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Mephisto (wrestler)
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Mephisto whose birth name is unknown, is a Mexican
professional wrestler
or Luchador
currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
(CMLL). Mephisto is the son of Luchador Astro Rey/Kahoz and has previously worked both as Astro Rey Jr. and Kahoz Jr. but has been most successful as Mephisto. Since adopting the Mephisto gimmick he has been associated with the group Los Infernales
especially Averno who has been his regular tag team partner for years. Mephisto and Averno are considered one of the top permanent teams in Mexico since the turn of the century. Mephisto is a former holder of the NWA World Welterweight Championship
and currently one third of the CMLL World Trios Champions
with Averno and Ephesto
.
, son of Alberto Leonel Hernández López, a man who would later become known as the Luchador
"Astro Rey" and "Kahorz". By 1971 his father had started wrestling which meant that the future Mephisto grew up around wrestlers, wanting to become one himself from a very early age.
from Arkangel de la Muerte
and defended it several times during his 19 month reign. Astro Rey Jr. finally lost the title to Karloff Lagarde, Jr.
on October 23, 2000.
Satánico used his supposed "satanic powers" to turn technico
(good guy) Rencor Latino into one of his “minions”, the rudo
(bad guy) known as "Averno" in a televised storyline. After this turn was completed they were joined by Mephisto; but unlike Averno, no references to his previous identities of Astro Rey Jr. or Kahoz Jr. were made. Together the three became the new version of Los Infernales and feuded with the splinter group of Infernales consisting of Último Guerrero
, Rey Bucanero
, Tarzan Boy
and Máscara Mágica
for over a year. A year later, September 2002 at the CMLL 68th Anniversary Show
, the two groups faced off in a steel cage match to determine who had the rights to the "Los Infernales" name. In the end Satánico made Máscara Mágica submit gaining the rights for his own group as well as taking the mask of Máscara Mágica. After the steel cage match the feud between the two groups more or less ending, the splinter faction changed their name to Los Guerreros del Infierno
.
On June 23, 2002, the trio won the Mexican National Trios Championship
from Olímpico
, Mr. Niebla
and Safari. After they won the trios title they began feuding with La Familia de Tijuana (Nicho el Millonario, Halloween and Damián 666
). The trio lost the title to La Familia on September 27, 2002 but continued feuding into 2003. When Nicho stopped appearing for CMLL the Trios titles were vacated but Los Infernales refused to take them without a match forcing a tournament, a tournament Los Infernales did not win, Los Infernales won a tournament to become the number one contenders for the CMLL World Trios Championship
but lost to the championship team of Black Tiger III, Dr. Wagner, Jr.
and Universo 2000
on August 1, 2003. At the end of the year, Averno and Mephisto turned on Satánico but there was little to feuding afterwards they split from the group and ventured out on their own.
On February 4, 2004 Mephisto defeated El Satánico to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship
at CMLL’s home at Arena México
. Mephisto and Averno defeated Atlantis
and Blue Panther
for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship
in a heated match on April 2, 2005. The team would defend the tag team titles several times over the next year in some incredible matches that helped establish them as one of the best Mexican tag teams in this century so far. Their most prominent defense was on the last Arena México show of 2005 when they defeated El Hijo del Santo and Negro Casas
in the main event. In early 2006, they defended their titles against Místico
and Black Warrior
twice. In the first match, they won by disqualification when Black Warrior interfered in the match after being pinned and in the second match two weeks later, Black Warrior turned on Místico. On April 14, 2006, they lost the tag team titles to the team of Místico and Negro Casas, ending their year-long reign. While the team of Mephisto and Averno had been busy defending the CMLL Tag Team titles Mephisto also found time to defend the CMLL World Welterweight title he had worn for over three years, until he was finally defeated by CMLL’s rising star Místico on April 10, 2007
Mephisto and Averno remain as solid a unit as ever, now often wrestling in trios matches with new partner Ephesto
(the Luchador formerly known as Safari); billed as "Los Ku Klux Klan" and later "Los Hijos del Averno" in main or semi-main event matches for CMLL. On February 15, 2009 Mistico successfully defended his CMLL Welterweight Championship against Mephisto on a NJPW Show in Sumo Hall
, Tokyo. On May 27, 2009 Mephisto defeated La Sombra
to win the NWA World Welterweight Championship
. During Mephisto's reign, the title was replaced with the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
. On August 16, 2010 it was announced that Mephisto was one of 14 men putting their mask on the line in a Luchas de Apuestas steel cage match, the main event of the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show
. Mephisto was the second man to leave the steel cage as all three members of Los Hijos del Averno quickly left the cage, keeping their masks safe. The match came down to La Sombra
pinning Olímpico
to unmask him. On March 13, 2011, Mephisto lost the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship to La Sombra. On July 15, Los Hijos del Averno defeated La Generación Dorada (Máscara Dorada
, La Máscara
and La Sombra]]) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship.
