Mercurio (wrestler)

Mercurio

Mercurio (in blue) facing Último Dragóncito in gold
Born	Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Residence	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Mercurio
Billed height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Billed weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Trained by	Virus Arturo Beristain
Debut	2007 2011 (as Mercurio)

Abraham Arrieta González is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) working under the ring name Mercurio (Spanish for Mercury). As Mercurio González works in CMLL's Mini-Estrella division, which does not necessarily mean that Mercurio is a dwarf as several wrestlers who are just shorter in stature work in the "Mini" division. Mercurio's real name was not a matter of public record while masked, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.

In Lucha Libre it is traditional to keep the true identify of a masked wrestler a secret, not revealing their real names and oftentimes not revealing what previous ring names they have competed under. No previous ring identities have been confirmed for Abraham Arrieta González, he has confirmed he made his professional debut around 2007 and did not adopt the Mercurio mask and ring persona until late 2010, which means he worked under other names before this, possibly even working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as other masked or unmasked Mini-Estrella characters. During an interview Mercurio revealed that he worked as a tecnico ("Good guy" wrestler) before adopting the Mercurio name, but did not state under what name.

Arrieta adopted the Mercurio ring character in late 2010, including wearing a mask with the symbol of the planet Mercury and the element Mercury. Mercurio made his character debut on December 26, 2010, working as a rudo ("Bad guy") character teaming up with Pequeño Universo 2000 and Pequeño Black Warrior and was booked to lose to the tecnico team of Aereo, Mascarita Dorada and Último Dragóncito. On August 21, 2011 CMLL held a Ruleta de la Muerte (Spanish for "Roulette of Death") tournament for the Mini-Estrellas division and include Mercurio as one of the participants. The Ruleta de la Muerte tournament format is based on the Lucha Libre Parejas Increibles match type where two wrestlers of opposite allegiance, have to team up. In a Ruleta de la Muerte tournament tag teams face off in a single elimination tournament, but unlike traditional tournaments it is the losing team that advances in this case. The team that loses the tag team match final must immediately wrestle against each other in a Lucha de Apuestas match, where either their mask or their hair is on the line. Mercurio teamed up with Eléctrico and the two won their first match against Astral and Pequeño Violencia and thus did not have to risk their masks later in the tournament. On May 1, 2012 Mercurio was one of 16 Mini-Estrellas to participate in the 2012 Pequeños Reyes del Aire ("Little Kings of the Air") tournament as one of 16 competitors but did not win the tournament.