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El Zorro (wrestler)
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Jesus Cristóbal Martínez Rodriguez (born July 25, 1975) is a Mexican
Luchador
(professional wrestler
) who is best known as El Zorro. His gimmick started out very similar to the fictional character Zorro
complete with mask, but in recent years it has evolved and the mask has been eliminated. He currently wrestlers for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
(AAA) promotion in Mexico, where he is a former AAA World Heavyweight Champion
, while also being under contract with American
promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
(TNA). He has in the past worked both in Europe, Japan and made a few brief appearances for the World Wrestling Federation
show WWF Super Astros. He was the "Deputy leader" of the La Legión Extranjera
faction headed by Konnan
.
(masked wrestler) called Neurosis. In 1995 he changed identities and began working using another masked gimmick known as Junior instead. While working as "Junior" he managed to win the Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship from but lost his mask to Cesar Dantés (Younger brother of Apolo Dantés
). In 1996 he began to work for the short lived "Promo Azteca" where he adopted the El Zorro gimmick. In Promo Azteca he teamed up with another young wrestler, Tarzan Boy
and won the WWO World Tag Team Championship. When Azteca folded Rodriquez began working for various companies all over Mexico, he even found himself making a couple of appearances on the World Wrestling Federation
's Latin based Super Astros where he worked as Cristobal Martinez and Jesus Cristobal, essentially using the Zorro gimmick but without the mask.
(AAA) some time near the beginning of the century, mostly working low card matches. In 2002 Zorro won the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
, his first of five reigns with the title. Not long after winning the UWA title Zorro defeated Héctor Garza
to also win the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
, thus becoming a double champion. Zorro's first big storyline with AAA was a feud
with Mr. Águila
over both the UWA Light Heavyweight title and the National Heavyweight titles, resulting in the two trading the titles back and forth several times in 2003 and 2004.
After the storyline with Mr. Águila ended Zorro was put together with Charly Manson
, a member of La Secta del Mesías (the biggest rudo
or "villain" group in AAA) who wanted the Mexican National Heavyweight title. Zorro kept the title away from Manson until the two met at TripleMania XIV
inside a steel cage. In order to get the match Manson was forced to put his hair on the line making it a Luchas de Apuestas ("Bet fight") where the loser would get his hair shaved off. The match saw interference from La Secta del Mesías giving the victory and the National title to Manson.
curse on it and could not just be removed. In the weeks after La Secta put the mask on Zorro he seemed more erratic and not in control of himself. The storyline progressed with Manson revealing that he had mental control over Zorro through the mask and used that control to have Zorro turn on his friends and do his bidding. The mind-control aspects of the story were dropped and instead they explained it by the mask having a bad influence on Zorro. When Manson left La Secta and joined up with Los Hell Brothers, turning tecnico
("good guy") in the process and the storyline with Zorro hit a dead end as there was no possible payoff left any more. Eventually the writing staff figured out a way to end the "trapped in a mask" storyline by having Zorro overcome the "evil influences" so that he could remove the mask and present it to the leader of Los Hell Brothers (Cibernético
) as a proof of his good intentions.
After removing the mask Zorro's character seemed a bit rougher, he his beard and hair had grown wilder while he wore the mask and he seemed more vicious in his attacks on the heels. After a while Zorro shaved and had his hair cut, reverting back to the persona he had before the "evil mask" storyline began.
Zorro teamed with Los Hell Brothers in a Domo De La Muerte cage match against the Black Family. Zorro escaped early on in the match leaving his team at a disadvantage. After Los Hell Brothers won the match a man came to the ring wearing the "iron mask" but that turned out to be Konnan. When Zorro appeared on the scene moments later he turned on the tecnicos, attacking them with a Kendo stick
. After the show Zorro claimed that he was shown the light; he was actually a Spaniard
, not Mexican, and was against the Mexican contingent in AAA. Joining Konnan's La Legión Extranjera
("Foreign Legion"), El Zorro dubbed himself "El Profeta de la Lucha Libre" ("The Prophet of Wrestling") and, as part of his new character, began making prophecies, often accurately predicting future events.
