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Mr. Niebla

Efrén Tiburcio Márquez, known under the ring name Mr. Niebla, was a Mexican professional wrestler. He worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). His in-ring style focused more on comedy, which often included pratfalls, dancing and mocking his opponents during matches.

Professional wrestling career
Efrén Tiburcio Márquez made his professional wrestling debut on November 11, 1990, working under the Ring name Chamaco Audaz (the Audacious Kid). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1995–2007) In the early 1990s, Mr. Niebla began working for Mexico's largest professional wrestling promotion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He initially worked for one of the local CMLL-affiliates, winning both the Distrito Federal Welterweight Championship and Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship once. In 1997, Mr. Niebla formed a trio with fellow good guys (called técnicos in Lucha Libre) Lizmark and Atlantis called La Ola Azul (the Blue Wave). On April 29, La Ola Azul defeated El Satánico, Emilio Charles Jr. and Rey Bucanero to win the CMLL World Trios Championship, Mr. Niebla's first major title victory. On March 30, 2001, Mr. Niebla teamed up with Olímpico and Safari to defeat Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera and El Signo for the Mexican National Trios Championship. The match against Wagner, Universo and Black Tiger III was part of a longer storyline between Mr. Niebla and Universo 2000; the two had met in 2002 over Universo 2000's CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, but at the time Universo 2000 retained the title. On April 18, 2003, Mr. Niebla defeated Universo 2000 to become the CMLL World Heavyweight Champion. Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (2007–2008) In late 2007, Mr. Niebla left CMLL to work for their main rival, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). He debuted as one of Los Vipers, a long-existing faction of villains (known as rudos in Lucha Libre), and soon began challenging Los Vipers' leader Abismo Negro for the leadership role. In early 2008, the storyline saw the two physically fight over the leadership in matches where the job was on the line. Each time Abismo Negro won, AAA head booker Joaquín Roldan announced that the decision and Negro, the winner, did not lead Los Vipers. After the second match, the rest of Los Vipers turned on Abismo Negro and ejected him from the group. The storyline was supposed to end in a Luchas de Apuestas match between Niebla and Negro at Triplemanía XVI. Later on, the match was changed to a multi-man steel cage match including all of Los Vipers (Mr. Niebla, Black Abyss, Psicosis II and Histeria) and Abismo Negro, with the last person in the cage being forced to unmask. A few days before the match, AAA cancelled it due to Negro sustaining a neck injury. On the night of Triplemanía XVI, Mr. Niebla quit AAA, opting to return to CMLL instead. Mr. Niebla subsequently stated he left AAA, because a major mask vs. mask match he was promised fell through when Negro was unable to work the Triplemanía match, and that he came back to CMLL looking to make his mark unmasking a "big name" such as Místico or Dr. Wagner Jr. He also apologized to AAA if they were unhappy with the method he used, but he believed he handled everything in a professional manner and that he was upfront about his ambitions for a "big name" mask-versus-mask match. On September 2, El Felino turned rudo and joined La Peste Negra. After Felino joined the group, Heavy Metal, not comfortable with working their comedic style, was quietly phased out. Mr. Niebla did not work any matches for three months, starting in March 2010. In early June, CMLL announced that after recuperating in Europe, Mr. Niebla was ready to return to the ring, reuniting La Peste Negra for the first time in several months. After making only a few in-ring appearances, Mr. Niebla disappeared from the CMLL booking sheets once again, being replaced by Rey Bucanero. It was later revealed that his body had rejected the implant he had been given during his previous time away from the ring, and it had to be replaced, putting him out of action for approximately a month before he was able to wrestle again. On August 16, it was announced that the returning Mr. Niebla would be one of 14 men putting their mask on the line in a Luchas de Apuestas steel cage match in the main event of the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show. Mr. Niebla was the sixth man to leave the steel cage, keeping his mask safe. The match came down to La Sombra pinning Olímpico to unmask him. On July 29, 2011, Mr. Niebla defeated 15 other men to win the 2011 Leyenda de Azul. At the 2012 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, Mr. Niebla and Atlantis defeated Rush and El Terrible to win the Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles tournament, where rivals teamed together. In late 2012, the long-dormant rivalry between Mr. Niebla and his former tag team partner Shocker was resumed as the two began to work on opposite sides of a number of matches. The two were paired up for the 2013 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles as a way to continue the storyline between the two. The team worked together without much problems in the initial rounds as they defeated the team of Marco Corleone and Kraneo and then Máscara