| Los Psycho Circus | |
|---|---|
 Psycho Clown in March 2009 | |
| Stable | |
| Members | Psycho Clown Monster Clown Murder Clown Mini Clown Mini Psycho Clown Mini Monster Clown Mini Murder Clown Dave the Clown Panic Clown |
| Billed heights | Psycho Clown: 1.87 m (6 ft1+1⁄2 in)[1] Monster Clown: 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] Murder Clown: 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[3] |
| Combined billed weight | 348 kg (767 lb) |
| Billed from | "The Psycho Circus" |
| Debut | December 14, 2007 |
| Years active |
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Los Psycho Circus is alucha libre, orprofessional wrestling, trio who worked for theMexico City basedLucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) as arudo (bad guy) team. The trio consists of threeenmascarado, or masked, wrestlers known under thering namesPsycho Clown,Monster Clown andMurder Clown. They are former two-timeAAA World Trios Champions and were also the last holders of theMexican National Atómicos Championship withChessman. Los Psycho Circus is most known for an exaggerated undefeated streak since their debut in 2007, they are announced as having won over 600 matches. The streak came to an end in December 2010.
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) has a long history of usingclown based ring characters ever since the company was founded in 1992, most famously the group known asLos Payasos (Spanish for "The Clowns") that existed until 1999. AAA later tried to promote other clown trios such asPayasos del Mal ("Evil Clowns") in 2007. It was not until AAA took the wrestler who had worked asAliens,Kronus (son ofBrazo de Plata) and a third wrestler whose previous identity has not been revealed and turned them intoLos Psycho Circus. Aliens became known as Zombie Clown, Kronus became Psycho Clown and the third man became known as Killer Clown. Unlike previous clown characters who wore fabric masks Los Psycho Circus wore rubber masks with more horrific, twisted facial expressions, inspired by the movieKiller Klowns from Outer Space.[4] Psycho Clown's mask features a foot high brightly colored Mohawk and a long plastic tongue, Zombie Clown's mask features rotting yellow teeth, skin blotches and a small blue tophat while Murder Clown's mask features vampire like fangs and a balding multicolored afro.[5][6][7] Each of the wrestlers was given a backstory befitting their twisted and dark characters, complete with statements about the clowns "rejoicing in the pain of others" and "Violence without measure", a fabricated profile to help enhance their "evil" characters.[5][6][7]
The team made their debut on December 14, 2007 during a show inChilpancingo,Guerrero where they defeatedReal Fuerza Aérea (Aero Star,Super Fly andPegasso).[8] Los Psycho Circus was physically larger than most of the AAA wrestlers and soon established themselves as a dominant force in the ring, booked to easily defeat a series of low card teams. While Los Psycho Circus was booked asRudos (bad guys) they faced bothtecnico (good guy) andrudo teams, defeating all opponents. Months after their debut AAA began to "augment" their record, announcing them with 5 more victories after every television taping, despite AAA not even holding five shows, let alone five shows featuring Los Psycho Circus. The exaggerated win streak soon became an integral part of the gimmick when they achieved 132 "victories" in their first year aiming to eclipse the most well known winning streak in professional wrestling,Bill Goldberg's 173 victories in a row.[9] They made their first appearance at a major AAA show on March 16, 2008 when they defeatedThe Black Family (Dark Cuervo,Dark Ozz andDark Escoria) on the 2008Rey de Reyes event.[10]
Over the next year Los Psycho Circus defeated such teams as thetecnico team ofEl Ángel, Super Porky (Psycho Clown's father) andEl Alebrije as well as therudo teamLa Legión Extranjera (Kenzo Suzuki,Jack Evans andTeddy Hart) while remaining undefeated. Los Psycho Circus developed a rivalry with The Dark Family, teaming withChessman to even the sides between the two teams. On January 18, 2009 Los Psycho Circus and Chessman defeated The Dark Family (Dark Cuervo, Dark Escoria,Dark Espiritu and Dark Ozz) to win theMexican National Atómicos Championship.[5] The team's run with the Atómicos titles ended after just 8 days when AAA CommissionerVampiro stripped Chessman and Los Psycho Circus of the titles because they had attacked him during a show the night before.[11] Los Psycho Circus also wrestled atTriplemania XVII, although they appeared in the pre-show dark match and not during the actual Pay-Per-View event. They team defeatedReal Fuerza Aérea (Laredo Kid, Super Fly and Aero Star) in a sub-three minute match.[12] In August 2009 AAA announced that Zombie Clown had been renamed "Monster Clown" and Killer Clown had been renamed "Murder Clown" due to copyright issues over the original names.[13] The newly renamed Psycho Circus kept their winning streak alive as they defeatedLa Yakuza (El Oriental,Kenzo Suzuki andSugi San) in the opening match of the 2009Verano de Escandalo.[14] In September 2009 their win streak was announced as having reached 461 victories, promoting Los Psycho Circus to demand to face the "top stars", stating that AAA promoter Joaquin Roldan needed to pay more attention to them.[15]
