Euforia (wrestler)

This article is about the original Soberano, Jr.. For The current version, his son, see Soberano, Jr.
Euforia
Born (1974-12-05) December 5, 1974[1]
Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Soberano, Jr.
Euforia
Billed height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Billed weight 97 kg (214 lb)[1]
Trained by El Satánico[1]
Diabólico[1]
El Soberano[1]
Debut May 28, 1990[1]
(As Euforia) 2007[2]

Euforia (born December 5, 1974) is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Euforia's 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.[3] Euforia is a part of a wrestling group called Los Guerreros del Infierno under the leadership of Último Guerrero, the group also includes Niebla Roja. He was formerly part of the groups Los Nuevo Infernales led by El Satánico and later Virus, followed by Los Cancerberos del Infierno ("The Infernal Cerberusses") with Virus, Raziel, Cancerbero and Pólvora, while also forming a tag team with Nosferatu. Euforia has a son, also wrestling in CMLL, as Soberano, Jr..

Professional wrestling career

The wrestler currently known as Euforia made his professional wrestling debut on May 28, 1990 under the name "Soberano, Jr." ("Sovereign, Jr.").[1] He is the son of Soberano and the brother of "El Hijo del Soberano" ("The son of Soberano") and wrestled for many years alongside both his father and his brother on the Mexican independent circuit, especially around his home region in Torreón, Coahuila. Soberano made his Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) debut on April 23, 2006 in one of the opening matches.[1] He only wrestled a limited number of matches before disappearing from CMLL shows. His son currently works under the ring name Soberano, Jr.

In 2007 Soberano, Jr. returned to the CMLL rings, but had been replackaged as "Euforia", a darker Rudo character that teamed up with El Satánico and Nosferatu to form Los Nuevo Infernales, the latest incarnation of the Los Infernales group.[2] In June, 2007 Euforia was one of eight Novatos (rookies) that participated in the 2007 Gran Alternativa tournament, a tournament where an experienced wrestler teams up with a newcomer. Euforia teamed up with top Rudo Último Guerrero for the tournament, defeating Súper Comando and Villano V in the first round and Dos Caras, Jr. and Valiente in the second round to earn a spot in the finals. The 2007 Gran Alternativa finals saw Místico and La Sombra defeat Último Guerrero and Euforia.[4] In June, 2008 Los Nuevo Infernales entered a tournament for the vacant CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship. In the first round Euforia and Nosferatu defeated Los Rayos Tapatio, in the second round they defeated Metallik and Metálico and in the third round they defeated Ángel Azteca, Jr. and Máscara Purpura to earn a spot in the finals. The final match saw Flash and Stuka, Jr. defeat Los Nuevo Infernales to win the Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship.[5] Following their loss Los Nuevo Infernales began a long running rivalry with Flash and Stuka, Jr., a rivalry that saw Euforia and Nosferatu unsuccessfully challenge for the Arena Coliseo Tag Team titles on December 14, 2008.[6] Euforia and Nosferatu defeated the champions in a non-title match at CMLL's La Hora Cero Pay-Per-View on January 11, 2009.[7] By mid-2009 Euforia and Nosferatu teamed less and less, Nosferatu was even replaced by Skandalo in a trios match that saw Eurforia, Virus and Skandalo defeat Flash, Stuka, Jr. and Metalico on the undercard of the 2009 Infierno en el Ring event.[8]

Los Cancerberos del Infierno

On November 18, 2009 CMLL presented a new Rudo group that they had formed, Los Cancerberos del Infierno ("The Infernal Cerberus") a team led by veteran mid-carder Virus and consisted of Euforia and Pólvora as well as two new characters never used before - Raziel and Cancerbero.[9] It was later revealed that Raziel and Cancerbero were not two new wrestlers CMLL brought in but actually two low card wrestlers that had been repackated, Raziel was previously known as Caligula while Cancerbero was known as Messala. In late 2009 Pólvora teamed up with Euforia and Virus to represent Los Cancerberos in a tournament to crown new Mexican National Trios Champion. The team defeated Los Ángeles Celestiales (Ángel Azteca, Jr., Ángel de Plata and Ángel de Oro) in the first round, but lost to eventual tournament winners Mascara Dorada, Stuka, Jr. and Metro in the second round.[10] Following the tournament loss Los Ángeles Celestiales and Los Cancerberos del Infierno have developed a rivalry between the two groups, facing off on various CMLL shows, including their Friday night CMLL Super Viernes show.[11] In early 2010 Euforia was entered in the first ever Parejas Incredibles Nacional tournament, a tournament where CMLL normally teams up a Tecnico and a Rudo for a tournament where the teams represent the region they trained in. Euforia teamed up with Ephesto to form the only "all rudo" team in the group. In the first round Euforia and Ephesto lost to tournament favorites Místico and Averno.[12] In April 2012, Euforia and CMLL World Heavyweight Champion El Terrible won the 2012 Gran Alternativa.[13] The same month he entered the En Busca de un Ídolo tournament/reality television show,[14] where he made it to the finals before losing to Titán.[15]

