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Brazo de Plata was one of the most charismatic luchadores of the last decades. (PHOTO: WWE)

Legends of Lucha Libre’s Brazo de Plata passes away at 58

Published July 26, 2021

Lucha libre receives unfortunate news again. Jose Luis Alvarado Nieves, better known as Brazo de Plata “Super Porky”, passed away this Monday at 58 in Mexico City. So far there is not much information on the reason for the death of the legendary luchador, but the fact was confirmed by the CMLL and Lucha Libre AAA through posts on their official accounts on social networks.

😢 ¡HASTA SIEMPRE, SÚPER PORKY!
El CMLL se une a la pena que embarga a la familia luchística por el sensible fallecimiento de José Luis Alvarado Nieves, mejor conocido como “Súper Porky (Brazo de Plata)” gladiador que marcara época en la Lucha Libre Mexicana.

Descanse en paz. pic.twitter.com/20ssp4RjFQ

— Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) July 27, 2021

✝️ La familia #LuchaLibreAAA Worldwide se une en oración por el eterno descanso de José Luis Alvarado Nieves “Brazo de Plata” “Súper Porky”.

Leyenda de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 🙏🏻

Nuestros corazones están con @Psychooriginal pic.twitter.com/a8HFwYRO5t

— Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (@luchalibreaaa) July 27, 2021

Brazo de Plata was one of the greatest figures in lucha libre in recent decades, being one of the UWA‘s benchmarks at El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos in the 80s. Super Porky worked for the best companies in the world such as UWA, CMLL, Lucha Libre AAA, AJPW and NJPW. In addition, he had appearances in WWE, and even dabbled in the world of MMA. In mid-2016 he had his last presentations with the CMLL at the Arena Mexico and Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara.