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").
[1] She has also worked as the enmascarada ("masked") wrestling characters La Galáctica, La Galáctica 2000, Lady Discovery and Lady Metal during her career.
[1] Her career began in 1969 and stretched until 2008 where she worked her last match.
As Pantera Sureña, Rangel started her career as a luchadora enmascarada, 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.