Los Guerreros del Infierno

On July 6, 2012, Euforia was named the newest member of Último Guerrero's Los Guerreros del Infierno stable.[16] In January 2013, Euforia made his Japanese debut, when he took part in the three-day Fantastica Mania 2013 event, co-promoted by CMLL and New Japan Pro Wrestling in Tokyo. During the first night on January 18, he teamed with Okumura in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Tama Tonga and Titán.[17] The following night, Euforia was defeated in a singles match by Atlantis.[18] During the third and final night, Euforia teamed with Kazuchika Okada and Mephisto in a six man tag team main event, where they were defeated by Atlantis, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Prince Devitt.[19] Euforia was teamed up with tecnico Diamante Azul for the 2013 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles ("National Incredible Pairs Tournament") where the concept was that rivals would team up for a tag team tournament. The team defeated Ángel de Oro and Ephesto in the first round of the tournament, but lost to Atlantis and Último Guerrero in the second round.[20][21] A year later, Euforia won the 2014 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournament teaming with Atlantis.[22] On March 28, 2014, Euforia won his first title, when he, Niebla Roja and Último Guerrero defeated Los Estetas del Aire (Máscara Dorada, Místico and Valiente) for the CMLL World Trios Championship.[23] They lost the title to Sky Team (Místico, Valiente and Volador Jr.) on February 13, 2015.[24]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Rudos - Euforia" (in Spanish). Fuego En El Ring. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Participantes: Rudos Euforia" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  4. ↑ "CMLL Gran Alternativa #13". ProWrestlingHistory.com. June 29, 2007. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
  5. ↑ Arturo Rosas Plata (June 30, 2008). "La tarde se Pintó de azul". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. p. 22. Número 21271 Año LXI.
  6. ↑ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  7. ↑ Ocampo, Jorge (January 11, 2009). "Resultados Arena México: La Hora Cero - Shockercito pierde la máscara dice llamarse Javier Cortes Sánchez" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
  8. ↑ Arturo Rosas Plata (August 1, 2009). "Naitoh... Abrió los Ojos!". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. p. 22—23. Número 21665 Año LXII. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  9. ↑ Marquina, Alva (November 19, 2009). "CMLL Los Hijos del Averno y No Limit formaron los contractos para Sin Salida. Se presenta Los Cancerveros" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
  10. ↑ SuperLuchas staff (January 11, 2010). "El Novato del Año: Angel de Oro". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 346. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  11. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (January 29, 2010). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  12. ↑ Velazquez, Istrael (January 23, 2010). "CMLL en la Arena México (Viernes 22 de enero 2010) – ¿Místico se vuelve rudo?" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  13. 1 2 Ruiz Glez, Alex (April 14, 2012). "Terrible y Euforia ganadores del Torneo la Gran Alternativa 2012" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  14. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (April 19, 2012). "Rápidas de la Arena México: "En Búsqueda de un Ídolo" el nuevo Reality del CMLL y Cadena 3" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  15. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (June 22, 2012). "Titán Gana el torneo "En Búsqueda de un Ídolo"" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  16. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (July 14, 2012). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  17. ↑ "NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2013". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  18. ↑ "NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2013". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  19. ↑ "NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2013". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Reviven por una noche los Guerreros de la Atlantida". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). March 9, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Atlantis y Ultimo Guerrero a la final del Torneo de Parejas Increíbles". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). March 9, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  22. 1 2 Salazar López, Alexis (March 22, 2014). "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  23. 1 2 Reducindo, Miguel (March 29, 2014). "Resultados - Viernes 28 de Marzo '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  24. ↑ "'Sky team', satisfechos por título de tercias". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
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