Drago (wrestler)

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Víctor Manuel Soto Flores
Data
Ring name Drago
height 176 cm
Fighting weight 79 kg
birth July 23, 1975
Mexico City
Announced from El Inframundo
Trained by El Picudo
debut April 1998

Víctor Manuel Soto Flores (born July 23, 1975 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler who currently appears mainly for Lucha Underground under the ring name Drago . He is known for his Mexican high-flying style. Mostly he worked in his career for the Mexican wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).

Life

Victor Soto began his wrestling career in April 1998 with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, there under the name Morfo . He later joined Jimmy Boy in a trio (the Mexican version of a tag team consisting of three wrestlers) with José Roberto Islas García ("Billy Boy") and Vangelis . The trio had the image of a boy band and was named after the Spice Girls Los Spice Boys. The trio was mainly active in the undercard area.

In 2001 his gimmick was changed to Alan . Again he appeared in a trio with Billy Boy. Decnis joined as a second partner. Under the name Los Barrio Boys they started again in the undercard, but at the same time they continued to train. Over time they became better known and together with Oscar Sevilla won the AAA's Mexican National Atómicos Championship twice .

In 2008 Soro changed gimmick again and became the masked wrestler Gato Everready . This is a masked figure originally portrayed by another wrestler. She is part of a sponsorship deal with Energizer Holdings and promotes their energy drink Everready Battery . Until 2011 he was mainly seen under this gimmick, where he mostly lost. The name was changed to El Gato after the end of the sponsorship deal . From time to time he still competes under this name.

On April 20, 2011, Soto finally became Drago and was employed as Top-Tecnico ( Face ) of the AAA promotion. Drago joined, among other things, was a founding member of the Stables El Inframundo , of which La Parka was leader. As La Parka zum Rudo ( Heel ), Vampiro became their leader. Together with Faby Apache he won the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship . Together with Argenis, he also competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling . On June 14, 2015, he also won the major event Alas de Oro.

Drago was one of five AAA stars to star in the wrestling television series Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network . He made his debut in the third episode and subsequently had a feud against King Cuerno . After ending this feud by winning a last-man-standing match, he had a best-of-5 series against Aero Star and was finally allowed to compete against Prince Puma for the Lucha Underground Championship . After he was defeated by this, he was initially removed from the show according to the storyline. However, he returned later. Together with Aero Star and Fénix , he won the Lucha Underground Trios Championship at the end of the second season . In the third season he betrayed his team and became trio champion again with Pindar and Vibora.

At the same time, he also competed for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) for the first time in 2015 and lost his first-round match against Pentagón Jr. at the major event Battle of Los Angeles.In September he also made his debut for Chikara and became King of Trios with Aero Star and Fénix .

Titles and honors

  • AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Faby Apache
  • Mexican National Atómicos Championship (2 ×) with Oscar Sevilla, Decnis and Billy Boy
  • Alas de Oro (2015)
  • # 125 of the 500 best single wrestlers in the PWI 500 (2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Triple Mania . ProWrestlingHistory.com. June 11, 1999. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
  2. ↑ Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Guerra de Titanes . ProWrestlingHistory.com. December 8, 2000. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
  3. ^ Lucha 2000 Staff: Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales (Spanish) . In: Lucha 2000 , April 200412. Especial 21. 
  4. ^ Simplemente El Gato ... ( Spanish ) In: Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . February 2, 2011. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 3, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.luchalibreaaa.com
  5. ↑ Boutwell, Josh: Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly . In: WrestleView . February 4, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  6. ↑ Héroes Inmortales con hechos inimaginables ( Spanish ) In: Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . October 10, 2011. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 13, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / luchalibreaaa.com
  7. ↑ Eduardo Cano Vela: AAA Guerra de Titanes 2011 (Cobertura y resultados 16 de diciembre de 2011) - La Park vs Dr. Wagner por el campeonato Latinoamericano AAA, figuras de TNA estarán presentes / #SLGuerradeTitanes ( Spanish ) SuperLuchas Magazine. December 16, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  8. ↑ Summer Impact 2013 ～ The beginning of evolution ～ ( Japanese ) In: All Japan Pro Wrestling . Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
  9. ↑ Show results - 8/28 PWG Battle of Los Angeles Night 1: First Round matches, plus big main event of PWG Champ & Tag Champs vs. Team Europe . In: Pro Wrestling Torch . August 29, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  10. ↑ Show results - 9 / 4-9 / 6 Chikara King of Trios tournament in Easton, Pa .: Bullet Club's AJ Styles & Young Bucks, Team AAA, the BWO, int'l teams, more trios . In: Pro Wrestling Torch . September 6, 2015. Accessed September 7, 2015.
  11. ↑ Ernesto Ocampo: Cobertura y result doses: AAA Triplemania XXIV Pschyo Clow vs. Pagano, Regresa Rey Mysterio ( Spanish ) SuperLuchas. August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  12. ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will: Mexico: National Atómicos Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 2000, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , p. 402.
  13. ↑ Josh Boutwell: Viva la Raza: Lucha Weekly (2/8/16) . In: Wrestleview . February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  14. ↑ Dave Meltzer : July 4, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: NJPW G1 tournament preview, Ali vs. Inoki anniversary, more . In: Wrestling Observer Newsletter . , Campbell, California July 4, 2016, ISSN  1083-9593 , p. 34.
  15. ^ Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2015 . In: The Internet Wrestling Database . Retrieved October 5, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Drago
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soto Flores, Víctor Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city