Black Panther (wrestler)

Black Panther
Black Panther in July 2020
Birth nameUnrevealed
BornTorreón, Coahuila, Mexico[1]
Parent(s)Blue Panther (father)
Relatives
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Silver[1]
  • Cachorro
  • The Panther
  • Black Panther
  • Dark Panther
Billed height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Billed weight84 kg (185 lb)
Trained by
Debut2011

Dark Panther (born 1998) is the ring name of a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler), currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays a tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character. His real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.[3] He is the son of Genaro Vazquez Nevarez, better known as Blue Panther, and is a brother of wrestler Blue Panther Jr. and Chachorro Lagunero. Initially wrestling in secret under the ring name Silver, he adopted his father's former ring name Cachorro (Spanish for "Cub") in 2014, which played off the Blue Panther name. He has since changed his ring on three more occasions: firstly to The Panther (2014–2018), secondly to Black Panther (2018–2021), and then to his current ring name in 2021.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Tradition was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.