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TRT member Rey Bucanero
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Debut | April 2011 |
Years active | 2011–2015 |
TRT: La Máquina de la Destrucción (Spanish for "TRT: The Machine of Destruction") was a Mexican Lucha Libre (Professional wrestling) group, also known as a "stable" in wrestling terms, that has been active in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since April, 2011. The group currently consists of El Texano, Rey Bucanero and Vangelis. The group was originally known as La Fuerza TRT consisting of El Terrible, Rey Bucanero and El Texano, Jr. In 2013 the group was briefly billed as Bullet Club Latinoamerica when El Terrible and Rey Bucanero teamed up with New Japan Pro Wrestling Bullet Club member Tama Tonga. For a while Tiger was a member of the group but was kicked out in 2013. The group has always worked as Rudos (term for the "bad guys") and often in the main event of some of CMLL's major shows.
In early 2011 Rey Bucanero decided to leave the La Peste Negra ("The Black Plague") stable, wanting to get away from the more comedic ring characters that La Peste Negra portrayed. In April of that year El Terrible and El Texano Jr. broke away from the stable Los Hijos del Averno ("The Sons of Hell") and began teaming regularly with Rey Bucanero. The following month, the group was named La Fuerza TRT. The following month, the group was named La Fuerza TRT ("TRT Power"), after the initials of the three team members. On June 21 Bucanero defeated El Hijo del Fantasma to win the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship, the first championship victory as a part of Fuerza TRT. On September 30 at CMLL's 78th Anniversary Show all three members were part of the main event multi-man steel cage match that also included Rush, Mr. Águila, El Felino, Héctor Garza, Máximo, Blue Panther and Negro Casas. The match came down to Rey Bucanero and El Felino in the cage, with El Felino pinning Bucanero. Due to the loss Rey Bucanero had all his hair shaved off due to the Luchas de Apuestas ("Bet match") traditions. On November 22, 2011 El Texano, Jr. left CMLL to pursue a wrestling career outside of CMLL, leaving TRT a man short, A week later, Tiger was introduced as the new third member of La Fuerza TRT, chosen because of his initial and not because he had previously worked with El Terrible and Rey Bucanero, in fact he normally worked lower level matches than TRT. On December 25, El Terrible and Rush survived a torneo cibernetico match used to determine the two competitors in a match for the vacant CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. On January 1, 2012, El Terrible defeated Rush to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. The following April, El Terrible and Euforia won the 2012 Gran Alternativa. On August 31, El Terrible defeated New Japan Pro Wrestling representative Hiroshi Tanahashi to become the 2012 Universal Champion. El Terrible's rivalry with Rush culminated on September 14 in the main event of CMLL's 79th Anniversary Show, where El Terrible was defeated in a Lucha de Apuesta Hair vs. Hair match and, as a result, shaved bald.