Thunder Rosa | |
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Birth name | Melissa Cervantes[1] |
Born | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico[1] | July 22, 1986
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Spouse(s) | Brian Cervantes (m. 2006)[2] |
Children | 1 |
Website | www |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Kobra Moon Serpiente Serpiente del Mar Thunder Rosa[1] |
Billed height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[1] |
Billed weight | 119 lb (54 kg)[1] |
Billed from | The Graveyards of Tijuana, Mexico[3] |
Trained by | Dylan Drake[4] Matt Carlos[4] |
Debut | 2014[1] |
Melissa Cervantes (born July 22, 1986), known by her ring name Thunder Rosa, is a Mexican-American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a former AEW Women's World Champion. She debuted in 2014 and has also appeared in World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom), Impact Wrestling (Impact), and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).[5]
Cervantes appeared in seasons 2 through 4 of the wrestling-based TV series Lucha Underground as Kobra Moon, leader of the Reptile Tribe; she won the Lucha Underground Trios Championship (with Daga and Jeremiah Snake). After the show ended, she resumed performing on the independent circuit, working in Women of Wrestling (WOW) in 2018 as Serpiente, and won the NWA World Women's Championship in 2019. Cervantes also founded and owns Mission Pro Wrestling (MPW), a Texas-based independent promotion devoted to women's wrestling.[6]
Cervantes made her mixed martial arts debut in 2019 at Combate Americas.
She also appears a playable character in the video AEW Fight Forever.