Mano Negra

Jesús Reza Rosales (January 15, 1959) is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Mano Negra. Mano Negra is Spanish for "The Black Hand" and is taken from the Spanish anarchist organisation La Mano Negra. Rosales is a former two time holder of the NWA World Welterweight Championship, two time holder of the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship, and the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship while working for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). He also worked for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) where he held the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship and for the World Wrestling Association (WWA) where he held the WWA Lightweight Championship. Mano Negra was originally an Enmascarado, or masked wrestler, but lost a Lucha de Apuesta, bet match, to Atlantis in the main event of CMLL's 60th Anniversary Show and was forced to unmask.
==Professional wrestling career==
Jesús Rosales trained under world renowned Lucha libre trainer Diablo Velazco as well as his father, Luchador El Rebelde as well as Rafael Salamanca and Rolando Vera before making his professional wrestling debut in 1971. Upon his debut he adopted the ring name Mano Negra ("The Black Hand") and was inspired by the Spanish anarchist organisation La Mano Negra. Rosales adopted a black mask with blue trim, a black and blue outfit and a black glove for his "black hand". On December 14, 1973, just three years after his debut he won the NWA World Welterweight Championship by defeating Karloff Lagarde in the finals of an Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) held tournament for the vacant title. Mano Negra held the title for 562 days, regularly defending it on EMLL's main shows in Arena México, before losing the championship to Blue Demon on June 29, 1975. It would take over a year before Mano Negra was able to regain the championship, pinning Fishman for the championship on November 19, 1976. His second reign with the welterweight title lasted for 892 days in total, one of the longest reigns in the history of the title, ending on April 30, 1979 when he lost to Américo Rocca. In the early 1980s Mano Negra moved from the Welterweight division (with an upper limit of 170 lbs (78 kg) to the Light Heavyweight division (with an upper limit of 210 lbs (97 kg)) when he defeated Babe Face to win the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship on July 30, 1983. The reign lasted exactly 400 days before Valente Férnandez won the title from him on September 2, 1984. The following year Mano Negra won the Universal Wrestling Association's UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship, defeating Negro Navarro for the championship. The following year Mano Negra began a long-term storyline feud with El Cobarde II, a feud that saw Cobarde II win the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship from Mano Negra in late 1985, but saw Mano Negra gain the ultimate measure of revenge when he defeated El Cobarde II in a Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match on August 10, 1986 and forced Cobarde II to unmask after the match.
In the early 1990s Mano Negra's career saw a resurgence as he began a feud with the very popular Atlantis. The storyline started out with Mano Negra defeating Atlantis for the NWA World Middleweight Championship on March 3, 1993. Mano Negra was in turn defeated by Oro only two months later, but regained the middleweight title on July 3, 1993. In September 1993, at CMLL's 60th Anniversary Show, Atlantis and Mano Negra faced off in the main event of the evening with both wrestlers putting their mask on the line in a Lucha de Apuesta match. After three highly competitive falls Atlantis defeated Mano Negra. After the match Mano Negra was unmasked for the first time and had to reveal that his real name was Jesús Reza Rosales, which is tradition after a Lucha de Apuesta loss. On December 7, 1993 Mano Negra's last title run came to an end when he lost to Corazón de León. Mano Negra worked for CMLLuntil around 1996 when he began working on the Mexican independent circuit. In 2009 he made a series of appearances for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG).
==Personal life==
Jesús Rosales is the son of Luchador El Rebelde and his son is in turn also a Luchador, using the ring name Mano Negra, Jr. and wearing a mask that is very similar to the mask his father used to wear. His daughter is married to Black Warrior.
==In wrestling==
*Finishing moves
:*Senton
:*Scorpion Deathlock
*Nicknames
:*El Hombre del Guante Negro ("The man in the black glove")
==Championships and accomplishments==
*Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
:*Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
:*NWA World Middleweight Championship (2 times)
:*NWA World Welterweight Championship (2 times)
*Universal Wrestling Association
:*UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*World Wrestling Association
:*WWA Lightweight Championship (1 time)
==Lucha de Apuesta record==
Wager	Winner 	Loser 	Location 	Date 	Notes
Mask 	Mano Negra 	Asesino Blanco 	Tijuana, Baja California	Unknown	
Hair 	Mano Negra 	Gorilita Flores, Jr.	Unknown 	Unknown	
Mask 	Mano Negra 	Demonio Blanco 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Mask 	Mano Negra 	the Invader 	Naucalpan, Mexico State 	 	
Mask 	Mano Negra 	El Cobarde II 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Mask 	Mano Negra 	Frankenstein 	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	 	
Hair 	Mano Negra 	Gran Markus 	Torreón, Coahuila 	 	
Mask 	Atlantis 	Mano Negra 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Hair 	Mano Negra 	Bestia Salvaje 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Hair 	Brazo de Plata 	Mano Negra 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Hair 	El Celestial 	Mano Negra 	Panama City, Panama 	 	
Hair 	Mano Negra 	Mr. Mexico 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Hair 	Justiciero 	Mano Negra 	Coacalco, Mexico State 	 	
Hair 	Justiciero 	Mano Negra 	Coacalco, Mexico State 	 	
Hair 	El Hijo del Santo	Mano Negra 	Tijuana, Baja California	 	
Mask 	Villaño III 	Mano Negra 	Mateos, Mexico State 	 	 
Hair 	Shu El Guerrero 	Mano Negra 	Mateos, Mexico State 	 	Cage match with El Canek, Dos Caras, Mil Mascaras, Villaño III, El Fantasma and Villaño V
==External links==
* Profile
* Profile
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