After Zorro's turn it became more and more obvious that Konnan considered El Zorro his "main man", the two even turned on AAA World Heavyweight Champion
El Mesias
and La Secta when Mesias did not want to grant Zorro a title match. The storyline lead to a three way world title match between Zorro, El Mesias and Cibernético at Guerra de Titanes
. During the match Cibernético received second and third burns
to his back after La Legión put him through a table on fire (Cibernético was legitimately injured, it was not planned). At a television show taping a few weeks later a storyline played out where El Zorro and the rest of La Legión Extranjera attacked and injured El Mesias so bad that he was hospitalized. This was a storyline constructed to cover up the fact that El Mesias was returning to his native Puerto Rico
for a few months. In the absence of both El Mesias and Cibernético Zorro became a main eventer, declaring himself the "Apostle of wrestling" (a play off Mesias claiming to be the Messiah of wrestling and Cibernético claiming to be a wrestling god). In early 2008 Zorro won the annual Rey de Reyes
tournament defeating Abismo Negro
, Mr. Niebla
and Alan Stone
in the finals. The night Zorro became the 2008 Rey de Reyes Cibernético also made his triumphant return, defeating El Mesias in the main event to win the AAA World title. Zorro immediately laid claim to the title, becoming the #1 contender due to his Rey de Reyes victory. Zorro got his chance in the main event of TripleMania XVI
on June 13, 2008 but lost to Cibernético. Zorro was also unsuccessful in his bid for the World title at the 2008 Antonio Peña Memorial show
where he lost a triangle match that also included Chessman
.
When Cibernético left AAA shortly after the memorial show the World title became vacant and Zorro immediately began campaigning for the title. With Konnan being in charge of the promotion after having won the storyline control of the company he booked El Zorro in a match against El Mesias for the vacant world title. As an added stipulation El Mesias would have to become a member of La Legión and do their bidding should he lose. the two met at Guerra de Titanes
where Zorro was once again defeated in a world title match.
At Triplemania XVII
, El Zorro turned on the Legion during the main event of the show. El Zorro came out wearing his old mask, handed Joaquin Roldan his Kendo stick to help him keep Konnan from interfering in the main event. Keeping Konnan from interferring helped Roldan's Team AAA to win the match and take control of AAA away from the Legion. In October El Zorro once again turned rudo and re-joined La Legion Extranjera. In the summer of 2010 La Legión Extranjera merged with Los Perros del Mal
, La Milicia and Los Maniacos to form La Sociedad
. Afterwards, El Zorro, teaming with his Legión stablemate Hernandez
, began feuding with La Hermandad 187 (Nicho el Millonario and Joe Lider
). On September 14 El Zorro and Hernandez defeated La Hermandad 187 via disqualification and afterwards beat them down, injuring Nicho and ruining his and Lider's upcoming rematch for the AAA World Tag Team Championship
. The feud came to an end on October 30, 2010, when El Zorro defeated Nicho in a Lucha de Apuesta weapons match to take his hair. After spending years working as a midcard talent, El Zorro was placed in a main event storyline in November 2010, when he teamed up with technico
and AAA World Heavyweight Champion Dr. Wagner, Jr.
