Los Guerreros del Infierno

Los Guerreros del Infierno

Último Guerrero, leader and founder of Los Guerreros del Infierno
Statistics
Members Último Guerrero
Euforia
Niebla Roja
Gran Guerrero
Name(s) Los Infernales
Los Guerreros del Infierno
Los Guerreros de la Atlantida
Los Guerreros Laguneros
Former
member(s)		 Dragón Rojo, Jr.
Tarzan Boy
Olímpico
Averno
Mephisto
Sangre Azteca
Rey Bucanero
Atlantis
Rey Escorpión
Debut 2000
Promotions CMLL

Los Guerreros del Infierno (Spanish for "The Soldiers From Hell") is a Lucha Libre (Professional wrestling) stable based in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico that has existed since 2000. The group was created as a splinter group of Los Infernales and initially used the name until they were forced to change their name in 2001 and then became Los Guerreros del Infierno. When Atlantis joined the group in 2005 they adopted the name Los Guerreros de la Atlantida, which is used interchangeably with the "Guerreros del Infierno" name. The stable currently consists of founding member Último Guerrero as well as Dragón Rojo, Jr., Euforia and Niebla Roja.

History

The fulcrum of Los Guerreros del Infierno (GdI) the tag team of the same name consisting of Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero. The tag team was widely considered one of the best tag teams in the world, especially in Lucha circles. The team began as a new generation of the classic "Infernales" group with Satánico as the leader.[1] Bucanero and Guerrero broke ranks with Satánico, leading to a feud where Satánico brought in Averno and Mephisto to fight alongside him. Tarzan Boy soon joined with Guerrero and Bucanero along with Máscara Mágica.[2] Finally, Satánico's Infernales retained their name and the name Guerreros del Infierno was adopted by Guerrero, Bucanero and Tarzan Boy. Soon GdI was the powerful rudo trio in CMLL. Bucanero and Guerrero successfully took the Tag Team Titles from the respected veterans Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo.[3] Último was successful in taking the CMLL Light Heavyweight Title (the most prestigious singles title in the promotion) by defeating Shocker.[4] Tarzan Boy went on to main event the EMLL 70th Anniversary Show against Shocker in a Caballera contra Caballera match. Tarzan lost the match and his hair.[5]

2004 was a tough year for the Guerreros. Guerrero and Bucanero lost and then regained the tag titles from L.A. Park and Shocker.[6][7] Then Bucanero suffered a knee injury when his leg was caught in a seat and he was hit by a dive. Tarzan began teaming with Pierroth, Jr. and Vampiro Canadiense to create a new top (in CMLL's eyes at least) heel trio. When Bucanero returned, they quickly lost the tag titles to Atlantis and Blue Panther.[7] Tarzan soon started teaming with yet another trio called La Furia del Norte with Héctor Garza originally Perro Aguayo, Jr. but later El Terrible. It was then that Último Guerrero raised an army of mid carders to counter Shocker's University de 1000% Guapo group and the two groups faced in a Torneo Cibernético. Olimpíco won the match for Los Guerreros and was considered a full-time member, helping revitalize the group. When Héctor Garza had his legal problems, Tarzan stepped back into the scene with allies Averno and Mephisto being treated like full-time members. 2005 was looking good for Los Guerreros until Olímpico injured his neck on a dive in a tag title match with Bucanero against Atlantis and Panther on the first show in Arena Mexico. In September, Averno and Mephisto took the CMLL tag titles back for the Guerreros,[8] just weeks after Doctor X, Sangre Azteca and Nitro managed to finally wrestle away the National Trios Titles away from Volador Jr., Felino and Safari after several unsuccessful attempts.[Note 1]

Rey Bucanero, founding member and later enemy of Los Guerreros

On May 28, 2006, in Arena Coliseo, Bucanero turned against Guerrero and Tarzan Boy during a match with Negro Casas, Heavy Metal and Místico, bringing a temporary end to the trios. Later on Tarzan Boy would turn Tecnicó and compete under the name "Toscano". Último Guerrero and Atlantis kept the "Guerrers del Infierno" name alive, even after Olímpico left CMLL and the group of mid-carders broke away to form Los Guerreros Tuareg. In 2008 Rey Bucanero returned to the group making Los Guerreros del Infierno a trio once more.