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...
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...
or 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...
currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is a Lucha Libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico...
(CMLL). Mephisto is the son of Luchador Astro Rey/Kahoz and has previously worked both as Astro Rey Jr. and Kahoz Jr. but has been most successful as Mephisto. Since adopting the Mephisto gimmick he has been associated with the group Los Infernales
Los Infernales
Los Infernales is a Mexican professional wrestling group, called a stable. The stable was created in 1984 and consisted of El Satánico, MS-1 and Espectro, Jr.. A later version where Pirata Morgan replaced Espectro, Jr. is considered the "classic" Infernales team that helped popularize the "Trios"...
especially Averno who has been his regular tag team partner for years. Mephisto and Averno are considered one of the top permanent teams in Mexico since the turn of the century. Mephisto is a former holder of the NWA World Welterweight Championship
NWA World Welterweight Championship
The NWA World Welterweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship governed by the National Wrestling Alliance . For the majority of its existence, the title has been promoted by Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where it was known as the Campeonato Mundial Welter de...
and currently one third of the CMLL World Trios Champions
CMLL World Trios Championship
The CMLL World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico. The title has existed since 1993 and is contested for by teams of three wrestlers...
with Averno and Ephesto
Ephesto
Ephesto is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Ephesto's real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican Lucha Libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record...
.
Biography
The man who would grow up to wrestle as Mephisto was born on December 12, 1968 in Mexico CityMexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, son of Alberto Leonel Hernández López, a man who would later become known as the 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...
"Astro Rey" and "Kahorz". By 1971 his father had started wrestling which meant that the future Mephisto grew up around wrestlers, wanting to become one himself from a very early age.
In his father's footsteps
After training under his father, and his uncle the Luchador known as "El Gallo Giro" he made his debut as "Kahoz Jr.", as a tribute to his dad’s last gimmick. From 1988 until 1993 he wrestled as Kahoz Jr. His father, however, urged him to change gimmicks to the one that got his father the most fame "Astro Rey Jr.". As Astro Rey Jr. or simply "Astro Jr." he travelled the world and wrestled extensively in Mexico and Japan. On March 22, 1999 Astro Rey Jr. won the Mexican National Welterweight ChampionshipMexican National Welterweight Championship
The Mexican National Welterweight Championship is a Mexican professional wrestling 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 at which the title is defended...
from Arkangel de la Muerte
Arkangel de la Muerte
Arkangel de la Muerte is a luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known for his work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . he is often referred to as just Arkangel. He previous worked under the ring name "Mister Cid" but changed to...
and defended it several times during his 19 month reign. Astro Rey Jr. finally lost the title to Karloff Lagarde, Jr.
Karloff Lagarde, Jr.
César Baltazar de Lucio Valencia is a semi-retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Karloff Lagarde, Jr.. Despite what his ring name might indicate he is not the son of Karloff Lagarde, but his nephew. Lucio is a former CMLL World Welterweight Champion and...
on October 23, 2000.
