| Los Infernales | |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Members | El Satánico Euforia Mephisto Hechicero Averno |
| Name | Los Nuevo Infernales |
| Former member(s) | MS-1 Pirata Morgan Espectro Jr. Belcebu Masakre MS-1 Jr MS-2 II Último Guerrero Rey Bucanero Tarzan Boy Máscara Magica Averno Nosferatu Virus(Unofficial) |
| Debut | 1984 |
Los Infernales (Spanish for "the Infernals") is a Mexicanprofessional wrestling group, called astable. The stable was created in 1984 and consisted ofEl Satánico,MS-1 andEspectro Jr. A later version wherePirata Morgan replaced Espectro Jr. is considered the "classic"Infernales team that helped popularize the "Trios" team concept inlucha libre. MS-1, Satánico and Pirata Morgan were both the firstMexican National Trios Champions and the firstCMLL World Trios Champions.
A later version ofLos Infernales,Los Nuevo Infernales became the stable known asLos Guerreros del Infierno after they turned on Satánico and formed a rival stable. The current version ofLos Infernales consists of Satánico,Euforia,Mephisto andHechicero.
In the early 1980s thetrios concept became very popular in Mexico, spearheaded by the trio calledLos Misioneros de Muerte ("The Missionaries of Death") who worked for rival promotionUniversal Wrestling Association (UWA). EMLL decided to create a trio ofrudos (villains inlucha libre) to capitalize on the popularity of the trios phenomenon.MS-1,El Satánico andEspectro Jr. were chosen to formLos Infernales ("The Infernals").[1] Due to various injuries Espectro Jr. was forced to retire from wrestling all together, leavingLos Infernales one man short. Satánico and MS-1 were briefly paired up with a wrestler called Belcebu ("Beelzebub") but the trio just did not work well together.
Belcebu was replaced withPirata Morgan and the trio of MS-1, Satánico and Pirata Morgan quickly became one of the most successful Trios of its time.[2] In March 1985Los Infernales participated in a tournament to determine the first everMexican National Trios Champions;Los Infernales defeated the two teams in the preliminary rounds to qualify for the finals.[3] In the finalsLos Infernales defeatedLos Brazos ("the Arms";El Brazo,Brazo de Oro andBrazo de Plata) to become the first ever Mexican National Trios champions.[4] That match was just the first match in a long running Inferlanes/Brazos storyline that would run off and on over the next decade.Los Brazos won the initial feud when they defeatedLos Infernales for the Mexican Nations Trios Title on December 8, 1985.[4] In October 1986, Pirata Morgan left the group to form a new group calledLos Bucaneros, in his placeLos Infernales recruitedMasakre to be their third member. On March 20, 1987, MS-1 and Masakre teamed up to defeatLos Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras andMáscara Año 2000) to win theMexican National Tag Team Championship, starting a feud withLos Hermanos Dinamita.[5] while MS-1 and Masakre worked as a tag team, Satánico focused more and more on singles competition, which meant thatLos Infernales made fewer appearances as a trio.[1] MS-1 and Masakre defended the Mexican National Tag Team titles for just over a year until losing them toAtlantis andÁngel Azteca on April 6, 1988.[5] El Satánico leftLos Infernales to focus on his singles career, while MS-1 and Masakre began arguing, then fighting after the two of them lost the tag team titles thus endingLos Infernales. MS-1 and Masakre faced off in a series of matches, culminating with a headlineLuchas de Apuestas match at Arena Mexico that MS-1 won.
