Professional wrestling career Rey Escorpión

1 professional wrestling career

1.1 lucha libre aaa worldwide (2008–2009, 2017–present)
1.2 consejo mundial de lucha libre (2009–2016)
1.3 lucha libre elite (2016–present)

professional wrestling career

núñez trained professional wrestling career under mocho cota before professional debut in 1999, , later received further training el satánico , fobia trying establish himself on mexican independent circuit. in career, núñez worked under ring name escorpión negro or escorpión negro jr. (despite not being son of wrestler called escorpión negro). in 2006, began storyline feud against hombre sin miedo ( man without fear ) span several months. on june 10, 2006, escorpión negro lost lucha de apuestas, or bet match , hombre sin miedo , forced remove mask , reveal birth name. 3 months later, gained small measure of revenge defeating hombre sin miedo win aaa norther middleweight championship. held on month before hombre sin miedo regained championship.

lucha libre aaa worldwide (2008–2009, 2017–present)

escorpión began working intermittently lucha libre aaa worldwide (aaa) starting around 2000, working on smaller shows when aaa toured northern mexico. during period, held aaa northern middleweight championship. in 2008 then-members of aaa group los guapos ( handsome ones ) scorpio jr. , zumbido left aaa promotion join international wrestling revolution group (iwrg) instead. following departure, escorpión negro introduced new member of los guapos vip, joining el brazo , decnis complete team. escorpión negro , rest of los guapos vip teamed pirata morgan in loss team of el alebrije, brazo de plata, el elegido, , pimpinela escarlata on undercard of 2008 verano de escándalo show.

consejo mundial de lucha libre (2009–2016)

after leaving aaa, núñez began working consejo mundial de lucha libre (cmll), other major wrestling promotion in mexico. in cmll, worked either escorpión or scorpión , appeared in opening match of shows. on january 1, 2011, escorpión participated in year s version of reyes del aire ( kings of air ) eliminated third man torneo cibernetico elimination match when rey cometa pinned him. following tournament, escorpión started storyline rivalry loco max. storyline between 2 wrestlers kept building until march 14, 2 faced off in luchas de apuestas ( bet match ) loser of match shaved bald. escorpión lost match loco max , had hair shaved off after match comply stipulation. few weeks later, escorpión entered 2011 torneo gran alternativa tournament, tag team tournament teams rookie experienced wrestler. escorpión teamed Último guerrero, had won gran alternativa tournament twice before. duo defeated teams of magnus , brazo de plata, mortiz , el terrible, , diamante , la sombra earn spot in final match. on april 8, 2011, escorpión , guerrero defeated máscara dorada , metal blanco win gran alternativa tournament.

shortly after gran alternativa victory, escorpión changed name rey escorpión ( scorpion king ) , joined Último guerrero s los guerreros del infierno group along dragón rojo jr. entered forjando un idolo ( forging idol ), tournament identify young, rising cmll luchador. tournament featured 4 qualifying blocks top 2 point earners move on playoffs round. rey escorpión placed second in group bravo , victories on rey cometa , palacio negro earn 6 points. lost in first match of playoff round delta on may 13, 2011. following completion of forjando un idolo, cmll booked group finalists in trios tournament 2 top team mentor . rey escorpión teamed tournament winner Ángel de oro , Último guerrero, did not make finals of tournament. in september 2011, rey escorpión competed in year s version of leyenda de plata tournament, did not make past qualifying torneo cibernetico match held part of cmll 79th anniversary show, eliminated olímpico.

rey escorpión began 2012 tournament appearance, participating in 2012 reyes del aire tournament; third-to-last man eliminated when pinned máscara dorada. following tournament, rey escorpión started feud black warrior, grew in intensity on following months. participated in 2012 torneo nacional de parejas increibles, tag team tournament rudo , tecnico ( guy ) forced team up. tournament saw rey escorpión team rival black warrior, furthering storyline between 2 inability along caused them eliminated marco corleone , Último guerrero. storyline black warrior reached conclusion on june 1, 2012, when rey escorpión defeated opponent in luchas de apuestas match, forcing black warrior have hair shaved off after match.

following conclusion of storyline black warrior, rey escorpión began develop problems rest of los guerreros, particularly Último guerrero , new guerrero euforia. tension let escorpión being kicked out of group, although confrontations never turned actual fight. on august 31, 2012, during cmll s weekly super viernes show rey escorpión teamed former los guerreros team mates win cuadrangular de tercias tournament, winning tournament despite not getting along. 2 weeks later, team unsuccessful in challenge cmll world trios championship, furthered issues between escorpión , los guerreros. tension erupted physical encounter dragón rojo jr. turned on los guerreros, siding rey escorpión attacked euforia after match on october 5th super viernes show. afterward, escorpión , dragón rojo jr. announced forming own group, targeting los guerreros del infierno. team of rey escorpión, dragón rojo jr., , pólvora unveiled los revolucionarios del terror ( revolutionaries of terror ).

in january 2013, escorpión made japanese debut, when took part in three-day fantastica mania 2013 event, co-promoted cmll , new japan pro-wrestling in tokyo. during first night on january 18, teamed tomohiro ishii , yujiro takahashi defeat bushi, diamante, , ryusuke taguchi in six-man tag team match, pinning diamante win. following night, escorpión, kazuchika okada, , volador jr. defeated hiroshi tanahashi, la máscara, , rush in six-man tag team match, escorpión once again scoring pinfall win team, time on rush. during third , final night, escorpión defeated rush in singles match. upon return mexico, escorpión survived torneo cibernetico on january 22 advance final match vacant cmll world light heavyweight championship against other survivor, volador jr. on january 29, escorpión defeated volador jr. become new cmll world light heavyweight champion. rey escorpión forced team tecnico blue panther partake in torneo nacional de parejas increibles tournament in march 2013. 2 defeated delta , tiger in first round, lost team of dragón rojo jr. , niebla roja in quarter finals.

after having won 2011 gran alternativa rookie, rey escorpión participated in 2013 gran alternativa tournament experienced wrestler, teaming rookie boby zavala. 2 competed in qualifying block b took place on april 19, 2013, super viernes show. team beat leono , blue panther in first round, espanto jr. , mr. niebla in second round, , defeated soberano jr. , la sombra in semi-finals earn last spot in finals of tournament following week @ arena mexico 57th anniversary show. finals zavala made honorary member of los revolucionarios, , 2 defeated hombre bala jr. , atlantis win tournament. in january 2014, escorpión returned japan take part in five-day fantastica mania 2014 tour. during third event of tour, on january 17, escorpión defended cmll world light heavyweight championship against máximo. in july 2014, dragón rojo jr. quit los revolucionarios del terror, returned less year later. on october 28, escorpión lost cmll world light heavyweight championship Ángel de oro. on july 17, 2015, escorpión defeated Último guerrero in lucha de apuestas in main event of sin salida, having hair shaved off result. on june 27, rey escorpión turned on los revolucionarios del terror , joined los ingobernables. however, october, rey escorpión had left cmll , los ingobernables.

lucha libre elite (2016–present)

in 2016, cmll began working lucha libre elite, promotion held shows in arena mexico , used lot of cmll-contracted wrestlers combined wrestlers international wrestling revolution group (iwrg). part of collaboration, lle launched liga elite tournament, rey escorpión added when several us-based wrestlers unable compete lle. in fall of 2016, cmll stopped working lle, withdrawing of wrestlers lle shows. part of split, rey escorpión stopped working cmll, , focused on lle 1 of top rudo wrestlers. on november 18, lost finals of liga elite caristico.