Bestia 666

Bestia 666
Ring name(s) Bestia 666
Bestia[1]
Leo[2]
Billed height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Billed weight 95 kg (210 lb)[3]
Born May 14, 1989 (1989-05-14) (age 22)[3][4]
Tijuana, Baja California[3]
Trained by Damián 666[3][5]
El Hijo del Gladiador[5]
Skayde[3][5]
Debut 2009[2]

Leornardo Carrera Lizarraga[4] (born May 14, 1989)[3] is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bestia 666. He is currently working for various promotions across Mexico, including Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), International Wrestling League (IWL), International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) and Perros del Mal Producciones (PdM), while also performing in the United States for Urban Wrestling Federation (UWF). Bestia 666's father is professional wrestler Leonardo Carrera, who performs as Damián 666 and who inspired his son's current character.[5]

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Early life

Carrera was born to Jose Leonardo Carrera Gomez and Guadalupe Lizarraga on May 14, 1989, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.[3][6] He studied first in Universidad de las Américas Puebla in San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, but after having some problems with the university's teachers, he switched over to Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León in Monterrey to study sports science.[2] While studying, Carrera was looking for a career in American football, playing both as a running back and a defensive back, however, he was forced to give up the sport after nagging injuries started to affect his running.[2][4] Carrera then decided to follow in the footsteps of his father Leonardo, better known as Damián 666, and started training in lucha libre or professional wrestling in Arena México under his father, El Hijo del Gladiador and Skayde.[5]

Professional wrestling career

Los Perros del Mal (2009–present)

In July 2009 Carrera made his debut for his father's home promotion, Perros del Mal Producciones. Wanting to start from scratch, he came up with the character of Leo, a masked technico (fan favorite) dancer and one half of the tag team Los Strippers with Riveiro.[2] The tag team achieved only limited success, often working opening matches at events. On June 6, 2010, Carrera took part in Perros del Mal's storyline invasion of Mexico's biggest promotion, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). For the appearance he was repackaged as Bestia 666 with a character and face paint inspired by Damián 666, in the process revealing the relation between the two.[2] Under his new character, Bestia 666 was quickly accepted into the rudo (villainous) stable Los Perros del Mal, which also included the likes of Damián 666, Halloween, L.A. Park, X-Fly and the group's leader, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo.[7] With his tag team with Riveiro behind him, Bestia 666 began regularly teaming with X-Fly and on September 4 the two entered a tournament to determine the first ever Independent Wrestling League (IWL) Tag Team Champions.[8] On November 28, Bestia 666 and X-Fly defeated Los Hermanos Trauma (Trauma I and Trauma II) in a tournament final to become the first IWL Tag Team Champions.[9] A week later Perros del Mal Producciones crowned their first ever champion, the Perros del Mal Extremo Champion; the nine–way match, which also included Bestia 666, was won by his tag team partner and best friend X-Fly.[2][10] On January 15, 2011, Bestia 666 made his wrestling debut for AAA, teaming with Damián 666 and Halloween as a member of both Los Perros del Mal and La Sociedad, in a six man tag team match, where they were defeated by Los Psycho Circus (Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown).[11] Bestia 666 also represented Los Perros del Mal in International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), where he, Damián 666 and X-Fly unsuccessfully challenged for the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship on four separate occasions between January and July.[12][13][14][15] On July 24, Perros del Mal Producciones crowned their first ever Light Heavyweight Champion in a six–way match, where Bestia 666 ended up defeating Black Fire, Peligro, Pesadilla, Tony Rivera and Zumbi to win the title.[16][17] On August 28, Bestia 666, Damián 666 and X-Fly defeated Los Psycho Circus, Los Temerarios (Black Terry, Durok and Machin) and Los Villaños (Kortiz, Ray Mendoza, Jr. and Villaño IV) in a steel cage match to win the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship.[18] On October 5, IWL announced that since Bestia 666 and X-Fly had defended the IWL Tag Team Championship without the promotion's authorization, they would no longer recognize the title, which would be replaced by the new IWL International Tag Team Championship.[19] Later that month, Bestia was invited for a tryout with WWE, during the promotion's tour of Mexico.[20] Bestia appeared on the October 21 edition of WWE SmackDown as one of Cody Rhodes' "baggers", taking an RKO from Randy Orton.[21][22] On November 13, Bestia 666 lost the Perros del Mal Light Heavyweight Championship to Super Nova in a six-way elimination match, which also included Eterno, Diva Salvaje, Golden Magic and Tony Rivera.[23] On December 1, Bestia, Damián and X-Fly lost the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship to Los Capos Jr. (Cien Caras, Jr., El Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 and Máscara Año 2000, Jr.).[24]

United States (2011)

On June 3, 2011, Carrera made his professional wrestling debut in the United States, when he, working without his signature face paint and billed simply as Bestia, took part in the tapings of Urban Wrestling Federation's (UWF) first three pay-per-views at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York. On the first PPV, titled First Blood, Bestia defeated Facade in a first round match of a tournament to determine the inaugural UWF Champion.[25] At the tapings of the third PPV, titled Street King, Bestia was eliminated from the four–way tournament finals by Homicide.[26]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

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