Psicosis II

Psicosis (in red) withDelta
Personal information
Born	Juan Ebodio Gonzalez (1967-02-22)February 22, 1967 (age 58) Puebla, Puebla,Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	El Puma Jr. Ultra Taro León Negro Psicosis (II) Psycosis Extreme Psycosys Xtreme Psyco Ripper Reapper Ripper
Billed height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Billed weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Trained by	El Puma Rey Misterio, Sr. Ultraman
Debut	Early 1990s

Juan Ebodio Gonzalez (born February 22, 1967) is a Mexican professional wrestler better known under thering namePsicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character byAsistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) to replace theoriginal Psicosis, and is often denotedPsicosis II. When Gonzalez left AAA in early 2009 he was briefly replaced by a third Psicosis. He was not referred to as "Psicosis II" on promotional material, instead the name is used by fans to distinguish him from the original Psicosis. In November 2013, Gonzalez was renamedPsyco Ripper and shortly thereafterReapper.

Gonzalez was unmasked on August 18, 2024 after losing aLucha de Apuesta atTriplemania XXXII's third event.

Juan Gonzalez was trained by his father, who wrestled under thering name El Puma. Upon his debut he began working as El Puma Jr., mainly in thePuebla region and inTijuana,Baja California. When he began wrestling in Tijuana in 1994 he received additional training byRey Misterio, Sr. and also adopted the ring persona "León Negro" (Spanish for "Black Lion"), arúdo (bad guy) mid-card character.^[1] In 1995 he travelled to Japan and worked forFrontier Martial Arts Wrestling (FMW) teaming withUltraman as Ultraman-Taro for the tour. Another wrestler later worked as Ultra Taro, Jr. in Southern California, but he is not related to Gonzalez. In January 1996 Gonzalez lost the León Negro mask twice, both times by losing aLucha de Apuesta toHalloween, once in Tijuana and once inSan Luis Río Colorado, Sonora.^[1] Gonzalez became noticed byAsistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) ownerAntonio Peña through his work in Tijuana and landed a full-time contract with the company in 1997.