Dorada and Mephisto to qualify for the semi-finals, where they lost to eventual tournament winners La Sombra and Volador Jr. Following the loss, Mr. Niebla and Shocker argued and almost came to blows over who was responsible for losing the match. In January 2014, Niebla introduced new Peste Negra members Bárbaro Cavernario and Herodes Jr. On February 14, Niebla and Cavernario defeated Soberano Jr. and Volador Jr. in the finals to win the 2014 Torneo Gran Alternativa. On February 18, Niebla, El Felino and Negro Casas defeated La Máscara, Rush and Titán to win the Mexican National Trios Championship. In January 2015, Niebla made his New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) debut, working the Fantastica Mania 2015 tour co-produced by CMLL and NJPW. However, Mr. Niebla did not wrestle on the last two stops of the tour. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Niebla disappeared on the third night and was found passed out in his hotel room the following morning, after which he was rushed to a local hospital for the next three days. NJPW, reportedly furious at the event, made CMLL pay for the hospital bill, causing the promotion to fire Niebla after his return to Mexico. CMLL confirmed Niebla's departure from the promotion in February 2015, after which he continued to wrestle for various independent promotions. Niebla returned to CMLL on April 5, 2015, after his suspension, teaming with El Felino and Negro Casas to defeat Máximo, Titán and Volador Jr. La Peste Negra participated in the CMLL 82nd Anniversary Show, losing to Dragon Lee, Místico and Valiente. Mr. Niebla was paired up with rookie Warrior Steel for the 2016 Gran Alternativa tournament, losing in the first round to Rush and Golden Magic. In the first half of 2016, Mr. Niebla was programmed with Volador Jr. in a feud that saw the two team up for the 2016 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles tournament. The two defeated Blue Panther and Ephesto in the first round and Bobby Z and Máscara Dorada in the second round, before they lost to Mephisto and Místico in the semi-finals. When the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship was vacated in mid-2017, Mr. Niebla entered a torneo cibernetico elimination match for the title, but was eliminated by eventual winner Marco Corleone. In early 2018 CMLL revisited the previously aborted storyline between Mr. Niebla and Atlantis as they teamed up for the 2018 Parejas Increíbles tournament. The duo defeated Ángel de Oro and El Cuatrero in the first round, but were defeated by Rush and El Terrible in the second round. Mr. Niebla was suspended by CMLL after working a match in August he was clearly not in any condition to wrestle in, ==Personal life==
Personal life
Efrén Tiburcio Márquez was born on February 22, 1973, the son of Paulino Tiburcio. He would later marry Mariela Rodríguez, and together the couple have a son and a daughter. Mr. Niebla publicly acknowledged that he was an alcoholic, stating in a 2018 interview that his drinking problem had cost him a lot over the years in regards to his career and prosperity. In the same interview, he claimed that he was not a "drunken fighter" notwithstanding his alcoholism. followed by the Mexico City wrestling commission announcing that they had indefinitely suspended his wrestling license. Prior to his CMLL return in 2019, CMLL officials informed him that he would be fired if he worked drunk again. == Death and legacy ==
Death and legacy
Mr. Niebla died from complications of a septic arthritis on December 23, 2019. CMLL had announced that they were holding a benefit show for Mr. Niebla on January 4 to help pay for his latest medical expenses, but with his death, it became a tribute show, El Ultimo Vuelo del Rey del Guaguanco ("The last flight of the King of Guaguanco"), with the money collected going to his family. Micro-Estrella Zacarias, who often accompanied Mr. Niebla to the ring, worked as a small version of Mr. Niebla instead of his normal mask and outfit. CMLL also announced that they were holding a special show, La Noche de Mr. Niebla, on January 24. == Name confusion ==
Name confusion
Over the years at least four different wrestlers have used the ring name "Mr. Niebla": • Guadalupe Tovar Hernández (1938–2014) — the first wrestler to use the name • José Guadalupe Gutiérrez Álvarez (1949–2017) — wrestled as "Mr. Niebla" from 1978 to 1994 • Efrén Tiburcio Márquez (1973–2019) — wrestled as "Mr. Niebla" from 1992 to 2019 == Championships and accomplishments ==
Championships and accomplishments
Consejo Mundial de Lucha LibreCMLL World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) • CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with ShockerCMLL World Trios Championship (2 times) – with Atlantis and Lizmark, Atlantis and Black WarriorCarnaval Increible Tournament (2000) – with Último Guerrero and Rey BucaneroCMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa (2014) – with Bárbaro CavernarioMexican National Trios Championship (2 times) – with Safari and Olímpico (1), and El Felino and Negro Casas (1) • Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship (1 time) – unknown partner • Leyenda de Azul (2011) • Pro Wrestling Illustrated • PWI ranked him #208 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010 • Other promotions • WFS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Vertigo ==Luchas de Apuestas record==
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