Fénix (wrestler)

Fénix
Fénix during a match on April 1, 2017
Born	(1990-12-30) December 30, 1990 (age 33) Mexico City, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Fénix Fénix el Rey The King King Phoenix Máscara Oriental Rey Fénix
Billed height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Billed weight	91.6 kg (202 lb)
Billed from	Mexico City, Mexico
Trained by	El Apache Cuchillo Pequeño Black Shadow Skayde Tony Salazar
Debut	2005

Fénix^[a] (born December 30, 1990) is a Mexican masked luchador. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and competes under the ring name Rey Fénix. He also appears in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He wrestles in a tag team with his brother Pentagón Jr. called the Lucha Brothers.

Fénix has also wrestled for Pro Wrestling Noah, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Lucha Underground, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Chikara, Major League Wrestling (MLW), Impact Wrestling, and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

During his time in AEW, Fénix has been a one-time AEW International Champion, one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion and a one-time AEW World Trios Champion.

Career

All Elite Wrestling

On Feburary 2, 2019, the Lucha Brothers faced The Young Bucks in a match on the independent circuit. After the match The Bucks offered the Lucha Brothers a contract to join All Elite Wrestling (AEW). They would end up signing non-exclusive contracts because they were also signed to Lucha Underground at the time.^[1]

At Double Or Nothing, the Lucha Brothers would make their AEW in-ring debut. They would lose the AAA World Tag Team Championships to the Young Bucks.^[2] At AAA's Verano de Escándalo, they would win the titles back.^[3] They would enter a tournament to crown the first AEW World Tag Team Champions but they lost in the finals to SoCal Uncensored.^[4]

On the March 4, 2020 episode of Dynamite, Fenix and Pentagón Jr. would attack Orange Cassidy and Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) and join Pac to create a stable called Death Triangle.^[5]

The Lucha Brothers would enter a number one contender tournament for the AEW World Tag Team Championship. On the August 27 edition of Rampage, they would defeat Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) to become number one contenders.^[6] At All Out on September 5, 2021, the Lucha Brothers would defeat the Young Bucks in a steel cage match and would win the AEW World Tag Team Championships. This was Fénix's first championship in AEW.^[7] Both Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez said that their match was the best cage match that they had ever seen, and that it was one of the best AEW matches in the company's history. Meltzer would rate the match 5.75 stars.^[8] They would lose the AAA World Tag Team Championships to FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) on the October 16, 2021 episode of Dynamite and they would lose the AEW World Tag Team Championship to Jurassic Express on January 5, 2022 episode of Dynamite.^[9][10]

On the September 7th episode of Dynamite, the Lucha Brothers would defeat Best Friends to become the new AEW World Trios Champions.^[11] They would lose the titles to The Elite (Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks) on the January 11, 2023 episode of Dynamite.^[12]

At Grand Slam, Fénix would face Jon Moxley for the AEW International Championship. He defeated Moxley and won his first singles championship in AEW.^[13] He would lose the title to Orange Cassidy on the October 10 episode of Dynamite.^[14]

Footnotes

1. Like many masked luchadores in Mexico, Fénix's real name is not made public.

References

1. "Young Bucks invite Pentagon Jr. & Fenix to AEW". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
2. "AEW Double Or Nothing results: Powell's live review of Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho, The Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. and Fenix for the AAA Tag Titles, Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes, Britt Baker vs. Nyla Rose vs. Kylie Rae". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
3. "Resultados Verano de Escándalo 2019 — Young Bucks vs. Lucha Bros". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 13, 2023.
4. "10/30/2019 AEW Dynamite Results: The First Ever AEW World Tag Team Champions Are Crowned". Fightful. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
5. "PAC, Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix To Be Known As Death Triangle In AEW". Fightful. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
6. "AEW Rampage Results For 8/27/21 Tag Team Eliminator Tag-Team Match Jurassic Express vs. Lucha Bros". Fightful. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
7. "AEW All Out results: Powell's live review of CM Punk vs. Darby Allin, The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros in a cage match for the AEW Tag Titles, Kenny Omega vs. Christian Cage for the AEW Title, Britt Baker vs. Kris Statlander for the AEW Women's Title, Chris Jericho vs. MJF". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
8. "Bryan Danielson, Adam Cole, and more at AEW All Out". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
9. "AEW Saturday Night Dynamite Results for 10/16/21 Bryan Danielson vs. Bobby Fish plus more". Fightful. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
10. "1/5 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Hangman Page vs. Bryan Danielson for the AEW World Championship, Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix vs. Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus for the AEW Tag Titles, Ruby Soho vs. Jade Cargill to become the first TBS Champion, Malakai Black vs. Brian Pillman Jr". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
11. "9/7 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Tony Khan addressing the status of the AEW World Championship and AEW Trios Titles, MJF's return promo, Wheeler Yuta vs. Daniel Garcia for the ROH Pure Rules Title, Death Triangle vs. Best Friends, Interim AEW Women's Champ Toni Storm vs. Penelope Ford in an eliminator match". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
12. "1/11 AEW Dynamite results: Powell's live review of Death Triangle vs. The Elite in a ladder match for the AEW Trios Titles, Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page, Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Jamie Hayter and Britt Baker vs. Saraya and Toni Storm, "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry and Hook vs. Big Bill and Lee Moriarty". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
13. "AEW Dynamite results (9/20): Powell's live review of MJF vs. Samoa Joe for the AEW World Title, Saraya vs. Toni Storm for the AEW Women's Title, Claudio Castagnoli vs. Eddie Kingston in a title vs. title match". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
14. "AEW Dynamite results (10/10): Powell's live review of Adam Copeland vs. Luchasaurus, Rey Fenix vs. Adam Copeland for the AEW International Title, Jay White vs. Hangman Page, Chris Jericho vs. Powerhouse Hobbs". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 13, 2023.