Violencia
| Birth name | Blas Columba |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 10, 1968 Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Águila Real Rey Águila Lynx Violencia' |
| Billed height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Billed weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
| Billed from | Puerto Rico. |
| Trained by | Dragón Tarzán Moreno Jorge de la Cruz Rafael Salamanca |
| Debut | December 16, 1986 |
| Retired | 2010 |
Blas Columba (born December 10, 1968 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico) is a retired Mexican luchador or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Violencia (Spanish for "Violence") and has previously also worked un the ring names Águila Real ("Royal Eagle"), Rey Águila ("King Eagle") and Lynx. As Volencia he was nicknamed El Búfalo ("The Buffalo") due to the large horns protruding from his wrestling mask. He was one of the main members of the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) group known as Los Boricuas where he portrayed a Puerto Rican loyalist for several years. Columba is not related to wrestler Violencia Jr. but did allow him to use the name
Columba trained for his professional wrestling career with trainers Dragón, Tarzán Moreno, Jorge de la Cruz and Rafael Salamanca prior to making his in ring debut.
He made his debut on December 16, 1986 as the enmascarado ("masked") character Águila Real ("Royal Eagle") working primarily in and around his native Tamaulipas early in his career.
In 1991 he started working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) where he modified his name to Rey Águila ("King Eagle"). On September 1, 1991 he won his first ever Lucha de Apuesta, or bet match, forcing his opponent Charger to unmask. The Apuesta victory marked his first significant success with CMLL.
After working as Rey Águila for a few months CMLL decided to change his ring character to Lynx instead, giving him a "big cat" character instead, complete with a mask adored with ears and the markings of whiskers. On July 28, 1996 Lynx defeated Ángel de Plata to unmask him.
In 1997 Columba dropped the "Lynx" character and instead adopted a new rudo character known as Violencia ("Violence") while working for CMLL. For a short period of time he teamed with Violencia II but that character was only used for a couple of matches. On December 23, 1998 Columba, working as Violencia, was given the Distrito Federal Heavyweight Championship after he defeated Brazo de Oro on a local show in Mexico City. He would hold the championship into 1999, but records were not clear on what date he lost the championship to Brazo de Oro. On October 24, 1999 Violencia regained the championship from Brazo de Oro. At some point in the early 2000s the Districo Federal Heavyweight Championship was phased out, leaving it inactive without an official announcement.
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