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| Wrestler's Name | Loco Bravo | ||
| Real Name | Enrique Hereberto Carlos Garza | ||
| Alignment | Face | ||
| Height | 5'8"" |
Weight |
215 lbs. |
| Birthday | Cinco de Mayo 1979 (Saturday, May 5, 1979) | ||
| Hometown | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Entrance Music | "e-"Return of the Tres" " by Delinquent Habits from the "Merry Go Round" Album | ||
| Wrestling Style | High Flyer, Mat Technician, Lucha Libre | ||
| Physical Description | Bravo has very curly black neck-length hair. His skin tone a lighter shade of brown. His brown eyes are dark and narrow, but sparkle with life. His face is somewhat youthful, but masculine because of his relatively thick eyebrows and the V-shaped goatee beneath his bottom lip on the upper part of his chin. He has a solid consistent athletic build the length of his frame. He has a tattoo of the Mexican flag on the outer part of his left shoulder; another tattoo of the original Jose Cuervo label on the outer part of his left calf; and L-O-C-O in Old English script tattooed down the inner part of his right arm, and B-R-A-V-O down in the inner part of his left arm. . | ||
| Ring Attire | Bravo wears shiny black wrestling boots, calf-high, with black laces. The remainder of his attire is usually dominated by black full-length tights and matching sleeveless tops. Other varying colors include red and green -- the colors of his national flag. He wears black athletic tape woven through his knuckles and wrapped to the lower part of his forearms. | ||
| Finishers ) | 1)El Tramposo (630 Senton) Submission Finisher Name -La Tapatia del Fin (Surfboard, Inverted Facelock) |
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| Finisher Description | 1) The attacker stands on the top corner ropes/turnbuckle; performs 1 and 3/4 forward flips (630 degrees); and lands back first on the victim. 2)The victim is on their stomach. The attacker stands on the back of the victim's knees/thighs and locks the victim's ankles behind their legs. The attacker grabs both the victim's arms, pulls back and sits down, bringing the victim up to their knees. From there the attacker applies an inverted facelock. |
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| Standard Moves | DDT, Swinging Inverted Facelock | Powerbomb, Crossed Arms | Catapult Springboard Splash |
| DDT Opponent off the Top Rope (while standing on the mat) | Piledriver, Cradle | Springboard Arm Drag | |
| Super Bulldog | Springboard Moonsault DDT | DDT, Baseball Slide | |
| DDT, Reverse Underhook | Somersault Flying Head scissors Suicida | Springboard Mat Slam | |
| Rana | Apron Dive Rana | Off the Top Rope Somersault Rana -- Dragon Rana | |
| Super Reverse Rana | Rana, Shoulder Spin | Suplex, Shoulder Mounted Crossed Arms -- Cyclone Suplex | |
| Biography | Garza's parents were always Lucha Libre fans. Enrique's father had dreams of being a tecnico (fan favorite, baby face wrestler) and conquering all the rudos (heels). But fate did not deal him those cards. Instead, his son would follow that path, beginning a career as a young mask-wearing tecnico who competed in six-, eight- and ten-man tag team matches. While the 15-year-old Enrique cut his teeth in the seedy under belly of Lucha Libre, traveling with various independent shows, his parents each worked multiple jobs at give times to support the family's collective dream. The independent Lucha Libre circuit didn't pay much of anything. But the reverence with which the Mexican public viewed luchadores was the real draw of the profession. Reverence, however, didn't put food on the table. As Enrique gradually honed his craft, though, some influential people began to take notice.
. Hoping to some day relieve his parents of their multiple jobs by finding some more gainful employment as a luchadore, Enrique finally hit the big time by Mexican standards when he began having matches for Aztec Libre Wrestling. His first match with the popular promotion started something that ultimately set him apart from his fellow luchadores. As the then 17-year-old Garza approached the ring for his debut ALW match, he removed his mask and placed it over the face of a young child at ringside. Such a gesture had never been seen before, and immediately made the young luchadore a popular tecnico. Word spread about Garza, and he gradually moved up the card as his skills improved to coincide with his popularity. The money, however, was not improving. And, as Enrique returned home from an ALW tour to give his sparse earnings to his parents, he learned his father had died of a heart attack. A doctor told the family that long work hours and lack of adequate rest had attributed more than anything to Antonio Garza's death. Enrique vowed to his mother that he would earn enough money so that she could stop working. Some ALW luchadores had planned to work several shows in San Diego, where relatively adequate pay days would translate into huge payoffs south of the border. In San Diego and Los Angeles, the unmasked Enrique Garza developed a cult following as "The Crazy One" for his willingness to take incredible risks. Loco Bravo returned to ALW an even bigger star. Cross-fan pollination through ALW shows in popular vacation destinations like Cancun, Tijuana and Mexico City were finally making him enough money to keep his promise to his mother. The past four years saw Loco Bravo finally make money and an even more international name for himself with trips to Japan and throughout North America -- most notably reaching the quarter finals of the 2001 World Wrestling Alliance/ Euro-Asian Wrestling Conference/ Rising Sun Wrestling co-sponsored Super J tournament, which earned him a $50,000 pay day. The money is not important to Bravo (he gave most of it to the poor and orphaned, and finds himself looking for another big pay day). He's taking care of his mother and indulging in a few of his vices in moderation. But more importantly, he's happy. |
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| Gimmick | Bravo is as fun-lovin' as a guy can be. He has an affinity for a lot of controversially fun things -- cock fighting and tequila most notably. He loves and lives to excite wrestling fans, and will seemingly go to any lengths (or heights -- he once performed a standing moonsault from a nearly 20-foot high balcony onto a prone opponent). Win or lose, a wrestling show is one big party for Bravo. If the fans are happy, he's happy. Bravo calls everyone "amigo," and he means that sincerely. He's not overly trusting of his opponents, and he understands the business. But he all about having a good time in the process of taking care of business... even if business takes a back seat in the process. | ||