1. Efren Tiburcio Marquez, known under the ring name Mr Niebla, was a Mexican luchador enmascarado who worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.
32 Facts About Mr Niebla
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Mr Niebla's in-ring style focused more on comedy, which often included pratfalls, dancing and mocking his opponents during matches.
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Mr Niebla worked for CMLL from the early 1990s until 2007, and again from 2008 until his death in 2019.
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Mr Niebla was part of teams that won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship and the CMLL World Trios Championship.
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Early on Mr Niebla worked mainly for one of the local CMLL-affiliates but did manage to win both the Distrito Federal Welterweight Championship and the Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship once.
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Mr Niebla was teamed with Hector Garza and qualified for the finals but ultimately lost to Emilio Charles Jr.
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In 1997 Mr Niebla formed a trio with fellow good guys Lizmark and Atlantis called La Ola Azul.
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On January 23,1998, Mr Niebla teamed up with Shocker to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship from Dr Wagner Jr.
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In October 1998 Mr Niebla suffered a severe injury during a match, forcing him to vacate both the Trios and the Tag Team championships.
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In early 1998 a wrestler in International Wrestling Revolution Group began working as "Mr Niebla", adopting the same style mask and trunks as the original Mr Niebla.
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IWRG stated that the original Mr Niebla did not hold the naming rights and a trainer gave him the name with the promotion obtaining permission from the trainer.
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The original Mr Niebla won, forcing the impostor to unmask and change his name to Mr Mexico.
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Mr Niebla continued to team with Shocker; the team were unable to reclaim the tag team title.
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On March 30,2001, Mr Niebla teamed up with Olimpico and Safari to defeat Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera and El Signo to win the Mexican National Trios Championship.
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On October 12,2004, Mr Niebla lost the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship back to Universo 2000 and was unsuccessful in his attempt to regain it.
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Around late 2006 to early 2007, Mr Niebla left CMLL, he would later explain the decision to leave as a desire for him not to "go backward" down the rankings of the promotion, stating that he felt he would get better opportunities elsewhere.
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Mr Niebla made his debut as one of Los Vipers, a long-existing faction of villains, and soon began challenging Los Vipers' leader Abismo Negro for the leadership role.
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When Mr Niebla returned to CMLL in July 2008, he quickly formed a group with Negro Casas and Heavy Metal called La Peste Negra, a Rudo group that had a more comical approach to wrestling.
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Mr Niebla did not work any matches for three months, starting in March 2010.
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In early June 2010, CMLL announced that after recuperating in Europe Mr Niebla was ready to return to the ring, reuniting La Peste Negra for the first time in several months.
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Mr Niebla was the sixth man to leave the steel cage, keeping his mask safe.
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On July 29,2011, Mr Niebla defeated 15 other men to win the 2011 Leyenda de Azul.
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In January 2014, Mr Niebla introduced new Peste Negra members Barbaro Cavernario and Herodes Jr.
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In January 2015, Mr Niebla made his New Japan Pro-Wrestling debut, when he worked the Fantastica Mania 2015 tour, co-produced by CMLL and NJPW.
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Mr Niebla did not wrestle on the last two stops of the tour.
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Folliwng the Fantasica Mania incident Mr Niebla would continue to wrestle, working for various independent promotions.
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Mr Niebla returned to CMLL on April 5,2015, after his suspension, teaming with El Felino and Negro Casas in a six-man tag team match, where they defeated Maximo, Titan and Volador Jr.
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Mr Niebla was paired up with rookie Warrior Steel for the 2016 Gran Alternativa tournament, losing in the first round to Rush and Golden Magic.
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Mr Niebla publicly acknowledged that he was an alcoholic, stating in a 2018 interview that his drinking problem had cost him a lot over the years in regards to his career and prosperity.
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Mr Niebla was not involved in the first fall, while a visibly upset Volador Jr.
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Mr Niebla subsequently stated he was injured and the swift conclusion was to shield those in the ring from further problems.
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Mr Niebla died from complications of a septic arthritis on December 23,2019.