Pentagón Jr.

Pentagón Jr.
Pentagón Jr. during a match in August 2018
Born (1985-02-05) February 5, 1985 (age 39)
Ecatepec, Estado de México, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Dark Dragon
El Hijo del Cuchillo
Penta El 0M
Penta El Zero
Penta El Zero M
Penta El Zero Miedo
Penta Oscuro
Pentagón Dark
Pentagón El 0M
Pentagón Jr.
Zaius
Billed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Billed weight94 kg (207 lb)
Billed fromMexico City, Mexico
Trained byGran Apache
Skayde
Debut2007

Pentagón Jr.[a] (born February 5, 1985) is a Mexican masked luchador. He is best known for his time in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he competed under the ring name Penta El Zero Miedo. He wrestled in a tag team with his brother Rey Fénix called the Lucha Brothers.

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

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

Career

All Elite Wrestling (2019–2024)

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]

On November 30, 2024, it was reported that Pentagon's contract with AEW expired, ending his time there after five years.[13]

Championships and accomplishments

  • Mucha Lucha Atlanta
    • MLA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Major League Wrestling
    • MLW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rey Fénix[37]
  • Mexican independent circuit
    • Mexican Strong Style Championship (1 time)
    • WCW Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
  • Perros del Mal Producciones
    • Perros del Mal Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[38]
  • PCW Ultra
    • PCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[39]
  • Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
    • PWG World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rey Fénix[40]
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • Ranked No. 28 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019[41]
  • Ring of Honor
  • Robles Promotion
    • Robles Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Wrestling Alliance Revolution
    • WAR World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rey Fénix[43]
  • Wrestling Superstar
    • Wrestling Superstar World Submission Lucha Championship (1 time)[44]
  • Xtreme Mexican Wrestling
    • XMW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Fénix[45]
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter
    • Tag Team of The Year (2019) – with Rey Fénix
    • Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2021) – with Rey Fénix (vs. the Young Bucks at All Out)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Like many masked luchadores in Mexico, Pentagón'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. ↑ Harris, Jeffery (December 1, 2024). "Penta El Zero Miedo Reportedly Now a Free Agent, Rey Fenix Still With AEW". 411 mania. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  14. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 5, 2021). "AEW World Tag Team Championship". Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Official AEW World Trios Championship History". All Elite Wrestling.
  16. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 7, 2022). "AEW World Trios Championship". Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  17. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 25, 2021). "AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament". Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  18. ↑ "AAW Tag Team Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ Pérez Navarro, Samuel (May 10, 2015). "¡Pentágon Jr. es el nuevo campeón de peso crucero, y dedica su triunfo al líder de la jauría!". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  21. ↑ +LuchaTV (November 3, 2018). "The Crash VII Aniversario". Mas Luchas (in Spanish). YouTube. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  22. ↑ Impact Wrestling TV Taping Cagematch.net retrieved January 12, 2019
  23. ↑ Impact Best of 2018 Fans' Choice Awards Reveal with Anthony Carelli and Alicia Atout! Behind the Lights Episode 34 retrieved December 20, 2018
  24. ↑ Pentagon Jr vs Sami Callihan: 2018 Match of the Year Impact 2018 Highlights Dec 27, 2018 Youtube.com retrieved December 12, 2019
  25. ↑ "Pentagón Jr., nuevo Campeón Latinoamericano de Triple A". Récord (in Spanish). July 3, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Pentagón Jr". Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  27. ↑ "AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship". Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  28. ↑ "Aerostar desenmascaró a Súper Fly". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  29. ↑ Rose, Bryan (March 16, 2019). "Young Bucks win AAA tag team titles at Rey de Reyes". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  30. ↑ Ocampo, Ernesto (June 16, 2019). "Resultados Verano de Escándalo 2019 — Young Bucks vs. Lucha Bros". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  31. ↑ "Pentagon Jr. Gana el torneo Lucha Fighter AAA". May 10, 2020.
  32. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (March 24, 2016). "Pentagón, nuevo Rey de Reyes". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  33. ↑ Tessier, Colin (March 19, 2023). "AAA Lucha Libre World Cup Results (3/19): Josh Alexander, Vikingo, More". Yahoo!. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  34. ↑ "Pentagón Jr.: Rudo del 2014". Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Meltzer, Dave (January 11, 2016). "January 11, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Cena out with shoulder injury, New Japan stars to WWE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 59. ISSN 1083-9593.
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Meltzer, Dave (July 4, 2016). "July 4, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: NJPW G1 tournament preview, Ali vs. Inoki anniversary, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 28–32. ISSN 1083-9593.
  37. ↑ Williamson, JJ (June 8, 2018). "MLW Fusion TV taping spoilers: tag team champions crowned". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  38. ↑ 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.
  39. ↑ "PCW Heavyweight Championship". cagematch.net. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  40. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (March 19, 2017). "Daily Update: PWG results, Impact & AAA, Xavier Woods". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  41. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2019 – the Internet Wrestling Database".
  42. ↑ Paul Davis (March 31, 2023). "Lucha Bros win ROH World Tag Team Titles at Supercard of Honor". WrestlingNews.co. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  43. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "WAR World Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  44. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Wrestling Superstar World Submission Lucha Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  45. ↑ 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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