Black Terry
| Birth name | Esteban Mares Castañeda |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 3, 1952 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Black Terry La Gacela El Hijo del Diablo Guerrero Maya |
| Billed height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 80 kg (180 lb) |
| Trained by | Luis Canales Babe Face Chato Quesada |
| Debut | February 1973 |
Esteban Mares Castañeda (born September 3, 1952) is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Black Terry. Wrestling since 1973, he was once part of a group called Los Temerarios alongside Jose Luis Feliciano and Shu El Guerrero. He has previously worked as the masked character Guerrero Maya ("Mayan Warrior") where he formed the group called Los Guerreros Del Futuro ("The Warriors of the Future") with Guerrero del Futuro (a masked Feliciano) and Damian El Guerrero. He is the father of wrestler Guerrero Maya, Jr. although the relationship is not officially recognized due to Guerrero Maya, Jr. being a masked wrestler.
Mares made his professional wrestling debut in February 1973, using the ring name Black Terry but later adopt a masked ring character called "La Gacela", Spanish for "The Gazelle". On November 20, 1977, Mares was forced to remove the La Gacela mask after losing a Lucha de Apuesta ("Bet match") to El Signo. Following the mask loss he reverted to working as Black Terry.
As Black Terry he became a main stay of the Universal Wrestling Association's lighter divisions, especially the Lightweight division where he won the UWA World Lightweight Championship from Black Man on September 30, 1981. While he was known mainly for being a technical wrestler during his early years Black Terry displayed a much rougher, violent style once he joined together with Shu El Guerrero and Jose Luis Feliciano to form Los Temerarios ("The Fearless") in the early 1980s. After 823 days as champion Black Terry lost the UWA World Lightweight Championship to Negro Casas on January 1, 1984. One of Los Temerarios initial opponents was a popular team called Los Cadetos del Espacio ("The Space Cadets") consisting of El Solar, Super Astro, and Ultraman, with whom Los Temerarios had a series of matches, including a Luchas de Apuestas match between the two teams that left all three Temerarios without their hair. The early 1980s was the boom for trios wrestling matches in Mexico, especially with the success of Los Misioneros de la Muerte (El Signo, El Texano, and Negro Navarro), and Los Temerarios built on that success with a number very well received trios matches. The three were so successful they became the first holders of the Distrito Federal Trios Championship, a title that was sanctioned not by a wrestling promotion but by the Mexico City wrestling and Boxing commission and was not technically owned by one single promotion.Los Temerarios would later lose the Distrito Federal Trios Championship to a trio of young Japanese wrestlers, Yoshihiro Asai, Hata Hirokazu, and Naoki Sano, at a show in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. On November 20, 1989, Los Temerarios won the Mexican National Trios Championship, which at the time was the most respected Trios championship in Mexico, when they defeated Los Destructores (Tony Arce, Emilio Charles, Jr., and Vulcano). Their run with the title lasted until January 1, 1991, when they lost the championship to Los Arqueros del Espacio ("The Space Archers"; El Arquero, Danny Boy, and Lasser). The title loss was part of a long running storyline between the two teams, a storyline that later saw Los Temerarios defeat Los Arqueros del Espacio, in this case Robin Hood, Danny Boy, and Lasser, in a Luchas de Apuetas match. By the end of 1991 Black Terry and Jose Luis Feliciano both began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), ending Los Temerarios.
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