Arturo Muñoz Sánchez^[2] is a Mexicanluchador, orprofessional wrestler who is best known for his time performing Mexicanprofessional wrestling promotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), portraying arudo ("Bad guy") wrestling characterLa Bestia del Ring. He is the father of wrestlers William Arturo Muñoz González (aka,Rush) andmasked wrestlersDralístico andDragon Lee, and often teams up with one or more of his sons.

Muñoz has worked under variousring names during his career, working under thecharacterComandante Pierroth or simplyPierroth as a successor to the originalPierroth Jr. He has previously worked asDr. Kent,Poder Indio,Poder Boricua,Poder Mexica andToro Blanco.

Muñoz, as La Bestia del Ring, was part of theLos Ingobernables ("The Ungovernables")stable with his son Rush andEl Terrible until late 2019. He was initially brought into CMLL in 2001 as the masked character Poder Boricua to be a part ofLos Boricuas. When he returned to CMLL in 2013 as "Comandante Pierroth" he led his own version of "Los Boricuas", calledLa Comando Caribeño withPierrothito,Pequeno Violencia,La Comandante andZeuxis.

Three of Muñoz' sons have followed in his footsteps and became professional wrestlers, all working forConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), the oldest works under thering nameRush, his younger son works asDralístico (fka the second Místico) and his youngest son made his debut in 2014 asDragon Lee.^[3][4][5][6] Three of Muñoz' brothers have also been involved with professional wrestling for a number of years, his brother Javier Descalza Coronado wrestled asFranco Columbo and then became one of the lead trainers for CMLL and his younger brothers work under the names "Pit Bull I" and "Pit Bull II"

Muñoz trained under world-renownedlucha libre trainerDiablo Velasco before making his in-ring debut in 1994.^[1] Initially he worked under thering name "Dr. Kent", a generic doctor character in a white mask, white trunks and white tights in the tradition ofDr. Wagner.^[7] In subsequent years he would work as "Toro Blanco" (Spanish for "White Bull") and later on begin working for CMLL asPoder Indio ("Indian Power"), anotherenmascarado character.

In 2001Pierroth, Jr. formed a new group in CMLL calledLos Boricuas where all members either actually were fromPuerto Rico or pledged their allegiance to Puerto Rico as part of the storyline. Muñoz adopted a new name, Poder Boricua (Puerto Rican Power), a new storyline nationality and ring gear adorned with the Puerto Rican flag. As part ofLos Boricuas he would at times team with El Boricua, Bulldog,Gran Markus Jr.,El Hijo del Pierroth,The Killer, Mastin,Nitro,Rico Suave, 'Veneno andViolencia. Poder Boricua was a regular on the low-to-mid card, especially inBoricuas trios matches. Poder Boricua, Gran Markus, Jr. and Violencia unsuccessfully challenged for theMexican National Trios Championship but lost to the team ofMr. Niebla,Olímpico andSafari.^[8] In early 2002 Poder Boricua and Gran Markus, Jr. leftLos Boricuas and turnedtecnicos (wrestlers who portray the good guys), fighting against the Puerto Ricans.^[9] In mid-2002 Muñoz changed his ring name again, becoming "Poder Mexica" ("Mexican Power"), complete with ring gear adorned with the Mexican flag. As part of his storyline againstLos Boricuas he teamed up with Mr. Mexico for aLuchas de Apuestas, or "bet match", where Poder Mexica put his mask on the line and Mr. Mexico risked his hair on the outcome of the match. On July 14, 2002 Veneno and Violencia defeated thetecnico duo, forcing Poder Mexica to unmask and reveal his real name, Arthur Muñoz.

