La Briosa

La Briosa (Spanish for The Verve One) is the ring name of a semi-retired Mexican luchadora, or female professional wrestler who was primarily active from the mid-1970s until 2000.^[1] She is a second-generation wrestler, daughter of Sugi Sito, and together with her husband, a wrestler known under the names El Mexicano and Halcón 78.^[2] Together they have three sons that have followed in their footsteps and also become wrestlers, known as Halcón 78 Jr., Hammer Fist and Combat.^[1] La Briosa is the cousin of wrestlers Pánico, El Jabato, and Black Cat, and the aunt of Skándalo and Stigma.^[1] She has only worked a small number of matches since 2000.^[3]

During her career, La Briosa won the Mexican National Women's Championship on one occasion,^[4] and was the only wrestler to win the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship twice, first with Vicky Carranza and later on with Neftali.^[5][6] She worked as an enmascarada, or masked wrestler for most of her career, but lost it to Martha Villalobos 1992.^[1] La Briosa formed a trios team with Neftali, and La Monstra known as Las Nasty Girls.^[7]