Lady Victoria
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Victoria Ann Moreno better known by her ring name
Ring name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...

 Lady Victoria, is a Mexican American
Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...

 female professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
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/luchadora, manager/valet, and actress. She began training to wrestle in 1991 and made her American professional wrestling debut on January 16, 1993. Lady Victoria made her first Mexican
Mexico
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 wrestling appearance during the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is a Lucha Libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico...

 (EMLL) event held at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
Grand Olympic Auditorium
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 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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 on July 9, 1994 as well as her Lucha Libre Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...

 (AAA) debut in Tijuana
Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...

 in 1995 and television debut at TripleMania IV-A
TripleMania IV-A
TripleManía IV-A was the eighth overall TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . 1996 was third year to feature the "TripleManía Series" of shows with 3, referred to as IV-A, IV-B and IV-C, where this was the first of the series...

 in Orizaba, Veracruz on July 15, 1996. During her career, Lady Victoria has performed all over the USA and Mexico, performing for companies such as AAA, CMLL/EMLL, IWRG, Promo Aztecas, and XPW.

California and AAA

Moreno debuted as Victoria Starr, after being trained by Billy Anderson
Billy Anderson
Billy Anderson may refer to:*Billy Anderson , American college and professional football player*Billy Anderson , American bass guitarist and record producer -See also:*William Anderson...

 and Jesse Hernandez
Jesse Hernandez
Jesse Lizarraga is a Mexican American Pro Wrestler, Pro Wrestling Referee, trainer, Actor and owner of the School of Hard Knocks pro-wrestling training facility. He also promotes an independent wrestling organization called Empire Wrestling Federation in San Bernardino, California, performing...

. She began wrestling as Lady Victoria three months into her career. She first performed in Tijuana
Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...

 in late 1993, where she was first introduced to the Lucha Libre
Lucha libre
Lucha libre is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries, for a form of professional wrestling that has developed within those countries...

 style of wrestling. Having found this style closer to home, she began training and performing Lucha Libre at the All Nations Center in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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 and the Boys and Girls Club in Pomona
Pomona
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 County for Sergio Garcia.

She then worked for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...

 (AAA) promotion in Baja California in 1995, Lady Victoria grew her fan base by performing all over the United States independent shows for various companies in American style wrestling. At his time she had first comic book published by Pin & Ink, ThunderGirls Series titled “Lady Victoria vs. Queen of the Vampires”. She also worked for the Professional Girl Wrestling Association
Professional Girl Wrestling Association
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 (PGWA) out of North Carolina
North Carolina
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.

Lady Victoria’s first major television debut was with AAA, where some of her biggest feuds were with Miss Janeth
Miss Janeth
Janet Fragoso Alonso is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by her ringname Miss Janeth, who is a longtime ruda for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. She has also competed in the Universal Wrestling Association and won the UWA World Women's Championship following its revival in 2001...

. Lady Victoria was introduced at the TripleMania IV-A
TripleMania IV-A
TripleManía IV-A was the eighth overall TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . 1996 was third year to feature the "TripleManía Series" of shows with 3, referred to as IV-A, IV-B and IV-C, where this was the first of the series...

 main event in Orizaba, Veracruz on July 15, 1996 as the valet and Manager to Máscara Sagrada
Máscara Sagrada
Máscara Sagrada is a Mexican Luchador enMáscarado who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is inspired by the "sanctity" of masks in lucha libre...

 while Miss Janeth was valet and manager to Killers. Later that night, her right hand was fractured which limited her performance for the next three to four months. During this time, Pierroth, Jr.
Pierroth, Jr.
Norberto Salgado Salcedo is a retired Mexican luchador , best known under the ring name Pierroth, Jr.. Salgado made his professional wrestling debut on July 1, 1984 working as an Luchador Enmascarado, or masked wrestler, using the name Pierroth, Jr...

 was suspended for powerbomb
Powerbomb
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ing Lady Victoria. She then also starting wrestling as both Lady Victoria and masked as Chiquitibum . She feuded with Zuleyma
Zuleyma
Elvia Fragoso Alonso is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, known by her ringname Zuleyma, who competed in the Universal Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Association as one of the most dominant luchadoras in Mexico during the 1980s and early 1990s...

 (Miss Janeth’s older sister), Miss Janeth, and La Briosa. She also occasionally teamed with La Sirenita and Princesa Apache
Mari Apache
Mariella Balbuena Torres is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Mari Apache . She is the daughter of Luchador Gran Apache and the sister of luchadora Faby Apache...

