Edgar Luna Pozos (born April 22, 1970) is a Mexican ''
Luchador
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'' or
professional wrestler
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best known under the
ring name Electroshock, which he has used while working for the Mexican
professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre ( professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its ...
(AAA) since 1997. Pozos is married to ''luchadora''
Lady Apache
Sandra González Calderón (born June 26, 1970) is a Mexican professional wrestler or ''luchadora'', best known under the ring name Lady Apache. As Lady Apache, González has mainly worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and AAA, Mex ...
and is the brother of Luchador
Charly Manson
Jesús Luna Pozos (born February 18, 1975) is a Mexican luchador (professional wrestler) who primarily works on the Mexican independent circuit as Sharlie Rockstar, where he competes as a member of ''The Kl4n''. Pozos is best known under the ri ...
. As Electroshock Pozos has been a member of the groups
Los Vipers
Los Vipers is a professional wrestling group, called a stable, which has existed in various incarnations in the Mexican wrestling promotions Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) since 1997. The group has consistently been presented as a ' ...
, ''
La Legión Extranjera
La Legión Extranjera (Spanish for "The Foreign Legion") was the main Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración heel group, though loosely affiliated. It was a catch all for one time and irregularly scheduled foreign heels, working as Konnan's hired ...
'' and ''Los Wagnermaniacos''. He is the winner of the 2009 ''
Rey de Reyes
The Rey de Reyes (English: "King of Kings") is an annual tournament held by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) comparable to WWE’s King of the Ring tournament. For the first six tournaments the format consisted of four-way elimination matches with ...
'' ("King of Kings") tournament and a one-time
AAA Mega Champion
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.
Early life
Edgar Pozos was born in
Torreón
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,
Coahuila, Mexico on April 22, 1970. After his younger brother Jesús was born in 1975 the family moved to
Mexico City, Mexico
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, settling in the
Tláhuac
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''delegacion''. Edgar Pozos was a quiet kid, focusing on school until he as a teenager saw a picture of
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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in a gym in Mexico City, which inspired him begin bodybuilding. He was also a big fan of wrestling, with their father being a wrestling trainer the Pozos boys often attended wrestling matches as the ''Toreo de Cuatro Caminos'', one of the most popular wrestling venues in the early 1980s. Pozos combined his bodybuilding training with wrestling, hoping to become a professional wrestler one day. In order to get a wrestlers license from the Mexican Boxing and Wrestling commission he had to wrestle a tryout match, he faced
Axel in his tryout match and wrestled well enough to get a license.
Professional wrestling career
Consejo Mundial de Lucha libre (1992-1997)
After getting his license Pozos created the ''enmascarado'' (masked) character "Ultimatum" after seeing a band called "Ultimatum" and discovering that the term meant "final warning", a name he found appropriate for the showmanship of professional wrestling. As Ultimatum he earned a contract with
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...
(CMLL) and began working at their wrestling school to hone his skills under the tutelage of
Arturo Beristain
Arturo Beristain (born September 5, 1949) is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, or ''Luchador'' in Spanish, who works as a wrestling trainer at the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) gym in Mexi ...
. As Ultimatum Pozos worked low card matches on various CMLL shows, not rising about the first or second match even after almost five years with the company. He was unable to talk to CMLL owner
Paco Alonso
Francisco Alonso Lutteroth (September 19, 1952 — July 6, 2019), commonly referred to as Paco Alonso was the owner of the professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), the world's oldest wrestling promotion. Alonso wa ...
, but when he talked with CMLL booker Juan Mar Manuel he told him flat out that CMLL had no plans to give him a higher profile on the shows, after which Pozos left the company.
[
]
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Almost ready to quit wrestling Pozos friend José Mercado, who wrestles as Pentagón Black, convinced him to apply for a job with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
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(AAA). In the AAA offices he met AAA owner Antonio Peña
Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada (June 13, 1951 – October 5, 2006) was the founder of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1992. Peña's promotion reached its height of popularity in the e ...
