Brazo de Plata

Brazo de Plata
Brazo de Plata during a CMLL event
Birth name José Alvarado Nieves
Born (1963-03-19) March 19, 1963[1]
Mexico City, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Brazo de Plata
Elvis Porky
Super Porky
Billed height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Billed weight 135 kg (298 lb; 21.3 st)
Trained by Shadito Cruz[1]
Felipe Ham Lee
Tatsumi Fujinami
Debut January 21, 1977

José Alvarado Nieves (born March 19, 1963) is a Mexican luchador best known under the ring name Brazo de Plata, a name he has used since his debut in 1977. He is also well known for his appearances in WWE as Super Porky. Alvarado is a part of the Alvarado wrestling family which includes his father Shadito Cruz, five brothers who used the "Brazo" name at some point and several third generation wrestlers who have appeared over the last couple of years.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit

Early career (1977–1988)

Alvarado made his debut as "Brazo De Plata" (Spanish for "Silver arm"), an Enmascarado (masked wrestler) who worked mainly in tag team matches with his brother who worked as Brazo de Oro ("Gold arm") and in trios action with another brother known simply as El Brazo ("the arm").[2] Los Brazos, as they were billed, wrestled all over Mexico and made appearances for the Los Angeles based NWA Hollywood Wrestling. While working for NWA Hollywood Wrestling, Plata and Oro won the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship from Chino Chou and the Kiss on November 7, 1981.[3] The brothers were also last holders of the Los Angeles version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship in 1982.[4]

Losing the masks (1988–1990)

Over the years Brazo de Plata and his brothers competed in a large number of Luchas de Apuestas ("Bet fights") where they put their masks or hair on the line against their opponents. Los Brazos' most famous Luchas de Apuestas occurred on October 21, 1988 when Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Oro, and El Brazo all placed their masks on the line in a match against another well known Lucha libre family, Los Villanos, in this case Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V. The match was the culmination of a long feud (storyline) between the two families and saw all six wrestlers bleed profusely during the bout. In the end Los Villanos won the match, forcing all three Brazos to unmask and reveal their real names as is tradition in these types of matches.[2] Despite losing their masks Los Brazos remained successful in the ring, winning various tag team and trios titles, such as the UWA World Tag Team Championship,[5] UWA World Trios Championship,[6] WWA World Tag Team Championship[7] and the WWA World Trios Championship.[1][8]

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1985–2005)

Alvarado debuted for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 1985. By the 1990s Los Brazos worked primarily for CMLL, where Plato, Oro and El Brazo won the CMLL World Trios Championship from Los Infernales (Pirata Morgan, Satánico and MS-1) on April 6, 1993. Los Brazos lost the titles to Dr. Wagner, Jr., Gran Markus, Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiador.[9] 1993 also saw Brazo de Plata get the biggest singles win of his career as he defeated Black Magic for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, a title he would hold over a year.[10]

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 seems to embrace.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Juniors division (2005–2006)

Plata was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005 as part of the SmackDown! brand's short-lived Juniors Division. Plata was billed as "Super Porky" and paired up with the minis of the Juniors division. Brazo de Plata's appearances played for comedy and no real in-ring appearances came of it before the entire Juniors division concept was ended in March 2006 and all the workers in the division were released.

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2006–2009)

Alvarado in CMLL as "Rotoporky" Brazo de Plata

After having worked for many years for CMLL Brazo de Plata jumped to its rival promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) making one of his first appearances at AAA's annual Verano de Escandalo show. Almost from the start Brazo de Plata began working a storyline with "Los Guapos VIP" a stable of wrestlers obsessed with their good looks, the polar opposite of the fun loving, overweight Brazo de Plata. At Verano de Escándalo, Brazo de Plata, Intocable, El Oriental and El Zorro lost to the team of Alan Stone, Hator, Scorpio, Jr., and Zumbido.[11] At the following featured show, Guerrera de Titanes 2006, Brazo de Plata had his hair shaved off as he lost a Dog collar chain match to Alan Stone and Scorpio Jr.[12] The storyline with Los Guapos VIP continued throughout 2007 and into 2008 where it saw a surprising turn. Brazo de Plata's brother El Brazo jumped to AAA and attacked his own brother, taking the (storyline) control of the Los Guapos VIP group. The storyline fight of the two brothers came to a crescendo at Guerrera de Titanes 2008, where they faced off in a steel cage match where the loser would have his hair shaved off. El Brazo lost and had his hair shaved to put at least a temporary end to the storyline.[13]

He left AAA in March 2009, with his last appearance being March 15 at the Plaza Nuevo Progreso in Guadalajara, Jalisco, losing to La Parka in a semi-final of the Reyes de Reyes Tournament, also featuring Escoria and Kenzo Suzuki.

