AK-47 /Oficial AK-47 Black Stone Sureño de la Muerte
Billed height
1.76 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in)
Billed weight
86 kg (190 lb)
Debut
2003
Mario Pardo Villagómez (born February 14, 1984) is a Mexicanluchador, best known under thering nameOficial AK-47. As Oficial AK-47 he is part of a group calledLos Oficiales that has worked forInternational Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) since 2007. The team held the record for the longest reigningDistrito Federal Trios Champions and are the most successful holders of theIWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship, holding it longer than any other trios team and having defended it more times than any previous champions have. AK-47 is also a former one-timeIWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Champion. He previously worked as theenmascarado charactersSureño de la Muerte andBlack Stone. He is named after theAK-47 assault rifle. Wrestling most his career under amask, Pardo's true identity was revealed on December 22, 2011, when he lost his mask in a match againstTrauma I.
Pardo made his debut in 2003, working as anenmascarado called "Sureño de la Muerte" (Spanish for "Southern Death"). Later on he was recast as "Black Stone", working on the undercard of variousInternational Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) shows.
In early 2007 IWRG officials decided to form a new version of the groupLos Oficiales ("The Officials"), a masked trios group that all had a "Police officer" ring character. The three masked men,Oficial 911, Oficial AK-47, andOficial Fierro were unveiled at a Lucha Libre festival in May 2007. It was later revealed that Black Stone had not left IWRG as suspected, but in fact was the wrestler working as Oficial Ak-47. On July 7, 2007, they defeated the Japanese trio ofKai,Sasaki andYamato to win theDistrito Federal Trios Championship, a title that had been relatively inactive up for at least a year before Los Oficiales won the belts.[2]
Los Oficiales went on to defend the Trios title on a regular basis, giving credibility to both the Trios championship and to Los Oficiales as a group. On September 28, 2008, Los Oficiales became double champions as they defeated Cyborg, Kraneo, Xibalva (who had all been members of previous incarnations of Los Oficiales) to win theIWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship.[3] Their success in 2008 led to several Mexican publications naming Los Oficiales as the best Trio, or runner-up for best Trios team for 2008.[4] Los Oficiales run as double Trio champions ended on December 7, 2008, whenLos Terrible Cerebros (Black Terry, Dr. Cerebro and Cerebro Negro). Los Oficiales continued to defend the IWRG Trios title through 2009 and into 2010, and by April 21, 2010, had made at least nine successful defenses of the title, more than any previous title holder.[5] Their success has also seen them named the best version of Los Oficiales.[6]Oficial AK-47 has also achieved individual success, including winning a number ofLucha de Apuesta or bet matches. On December 21, 2008, AK-47 andArlequin were the last two wrestlers in a 10-manSteel Cage match and thus were forced to wrestled for their mask (AK-47) or hair (Arlequin). In the end AK-47 pinned Arlequin and watched as his opponent was shaved bald after the match per Lucha Libre traditions. AK-47 also won IWRG's annualCastillo del Terror ("Castle of Terror") match in 2009, unmasking Yack.[7] On March 3, 2011,Los Oficiales lost the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship toJoe Líder,Silver King andÚltimo Gladiador, ending their reign at 886 days.[8] On December 22, Oficial AK-47 teamed withTrauma I to face Oficial 911 and Trauma II in aRelevos Suicidas match and after losing the match, AK-47 and Trauma I were forced to face each other in a Mask vs. Mask match. Originally AK-47 won the match with aMartinete, but the referee reversed the decision and disqualified him, after finding out about the illegal move, forcing AK-47 to unmask himself. Upon unmasking, AK-47 revealed that his real name was Mario Pardo Villagómez and that he was a 27-year-old, seven-year veteran originally from the city ofCasas Grandes, Chihuahua.[1][9] On March 15, 2012, AK-47 also lost his hair in anotherLucha de Apuestas, after interfering in a steel cage match between Oficial 911 andOficial Factor, a member of rival groupLos Oficiales Elite, ending up being left in the cage, when the other Oficiales escaped.[10] On May 6, Oficial AK-47 defeatedVeneno in the finals of a tournament to become the firstIWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Champion in four years.[11] He lost the title toEl Ángel on October 7, 2012.[12] On February 7, 2013,Los Oficiales lost the Distrito Federal Trios Championship toEl Hijo de Pirata Morgan,Pirata Morgan andPirata Morgan, Jr.[13] On June 15, 2014, AK-47 and 911 defeatedApolo Estrada, Jr. andEl Hijo del Diablo to win theIWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.[14]
^Steel cage match originally contested between Oficial 911 and Oficial Factor. Oficial AK-47,Oficial Fierro,Oficial Rayan andOficial Spartans all entered the cage to interfere in the match.
