Mario González Lozano (born April 18, 1969) is a Mexicanluchador, orprofessional wrestler, who works as anexótico for the MexicanLucha Libre AAA World Wide promotion andLucha Underground under thering namePimpinela Escarlata. As Escarlata he is a formerAAA Reina de Reinas Champion,Mexican National Middleweight Champion andAAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion. His ring name isSpanish for "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and is taken from the fictional character of the same name.

González began his professional wrestling career in 1988, initially working under thering name Pantera Rosa (Spanish for "the Pink Panther") and later on briefly worked as Fly Boy. González was a fan of suchExotico wrestlers asAdorable Rubí and Sergio El Hermoso growing up and decided to become anExotico himself. He chose the name "Pimpinela Escarlata" ("The Scarlet Pimpernel") and started to wrestle dressed more like a woman, complete with make-up while acting more effeminate towards his male competitors. González's Pimpinela Escarlata character is credited with bringing theExotico gimmick back to the spotlight after years of obscurity.^[2] In the early 1990s he began working forEmpresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) but EMLL's very conservative view on wrestling coupled with Escarlata'sExotico character cut the EMLL tenure short. In 1992 EMLL bookerAntonio Peña left EMLL to formLucha Libre AAA World Wide, a wrestling promotion that was less conservative than CMLL. While Escarlata was not part of AAA from the very beginning he did make his AAA debut less than a year after it was created.^[1]

In AAA Escarlata often teamed with or feuded against otherExotico wrestlers including asMay Flowers. His first appearance at a major AAA show came on May 27, 1994 atTriplemanía II-C when he teamed up with Flowers and Rudy Reyna, only to lose to the trio ofSuper Amigo, El Plumo, and Depredator in the opening match.^[3] The following year Escarlata and May Flowers teamed up with therúdo (bad guy) groupLos Destructores (Tony Arce, Vulcano, Rocco Valente) to defeat a team known asLos Power Raiders (patterned after thePower Rangers; Raider Rojo, Raider Blanco, Raider Negro and Raider Azur) duringTriplemanía III-C.^[4] González's in-ring skills and overall charisma meant that the Pimpinela Escarlata character became more successful than mostExotico characters. AtTriplemanía IV-B he was one of the participants in aTorneo cibernetico for the newly createdAAA Campeon de Campeones Championship, meant to be the highest ranking title in AAA. The match also includedPerro Aguayo,Konnan,Juventud Guerrera,El Pantera,Psicosis,Villano III, and the eventual winnerPierroth, Jr.^[5] On May 20, 1996, Pimpinela Escarlata defeatedLa Parka to win theMexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, making him the firstExotico to win a major Mexican title since Adorable Rubí won theMexican National Middleweight Championship in 1976.^[6] His reign was short lived asLatin Lover won the title from him on September 9, 1996.^[6]

In 2000 Escarlata formed a group calledLos Exoticos, the first all-Exotico stable in AAA, which consisted of himself, Sexy Francis, May Flowers, and Polvo de Estrellas. On April 27, 2001, Escarlata defeatedEspectro, Jr. to win theMexican National Middleweight Championship.^[7] AtTriplemanía IXExoticos Escarlata, May Flowers and Polvo de Estrellas defeatedBlue Demon, Jr.,Hijo del Solitario, andOscar Sevilla in the second match of the night.^[8] During the summer of 2001 Pimpinela Escarlata began a storyline with female wrestlerTiffany, a feud that saw the two face off in the first "Exotico vs. female"Lucha de Apuesta, hair vs. hair match. The match took place at the 2001Verano de Escandalo and ended in a draw, which meant both had their hair shaved off after the match.^[9] At the 2001Guerra de Titanes event Pimpinela Escarlata wrestled in one of the first everRelevos Atómicos de locura match (Spanish for "Eight-man madness match"), a match that featured two teams of four, each comprising a male wrestler, a female wrestler, anExotico wrestler and aMini-Estrella each. Escarlata,El Zorro (Male),Octagóncito (Mini), andLady Apache (Female) defeatedElectroshock (Male), Polvo de Estrellas,Mini Psicosis (Mini) and Tiffany (Female).^[10] On August 13, 2002, after an almost 16-month reign Escarlata lost the Mexican National Middleweight title toPsicosis II.^[7] After teaming with fellowExoticoCassandro for a number of years the two split up and began feuding, resulting in a match atTriplemanía XIV in which the team of Escarlata,La Fiera,Mocho Cota, andSangre Chicana went to a no contest with Casandro,El Brazo, Espectro, Jr. andPirata Morgan due to the match being too out of control.^[11] On September 3, 2007, Pimpinela Escarlata was one of the AAA representatives that travelled to Japan to wrestle on a joint AAA/Pro Wrestling Noah event calledTripleSEM. He teamed up withEl Oriental andChikayo Nagashima to defeat Cassandro,Takashi Sugiura andFaby Apache.^[12] In mid-2009 Pimpinela Escarlata developed a storyline interest in wrestlerGato Eveready, making several romantics overtures toward him, with Gato Eveready quickly backing away from Escarlata, stating that he had no romantic interests in another man. The storyline played out over several months on AAA television, until it was abruptly dropped late in the year.^[1] At AAA'sHeroes Inmortales III, held on September 26, 2009, Escarlata was one of 13 men who participated in theCopa Antonio PeñaBattle Royal, but was eliminated early in the match.^[13]

