Brazo de Oro

Losing the masks

Over the years Brazo de Oro 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 Brazo's most famous Luchas de Apuestas occurred on October 21, 1988, when Plata, 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. 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, and also worked as a booker for CMLL. From that point on he only wrestled occasionally, on smaller CMLL shows outside of Mexico. In 2006 he announced his retirement, but ended up working select dates and matches until 2015 where he had his last known match.

Personal life

The Alvarado wrestling family spans three generations starting with Shadito Cruz followed by his 6 sons who all took up wrestling, as well as a third-generation of Alvarados who followed in their father or grandfather's footsteps. Jesús Alvarado's younger brothers all adopted a variation of the "Brazo" name that he had made popular, as he began wrestling as El Brazo ("The Arm"), Brazo de Plata ("Silver Arm"), Brazo Cibernético ("Cyborg Arm"), Brazo de Platino ("Platinum Arm") and Super Brazo (Super Arm). In 2013 his daughter made her in-ring debut under the name "Aramís", wearing a modified version of the Brazos mask.

Death Alvarado was rushed to a Mexico City hospital in the early hours of April 28, 2017, due to respiratory problems. A few hours later he died of a heart attack. Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Plata Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre FILL Trios Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Plata and El Brazo UWA World Trios Championship (3 times) – with Brazo de Plata and El Brazo World Wrestling Association WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Plata WWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Plata and El Brazo Wrestling Observer Newsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2021) as part of Los Brazos Mexican regional wrestling Distrito Federal Trios Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Plata and El Brazo Distrito Federal Welterweight Championship (1 time) Distrito Federal Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Puebla Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Plata

Lucha de Apuesta record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesBrazo de Oro (hair) Roberto Paz (hair) N/A Live event N/A Brazo de Oro (hair) Mohicano I (hair) N/A Live event N/A Brazo de Oro (mask) Golden Rogers (mask) Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Live event Los Brazos (mask) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) Enfermero II and Flama Azul (mask) Mexico City Live event El Hijo del Santo (mask) Brazo de Oro (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event Sangre Chicana (hair) Brazo de Oro (hair) Mexico City Live event Brazo de Oro (hair) Troglodita (hair) Mexico City Live event El Brazo (hair) Brazo de Oro (hair) Mexico City Live event Gran Markus, Jr. (hair) Brazo de Oro (hair) Mexico City 42. Aniversario de Arena México Los Brazos (hair) (El Brazo de Oro and Brazo Cibernético) Las Bestias Negras (hair)(Bestian Negra I, II and III) Celaya, Guanajuato Live event El Satánico (hair) Brazo de Oro (hair) Mexico City Live event El Signo (hair) Brazo de Oro (hair) Oaxaca, Oaxaca Live event Negro Navarro (hair) Brazo de Oro (hair) Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico State Live event Nitro (mask) Brazo de Oro (hair) Tlalnepantla, Mexico State Live event Los Brazos (hair) (Brazo de Oro and Super Brazo) Bestial and Impacto (hair) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event Villano III (hair) Brazo de Oro (hair) N/A Live event Cesar Dántes (hair) Brazo de Oro (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event Exterminador (hair) Brazo de Oro (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event