| The Beast Mortos | |
|---|---|
 Mortos as Black Taurus in February 2024 | |
| Born | (1987-03-11)March 11, 1987 (age 38) Torreón,Coahuila, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Black Beast Black Tauro Black Taurus Machine Rocker Semental Taurus The Beast Mortos Venenoide |
| Billed height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Billed weight | 113 kg (249 lb) |
| Trained by | Diabolico Tony Rodriguez Araña del Futuro El Satánico |
| Debut | November 6, 2005 |
The Beast Mortos (born March 11, 1987), also known by his formerring nameBlack Taurus, is a Mexicanluchador enmascarado, ormaskedprofessional wrestler. He is signed toAll Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member ofLa Faccion Ingobernable. He also works in their sister companyRing of Honor (ROH).
He is also known for his work forLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA),International Wrestling Revolution Group,Lucha Libre Elite,The Crash Lucha Libre,Impact Wrestling,Major League Wrestling (MLW),Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) as well as on the Mexican andindependent circuit.
After wrestling for years in the Torreón area under the nameSemental, he would move toMexico City in 2008. After a short stint withInternational Wrestling Revolution Group, he would start working inConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in March 2008. He wrestled regularly for CMLL for over three years, generally working opening matches that rarely made TV. He had his last match for the promotion on June 28, 2011, and then showed up in AAA two days later.[1]
He made his AAA debut June 30 inTizayuca, still under the name Semental. He would have two more TV matches for the promotion in 2011.[2]
In mid-2012 AAA introduced a new masked trio known asLos Inferno Rockers[3] (Machine Rocker,Devil Rocker andSoul Rocker), a trio of masked, glam-rocker inspired wrestlers who resembled the rock bandKiss.[4][5] It was later verified that the former Tito Santana was under the Soul Rocker mask. The trio was set up as the rivals ofLos Psycho Circus (Psycho Clown,Murder Clown andMonster Clown), who at the time had been undefeated for years. They later introduced the 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) tall Uro Rocker to the team, targeting Psycho Clown specifically.[6] It was later revealed that Uro Rocker was supposed to be the main rival of Psycho Clown, but the wrestler playing the part hurt wrestlers he worked with and was quickly dropped from the group.[7]
The group lost toLos Psycho Circus at the 2012Guerra de Titanes show, their first appearance at a major AAA show.[8] 18 days later the trio wrestledInternational Wrestling Revolution Group'sLos Oficiales (Oficial 911,Oficial AK-47 andOficial Fierro) in one of the featured matches on theArena Naucalpan 35th Anniversary Show when the match ended in a double pinfall.[9] In early 2013 Los Inferno Rockers finally defeatedLos Psycho Circus, gaining some momentum in their ongoing feud.[10] They repeated the feat at the 2012Rey de Reyes show, seemingly escalating their feud towards aLucha de Apuestas, or "bet match" where the teams would put their masks on the line.[11][12] TheApuestas match never happened andLos Inferno Rockers were soon diverted fromLos Psycho Circus. In later 2013 Devil Rocker left AAA and was replaced byDemon Rocker to remain a trio.[13] a member of theLos Inferno Rockers stable.[14] The team was phased out throughout 2014, with Demon Rocker taking over the "La Parka Negra" character. By early 2015 Machine Rocker no longer appeared on AAA shows either. On October 4, 2015, Machine Rocker was repackaged and introduced as "Taurus", signaling the end ofLos Inferno Rockers as a unit won a Royal Rumble Lumberjack match to win theCopa Antonio Peña.[15]
On September 10, 2016, Taurus announced his departure from AAA.
Taurus debut asBlack Tauro withLucha Libre Elite teaming withCibernetico andSharlie Rockstar was defeated by Decnis,Mr. Aguila and Zumbido.[16] On November 10, Tauro teaming withRey Escorpión defeatL.A. Park and Mr. Aguila.[17]
On June 1, 2018, Taurus returned to the AAA after helping to retain theAAA Reina de Reinas Championship ofFaby Apache, in front of Ashley.[18] On August 10, 2019, Taurus lost a title match for theAAA Mega Championship to championFénix, the match also includedLaredo Kid andPuma King.
On January 11, 2024, Taurus announced that he had departed AAA for a second time and was now a free agent.[19]
Due to AAA's alliance with American promotionImpact Wrestling, Taurus made a special appearance on the February 1, 2019 edition ofImpact Wrestling, which was taped January 11–12, 2019, atMexico City's Frontón México Entertainment Center, teaming withLucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. andFénix) defeatedThe Latin American Exchange (Ortiz and Santana) andDaga.[20]
On March 2, 2019, atMLW Fusion, Taurus made his debut in Major League Wrestling teaming withLaredo Kid, losing toLucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. andRey Fenix).[21]
On July 26, 2019, at the "SIXTEEN" event, Taurus made his debut atPro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), losing withLaredo Kid andPuma King against Mexablood (Bandido andFlamita) andRey Horus.
On the February 9, 2021 edition ofImpact Wrestling, Taurus made his return to Impact Wrestling on a more regular basis, whenRosemary andCrazzy Steve introduced him as the newest member of theirstableDecay, soon afterwards picking up a quick victory overKaleb with a K.[22]
On December 15, 2023, atFinal Battle, Taurus made hisRing of Honor (ROH) debut, challengingEl Hijo del Vikingo for theAAA Mega Championship in a losing effort. On the December 22 episode ofAEW Rampage, Taurus made his debut for the sister company of ROH,All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He once again challenged Vikingo for the AAA Mega Championship in a losing effort. On January 18, 2024,Luchablog reported that Taurus had signed with AEW, however he will not be able to use the "Black Taurus" name or character as AAA owned the gimmick.[23] On April 5 atSupercard of Honor Zero Hour, Taurus returned to ROH, now wearing a new mask and under the new ring nameThe Beast Mortos, defeatingBlake Christian.[24] On the April 27 edition ofAEW Collision, Mortos made his AEW debut under his new character, in a losing effort againstRey Fénix.[25] On theCollision edition ofGrand Slam on September 28, Mortos was defeated byHologram in athree-way match, also involvingDralístico. After the match, Mortos joined forces with Dralístico andRush to attack Hologram, joining the reformedLa Facción Ingobernable in the process. This led to a2 out of 3 falls match between Mortos and Hologram atWrestleDream on October 12, which Mortos lost 1–2. On November 24, Mortos was announced as a participant in the2024 Continental Classic, where he was placed in the Blue league.[26] Mortos finished the tournament with 0 points and failed to advance to the semi-finals.
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