Sangre Chicana


Sangre Chicana is the ring name of Mexican professional wrestler retired Andrés Durán Reyes. Reyes made his professional wrestling debut in 1973, wearing a red mask with a gold stripe, under the name Lemus. A year later he changed his name to Sangre Chicana but kept the mask with the golden stripe. He rose to prominence in a feud with El Cobarde and Fishman that led to a Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match where Reyes lost his mask.
Reyes is one of the very few wrestlers to work for both Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre and Francisco Flores' promotion Toreo Cuatro Caminos Independents. Over the years the Chicana "family" grew, as "Lemus I" debuted in the 1980s using Reyes original mask, followed by "Lemus II" in the 1990s. In 2000, Reyes' sons "Lemus Jr." and "Sangre Chicana Jr." made their professional wrestling debuts followed by Sangre Imperial, Hijo de Sangre Chicana, and daughters Lady Chicana, Lluvia and La Hiedra

Professional wrestling career

Andrés Reyes made his professional wrestling debut in July 1973 as the enmascarado character Lemus. Less than a year after his debut he was forced to remove his mask as he lost a Lucha de Apuesta to El Canek and had to remove the mask per Lucha Libre traditions. Not long after his mask loss Reyes began working as the enmascarado character Sangre Chicana, Chicana wore the same mask as he did while wrestling as Lemus; this was possible because began wrestling outside his home state and at the time information did not travel as fast.
After wrestling under a mask for some years he finally gained some notoriety as he began a feud with Fishman and El Cobarde. This feud led to another Lucha de Apuesta, this time between all three men, a match that Fishman won, unmasking Sangre Chicana. The loss of the mask was the first step towards Sangre Chicana becoming a headline wrestler as he defeated José Luis Mendieta on November 19, 1977, to win the Mexican National Middleweight Championship, only two months after he was unmasked. He vacated the championship in 1979, but the reason for the vacation is unclear. He held the NWA World Middleweight Championship twice in 1980-1981 defeating Cachorro Mendoza and Tony Salazar to win the title and lost it to Ringo Mendoza on April 3, 1981. In 1982 he briefly held the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship for 19 days. In 1982 Chicana jumped to the Universal Wrestling Association where he resumed his feud with Fishman, trading the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship four times in total over a period of 16 months. When he returned to Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre he teamed up with Cien Caras, defeating Ringo and Cachorro Mendoza to win the Mexican National Tag Team Championship, a title they would hold until Rayo de Jalisco and Tony Benetto won it from them. Between 1989 and 1990 Sangre Chicana held the UWA promoted WWF Light Heavyweight Championship on two occasions.
When the UWA Folded Chicana worked full-time for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he teamed with Bestia Salvaje and Emilio Charles, Jr. for a CMLL World Trios Championship reign. In the late 1990s Sangre Chicana left CMLL and began working for AAA where he defeated Máscara Sagrada II to win the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship. His run with the title lasted 715 days, from May 16, 1998, until April 30, 2000 when he lost the belt to Latin Lover. On August 20, 2004, Chicana won the AAA Americas Heavyweight Championship, a title held until he left AAA. While he is still listed as the current championship the title has technically been inactive since Chicana left the promotion. In recent years Sangre Chicana has worked only select dates on the Mexican independent circuit, often together with his son Sangre Chicana, Jr.

Championships and accomplishments

Winner Loser LocationEventDateNotes
El Canek Lemús Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive event1974
Sangre Chicana El Puma N/ALive eventN/A
Sangre Chicana Dragón de Oro N/ALive eventN/A
Sangre Chicana Dragón Rojo N/ALive eventN/A
Fishman Sangre Chicana Mexico CityEMLL 44th Anniversary Show
Sangre Chicana El CobardeN/ALive eventN/A
Sangre Chicana and As Charro Los Tigres del Ring Live eventTorreón, Coahuila
El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza Sangre Chicana and Alfonso Dantés Mexico City22. Aniversario de Arena México
Sangre Chicana and Adorable Rubí El Cobarde and Dragón Rojo Mexico CityEMLL 45th Anniversary Show
Sangre Chicana Gran Cochisse Mexico CityLive event
El Faraón and Águila India Sangre Chicana and Tony Salazar Mexico CityLive event
Sangre Chicana and El Satánico Ringo and Cachorro Mendoza N/ALive event
El Satánico Sangre Chicana Mexico CityLive event
DrawSangre Chicana
El Satánico 		Mexico CityLive event
Sangre Chicana MS-1 Mexico CityEMLL 50th Anniversary Show
Sangre Chicana El Increíble Hulk N/ALive event
Sangre Chicana MS-1 Mexico CityEMLL 51st Anniversary Show
Sangre Chicana Perro Aguayo Mexico CityLive event
Sangre Chicana and Mocho Cota El Faraón and Talismán Mexico CityLive event
Sangre Chicana Ultraman N/ALive event
Sangre Chicana Apolo Estrada Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive event
Perro Aguayo Sangre Chicana Mexico CityLive event
Sangre Chicana La Fiera Mexico CityLive event
Perro Aguayo Sangre Chicana Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive event
Sangre Chicana Magnifico Mexico CityLive event
Perro Aguayo Sangre Chicana Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive event
Perro Aguayo Sangre Chicana Mexico CityLive event
Sangre Chicana Brazo de Oro Mexico CityLive event
Sangre Chicana and El Sanguinario Latin Lover and Polimero Espacial Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive event
Vampiro Canadiense Sangre Chicana Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive event
La Fiera Sangre Chicana Mexico CityLive event
Justiciero Sangre Chicana Nuevo Laredo, TamaulipasLive event
Sangre Chicana La Fiera Mexico CityLive event
Heavy Metal Sangre Chicana Naucalpan, Mexico StateRey de Reyes
Sangre Chicana Enrique Vera Nuevo Laredo, TamaulipasLive event
Sangre Chicana El Cobarde II Nuevo Laredo, TamaulipasLive event
Sangre Chicana Pirata Morgan Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive event
Sangre Chicana Pirata Morgan Acapulco, GuerreroTriplemanía IX
Sangre Chicana Jaque Mate Nuevo Laredo, TamaulipasLive event
Heavy MetalSangre Chicana Monterrey, Nuevo LeónTriplemanía X
Sergio Romo Jr. Sangre Chicana Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive event
Sangre Chicana Sergio Romo Jr. Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive event
Shocker Sangre Chicana Guadalajara, JaliscoGuerra de Tianes
Tinieblas, Jr. Sangre Chicana Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive event
Laredo Kid Sangre Chicana Nuevo Laredo, TamaulipasLive event
El Satánico Sangre Chicana Tamaulipas, Nuevo LaredoHomenaje y Despedia El Amo del Escandalo

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