In the early 1990sLos Infernales reformed, reuniting MS-1, Satánico and Pirata Morgan. The trio participated in the tournament to crown the first everCMLL World Trios Champions.Los Infernales won the tournament, defeatingLos Brazos in the finals to become the first ever CMLL World Trios Champions on November 22, 1991.[4] FormerInfernales member Masakre had formed his own group, Los Intocables ("The Untouchables") consisting of himself,Pierroth Jr. andJaque Mate ("Checkmate").Los Intocables were immediately paired withLos Infernales to create arudos vs.rudos storyline, playing off both the championship chase and the history between the two groups. On March 22, 1992Los Intocables won the CMLL World Trios Title, howeverLos Infernales got the final victory in their feud as they defeatedLos Intocables for the championship on September 20, 1992.[4] After the storyline withLos Intocables endedLos Infernales renewed their rivalry withLos Brazos, facing off in several main events that drew sell-out crowds all over Mexico. On April 6, 1993Los Brazos won the CMLL World Trios Title fromLos Infernales; a victory that only helped increase the intensity of the rivalry. TheInfernales /Brazos feud did not end with a conclusive victory for either side but rather slowed down and then stopped when Los Infernales split up in the mid 1990s. Both Satánico and Pirata Morgan left CMLL for periods of time to work forAsistencia Asesoría y Administración, CMLL's main rival and in 1996 MS-1 left CMLL for good.
After leaving CMLL MS-1 became a wrestling promoter, promoting shows in smaller arenas aroundNaucalpan, while also forming a newLos Infernales trio on the MexicanIndependent circuit, teaming with his son who wrestled as "MS-1 Jr." and "MS-2", who was often played by various local wrestlers and not one specific person.[2] By the end of the 1990s MS-1 quietly retired from wrestling.
In the late 1990s Satánico reformedLos Infernales, recruiting the nephew of Pirata Morgan,Rey Bucanero andÚltimo Guerrero to formLos Nuevo Infernales ("The New Infernals").[1] The trio won theCopa de Arena Mexico Tournament in 1999, but did not win any titles. After working together for just under a year Bucanero and Guerrero turned on Satánico, kicking him out ofLos Nuevo Infernales, replacing him withTarzan Boy. Satánico formed his ownInfernales, the storyline was that he used his "satanic influences" to turn Rencor Latino intoAverno ("Hell") and Astro Rey Jr. intoMephisto to formLos Infernales and fightLos Nuevo Infernales.[1] When Tarzan Boy was injured,Los Nuevo Infernales brought inMáscara Mágica to bolster the group. The storyline betweenLos Infernales andLos Nuevo Infernales came to a head when the two teams, seven men all together, faced off in asteel cage match where the winners would earn the right to the name "Los Infernales" and the last man in the cage would lose either his mask or his hair. On September 28, 2001, at theCMLL 68th Anniversary Show, Satánico's team won the right to the Infernales name and forced Máscara Mágica to unmask.[6] After losing the match Guerrero, Bucanero and Tarzan Boy became known collectively asLos Guerreros del Infierno ("The Infernal Soldiers"). On June 23, 2002, Satánico, Averno and Mephisto defeated the trio ofMr. Niebla,Olímpico andSafari to win the Mexican National Trios Championship.Los Infernales would only hold the Trios title for approximately three months before losing it toLa Familia de Tijuana (Damián 666,Halloween andNicho el Millonario).[7] Averno and Mephisto turned on Satánico shortly after the title loss and formed their own group known asLa Trada del Terror ("The Trio of Terror") along withEphesto.[1]
In 2007 Satánico reformedLos Infernales for the second time, teaming with young wrestlers that had recently been repackaged to more "heelish" images, Nosferatu andEuforia. The trios did not approach the success of the previous incarnations ofLos Infernales, working mainly lower to mid-card matches; the group intended to give the two young wrestlers more ring experience and further training under Satánico. In 2009 Satánico announced that he was reducing the number of shows he would work to focus on his wrestling school, as a resultLos Infernales teamed up withVirus as thede facto leader ofLos Infernales when Satánico was not around. On November 19, 2009, CMLL unveiled a new group calledLos Cancerberos del Infierno ("The InfernalCerberi") which both Virus and Euforia were members of. With the start of the new group,Los Infernales quietly disbanded.[8]
In 2021, Satánico reformedLos Infernales for a third time, in the aftermath ofHechicero defeatingÚltimo Guerrero for theCMLL World Heavyweight Championship. Although Hechicero does not usually have anyone second him, he made an exception for Satánico, because of his long running rivalry with Guerrero. Post-match, Hechicero accepted Satánico's invitation to joinLos Infernales, alongside Euforia and Mephisto.[9]