Último Guerrero
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Biography
"Guerrero" is the Spanish word for "warrior" as well as a surname. His name is meant to be translated literally as "The Last Warrior".
Guerrero began his wrestling career in 1990, working for several years around his native Durango before getting noticed in the ill-fated Promo Azteca promotion with his training partner Super Punk. Soon, the duo changed thier names to Último Guerrero and Super Punk and became Último Rebelde, and the tag team began working with a football hooligan gimmick. A tag team "masks vs. hair" match was announced, but Guerrero jumped to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in late 1997, and kept his mask intact. In CMLL, he wrestled mostly on the undercard with a mask win over Mr. Águila in 1998, mostly because Águila had already wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation without the mask.
In 1999, Guerrero, along with veteran Blue Panther, won the Gran Alternativa tournament, an annual tag team tournament where young wrestlers are paired with accomplished veterans. Shortly afterwards, Guerrero won a cibernético to determine the number one contender for Great Sasuke's NWA World Middleweight Championship. Guerrero was unsuccessful in capturing the title, but having a singles match in Arena México was a good showcase for Guerrero. Soon thereafter Guerrero began teaming with Rey Bucanero and the two were recruited by veteran Satánico to be part of a stable called Los Nuevos Infernales, a recreating of a popular rudo team from the early 1990s - Los Infernales. Guerrero and Bucanero were pushed as a tag team, winning a tournament in July 2000 with a finals win over Lizmark and Lizmark, Jr. for a shot at the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. A month later, the team defeated Mr. Niebla and Villano IV for the titles. Guerrero then sparked a feud with Negro Casas, winning a match over him on the last show of 2000.
In 2001, Guerrero and Bucanero turned on Satánico by helping Tarzan Boy defeat him in a singles match. Tarzan soon joined Guerrero and Bucanero and the group called themselves Los Guerreros de Infernal. Injuries caused Guerrero to become the de facto leader of the group, and Máscara Mágica ended up filling in for Tarzan for much of the year. Along with regular allies like Fuerza Guerrera and Black Warrior, Satánico recruited Averno and Mephisto to be part of his own Infernales group. The two groups feuded with each other over the name "Infernales." It was eventually settled in a seven man cage match where Mágica lost to Satánico and Guerrero's group could no longer use the name. They settled on Los Guerreros del Infierno and began to feud with Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo over the tag titles. After a match with an inconclusive finish in September, Casas and Santo defeated Guerrero and Bucanero for their titles on November 2.
In May 2002, Guerrero and Bucanero defeated Santo and Casas to regain the tag titles, and shortly after winning the titles found themselves in a feud with Damián and Halloween of La Familia de Tijuana over the titles. Los Guerreros successfully defended their titles on July 5, and Guerrero and Bucanero spent the rest of the year fueding with Vampiro Canadiense and Shocker with another successful title defense against them on September 13. In December, Guerrero defeated Shocker for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, his first singles title and the most prestigious singles title in the promotion.
The feud continued into 2003 with Shocker defeating Guerrero in a non-title singles match, but losing with the title on the line a week later. Guerrero and Bucanero also defended the tag team titles successfully against Vampiro and Lizmark, Jr. When L.A. Park came into CMLL in December 2003, he aligned himself with Shocker and they immediately began to feud with Guerrero and Bucanero. The two teams traded the CMLL Tag Team Championship in early 2004. Atlantis and Blue Panther defeated Guerrero and Bucanero for their tag titles on June 25 in Los Guerreros' first title defense after winning the titles back from Shocker and L.A. Park. On CMLL's 71st anniversary show on September 17, Guerrero successfully defended the Light Heavyweight Championship against L.A. Park.
In 2005, Guerrero and the GdI targeted Místico, the rising star of CMLL. After a number of wins over GdI members, Guerrero squared off with Místico on February 25th, losing in two straight falls. This was not the end of Guerrero and Místico, as a series of matches featuring Guerrero and Bucanero against Místico and Dr. Wagner, Jr.. Guerrero also had a brief feud with Dos Caras, Jr. over the CMLL Light Heavyweight Championship where Guerrero successfully defeated the second generation star on May 27. Guerrero and Bucanero joined Universo 2000 in his feud with Perro Aguayo, Jr.'s Los Perros del Mal, leading to several rudo vs. rudo match-ups between the two groups.
Guerrero closed out the year by persuading Atlantis turn rudo and admitting him into Los Guerreros. Guerrero renamed the group Los Guerreros del Atlantida and tensions became more obvious between Buccanero, and the rest of the GdI. Buccanero appeared to be upset that Atlantis was receiving somuch attention from his long time friend and partner, but Buccanero was still firmly beside his friend in the feud against Los Perros. In May 2006, He successfully defended his Light Heavyweight title against Héctor Garza, and the main event of the show saw Bucanero and Tarzan Boy defeat Damián 666 and Mr. Águila in a double "hair vs. hair" match. The following week, Guerrero won a Grand Prix Torneo featuring wrestlers from Mexico, Japan and the United States. At the end of the month however, the tensions between he Buccanero came to a head, as Guerrero and Tarzan Boy turned on Bucanero, tearing up his GdA tights, signifying he was no longer a member of Los Guerreros.
Luchas de apuestas record
| Date | Apuesta | Winner(s) | Loser(s) | Arena and/or Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98/09/11 | mask | Último Guerrero | Mr. Águila | Arena México - Mexico City |
| 02/11/17 | hair | Último Guerrero | Cuchillo | Arena Nueva Aragón - Mexico City |
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