{"id":59788,"date":"2019-12-23T21:48:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T02:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=59788"},"modified":"2020-03-24T23:23:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T03:23:38","slug":"cmlls-mr-niebla-passes-away-age-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/12\/23\/cmlls-mr-niebla-passes-away-age-46\/","title":{"rendered":"CMLL&#8217;s Mr. Niebla Passes Away, Age 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Lucha Libre&#8217;s most controversial stars, the masked luchador known as <strong>Mr. Niebla<\/strong>, passed away on Monday from complications surrounding a blood infection. The 29-year veteran of Mexican Lucha Libre was only 46 years old.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26ab DESCANSE EN PAZ MR. NIEBLA \u26ab<br \/>El CMLL se une a la pena que embarga a la familia luchistica por el sensible fallecimiento del luchador Mr. Niebla, quien tuvo una destacada trayectoria en la historia de este deporte coloc\u00e1ndose como una de las m\u00e1ximas figuras. <\/p>\n<p>Descanse en paz. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QSmthWa7b6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QSmthWa7b6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMLL_OFICIAL\/status\/1209261165194334209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Niebla began his career in his native Mexico in 1990, where he debuted as <strong>Chamaco Audaz<\/strong>. In 1995, he joined the world&#8217;s oldest running promotion, Mexico&#8217;s legendary <strong>Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL)<\/strong>. He still performed with CMLL to this day.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=prCpWOjEzVE<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, he took a year out from CMLL and competed with their arch-rival, <strong>AAA Lucha Libre<\/strong>, but was back in CMLL by 2008. His career includes holding the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship for 543-days in 2003-2004, as well as 2x CMLL World Trios Tag Team Champions, CMLL World Tag Team Champion, plus Mexican National Trios Champion.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c-TDJ6p_Wjk<\/p>\n<p>The past year was a controversial one for the popular star, who battled substance abuse problems that resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/09\/09\/mr-nieblas-alcoholism-bans-him-from-cmll-and-mexico-city-in-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">him being suspended by CMLL<\/a> for performing under the influence. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/03\/12\/mr-niebla-returns-to-cmll-despite-problems-with-alcohol\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He was reinstated a few months later<\/a> with new ultimatums from CMLL.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DR WAGNER JR VS MR NIEBLA CAMPEONATO COMPLETO 2008\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KV2Km3U9vuU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The entire Last Word on Pro Wrestling staff offer our sincere condolences to Mr. Niebla&#8217;s family, friends, peers, and fans.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide se une en la pena que embarga a la familia luch\u00edstica tras el sensible fallecimiento de Mr. Niebla.<\/p>\n<p>Descanse en paz. \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pFF4VM9VWm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/pFF4VM9VWm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (@luchalibreaaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luchalibreaaa\/status\/1209268753965441025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"InformationBoxRow\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Lucha Libre&#8217;s most controversial stars, the masked luchador known as Mr. Niebla, passed away on Monday from complications surrounding a blood infection. The 29-year veteran of Mexican Lucha Libre was only 46 years old. \u26ab DESCANSE EN PAZ MR. 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