Futuro (wrestler)

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Futuro
Birth nameUnrevealed [1]
Born Mexico City
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Futuro

Futuro is a Mexican luchador enmascarado , or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), portraying a tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character. His real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. [1]

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Career

Futuro was invited to participate for the Mexico City team in CMLL's new Torneo de Escuelas tournament, where the CMLL trainees from Mexico City, Puebla, Guadalajara and Comarca Lagunera competed against each other in a series of multi-man matches. The tournament took place in February and March 2023. [2] Futuro's Mexico City team defeated the Comarca Lagunera team in the first round. [3] However, they lost to the Guadalajara team in the final. [4] [5]

After winning a qualifier in Mexico City, together with Max Star, [6] Futuro participated in a multi-man elimination match to crown a new Mexican National Lightweight Champion on 30 July 2023. He became one the final two wrestlers, alongside Brillante Jr., defeating the latter become the new champion. [7] [8] The concept of the tournament was that two wrestlers from Guadalajara, Mexico City, Puebla and Laguna respectively competed for the title. [6]

Championships and accomplishments

Footnotes

  1. The Mexican National Lightweight Championship is sanctioned by the Mexico City wrestling commission but under the control of CMLL who make the day to day decisions.

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