Mephisto
In September 2001 long time leader of the CMLL base stable Los InfernalesLos Infernales
Los Infernales is a Mexican professional wrestling group, called a stable. The stable was created in 1984 and consisted of El Satánico, MS-1 and Espectro, Jr.. A later version where Pirata Morgan replaced Espectro, Jr. is considered the "classic" Infernales team that helped popularize the "Trios"...
Satánico used his supposed "satanic powers" to turn 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...
(good guy) Rencor Latino into one of his “minions”, the 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...
(bad guy) known as "Averno" in a televised storyline. After this turn was completed they were joined by Mephisto; but unlike Averno, no references to his previous identities of Astro Rey Jr. or Kahoz Jr. were made. Together the three became the new version of Los Infernales and feuded with the splinter group of Infernales consisting of Último Guerrero
Último Guerrero
Último Guerrero is a Mexican currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where he is also part of the booking committee and former CMLL World Heavyweight Championship...
, Rey Bucanero
Rey Bucanero
Arturo García Ortiz is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Rey Bucanero . Outside of lucha libre, he has also worked in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, Toryumon and Dragondoor...
, 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 Máscara Mágica
Antonio Gómez Medina
Antonio Gómez Medina is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador as they are called in Spanish, and professional wrestling trainer based out of Arena Coliseo Guadalajara in Guadalajara. Gómez is best known under the ring name Máscara Mágica, he is the second person to use the "Máscara Mágica"...
for over a year. A year later, September 2002 at the CMLL 68th Anniversary Show
CMLL 68th Anniversary Show
The CMLL 68th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre that took place on September 28, 2001 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico...
, the two groups faced off in a steel cage match to determine who had the rights to the "Los Infernales" name. In the end Satánico made Máscara Mágica submit gaining the rights for his own group as well as taking the mask of Máscara Mágica. After the steel cage match the feud between the two groups more or less ending, the splinter faction changed their name to Los Guerreros del Infierno
Los Guerreros del Infierno
Los Guerreros del Infierno is a Lucha Libre stable based in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico that has existed since 2000...
.
On June 23, 2002, the trio won the Mexican National Trios Championship
Mexican National Trios Championship
The Mexican National Trios Championship is a three-man tag team professional wrestling championship controlled by a "National title" controlled by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." , which regulates all matches where the title is defended...
from Olímpico
Olímpico
Joel Bernal Galicia , better known under the ring name Olímpico is a Mexican Luchador , or professional wrestler. Olímpico is sometimes Anglicised as "Olympico", and means "Olympian" in Spanish...
, 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 Safari. After they won the trios title they began feuding with La Familia de Tijuana (Nicho el Millonario, Halloween and Damián 666
Leonardo Carrera
Leonardo Carrera Gómez is a Mexican professional wrestler best known under the name Damián 666...
). The trio lost the title to La Familia on September 27, 2002 but continued feuding into 2003. When Nicho stopped appearing for CMLL the Trios titles were vacated but Los Infernales refused to take them without a match forcing a tournament, a tournament Los Infernales did not win, Los Infernales won a tournament to become the number one contenders for the CMLL World Trios Championship
CMLL World Trios Championship
The CMLL World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico. The title has existed since 1993 and is contested for by teams of three wrestlers...
but lost to the championship team of Black Tiger III, 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...
and Universo 2000
Universo 2000
Andrés Reyes González is a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, who is best known under the ring name Universo 2000...
on August 1, 2003. At the end of the year, Averno and Mephisto turned on Satánico but there was little to feuding afterwards they split from the group and ventured out on their own.