.

Independent circuit

Performing as Alondra in International Wrestling Revolution Group
International Wrestling Revolution Group
International Wrestling Revolution Group is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. Founded in 1996 by Adolfo Moreno and since Moreno's death in late 2007 has been controlled by his sons Alfredo and Marco Moreno...

, she feuded with Miss Janeth, Barbara Blaze, La Indomable, Mohicana, and Migala
Migala
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. She performed for the company from 1996 to 1999. Alondra also occasionally teamed up with Irma Aguilar.

Shortly after leaving AAA, Lady Victoria was invited to Promo Azteca where she managed and acted as a valet to El Hijo del Diablo and occasionally the tag team of Damien 666
Leonardo Carrera
Leonardo Carrera Gómez is a Mexican professional wrestler best known under the name Damián 666...

 and Halloween
Manuel Ortiz
Manuel Ortiz Partida is a professional wrestler who is currently wrestling the independent circuit in Mexico, particularly in the Tijuana area...

. Being the only woman wrestler/manager in the company, she was elected to start a Women’s Division, which got under way with few Luchadoras and several “Indy” promotions to ready for television, which led her to continue performing with IWRG as Alondra and CMLL/EMLL as Lady Victoria.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

In Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is a Lucha Libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico...

 (EMLL), Lady Victoria feuded with La Diabólica
La Diabólica
La Diabólica is a Mexican Luchadora Enmascarada, or masked professional wrestler, best known from her work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotions Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...

, Infernal, and La Amapola
La Amapola
Guadalupe Olvera is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchadora as they are called in Spanish, best known under the ring name La Amapola . Olvera is best known for her work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , which she has worked for all her career...

. She also partnered with Lady Apache
Lady Apache
Sandra González Calderón is a Mexican professional wrestler or Luchadora, best known under the ring name Lady Apache. González's ring name comes from the "family name" of Mario Balbuena González who wrestles under the name Gran Apache; whom she was married to when she made her wrestling debut in...

 and Princessa Blanca. Then, as Lady Victoria was so over from being El Hijo del Diablo’s valet prior in Promo Aztecas, they began to partner her with La Diabolica against Lady Apache and Princessa Blanca.

La Familia de Tijuana

In early 1999, Lady Victoria was feeling a home sick and decided to return to the USA to perform in Baja California. Upon returning, Lady Victoria became the valet for Halloween, which eventually led to the formation of the La Familia de Tijuana alliance, as well as a feud with Lola Gonzalez.

La Familia also began there stint in XPW in 2001. Lady Victoria accompanied La Familia to Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Xtreme Pro Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion formerly owned by Extreme Associates CEO and director Rob Zicari, who appeared on shows under the name Rob Black. Zicari appeared on-camera as owner alongside his wife Lizzy Borden. The promotion focuses on hardcore wrestling,...

 (XPW), where they were known as Mexico’s Most Wanted (MMW), in 2001. She performed with Damien and Halloween not only as a manager, but participated in six man tag matches. She had feuds with opposite gender Angel in singles competition. She left Mexico's Most Wanted briefly to join The Black Army, only to return to the side of MMW. Lady Victoria ultimately took a break from performing altogether in 2002.

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
    • Running Powerbomb
      Powerbomb
      A powerbomb is a professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up and then slammed back-first down to the mat. The standard powerbomb sees an opponent first placed in a standing headscissors position...

    • Tombstone Piledriver
    • Figure Four Leg Lock

  • Wrestlers managed
    Manager (professional wrestling)
    In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...

    • Leon Negro
    • Máscara Sagrada
      Máscara Sagrada
      Máscara Sagrada is a Mexican Luchador enMáscarado who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is inspired by the "sanctity" of masks in lucha libre...

    • El Pantera
      Pantera (wrestler)
      Francisco Javier Pozas is a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, who is best known under the ring name El Pantera, but has also worked as Pantera II, El Manaya, América, Tritón and TANAKA over the years...

    • Halloween
    • Damián 666
      Leonardo Carrera
      Leonardo Carrera Gómez is a Mexican professional wrestler best known under the name Damián 666...

    • Rey Misterio, Sr.
      Rey Misterio, Sr.
      Miguel Ángel López Díaz, better known as his ring name Rey Misterio, Sr. is a Mexican professional wrestler, trainer and actor. He is the uncle of well-known luchador Rey Mysterio, Jr. His name directly translates to "Mystery King" in English...

    • La Familia de Tijuana
    • El Hijo del Diablo
    • Mexico’s Most Wanted

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