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Peru is one of the South American countries with the largest number of pro wrestling fans. The Peruvian wrestling circuit has three promotions: LWA (Leader Wrestling Association), GLL Peru and Imperio (Spanish for Empire), all located in Lima, the capital of the country. LWA is the oldest of them all.
It was founded in 2006 in the district of Surco, where it has its own training center called Casa de la Cultura (House of Culture).
For its part, GLL Peru was founded in 2011. Its training center is the Chamochumbi Coliseum in Magdalena del Mar district. It’s most important title is the Latin American Hatun Auqui Championship and is in the hands of Sonjay Dutt, star of Impact Wrestling, since two years ago.
Finally, we have Imperio, the most recent promotion and the one that has had the most media impact. His first show in March of 2017 had an attendance of 5,000 spectators and the incredible number of 18 contested matches. His fifth and most recent show took place on Sunday, February 4 and had two historical combats for the Peruvian public.
The semi-stellar combat was a dream match: Austin Aries versus Marty 'The Villain' Scurll. The main event was Carlito versus Brian Cage for the Imperial Championship, the most important title of the promotion.
Without further ado, here I leave you five Peruvian wrestlers that you will meet this 2018.
#5 Astaroth
A talent formed in GLL, Astaroth has a sinister gimmick that is always accompanied by a T-shirt from the American punk horror band, The Misfits. His talent and quality in the ring has positioned him as GLL main eventer.
Astaroth has developed rivalries with face wrestlers like Johnny Tornado and Lunatic J. He is close to culminating his rivalry with LJ Night and if he defeats him he could be crowned as Peruvian Television Champion.
#4 Seven
Seven was part of the LWA Academy, and made his professional debut in 2013 and has since appeared every year so far at LWA. In 2017, he was also present at GLL Peru and Imperio shows. Seven does not need to have a great height to look intimidating since his demon gimmick speaks for itself.
Among his achievements is being the current NOX champion of LWA. This is the maximum championship of the extinct Nueva Orden Xtrema (New Extreme Order) that after the disappearance of this promotion became a secondary championship of LWA.
He was also once Tag Team Champion of LWA with Killer in a team known as The Plague.
#3 Bad Boy Jr.
Trained in the LWA Academy by Apocalipsis, Bad Boy Jr. made his debut in 2012 and has appeared on LWA since then until 2016. Since 2017 he has appeared in Imperio and in the Chilean promotion 5 Luchas Clandestino.
He has not had action this 2018 and his last fight in Empire was on November 12, 2017. Matt Sydal defeated him in a match that defined the contender to the South American Championship.
Among his achievements include two Tag Team Champions with Mansilla. In LWA, he excelled above all because of his feuds with his former teammate and his trainer, Apocalipsis.
#2 Mansilla
A wrestler who trained at the LWA Academy under the command of Apocalipsis, like his former teammate Bad Boy Jr., Mansilla's professional debut occurred in 2012, but it wasn't until 2016 that he became one of the most important wrestlers in LWA.
He was once Maximum Champion of LWA and twice Tag Team Champions of the same promotion with Bad Boy Jr. He has made appearances in Chilean promotions such as Arica Lucha Libre and Cinco Luchas Clandestino.
Since 2017 he has been part of Imperio where he has developed a new gimmick: scissor dancer. The scissors dance is a typical dance in the southern highlands of Peru and was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2010.
Mansilla comes from defeating Paul London in Imperio II, the show that took place last Sunday. This was a historic victory for him as he could catapult him to the main scene of Imperio.
#1 Reptil
This masked wrestler was trained in GLL where he was Peruvian Television Champion. In the first show of Imperio, he won the South American Championship beating international stars like Zack Sabre Jr. and Matt Sydal. Then he successfully defended his belt against Paul London, Bad Boy Jr., Apocalipsis and Brazilian Zumbi.
Reptil lost his title against Mexican Ricky Marvin. However, Imperio has big plans for him because the Imperial Council entity that controls Imperio has chosen Aldo Miyashiro as his manager. Miyashiro, of Japanese roots, is an actor, presenter and producer of television with an incontestable popularity in Peru.
After being the first South American Champion of Imperio, Reptil now has two options. The first is to seek revenge against Ricky Marvin. The second one is to be a contender for the Imperial Championship whose holder is the Puerto Rican Carlito.
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