Fénix (wrestler)

Fénix
Fénix during a match on April 1, 2017
Born (1990-12-30) December 30, 1990 (age 34)
Mexico City, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Fénix
Fénix el Rey
The King
King Phoenix
Máscara Oriental
Rey Fénix
Billed height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Billed weight91.6 kg (202 lb)
Billed fromMexico City, Mexico
Trained byEl Apache
Cuchillo
Pequeño Black Shadow
Skayde
Tony Salazar
Debut2005

Fénix[a] (born December 30, 1990) is a Mexican masked luchador. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and competes under the ring name Rey Fénix. He wrestled in a tag team with his brother Pentagón Jr. called the Lucha Brothers.

Fénix has also wrestled for Pro Wrestling Noah, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Lucha Underground, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Chikara, Major League Wrestling (MLW), Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor (ROH), and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

During his time in AEW, Fénix has been a one-time AEW International Champion, one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion and a one-time AEW World Trios Champion.

Career

All Elite Wrestling (2019–present)

On Feburary 2, 2019, the Lucha Brothers faced The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) in a match on the independent circuit. After the match The Bucks offered the Lucha Brothers a contract to join All Elite Wrestling (AEW). They signed non-exclusive contracts because they were also signed to Lucha Underground at the time.[1]

At Double or Nothing, the Lucha Brothers made their AEW in-ring debut. They lost the AAA World Tag Team Championships to the Young Bucks.[2] At AAA's Verano de Escándalo, they won the titles back.[3] They enter a tournament to crown the first AEW World Tag Team Champions, but lost in the finals to SoCal Uncensored.[4]

On the March 4, 2020 episode of Dynamite, Pentagón Jr. and Fenix attacked Orange Cassidy and Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) and join Pac to create a stable called Death Triangle.[5]

The Lucha Brothers then entered a number one contender tournament for the AEW World Tag Team Championship. On the August 27, 2021 edition of Rampage, they defeated Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) to become number one contenders.[6] At All Out on September 5, the Lucha Brothers defeated the Young Bucks in a steel cage match and won the AEW World Tag Team Championships. This was Pentagón Jr.'s first championship in AEW.[7] Both Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez said that their match was the best cage match that they had ever seen, and that it was one of the best AEW matches in the company's history. Meltzer rated the match 5.75 stars.[8] The brothers lost the AAA World Tag Team Championships to FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) on the October 16 episode of Dynamite, and then the AEW World Tag Team Championship to Jurassic Express on January 5, 2022.[9][10]

On the September 7 episode of Dynamite, the Death Triangle defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, and Orange Cassidy) to become the new AEW World Trios Champions.[11] They lost the titles to The Elite (Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks) on the January 11, 2023 episode of Dynamite.[12]

At Grand Slam on September 20, Fénix faced Jon Moxley for the AEW International Championship. He defeated Moxley and won his first singles championship in AEW.[13] He lost the title to Orange Cassidy on the October 10 episode of Dynamite.[14]

Championships and accomplishments

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Like many masked luchadores in Mexico, Fénix's real name is not made public.