, who remembered Pozos from the time Peña worked for CMLL. Peña gave Pozos a job with AAA and together they came up with a new character to replace "Ultimatum". Pozos was inspired by the Hanibal Lecter
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character from the movie Silence of the Lambs and had turned an ice hockey Goaltender
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's mask into a mouthguard like the one Lecter wore in the movie. Peña commented that the mask made Pozos look like a mad man and asked "How do you deal with madmen?" and answered "Electroshock therapy", giving the name "Electroshock" to Pozos new character.[ Electroshock made his in-ring debut in September 1997.
]
Los Vipers (1997–2006)
Electroshock was quickly made part of a group called ''Los Vipers
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'', a ''Rudo'' (Heel
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Structure
To distribute the compressive for ...
or "bad guy") group led by Cibernético
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and that besides Electroshock consisted of Abismo Negro
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, Psicosis II
Juan Ebodio Gonzalez (born February 22, 1967) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'' better known under the ring name Psicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character by Asistencia Asesoría y Administr ...
, Histeria, Mosco de la Merced
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and Maniaco
Maniaco (born May 20, 1966) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, Luchador'', or professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known for being a part of the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) group ''Los Vipers''. He currently works for Consej ...
. The group soon became the top "rudo" group in AAA, bolstered by several title wins, including Electroshock and Abismo Negro teaming up to defeat Perro Aguayo
Pedro Aguayo Damián (18 January 1946 — 3 July 2019) better known as "(El) Perro Aguayo" (Aguayo the dog) and El Can de Nochistlan (The Nochistlan Dog) was a Mexican wrestler through the 1970s to the 1990s.
Aguayo was the first person ever ...
and Perro Aguayo, Jr. for the Mexican National Tag Team Championship
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on May 2, 1999.[ In late 1999 Los Vipers began fighting amongst themselves with Abismo Negro making a bid to take control of the group. This led to Abismo Negro breaking away to form ''Los Vipers Extreme'' along with Electroshock, Pentagón, Shiiba, Cuervo and ]Mini Abismo Negro
Mini Abismo Negro (born November 21, 1978) is the ring name of a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'' who works in the ''Mini-Estrella'' division for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Mini Abismo Negro is a former, two time Mexican Nati ...
. On November 7, 1999 Electroshock and Abismo Negro lost the National Tag Team title to Hator and the Panther.[ the Los Vipers factions joined back up in early 2000 without much resolution to the tension between Abismo Negro and Cibernético. The unity allowed Electroshock and Abismo Negro to focus on regaining the titles, a feat they accomplished on May 7, 2000 defeating Hator and the Panther.][ The team only held onto the title for 63 days before losing the belts to the duo of Perro Aguayo, Jr. and ]Héctor Garza
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.[
In the fall of 2000 Electroshock travelled to Japan to work for ]Michinoku Pro Wrestling
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, specifically to participate in their 2000 Futaritabi Tag Team League tournament. Electroshock teamed up with Pentagón to earn 9 points in the tournament, tying for first with Tiger Mask
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and Gran Hamada
, better known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican lucha libre style. He has wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the Universal Wrestling Federation, Michinoku Pro and All Japan Pro ...
. The Mexican team lost to Tiger Mask and Hamada in the finals on November 3, 2000- Back in Mexico Cibernético created a new "super faction" in AAA called ''Lucha Libre Latina'' (LLL), a faction that included Los Vipers as well as several other Rudos. Over the following couple of years Electroshock separated himself from the other Los Vipers members, choosing to team more often with his brother who worked for AAA under the name Charly Manson
Jesús Luna Pozos (born February 18, 1975) is a Mexican luchador (professional wrestler) who primarily works on the Mexican independent circuit as Sharlie Rockstar, where he competes as a member of ''The Kl4n''. Pozos is best known under the ri ...
. On June 8, 2001 Electroshock defeated Heavy Metal to win the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
The UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (''Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de UWA'' in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling championship initially promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion Universal Wrestling As ...
, a title he would hold for four to five months.[ On June 15, 2001 Electroshock defeated Héctor Garza to win the ]Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
The Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (''Campeonato Nacional Semicompleto'' in Spanish) is a national Mexican singles professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the ''Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.'' (''Mexico City ...
