Paco Alonso
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Francisco Alonso Lutteroth (Date of birth unknown), commonly referred to as Paco Alonso is the owner of the professional wrestling promotion
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
(CMLL), the world's oldest wrestling promotion. Alonso is the grandson of CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth
and took control of the company in 1980
, who founded the promotion under the name La Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). Alonso began working for EMLL in 1975 around the same time as Salvador Lutteroth's son, Chavo Lutteroth, took control of the promotion. Over the next five years Alonso worked in a promotional capaticy while Chavo Lutteroth ran the company, Lutteroth did not command the same respect as his father and by 1980 he handed over control and later ownership to Paco Alonso. Who had the ability and intelligence to make the company evolve and succeed.
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Alonso relatively reclusive from the public eye and has only given a few interviews in his time in charge of the promotion. However, it is estimated that he has been responsible for cumulatively drawing over 80,000,000 fans throughout his career at CMLL, based on 24 shows a week each with 2,000 attendance. Alonso was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
class of 2008 with a 73% vote. Along with Martín Karadagian
, he was one of only two inductees for the year.
Alonso's leadership style has been described as "Hands off", normally content to leave the match making to his booking team and staying out of the day to day leadership of the promotion. Alonso is also known for holding a grudge against certain wrestlers he feels has betrayed him, having banned both Octagón and Konnan from CMLL forever and even refused to pay tribute to Antonio Peña after his death. More recently there was a falling out between El Hijo del Santo
and CMLL that led Alonso to decree that none of CMLL's working partners were to use El Hijo del Santo on their shows, and when International Wrestling Revolution Group
refused Alonso broke off a seven year working relationship with the promotion.
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
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...
(CMLL), the world's oldest wrestling promotion. Alonso is the grandson of CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth
Salvador Lutteroth
Salvador Lutteroth was a Mexican professional wrestling promoter of the mid-twentieth century. Lutteroth's promotion, Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre , has been the dominant Mexican promotion since its founding in 1933, until Lutteroth left the company in the 1950s...
and took control of the company in 1980
Career
Paco Alonso is the son of the daughter of Salvador LutterothSalvador Lutteroth
Salvador Lutteroth was a Mexican professional wrestling promoter of the mid-twentieth century. Lutteroth's promotion, Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre , has been the dominant Mexican promotion since its founding in 1933, until Lutteroth left the company in the 1950s...
, who founded the promotion under the name La Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). Alonso began working for EMLL in 1975 around the same time as Salvador Lutteroth's son, Chavo Lutteroth, took control of the promotion. Over the next five years Alonso worked in a promotional capaticy while Chavo Lutteroth ran the company, Lutteroth did not command the same respect as his father and by 1980 he handed over control and later ownership to Paco Alonso. Who had the ability and intelligence to make the company evolve and succeed.
I
Alonso relatively reclusive from the public eye and has only given a few interviews in his time in charge of the promotion. However, it is estimated that he has been responsible for cumulatively drawing over 80,000,000 fans throughout his career at CMLL, based on 24 shows a week each with 2,000 attendance. Alonso was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame is a professional wrestling hall of fame that recognizes people who make significant contributions to the sport. It was founded in 1996 by Dave Meltzer, editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame is not...
class of 2008 with a 73% vote. Along with Martín Karadagian
Martín Karadagian
Martín Karadagián was an Argentine professional wrestler and actor.-Biography:Karadagián was born in the San Telmo ward of Buenos Aires to a Spanish mother and Armenian father...
, he was one of only two inductees for the year.
Alonso's leadership style has been described as "Hands off", normally content to leave the match making to his booking team and staying out of the day to day leadership of the promotion. Alonso is also known for holding a grudge against certain wrestlers he feels has betrayed him, having banned both Octagón and Konnan from CMLL forever and even refused to pay tribute to Antonio Peña after his death. More recently there was a falling out between El Hijo del Santo
El Hijo del Santo
Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez , better known as El Hijo del Santo , is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre...
and CMLL that led Alonso to decree that none of CMLL's working partners were to use El Hijo del Santo on their shows, and when 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...
refused Alonso broke off a seven year working relationship with the promotion.
Championships and accomplishments
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of FameWrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of FameThe Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame is a professional wrestling hall of fame that recognizes people who make significant contributions to the sport. It was founded in 1996 by Dave Meltzer, editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame is not...
(Class of 2008)