Vangelis (sometimes spelled Vangellys; born September 7, 1981) is the
ring name
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of a Mexican ''
luchador
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'' (or
professional wrestler
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) known for his work for the Mexican
professional wrestling promotion
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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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(CMLL). He portrays a ''
rudo
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'' ("bad guy") wrestling character. He has formerly worked for
AAA
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in Mexico,
Dragon Gate in Japan and extensively on the Mexican
independent circuit
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. Vangelis is the winner of the 2013 ''
En Busca de un Ídolo
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'' tournament and a former holder of the
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
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.
Professional wrestling career
Vangelis trained under
El Torero
Jose Isias Cancio Allon (born July 6, 1959) is a retired Mexico, Mexican ''Lucha libre, Luchador'', or professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known under the ring name ''El Torero'', a bullfighter ring persona. Cancio also wrestled as ...
, Dick Angelo and Huracán González, before making his professional wrestling debut in 1999.
AAA (1999–2004, 2006)
He quickly began working for
AAA
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, training at their school while only occasionally wrestling on their television shows. Vangelis was teamed up with
Jimmy Boy
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and
Billy
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to form a
boy band
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inspired group called ''Los Spice Boys''.
At
Triplemanía VII
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, Jimmy Boy, Billy and Vangelis defeated ''Los Payasos'' (Coco Amarillo, Coco Rojo and Coco Verde) in one of the undercard matches.
At the 2000 ''
Guerra de Titanes
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'' event Los Spice Boys lost to ''Los Vatos Locos'' (
Espiritu,
Nygma
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,
Picudo and Silver Cat).
In 2001, Vangelis was given a new ring character, that of a
Nazi
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soldier
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, complete with
swastika
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armband and the
Nazi salute
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that naturally made him a ''
rudo
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'', a heel or "bad guy" character. Vangelis formed a group known as ''Los Warriors'' along with Kevin (a sailor), Brandon (an Aztec warrior) and Uri (a viking), although Uri only worked with the group for a few months. ''Los Warriors'' had a long running storyline feud against ''
Los Barrio Boys
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'', former partners Billy Boy and Alan (Jimmy Boy using a new name) as well as
Decnis. The feud between the two factions saw Vangelis win his first ever ''
Luchas de Apuestas
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'', or bet match, when he defeated Alan in a
Steel cage match
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that involved all members of ''Los Warriors'' and ''Los Barrio Boys''.
In 2005, Vangelis traveled to Japan to work for an extended period of time in the Japanese
Dragon Gate promotion. While in Japan, he often wrestled against the comedy duo known as "The Florida Brothers" (
Michael Iwasa and Daniel Mishima) as well as competing in the 2005 "Survival Gate"
battle royal
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, won by
Susumu Yokosuka
, better known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragon Gate. He is not related to fellow Dragon Gate wrestler and long term ally/rival Masaaki Mochizuki, who debuted much earlier for WAR.
Professional w ...
. He returned to Mexico and AAA in 2006 where he was given a
masked character as part of ''Los Espantapájaros'' ("The Scarecrows"). As the three ''Espantapájaros'' all wore identical masks and outfits, it was never completely verified if he worked as Espantapájaros I or Espantapájaros III for those matches. He would later leave AAA and work on the Mexican
independent circuit
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, including
El Dandy
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's short lived ENSEMA wrestling promotion. During his stint with ENSEMA, he seemingly won the
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
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from El Dandy. However, no records were ever found of the show where the match took place, making it possible that the title was bought by Vangelis instead.
[From time to time promotions will award a title to a wrestler and then publicise results of a match that did not actually take place.]
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2007–2021)
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On December 4, 2007, Vangelis worked his first match for
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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(CMLL) and he lost the Light Heavyweight Championship to
Místico
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in a match where Místico's
CMLL World Welterweight Championship
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also being on the line.
This marked the beginning of Vangelis' stint in CMLL. In CMLL he worked mainly on the lower half of the card in trios matches with mixed success. In 2008, he was named as a member of "Generación del 75", a group of young wrestlers who exemplified the "CMLL future" in CMLL's 75th anniversary year. The group also included
Flash
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,
Mictlán,
Tiger Kid
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,
Hijo del Faraón,
Axxel,
El Hijo del Fantasma
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Before his WWE c ...
,
Bronco
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,
Metalik,
Puma King
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,
Skándalo
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,
Súper Nova
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and
Ángel Azteca Jr.
