Lidia Hortencia Rangel Ávalos (born December 29, 1955) is a Mexican former professional wrestler, more commonly known under the ring name Pantera Sureña (Spanish for "Southern Panther"). She has also worked as the masked wrestling characters La Galáctica, La Galáctica 2000, Lady Discovery and Lady Metal during her career. Her career began in 1969 and stretched until 2008 where she worked her last match.
As Pantera Sureña, Rangel started her career as a masked wrestler, but lost her mask to Lola González in 1977. Her stints as La Galáctica, La Galáctica 2000, Lady Discovery and Lady Metal were all under a mask and only confirmed to be Rangel later in her career. In her almost 40-year career she has won the Distrito Federal Women's Championship, the UWA World Women's Championship, and the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship with Martha Villalobos in Mexico, as well as being the only female wrestler to win the WWWA World Singles Championship in Japan.
Championships and accomplishments Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Distrito Federal Women's Championship (1 time) Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Martha Villalobos Universal Wrestling Association UWA World Women's Championship (1 time) All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling WWWA World Singles Championship (1 time)
Luchas de Apuestas record
Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesLola González (hair) Pantera Sureña (mask) Pachuca, Hidalgo N/A 1977 Martha Villalobos (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) N/A N/A N/A Lady Apache (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) N/A N/A N/A Rossy Moreno (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) N/A N/A N/A Rossy Moreno (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) N/A N/A N/A Tania (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) N/A N/A N/A Estela Molina (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico UWA show Vicky Williams (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico UWA show Pantera Sureña (hair) Rossy Moreno (hair) Querétaro, Querétaro N/A La Galáctica (mask) Jaguar Yokota (hair) Kawasaki, Japan AJW show Pantera Sureña (hair) Tania (hair) Mexico City CMLL show Pantera Sureña (hair) Karla Ivonne (hair) Mexico City CMLL show refLola González (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) Mexico City CMLL show Zuleyma (hair) Pantera Sureña (hair) Mexico City CMLL show Las Nasty Girls (Hair) Pantera Sureña and Wendy (hair) Mexico City N/A Lady Discovery (mask) Princesa Guerrera (mask) N/A AAA show
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