Pimpinela's attention turned from Gato Eveready towardsDr. Wagner, Jr., although his interest was less "personal"; instead he wanted to join Dr. Wagner, Jr.'s groupLos Wagnermaniacos, a group that besides Wagner himself consisted ofSilver King,Electroshock, andÚltimo Gladiador.Los Wagnermaniacos did not want Escarlata to be a part of their group, attacking Escarlata afterLos Wagnermaniacos lost a match to Escarlata,Extreme Tiger, andEl Elegido at the 2009Guerra de Titanes.^[14] At the following eventLos Wagnermaniacos agreed to let Pimpinela Escarlata join his team if he could find two partners and defeat Dr. Wagner, Jr., Silver King and Último Gladiador. With the help ofLa Hermandad 187 (Nicho andJoe Líder) Escarlata pinned Último Gladiador to earn a spot inLos Wagnermaniacos.^[15] FollowingRey de Reyes, the rest ofLos Wagnermaniacos turned on Dr. Wagner, Jr. to form their own groupLos Maniacos. Dr. Wagner, Jr. finally accepted the help of Pimpinela Escarlata and together withOctagón formed a new version ofLos Wagnermaniacos. On October 1, 2010, atHéroes Inmortales IV Escarlata and Faby Apache defeated Alex Koslov andChristina Von Eerie to win theAAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship.^[16] They lost the title toAlan Stone andJennifer Blake on March 13, 2011.^[17]

On July 31, 2011, atVerano de Escándalo, Escarlata defeated seven women to win theAAA Reina de Reinas Championship, AAA's women's championship.^[18] On August 19, four otherexoticos,Nygma, Pasión Cristal, Polvo de Estrellas, and Yuriko, jealous over Escarlata's recent success, formed an alliance by attacking him after a match.^[19] On October 9 atHéroes Inmortales, the group once again attacked Escarlata, before being chased out of the ring by the returning Cassandro.^[20] On November 5, Escarlata and Cassandro were joined by El Brazo, who debuted hisexotico persona "La Braza".^[21] On December 16 atGuerra de Titanes, Escarlata lost the Reina de Reinas Championship toSexy Star in alumberjack match.^[22] On March 18 atRey de Reyes, Escarlata took part in a twelve-person steel cage Hair vs. Mask match, which eventually came down to him and Sexy Star. In the end, Sexy Star managed to escape the cage, forcing Escarlata to have his head shaved.^[23] On November 27, Escarlata took part in a special event co-produced by AAA andJapan'sPro Wrestling Wave inKorakuen Hall inTokyo. During the event, Escarlata teamed withFénix and Lolita in a six-person tag team match, whereAyako Hamada, Bachiko, andCima defeated them.^[24]

On December 3, 2014 onLucha Underground, Escarlata defeatedSon of Havoc with the help ofMascarita Sagrada. He continued to work for Lucha Underground until 2016.

• Lucha Libre AAA World Wide
  • AAA Reina de Reinas Championship (1 time)^[18]
  • AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withFaby Apache^[16][25]
  • Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[6]
  • Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[7]
  • Copa Antonio Peña:2016^[26] and2021
• International Wrestling Revolution Group
  • Guerra de Empresas (April 2011) – withNicho el Millonario^[27][28]
• Mexican independent circuit
  • Pista Arena Revolucion Welterweight Championship (1 time)
  • IWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• RGR Lucha Libre
  • RGR Exotico Championship (1 time, current)^[29]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #265 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of thePWI 500 in 2000^[30]

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