Damián Gutiérrez Hernández (born April 12, 1976), better known by hisring nameEl Terrible, is a Mexicanprofessional wrestler who works for the Mexican wrestling promotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays arudo ("bad guy") wrestling character. He started out under the ring nameEngendro del Mal ("Spawn of Evil") and later adopted the nameDamián El Terrible, before being shortened to his current name.
Gutiérrez is currently the leader ofLos Nuevos Ingobernables, alongsideÁngel de Oro andNiebla Roja; he was the last remaining member ofLos Ingobernables ("The Ungovernables") following the departure of leader Rush and his fatherLa Bestia del Ring from the promotion. He was originally brought into CMLL as part ofLos Guapos ("The Handsome Ones"), then later joined CMLL's mainrudo factionLos Perros del Mal. WhenLos Perros del Mal left CMLL El Terrible was put together withRey Bucanero andTexano Jr. to formLa Fuerza TRT.
He was part ofShocker's first "University of 1000% Guapos," a group of undercarders competing for a spot in Shocker's Los Guapos group. El Terrible was chosen to be the third of the trio with Shocker andMáscara Mágica and the groupfeuded with Los Talibanes (Emilio Charles Jr.,Bestia Salvaje andScorpio Jr.), who were previously known as "Los Guapos". The two groups faced off in a cage match in August 2003 where Terrible and Bestia Salvaje were the last two left in the cage. Terrible pinned Salvaje, meaning Salvaje would have his head shaved. Over the winter, Los Guapos started feuding withLos Capos leading to Terrible teaming withPerro Aguayo Jr. againstCien Caras andMáscara Año 2000 on CMLL'sHomenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth show in 2004 in a double hair vs hair match. Terrible and Aguayo won but Terrible started breaking off from Los Guapos. He fullyturned into arudo (villain) and feuded with Máscara Mágica, taking his hair the following month in a main event match inArena México.[citation needed]
La Furia del Norte /Los Perros del Mal (2004–2008)
In the fall of 2009 El Terrible andEl Texano Jr. became involved in a long running "Mexico vs. Japan" storyline that had been going on since the summer as they began working with the Japanese duoNo Limit (Yujiro andNaito). On December 4, 2009 Terrible and Texano Jr. defeated No Limit in aLuchas de Apuesta hair vs. hair match that was the main event of CMLL'sSin Salida show. After the match both members of No Limit had their heads shaved completely bald per Lucha libre traditions.[4] On February 14, 2010 Terrible and Texano Jr. travelled to Japan to challenge No Limit for theIWGP Tag Team Championship, but were not able to defeat No Limit in their home country.[5] In October and November 2010, Terrible and Texano Jr. took part inNew Japan Pro-Wrestling's2010 G1 Tag League. After victories overTakashi Iizuka andToru Yano and No Limit, Terrible and Texano Jr. finished fifth in their block and did not advance to the semi-finals of the tournament.[6][7][8]
In April 2011, El Terrible and El Texano Jr. leftLos Hijos del Averno to form a new group withRey Bucanero.[9] The following month, the group was namedLa Fuerza TRT.[10] On November 22, 2011, El Terrible's longtime tag team partner El Texano Jr. left CMLL.[11] A week later,Tiger was introduced as the new third member ofLa Fuerza TRT.[12] On December 25, El Terrible andRush survived atorneo cibernetico match used to determine the two competitors in a match for the vacantCMLL World Heavyweight Championship.[13] On January 1, 2012, El Terrible defeated Rush to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship for the first time.[14]
The following April, El Terrible andEuforia won the2012 Gran Alternativa.[15] On August 31, El Terrible defeated New Japan Pro-Wrestling representativeHiroshi Tanahashi to become the2012 Universal Champion.[16] El Terrible's rivalry with Rush culminated on September 14 in the main event of CMLL's79th Anniversary Show, where El Terrible was defeated in aLucha de Apuesta Hair vs. Hair match and, as a result, shaved bald.[17][18] On November 13, 2012 El Terrible andTama Tonga won theCMLL World Tag Team Championship fromAtlantis andDiamante Azul.[19] In early 2013 Tama Tonga returned to Japan to work for NJPW, putting the status of the CMLL World Tag Team Championship in the air, leaving El Terrible and Tonga as the champions but no current plans for the two to even work in the same country.[citation needed]
