Brazo de Plata
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Brazo de Plata during a CMLL event
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| Birth name | José Alvarado Nieves |
| Born |
March 19, 1963 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Super Porky Elvis Porky |
| Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Billed weight | 135 kg (298 lb; 21.3 st) |
| Trained by | Shadito Cruz Felipe Ham Lee Tatsumi Fujinami |
| Debut | January 21, 1977 |
José Alvarado Nieves (born March 19, 1963) is a Mexican Luchador (professional wrestler) best known under the ring name Brazo de Plata, he has used since his debut in 1977 and also for his appearances in WWE as "Super Porky". Alvarado is a part 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.
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, 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.
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
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