in the 2010 Lucha Libre Premier parejas increibles tournament. After reaching the semifinals of the tournament, El Zorro turned on Wagner, Jr. and challenged him to a match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Guerra de Titanes
. On November 28 El Zorro, Dr. Wagner, Jr., El Mesías and Electroshock faced each other in the Lucha Libre Premier semifinal four–way match. After eliminating Electroshock and Wagner, Jr., El Zorro and El Mesías faced each other in the final match, with El Mesías coming out victorious. In the days leading up to Guerra de Titanes, El Zorro made another prophecy, saying that he was going to leave the event with the AAA World Heavyweight Championship. On December 5 at Guerra de Titanes El Zorro defeated Dr. Wagner, Jr. with help from his La Sociedad stable mates to win the AAA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. El Zorro made his first title defense on March 18, 2011, at Rey de Reyes
, defeating Los Bizarros member Charly Manson, who had recently been tormenting him by hinting at a return of the iron mask. Meanwhile, El Zorro's La Sociedad stablemate L.A. Park had earned himself a shot at the AAA World Heavyweight Championship, but Konnan, wanting to avoid dissension within his group, denied him his shot and instead named Manson the number one contender at Rey de Reyes. Following the event, El Zorro, having caught wind of Park's intention of going for his title, seemingly started interfering in Park's matches under his old mask, costing him back–to–back multi–man tag team matches at the April 27 and 30 TV tapings. On May 18, the rest of La Sociedad turned on El Zorro, after which Konnan announced that his new business partner, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
(TNA) founder Jeff Jarrett
, would be challenging for his title at TripleManía XIX
. It was later revealed that the man who had attacked Park under El Zorro's mask was actually Charly Manson, who had been sent by Cibernético to cause dissension within the ranks of La Sociedad.
, someone dressed as El Zorro, including wearing his mask, interfered in the AAA World Heavyweight Championship match, helping Jarrett retain the title by hitting L.A. Park with his signature guitar. This person was later revealed as La Sociedad member Chessman, whom Konnan had sent to interfere in the match in order to have Park go after El Zorro instead of continuing to chase his stablemate's title.
promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, with whom AAA had a working relationship with, had become interested in Martínez and had contacted the company about bringing him in. In late September TNA founder Jeff Jarrett travelled to Mexico to hold talks with AAA, during which Martínez was offered a two–year non–exclusive contract with TNA, which would also allow him to continue working for AAA. On January 22, 2011, Martínez confirmed that he had signed the contract and was just waiting for a start date with the promotion.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
Luchador
Lucha libre
Lucha libre is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries, for a form of professional wrestling that has developed within those countries...
(professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
) who is best known as El Zorro. His gimmick started out very similar to the fictional character Zorro
Zorro
Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media....
complete with mask, but in recent years it has evolved and the mask has been eliminated. He currently wrestlers for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...
(AAA) promotion in Mexico, where he is a former AAA World Heavyweight Champion
AAA World Heavyweight Championship
IWC World Heavyweight Champion GPCW SUPER-X Monster Champion Mexican National Heavyweight Champion UWA World Light Heavyweight Champion-External links:*...
, while also being under contract with American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
(TNA). He has in the past worked both in Europe, Japan and made a few brief appearances for the World Wrestling Federation
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
show WWF Super Astros. He was the "Deputy leader" of the La Legión Extranjera
Foreign Legion (wrestling)
La Legión Extranjera is the main Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración heel group, though loosely affiliated. It's a catch all for one time and irregularly scheduled foreign heels, working as Konnan's hired guns as well as a number of AAA regular Rudós...
faction headed by Konnan
Konnan
Carlos Santiago Espada Moises , also known as Charles Ashenoff and better known by his ring name, Konnan, is a Cuban professional wrestler and rapper of Puerto Rican descent...
.
Professional wrestling career
Martínez made his debut at age 17 at the "Plaza de Toros Jorge Rivera" in Zapopan, Jalisco working as an EnmascaradoWrestling mask
A Wrestling mask is a fabric based mask that some professional wrestlers wear as part of their in-ring persona or gimmick. Professional wrestlers have been using masks as far back as 1915 and they are still widely used today, especially in Lucha Libre in Mexico.-History:In 1915 a North American...
(masked wrestler) called Neurosis. In 1995 he changed identities and began working using another masked gimmick known as Junior instead. While working as "Junior" he managed to win the Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship from but lost his mask to Cesar Dantés (Younger brother of Apolo Dantés
Apolo Dantés
José Luis Amezcua Muñoz , best known by his ring name Apolo Dantés, is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, who has been a longtime mainstay of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre throughout the 1990s and now owns and operates "Dantés Wrestling Factory" in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico...