He remained in CMLL until 2003 where he left the promotion and dropped the "Poder Mexica" character, reverting to the "Toro Blanco" character on the Mexicanindependent circuit. Over the subsequent years Muñoz worked less in the ring and focused more or raising and training his sons for a professional wrestling career. His oldest son, William Arturo Muñoz made his wrestling debut in 2008 and when he signed with CMLL in 2009 Muñoz accompanied his son for his introduction, making it clear that Rush (Wiliam's rig name) was the son of Toro Blanco and played up the second-generation wrestler. Rush would wear ring gear similar to his father and actually earned the nickname "Toro Blanco".^[3] He would later also be acknowledge as the father of Dragon Lee, later known as Místico as well as the second Dragon Lee.^[5]

In 2013 CMLL introduced a version of Pierroth, paying the original, retired owner of the character for the use of the mask and name. Muñoz was introduced as the masked "Comandante Pierroth", leader ofLa Comando Caribeño ("The Caribbean Commando") consisting of himself, Pierrothito, Pequeno Violencia,La Comandante andZeuxis. The group existed more in name than as an actual team, there were no regular size male competitors for Comandante Pierroth to team up with for matches. During 2014 Comandante Pierroth, sometimes billed simply as Pierroth, began teaming on a regular basis withMisterioso, Jr. andSagrado to form a regular trio. In early 2015 it was officially acknowledged as working under the nameLa Comando Caribeno with both Misterioso, Jr. and Sagrada adopting the imagery of the Puerto Rican flag in their ring gear.^[10] On March 18, 2016, Pierroth joined his son Rush'sLos Ingobernables stable by helping him defeatMáximo Sexy in a Hair vs. HairLucha de Apuestas.^[11][12] On March 17, 2017, atHomenaje a Dos Leyendas, Pierroth lost his mask toDiamante Azul in aLucha de Apuestas.^[2]

After losing the Pierroth mask Muñoz began using the name La Besta del Ring ("The Beast of the Ring"), although some promotional material still referred to him as "Pierroth" for a while afterwards.^[13] After his mask loss Bestia del Ring became involved in a storyline feud with fellowrudoVangelly over Vangelly's desire to joinLos Ingobernables, which was rejected by both Bestia del Ring and Rush. The storyline built to a "hair vs. hair"Lucha de Apuestas match between the two as part of the 2017Universal Championship finals show, which ended with Vangellys both defeated and shaved bald as a result.^[13] On February 23, 2018El Terrible joinedLos Ingobernables, teaming with Bestia del Ring and Rush for trios matches. TheUniversal Championship was the start of a storyline betweenLos Ingobernables (El Terrible and La Bestia del Ring) andLos Hermanos Chavez (Ángel de Oro andNiebla Roja), as El Terrible cheated to defeat Niebla Roja with the held of La Bestia.^[14] After several matches between the two sides, they all signed a contract for aLuchas de Apuestas match as the main event of CMLL's 2019Homenaje a Dos Leyendas event.^[15] On March 15, 2019Los Hermanos Chavez defeatedLos Ingobernables two falls to one, forcing both El Terrible and La Bestia del Ring to have all their hair shaved off.

On September 29, 2019, Muñoz announced that he had left CMLL and was now an independent alongside his two sons, Rush and Dragon Lee, who had been fired by CMLL.^[16]

On October 31, 2019, Rush and La Bestia would appear inNación Lucha Libre, reuniting with former stablemateLa Máscara.^[17] The trio dubbed themselvesLa Facción Ingobernable (based on theLos Ingobernables name from CMLL). On December 14 atAAA'sGuerra de Titanes, it was announced that Rush, La Bestia del Ring,Killer Kross,L.A. Park andKonnan were forming a new version of La Facción Ingobernable.^[18][19]

• Kaoz Lucha Libre

• Kaoz Trios Championship (1 time) – withEl Hijo de L.A. Park andL.A. Park Jr.^[20][21]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 368 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in thePWI 500 in 2020^[22]

• La Bestia del Ring's profile atCagematch.net,Wrestlingdata.com,Internet Wrestling Database
• Arturo Muñoz Sánchez atIMDb

• Living people
• Mexican male professional wrestlers
• Masked wrestlers

• CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Use mdy dates from March 2019
• Year of birth missing (living people)