Pantera Sureña

Lidia Hortencia Rangel Ávalos (born December 29, 1955) is a Mexican former professional wrestler, more commonly known under the ring name Pantera Sureña (Spanish for "Southern Panther").[1] She has also worked as the enmascarada ("masked") wrestling characters La Galáctica, La Galáctica 2000, Lady Discovery and Lady Metal during her career.[1] Her career began in 1969 and stretched until 2008 where she worked her last match.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rangel and the second or maternal family name is Ávalos.
Pantera Sureña
Birth nameLidia Hortencia Rangel Ávalos[1]
Born (1955-12-29) December 29, 1955[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Pantera Sureña[1]
  • La Galáctica[1]
  • Lady Discovery[1]
  • Lady Metal[1]
  • La Galáctica 2000[1]
Billed height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Billed weight60 kg (132 lb)[1]
DebutJune 1969[1]
Retired2009

As Pantera Sureña, Rangel started her career as a luchadora enmascarada, but lost her mask to Lola González in 1977. Her stints as La Galáctica, La Galáctica 2000, Lady Discovery and Lady Metal were all under a mask and only confirmed to be Rangel later in her career.[1] In her almost 40-year career she has won the Distrito Federal Women's Championship,[2] the UWA World Women's Championship,[3] and the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship with Martha Villalobos in Mexico,[4] as well as being the only luchadora to win the WWWA World Singles Championship in Japan.

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record
See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Lola González (hair)Pantera Sureña (mask)Pachuca, HidalgoN/A1977[1]
Martha Villalobos (hair)Pantera Sureña (hair)N/AN/AN/A[1]
Lady Apache (hair)Pantera Sureña (hair)N/AN/AN/A[1]
Rossy Moreno (hair)Pantera Sureña (hair)N/AN/AN/A[1]
Rossy Moreno (hair)Pantera Sureña (hair)N/AN/AN/A[1]
Tania (hair)Pantera Sureña (hair)N/AN/AN/A[1]
Estela Molina (hair)Pantera Sureña (hair)Naucalpan, State of MexicoUWA showMarch 31, 1979[1]
Vicky Williams (hair)Pantera Sureña (hair)Naucalpan, State of MexicoUWA showMay 4, 1980[1]
Pantera Sureña (hair)Rossy Moreno (hair)Querétaro, QuerétaroN/AJanuary 11, 1983[1]
La Galáctica (mask)Jaguar Yokota (hair)Kawasaki, JapanAJW showMay 7, 1983[1][8]
Pantera Sureña (hair)Tania (hair)Mexico CityCMLL showMarch 18, 1988[9]
Pantera Sureña (hair)Karla Ivonne (hair)Mexico CityCMLL showMarch 27, 1988ref
Lola González (hair)Pantera Sureña (hair)Mexico CityCMLL showDecember 9, 1988[10]
Zuleyma (hair)Pantera Sureña (hair)Mexico CityCMLL showMarch 3, 1991[11]
Las Nasty Girls (Hair)
(La Briosa and Neftaly)		Pantera Sureña and Wendy (hair)Mexico CityN/ANovember 12, 1993[12]
Lady Discovery (mask)Princesa Guerrera (mask)N/AAAA showMarch 19, 1999[lower-alpha 1]

Footnotes
  1. Finals of a 12-woman Ruleta de la Muerte, loser advances, tournament.[1]

References
  1. "Pantera Sureña" [Women of the ring]. Mujeres del Ring (in Spanish). Récord Magazine. April 2010. pp. 32–33. Año 2, No. 23.
  2. "Distrito Federal Women's Championship". CageMatch. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  3. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: UWA World Women's Title [Flores, Mora]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 398. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  4. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Mexico: National Women's Tag Team Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 399. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales" [The Kings of Mexico: The history of the national championships]. Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). December 20, 2004. p. 8. Especial 21.
  6. "Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship". CageMatch. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  7. "WWWA World Championship >> 07.05.1983 - 01.06.1983: La Galactica". CageMatch. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  8. "AJW". CageMatch. May 7, 1983. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  9. "EMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. March 18, 1988. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  10. "EMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. March 3, 1991. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  11. "EMLL Domingos de Coliseo". CageMatch. March 3, 1991. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  12. "AAA Sin Limite". CageMatch. November 12, 1993. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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