{{Short description|Mexican professional wrestler}} {{Infobox professional wrestler |name = Lady Afrodita |image = |image_size = |caption = |birthname = |names = '''Lady Afrodita''' |height = |weight = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|7|18}} |birth_place = Puebla, Puebla, Mexico<ref name=Regreso/> |death_date = |death_place = |billed = |trainer = Fuerza Aerea<ref name=Regreso/><br />Arkangel de la Muerte<ref name=Regreso/><br />Franco Colombo<ref name=CMLLDebut>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2012/05/03/se-presentara-lady-afrodita-en-el-cmll|title=Lady Afrodita ante una gran oportunidad|date=May 3, 2012|accessdate=November 16, 2012|language=Spanish|work=MedioTiempo}}</ref> |debut = 2009 |retired = }} '''Lady Afrodita''' (born July 18, 1990, in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico ) 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. Lady Afrodita's 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.<ref name=Mondo>{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2007|chapter=Okay... what is Lucha Libre?|pages=29–40|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}</ref>

==Professional wrestling career== The wrestler later known as Lady Afrodita was born in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico on July 18, 1990. At the age of 18 she moved to Mexico City where she became a fan of lucha libre, or professional wrestling, especially Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) top performer Místico. She cited Místico as her inspiration to become a wrestler and she began training for a professional wrestling career at age 19. She initially trained under Fuerza Aerea,<ref name=Regreso>{{cite web|url=http://www.fuegoenelring.com/articles_noticias_full.php?articles_id=2672|title=Lady Afrodita de regreso a tierra Mexicana|first=Ana|last=Gutiérrez|date=January 24, 2012|accessdate=November 16, 2012|work=Fuego en el Ring|language=Spanish}}</ref> and later trained with CMLL trainer Arkangel de la Muerte. Through her training, she got to work with some of the top female wrestlers in CMLL such as Lady Apache, Marcela, La Amapola and Dark Angel.<ref name=Regreso/> She made her professional debut in 2009, working primarily on the Mexican independent circuit, and made a couple of appearances for the ''Perros del Mal'' group. On July 17, 2011, she worked a match on a CMLL promoted show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her mentor Arkangel. She teamed with Dalys la Caribeña to defeat the team of La Comandante and Mima Shimoda and was noted as "an outstanding student".<ref name=Arkangel25th>{{cite web|url=https://estrellasdelring.blogspot.com/2011/07/grande-maestro-arkangel.html|title=Grande maestro Arkangel !!!!!|date=July 17, 2011|accessdate=November 16, 2012|publisher=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre|work=Estrellas del Ring|language=Spanish|first=Alexis|last=Salazar}}</ref><ref name=HomenajeArkangel>{{cite web|url=http://www.fuegoenelring.com/articles_luchas_full.php?articles_id=2098|title=El Homenaje a Arkangel|first=Alexis|last=Salazar|date=July 18, 2011|accessdate=November 16, 2012|work=Fuego en el Ring|language=Spanish}}</ref> Her connections with Arkangel landed her an opportunity to travel and wrestle in Japan for six months.<ref name=CMLLDebut/> Including several matches with one of CMLL's Japanese affiliates Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina, where she would gain in-ring experience wrestling against various Japanese women such as Hirota and Kyoko Kimura.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kaiser-sports.blogspot.com/2011/08/arranca-el-torneo-cmll-reina-en-japon.html|title=Arranca el Torneo CMLL – Reina en Japón|work=Kaiser Sports|date=August 2011|accessdate=November 16, 2012|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fuegoenelring.com/articles_noticias_full.php?articles_id=2656|title=Breves CMLL|date=January 19, 2012|accessdate=November 16, 2012|work=Fuego en el Ring|language=Spanish}}</ref> She also participated in Ice Ribbon's 19 O'Clock Girls ProWrestling Tournament during the tour, but was eliminated in the first round by Dorami Nagano.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ice-ribbon.ne07.jp/page/resultData_590.html |title=19時女子ﾌﾟﾛﾚｽ･第103戦-19 o'clock girl's ﾄｰﾅﾒﾝﾄ |accessdate=November 21, 2012 |publisher=Ice Ribbon |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621133213/http://ice-ribbon.ne07.jp/page/resultData_590.html |archivedate=June 21, 2013 }}</ref>

===Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2012–present)=== She returned to Mexico and began working regularly for CMLL in May 2012 While she had worked as a ''tecnica'' (wrestlers who portray the "good guys" also called "Faces") up until this point CMLL had her debut on the opposite side as a ''ruda'' ("Bad guy") as she teamed up with La Seductora and Tiffany, only to lose to La Silueta, Lluvia and Luna Mágica in her debut.<ref name=GacetaDebut>{{cite web|url=http://cmllgaceta.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/los-invasores-atacan-de-nuevo-debuta-lady-afrodita/|title=Los Invasores atacan de nuevo "Debuta Lady Afrodita"|date=May 7, 2012|accessdate=November 16, 2012|work=CMLL Gaceta|language=Spanish}}</ref> She participated in an all female ''torneo cibernetico'' multi-man elimination match on the June 8 Super Viernes that also included Dalys la Caribeña, Estrellita, La Amapola, Lady Apache, La Seductora, Luna Mágica, Marcela and Tiffany and was won by Dark Angel.<ref name=MedioJune8>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2012/06/09/black-warrior-regresa-al-bando-de-la-maldad|title=Black Warrior regresa al bando del maldad|author=Redacción Mediotiempo|date=June 9, 2012|accessdate=October 3, 2012|work=Medio Tiempo|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name=EstrellasJune8>{{cite web|url=https://estrellasdelring.blogspot.com/2012/06/que-le-paso-lady-apache.html|title=¿Qué le paso a Lady Apache?|date=June 8, 2012|accessdate=November 12, 2012|work=Estrellas del Ring|first=Alexis A.|last=Salazar López|publisher=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name=KaiserJune8>{{cite web|url=https://kaiser-sports.blogspot.com/2012/06/la-noche-de-los-divorcios.html|title=La noche de los divorcios|date=June 9, 2012|accessdate=November 12, 2012|work=Kaiser Sports|first=Pablo|last=Lorenzo|language=Spanish}}</ref> In August 2012 she moved from the ''rudo'' side to the ''tecnica'' side with no storyline or other explanation for the move as such.

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