). In 1996 he began to work for the short lived "Promo Azteca" where he adopted the El Zorro gimmick. In Promo Azteca he teamed up with another young wrestler, Tarzan Boy
Tarzan Boy (wrestler)
Oziel Toscano Jasso is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador as they are known in Spanish, best known under the ring name Tarzan Boy and Toscano . Toscano currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
and won the WWO World Tag Team Championship. When Azteca folded Rodriquez began working for various companies all over Mexico, he even found himself making a couple of appearances on the World Wrestling Federation
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
's Latin based Super Astros where he worked as Cristobal Martinez and Jesus Cristobal, essentially using the Zorro gimmick but without the mask.
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (2000–present)
Zorro began working for Asistencia Asesoría y AdministraciónAsistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...
(AAA) some time near the beginning of the century, mostly working low card matches. In 2002 Zorro won the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
The UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a singles professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion Universal Wrestling Association from 1975 until the UWA closed in 1995 and since then been defended on the Mexican independent circuit...
, his first of five reigns with the title. Not long after winning the UWA title Zorro defeated Héctor Garza
Héctor Garza
Héctor Solano Segura is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Héctor Garza, who is currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Perros del Mal Producciones...
to also win the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
The Mexican National Heavyweight Championship is a Mexican Lucha Libre championship created and sanctioned by "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." . While the Commission sanctions the title, it does not promote the events in which the Championship is defended...
, thus becoming a double champion. Zorro's first big storyline with AAA was a feud
Feud (professional wrestling)
A professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or alliances of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised...
with Mr. Águila
Mr. Águila
José Seldano is a Mexican professional wrestler or luchador currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
over both the UWA Light Heavyweight title and the National Heavyweight titles, resulting in the two trading the titles back and forth several times in 2003 and 2004.
After the storyline with Mr. Águila ended Zorro was put together with Charly Manson
Charly Manson
Not to be confused with Charles Manson.Jesús Luna Pozos is a Mexican luchador who is best known in under the ring name Charly Manson . In 2001 Manson suffered a career-threatening, near-fatal injury that required surgical steel to be inserted into his body...
, a member of La Secta del Mesías (the biggest rudo
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
or "villain" group in AAA) who wanted the Mexican National Heavyweight title. Zorro kept the title away from Manson until the two met at TripleMania XIV
TripleMania XIV
TripleManía XIV was the twentieth overall TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on June 18, 2006 in Naucalpan, Mexico. The Main event featured a Luchas de Apuestas "Mask vs. Mask" match...
inside a steel cage. In order to get the match Manson was forced to put his hair on the line making it a Luchas de Apuestas ("Bet fight") where the loser would get his hair shaved off. The match saw interference from La Secta del Mesías giving the victory and the National title to Manson.
The Man in the Iron Mask
After shaving off Zorro's hair La Secta del Mesías placed a black mask on Zorro's head, the storyline was that the mask had an ancient MayanMaya civilization
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
curse on it and could not just be removed. In the weeks after La Secta put the mask on Zorro he seemed more erratic and not in control of himself. The storyline progressed with Manson revealing that he had mental control over Zorro through the mask and used that control to have Zorro turn on his friends and do his bidding. The mind-control aspects of the story were dropped and instead they explained it by the mask having a bad influence on Zorro. When Manson left La Secta and joined up with Los Hell Brothers, turning tecnico
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
("good guy") in the process and the storyline with Zorro hit a dead end as there was no possible payoff left any more. Eventually the writing staff figured out a way to end the "trapped in a mask" storyline by having Zorro overcome the "evil influences" so that he could remove the mask and present it to the leader of Los Hell Brothers (Cibernético
Cibernético
Octavio López Arreola is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known under the ring name Cibernético, currently working for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion in Mexico...
) as a proof of his good intentions.
After removing the mask Zorro's character seemed a bit rougher, he his beard and hair had grown wilder while he wore the mask and he seemed more vicious in his attacks on the heels. After a while Zorro shaved and had his hair cut, reverting back to the persona he had before the "evil mask" storyline began.
La Legión Extranjera
At the 2007 Verano de EscandaloVerano de Escandalo (2007)
The 2007 Verano de Escándalo was the eleventh annual Verano de Escándalo professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on September 16, 2007 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico...
