Pantera Sureña

Pantera Sureña
Birth nameLidia Hortencia Rangel Ávalos[1]
Born (1955-12-29) December 29, 1955 (age 68)[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Pantera Sureña[1]
  • La Galáctica[1]
  • Lady Discovery[1]
  • Lady Metal[1]
  • La Galáctica 2000[1]
Billed height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Billed weight60 kg (132 lb)[1]
DebutJune 1969[1]
Retired2009

Lidia Hortencia Rangel Ávalos (born December 29, 1955) is a Mexican former professional wrestler, more commonly known under the ring name Pantera Sureña (Spanish for "Southern Panther").[1] She has also worked as the enmascarada ("masked") wrestling characters La Galáctica, La Galáctica 2000, Lady Discovery and Lady Metal during her career.[1] Her career began in 1969 and stretched until 2008 where she worked her last match.

As Pantera Sureña, Rangel started her career as a luchadora enmascarada, but lost her mask to Lola González in 1977. Her stints as La Galáctica, La Galáctica 2000, Lady Discovery and Lady Metal were all under a mask and only confirmed to be Rangel later in her career.[1] In her almost 40-year career she has won the Distrito Federal Women's Championship,[2] the UWA World Women's Championship,[3] and the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship with Martha Villalobos in Mexico,[4] as well as being the only luchadora to win the WWWA World Singles Championship in Japan.

Championships and accomplishments

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Luchas de Apuestas record

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Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Lola González (hair) Pantera Sureña (mask) Pachuca, Hidalgo N/A 1977 [1]
Martha Villalobos (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) N/A N/A N/A [1]
Lady Apache (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) N/A N/A N/A [1]
Rossy Moreno (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) N/A N/A N/A [1]
Rossy Moreno (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) N/A N/A N/A [1]
Tania (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) N/A N/A N/A [1]
Estela Molina (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico UWA show March 31, 1979 [1]
Vicky Williams (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico UWA show May 4, 1980 [1]
Pantera Sureña (hair) Rossy Moreno (hair) Querétaro, Querétaro N/A January 11, 1983 [1]
La Galáctica (mask) Jaguar Yokota (hair) Kawasaki, Japan AJW show May 7, 1983 [1][8]
Pantera Sureña (hair) Tania (hair) Mexico City CMLL show March 18, 1988 [9]
Pantera Sureña (hair) Karla Ivonne (hair) Mexico City CMLL show March 27, 1988 ref
Lola González (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) Mexico City CMLL show December 9, 1988 [10]
Zuleyma (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) Mexico City CMLL show March 3, 1991 [11]
Las Nasty Girls (Hair)
(La Briosa and Neftaly)
Pantera Sureña and Wendy (hair) Mexico City N/A November 12, 1993 [12]
Lady Discovery (mask) Princesa Guerrera (mask) N/A AAA show March 19, 1999 [a]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Finals of a 12-woman Ruleta de la Muerte, loser advances, tournament.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Pantera Sureña" [Women of the ring]. Mujeres del Ring (in Spanish). Récord Magazine. April 2010. pp. 32–33. Año 2, No. 23.
  2. ^ a b "Distrito Federal Women's Championship". CageMatch. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: UWA World Women's Title [Flores, Mora]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 398. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  4. ^ a b Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Women's Tag Team Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 399. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. ^ "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales" [The Kings of Mexico: The history of the national championships]. Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). December 20, 2004. p. 8. Especial 21.
  6. ^ "Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship". CageMatch. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "WWWA World Championship >> 07.05.1983 - 01.06.1983: La Galactica". CageMatch. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  8. ^ "AJW". CageMatch. May 7, 1983. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "EMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. March 18, 1988. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "EMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. March 3, 1991. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  11. ^ "EMLL Domingos de Coliseo". CageMatch. March 3, 1991. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  12. ^ "AAA Sin Limite". CageMatch. November 12, 1993. Retrieved April 30, 2020.