Puerto Rican and Lucha Libre News: Women of Wrestling Spotlight Edition

From Alfred Feliciano:

"La Chica de la Actitud" Roxxy is among the most beautiful, popular, toughest, and hard-working women wrestlers on the Puerto Rican wrestling scene. Especially in her ten-year-plus career as one of the best luchadoras from her hometown in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, she was trained by WWC Legend: Johnny Rivera, Invader#3 who owns his wrestling school in Mayaguez, also trained current stars from the Island who throughout the years have earned worldwide wrestling status: Mecha Wolf 450, West Side Mafia, El Nazareno, among others. Since her beginnings in the now-defunct New Revolution Wrestling promotion from the Barrio El Mani in that area as well as participating in WWC, CWA, and IWA Puerto Rico even during her time in the now-deceased promotions: Ponce's 100% Lucha and WWL with factions La Hermandad (who she created with Vassago and Strider) also being the founder of the Island's popular faction: Los Untraditionals (with former members: Los Looney Twinz (Crypton, now wrestling in Ohio and the Real OB still in PR), Louis Forza, "La Perla Negra" Allison Benjamin, Jared Nova and others.)—won Women's Championships in CWA and IWA Puerto Rico (2 times) on the Island, as well as having won Women's World Championships back stateside: Atlantic City, New Jersey's CCW, as well as having both Queens, New York's NEW and Miami, Florida's XWE Florida titles, both promotions went out of business and were folded. Roxxy has fought the likes of La Rosa Negra, "La Guerrera" Amazona, "The Soul Reaver" Raeven Marie, Vanilla Vargas, "The Sixth Sense" La Brava, Lindsay Snow, current WWE Raw star: Chelsea Green, La Varoneza, and Mexico's Sadika, WWE 2018 Mae Young Classic participant "Puertorrican Power"Zeuxis, and XPW Women's Champ: Ludark Shaitan. Keep your eyes peeled for the Boricua woman with an attitude as she will return stateside and debut in Mexico, Canada, and throughout Latin America shortly. Here is an episode of The Project with the history of "La Chica de la Actitud"

No other women wrestler or luchadora has had the fastest rising popularity, hard-hitting, take-no-prisoners style, and hard-working attitude over these past few recent years throughout the Southeastern, US Indy Wrestling Circuit as well as in Canada and the U.K. than Level X member: Dream Girl Ellie. Hailing from Fort Myers, Florida, and trained by WWE Hall of Famer: "The Wild Samoan" Afa and current AEW star: Matt Sydal, Ellie has accomplished a lot appearing on National TV be it through AEW, WWE, and currently at Louisville, Kentucky's Ohio Valley Wrestling, having held Chicago's CSW and Baton Rouge, Louisiana's Pro Wrestling 225 Women's championships and currently holding Toronto, Ontario, Canada's SMASH, Thomason, Georgia's VPW, Sieverville, Indiana's Heroes and Legends, and her hometown's REAL Pro Wrestling Women's titles. while also teaming with Orion as the International Superstars as well as Level X in the past couple of years with Axton Ray and WIll Austin. Ellie has proved very efficient. even had feuds with Hollyhood Haley J, Shalonce Royal, Emily Locke, Leila Grey, Tiffany Nieves, Diamante, Selizya Sparx, Athena, Mercedes Martinez, Raeven Marie, Amber Nova, Lexi Gomez, and fighting against Aaron Nova, The Dawson Brothers, The Gifted, and other male wrestlers.

Another of Puerto Rico's top women wrestlers now going on ten years as a pro, is Vanilla Vargas. Jennylyce Vargas Torres, a Bayamon native. had her beginnings at the Sensacional Wrestling School in San Juan, trained by Sensational Star Roger (fka Sensacional Carlitos) and CMLL Legend: the late Mexican luchador, Arkangel De La Muerte. "The Trendsetter" has proven time and time again that being a face or heel (ruda for women wrestlers), Vargas has what it takes to be a Women's World Champion. even though she still holds the Women's World Championship from the now defunct Cleveland Knights Championship Wrestling for almost seven years, Vargas held Miami's CCW and Bogota, Colombia's CPW Women's titles, her notable feuds with "La Chica de la Actitud" Roxxy, La Rosa Negra, "La Guerrera" Amazona, and recently against Lilix and Bitterness in CWA as well as teaming with Stephany Amalbert and fighting against "La Brava" Yaide in WWC in Puerto Rico. In Mexico, she fought against Reyna Isis, Taya Valkyre, Mima Shimoda, Princesa Sugheit, Chika Tormenta (currently on WOW Superstars on the CW Network.) and others. even fought the likes of Jordynne Grace, Chelsea Durden, and the current WWE SmackDown! star: Scarlett Bourdreaux. Vargas is married to Australian Suicide and they are the parents of one child.

Mexico has a very well-known luchador family dynasty from the Moreno-Wagners, The Andrades (especially with former AEW and WWE star: Andrade El Idolo, and his sisters: Lady Shadow and Gema), The Karontes, and the Valiente Dynasty who has have been stars in CMLL. the heirs alongside their brother, Valiente, Jr. are his sisters Hera and Miss Olympia, These girls are Mexico's answer to WWE Hall of Famers: Brie and Nikki Bella. Hera and Olympia have been trained by their Dad and Professor Skayde. In her almost five-year career, Hera held the WWS Mexico Women World Championship for most a year, while Olympia's soon-to-be three-year career has achieved success in her way be it through CMLL Bodybuilding competition even closely wining the CMLL Women's World Tag Team titles with her sister, Hera or with different partners. married to CMLL male wrestler: Astral. even being the in semi-finals for the CMLL Women's Universal Championship Tournament. It's only a matter of time before these sensual, sexy, and toughest luchadora sisters will not only rule the Lucha Libre scene South of the Border but Hera and Olympia also making plans to appears in United States, Puerto Rico, and a future rivalry against Lucha Scotland.