Zorro teamed with Los Hell Brothers in a Domo De La Muerte cage match against the Black Family. Zorro escaped early on in the match leaving his team at a disadvantage. After Los Hell Brothers won the match a man came to the ring wearing the "iron mask" but that turned out to be Konnan. When Zorro appeared on the scene moments later he turned on the tecnicos, attacking them with a Kendo stick
Shinai
is a weapon used for practice and competition in kendo representing a Japanese sword. Shinai are also used in other martial arts, but may be styled differently from kendo shinai, and represented with different characters....
. After the show Zorro claimed that he was shown the light; he was actually a Spaniard
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, not Mexican, and was against the Mexican contingent in AAA. Joining Konnan's La Legión Extranjera
Foreign Legion (wrestling)
La Legión Extranjera is the main Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración heel group, though loosely affiliated. It's a catch all for one time and irregularly scheduled foreign heels, working as Konnan's hired guns as well as a number of AAA regular Rudós...
("Foreign Legion"), El Zorro dubbed himself "El Profeta de la Lucha Libre" ("The Prophet of Wrestling") and, as part of his new character, began making prophecies, often accurately predicting future events.
After Zorro's turn it became more and more obvious that Konnan considered El Zorro his "main man", the two even turned on AAA World Heavyweight Champion
AAA World Heavyweight Championship
IWC World Heavyweight Champion GPCW SUPER-X Monster Champion Mexican National Heavyweight Champion UWA World Light Heavyweight Champion-External links:*...
El Mesias
Ricky Banderas
Gilbert Cosme better known by his ring names El Mesías and Ricky Banderas, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He began his career in the International Wrestling Association based on Puerto Rico...
and La Secta when Mesias did not want to grant Zorro a title match. The storyline lead to a three way world title match between Zorro, El Mesias and Cibernético at Guerra de Titanes
Guerra de Titanes (2007)
The 2007 Guerra de Titanes was the eleventh Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on November 20, 2007 in Madero, Mexico like the previous year’s event...
. During the match Cibernético received second and third burns
Burn
A burn is an injury to flesh caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, light, radiation, or friction.Burn may also refer to:*Combustion*Burn , type of watercourses so named in Scotland and north-eastern England...
to his back after La Legión put him through a table on fire (Cibernético was legitimately injured, it was not planned). At a television show taping a few weeks later a storyline played out where El Zorro and the rest of La Legión Extranjera attacked and injured El Mesias so bad that he was hospitalized. This was a storyline constructed to cover up the fact that El Mesias was returning to his native Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
for a few months. In the absence of both El Mesias and Cibernético Zorro became a main eventer, declaring himself the "Apostle of wrestling" (a play off Mesias claiming to be the Messiah of wrestling and Cibernético claiming to be a wrestling god). In early 2008 Zorro won the annual Rey de Reyes
Rey de Reyes (2008)
The 2008 Rey de Reyes was the twelfth annual Rey de Reyes professional wrestling tournament and show, promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The event took place on March 18, 2007 in the Plaza de Toros Lorenzo Garza arena in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico...
tournament defeating Abismo Negro
Abismo Negro
Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González was a Mexican Luchador . He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro, which is Spanish for "Black Abyss" or "black hole", in the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion...
, Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Mr. Niebla's real name is unknown, as is the tradition in Lucha Libre for masked wrestlers. Mr. Niebla is Spanish for "Mr. Fog". Mr. Niebla is mostly known for working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre from the early 1990s until 2007 and again from...
and Alan Stone
Alan Stone (wrestler)
Alan Stone is a Mexican professional wrestler who has competed in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since the late 1990s...
in the finals. The night Zorro became the 2008 Rey de Reyes Cibernético also made his triumphant return, defeating El Mesias in the main event to win the AAA World title. Zorro immediately laid claim to the title, becoming the #1 contender due to his Rey de Reyes victory. Zorro got his chance in the main event of TripleMania XVI
TripleMania XVI
TripleManía XVI was the twentysecond overall TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on June 13, 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico. The Main event featured a Singles match for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship...
