Cavernario
Cavernario in January 2017
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| Born |
November 6, 1993 Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico |
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| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Cavernario Bárbaro Cavernario Baby Cavernario El Bárbaro |
| Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 89 kg (196 lb) |
| Trained by | Aquiles Apolo Dantés Furia del Ring Máscara Mágica |
| Debut | April 25, 2008 |
Leonardo Moreno Ayala (born November 6, 1993) is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bárbaro Cavernario. He currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), portraying a rudo ("bad guy") wrestling character.
In professional wrestling, Moreno is a two time Occidente Middleweight Champion, a one-time Welterweight Champion, and a four-time tournament winner (En Busca de un Ídolo 2014, Gran Alternativa 2014,CMLL Reyes del Aire 2016 and Torneo de Parejas Increíbles 2017). He is currently a member of the wrestling group known as La Peste Negra ("The Black Plague").
Moreno is the brother of professional wrestlers known under the ring names Demonio Maya (Mayan Demon) and Indigo. Since both brothers wrestle under a mask, or as enmascarados, their full names are not a matter of public knowledge per lucha libre traditions. Moreno is studying Accounting at the University of Guadalajara to ensure he has a skill to fall back on in case he is injured and unable to wrestle.
Leonardo Moreno Ayala trained for his professional wrestling career under wrestlers Furia del Ring and Aquiles alongside his brother Demonio Mayo and made his professional wrestling debut in 2008. It has not been confirmed what ring name Moreno competed under at the beginning of his career; with the secrecy of masked wrestlers in Mexico, it is possible he used other ring names before he began working as the masked El Bárbaro.
He made his debut for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Mexico's biggest professional wrestling promotion, in 2012 using the masked El Bárbaro ("The Barbarian"), a generic wrestling character. In early 2012, only months into his CMLL sting El Bárbaro lost his mask when he lost a Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match" to El Gallo and was forced to unmask. For many luchadors losing their mask tends to slow their careers down, but in Moreno's case he reworked his image and became known as Bárbaro Carvenario, a caveman character inspired by Mexican Lucha Libre legend Cavernario Galindo, adopting the furry loin cloth and boots look of Galindo, as well as using La Cavernaria as a finishing move just like the original. Growing his hair out, Moreno added a more dramatic execution to his matches, acting like a savage in the ring in between moves. The repackaged Moreno was pushed by CMLL, giving him several Lucha de Apuestas victories, which in Mexico, is an accolade held in higher regard than winning title victories. As Carvenario, he started a storyline with Guadalajara local wrestlers Javier Cruz Jr. and Leo. On June 24, Cavernario defeated Cruz Jr. in a match which saw Cruz Jr. shaved bald after the match. Only days later, he defeated Leo in a match that left Leo bald after his loss. As part of the storyline, Cruz Jr.'s well known father Javier Cruz out of retirement for the storyline. On July 15, 2012, Cavernario defeated Cruz Sr. in his third Lucha de Apuesta victory within four weeks. Weeks later, Cavernario was one of sixteen wrestlers included in a tournament for the local Occidente Middleweight Championship that was vacant at the time. Cavernario defeated Stuka Jr., Fuego, Halcon de Plata, Leo, Virus, Raziel and Sadio to qualify for the finals of the tournament. In the finals, Cavernario lost to Smaker, who became the champion. On December 16, 2012, Cavernario won the Occidente Middleweight Championship when he defeated Smaker in a rematch. He would hold the title for just over seven months, before Black Metal won the championship. Two weeks later, Cavernario regained the championship from Black Metal. On October 27, 2013, Fuego defeated Cavernario to win the title from him.
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