Evie De La Rosa (fka Poison Ivy and Ivy Fit) a native of Ponce, had her beginnings in IWA Puerto Rico in 2004 as a valet then in her rookie year grew into one of the many women wrestlers from the Island who is destined for greatness no matter where she goes. While appeared there and in WWC for a short time until returning to the place where she made her debut throughout those couple of years at the time until 2007, De La Rosa, and her boyfriend Ryan Bisbal (fka Super Mark) a Rincon native decided to train more and left the Island moving stateside in 2009. currently living in Springfield, Massachusetts. De La Rosa alongside Bisbal, has grown their popularity throughout the New England Indy Wrestling Circuit, especially in every well-known promotion throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. to this date, Bisbal is either retired or inactive. Evie De La Rosa continued to wrestle until 2012. where she had to refocus on toning her body even though still in great shape, and had to hone her skills more seriously until her return in 2019 throughout 2020, the time of the "COVID" Crisis, De La Rosa had started her winning streak from becoming the Blood, Sweat, and Tears Women's Monarch Champion for over a year and a half from March 2022 until September 2023. also late last year, De La Rosa returned to the Island to IWA Puerto Rico becoming a two-time IWA Puerto Rico Women's World Champion beating then champion: "La Chica de la Actitud" Roxxy. De La Rosa also holds the PVP (Pioneer Valley Pro, her current hometown promotion) and Test of Strength Women Championships as well. including as a contributor to Lucha Libre Online. the former Poison Ivy, De La Rosa will return in time for IWA Puerto Rico's 25th Anniversary Show on Saturday, February 3rd from the historic Jose Pepin Cestero Arena in Bayamon. Keep a bigger lookout for this Boricua luchadora for even bigger opportunities soon by not just taking on Puerto Rico's and America's top Women Wrestlers, shortly, De La Rosa can even give women wrestlers/luchadoras from Mexico, Canada, Central, and South America a run for their money. Note: Evie De La Rosa won her first Women's title in 2012, three years after moving Stateside from Puerto Rico. She held the now-defunct Massachusetts Powerhouse Wrestling Women's Championship.

Throughout these past few years, in wrestling teams or stables such as Controversial, Inc. composed by Carlos Controversia and Salazar The Executioner alongside Yuca Olivo, no women wrestler or luchadora as a member of this stable has more of a mean streak, courageous, and savvy than the Colombian Hellcat herself, from the mean streets of Tampa, Florida "The Sixth Sense" La Brava. Trained at the Tampa Bay Pro Wrestling, having five years of experience, This Colombiana spitfire of a woman has been in Tag Team wars as well as in every Women's match throughout Florida, Georgia, and Alabama's Indy Wrestling promotion as well as having her reputation made at Zero-One USA in the Midwest, Mexico, Guatemala and San Salvador's top lucha promotions, and a few times in Puerto Rico for Ground Zero Wrestling and IWA Puerto Rico. also appeared on AEW and NWA Television as well. currently holding the IWA Florida Women's, Mexico's NWG Divas, and SHINE Women's Wrestling World Tag Team titles with Boricua wrestler: Tiffany Nieves as Las Nuevas Sicarias. while she held the DCCW, XIW, and NGCW Women's titles as part of her success in winning gold for the past few years. her feuds were more stellar matches with "The Russian Crush" Natalia Markova, "La Chica de la Actitud" Roxxy, Dream Girl Ellie, Chelsea Durden, The Carlson Twins (currently on WOW Superstars), Katalina Perez, Lexi Gomez, current AEW star: Skye Blue, former WWE NXT star: MJ Jenkins, Nathalya Perez, Nahir Robles, and returned to the Island at IWA Puerto Rico's 25th Anniversary Show. Keep your eyes on this young woman.

Straight out of Liverpool. in the United Kingdom trained by Marty Jones and former WWE NXT UK General Manager: Sir Johnny Saint from the Squared Circle Wrestling Academy in Oldham (Manchester area in England) now living in Mexico, is Jessy Jackson. a beautiful and no-nonsense lass who throughout her nearly ten-year career represented the UK with pride throughout every Indy Lucha promotion in the South of the Border. Jackson, who is engaged to former WWE NXT UK star: "The Kiwi Buzzsaw" Travis Banks has not only won in Intergender Tag Team matches, but She also won both Nacion Lucha Libre Women's and SCW Cruiserweight Championships. her feuds with Dulce Tormenta in Tijuana's The Crash last year, along with several other luchadoras in Mexico as well as her beginnings with feuds against women wrestlers throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales are phenomenal. Jackson also fought her rivals who were former WWE NXT UK roster members such as Xia Brookside. Jackson also wrestled in Costa Rica and Guatemala last year. It's only a matter of time before Jackson returns to America, along with debuting in Puerto Rico and South America shortly. Jackson recently participated in DTU Mexico's all-women event and with Exotico going up against Nightmare Factory graduate and Puerto Rico's own Gizelle Azure and Camoflaje at DTU Development Factory in Tulacingo, Hildalgo.