on June 13, 2008 but lost to Cibernético. Zorro was also unsuccessful in his bid for the World title at the 2008 Antonio Peña Memorial show
Antonio Peña Memorial Show (2008)
the 2008 Antonio Peña Memorial Show was the second show held in honor of the deceased Antonio Peña, held on October 24, 2008, close to the two year anniversary of Peña’s death...
where he lost a triangle match that also included Chessman
Chessman (wrestler)
Kevin Citlali Zamora is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Chessman. He currently performs for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , where he is one half of the current AAA World Tag Team Champions with partner Abyss...
.
When Cibernético left AAA shortly after the memorial show the World title became vacant and Zorro immediately began campaigning for the title. With Konnan being in charge of the promotion after having won the storyline control of the company he booked El Zorro in a match against El Mesias for the vacant world title. As an added stipulation El Mesias would have to become a member of La Legión and do their bidding should he lose. the two met at Guerra de Titanes
Guerra de Titanes (2008)
The 2008 Guerra de Titanes was the twelfth annual Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on December 6, 2008 in Orizaba, Mexico, the same venue used for the 2006 and 2007 events...
where Zorro was once again defeated in a world title match.
At Triplemania XVII
Triplemania XVII
TripleManía XVII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion, which took place on June 13, 2009 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the twenty-third event under the Triplemanía chronology...
, El Zorro turned on the Legion during the main event of the show. El Zorro came out wearing his old mask, handed Joaquin Roldan his Kendo stick to help him keep Konnan from interfering in the main event. Keeping Konnan from interferring helped Roldan's Team AAA to win the match and take control of AAA away from the Legion. In October El Zorro once again turned rudo and re-joined La Legion Extranjera. In the summer of 2010 La Legión Extranjera merged with Los Perros del Mal
Los Perros del Mal
Los Perros del Mal is a Lucha libre stable originally formed in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and currently based in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. The name is play on the name of the founder of the group, Perro Aguayo, Jr.. It was one of the main rudo stables in CMLL until October, 2008,...
, La Milicia and Los Maniacos to form La Sociedad
La Sociedad
La Sociedad is a Mexican lucha libre, or professional wrestling group, referred to as a stable in wrestling terms, working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...
. Afterwards, El Zorro, teaming with his Legión stablemate Hernandez
Shawn Hernandez
Shawn Hernandez is an American professional wrestler of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, better known by his ring names, "Hotstuff Hernandez" and "Hernandez"....
, began feuding with La Hermandad 187 (Nicho el Millonario and Joe Lider
Joe Lider
José de Jesús Álvarez is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ringname Joe Líder. He currently competes in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...
). On September 14 El Zorro and Hernandez defeated La Hermandad 187 via disqualification and afterwards beat them down, injuring Nicho and ruining his and Lider's upcoming rematch for the AAA World Tag Team Championship
AAA World Tag Team Championship
The AAA World Tag Team Championship is the main tag team title contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...
. The feud came to an end on October 30, 2010, when El Zorro defeated Nicho in a Lucha de Apuesta weapons match to take his hair. After spending years working as a midcard talent, El Zorro was placed in a main event storyline in November 2010, when he teamed up with technico
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
and AAA World Heavyweight Champion Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Juan Manuel González Barrón is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner, Jr.. As Dr. Wagner, Jr...
in the 2010 Lucha Libre Premier parejas increibles tournament. After reaching the semifinals of the tournament, El Zorro turned on Wagner, Jr. and challenged him to a match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Guerra de Titanes
Guerra de Titanes (2010)
Guerra de Titanes was professional wrestling major show event produced by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , which took place on December 5, 2010, in the Auditorio Benito Juárez in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico...
