Magnus (luchador)
| Magnus | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 17, 1993 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Astro Boy Magnus |
| Billed height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Trained by |
Tony Salazar Franco Colombo Arkangel de la Muerte |
| Debut | 2009 |
Magnus (born February 17, 1993 in Mexico City) is a Mexican reality TV personality and luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a tecnico ("good guy") wrestling character. Magnus's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico when their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. His ring name was inspired by Magnus Maximus, a Roman Emperor (335–388)
Magnus is the son of the CMLL trainer and booking team member Tony Salazar and the nephew of Manuel Almanza who worked under the ring name "Dr. Karontes". Magnus is the cousin of the original Místico (the original Sin Cara in WWE) as well as the cousin of the wrestlers Argenis, Argos, Astro Boy, Dr. Karontes, Jr. and an unidentified member of Los Mini Psycho Circus.
Magnus briefly wrestled for Toryumon Mexico as "Astro Boy", a ring name used by three of his older cousins before him.
Magnus started his CMLL career as a member of the informal Generación 2011 stable, which also included the newcomers Bobby Zavala, Enrique Vera, Jr., Hombre Bala, Jr., Dragon Lee, Hijo del Signo and Super Halcón, Jr. During the press conference, Magnus wore a mask with an open mouth and only a passing resemblance to the mask that CMLL's top tecnico Místico had worn. His mask was redesigned for his first match and the color scheme was changed to be primarily silver, closely resembling the outfits that Místico wore before leaving CMLL, leading people to comment that CMLL was trying to recreate the character with Magnus. CMLL held a Forjando un Ídolo (Spanish for "Forging an idol") tournament in April and May 2011, with the purpose of identifying which of the 16 newcomers in the tournament would move up the ranks of the promotion. The tournament consisted of two rounds, beginning with a round-robin group round, with the top two in each of the four groups competing in an elimination tournament. Magnus defeated Ángel de Plata but lost to both Pólvora and Fuego, leaving him with only three points, not enough to advance to the next round. Magnus entered the 2011 Torneo Gran Alternativa tournament, a tag team tournament that sees a rookie team up with an experienced wrestler for a tournament. Escorpión was randomly teamed up with Brazo de Plata and lost in the first round to Rey Escorpión and Último Guerrero
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