On February 4, 2004 Mephisto defeated El Satánico to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship
CMLL World Welterweight Championship
The CMLL World Welterweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . The official definition of a Welterweight in Mexico is a person between and but is not strictly adhered to these days...
at CMLL’s home at Arena México
Arena México
Arena México is an indoor arena in Mexico City, Mexico located in the Colonia Doctores neighboorhood in the Cuauhtémoc borough. The arena is primarily used for professional wrestling, or Lucha libre, shows promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . The building is called the "cathedral of lucha...
. Mephisto and Averno defeated Atlantis
Atlantis (wrestler)
Atlantis is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre where he performs as a Technico . Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico and in Japan...
and Blue Panther
Blue Panther
Genaro Vazquez Nevarez is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, better known by his ring name Blue Panther...
for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship
CMLL World Tag Team Championship
The CMLL World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico for Tag teams only. The title was created in 1993 and is still promoted to this day...
in a heated match on April 2, 2005. The team would defend the tag team titles several times over the next year in some incredible matches that helped establish them as one of the best Mexican tag teams in this century so far. Their most prominent defense was on the last Arena México show of 2005 when they defeated El Hijo del Santo and Negro Casas
Negro Casas
José Casas Ruiz is a Mexican professional wrestler and trainer currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Negro Casas. He is the son of former wrestler, turned referee Pepe Casas and brother of professeional wrestlers El Felino and Heavy Metal...
in the main event. In early 2006, they defended their titles against Místico
Místico
Luis Ignascio Urive Alvirde is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE, working on its SmackDown brand under the name Sin Cara...
and Black Warrior
Black Warrior (wrestler)
Jesus Toral López is a luchador or professional wrestler who has worked almost exclusively in Mexico. López has achieved most success under the ring name Black Warrior and has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre since 1995...
twice. In the first match, they won by disqualification when Black Warrior interfered in the match after being pinned and in the second match two weeks later, Black Warrior turned on Místico. On April 14, 2006, they lost the tag team titles to the team of Místico and Negro Casas, ending their year-long reign. While the team of Mephisto and Averno had been busy defending the CMLL Tag Team titles Mephisto also found time to defend the CMLL World Welterweight title he had worn for over three years, until he was finally defeated by CMLL’s rising star Místico on April 10, 2007
Mephisto and Averno remain as solid a unit as ever, now often wrestling in trios matches with new partner Ephesto
Ephesto
Ephesto is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Ephesto's real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican Lucha Libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record...
(the Luchador formerly known as Safari); billed as "Los Ku Klux Klan" and later "Los Hijos del Averno" in main or semi-main event matches for CMLL. On February 15, 2009 Mistico successfully defended his CMLL Welterweight Championship against Mephisto on a NJPW Show in Sumo Hall
Ryogoku Kokugikan
, also known as Sumo Hall, is an indoor sporting arena located in the Ryōgoku neighborhood of Sumida, one of the 23 wards of Tokyo in Japan, next to the Edo-Tokyo Museum. It is the third building built in Tokyo associated with the name kokugikan. The current building was opened in 1985 and has a...
, Tokyo. On May 27, 2009 Mephisto defeated La Sombra
La Sombra
La Sombra de Chicago or La Sombra de Tony Guerrero is a Tejano band originally from Chicago, IL. The group was widely popular during the late 1980s and most of the 1990s, often described as "the number one show band in the U.S.A." and "the world." La Sombra is credited with over 20 major studio...
to win the NWA World Welterweight Championship
NWA World Welterweight Championship
The NWA World Welterweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship governed by the National Wrestling Alliance . For the majority of its existence, the title has been promoted by Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where it was known as the Campeonato Mundial Welter de...
. During Mephisto's reign, the title was replaced with the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
The NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship governed by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
. On August 16, 2010 it was announced that Mephisto was one of 14 men putting their mask on the line in a Luchas de Apuestas steel cage match, the main event of the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show
CMLL 77th Anniversary Show
The CMLL 77th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre that took place on September 3, 2010 in CMLL's home arena Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorates the 77th anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling...