On November 2, 2010, Dragón Rojo, Jr. replaced an injured Atlantis and teamed with Último Guerrero to defeat Mr. Águila and Hector Garza for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship.[9] After the match it was announced that Dragón Rojo, Jr. had left his old stable Poder Mexica to become the newest member of Los Guerreros de la Atlantida.[10] On April 8, 2011, Último Guerrero and Escorpión won CMLL's Torneo Gran Alternativa, an eight tag team tournament where veterans form teams with newcomers.[11] Following the win, Escorpion joined Los Guerreros de la Atlantida under the new ring name Rey Escorpión. After weeks of tension between Atlantis and Último Guerrero, CMLL held a press conference on August 11, where Atlantis officially turned technico and left Los Guerreros de la Atlantida.[12] The following day, Guerrero lost the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship to Héctor Garza, who also turned at the same press conference, ending his reign at 963 days, the third longest in the title's history.[13] In July 2012, Guerrero officially kicked Rey Escorpión from Los Guerreros del Infierno, though he had turned on the group weeks earlier, and named Euforia and Niebla Roja as his replacements.[14] On August 3, Guerrero and Rojo, Jr. lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Atlantis and Diamante Azul, ending their reign at 640 days, the longest reign in the title's history.[15] During the celebration of Atlantis' 30th anniversary as a wrestler Guerrero appeared after a match to berate Atlantis, which turned out to only be a distraction for the real Último Guerrero to attack Atlantis from behind. The two identically dressed Guerreros proceeded to beat up Atlantis and tear his mask apart. Following the match Último Guerrero introduced his brother "Gran Guerrero".[16] It was not been verified if Gran Guerrrero actually is the brother of Último Guerrero, someone not related to Guerrero, or as speculated by many his son who wrestled for CMLL as Taurus.[17] On May 9, 2013 Gran Guerrero was officially introduced as an addition to Los Guerreros del Infierno.[18] On March 28, 2014, Guerrero, Euforia and Roja defeated Los Estetas del Aire (Máscara Dorada, Místico and Valiente) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship.[19] They lost the title to Sky Team (Místico, Valiente and Volador Jr.) on February 13, 2015.[20]

Championships and accomplishments

Only titles won when they were members of Los Guerreros del Infierno are listed.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 The championship is sanctioned by the Comision de Box y Lucha D.F. but promoted by CMLL.
  2. ↑ The NWA has not sanctioned this title since 1990 when CMLL withdrew.

References

  1. ↑ "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". Satánico (in Spanish) (Portales, Mexico). November 2008. p. 55. 17.
  2. ↑ "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Máscara Mágica (in Spanish) (Mexico City, Mexico). October 2007. p. 24. Tomo III.
  3. 1 2 3 "2000 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 2001. pp. 2–20. 2488.
  4. 1 2 "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Último Guerrero (in Spanish) (Mexico). December 2007. pp. 55–56. Tomo V.
  5. ↑ Ocampo, Jorge (October 5, 2003). "Aniversario 70 de CMLL". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 21.
  6. 1 2 "2002: considerar detrás". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 19, 2003. 2593.
  7. 1 2 3 "Número Especial – Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. 91.
  8. ↑ Arturo Rosas Plata (February 2, 2008). "Campeones a la mala!". Ovaciones (in Spanish) (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.). p. 20. Número 21122 Año LXI. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
  9. 1 2 Ruiz Glez, Alex (November 2, 2010). "Arena Coliseo (resultados 2 de noviembre) Último Guerrero y Dragón Rojo Jr. nuevos campeones mundiales de parejas del CMLL". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  10. ↑ "La Oportunidad se presentó y fue para mí...". El Pancracio (in Spanish). Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  11. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (April 8, 2011). "La Gran Alternativa 2011 fue para Escorpión y Ultimo Guerrero!!". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  12. ↑ Acosta, Carlos R. (August 11, 2011). "Atlantis y Garza técnicos, un torneo de minis. Sólo eso.". SuperLuchas. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  13. ↑ Rodríguez, Édgar (August 12, 2011). "Garza, nuevo Campeón Completo". Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  14. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (July 14, 2012). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  15. ↑ Mexicool, Rey (August 3, 2012). "CMLL (Resultados 03/Ago/12): Atlantis y Diamante Azul, nuevos monarcas – Místico (II) triunfa en su presentación – ¿Mr. Niebla vs. Volador Jr. (Máscara vs. Máscara)?". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  16. ↑ "CMLL (Resultados 03/Mayo/13): Atlantis triunfa en su 30 aniversario – Último Guerrero presenta al Gran Guerrero". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). May 3, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  17. ↑ The Cubs Fan (May 3, 2013). "Atlantis attacked by two Guerreros, Imagen II, Pierroth". Lucha Blog. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  18. ↑ ""Vamos a humillar, vamos a destrozar (a Atlantis) hasta el día en que va a caer su máscara...": Gran Guerrero". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). May 9, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  19. 1 2 Reducindo, Miguel (March 29, 2014). "Resultados - Viernes 28 de Marzo '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  20. ↑ "'Sky team', satisfechos por título de tercias". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Ultimo Guerrero nuevo Campeón Mundial Peso Completo CMLL, se espera polémica con el cambio de titulo". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 23, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
  22. ↑ González, Fernando (November 19, 2011). "Dragón Rojo Jr., nuevo Campeón peso Medio del CMLL". Récord (in Spanish). Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  23. ↑ Velázquez, Israel (November 3, 2007). "Resultados Arena México (2-November-07)". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  24. ↑ "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 26, 2007. issue 244. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  25. 1 2 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 23, 2006. 192. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  26. ↑ Arturo Rosas Plata (August 5, 2008). "Garza y sus Ángeles, por una defensa mas". Ovaciones (in Spanish) (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.). p. 16. Número 21307 Año LXI. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
  27. ↑ "Número Especial – 2005". Super Luchas (in Spanish). January 22, 2006. 142.
  28. ↑ "Número Especial – Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2003". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 5, 2003. issue 40.
  29. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (September 29, 2012). "Viernes 28 de Septiembre '12". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  30. ↑ Reducindo, Miguel (August 30, 2014). "Resultados Arena México Viernes 29 de Agosto '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 30, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  31. ↑ Beltrán, William (August 3, 2010). "Según el Wrestling Observer... ¿Quiénes son los mejores los mejores de la década?". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved November 4, 2010.
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