278:(CMLL), Mexico's biggest and the world's oldest still active wrestling promotion in 1998. CMLL also allowed Los Rayos to still work on the Independent circuit, allowing them to still compete for the Distrito Federal Tag Team Champion as well as defend the UWA Tag Team Championship in 2000. This was either the physical UWA championship belts that Los Rayos were in possession off or the Distrito Federal title belts, just billed as the UWA titles to allow them to defend them outside of Mexico City. At one point Los Rayos lost the "UWA World Tag Team Championship" to the Japanese team of
307:("bad guys") rookies, helping them gain invaluable in-ring experience and help them prepare for higher profile storylines. in 2008 Los Rayos Tapatío entered a tournament where the winning team would get a chance to challenge for the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship, but the experienced team lost to
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and MAZADA, allowing them to claim the title for their home promotion, or at least that is what the
Japanese team claimed when they started defending the titles in the El Dorado Wrestling promotion in 2008. On Los Rayos lost a set of tag team championships to El Endeivor and Vuelo Especial, which was
412:. One commentator speculated that Los Rayos Tapatío were in the waning part of their career after losing their masks. After being active as a team since 1990 or 1991 Los Rayos Tapatío have become the longest continuously team, still active tag team in Mexico, perhaps even in all of wrestling.
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Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship for the first time out of five in 1992. Los Rayos would lose, then regain the titles as part of an ongoing storyline with a team known as
245:("Prince Dolphin"), but would later join his brother as a regular tag team around 1990/1991, adopting the moniker Rayo Tapatío II, with his brother modifying his name to Rayo Tapatío I. After their debut they began working regularly for the
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266:(AAA) who was rapidly growing, soon becoming the second biggest promotion in Mexico. During this time period Los Rayos would hold the Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship for a third time.
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unfair advantage, escalating the conflict. After months of escalating the storyline CMLL finally announced that the two teams would face off in a
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Jesús González Monroy was born on May 24, 1968 and Víctor Manuel González Monroy was born on August 16, 1971, both in
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Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: Districto
Federal Tag Team Title".
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Mexican wrestling
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Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico
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295:in the first round. Over the years the seasoned
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800:match against Gran Petroneo and Rayo Tapatío I
1351:The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams
1297:"El CMLL se impone a AULL en la López Mateos"
1209:"Imagen el primer cartel del CMLL en el 2012"
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1079:"La tarde se Pintó de azul"
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1132:October 26,
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1047:October 26,
855:October 25,
758:Mexico City
589:May 1, 1994
346:Apocalipsis
239:Guadalajara
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110:Billed from
1401:Categories
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817:References
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342:Inquisidor
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138:1990–1991
104:(Combined)
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1083:Ovaciones
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484:Location
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235:ring name
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455:(1 time)
340:such as
298:tecnicos
165:tag team
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31:Tag team
796:Lost a
529:Unknown
348:fought
326:tecnico
315:Euforia
198:tecnico
154:Spanish
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493:Notes
487:Event
465:record
358:Magnus
280:NOZAWA
115:Mexico
622:Fugaz
490:Date
383:rudos
338:Rudos
293:Fugaz
289:Virus
192:rudos
121:Debut
1380:ISBN
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