, a title he would hold and defend for the next 310 days until losing it to Perro Aguayo, Jr.[ Electroshock won the Mexican National Tag Team Title for the third time when he teamed with Chessman to defeat La Parka, Jr. and ]Máscara Sagrada
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for the title.[ The two teamed together, representing AAA for 427 days before losing the title back to La Parka, Jr. and Máscara Sagrada.][ Following the title match Electroshock and Chessman had a falling out, starting a storyline between the two that would soon involve Electroshock's wife ]Lady Apache
Sandra González Calderón (born June 26, 1970) is a Mexican professional wrestler or ''luchadora'', best known under the ring name Lady Apache. As Lady Apache, González has mainly worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and AAA, Mex ...
and Chessman's storyline girlfriend Tiffany. The storyline between the two mixed teams was the driving force behind the creation of a new championship, the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
The AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship (''Campeonato en Parejas Mixtas AAA'' in Spanish) is a tag team title contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The championship is exclusively for teams composed ...
. On June 15, 2003 as part of Triplemania XI Electroshock and Lady Apache defeated Chessman and Tiffany, Gran Apache
Mario Balbuena González (April 16, 1959 – May 7, 2017) -- better known under the ring names Gran Apache and El Apache -- was a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler and trainer. Balbuena worked for AAA / Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (A ...
and Faby Apache
Fabiola Balbuena Torres (born 26 December 1980) is a Mexican ''Luchadora'', or female professional wrestler known for her time with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) where she performed as Faby Apache (sometimes written as "Fabi Apache").
Between 2 ...
and El Brazo
Juan Alvarado Nieves (July 30, 1961 – October 15, 2013) was a Mexican Luchador (professional wrestler). He was best known under the ring name El Brazo (Spanish for "the Arm"), which he used since his debut in 1980. Alvarado was part of the Al ...
and Martha Villalobos
Martha García Mejía (born May 30, 1962) is a Mexican former ''luchadora'', or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Martha Villalobos an active wrestling promoter, running a company named ''Reyes del Ring'' ("Kings of the ...
in a four-way match to become the inaugural Mixed Tag Team Champions.[ The team held the title until September 16, 2003 when Chessman and Tiffany won the belts from them.][ The storyline between the two couples came to its conclusion at the 2004 '']Rey de Reyes
The Rey de Reyes (English: "King of Kings") is an annual tournament held by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) comparable to WWE’s King of the Ring tournament. For the first six tournaments the format consisted of four-way elimination matches with f ...
'' event where the two teams faced off in a '' Parejas Suicida'' where the losing team would be forced to wrestle each other under ''Luchas de Apuestas
Lucha libre (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term used in Latin America for professional wrestling. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has developed into a unique form ...
'' (Bet match) rules. Electroshock and Lady Apache lost and Electroshock subsequently pinned Lady Apache in their match. After the match Electroshock apologized for pinning his wife, then had his hair shaved off instead of forcing Lady Apache to be shaved bald. Following the storyline with Chessman, Electroshock began a storyline with his own brother, publicly acknowledging that they were brothers for the first time. The two faced off in a singles match at Triplemania XII where the loser would be forced to retire. Manson won the match but Lady Apache pleaded with him to not force Electroshock to retire but instead shave her hair off as "payment". After some consideration Manson accepted and shaved her hair off, with Electo Shock voluntarily shaving his own hair off in sympathy. In 2006 Electroshock briefly left AAA and wrestled for CMLL as "Electro" but returned to AAA after only a few matches with CMLL.
La Legión Extranjera (2007–2009)
Following his brief departure from AAA Electroshock became part of Konnan
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's La Legión Extranjera
La Legión Extranjera (Spanish for "The Foreign Legion") was the main Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración heel group, though loosely affiliated. It was a catch all for one time and irregularly scheduled foreign heels, working as Konnan's hired ...
, feuding with a group of AAA Loyalists. In 2006 Charly Manson, Chessman and Cibernético turned ''tecnico'' (Face
The face is the front of an animal's head that features the eyes, nose and mouth, and through which animals express many of their emotions. The face is crucial for human identity, and damage such as scarring or developmental deformities may aff ...
or "good guys") and formed a group called ''Los Hell Brothers''. At the first ever Antonio Peña Memorial Show Electroshock, Abismo Negro and El Zorro defeated Chessman, Cibernético and El Intocable
René "Ricky" Gómez Espinoza (born September 9, 1976 in Mexico City, D. F.), better known under the ring name El Intocable, is a Mexican professional wrestler, actor, and model, best known for his work in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ...