Return to the independent circuit (2009–present)

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.

The 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][14]

† = deceased

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shadito Cruz †
 
Ana Nieves †
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lady Apache
 
Brazo de Oro †
 
El Brazo †
 
Brazo de Plata
 
 
Brazo Cibernético †
 
Brazo de Platino
 
Super Brazo
 
La Alimaña
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aramís
 
La Máscara
 
El Brazo Jr.
 
 
 
Maximo
 
 
 
Robin
 
 
 
 
Super Brazo Jr.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Psycho Clown
 
 
India Sioux
 
 
 
Brazo Cibernético II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carta Brava Jr.
 
Goya Kong
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Danah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Brazo de Plata (mask)Tony Grimaldo (hair)UnknownLive eventUnknown[1]
Brazo de Plata (mask)Anfibius (hair)UnknownLive eventUnknown[1]
Brazo de Plata (mask)Astral[Note 1] (mask)UnknownLive eventUnknown[1]
Los Brazos (masks)
(Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)		Los Migra (masks)
(Migra I and Migra II)		UnknownLive event1978 
Brazo de Plata (mask)Lobo del Ring (mask)UnknownLive eventDecember 18, 1978[1]
Los Brazoz (masks)
(Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)		Danny Grimaldo and Tauro (hair)Naucalpan, Mexico StateLive eventFebruary 21, 1979 
Los Brazos (mask)
(Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)		Los Wrestling (masks)
(Wrestling I and Wrestling II)		Mexico CityLive eventJuly 12, 1981[1][26]
Los Brazoz (masks)
(Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata)		Enfermero II and Flama Azul (masks)Mexico CityLive eventAugust 22, 1982[Note 2][1]
Los Brazoz (masks)
(El Brazo and Brazo de Plata)		Los Corsarios (masks)
(Corsario I and Corsario II)		Mexico CityUWA live eventAugust 3, 1985[27]
Los Villanos (masks)
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)		Los Brazos (masks)
(Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata and El Brazo)		Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive eventOctober 21, 1988[28]
Emilio Charles, Jr. (hair)Brazo de Plata (hair)Guadalajara, JaliscoLive eventUnknown 
Los Brazoz (hair)
(El Brazo and Brazo de Plata)		El Verdugo and Hombre Bala (hair)Mexico CityLive eventNovember 17, 1989 
Ringo Mendoza (hair)Brazo de Plata (hair)UnknownLive eventUnknown 
Salomon Grundy (hair)Brazo de Plata (hair)UnknownLive eventUnknown 
Brazo de Plata (hair)Asesino Negro (hair)Guadalajara, JaliscoLive event1990 
Brazo de Plata (hair)Aaron Grundy (hair)Mexico CityLive eventDecember 15, 1992[1]
Brazo de Plata (hair)Rambo (hair)Mexico CityLive eventDecember 1996 
Brazo de Plata (hair)Mano Negra (hair)Mexico CityLive eventApril 15, 1997[1]
Brazo de Plata (hair)Bestia Negra I (hair)Mexico CityLive eventApril 24, 1998[1]
Brazo de Plata (hair)Gran Markus, Jr. (hair)Mexico CityLive eventMay 29, 1998[1]
Máscara Año 2000 (mask)Brazo de Plata (hair)Mexico CityLive eventAugust 7, 1998[1]
Brazo de Plata (hair)Bestia Negra III (hair)Mexico CityLive eventDecember 19, 1998 
Brazo de Plata (hair)Sensei Akira (mask)Nuevo Laredo, TamaulipasLive eventMarch 29, 1999 
Brazo de Plata (hair)Apolo Dantés (hair)Mexico CityLive eventNovember 26, 1999[Note 3][1]
Pierroth, Jr. (hair)Brazo de Plata (hair)Mexico CityLive eventDecember 3, 1999 
Brazo de Plata (hair)Bestia Negra III (hair)Cuernavaca, MorelosLive eventMay 4, 2000[Note 4]
El Felino (mask)Brazo de Plata (hair)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive eventJune 23, 2000[Note 5][29]
Tarzan Boy (hair)Brazo de Plata (hair)Mexico CityCMLL Sin Piedad 2001December 14, 2001[30]
Villano III (hair)Brazo de Plata (hair)Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico StateLive eventSeptember 16, 2002[31]
Pierroth, Jr. (hair)Brazo de Plata (hair)Cuernavaca, MorelosLive eventJuly 31, 2003 
Brazo de Plata (hair)Asesino Negro (hair)Guadalajara, JaliscoLive eventJune 6, 2004 
Halloween (hair)Brazo de Plata (hair)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive eventJune 25, 2004 
Brazo de Plata (hair)Asesino Negro (hair)Guadalajara, JaliscoLive eventJanuary 17, 2006 
Scorpio, Jr. (hair)Brazo de Plata (hair)Ciudad MaderoAAA Guerra de Tianes 2006December 8, 2006[Note 6][12]
Brazo de Plata (hair)Asesino Negro (hair)Guadalajara, JaliscoLive eventMay 26, 2010[32]
La Fuerza TRT (hair)
(El Texano, Jr. and El Terrible)		La Dinastia Alvarado (hair)
(Brazo de Plata and Máximo)		Mexico CityCMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2011March 18, 2011[33]
Rey Escorpión (hair)Brazo de Plata (hair)Mexico CityCMLL Super ViernesAugust 18, 2013[34]

