Silueta (wrestler)

Joana Guadalupe Jiménez Hernández (born December 15, 1985) is a Mexican luchadora, or female professional wrestler, better known as Dark Silueta (Spanish for Dark "Silhouette"). She is working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Japan's Lady's Ring promotion, portraying a tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character. She originally worked as an enmascarada, or masked wrestler but was forced to unmask after losing a match to Zeuxis.

Silueta
Birth nameJoana Guadalupe Jiménez Hernández
Born (1985-12-15) December 15, 1985[1]
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico[1]
Children2 (male)[2][3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Dark Silueta
Silueta
Billed height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Billed weight57 kg (126 lb)[1]
Trained byPancho Gaitain[2]
Francisco Gaitan[1]
Máscara Mágica II[1]
Gran Cochisse[1]
El Satánico[1]
DebutJanuary 6, 2006[1]

Personal life

Jiménez was born and still resides in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is married and the mother of two children, her first son was born in April 2010 and a son born in 2018.[2][3]

Professional wrestling career

She began her training for a professional wrestling career at the age of only 13, training in the wrestling school of Francisco Gaitan.[2] She made her professional wrestling debut in 2006 and received additional training from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) trainers Máscara Mágica II, Gran Cochisse and El Satánico[1] She began wrestling as an enmascarada, or masked wrestler, using the ring name Silueta (Spanish for "Silhouette") and joined CMLL in 2008. CMLL decided to book Silueta in a storyline with ruda newcomer Zeuxis that developed in mis-2010. The storyline started out with the two being on opposite sides of a number of Best two out of three falls six-woman tag team matches where Zeuxis focused on trying to unmask her opponent, going so far as to rip Silueta's mask apart, causing Siluta to respond in kind. The storyline led to a Luchas de Apuestas, or "Bet match" between the two where the loser of the match would be forced to unmask and state their birth name after the loss as per Lucha Libre traditions.[4] Zeuxis was successful, winning two of the three falls to force Silueta to unmask and reveal that her birthname was Joana Guadalupe Jiménez Hernández.[5]

Through her work in CMLL Silueta was invited to wrestle in Japan on several occasions, primarily for Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina (Reina for short). On October 11, 2011, Silueta won an eight-woman torneo cibernetico elimination match to earn a match for the CMLL-Reina International Junior Championship. The match also included Dalys la Caribeña, Goya Kong, Kiara, Lady Apache, La Seductora, Princesa Blanca and Princesa Sujei. The following week, during CMLL's show in Arena Mexico Silueta defeated Ray to become the second ever CMLL-Reina International Junior Champion.[6] She held the title until June 4, 2013, when she lost it to Zeuxis.[7][8] She regained the title from Zeuxis on August 3, 2014.[9] After a reign of only five days, Silueta lost the title to Maki Narumiya back in Japan.[10][11] On August 30, Silueta won the title for the third time by defeating Narumiya in a rematch.[12] On June 13, 2015, Silueta announced at a Reina event that she had signed with the promotion, making Reina her second home promotion alongside CMLL.[13] On October 9, Silueta and Syuri defeated Makoto and Rina Yamashita to win the Reina World Tag Team Championship.[14] They relinquished the title on March 16, 2016, due to Syuri's resignation from Reina.[15] On January 29, 2017, Silueta lost the CMLL-Reina International Junior Championship to Keira.[16]

On November 16, 2021, Silueta won the Mexican National Women's Championship.[17] She vacated the title on June 14, 2023.[18] On September 17, at CMLL Lady's Ring, Silueta defeated Kohaku to win the vacant CMLL Japanese Women's Championship.[19]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record
See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Zeuxis (mask)Silueta (mask)Guadalajara, JaliscoCMLL Live eventJuly 18, 2010[5]

References
  1. "Tecnicos: Silueta". Fuego en el Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  2. "CMLL Silueta" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Gateca. October 14, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  3. Valdez, Apolo (March 26, 2019). "La luchadora Silueta regresará después de año y medio fuera" [Wrestler Silueta will return after a year and a half]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  4. Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  5. Ruiz Glez, Alex (July 20, 2010). "Zeuxis gana la máscara de Silueta en Guadalajara". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  6. Santamaría, Jorge (October 18, 2011). "Doblegó La Sombra a Mr. Niebla". Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  7. "Zeuxis, nueva Campeona CMLL-Reina". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  8. "☆速報☆セウシスがCMLL-Reinaインターナショナルジュニア王座奪取！！". Reina Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). Ameba. June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  9. Salguero, Ivan (August 4, 2014). "Resultados Arena Coliseo Domingo 3 de Agosto '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  10. "【Reina】CMLL-Reina Fiesta、シルエタvs成宮のインターJr戦". Battle News (in Japanese). August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  11. "Silueta perdió el Campeonato CMLL-Reina". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  12. Trujillo, Gladys (August 30, 2014). "CMLL/Reina: Resultados "Fiesta 2014 ~Round #4~" 30/08/2014". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  13. "Battle Force2015". Reina Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  14. オータムフェスト２０１５. Reina Joshi Puroresu (in Japanese). FC2. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  15. 成宮真希自主興行～世羅りさとのドリンクマッチ両者KO Reina成宮・朱里タイトル返上. Miruhon (in Japanese). March 17, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  16. "Keira, nueva campeona CMLL-Reina". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). January 29, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  17. Valdés, Apolo. "Dark Silueta se corona como nueva Campeona Nacional Femenil". Superluchas.com. Superluchas. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  18. Valdés, Apolo. "CMLL: Reina Isis, nueva Campeona Nacional Femenil". Superluchas.com. Superluchas. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  19. Dark Angelita (September 17, 2023). "Dark Silueta se corona en Japón". Super Luchas.
  20. Valdés, Apolo (17 November 2021). "Dark Silueta se corona como nueva Campeona Nacional Femenil". Superluchas.com. Superluchas. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  21. Valdés, Apolo (9 October 2021). "Silueta se corona con el primer Grand Prix Femenil del CMLL". Superluchas.com. Superluchas. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  22. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 100 Female Wrestlers Results". AIPT Comics. 27 October 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
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