| Thunder Rosa | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Thunder Rosa as AEW Women's World Champion in April 2022 | |
| Birth name | Melissa Cervantes[1] |
| Born | July 22, 1986 Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico[1] |
| 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.
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- ^ Thunder Rosa [@thunderrosa22] (August 12, 2019). "A lot of people already know but my husband Brian Cervantes has been pivotal for my career as a wrestler and a lot of the strong presence in social media. A couple of years ago, my like page was reported as fake ... https://facebook.com/100007132868367/posts/2348680578713015/" (Tweet). Retrieved December 8, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Thunder Rosa vs. Tasha Steelz | FULL MATCH | NWA Into The Fire (2019). NWA. February 1, 2020. Archived from the original on July 2, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
- ^ a b "Thunder Rosa". Cagematch. Archived from the original on February 24, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
- ^ "Status of 1-hour Dynamite, Thunder Rosa's contract - F4WOnline.com". Won/F4W - Wwe News, Pro Wrestling News, Wwe Results, Aew News, Aew Results. September 10, 2020. Archived from the original on September 11, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ Greer, Jamie (June 22, 2020). "Thunder Rosa Launches All-Women's Promotion Mission Pro Wrestling". Last Word on Pro Wrestling. Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2020.