# Brazo de Plata

José Luis Alvarado Nieves (March 19, 1963 – July 26, 2021) was a Mexican luchador best known under the ring name Brazo de Plata, a name he had used since his debut in 1977. He is also well known for his appearances in WWE as Super Porky. Alvarado was a member of the Alvarado wrestling family which includes his father Shadito Cruz, five brothers who used the "Brazo" name at some point and several third-generation wrestlers who have appeared over the last couple of years.

## Professional wrestling career
### Early career (1977–1988)

Alvarado made his debut as "Brazo De Plata" (Spanish for "Silver arm"), an Enmascarado (masked wrestler) who worked mainly in tag team matches with his brother who worked as Brazo de Oro ("Gold arm") and in trios action with another brother known simply as El Brazo ("the arm"). Los Brazos, as they were billed, wrestled all over Mexico and made appearances for the Los Angeles based NWA Hollywood Wrestling. While working for NWA Hollywood Wrestling, Plata and Oro won the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship from Chino Chou and the Kiss on November 7, 1981. The brothers were also last holders of the Los Angeles version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship in 1982.

### Losing the masks (1988–1990)

Over the years Brazo de Plata and his brothers competed in a large number of Luchas de Apuestas ("Bet fights") where they put their masks or hair on the line against their opponents. Los Brazos' most famous Luchas de Apuestas occurred on October 21, 1988, when Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Oro, and El Brazo all placed their masks on the line in a match against another well known Lucha libre family, Los Villanos, in this case Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V. The match was the culmination of a long feud (storyline) between the two families and saw all six wrestlers bleed profusely during the bout. In the end Los Villanos won the match, forcing all three Brazos to unmask and reveal their real names as is tradition in these types of matches. Despite losing their masks Los Brazos remained successful in the ring, winning various tag team and trios titles, such as the UWA World Tag Team Championship, UWA World Trios Championship, WWA World Tag Team Championship and the WWA World Trios Championship.

### Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1985–2005)

Alvarado debuted for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 1985. By the 1990s Los Brazos worked primarily for CMLL, where Plato, Oro and El Brazo won the CMLL World Trios Championship from Los Infernales (Pirata Morgan, Satánico and MS-1) on April 6, 1993. Los Brazos lost the titles to Dr. Wagner Jr., Gran Markus Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiador. 1993 also saw Brazo de Plata get the biggest singles win of his career as he defeated Black Magic for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, a title he would hold over a year.
As the years wore on and Brazo de Plata's waistline expanded he found himself working a more comedic style, often seen as a specialty act. During this time period he was nicknamed "Super Porky" in reference to his weight gain, a nickname Brazo de Plata seemed to embrace.

### World Wrestling Entertainment 2005–2006

Plata was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005 as part of the SmackDown! brand's short-lived Juniors Division. Plata was billed as "Super Porky" and paired up with the minis of the Juniors division. Brazo de Plata's appearances played for comedy and no real in-ring appearances came of it before the entire Juniors division concept was ended in March 2006 and all the workers in the division were released.

### Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2006–2009)

After having worked for many years for CMLL Brazo de Plata jumped to its rival promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) making one of his first appearances at AAA's annual Verano de Escandalo show. Almost from the start Brazo de Plata began working a storyline with "Los Guapos VIP" a stable of wrestlers obsessed with their good looks, the polar opposite of the fun loving, overweight Brazo de Plata. At Verano de Escándalo, Brazo de Plata, Intocable, El Oriental and El Zorro lost to the team of Alan Stone, Hator, Scorpio Jr., and Zumbido. At the following featured show, Guerrera de Titanes 2006, Brazo de Plata had his hair shaved off as he lost a Dog collar chain match to Alan Stone and Scorpio Jr. The storyline with Los Guapos VIP continued throughout 2007 and into 2008 where it saw a surprising turn. Brazo de Plata's brother El Brazo jumped to AAA and attacked his own brother, taking the (storyline) control of the Los Guapos VIP group. The storyline fight of the two brothers came to a crescendo at Guerrera de Titanes 2008, where they faced off in a steel cage match where the loser would have his hair shaved off. El Brazo lost and had his hair shaved to put at least a temporary end to the storyline.
He left AAA in March 2009, with his last appearance being March 15 at the Plaza Nuevo Progreso in Guadalajara, Jalisco, losing to La Parka in a semi-final of the Reyes de Reyes Tournament, also featuring Escoria and Kenzo Suzuki.

