Guillermo Martinez Cid (born July 29, 1972) is a Mexicanluchador, orprofessional wrestler, known under a variety ofring names, primarily Bombero Infernal. He was the first person to wrestle under the name AK-47 but waslater replaced, he also worked as Matrix, Kraneo, Capitán Muerte and Temerario Infernal. He is a freelance wrestler on theMexican independent circuit and has worked on a regular basis forInternational Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) over the years. His son is currently wrestling asMatrix, Jr.

Guillermo Martinez made his professional wrestling debut on July 24, 1988, three days before his 16th birthday. Between his debut in 1988 and 1996 it has not been verified whichring names he worked under, based partly on the fact thatlucha libre has a tradition of keeping the real names ofmasked wrestlers a closely guarded secret unless they are unmasked.^[2] Martinez confirmed his debut date but never confirmed which names he used before becoming "Bombero Infernal" ("The Firefighter") in 1996.^[1]

In 1996 Guillermo Martinez began wrestling under the name "Bombero Infernal", complete with a mask and ring gear adorned in flames and diabolical images. He had only worked under that name for just over a year when he became involved in a storyline feud againstEl Pantera, the rivalry escalated to the point where both wrestlers agreed to put their masks on the line in aLucha de Apuestas, or "bet match", the most prestigious match type inLucha Libre.^[2] The match took place on December 7, 1997 inInternational Wrestling Revolution Group's (IWRG) Arena Naucalpan inNaucalpan,State of Mexico with Bombero Infernal losing the match, which forced him to unmask in the middle of the ring, state his birthname and how long he had been a wrestler.^[1] Oftentimes losing the mask means the end of a specific ring character, but Martinez stuck with the Bombero Infernal ring characters in the years after his loss. On January 10, 1999 Bombero Infernal won theIWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship fromMr. Niebla and held the championship for 146 days straight.^[3] The title change was part of a long running storyline between Bombero and Mr. Niebla that saw Mr. Niebla regain the championship on June 6, 1999 but ultimately lose it to Bombero Infernal once again on October 24, 1999.^[3] His second reign ended at the hands ofÚltimo Vampiro on December 16, 1999 when he defeated Bombero Infernal.^[3] In late 2000 Bombero Infernal teamed up with Cripta and El Enterrador to defeat the team ofSuper Caló,Alan Stone andMoto Cross to win theDistrito Federal Trios Championship.^[4] On November 19, 2000 Bombero Infernal regained the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship from Último Vampiro.^[4] Bombero's time as a double champion ended on February 11, 2001 whenLos Oficiales (Guardia, Oficial and Virgilante) won the DF Trios Championship.^[5] A month later he also lost the Middleweight Championship toBlack Dragon.^[5] Later that year Bombero Infernal defeatedÚltimo Vampiro to win the Middleweight Championship for a fourth time, at the time someone other than the previous Último Vampiro was playing the character.^[5] The match between the two ended in a controversial fashion, leading IWRG to take the championship away from Bombero Infernal only one week later.^[5] In 2002 Bombero Infernal rekindled his storyline with El Pantera, going so far as to put his hair on the line against Pantera's Middleweight Championship, in a match that saw Bombero victoriously claim his fifth IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship.^[6] His fifth reign lasted 95 days in total before it coming to an end whenTony Rivera defeated him.^[6] On November 11, 2002 Bombero Infernal,El Hijo del Diablo andEl Engendro defeatedDr. Cerebro, Cirujano and Paramedico to win the DF Trios Championship once again, a title they would quickly lose to a new group calledLos Megas (Mega,Omega andUltra Mega)^[6]

In 2003 IWRG decided to give Guillermo Martinez a new ring character, replacing the diabolicalrudo character with "Matrix", a high flying, ultra colorfultecnico ("good guy") wrestling character designed to appeal to younger kids. During his time as Matrix he won the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship for a sixth time when he defeatedCerebro Negro.^[7] At the time it was not officially acknowledge that he was a six time champion since the previous five were won as "Bombero Infernal".^[7] On January 13, 2005 Matrix lost the championship toVeneno.^[8] Martinez kept working as Matrix on an irregular basis until he faced off against Fantastik in aLucha de Apuestas match, the match was the first time ever the two had met and saw Matrix unmask and reveal his real identity. Following the reveal he abandoned the Matrix character.^[1]

IWRG gave him another character, this time a return to therudo side as he became "AK-47", part of a new version ofLos Oficiales, a longtime IWRG concept of wrestling policemen. His time as AK-47 was very short as he was replaced by a second Oficial AK-47 in May 2007. Martinez was instead repackaged as "Kraneo", a wrestling name used byEl Alebrije years before. As Kraneo he teamed up withCybog Cop andXibalba to formLa Escuadron de la Muerte ("The Squadron of Death") as they feuded withLos Oficiales (AK-47,Oficial 911 andOficial Fierro). On July 19, 2007La Escuadron defeated the trio ofMike Segura, Dr. Cerebro and Cerebro Negro to win theIWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship.^[9] The trio held the championship for 437 days untilLos Oficiales won the belts on September 28, 2008.^[10] Not long after the title loss Martinez gave up the Kraneo character and instead became known as "Capitán Muerte" ("Captain Death"), anotherrudo character. He worked as Capitán Muerte until December 17, 2009 where he was unmasked when he lost the annualPrison Fatalsteel cage match toZathura and had to unmask. During his unmasking, Martinez stated that he had been a professional wrestler for 8 years and not 21 years that was actually the case, possibly to try mask the fact that he was the former Bombero Infernal.^[11]

Following the mask loss Martinez returned to using the Bombero Infernal name after spending six years under other names. In 2010 he teamed up with Maldito, Jr. and Samoth to form a trio known asLa Ola Maldita ("The Bad Wave"). The trio had a long running storyline feud withLos Terrible Cerebros (Black Terry, Cerebro Negro and Dr. Cerebro), centering onLos Cerebros Distrito Federal Trios Championship. The feud saw the two teams face off in a "Captain's Fall" match where the captain of the losing team would be shaved bald. Black Terry pinned Bombero Infernal and as a result Bombero was shaved bald after the match.^[12] Following the end of the storyline withLos Terrible Cerebros,Ola Maldita went their separate ways. Bombero Infernal would later team up with longtime rival Black Terry, joined byAlan Extreme to formLos Nuevo Temerarios ("The New Terrors"), this led to Bombero Infernal to be billed as "Temerario Infernal" for some of their trios matches. In September, 2012 Bombero Infernal was one of eight participants in IWRG's 2012Ruleta de la Muerte tournament. In the tournament the loser of a match would advance in the tournament with the final two wrestlers both risking their hair in the finals. Bombero Infernal lost toEterno in the first round and Veneno in the second round. In the finals he faced off against AK-47, with the match ending in a draw. As a result of the draw both wrestlers had their hair shaved off.^[13][14]

• International Wrestling Revolution Group
  • IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship (7 times)^{[3][4][6][8][15]}
  • IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withDr. Cerebro^[16]
  • IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship (1 time) – withXibalva andCyborg Cop^[9]
  • Distrito Federal Trios Championship (2 times) – with Cripta and El Enterrador,El Engendro andEl Hijo del Diablo^[4][6]

• Bombero Infernal's profile atInternet Wrestling Database

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