| DMT Azul | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1982-12-20)December 20, 1982 (age 42)[1] Mexico City, Mexico[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Diamante Azul DMT Azul El Romano Metro (III) |
| Billed height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 97 kg (214 lb)[1] |
| Trained by | Tony Salazar[1] Franco Columbo[1] |
| Debut | 2007[2] |
DMT Azul (born December 20, 1982) is the best knownring name of aMexicanLuchadorEnmascarado, or maskedprofessional wrestler. He is signed toLucha Libre AAA Worldwide. Azul is best known for his time in Mexicanprofessional wrestling promotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He originally wrestled under the ring nameEl Romano but in 2009 he was given a new name and mask,Metro, a ring name that had been used by at least three other CMLL wrestlers before 2009. The "Metro"ring character was sponsored by theMexico CityMetro newspaper, incorporating the newspapers logo and color scheme (red and gold) in the mask and wrestling trunks. In early 2012 he was given a new image and ring name, dropping the sponsored ring name to becomeDiamante Azul instead. Diamante Azul is Spanish for "Blue Diamond".
Diamante Azul's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. He is a formerNWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion,CMLL World Tag Team Champion withAtlantis and winner of the2012Leyenda de Azul tournament.
While the wrestler who would later become known as Diamante Azul has never revealed his birth name, he did unveil that he was born on December 20, 1982.[1]Lucha libre has a long-held tradition of not revealing the birth name ofmasked wrestlers unless they are later unmasked.[3] Due to the secretive nature oflucha libre it is possible that he made his wrestling debut prior to 2007 under a masked or unmasked identity that has not been revealed yet.[2][3]
The future Diamante Azul was trained for his professional wrestling career byTony Salazar andFranco Columbo atConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) wrestling school inMexico City, Mexico.[1] He made his official professional wrestling debut in 2007 under thering name "El Romano" (Spanish for "The Roman"). He wore a mask fashioned after aGalea or Roman Soldier helmet and the original plan was for him to team up withMéssala andCalígula, two long time CMLL wrestlers who used similarRoman soldier ring characters.[2] He only worked intermittently as El Romano in 2007 and 2008, disappearing for long stretches of time to receive further training from Salazar and Columbo.[2]
On January 7, 2009, he made his debut under a new mask and ring name "Metro". The Metro character was sponsored by the major Mexico City newspaper of the same name, incorporating the newspapers logo and color scheme (Red and gold) in both the mask and the trunks worn.[4] The "Metro" ring character was introduced in 2006 and had previously been given to young wrestlers who had yet to establish their own ring character.[1] Throughout 2009 Metro worked in low card matches on CMLL shows, slowly advancing up the ranks to sometimes working in the semi-main event on a few shows. On December 19, 2009, it was announced by theComisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico Distrito Federal ("The Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling commission") that the trio known asPoder Mexica ("Mexican Power") had been stripped of theMexican National Trios Championship becauseBlack Power) left CMLL, thus breaking up the team. The Commission also announced an eight team tournament to crown new trios champions.[5] The first part of the tournament took place on December 22, 2009, and the second part of the tournament occurred on December 29. Metro was teamed up withMáscara Dorada andStuka, Jr. for the first time ever and defeatedLos Guerreros Tuareg (Arkangel de la Muerte,Loco Max andSkándalo) in the first round andLos Cancerberos del Infierno (Virus,Euforia andPolvora) in the second round to qualify for the finals.[6] The bottom bracket took place on December 29, 2009, and saw the team ofPoder Mexica (Sangre Azteca,Dragón Rojo, Jr. andMisterioso, Jr.) qualify for the final.[7] On January 6, 2010, Mascara Dorada, Stuka, Jr. and Metro defeatedPoder Mexica to become the new Mexican National Trios Champions, Metro's first professional wrestling championship.[8]
Since he was one third of the Mexican National Trios Championship team, Metro participated in the2010 Universal Championship tournament, a 16-man tournament featuring CMLL recognized champions. Metro was part of "Block B" that competed on theAugust 6, 2010 Super Viernes show. He was the first wrestler eliminated in theseeding battle royal and then lost toHéctor Garza, then-reigningCMLL World Heavyweight Champion, in the first round.[9] On November 18, 2010, Máscara Dorada announced that he was relinquishing his part of the Mexican National Trios Championship due to holding three other championships at the same time. Metro and Stuka, Jr.'s new partner would be determined in an online poll.[10] On December 20, 2010, CMLL announced thatDelta had won the poll and was now one third of the championship team, alongside Metro and Stuka, Jr.[11] On January 9, 2011, Metro, Delta and Stuka, Jr. lost the Mexican National Trios Championship toÁngel de Oro,Diamante andRush, who were the three other options in the online poll.[12] On November 16, Metro formed a new group withShocker and CMLL newcomersTitán andTritón.[13][14]