. Mephisto was the second man to leave the steel cage as all three members of Los Hijos del Averno quickly left the cage, keeping their masks safe. The match came down to La Sombra
La Sombra (wrestler)
La Sombra is a Mexican luchador enmascarado . La Sombra's real real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans...
pinning Olímpico
Olímpico
Joel Bernal Galicia , better known under the ring name Olímpico is a Mexican Luchador , or professional wrestler. Olímpico is sometimes Anglicised as "Olympico", and means "Olympian" in Spanish...
to unmask him. On March 13, 2011, Mephisto lost the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship to La Sombra. On July 15, Los Hijos del Averno defeated La Generación Dorada (Máscara Dorada
Mascara Dorada
Máscara Dorada is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Máscara Dorada's real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican Lucha Libre where masked wrestler's real names often are not a matter of public record...
, La Máscara
La Mascara (wrestler)
La Mascara is a Mexican professional wrestler active as a tecnico in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, where he is the current NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion. Also one of his uncle is Brazo de Plata. His cousins are Psycho Clown and Máximo. La Mascara is the son of Brazo de Oro, and the...
and La Sombra]]) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Demon Driller (Double underhook facebuster)
- Signature moves
- Boston crabBoston crabThe Boston crab is a professional wrestling hold that typically starts with the opponent lying supine on the mat, with the wrestler standing and facing them. It is a type of spinal lock where the wrestler hooks each of the opponent’s legs in one of his arms, and then turns the opponent face-down,...
- Gedo Clutch (Double leg nelson)
- MoonsaultMoonsaultA moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique. Much of its popularity in American wrestling is attributed to The Great Muta, despite it being used in North America by "Leaping" Lanny Poffo years before Muta came from Japan.In a standard moonsault,...
onto a standing opponent transitioned into an inside cradle
Championships and accomplishments
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha LibreConsejo Mundial de Lucha LibreConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is a Lucha Libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico...
- CMLL World Tag Team ChampionshipCMLL World Tag Team ChampionshipThe CMLL World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico for Tag teams only. The title was created in 1993 and is still promoted to this day...
(3 times) - with Averno - CMLL World Trios ChampionshipCMLL World Trios ChampionshipThe CMLL World Trios Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico. The title has existed since 1993 and is contested for by teams of three wrestlers...
(1 time, current) – with Averno and EphestoEphestoEphesto is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Ephesto's real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican Lucha Libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record... - CMLL World Welterweight ChampionshipCMLL World Welterweight ChampionshipThe CMLL World Welterweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre . The official definition of a Welterweight in Mexico is a person between and but is not strictly adhered to these days...
(1 time) - Mexican National Trios ChampionshipMexican National Trios ChampionshipThe Mexican National Trios Championship is a three-man tag team professional wrestling championship controlled by a "National title" controlled by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." , which regulates all matches where the title is defended...
(1 time) - with Satánico and Averno † - Mexican National Welterweight ChampionshipMexican National Welterweight ChampionshipThe Mexican National Welterweight Championship is a Mexican professional wrestling 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 at which the title is defended...
(1 time)† - NWA World Welterweight ChampionshipNWA World Welterweight ChampionshipThe NWA World Welterweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship governed by the National Wrestling Alliance . For the majority of its existence, the title has been promoted by Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where it was known as the Campeonato Mundial Welter de...
(1 time) - NWA World Historic Welterweight ChampionshipNWA World Historic Welterweight ChampionshipThe NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship governed by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre...
(1 time)
- 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 # 54 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2006.
Lucha de Apuesta record
| Wager | Winner | Loser | Location | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mask | Astro Rey Jr. | El Métalico | Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... |
November 19, 1995 | |
| Mask | Astro Jr. | Gekko | Sapporo, Japan | June 25, 1996 | |
| Hair | Astro Rey Jr. | Karloff Lagarde Jr. | Puebla, Puebla Puebla, Puebla The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. Being a planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two.The city was founded... |
October 30, 2000 |