{"id":93064,"date":"2021-06-02T19:08:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T23:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=93064"},"modified":"2021-06-02T19:08:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T23:08:37","slug":"veteran-exotico-star-pasion-kristal-passes-away-at-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/06\/02\/veteran-exotico-star-pasion-kristal-passes-away-at-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Ex\u00f3tico Star Pasi\u00f3n Kristal Passes Away at 45"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sad news out of Mexico, as longtime Extotico luchador <strong>Pasi\u00f3n Kristal<\/strong> has passed away at the age of 45. In a tragic turn of events, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvazteca.com\/aztecadeportes\/lucha-azteca\/fallece-el-luchador-exotico-pasion-kristal-en-acapulco\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Azteca is reporting<\/a> that the 45-year old Exotico star drowned on Tuesday, June 1 in Acapulco, and sadly the body has still not been recovered. Kristal was in town for a wrestling event she was scheduled to perform at.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 \u00daLTIMA HORA \ud83d\udea8 <\/p>\n<p>El luchador ex\u00f3tico Pasi\u00f3n Kristal muri\u00f3 ahogado en Acapulco, Guerrero, confirman fuentes a   <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LuchaAzteca?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LuchaAzteca<\/a>. \u00a1QEPD! \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/by6YyUWevi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/by6YyUWevi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MkTQEaM4GN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/MkTQEaM4GN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lucha Azteca AAA (@LuchaAztecaAAA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LuchaAztecaAAA\/status\/1400202579569676296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pasi\u00f3n Kristal debuted in 1994 and in 2008 made her <strong>AAA Lucha Libre<\/strong> debut as part of <strong>Los Exoticos<\/strong> with <strong>Cassandro<\/strong> and <strong>Pimpenella Escarlata<\/strong>. She remained a part of AAA until 2015, then headed to <strong>International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG)<\/strong> in 2016, where she remained until this day. She last competed for IWRG on May 30 in a tag team tournament with her <strong>Las Shotas<\/strong> partner, <strong>Jessy Ventura<\/strong>. In 2012, she started her own promotion, <strong>Lucha Libre y Espectaculos del Sureste (LLES)<\/strong>, while still remaining with IWRG and working various Mexican independents. As well as being a longtime star in the Exotico scene in Mexico, Kristal was also a strong advocate in the Mexican LGBTQIA+ community.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pasi\u00f3n Cristal vs Fantasma de la Opera   !!! CABELLERA vs CABELLERA !!!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3zLcc0DvctU?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>LWOPW sends its condolences to Pasion Kristal&#8217;s family as well as her friends, peers, and fans around the world.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">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.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve lost so many people during my 10 years in wrestling. Tomorrow is never promised. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pasionkristal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@pasionkristal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onlymamba?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@onlymamba<\/a> had called me to congratulate me right after I got signed and we were laughing our asses off as usual at each other. Ugh, this one hurts a lot.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TAYA VALKYRIE (@thetayavalkyrie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetayavalkyrie\/status\/1400208268228706309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One year we were in Tabasco on my birthday and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pasionkristal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@pasionkristal<\/a> kept the venue open for all of us after the show. We danced and sang for hours. Literally HOURS! She always made everyone feel welcome and part of her family. As she would say it, she was bad bitch and loved by all <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/02ZVRYUGt0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/02ZVRYUGt0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TAYA VALKYRIE (@thetayavalkyrie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetayavalkyrie\/status\/1400212285138821122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Qu\u00e9 dif\u00edcil duro y complicado entender este tipo de noticias .. dios te tenga en su gloria .. mi m\u00e1s sentido p\u00e9same a toda la familia .. siempre te recordaremos .. Pasion Kristal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pasionkristal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#pasionkristal<\/a> \ud83d\ude22\ud83e\udd7a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vbaSMNXSFw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vbaSMNXSFw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u201c El caballero Exotico \u201c (@MAXIMO_CHIMINO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MAXIMO_CHIMINO\/status\/1400215051211005952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sad news out of Mexico, as longtime Extotico luchador Pasi\u00f3n Kristal has passed away at the age of 45. In a tragic turn of events, TV Azteca is reporting that the 45-year old Exotico star drowned on Tuesday, June 1 in Acapulco, and sadly the body has still not been recovered. Kristal was in town [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":93067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2,547,6],"tags":[7742,7741],"class_list":["post-93064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aaa","category-featured","category-in-memorium","category-north-america","tag-aaa-lucha","tag-pasion-kristal"],"modified_by":"Scott Edwards","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}