Isabel Ordonez Martinez, better known under her ring name La Vaquerita is the ring name of a Mexican luchadora, or female professional wrestler working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre portraying a ruda wrestling character.
15 Facts About La Vaquerita
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La Vaquerita was the first holder of the Lucha POP Women's Championship and made her debut for CMLL in late 2012.
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La Vaquerita became interested in lucha libre by pure chance, passing by Arena Coliseo in her native Guadalajara, Jalisco she noticed that they had female wrestlers on the card and became interested.
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La Vaquerita went to renowned wrestling trainer Diablo Velasco who lived in Guadalajara and got accepted into his wrestling school.
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La Vaquerita began working as a professional wrestler in 1993 at the age of only 16, as she was a last minute replacement when wrestler Miss Janeth was injured and the promoter was a woman short for the show.
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La Vaquerita continued to work on the independent circuit, but started to work more and more outside of Guadalajara, working for promotions such as Xtreme Latin American Wrestling, Los Perros del Mal, International Wrestling Revolution Group and Desastre Total Ultraviolento, normally working as a tecnica, a wrestler portraying the "good guys", referred to as "a face".
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La Vaquerita often faced off against Chica Tormenta and Keira, the latter of whom she developed a long running rivalry.
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La Vaquerita was one of seven women vying for the newly created Pro-Lucha POP Women's Championship during Pro-Wrestling POP's debut show.
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In July, 2011 La Vaquerita had an opportunity to become a double champion as she competed for the vacant DTU Chica Tercera Caida Championship, but lost to Vaneli in the torneo cibernetico, elimination match.
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La Vaquerita had her first successful POP Women's Championship on August 27,2011, as she defeated both Keira and Lolita.
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On October 2,2011, La Vaquerita put her POP Women's Championship on the line against Chica Tormenta's Lucha Libre Feminil Junior Championship in a match that ended in a double pin, thus both champions left with their titles.
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La Vaquerita followed up with a third and a fourth successful defense against Vaneli and Yuki Star.
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On February 19,2012, during the debut show of the Daga Dynamite Dojo X-Project promotion La Vaquerita's 204-day-long run with the Pro-Lucha POP Women's Championship came to an end when she lost to Canadian LuFisto, two falls to one.
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In late 2012 La Vaquerita wrestled a try-out match for CMLL, working as a ruda for the first time, teaming with CMLL regulars Mima Shimoda and Zeuxis as they lost to Marcela, Dalys La Caribena and Lady Afrodita in a match designed to give the CMLL officials a chance to evaluate her work.
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La Vaquerita's try-out was successful and by early 2013 she started working more shows for CMLL, including a match on CMLL's main show CMLL Super Viernes scheduled for April 12.