Xóchitl Guadalupe Hamada Villareal, is a semi-retired Asian-Latino professional wrestler. She was born in the city of Nuevo Laredo, in Tamaulipas, Mexico, on May 1, 1970. Her father Hiroaki Hamada (Gran Hamada) is a retired grappler born in Maebashi, Japan.
Within her family, wrestling is a tradition. Her father (Gran Hamada), her sister (Ayako Hamada), her brother-in-law (Tiger Mask IV), her ex-husband (Silver King) and her current husband (Pentagón Black), have been or are professional wrestlers.
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Xóchitl has spent most of her career in Mexico, working with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), although she’s also campaigned in Japan.
She became champion in both Mexican wrestling organizations, holding the Women’s World Championship at CMLL, being only the second title holder to this belt. She was also the first to grab the AAA Queen of Queens belt, and won “Japan Woman Pro Wrestling Pacific Coast Tag Team Title“, with Miss A.
She remembers that she started in the business against her father’s wishes, so she wrestled secretly at first. That changed and her father decided to train her and even took her to Japan where she would wrestle her first big time match in 1986. Besides her father, she had recognized mentors and trainers in the world of wrestling such as Jackie Sato, Shinobu Kandori, Shadito Cruz, and Blue Panther.
Among her outstanding main events are: winning her title in CMLL against Bull Nakano, her subsequent action packed loss against La Diabólica, winning the AAA title when she beat Miss Janeth, Rosy Moreno and Esther Moreno in four way, six-woman battle royal matches against Oyuki, La Alondra, La Infernal, La Practicante and Rossy Moreno on two occasions (one with her husband Pentagón Black), losing a hair vs hair match against hes sister Ayako Hamada, and perhaps her most famous match, the first inter-gender lucha in Mexico against Pentagon.
Xóchitl Hamada’s family wrestling dynasty, seems to still have history to be written, as Silver King Jr., her son from her marriage to Silver King, is already a known figure in the Mexican wrestling world.