Gonzalez was brought into AAA initially still with the Leon Negrogimmick. AtTriplemanía V-A he won the hair of both Halcon Dorado, Jr. and May Flowers, teaming with Heavy Metal. Later that year he was chosen to replace the originalPsicosis who was wrestling full-time inWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW) at the time, soAntonio Peña needed someone to take over the very popular character in AAA. He made his debut as Psicosis in mid-1998 siding withLos Vipers leaderCibernético and quickly became a core member ofLos Vipers. On August 23, 1998, Psicosis,Histeria,Maniaco, andMosco de la Merced teamed up to participate in a tournament for the vacantMexican National Atómicos Championship, representingLos Vipers.Los Vipers won the tournament by defeatingLos Payasos (Coco Amarillo, Coco Azul, Coco Negro, and Coco Rojo) in the finals to win the Atómicos title.^[2] Over the following monthsLos Vipers began a storyline feud with another group calledLos Vatos Locos, which at the time consisted ofCharly Manson, May Flowers,Nygma, andPicudo. On February 14, 1999,Los Vatos Locos defeatedLos Vipers to win the Atómicos championship.^[2]Los Vipers won the title a second time on September 17, 1999, when they defeatedLos Junior Atómicos (Blue Demon Jr.,La Parka Jr.,Mascara Sagrada Jr. andPerro Aguayo Jr.).^[2]Los Vatos Locos managed to endLos Vipers second reign only three months later as they defeated Psicosis and partners on the undercard of the 1999Guerra de Titanes show.^[3]Los Vipers regained the Atómicos title on April 15, 2000. effectively ending the storyline withLos Vatos Locos.^[4]Los Vipers reigned as Atómicos champions for over a year, until they were surprisingly upset by a little-known group calledLos Regio Guapos (Hator, Monje Negro, Jr., Potro, Jr.. and Tigre Universitario) on August 19, 2001.Los Regio Guapos only held the title for under two months beforeLos Vipers regained the title and began their fourth reign with the Atómicos title.^[4] Their fourth reign also turned out to be the last reign forLos Vipers, ending on November 23, 2001, as a new version ofLos Vatos Locos (Espiritu, Nygma, Picudo and Silver Cat) defeated them in one of the featured matches of the 2001Guerra de Titanes.^[5] Following the loss both Maniaco and Mosco de la Merced began appearing less and less for AAA. On August 13, 2002, Psicosis won his first singles championship as he defeatedPimpinela Escarlata to win theMexican National Middleweight Championship.^[6] His reign as Middleweight champion was characterized by long periods where the title was not even defended, stretching his title reign out for almost three years. During this time period Psicosis turnedtécnico as he joined "The Mexican Powers" along withJuventud Guerrera,Crazy Boy, andJoe Líder. In early 2005 the original Psicosis returned to AAA and immediately began a storyline with Psicosis II over the rights to the name. The storyline included asteel cage match that took place atTriplemanía XIII, but ended in ano contest as Psicosis II's former partner Histeria interfered in the match when he attacked both wrestlers.^[7] Subsequently, the feud over the Psicosis name became a three-way feud between the Original Psicosis, Psicosis II, and Histeria. On August 3, 2005, Psicosis II successfully defended the Mexican Middleweight title against Histeria in ahardcore match. Following the match the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission, who regulate the Mexican National championships, stripped Psicosis II of the title since the rules state that Mexican National Championships can only be defended in regular matches, not Hardcore matches.^[8] The feud for the Psicosis name ended with Histeria winning aladder match, earning the rights to the name. Histeria later handed the rights over to Antonio Peña, who decided to allow Psicosis II to keep the ring character, making the storyline a moot point. On October 18, 2006, The Mexican Powers defeatedThe Black Family (Cuervo,Chessman,Escoria, andOzz) to win the Mexican National Atómicos Championship, Psicosis II's fifth reign. On May 20, 2007, Psicosis II turned on his partners during a title defense, allowingLa Secta de Mesias (Cuervo, Escoria, Espiritu, and Ozz) to win the title.^[9] Psicosis II joined Histeria andAbismo Negro to reformLos Vipers, this time calledViper's Revolucion. Later on whenMr. Niebla joined the group both Psicosis and Histeria sided with him and kicked Abismo Negro out of the group. Viper's Revolucion was later joined byBlack Abyss, an Abismo Negro clone. The feud with Abismo Negro was supposed to be settled atTriplemanía XVI in a cage match, but it was cancelled in the weeks leading up to the event, followed by Mr. Niebla leaving AAA.^[10] Following Mr. Niebla's defection from AAA Psicosis II, Histeria, and Black Abyss were used less frequently and not in any long term storylines.

In the summer of 2009 both Psicosis II and Histeria left AAA, citing their dissatisfaction with the lack of bookings and thus lack of pay. They began wrestling on theindependent circuit still using the names Psicosis and Histeria, although they later modified their names to "Psicosis Extreme" and "Histeria Extreme" when AAA started making threats about legal sanctions. The pair worked for a number of promotions includingInternational Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) and were regulars for thePerros del Mal wrestling promotion.