In March 2013 El Terrible and Rush teamed up for the2013Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles like they had for the 2012 tournament, but the team lost in the first round toDragón Rojo Jr. andNiebla Roja.[20][21] Two weeks later they were on opposite sides of a six-man tag team match on the 2013Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show whereRayo de Jalisco Jr., Shocker and Rush defeatedUniverso 2000, El Terrible andMr. Niebla by disqualification.[22] On April 7 atInvasion Attack, El Terrible and Tonga successfully defended the CMLL World Tag Team Championship againstLa Máscara andValiente at New Japan's Invasion Attack event in Tokyo.[23] On July 5, El Terrible returned for another two-week tour with New Japan and, during the first night, he and Tonga lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi andJushin Thunder Liger.[24] El Terrible worked the rest of the tour, which lasted until July 20, as a member of the villainousBullet Club stable.[25][26][27]
Upon his return to CMLL, Terrible and Bucanero kicked Tiger out ofLa Fuerza TRT on August 11 and gave his spot over toVangelis.[28] With Vangelis joining the group, the stable was renamedTRT: La Máquina de la Destrucción ("TRT: The Machine of Destruction").[29] In October, El Terrible, Bucanero and Tama Tonga formed the TRT and Bullet Club sub-group "Bullet Club Latinoamerica".[30][31]
El Terrible's three-year reign as the CMLL World Heavyweight Champion ended on January 30, 2015, when he lost the title toMáximo in his first title defense in fourteen months.[32][33] On March 6, El Terrible and Máximo won the2015Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles.[34] On April 3, El Terrible, Rey Bucanero and Shocker formed a new trio named TGR (Terriblemente Guapo y un Rey, "Terribly Handsome King").[35]
El Terrible (right) andRush (left) wearingLos Ingobernables t-shirts in November 2018
On February 23, 208, El Terrible joinedLos Ingobernables. TheUniversal Championship was the start of a storyline betweenLos Ingobernables andLos Hermanos Chavez (Ángel de Oro andNiebla Roja), as El Terrible cheated to defeat Niebla Roja with the help ofLa Bestia del Ring.[37] After several matches between the two sides, they all signed a contract for aLuchas de Apuestas match as the main event of CMLL's 2019Homenaje a Dos Leyendas event.[38] On March 15, 2019Los Hermanos Chavez defeatedLos Ingobernables two falls to one, forcing both El Terrible and La Bestia del Ring to have all their hair shaved off. On September 27,Rush and La Bestia del Ring announced their departures from CMLL, effectively putting an end to the original stable.[39]
On September 25, 2020, El Terrible was defeated by Diamante Azul for the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, ending his reign at 1,062 days.[40] At the 2020Leyenda de Azul, El Terrible worked withLos Hermanos Chavez, which resulted in Ángel de Oro winning thecibernetico match.[41] Afterwards, they continued to work together under the name Terriblemente Chavez, although Ángel de Oro and his brother were still referred to astecnicos. On March 24, 2021,Los Hermanos Chavez cemented theirrudo turn and joined El Terrible, formingLos Nuevos Ingobernables.[42]
During a match in 2009 or 2010, Gutiérrez was accidentally kicked in the face during a match which caused him to have a 90% detached retina. He finished the match and would continue to wrestle without consulting a doctor until he felt the eye swell up. The doctor told him that he would lose his vision of it and offered to remove the eye, but Gutiérrez wanted to keep the eye even if he became totally blind in that eye. He later explained that he opted to keep the eye so he would not have to wear an eye patch.[43]
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