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CMLL held a tournament for the vacant
CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship
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, and had Vangelis team up with
Loco Max
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to form one of the 16 teams that participated. The team lost to
Bronco
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and
Diamante Negro in the first round of the tournament.
On June 27, 2008 Vangelis competed for the ''Trofeo Generacion del 75'' (Generation of 75 Trophy), a tournament for young wrestlers who had joined CMLL during their 75th year of operation. El Hijo del Fantasma won the match but Ángel Azteca Jr. was able to make a good showing for himself. In 2009, he began to regularly appear in the corner of
El Terrible
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and
El Texano Jr.
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Aguilar is the son of Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui, who wrestled under the name El Texano; Aguilar's brother ...
at times replacing
La Comandante
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, who had a similar Nazi gimmick. He was in the corner of Terrible and Texano Jr. at CMLL's 2009 ''
Sin Salida
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'' event as they won the main event match.
In March 2013, Vangelis was announced as participating in the 2013 ''
En Busca de un Ídolo
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'' ("In search of an Idol") tournament that would take place from May to July 2013 as one of eight competitors.
On July 12, Vangelis defeated
Valiente in the finals to win the tournament.
On August 11, Vangelis joined El Terrible's and
Rey Bucanero
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's ''
La Fuerza TRT
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'' stable, which was as a result renamed ''TRT: La Máquina de la Destrucción'' ("TRT: The Machine of Destruction").
On January 14, 2014, Vangelis made his debut for
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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(NJPW), when he worked the NJPW and CMLL co-produced ''
Fantastica Mania 2014
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'' tour, which lasted until January 19. In March, Vangelis teamed up with ''tecnico'' wrestler
Valiente for CMLL's annual ''
Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles'', or "National Incredible Teams tournament" where a ''rudo'' and a ''tecnico'' are forced to team up for a tag team tournament. The two lost to
La Sombra
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and
Último Guerrero
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in the opening round of the tournament.
In June 2017, Vangelis became involved in a storyline feud with ''
Los Ingobernables
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'', especially
Pierroth
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. It was initiated on June 2, when he turned on his tag team partners
Negro Casas
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and Rey Bucanero to allow ''Los Ingobernables'' and
Hechicero
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to win the match. Afterward, he asked to join ''Los Ingobernables'', but was rejected and then beaten up. The following week, he attacked Pierroth during the ''
Gran Alternativa'' tournament, hitting him with a bat in the shoulder. The attack was sold as injuring Pierroth so that he was eliminated from the tournament without actually losing.
In subsequent months, Vangelis and Pierroth would face off on opposite sides in numerous matches as the storyline tension escalated. The feud ended in a ''
Lucha de Apuestas
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'' ("bet match") between the two on July 14, in the semi-main event of the
Universal Championship finals show. Vangelis lost the match two falls to one, and subsequently had all his hair shaved off as a result.
[ In December 2017, he competed in that year's '']Leyenda de Azul
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'' ("Blue Legend") tournament, but was eliminated before the finals.
Vangelis injured his right knee during a match on January 22, 2018, when he caught Valiente on a dive out of the ring. It was later revealed that he ruptured his patella tendon and required surgery to repair the injury. At the time, his recovery time was expected to be between six and nine months. In late 2020, Vangelis formed a new stable, ''Los Embajadores del Mal'' (The Ambassadors of Evil), alongside Okumura and Dark Magic. They made their first appearance on October 30, at Día de Muertos
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, in a loss to the team of Audaz, Espíritu Negro
Juan Manuel González Olade (born July 7, 1981), better known by his ring name Espíritu Negro (Spanish for "Black Spirit"), is a Mexican ''lucha libre, luchador'' (or professional wrestler), currently working for Mexican wrestling promotion Conse ...
and Rey Cometa
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. He would left the promotion on September 7, 2021.
Championships and accomplishments
* Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.
:*Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
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( 1 time)
*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 ...
:*En Busca de un Ídolo
''En Busca de un Ídolo'' (Spanish for "In search of an idol") is an annual professional wrestling tournament promoted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 2012 with the purpose of identifying ...
(2013
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)[
]
''Luchas de Apuestas'' record
Footnotes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vangelis
1981 births
Living people
Mexican male professional wrestlers
Masked wrestlers
Unidentified wrestlers
20th-century professional wrestlers
21st-century professional wrestlers
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champions