Edgar Luna Pozos (born April 22, 1970) is a Mexican ''

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'' or

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best known under the ring name Electroshock, which he has used while working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion

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(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

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, ''

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'' and ''Los Wagnermaniacos''. He is the winner of the 2009 ''

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'' ("King of Kings") tournament and a one-time

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Early life

Edgar Pozos was born in

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, Coahuila, Mexico on April 22, 1970. After his younger brother Jesús was born in 1975 the family moved to

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, settling in the

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''delegacion''. Edgar Pozos was a quiet kid, focusing on school until he as a teenager saw a picture of

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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

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. 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

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, 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

(AAA). In the AAA offices he met AAA owner

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, 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

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character from the movie Silence of the Lambs and had turned an ice hockey

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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 ''

'', a ''Rudo'' (

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or "bad guy") group led by

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and that besides Electroshock consisted of

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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,

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and

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. The group soon became the top "rudo" group in AAA, bolstered by several title wins, including Electroshock and Abismo Negro teaming up to defeat

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and Perro Aguayo, Jr. for the

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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

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. 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

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. In the fall of 2000 Electroshock travelled to Japan to work for

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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

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and

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. 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

. On June 8, 2001 Electroshock defeated Heavy Metal to win the

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, 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

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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

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

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. On June 15, 2003 as part of Triplemania XI Electroshock and Lady Apache defeated Chessman and Tiffany,

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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

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and

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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 ''

'' event where the two teams faced off in a '' Parejas Suicida'' where the losing team would be forced to wrestle each other under ''

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'' (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

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, feuding with a group of AAA Loyalists. In 2006 Charly Manson, Chessman and Cibernético turned ''tecnico'' (

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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

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in the main event. La Legión's success continued as Electroshock,

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and

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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" (

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Octagón Juan Escalera (born March 27, 1961) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) better known as Octagón. He is best known for working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), having worked for the company since it ...

, 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 ''

'' 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

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) faced and lost to "Team AAA" (

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, La Parka,

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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

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victory at Triplemania XVII, a group composed of Dr. Wagner, Jr., Silver King,

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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,

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and Octagón. At

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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 ''

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'' Los Wagnermaniacos lost to

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and

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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 ''

'' 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

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

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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 ''

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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 ''

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'' in order to get his hands on Heavy Metal. At the event Electroshock, El Zorro, Hernandez and

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were defeated by Heavy Metal, La Parka,

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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

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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

, 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

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, Electroshock, Heavy Metal and

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defeated Silver King, Último Gladiador and Chessman in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. On October 9 at

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, Electroshock defeated eight other men to win the

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. On August 5, 2012, at ''

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'', Electroshock teamed up with L.A. Park as Team Joaquín Roldán in a Hair vs. Hair match, where they faced Team Dorian Roldán (

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and

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), 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 ''

'', 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

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 Psycho Clown (born December 16, 1985) is the ring name of a Mexican '' Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Psycho Clown's ring character is that of a nightmarish clown a ...

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

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( 1 time, inaugural) – with

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( 3 times) – with

(2), Chessman (1) **

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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 International Wrestling Revolution Group (Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish; the Spanish name is used for the promotion while the English initials are used for the title governing body) is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, Sta ...

(

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) *

Pro Wrestling Illustrated ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publish ...

**PWI ranked him #57 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2010

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

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Footnotes

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Electroshock 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