Abismo Negro

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Palomeque and the second or maternal family name is González.
Abismo Negro
Abismo Negro with his signature flamethrower display.
Birth nameAndrés Alejandro Palomeque González
Born(1971-07-01)July 1, 1971[1]
Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico[2]
DiedMarch 22, 2009(2009-03-22) (aged 37)[3][4]
El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico[4]
Spouse(s)
Martha Gonzalez
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(m. 1994)​
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Alex Dinamo
Pequeño Samurai
Furor
The Winner/Winners
Abismo Negro[5]
Billed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Billed weight96 kg (212 lb)[2]
Billed fromVillahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico[5]
Trained byEl Noruego (Don Nerio Soto)[5]
Delio Soto[5]
Diablo Velasco[5][6][7]
Ray Mendoza[5]
Debut1987[8]

Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González[5] (July 1, 1971 – March 22, 2009) was a Mexican luchador (Spanish for "masked professional wrestler"). He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro, which is Spanish for "Black Abyss", in the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion. Before appearing under the ring name Abismo Negro, Palomeque worked for five years under the alias "[the] Winners" and before that also wrestled as the characters "Alex Dinamo", "Pequeño Samurai", and "Furor" for short periods. Palomeque owned and operated the Gimnasio Abismo Negro, a wrestling school where individuals were trained to become professional wrestlers.

In his professional wrestling career, Palomeque worked for the two most prominent professional wrestling promotions in Mexico: Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and AAA. He also worked for the North American–based promotions the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) due to talent exchange programs between AAA and WWF in 1997 and TNA in 2004, as well as making appearances for the Michinoku Pro and Pro Wrestling Noah promotions in Japan.

On March 22, 2009, Palomeque was found dead in a river near El Rosario, Sinaloa; the official cause of death was listed as drowning. On the night before, a wrestler using the Abismo Negro outfit worked an AAA show pretending to be Palomeque; this incident caused the promoter to be barred from promoting shows for two years. Palomeque was inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame in June 2013.

  1. ^ Flores, Manuel (March 30, 2009). "Abismo Negro Adiós al rey de marinete". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Mexico City, D.F. pp. 24–26. 308.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. pp. 66–79. 2008 Edition.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Figurefour was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Aparece muerto Abismo Negro, luchador profesional, en un puente de El Rosario" (in Spanish). www.noroeste.com.mx. March 23, 2009. Archived from the original on March 26, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Plata, Arturo Rosas (March 23, 2009). "Misteriosa muerte de Abismo Negro". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. p. 18. Número 21536 Año LXII. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  6. ^ "AAA Luchadores - Technicós - Abismo Negro". LuchalibreAAA.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
  7. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Dorada de lucha libre: Las Leyendas, las peleas, los fósforos del resentimiento (the golden age of lucha libre: the legends, the feuds, the grudge matches): Diablo Velasco". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publisher. pp. 203–205. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  8. ^ Rodríguez, Oscar (March 25, 2009). "El Noruego adoptó al Abismo Negro en sus inicios". Tabascohoy.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2009.