. On November 28 El Zorro, Dr. Wagner, Jr., El Mesías and Electroshock faced each other in the Lucha Libre Premier semifinal four–way match. After eliminating Electroshock and Wagner, Jr., El Zorro and El Mesías faced each other in the final match, with El Mesías coming out victorious. In the days leading up to Guerra de Titanes, El Zorro made another prophecy, saying that he was going to leave the event with the AAA World Heavyweight Championship. On December 5 at Guerra de Titanes El Zorro defeated Dr. Wagner, Jr. with help from his La Sociedad stable mates to win the AAA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. El Zorro made his first title defense on March 18, 2011, at Rey de Reyes
Rey de Reyes (2011)
Rey de Reyes 2011 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración that took place on March 18, 2011, at Plaza de Toros Monumental in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico...
, defeating Los Bizarros member Charly Manson, who had recently been tormenting him by hinting at a return of the iron mask. Meanwhile, El Zorro's La Sociedad stablemate L.A. Park had earned himself a shot at the AAA World Heavyweight Championship, but Konnan, wanting to avoid dissension within his group, denied him his shot and instead named Manson the number one contender at Rey de Reyes. Following the event, El Zorro, having caught wind of Park's intention of going for his title, seemingly started interfering in Park's matches under his old mask, costing him back–to–back multi–man tag team matches at the April 27 and 30 TV tapings. On May 18, the rest of La Sociedad turned on El Zorro, after which Konnan announced that his new business partner, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
(TNA) founder Jeff Jarrett
Jeff Jarrett
Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett is an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , an organization he co-founded along with his father and in which he holds some stock but not total control...
, would be challenging for his title at TripleManía XIX
TripleManía XIX
TripleManía XIX was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion, which took place on June 18, 2011 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was the nineteenth annual Triplemanía, which is AAA's biggest show of...
. It was later revealed that the man who had attacked Park under El Zorro's mask was actually Charly Manson, who had been sent by Cibernético to cause dissension within the ranks of La Sociedad.
Ejército AAA
On June 18 at TripleManía XIX, El Zorro lost the AAA World Heavyweight Championship to Jarrett. At the July 9 tapings, El Zorro accepted Dr. Wagner, Jr.'s offer and joined the AAA technicos in the informal Ejército AAA ("AAA Army") stable. However, at the following taping on July 16, members of La Sociedad attacked El Zorro after a match and once again forced the iron mask over his head. On July 31 at Verano de EscándaloVerano de Escándalo (2011)
Verano de Escándalo was a major professional wrestling event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion, which took place on July 31, 2011, at the Plaza Nuevo Progreso in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The title of the event, which has been AAA's annual summer show since 1997,...
, someone dressed as El Zorro, including wearing his mask, interfered in the AAA World Heavyweight Championship match, helping Jarrett retain the title by hitting L.A. Park with his signature guitar. This person was later revealed as La Sociedad member Chessman, whom Konnan had sent to interfere in the match in order to have Park go after El Zorro instead of continuing to chase his stablemate's title.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2010–present)
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promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, with whom AAA had a working relationship with, had become interested in Martínez and had contacted the company about bringing him in. In late September TNA founder Jeff Jarrett travelled to Mexico to hold talks with AAA, during which Martínez was offered a two–year non–exclusive contract with TNA, which would also allow him to continue working for AAA. On January 22, 2011, Martínez confirmed that he had signed the contract and was just waiting for a start date with the promotion.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Zorro Stretch (Cross-legged STF)
- Signature moves
- German suplex
- SharpshooterSharpshooter (professional wrestling)The Sharpshooter, originally named Sasori-gatame, Scorpion Hold in English, is a professional wrestling submission hold. The move is also known by several other names: cloverleaf leg-lace Boston crab, standing reverse figure-four leglock, and, the most commonly known alternative, Scorpion Deathlock...
- Standing inverted Indian deathlock surfboard followed into a head stomp
- Superkick
- Nicknames
- "Caballero de la Rosa" (Spanish for "Knight of the Rose")
- "El Profeta (de la Lucha Libre)" (Spanish for "The Prophet of Wrestling")
- "El Conde de Sevilla" (Spanish for "The Count of Sevilla")
- Entrance themesMusic in professional wrestlingMusic in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
- "The Edge" by Vince NeilVince NeilVincent Neil Wharton is an American vocalist and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.-Early life:Neil was born in Hollywood, California to Odie and Shirley Wharton...