On February 16, 2012, Metro was repackaged under the ring name "Diamante Azul" (Blue Diamond). He was given a blue mask, trunks and a cape, which all closely resembled the mask and ring gear oflucha libre legendBlue Demon and his successorBlue Demon, Jr.[15] On theAugust 3 Super Viernes show, Diamante Azul andAtlantis defeated Dragón Rojo, Jr. andÚltimo Guerrero to win theCMLL World Tag Team Championship.[16] On theOctober 12Super Viernes show, Diamante Azul won the2012Leyenda de Azul tournament, a tournament named after Blue Demon.[17][18] On November 11, 2012,New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) announced that Diamante Azul andRush would team up under the nameCMLL Asesino (CMLL Assassins) for the2012 World Tag League, that would take place from November 20 through December 2.[19] On November 13, 2012, Atlantis and Demonio Azul lost their tag team championship toEl Terrible andTama Tonga.[20] Diamante Azul and Rush entered the World Tag League on November 21, defeating former four-timeIWGP Tag Team ChampionsTencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan andSatoshi Kojima) in their opening match.[21]
Diamante and Rush ended the tournament on November 28, 2012, with just four points after victories over Tencozy andMasato Tanaka andYujiro Takahashi, finishing in the last place in Group B, after losses to the teams ofToru Yano andTakashi Iizuka,K.E.S. (Lance Archer andDavey Boy Smith, Jr.),Manabu Nakanishi andStrongman and finallyShelton Benjamin andMVP.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Diamante Azul and Rush finished their tour with apay-per-view show on December 2, losing toJado and Yoshi-Hashi in a tag team match, with Diamante Azul once again being the one pinned for the win.[29] Diamante Azul teamed up withRudoEuforia for the 2013Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles ("National Incredible Pairs Tournament") where the concept was that rivals would team up for a tag team tournament. The team would defeatÁngel de Oro andEphesto in the first round of the tournament, but lost to Atlantis and Último Guerrero in the second round.[30][31] On June 4, Diamante Azul defeatedRey Bucanero to win theNWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship, his first singles championship.[32]
In November 2014, Diamante Azul moved to France with his family. After not returning to CMLL for three months, the promotion stripped him of the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship in February 2015.[33] In June 2015 Diamante Azul returned to CMLL, earning the right to face Rey Bucanero for the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship that he had previously been stripped off,[34] but lost the match. He worked for CMLL in June and July 2015, then was not seen in a CMLL ring until November 2015.
Diamante Azul returned to Mexico May 2016, resuming his work with CMLL as well as the CMLL-affiliated Elite Pro promotion. In his first match back in Mexico he competed for the Elite Heavyweight Championship in an eight-manbattle royal. Diamante Azul was the fourth man eliminated by eventual match and championship winnerCibernético.[35] On June 5, Diamante Azul teamed up with Atlantis once more, with the team losing to reigning CMLL World Tag Team ChampionsNegro Casas andShocker.[36] On June 9, 2016, Diamante Azul worked as arudo (aheel, someone who portrays the bad guy in wrestling) for the first time as he teamed up withMr. Niebla andRey Escorpión, losing to the team ofGolden Magic,Ángel de Oro andCarístico.[37] The following show he was back to working on thetecnico side (the "face" side, those that portray the good guys).[38] In the fall of 2016 Diamante Azule was one of sixteen participants in the 2016Leyenda de Azul ("The Blue Legend")torneo cibernetico elimination match. Unlike the 2012Leyenda de Azul, Diamante Azul was eliminated about half-way through the match.[39]
On March 17, 2017, atHomenaje a Dos Leyendas, Diamante Azul defeatedPierroth in a Mask vs. MaskLucha de Apuestas.[40] On September 1, Diamante Azul won the2017 International Gran Prix by last eliminatingMichael Elgin.[41] On March 13, 2018, Azul lost the Occidente Heavyweight Championship against Furia Roja. Diamante Azul would left CMLL in May 2021, since he felt his career in CMLL was going to nowhere.[42]
On May 1, 2021, Diamante Azul made his debut in rival promotion debutAAA atRey de Reyes event attackingPsycho Clown,Chessman andPagano. That same fight he allied himself withPuma King andSam Adonis forming a stable calledLa Empresa (The Enterprise).
Azul would makes his debut forInternational Wrestling Revolution Group on May 5, 2021, now going asDMT Azul. On May 9, Azul facedEl Hijo de Canis Lupus in a match for theIWRG Rey del Ring championship. Azul was disqualified when he performed a Piledriver on Hijo de Canis Lupus. Since it's a banned move in Mexico, Lupus won the title.[43][44]
Several CMLL wrestlers have worked under the sponsored ring name "Metro", the most recent Metro was generally referred to as "Metro (III)" in writing but none of them are officially numbered nor promoted as separate wrestlers.[4]
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamante Azul (mask) | Pierroth (mask) | Mexico City | Homenaje a Dos Leyendas | March 17, 2017 | [40] |
