Dark Silueta Praises CMLL Coaching Behind Amazonas Growth

Dark Silueta is giving credit where she believes it’s due, pointing to CMLL’s coaching staff as the driving force behind the rise of the promotion’s Amazona women’s division.

Silueta, who has spent two decades working within that division, spoke about how far the women’s side of CMLL has come. Women have competed under the CMLL banner going back to the 1990s, but for years the division dealt with inconsistent booking and limited activity. That changed in the mid-2000s with the creation of the Amazona division, which gave CMLL’s women wrestlers a more defined space and a steadier push toward relevance on CMLL cards.

According to Silueta, the level the Amazonas have reached today traces directly back to the quality of coaching available to the talent coming up through the promotion. Having been part of that pipeline for twenty years, she’s positioned as one of the division’s elder stateswomen — someone who has watched the in-ring standard climb from the inside rather than as an outside observer.

It’s a notable moment for a wrestler to reflect on, especially given how much CMLL’s women’s division has evolved into a legitimate showcase rather than an afterthought slotted onto undercards. Lucha libre has historically centered its spotlight on male stars, and CMLL’s own trios and singles scenes for men have long dominated headline matches. But the Amazona division has carved out real staying power, producing recognizable names and consistently drawing reactions from crowds who once treated women’s matches as a bathroom break.

That shift didn’t happen by accident, and Silueta’s comments underline something often overlooked when fans discuss why a division improves: it’s not just about opportunity, but about who is teaching wrestlers the fundamentals before they ever step in front of a crowd. Coaching pipelines matter enormously in lucha libre, where technical grounding and psychology are baked into training from day one at CMLL’s own school.

Silueta’s two decades in the division also make her a useful bridge between generations of Amazonas — she debuted in an era before the division had the structure or visibility it enjoys now, and she’s still active as CMLL continues investing in its women’s storylines and championships. Her perspective carries weight precisely because she isn’t speaking hypothetically about the division’s growth; she lived through the leaner years and has stayed around long enough to see the payoff.

For CMLL, comments like these serve as a quiet reminder that the promotion’s current run of strong Amazona matches isn’t a recent fluke, but the result of sustained investment in training over a long stretch of time. As CMLL continues to build out its women’s championship scene and feature Amazonas more prominently on major shows, expect more veterans to echo the same sentiment — that the current crop of talent is standing on the shoulders of a coaching culture that CMLL built up over years, not months.

Whether that trajectory continues to climb will depend on CMLL sustaining that same commitment to development, but for now, the credit is landing squarely on the training side of the business.