On April 12, 2010, a contingent of former AAA wrestlers including Psicosis II, Histeria, Maniaco,El Alebrije, andCuije appeared on aConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) show inPuebla, Puebla. The group drove into the arena in a blackSUV and attackedLa Sombra,El Hijo del Fantasma, andLa Máscara following a match.Brazo de Plata,Místico, andJon Strongman tried to help out but were kept away by CMLLrudosAverno,El Texano, Jr., andEl Terrible. Following the attack the former AAA wrestlers returned to the SUV and left the arena.^[11] The group made several subsequent attacks during CMLL shows, including running in during their Sunday NightArena México show, indicating that the storyline was not limited to just the Puebla area. After weeks of run-ins the group, dubbedLos Independientes or "The Independents" after the "Independent circuit", wrestled their first match for CMLL. In their debut for CMLL on April 26, 2010, El Alebrije, Histeria and Psicosis defeated El Hijo del Fantasma, La Mascara, and La Sombra.^[12] Since the beginning of the "Los Independientes" storyline neither Psicosis nor Histeria have worked onPerro del Mal events. On May 10, 2010, during a match betweenLos Independientes and CMLL wrestlers former CMLL and AAA wrestlersUniverso 2000 andMáscara Año 2000 ran in to helpLos Independientes beat up on their opponents, taking their side in the storyline between independent wrestlers and CMLL.^[13] Psicosis was the first wrestler to face a CMLL wrestler in singles competition, when he lost to El Hijo del Fantasma by disqualification.^[14] The team was later renamedLos Invasores.^[15] During a trios match between El Alebrije, Histeria II, and Maniaco and the team ofHéctor Garza, Brazo de Plata, andToscano, Garza turned on his team mates and joinedLos Invasores.^[15] On May 16, 2010, Psicosis wrestled against La Sombra in a match that saw the surprise appearance of bothMr. Águila andRayo de Jalisco, Jr. Mr. Águila returned to CMLL to side with Los Independientes while Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. ended up siding with CMLL in their war against the outsider group.^[16] The following day inArena ColiseoOlímpico returned to CMLL and attackedMáximo during the main event of the show; at the time it was not clear if he had actually joined the group of outsiders or not.^[15] CMLL later held a press conference announcing that they would hold a specialSin Salida event on June 6, 2010, that would center around theLos Invasores vs. CMLL storyline. During the press conference Olímpico was part of theInvasores group. It was also announced that Garza and Mr. Águila were the co-leaders of the group.^[15] On August 16, 2010, it was announced that Psicosis was one of 14 men putting their mask on the line in aLuchas de Apuestassteel cage match, the main event of theCMLL 77th Anniversary Show.^[17] Psicosis II was the 12th and last man to leave the steel cage, opting to keep his mask safe instead of helping fellowInvasorOlímpico out. The match came down toLa Sombra pinningOlímpico to unmask him.^[18] On September 20, 2011, Psicosis II, Olímpico, and the new leader ofLos Invasores,Volador Jr., defeatedÁngel de Oro,Diamante, andRush to win theMexican National Trios Championship.^[19] They lost the title toAtlantis,Delta, andGuerrero Maya, Jr. on December 16, 2011.^[20] Psicosis II, this time teaming withLos Invasores membersKraneo and Mr. Águila, regained the title fromLos Reyes de la Atlantida on December 16, 2012.^[21] They then lost the title to La Máscara, Rush andTitán on June 30, 2013.^[22] In November 2013, Psicosis II was renamed Psyco Ripper.^[23][24] The following month, his ring name was changed to Reapper.^[25]

In 2017, Psicosis II announced he would be coming back for the 30 Man Ruleta Rusa atTriplemanía XXV. At the event, Psicosis, as part ofLos Vipers, was defeated by Team Parka (Argenis,Bengala andLa Parka).

In early April 2010, Psicosis, Histeria, and El Alebrije sought legal action against AAA over the issues of name and ring character ownership as well as unfair termination by AAA. The two claim that they have wrestled for 13 years to create the characters and thus own them. The parties met in Mexico City's Board of Conciliation and Arbitration to see if a settlement could be reached or if the matter would be taken to court.^[26] The parties met for a second arbitration meeting in late April 2010. This time the plaintiff group was joined byLatin Lover who, like Alebrije, Histeria and the others, claimed that he should be allowed to use the name since he has worked as Latin Lover for 18 years and thus should be allowed to continue using it. After the meeting it was stated that all parties involved were cooperating over the matter.^[27] El Alebrije, Histeria and Psicosis II have all since been renamed by CMLL.^[24]

• Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
  • AAA World Trios Championship (1 time) – withAbismo Negro Jr. and Toxin
  • Mexican National Atómicos Championship (5 times) – withHisteria,Mosco de la Merced II andManiaco (4),Crazy Boy,Joe Líder andJuventud Guerrera)^[2][4][28]
  • Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[6]
• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
  • Mexican National Trios Championship (2 times) – withOlímpico andVolador Jr. (1),^[19] andKraneo andMr. Águila (1)^[21]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #229 of the top 500 wrestlers in thePWI 500 in 2012^[29]

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• 20th-century Mexican professional wrestlers
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• Mexican National Middleweight Champions
• Mexican National Trios Champions
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