Magnum
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Profile
Mangnum was born on February 12th, 1975 in Zacatecas. He was trained by his father Halcon Furia, Abuelo Carrillo, Loco Zandokan and others. He is not the only second generation wrestler in his family as his brothers Mr. Brisa and Halcon Furia Jr. would also go on to become wrestlers.
He first debuted under the name Halcon Furia Jr. at Arena Jalisco in 1990. Little is known of his early years. He won the hair of Aguila Negra on June 14th, 1992 in Tijuana and defeated a wrestler named Temible for his mask and hair sometime in 1994 at Arena Jalisco. He is also said to have won the hair of El Vago and El General as well, though the dates on those victories are unknown.
He started making appearances for CMLL under the name of Magnum in 1999. Cadete 2000 was a frequent opponent during that run. He made a few more appearances in 2001 and he started making regular appearances by 2005. He unsuccessfully challenged for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship against La Mascara, but was defeated on July 17th, 2005.
He won the Occidente Middleweight Championship on July 30th, 2006, defeating Metro. He held onto the title until January 7th, 2007 and it is unknown if he had any successful defenses.
With lucha libre often having many tag team and trios matches, he has had many tag partners and rivals over the years. Samurai and Metatrón were two of his most frequent partners. He also had friendships and rivalries with Mr. Trueno and Rey Trueno. Was involved in the Arena Coliseo Guadalajara booking and matchmaking for about a decade (but see below...)
Still wrestles occasionally after a 30+ year career. In 2009, his son Esfinge debuted and is a regular with CMLL as of 2021.
Scandal and Departure from CMLL
Magnum departed from Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara after August 2019 amid mounting scandal.
- At a private show at ACG Chik Tormenta was scheduled to wrestle, but Magnum decided that she shouldn't be able to wrestle (for having worked AAA spot shows recently). Chik Tormenta came out in gear and trashed Magnum on the mic. Since this was a private show for about 100 people, it didn't create many waves.
- Silueta returned to CMLL in May, but then immediately disappeared, saying CMLL had given her permission to work as an independent. It then emerged (through gossip columns, naturally) that Magnum had told her that she would need to exchange sexual favours for bookings. Even if that was intended as a sick joke, why would someone in power joke about that in their right mind? (Tellingly, Silueta started appearing for CMLL again right after Magnum's last show.)
- It also emerged that Magnum was taking cuts of young GDL luchadors' money as a fee for getting booked.
All of this led to Magnum disappearing after the 2019.08.06 show. He was advertised for shows up to the beginning of September but never appeared. This also did a little harm to his son Esfinge's career (which was only at the level it was because of Magnum vouching for him) but only a little.
Luchas de apuestas record
| Date | Apuesta | Winner(s) | Loser(s) | Arena and/or Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ??/??/?? | hair | Magnum | El Vago | Arena Jalisco - Guadalajara, Jalisco |
| ??/??/?? | hair | Magnum | El General | Arena Jalisco - Guadalajara, Jalisco |
| 92/06/14 | mask | Magnum | Aguila Negra | Tijuana - Baja California |
| 94/??/?? | mask | Magnum | Temible | Arena Jalisco - Guadalajara, Jalisco |
| 94/??/?? | hair | Magnum | Temible | Arena Jalisco - Guadalajara, Jalisco |