### Later career (2009–2016)

After leaving AAA, Plata began working independent dates throughout the country as well as wrestling regularly for the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), Perros del Mal Producciones (PdM), and his former home promotion CMLL. He wrestled his last match in 2016.

## Death

On July 26, 2021, Nieves died at the age of 58; his cause of death was a heart attack. According to his son, wrestler Psycho Clown, his father's girlfriend called him to tell him he was not breathing. Psycho Clown arrived at his father's house and performed CPR, to no success.

## Alvarado family

The Alvarado wrestling family spans three generations starting with Shadito Cruz followed by his 6 sons and a third-generation who have begun wrestling in recent years. José Alvarado has 5 children who have all followed in his footsteps, his sons José (working as Máximo), Psycho Clown and Magia Jr. and his two daughters Danah and Gloria Alvarado Nava, who wrestles as Goya Kong.
† = deceased
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Shadito Cruz † | Shadito Cruz † | Shadito Cruz † | Shadito Cruz † | | | Ana Nieves † | Ana Nieves † | Ana Nieves † | Ana Nieves † | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lady Apache | Lady Apache | Lady Apache | Lady Apache | Lady Apache | Lady Apache | Brazo de Oro † | Brazo de Oro † | Brazo de Oro † | Brazo de Oro † | Brazo de Oro † | Brazo de Oro † | El Brazo † | El Brazo † | El Brazo † | El Brazo † | El Brazo † | El Brazo † | Brazo de Plata † | Brazo de Plata † | Brazo de Plata † | Brazo de Plata † | Brazo de Plata † | Brazo de Plata † | | | Brazo Cibernético † | Brazo Cibernético † | Brazo Cibernético † | Brazo Cibernético † | Brazo Cibernético † | Brazo Cibernético † | | | Brazo de Platino | Brazo de Platino | Brazo de Platino | Brazo de Platino | Brazo de Platino | Brazo de Platino | Super Brazo | Super Brazo | Super Brazo | Super Brazo | Super Brazo | Super Brazo | La Alimaña | La Alimaña | La Alimaña | La Alimaña | La Alimaña | La Alimaña |
| Aramís | Aramís | Aramís | Aramís | Aramís | Aramís | La Máscara | La Máscara | La Máscara | La Máscara | La Máscara | La Máscara | El Brazo Jr. | El Brazo Jr. | El Brazo Jr. | El Brazo Jr. | El Brazo Jr. | El Brazo Jr. | | | Máximo | Máximo | Máximo | Máximo | Máximo | Máximo | | | Robin | Robin | Robin | Robin | Robin | Robin | | | | | | | Super Brazo Jr. | Super Brazo Jr. | Super Brazo Jr. | Super Brazo Jr. | Super Brazo Jr. | Super Brazo Jr. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Psycho Clown | Psycho Clown | Psycho Clown | Psycho Clown | Psycho Clown | Psycho Clown | India Sioux | India Sioux | India Sioux | India Sioux | India Sioux | India Sioux | Brazo Cibernético II | Brazo Cibernético II | Brazo Cibernético II | Brazo Cibernético II | Brazo Cibernético II | Brazo Cibernético II |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Carta Brava Jr. | Carta Brava Jr. | Carta Brava Jr. | Carta Brava Jr. | Carta Brava Jr. | Carta Brava Jr. | Goya Kong | Goya Kong | Goya Kong | Goya Kong | Goya Kong | Goya Kong | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Danah | Danah | Danah | Danah | Danah | Danah | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Championships and accomplishments

* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
** CMLL World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
** CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro and El Brazo
** Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro
** Mexican National Trios Championship (3 times) – with Brazo de Oro and El Brazo (2) and El Brazo and Super Elektra (1)
* Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre
** FILL Trios Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro and El Brazo
* NWA Hollywood Wrestling
** NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro
** NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version) (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
** PWI ranked him #229 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2006
* Universal Wrestling Association
** UWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro
** UWA World Trios Championship (3 times) – with Brazo de Oro and El Brazo
* World Wrestling Association
** WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro
** WWA World Trios Championship (1 time)
* Wrestling Observer Newsletter
** Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2021) as part of Los Brazos
* Other titles
** Distrito Federal Trios Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro and El Brazo
** Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with El Brazo
** Puebla Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brazo de Oro

## Luchas de Apuestas record

| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date |
| Brazo de Plata (mask) | Tony Grimaldo (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A |
| Brazo de Plata (mask) | Anfibius (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A |
| Brazo de Plata (mask) | Astral (mask) | N/A | Live event | N/A |
| Los Brazos (masks) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) | Los Migra (masks) (Migra I and Migra II) | N/A | Live event | 1978 |
| Brazo de Plata (mask) | Lobo del Ring (mask) | N/A | Live event | December 18, 1978 |
| Los Brazoz (masks) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) | Danny Grimaldo and Tauro (hair) | Naucalpan, Mexico State | Live event | February 21, 1979 |
| Los Brazos (mask) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) | Los Wrestling (masks) (Wrestling I and Wrestling II) | Mexico City | Live event | July 12, 1981 |
| Los Brazoz (masks) (Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) | Enfermero II and Flama Azul (masks) | Mexico City | Live event | August 22, 1982 |
| Los Brazoz (masks) (El Brazo and Brazo de Plata) | Los Corsarios (masks) (Corsario I and Corsario II) | Mexico City | UWA live event | August 3, 1985 |
| Los Villanos (masks) (Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V) | Los Brazos (masks) (Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata and El Brazo) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Live event | October 21, 1988 |
| Emilio Charles Jr. (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | N/A |
| Los Brazoz (hair) (El Brazo and Brazo de Plata) | El Verdugo and Hombre Bala (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | November 17, 1989 |
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A |
| Salomon Grundy (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Asesino Negro (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | 1990 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Aaron Grundy (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | December 15, 1992 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Rambo (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | December 1996 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Mano Negra (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | April 15, 1997 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Bestia Negra I (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | April 24, 1998 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Gran Markus Jr. (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | May 29, 1998 |
| Máscara Año 2000 (mask) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | August 7, 1998 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Bestia Negra III (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | December 19, 1998 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Sensei Akira (mask) | Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas | Live event | March 29, 1999 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Apolo Dantés (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | November 26, 1999 |
| Pierroth Jr. (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | December 3, 1999 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Bestia Negra III (hair) | Cuernavaca, Morelos | Live event | May 4, 2000 |
| El Felino (mask) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Tijuana, Baja California | Live event | June 23, 2000 |
| Tarzan Boy (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Mexico City | CMLL Sin Piedad 2001 | December 14, 2001 |
| Villano III (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State | Live event | September 16, 2002 |
| Pierroth Jr. (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Cuernavaca, Morelos | Live event | July 31, 2003 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Asesino Negro (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | June 6, 2004 |
| Halloween (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Tijuana, Baja California | Live event | June 25, 2004 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Asesino Negro (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | January 17, 2006 |
| Scorpio Jr. (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Ciudad Madero | Guerra de Tianes | December 8, 2006 |
| Brazo de Plata (hair) | Asesino Negro (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | May 26, 2010 |
| La Fuerza TRT (hair) (El Texano Jr. and El Terrible) | La Dinastia Alvarado (hair) (Brazo de Plata and Máximo) | Mexico City | Homenaje a Dos Leyendas | March 18, 2011 |
| Rey Escorpión (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | Mexico City | Super Viernes | August 18, 2013 |

## Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown :
| 1 match | 0 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 0 | 0 |
| By submission | 0 | 1 |
| By decision | 0 | 0 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 0–1 | Takumi Yano | Submission (heel hook) | Deep - 9th Impact | May 5, 2003 | 2 | 0:24 | Tokyo, Japan | |