failed chances at the Averno's & Mephisto's CMLL World Tag Team Championship with partner Mistico early in 2006. In the first match, Mistico accidently collided with Black Warrior on a dive in the third fall of the match, causing Warrior to get eliminated. Warrior was still angry about that weeks later, during the second title match, and ended up snapping on Mistico during the match, costing his team the match.

Black Warrior was able to snatch the NWA World Middleweight Championship from Mistico (on the second try). They would feud for the better part of a year, culminating in a mask vs mask match. At the CMLL 73rd Anniversary show, in Septermber 2006, Black Warrior would lose his mask to Mistico.

Black Warrior's signature bullet tope - fast and hard - is as self-identifying as any move in CMLL. Everyone does topes, but Warrior clearly has the best. The rest of Warrior's work is inconsistent as best; he seems to be a fine trios wrestlers, but has problems keeping the story of a singles match together.

Warrior was CMLL World Trios Champion twice as a tecnico, but neither reign had much value. The Leyenda de Plata win was part of his tecnico turn, but the final was a disappiontment. The NWA World Middleweight Championship reign is still too new to tell, but the program with Mistico has main evented cards and a mask match would be a big event.

Black Warrior claimed to be born in 1971 at the time of his unmasking.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
??/??/??	hair	Black Warrior	Impala	unknown
96/07/19	mask	Black Warrior	Bronco	Arena México - Mexico City
97/??/??	mask	Black Warrior	Super Elektra	Los Angeles, CA, USA
00/09/30	mask (1)	Black Warrior	Brazo de Platino	Salon-Arena México - San Luis Potosí, SLP
06/09/29	mask	Místico	Black Warrior	Arena México - Mexico City
(1) Cage match

Gallery

2006, masked

as Destroyer

as Cammora

as La Mascara

as Bronce

as Superstar

as Dragon de Oro

on bottom as Bali

as Vegas

as Black Panther

2000

V	National Wrestling Alliance Championships (with lucha libre history)	E
World Welter (Akantus), NWA-Mexico: Mexico Light (Skayde), Mexico Welter (Vaquero Fantasma)
Dragon Gym: International Junior Heavy (Último Dragón)
Defunct: Middle, Light Heavy, Americas Tag
Reference: Jr. Heavy, Heavy
CMLL established titles: Historic Welter (Volador Jr.), Historic Middle (Carístico), Historic LH (Stuka Jr.)