(AAAAsistencia Asesoría y AdministraciónAsistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...
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Championships and accomplishments
- Asistencia Asesoría y AdministraciónAsistencia Asesoría y AdministraciónAsistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...
- AAA World Heavyweight ChampionshipAAA World Heavyweight ChampionshipIWC World Heavyweight Champion GPCW SUPER-X Monster Champion Mexican National Heavyweight Champion UWA World Light Heavyweight Champion-External links:*...
(1 time) - Mexican National Heavyweight ChampionshipMexican National Heavyweight ChampionshipThe Mexican National Heavyweight Championship is a Mexican Lucha Libre championship created and sanctioned by "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." . While the Commission sanctions the title, it does not promote the events in which the Championship is defended...
(3 times) - Rey de ReyesRey de ReyesThe Rey de Reyes is an annual tournament held by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración comparable to World Wrestling Entertainment's King of the Ring tournament. For the first six tournaments the format consisted of four-way elimination matches with four qualifiers and a final, but in later...
(2008Rey de Reyes (2008)The 2008 Rey de Reyes was the twelfth annual Rey de Reyes professional wrestling tournament and show, promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The event took place on March 18, 2007 in the Plaza de Toros Lorenzo Garza arena in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico...
)
- AAA World Heavyweight Championship
- Comisión de Box y Lucha de Guadalajara
- Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- IWA Puerto Rico
- IWA World Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipIWA World Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipThe IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a title for wrestlers that weigh 225 pounds and under that was being defended in the International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico.-Title history:...
(1 time)
- IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked him #50 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011
- Universal Wrestling AssociationUniversal Wrestling AssociationThe Universal Wrestling Association was a Mexican Lucha Libre or professional wrestling promotion based in Naucalpan, Mexico State that operated from 1975 until 1995...
- UWA World Light Heavyweight ChampionshipUWA World Light Heavyweight ChampionshipThe UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a singles professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion Universal Wrestling Association from 1975 until the UWA closed in 1995 and since then been defended on the Mexican independent circuit...
(5 times)
- UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
- World Wrestling Organization
- WWO Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tarzan BoyTarzan Boy (wrestler)Oziel Toscano Jasso is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador as they are known in Spanish, best known under the ring name Tarzan Boy and Toscano . Toscano currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
- WWO Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tarzan Boy
Luchas de Apuestas record
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| Mask | César Dantés | Junior | Guadalajara Guadalajara Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco... , Jalisco Jalisco Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
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| Hair | El Zorro | César Dantés | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | Unknown | |
| Hair | El Zorro | El Texano El Texano Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui , better known by his ring name El Texano, was a Mexican professional wrestler... |
Tijuana Tijuana Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics... , Baja California Baja California Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North... , Mexico |
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| Hair | El Zorro | El Brazo El Brazo Juan Alvarado Nieves is a Mexican Luchador currently working for the Mexican based Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración wrestling promotion. He is best known under the ring name El Brazo that he has been using since his debut in 1980... |
Deportivo Morelos, Mexico | ||
| Hair | El Zorro | Hijo del Enfermero | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | ||
| Hair | Charly Manson Charly Manson Not to be confused with Charles Manson.Jesús Luna Pozos is a Mexican luchador who is best known in under the ring name Charly Manson . In 2001 Manson suffered a career-threatening, near-fatal injury that required surgical steel to be inserted into his body... |
El Zorro | Naucalpan Naucalpan Naucalpan, officially Naucalpan de Juárez, is a city and municipality located just northwest of Mexico City in adjoining Mexico State. The name Naucalpan comes from Nahuatl and means “place of the four neighborhoods or four houses. “de Juárez was added to the official name in 1874 in honor of... , Mexico |
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| Hair | El Zorro | Nicho el Millonario | Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez , officially known today as Heroica Ciudad Juárez, but abbreviated Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande... , Mexico |
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