Los Luchadores

Membership: Lobo Fuerte, Turbine, Maria Valentine

Purpose: To protect Union City

Affiliations: Laurant (butler)

Enemies: The Whelp, Spiderella

Base of Operations: Wolf's Lair, Union City

First Appearance: Los Luchadores (Fox Kids, February 3rd, 2001)

History: Los Luchadores are a team of masked crimefighters who constantly battle the evil which threatens their home, Union City. Led by the city's greatest wrestler, Lobo Fuerte, the trio of heroes fight the villainous machinations of the Whelp, a cyborg Chihuahua and his diabolical creations - Aztec aliens, undead pirates, ninja werewolves and nuclear powered female robots. When not fighting evil, the three practice their moves in the Wolf's Lair, a hidden base atop a city skyscraper.

Comments: The show ran for 16 episodes.

Laurant, the team's Jamaican butler, was played by Arthur Burghardt


Lobo Fuerte (Strong Wolf)

Real Name: Unknown

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Wrestler

Affiliations: Los Luchadores

Enemies: The Whelp, Spiderella

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Wolf's Lair, Union City

First Appearance: Los Luchadores (Fox Kids, February 3rd, 2001)

Powers/Abilities: Extremely strong, skilled wrestler.

History: Lobo Fuerte is the greatest masked wrestler Union City has ever known. He leads the heroic Los Luchadores in protecting his home from the Whelp and other evils.

Comments: Maximo Morrone played Lobo Fuerte


Turbine

Real Name: Unknown

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Wrestler

Affiliations: Los Luchadores

Enemies: The Whelp, Spiderella

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Wolf's Lair, Union City

First Appearance: Los Luchadores (Fox Kids, February 3rd, 2001)

Powers/Abilities: Extremely strong, skilled wrestler.

History: Turbine's origins are unknown. He is one of Lobo Fuerte's sidekicks.

Comments: Turbine was played by Levi James


Maria Valentine

Real Name: Unknown

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Wrestler

Affiliations: Los Luchadores

Enemies: The Whelp, Spiderella

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Wolf's Lair, Union City

First Appearance: Los Luchadores (Fox Kids, February 3rd, 2001)

Powers/Abilities: Extremely strong. Skilled wrestler

History: Maria Valentine's origins are unknown. She is one of Lobo Fuerte's sidekicks.

Comments: Sarah Carter played Maria Valentine


The Whelp

Real Name: Unknown

Identity/Class: Human mutated into form of a Chihuahua, then enhanced with cybernetics

Occupation: Criminal mastermind

Affiliations: Unknown

Enemies: Los Luchadores

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Union City

First Appearance: Los Luchadores (Fox Kids, February 3rd, 2001)

Powers/Abilities: The Whelp is extremely smart, which is probably a good thing, since being in the form of a Chihuahua doesn't really make him very formidable otherwise.

History: The Whelp was once a scientist, until an evil experiment gone wrong transformed him into a Chihuahua. This slight set-back has not prevented him from plotting to take over first Union City, and then the world.

Comments: Gary Lam provided the voice for The Whelp


CLARIFICATIONS: None

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