La Mascara

La Máscara (2005–2017) In 2005, all of the Brazos Junior members took on a new name, creating their own identity; Felipe Alvarado became "La Máscara" ("The Mask"), an enmascarado (masked character). In May, he won his first major championship, defeating Doctor X for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship. On June 13, 2008, La Máscara, El Hijo del Fantasma and Héctor Garza won a tournament final for the vacant CMLL World Trios Championship, defeating Blue Panther, Dos Caras Jr. and Místico. where they lost to Atlantis and Máscara Dorada.

In March, signs of dissention amongst the trios champions began showing as Garza walked out on the team during a trios match, mistakenly thinking that one of his teammates had attacked him. Garza kept insincerely insisting that he was still a tecnico and that his team was getting along great. Further doubts about Garza's allegiance arose when he teamed up with the rúdo Pólvora to win the 2010 Torneo Gran Alternativa ("Great Alternative Tournament"). When Garza, La Máscara and Hijo del Fantasma were booked for a trios championship defense the following week, Garza complained that his partners agreed to the match without asking him, but swore that he would still be professional about it. During the title defense on the May 7 Super Viernes, Garza attacked both of his partners, allowing La Ola Amarilla (Hiroshi Tanahashi, Okumura and Taichi) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship, turning full blown rúdo in the process. On May 14, La Máscara, La Sombra and Dorada defeated Ola Amarilla in a non-title match to earn a shot at the titles the following week, which they won, making La Máscara a three-time trios champion. On October 5, La Máscara defeated Volador Jr. to win the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship.

In April 2011, La Máscara began feuding with the WWE-bound Averno, which led to CMLL booking the two to face each other in a Mask vs. Mask Lucha de Apuestas on June 17 at Juicio Final ("Final Judgment"), where La Máscara picked up the biggest win of his career by defeating Averno two falls to one, forcing him to unmask himself. Afterwards, La Máscara and Averno continued their rivalry, building up to another singles match on July 4, where Averno successfully defended the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship. On July 15, La Generación Dorada lost the CMLL World Trios Championship to Los Hijos del Averno (Averno, Ephesto and Mephisto). After La Máscara pinned Averno in a six-man tag team match on July 22, the two agreed to another match for the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship on July 29, where Averno was again able to retain the title. On September 9, La Máscara lost to Averno in the second round of the Universal Championship tournament. On November 22, La Máscara defeated Averno to win the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship, but lost it to Volador Jr. on February 14, 2012. La Máscara was once again forced to team up with Averno for the following year's Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles. The team worked together without too many problems in the first round, defeating El Hijo de Fantasma and El Felino, but stumbled in the second round as they lost to eventual winners La Sombra and Volador Jr. On June 30, La Máscara, Rush and Titán defeated Los Invasores (Kráneo, Mr. Águila and Psicosis) to win the Mexican National Trios Championship. On August 13, La Máscara lost the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship to Mephisto. On October 18, La Máscara and Rush were awarded the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, when Rey Bucanero, one half of the previous champions, was unable to defend the title due to an injury. On February 18, 2014, La Máscara, Rush and Titán lost the Mexican National Trios Championship to La Peste Negra (Felino, Mr. Niebla and Negro Casas). On June 13, La Máscara and Rush lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Casas and Shocker.

Los Ingobernables (2014–2017)

During the summer, La Máscara formed a trio named Los Ingobernables ("The Ungovernables") with Rush and La Sombra, with the three essentially wrestling as rudos and being referred to as the most hated wrestlers in the past decade. On April 8, 2016, La Máscara defeated Ángel de Oro to win the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship. After the match, he got into an altercation with Ángel de Oro's corner man, Dragon Lee. On May 13, the partnership between La Máscara and Rush came to an end when Rush and Pierroth turned on their Los Ingobernables stablemate. Following the turn, La Máscara declared war on the entire Muñoz family, which included Rush, Pierroth, Dragon Lee and Místico. La Máscara won that year's Leyenda de Plata ("The Silver Legend") tournament by defeating Casas in the finals on July 22. On August 5, La Máscara accepted a challenge from Dragon Lee for a Mask vs. Mask Lucha de Apuestas between the two. On September 2, in the main event of the CMLL 83rd Anniversary Show, La Máscara lost to Lee and was forced to unmask and reveal his birth name. Afterwards, La Máscara reconciled with Rush.

On May 19, 2017, footage emerged of Felipe Alvarado and other members of the Alvarado family, including his cousins José (Máximo Sexy), Psycho Clown and Robin, as well as his uncle Daniel Alvarado (Brazo de Platino), destroying an expensive car belonging to José Gutiérrez, better known as Último Guerrero. The vandalism was reportedly motivated by the fact that Gutiérrez had spoken out against Felipe Alvarado as a possible head of the wrestler's union after the death of Alvarado's father. The head of the CMLL wrestlers' union had been in the Alvarado family for over a decade, and the Alvarado family believed it should go to someone in their family. On May 22, CMLL publicly fired both Felipe and José Alvarado, as well as Bobby Villa, while also stripping the two Alvarados of their titles.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2011–2013) On January 22, 2011, La Máscara made his Japanese debut, taking part in the Fantastica Mania 2011 weekend, co-promoted by CMLL and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Tokyo. During the first night, he teamed with Tiger Mask in a loss to Dragón Rojo Jr. and Tomohiro Ishii. The following night, he, Máscara Dorada and La Sombra successfully defended the CMLL World Trios Championship against La Ola Amarilla (Okumura, Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi).

On January 18, 2013, La Máscara returned to Japan to take part in the three-day Fantastica Mania 2013 event. During the first night, he teamed with Dorada and Máximo in a six-man tag team match, where they lost to Taichi, Taka Michinoku and Volador Jr. During the second night, he, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Rush lost to Kazuchika Okada, Rey Escorpión and Volador Jr. During the third and final night, La Máscara successfully defended the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship against Volador Jr. On April 7, at Invasion Attack, he and Valiente unsuccessfully challenged El Terrible and Tama Tonga for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship.

The Crash (2017–2018) On May 30, 2017, La Máscara and Máximo made a surprise appearance for The Crash Lucha Libre, confronting members of the La Rebelión stable. The cousins were originally announced as being booked to wrestle against L.A. Park and Dr. Wagner Jr. in the main event of a Lucha Libre Boom! show, but it was later announced that the match had been changed to L.A. Park vs. Dr. Wagner Jr., as Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) did not want wrestlers under contract with AAA (Wagner) to work with La Máscara and Máximo at the moment. In September, Rush and Pierroth arrived in The Crash, reuniting with La Máscara and starting a rivalry between Los Ingobernables and La Rebelión.

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2018–2019) On January 26, La Máscara along with Máximo made their debut in Guerra de Titanes to help his brother Psycho Clown and thus forming his team called, Los Mosqueteros del Diablo ("The Musketeers of the Devil").

On May 4, 2019, La Mascara announced his departure from the AAA and declared himself independent.

Alvarado family tree

† = deceased

Championships and accomplishments Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Máscara Dorada and La Sombra (1) Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship (1 time) Leyenda de Plata (2016) Torneo Gran Alternativa (2005) – with Atlantis CMLL Trio of the Year (2009) – with Héctor Garza and El Hijo del Fantasma Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him # 82 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2012

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesBrazo de Oro Jr. (mask) Némesis (mask) Oaxaca, Mexico Live event La Máscara (mask) Mosco de la Merced (hair) Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Live event La Máscara (mask) Averno (mask) Mexico City Juicio Final La Máscara (Goya Kong's hair) Máximo (Brazo de Plata's hair) Benito Juarez, Distrito Federal AAA/Legends show

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