Fénix (wrestler)
Fénix (born December 30, 1990) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler). He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he is a former AEW International Champion. He also appears for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a previous holder of the ROH World Tag Team Champions with his older brother, Penta El Cero Miedo.
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Born | Mexico City, Mexico | December 30, 1990
Family | Pentagón Jr. (brother) Ikaro (brother) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Fénix Fénix el Rey The King King Phoenix Máscara Oriental Rey Fénix |
Billed height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Billed weight | 91.6 kg (202 lb) |
Trained by | El Apache Cuchillo Pequeño Black Shadow Skayde Tony Salazar |
Debut | 2005 |
He is also known for his work with Impact Wrestling, where the Lucha Bros are former Impact World Tag Team Champions. He also works on the side for various American and Mexican independent promotions, most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) in the U.S., where he is a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion with his brother, and The Crash Lucha Libre in Mexico.
After originally starting his career on the Mexican independent circuit in 2005, Fénix signed with AAA in January 2011, where he became the inaugural AAA Fusión Champion in March 2013. Through AAA, Fénix where he became the AAA Mega Champion, Latin American and World Cruiserweight Champion, and also began working for Lucha Underground in late 2014, becoming the inaugural Gift of the Gods Champion in April 2015 and winning the promotion's top title, the Lucha Underground Championship, the following November. Fénix has also held the Lucha Underground Trios Championship, making him the first wrestler in Lucha Underground to have won all three championships. He has also wrestled in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Wave. After leaving AAA in September 2016, Fénix changed his ring name first to Rey Fénix ("King Phoenix"), then Fénix el Rey ("Phoenix the King") and finally to its current form of Rey Fenix. In AEW, he is a member of Death Triangle, and is a one time AEW World Tag Team Champion and one-time AEW World Trios Champion.
His real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico, where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.