In the winter of 2009 Los Psycho Circus turnedtechnico and began siding withCibernético in his feud withKonnan andLa Legión Extranjera teaming with him in eight-man matches againstLa Legión. During a match on January 17, 2010La Legión fought Los Psycho Circus and Cibernético in a match that for the first time in their AAA career saw Los Psycho Circus' masks torn and two of them bleeding during the match.[16] At the 2010Rey de Reyes event Los Psycho Circus serve as Lumberjacks during aLumberjack match where they keptLa Legión from interfering in the match, allowing Cibernético to pin Konnan.[17] During the summer of 2010 it was announced that Los Psycho Circus ' win streak had reached 600 victories. On October 31, 2010, Los Psycho Circus formed a new alliance namedPotencia Mundial (World Power) withAAA Mega ChampionDr. Wagner, Jr.[18] On December 5, 2010, atGuerra de Titanes Los Psycho Circus' long undefeated streak came to an end, whenLos Perros del Mal (Damián 666,Halloween andX-Fly) handed them their first ever loss in asteel cageweapons match, thanks to an interference from the leader ofLos Perros,El Hijo del Perro Aguayo.[19]
On January 2, 2011, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown represented AAA in theGuerra de Empresas, a battle between different promotions, hosted byInternational Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). After defeating Team Desastre Total Ultraviolento (Crazy Boy andJoe Líder),Los Psycho Circus advanced to the finals, where they defeated TeamLos Perros del Mal (Super Crazy and X-Fly) to win the tournament.[20] On April 24,Los Psycho Circus defeatedLos Maniacos (Joe Líder,Silver King andÚltimo Gladiador),Los Oficiales (Oficial 911,Oficial AK-47 andOficial Fierro) andLos Perros del Mal (Bestia 666, Damián 666 and X-Fly) in afour–way elimination steel cage match to win theIWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship at IWRG'sGuerra de Empresas show.[21] The feud betweenLos Psycho Circus andLos Perros del Mal continued on May 29 atPerros del Mal Producciones' third anniversary show, whereLos Psycho Circus was victorious in a six-man tag team steel cage Masks vs. Hairs match and, as a result, Super Crazy, the last man left in the cage, was forced to have his head shaved bald.[22] The feud continued atTriplemanía XIX, where Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly defeatedLos Psycho Circus in a tournament final to become the first everAAA World Trios Champions.[23] At the event,Los Psycho Circus also debuted their own mascot,Mini Clown.[24] On July 16, AAA debuted themini versions ofLos Psycho Circus, Mini Monster Clown, Mini Murder Clown and Mini Psycho Clown.[25] On July 31 atVerano de Escándalo,Los Psycho Circus facedLos Perros del Mal in a steel cage match, where the last person left in the cage would lose either his hair or mask. The match ended with Psycho Clown escaping the cage, leaving X-Fly inside and forcing him to have his hair shaved off.[26] On August 28,Los Psycho Circus lost the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship to Bestia 666, Damián 666 and X-Fly ofLos Perros del Mal in a four team steel cage match, which also includedLos Temerarios (Black Terry, Durok and Machin) andLos Villanos (Kortiz,Ray Mendoza, Jr. andVillano IV).[27] On October 9 atHéroes Inmortales,Los Psycho Circus andLos Perros del Mal ended their year long rivalry, when the clowns defeated Damián 666, Halloween andNicho el Millonario in a Masks vs. Hairs steel cage match to take their hairs.[28] After a five-month break from the rivalry,Los Psycho Circus defeated Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly ofLos Perros del Mal on March 11, 2012, to win the AAA World Trios Championship.[29] They lost the title toEl Consejo (Máscara Año 2000, Jr.,El Texano, Jr. andToscano) on May 19, 2012.[30]Los Psycho Circus regained the title fromEl Consejo on February 18, 2013.[31] AtTriplemanía XXI Los Psycho Circus represented AAA against theWorld Wrestling League-Total Nonstop Action Wrestling team ofJosé "Monster Pain" Torres,Matt Morgan andJeff Jarrett. However, they lost the contest and received a beat down with the WWL World Heavyweight Championship belt afterwards.Los Psycho Circus lost the AAA World Trios Championship toLos Hell Brothers (Averno, Chessman and Cibernético) on June 14, 2015, atVerano de Escándalo.[32]
On October 2, 2016, atHéroes Inmortales X, Monster and Murder Clown turned on Psycho Clown and formed a new partnership with his rivalPagano.[33]
All three members Los Psycho Circus are playable characters in the video gameLucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring, which was released at the end of 2010. Although the game does not featuretag team or trios matches and as such do not appear collectively as "Los Psycho Circus". although in bothTecnico andRudo Story Mode, they appear inHandicap Matches with different members in each mode. In Tecnico mode, it's Psycho Clown and Killer Clown/Murder Clown and Rudo mode has Zombie Clown/Monster Clown and Psycho Clown.
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psycho Clown (mask) | Super Crazy (hair) | Mexico City | Aniversario de Los Perros del Mal | May 29, 2011 | [Note 1][22] |
| Psycho Clown (mask) | X-Fly (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Verano de Escándalo | July 31, 2011 | [Note 2][26] |
| Damián 666 (hair) | Monster Clown (Championship) | Naucalpan, Mexico State | IWRG show | August 28, 2011 | [Note 3][21] |
| Los Psycho Circus (mask) (Monster Clown,Murder Clown andPsycho Clown) | Los Perros del Mal (hair) (Halloween,Damián 666 andNicho el Millonario) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Héroes Inmortales (2011) | October 9, 2011 | [Note 4][28] |
| Psycho Clown (mask) | El Texano Jr. (hair) | Mexico City | Triplemanía XXII | August 17, 2014 | [40] |
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