in the main event. La Legión's success continued as Electroshock, Bobby Lashley
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and Kenzo Suzuki
is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and in the United States with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion in the lat ...
defeated Chessman, La Parka and Silver King in one of the featured events. At the 2008 Antonio Peña Memorial Show Konnan, Electroshock, Rellik and Kenzo Suzuki defeated "Team AAA" (Latin Lover
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, Octagón
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, La Parka and Super Fly) in a Steel cage elimination match where ''La Legión'' won control of AAA (in storyline terms). In the following months Electroshock was featured more through the "Takeover storyline", an exposure that also led to him qualifying for the 2009 ''Rey de Reyes
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'' tournament. Electroshock outlasted Octagón, Super Fly and Nicho "El Millionaire" to qualify for the final and outlasted La Parka, Silver King and Latin Lover to become the 2009 ''Rey de Reyes''. The long running "AAA vs. La Legión" storyline came to an end at Triplemania XVII where La Legión (Electroshock, Silver King, Chessman, Kenzo Suzuki and Teddy Hart
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) faced and lost to "Team AAA" (El Hijo del Santo
Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez (born August 2, 1963) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler and political activist, best known under the ring name, El Hijo del Santo ("The Son of the Saint"). Guzmán is the yo ...
, La Parka, Vampiro
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, Octagón and Jack Evans) in a Steel Cage match with control of AAA on the line. After the loss Konnan was fired by AAA owner Joaquin Roldan and ''La Legión'' was disbanded.
Los Wagnermaniacos (2009–2010)
Following Dr. Wagner, Jr.'s AAA Mega Championship
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victory at Triplemania XVII, a group composed of Dr. Wagner, Jr., Silver King, Último Gladiador
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and Electroshock formed, taking the name ''Los Wagnermaniacos'' after the group leader Dr. Wagner, Jr.. At the 2009 '' Verano de Escandalo'' event Electroshock, Silver King and Último Gladiador teamed up to defeat La Parka, Marco Corleone
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and Octagón. At Heroes Inmortales III
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Charly Manson was scheduled to face Chessman in a ''Lucha de Apuesta'' match, but in the days leading up to the event Manson decided to leave AAA, leaving the main event of Heroes Inmortales III up in the air. On the night of the show Electroshock came out to take his brother's place in the match, losing to Chessman. After the match he had his head shaved completely bald, taking the loss that his brother was originally scheduled to take. At the 2009 ''Guerra de Titanes
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'' Los Wagnermaniacos lost to El Elegido
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, Extreme Tiger
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and Pimpinela Escarlata
Mario González Lozano (born April 18, 1969) is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler, who works as an ''exótico'' for the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA World Wide promotion and Lucha Underground under the ring name Pimpinela Escarlata. As ...
while Dr. Wagner, Jr. lost the AAA title to El Mesias. In early 2010 Electroshock stated that since he was the 2009 ''Rey de Reyes'' he deserved to take part in the title match with El Mesias scheduled for the 2010 ''Rey de Reyes
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'' event, a comment that led to animosity between Electroshock and Dr. Wagner, Jr. On March 12, 2010 Electroshock submitted Mr. Anderson in the main event of the 2010 ''Rey de Reyes'', thus winning the AAA Mega Championship without actually defeating the champion El Mesias. Following the match Dr. Wagner, Jr. and the other Wagnermaniacos came to the ring to congratulate Electroshock, seemingly ending any concerns about animosity in the group. On a subsequent AAA show Dr. Wagner, Jr. asked Electroshock for a title match, a request Electroshock declined leading to a fight between the two, ending Electroshock's association with Los Wagnermaniacos.
