Taurus (wrestler)

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Taurus

Taurus in January 2013
Birth name Unrevealed[Note 1]
Ring name(s) Último Guerrero, Jr.
Taurus
Born 1993
Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico[1]
Trained by Virus
Arkangel de la Muerte
Franco Colombo
Último Guerrero
Debut 2008

Taurus is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a rudo ("bad guy") wrestling character. Taurus' real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.[2] He was originally introduced to the wrestling world under the ring name "Último Guerrero, Jr." in 2008 by his father Último Guerrero, but he made his wrestling debut under the name Taurus, with no official acknowledgment of the family relationship by CMLL.

Professional wrestling career

In 2008 Último Guerrero introduced "Último Guerrero, Jr." to the wrestling world and while it is not uncommon for fake relatives to be promoted in Lucha Libre, there was a legitimate blood relationship between the two. He would later adopt the ring name "Taurus" in order to gain experience as a wrestler before using the name full-time. From 2008 until 2011 he kept training and occasionally wrestled matches on various local independent promotion shows. In 2011 he began appearing at International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) events, especially those featuring wrestlers attending the promotion's training school Futuro Idolos de Lucha Libre (FILL). He competed in the 13th, 14th and 17th Torneo FILL, but did not win either of those tournaments. On July 23, 2011 he competed in IWRG's Copa Higher Power tournament, but was defeated by Maquina Infernal. On March 11, 2012 Taurus officially teamed up with his father Último Guerrero on a Toryumon Mexico for Toryumon's Copa Toyota where a rookie and a veteran teams up. The father/son team defeated El Hijo del Fantasma and Magnus in the first round, but lost to the team of Último Dragón and Angélico in the finals.[3] He would later compete at Toryumon's Dragonmania VII show, competing for a match against the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Champion in a dragon scramble elimination match that was won by his father and also included Angelico, Brazo de Platino, Durango Kid, El Hijo del Fantasma, Hajime Ohara, Magnus, Nitro, Skándalo, Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Último Dragón.[4]

Shortly after his DragonMania VII appearance Taurus was announced as part of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) Generacion 2012, a group of young wrestlers who made their debut in 2012 and in addition to Taurus included Guerrero Negro, Jr., Espanto, Jr., Akuma, Herodes, Jr., Oro, Jr. and Génesis.[5] Taurus made his in ring debut for CMLL on June 18, 2012 teaming with Bobby Zavala and Hooligan as the team lost to Leono, Metálico and Sensei. Taurus was the last of the Generacion 2012 wrestlers to make his CMLL Super Viernes (CMLL's main show) debut, as he teamed with Zayco to lose to Leono and Metálico on the September 28, 2012 show.[6][7] On October 14, 2012 worked a Toryumon benefit show for injured wrestler Electrico. On the show the team of Taurus, El Hijo del Medico Asesino and El Hijo del Signo defeated Magnus, Mr. Rolling and Platino.[8] In early 2013 Taurus teamed up with Zumba to compete in Toryumon's 16th Torneo Juvenil Copa Dragon ("Young Dragon Tournament"), defeating fellow Generacion 2012'ers Akuma and Guerrero Negro, Jr. in the quarter finals, but losing to Los Hermanos Celestick in the semi-finals.[9] Less than two months later CMLL held their second annual Torneo Sangre Nueva ("The New Blood Tournament"), a tournament that focuses primarily on younger wrestlers or wrestlers who work in the lower ranks of the promotion, generally the first or second match of the show, as a way to highlight or promote a wrestler up to a higher level of competition. Taurus was part of qualifying "Block B" of the tournament that competed on March 5, 2013 for the other finalist spot, with a field that also included Genesis, Oro, Jr., Robin, Sensei, Super Halcón, Jr., Disturbio, Guerrero Negro, Jr., Inquisidor and Zayco. Taurus won the torneo cibernetico elimination match, personally eliminating Sensei and Guerrero Negro, Jr. to earn a spot in the finals the following week against Soberano, Jr..[10] Sobereano, Jr. defeated Taurus, two falls to one to win the 2013 Sangre Nueva tournament.[11] In late March, 2013 Taurus was announced as one of the Novatos, or rookies, in the 2013 Torneo Gran Alternativa, or "Great Alternative tournament". The Gran Alternativa pairs a rookie with an experienced wrestler for a tag team tournament.[12] Taurus would team up with veteran Averno and compete in Block A on April 12, 2013. The duo defeated Stigma and La Mascara in the first round, but lost to Hombre Bala, Jr. and Atlantis in the second round.[13][14]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Masked wrestlers in Mexico keep their birthname out of public view.

References

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  1. ↑ "Taurus rumbo al estrellato". CMLL Gaceta (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013. 
  2. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. 
  3. ↑ "Toyota Cup 2012". Yamaha/Toyota Cup. ProWrestlingHistory.com. March 11, 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Dragon Mania VII". Pro Wrestling History. May 12, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "generacion2012_3caida" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. September 9, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Dragón Rojo por el título de Devitt este 28/Sep en la México". Super Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). September 28, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Rey Escorpion fue victima de Los Guerreros". Medio Tempo (in Spanish). September 29, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2012. 
  8. ↑ Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (October 14, 2012). "Un apestoso y uno de otro nivel, triunfaron en Toryumon" (in Spanish). Estrellas del Ring. Retrieved October 15, 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Young Dragon Cup 2013". Pro Wrestling History. January 6, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Taurus segundo finalista de Sangre Nueva 2013". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Soberano Jr gana el Torneo Sangre Nueva 2013" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013. 
  12. ↑ "CMLL inicia el Torneo de la Gran Alternativa" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2013. 
  13. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (April 13, 2013). "Sacó el colmillo Atlantis en la Gran Alternativa". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 13, 2013. 
  14. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (April 12, 2013). "Mr. Águila va por Shocker y Atlantis y el Hombre Bala Jr a la final Gran Alternativa 2013.". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). CMLL. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2013. 
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