References

  1. ↑ "Young Bucks invite Pentagon Jr. & Fenix to AEW". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  2. ↑ "AEW Double Or Nothing results: Powell's live review of Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho, The Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. and Fenix for the AAA Tag Titles, Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes, Britt Baker vs. Nyla Rose vs. Kylie Rae". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Resultados Verano de Escándalo 2019 — Young Bucks vs. Lucha Bros". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  4. ↑ "10/30/2019 AEW Dynamite Results: The First Ever AEW World Tag Team Champions Are Crowned". Fightful. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  5. ↑ "PAC, Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix To Be Known As Death Triangle In AEW". Fightful. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  6. ↑ "AEW Rampage Results For 8/27/21 Tag Team Eliminator Tag-Team Match Jurassic Express vs. Lucha Bros". Fightful. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  7. ↑ "AEW All Out results: Powell's live review of CM Punk vs. Darby Allin, The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros in a cage match for the AEW Tag Titles, Kenny Omega vs. Christian Cage for the AEW Title, Britt Baker vs. Kris Statlander for the AEW Women's Title, Chris Jericho vs. MJF". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Bryan Danielson, Adam Cole, and more at AEW All Out". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  9. ↑ "AEW Saturday Night Dynamite Results for 10/16/21 Bryan Danielson vs. Bobby Fish plus more". Fightful. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  10. ↑ "1/5 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Hangman Page vs. Bryan Danielson for the AEW World Championship, Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix vs. Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus for the AEW Tag Titles, Ruby Soho vs. Jade Cargill to become the first TBS Champion, Malakai Black vs. Brian Pillman Jr". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  11. ↑ "9/7 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Tony Khan addressing the status of the AEW World Championship and AEW Trios Titles, MJF's return promo, Wheeler Yuta vs. Daniel Garcia for the ROH Pure Rules Title, Death Triangle vs. Best Friends, Interim AEW Women's Champ Toni Storm vs. Penelope Ford in an eliminator match". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  12. ↑ "1/11 AEW Dynamite results: Powell's live review of Death Triangle vs. The Elite in a ladder match for the AEW Trios Titles, Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page, Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Jamie Hayter and Britt Baker vs. Saraya and Toni Storm, "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry and Hook vs. Big Bill and Lee Moriarty". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "AEW Dynamite results (9/20): Powell's live review of MJF vs. Samoa Joe for the AEW World Title, Saraya vs. Toni Storm for the AEW Women's Title, Claudio Castagnoli vs. Eddie Kingston in a title vs. title match". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  14. ↑ "AEW Dynamite results (10/10): Powell's live review of Adam Copeland vs. Luchasaurus, Rey Fenix vs. Adam Copeland for the AEW International Title, Jay White vs. Hangman Page, Chris Jericho vs. Powerhouse Hobbs". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  15. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 5, 2021). "AEW World Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  16. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 7, 2022). "AEW World Trios Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Official AEW World Trios Championship History". All Elite Wrestling.
  18. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 25, 2021). "AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  19. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 7, 2021). "Men's Casino Tag Team Royale". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  20. ↑ Boone, Jeremy (September 1, 2017). "Rey Fenix vs. Sami Callihan and more: AAW Defining Moment 2017 live report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  21. ↑ "AAW Tag Team Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  22. ↑ Campbell, Brian (December 24, 2019). "How Adam Cole went from main event substitute to clear choice for 2019 Wrestler of the Year". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  23. ↑ "Show results – 9/4-9/6 Chikara King of Trios tournament in Easton, Pa.: Bullet Club's A.J. Styles & Young Bucks, Team AAA, the BWO, int'l teams, more trios". Pro Wrestling Torch. September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Resultados Revolucha – Arena Coliseo Monterrey – Domingo 06 Agosto 2017". Luchamania Monterrey (in Spanish). August 9, 2017. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  25. ↑ Zellner, Kris (June 18, 2013). "The Lucha Report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  26. ↑ +LuchaTV (November 3, 2018). "The Crash VII Aniversario". Mas Luchas (in Spanish). YouTube. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  27. ↑ Zellner, Kris (October 4, 2015). "The Lucha Report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  28. ↑ Impact Wrestling TV Taping Cagematch.net retrieved January 12, 2019
  29. ↑ Funk, Jason (October 13, 2016). "Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Jeff Hardy: 10/12 Lucha Ilimitado debut in Yakiya, Washington live report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  30. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 18, 2022). "AAA World Cruiserweight Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  31. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 18, 2022). "AAA Latin American Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  32. ↑ "Kenny Omega Defeats Fenix, Wins AAA Mega Championship". mandatory. wrestlezone. October 20, 2019.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 "Rey Fénix". Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  34. ↑ Rose, Bryan (March 16, 2019). "Young Bucks win AAA tag team titles at Rey de Reyes". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  35. ↑ Ocampo, Ernesto (June 16, 2019). "Resultados Verano de Escándalo 2019 — Young Bucks vs. Lucha Bros". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 16, 2019.
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  37. ↑ "Lucha Underground Season 2 Episode 8 Taping". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  38. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (February 8, 2016). "Viva la Raza: Lucha Weekly (2/8/16)". Wrestleview. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  39. ↑ Peeples, Jeremy (July 21, 2016). "Lucha Underground Ultima Lucha Dos pt. 3 results: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Prince Puma". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
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  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 "OWA Apocalypta". Cagematch. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  42. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (May 25, 2016). "Viva la Raza Lucha Weekly (5/25/16): Lucha World Cup news, Konnan breaks silence on split from AAA and Lucha Underground". Wrestleview. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  43. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (March 19, 2017). "Daily Update: PWG results, Impact & AAA, Xavier Woods". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
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  45. ↑ "American Luchacore Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 "PWR/Rockstar Pro The Catalina Wrestling Mixer". Cagematch. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
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  48. ↑ "WAR World Tag Team Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  49. ↑ Mexicool, Rey (September 26, 2012). "Video: Las declaraciones de Fénix y Dark Dragon, tras ganar el título de XMW". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 6, 2013.
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