Los Maniacos (2010)
At a later show Silver King, Dr. Wagner, Jr.'s brother, interfered in a fight between the two by attacking his brother, siding with Electroshock. Silver King stated that he chose friendship over family and was siding with Electroshock in the storyline. The two, along with Último Gladiador became known as ''Los Maniacos'' Dr. Wagner, Jr. after turning ''técnico'' continued Los Wagnermaniacos with Pimpinela Escarlata
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and Octagón to even the numbers. On April 26, 2010 AAA confirmed on their website that Electroshock would defend the title against Dr. Wagner, Jr. In the lead up to the title match the two faced off in a Steel Cage match
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on May 19, 2010, a match that Electroshock won with the help of ''Los Maniacos'', Silver King and Último Gladiador. On June 6, 2010, at Triplemanía XVIII, Electroshock lost the AAA Mega Championship to Dr. Wagner, Jr. After losing the title, Electroshock began feuding with Heavy Metal. In September 2010 Silver King and Último Gladiador announced they were joining ''La Sociedad
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'', and although Electroshock made no official announcement on whether or not he would be following them, he agreed to represent the group at ''Héroes Inmortales IV
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'' in order to get his hands on Heavy Metal. At the event Electroshock, El Zorro, Hernandez and L.A. Park
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were defeated by Heavy Metal, La Parka, Dark Ozz
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and Dark Cuervo in an elimination steel cage match.
Turning technico (2010–2014)
On November 14 Electroshock officially announced that he was not part of ''La Sociedad'' and urged Silver King and Último Gladiador to leave the group. At the November 18 event in Naucalpan
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he once again turned down an offer to join ''La Sociedad'' and was as a result beaten down by Silver King, Último Gladiador and ''La Milicia'', turning him ''technico'' in the process. When Heavy Metal returned from his injury on February 4, 2011, he and Electroshock entered a Best of Five series, with the loser having his hair shaved off. The fifth match, a Two Out of Three Falls Bull Terrier match, took place on March 18 at Rey de Reyes
The Rey de Reyes (English: "King of Kings") is an annual tournament held by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) comparable to WWE’s King of the Ring tournament. For the first six tournaments the format consisted of four-way elimination matches with f ...
, where Heavy Metal was victorious after a guitar shot. After the match both Electroshock and Heavy Metal were attacked by members of ''La Sociedad'', bringing the former rivals together to fight a common enemy. On June 18 at Triplemanía XIX
Triplemanía XIX was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Lucha Libre AAA World Wide, AAA professional wrestling promotion, promotion, which took place on June 18, 2011 at the Palacio de los Deportes ("Sports Palace") ...
, Electroshock, Heavy Metal and Joe Líder
José de Jesús Álvarez Gutierrez (born June 2, 1978) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ringname Joe Líder. He currently competes in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He is known for being a former member of the tag team ...
defeated Silver King, Último Gladiador and Chessman in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. On October 9 at Héroes Inmortales
The Copa Antonio Peña (Spanish Language, Spanish for "The Antonio Peña Cup") is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) once a year. The tournament is named in memory of Antonio Peña, the founder of AA ...
, Electroshock defeated eight other men to win the Copa Antonio Peña
Copa or COPA may refer to:
COPA
COPA may refer to:
* Computer Operator Programming Assistant. trade of ITI
* Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet
* Canadian Owners and Pilots Asso ...
. On August 5, 2012, at ''Triplemanía XX
Triplemanía XX was a professional wrestling event scripted and produced by the AAA promotion, which took place on August 5, 2012, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was the twentieth annual Triplemanía, which is AAA's b ...
'', Electroshock teamed up with L.A. Park as Team Joaquín Roldán in a Hair vs. Hair match, where they faced Team Dorian Roldán (Jeff Jarrett
Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and promoter. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he also serves as Director of Business Development.
Beginning his career in his father J ...
and Kurt Angle
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler, Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg, Olympic gold medalist in American freestyle wrestling, and former Collegiate wrestling, ...
), with the Roldáns' hairs on the line. Electroshock won the match for his team by pinning Angle, forcing Dorian to have his head shaved bald. However, after the match, the ''rudos'' overpowered the ''technicos'' and shaved Joaquín bald. On December 8, 2013, at ''Guerra de Titanes
Guerra de Titanes (Spanish for "War of the Titans") is a major annual professional wrestling event in Mexico promoted by the Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) promotion. The show is the "End of year" show and is traditionally held in December with ...
'', Electroshock received his first shot at the AAA Latin American Championship
The AAA Latin American Championship (''Campeonato Latinoamericano AAA'' in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion in Mexico. The championship is generally contested in professio ...
, but was unable to dethrone the defending champion, Blue Demon, Jr.
Blue Demon Jr. (born July 19, 1966) is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is the adopted son of the original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and the second masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship thus making him a one-t ...