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0–1 Takumi Yano Submission (heel hook) Deep - 9th Impact May 5, 2003 2 0:24 Tokyo, Japan [35]

Notes

  1. ↑ Not the current wrestler known as Astral.
  2. ↑ This was the finals of a 24-man "Loser advances" tournament.
  3. ↑ This was a triangle match that also included Pierroth Jr.
  4. ↑ Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Oro Jr.) defeated Bestias Negras (I, II and III) III was pinned so he lost his hair.
  5. ↑ Relevos suicidas match; El Hijo del Santo and Pierroth Jr. defeated El Felino and Brazo de Plata.
  6. ↑ This was a four-way match that also included Alan Stone and El Intocable

References

General
  • "Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero". Brazo de Plata (1963) (in Spanish). Mexico. 2008. p. 14. Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre.
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "AAA Luchadores – Technicos – Super Porky". Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  2. 1 2 3 "Los Brazos Familia Ejemplar / the Brazos a model Family". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 184–190. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
  3. 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "California: NWA Americas Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 296–297. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  4. 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Los Angeles: World Tag Team title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 299. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico/Japan: UWA World Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 399. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: UWA Trios Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 399. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  7. 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: WWA Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 401. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  8. 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: WWA Trios Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 401. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  9. 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: EMLL CMLL Trios title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  10. 1 2 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: EMLL CMLL Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Heavyweight title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 395. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  11. ↑ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Verano de Escandalo". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  12. 1 2 "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Guerra de Titanes". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  13. ↑ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Guerra de Titanes". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  14. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "A Family Affair". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 224–228. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  15. ↑ "C.M.L.L. World Trios Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  16. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Tag team title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 393–394. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  17. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Trios title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 394. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  18. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Monterrey: FILL Trios Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 402. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  19. ↑ "N.W.A. Americas Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  20. ↑ "World Tag Team Title (Los Angeles)". Puroresu Dojo.
  21. ↑ "U.W.A. World Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  22. ↑ Westcott, Brian (2008). "UWA World Tag Team Title". Solie's Title Histories.
  23. ↑ "U.W.A. World Trios Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  24. ↑ "W.W.A. World Tag Team Title (Mexico)". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
  25. ↑ "W.W.A. World Trios Title (Mexico)". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
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  27. ↑ Centinela, Teddy (August 3, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 1986: En el Palacio de los Deportes, El Fantasma destapa a El Dorado… En El Toreo, pierde la máscara el futuro Savio Vega". SuperLuchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Brazo, Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata (in Spanish). Mexico. July 2007. pp. 39–41. Tomo I.
  29. ↑ "SLAM! Wrestling International -- 2000: The Year-In-Review Mexico". Slam Wrestling!. Canoe.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  30. ↑ "December 2001 PPV". ProWrestlingHistory. December 14, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  31. ↑ "Luchas 2000". Villaño III y sus Victimas (in Spanish). Juárez, Mexico: Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V. pp. 24–27. Especial 30.
  32. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (May 26, 2010). "Coliseo de Guadalajara (resultados martes 25 de mayo 2010) – Brazo de Plata gana la cabellera de Asesino Negro". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  33. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (March 19, 2011). "Terrible y Texano Jr. ganaron las cabelleras de Máximo y Súper Porky en Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2011". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  34. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (October 19, 2013). "Resultados Arena México Viernes 18 de Octubre '13" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
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