On August 17, 2014, at Triplemanía XXII
Triplemanía XXII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) produced by the AAA promotion. It took place on August 17, 2014, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was the twenty-second annual Triplemanía, which is ...
, Electroshock lost his hair to fellow ''técnico'' El Mesías in a six-way steel cage ''Lucha de Apuestas''.
Holocausto (2015)
After losing his hair to El Mesías, Electroshock entered a storyline, where he began teasing retirement from professional wrestling. However, on January 23, 2015, Electroshock instead turned ''rudo'' and formed a new partnership with El Hijo de Pirata Morgan
Antheus Ortiz Chávez, better known under the ring name Hijo de Pirata Morgan (born February 28, 1992 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion In ...
. Electroshock's new stable was later named Holocausto. On May 2, 2016, Electroshock left AAA.
Independent circuit (2016–present)
Following his departure from AAA, Pozos adopted the new ring name "Mr. Elektro" or "Mr. Electro" due to his old ring name being owned by AAA. On June 12, 2016 Mr. Electro defeated Máscara Año 2000 Jr.
Ángel Omar Reyes Franco (born 16 January 1977) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador'' or professional wrestling, professional wrestler, better known as Máscara Año 2000 Jr. He is working for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), and International ...
by disqualification, thus winning the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
The IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (''Campeon Intercontinental Peso Completo IWRG'' in Spanish) is a singles Championship in the Mexican ''lucha libre'' (Professional wrestling) promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (I ...
in the process as IWRG rules state a championship changes hands on a disqualification.[
]
Return to AAA (2018)
On June 26 at the press conference, Electroshock makes his return to the AAA company representing himself as part of the Elite League. On July 21, 2018, at '' AAA vs. Elite'', Electroshock teams with L.A. Park
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and Puma King
Puma King (born July 6, 1990) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), but also as a freelancer in many Mexican promotions such as Lucha Memes, MexaWrestlin ...
as representatives of Liga Elite defeating the Team AAA (Psycho Clown
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, El Hijo del Fantasma
Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly (born April 30, 1984), is a Mexican second-generation ''luchador'' (professional wrestler). He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Santos Escobar.
Before his WWE c ...
and Rey Wagner
Juan Manuel González Barrón (born August 12, 1965) is a Mexican ''luchador'' (Spanish for "professional wrestler") who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner Jr., having used that name since 1987. He is the son of Manuel González River ...
).
Championships and accomplishments
*Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
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**AAA Mega Championship
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( 1 time)[
**]AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
The AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship (''Campeonato en Parejas Mixtas AAA'' in Spanish) is a tag team title contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The championship is exclusively for teams composed ...
( 1 time, inaugural) – with Lady Apache
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**Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
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( 1 time)
**Mexican National Tag Team Championship
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( 3 times) – with Abismo Negro
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(2), Chessman (1)
**Copa Antonio Peña
Copa or COPA may refer to:
COPA
COPA may refer to:
* Computer Operator Programming Assistant. trade of ITI
* Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet
* Canadian Owners and Pilots Asso ...
(2011
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)[
**]Rey de Reyes
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(2009
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)
**UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
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( 1 time)[The UWA closed in 1995 but some of the UWA Championships remained active after this period. Electroshock held the UWA Light Heavyweight title in a period where AAA recognized and promoted the title, thus it's listed under AAA, not UWA]
*Federation of Radio and Television Associations
**Golden Microphone (2012)
*International Wrestling Revolution Group
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:*IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
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(2 times
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)
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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**PWI ranked him #57 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500
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in 2010
''Luchas de Apuestas'' record
Mixed martial arts record
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, Torreón
Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2021, the city's population was 735,340. The metropolitan population as of 2015 was 1,497,734, making it the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in ...
, Mexico
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, Toluca
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, Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
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, Honduras
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, Dominican Republic
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, Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
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Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
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, Tokyo
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, Japan
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Footnotes
References
External links
AAA profile
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1970 births
Living people
Mexican male professional wrestlers
Mexican male mixed martial artists
Sportspeople from Torreón
Professional wrestlers from Coahuila
AAA Mega Champions
AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champions
Mexican National Tag Team Champions
20th-century professional wrestlers
21st-century professional wrestlers
UWA World Light Heavyweight Champions
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champions