Mephisto (wrestler)

Astro Rey Jr. (1992–2001)

Astro Rey Jr. wrestled his first match for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) on October 4, 1992.^[6] On March 22, 1999, he won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship from Arkangel de la Muerte and defended it several times during his 19-month reign. Astro Rey Jr. finally lost the title to Karloff Lagarde Jr. on October 23, 2000.^[7]

Los Infernales (2001–2009)

Over the summer of 2001, El Satánico, the leader of a team known as Los Infernales ("The Infernal Ones"), was involved in a storyline with former Infernales team members Último Guerrero, Rey Bucanero and Tarzan Boy, who had turned on him. CMLL decided to expand the storyline, teaming El Satánico up with two other wrestlers, both of whom were repackaged to fit with the "infernal" theme of El Satánico. The storyline was that El Satánico used his supposed "satanic powers" to turn the tecnico (face) Rencor Latino into one of his "minions", the rudo (heel) known as "Averno" ("Hell"), in a televised segment. After this turn was completed, they were joined by Mephisto, the former Astro Rey Jr.; unlike Averno, no references to his previous identities were made at the time.^[8] Together, the three became the new version of Los Infernales and feuded with the splinter group, consisting of Guerrero, Bucanero, Tarzan Boy and Máscara Mágica, over the following year. On September 28, 2001, at the CMLL 68th Anniversary Show, the two groups faced off in a steel cage match to determine who had the rights to the "Los Infernales" name. In the end, Satánico made Máscara Mágica submit, gaining the rights for his own group as well as taking the mask of Máscara Mágica.^[9] Following the event, the splinter faction changed their name to Los Guerreros del Infierno ("The Warriors of the Inferno").^[10]

On June 23, 2002, Los Infernales won the Mexican National Trios Championship from Olímpico, Mr. Niebla and Safari. They subsequently began feuding with La Familia de Tijuana (Nicho el Millonario, Halloween and Damián 666). The trio lost the title to La Familia on September 27, but continued their feud into 2003.^[11] When Nicho stopped appearing for CMLL, the trios championship was vacated, but Los Infernales refused to take them without a match.^[12] This storyline led to an eight-team trios title tournament which Los Infernales lost. Instead, they won a tournament to become the number one contenders for the CMLL World Trios Championship, but lost to champions Black Tiger III, Dr. Wagner Jr. and Universo 2000 on August 1.^[12] At the end of the year, Averno and Mephisto turned on Satánico and split from the group, venturing out on their own.^[12] On February 4, 2004, Mephisto defeated El Satánico to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship at CMLL's home of Arena México.^[13]

Triada del Terror / Perros del Mal (2006–2008)

Mephisto and Averno defeated Atlantis and Blue Panther for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship on April 2, 2005.^[14] The team would defend the tag team titles several times over the next year in some very well-received matches that led to several reporters labeling them as one of the best Mexican tag teams in the 21st century.^[4] Their most prominent defense was on the last Arena México show of 2005, defeating defeated El Hijo del Santo and Negro Casas in the main event. In early 2006, they defended their titles against Místico and Black Warrior twice. In the first match, they won by disqualification when Black Warrior interfered in the match after being pinned. In the second match two weeks later, Black Warrior turned on Místico, starting a long-running storyline between the two.^[15] On April 14, they lost the tag team championship to the team of Místico and Negro Casas, ending their year-long reign.^[14]

In late-2006/early-2007, Mephisto and Averno began teaming regularly with Ephesto (named after the Greek god Hephaestus), who was formerly known as Safari. He was given an "underworld" character by CMLL and paired with Averno and Mephisto to create a regular trio team. The three came to the ring wearing black, hooded robes and were briefly introduced as Los Ku Klux Klan, but soon after dropped the controversial name to become known as La Triada del Terror ("The Terror Trio"). While the team of Mephisto and Averno had been busy defending the CMLL Tag Team titles, Mephisto also found time to defend the CMLL World Welterweight title he had worn for over three years, until he was defeated rising star Místico on April 10, 2007, ending his title reign after 1,141 days.^[13] In 2008, Mephisto and Averno were invited to join Perro Aguayo Jr.'s Perros del Mal ("The Bad Dogs") faction, while Ephesto was not asked to join them. The duo had only been a part of Los Perros del Mal for a short while before Aguayo Jr. and a number of other Perros members decided to leave CMLL.^[16]

Los Hijos del Averno (2009–2014)

Mephisto and Averno remained with CMLL and teamed up with Ephesto once more, as well as El Texano Jr. and El Terrible to form a group called La Jauria del Terror ("the Hounds of Terror", playing off the "Perros" name). Not long after, the group changed their name to Los Hijos del Averno ("The Sons of Hell").^[17] On May 27, 2009, Mephisto defeated La Sombra to win the NWA World Welterweight Championship. During Mephisto's reign, the title was replaced with the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. On August 16, 2010, it was announced that Mephisto was one of 14 men putting their mask on the line in a Luchas de Apuestas steel cage match in the main event of the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show.^[18] Mephisto was the second man to leave the steel cage as all three members of Los Hijos del Averno quickly left the cage, keeping their masks safe. The match came down to La Sombra pinning Olímpico to unmask him.^[19] On March 13, 2011, Mephisto lost the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship to La Sombra.^[20]

In April 2011, El Terrible and El Texano Jr. split from Los Hijos del Averno to form a new faction with Rey Bucanero called La Fuerza TRT ("The TRT Power").^[21] On July 15, Los Hijos del Averno defeated La Generación Dorada ("The Golden Generation"; Máscara Dorada, La Máscara and La Sombra) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship.^[22] They would lose the title to El Bufete del Amor (Marco Corleone, Máximo and Rush) on February 19, 2012.^[23] On August 13, 2013, Mephisto defeated La Máscara for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship.^[24] Mephisto participated in the 2014 La Copa Junior VIP tournament in the first qualifying round that took place on the September 26, 2014 Super Viernes show. He defeated Guerrero Maya Jr., Shocker and finally Volador Jr. to qualify for the finals on October 10, where he lost to Máximo.^[25][26]

Los Hijos del Infierno (2015–2021)

With Averno's exit from CMLL in 2014, Mephisto and Ephesto continued to team without the name "Hijos del Averno". Months later, they began being introduced as "Los Hijos del Infierno" ("The Sons of the Infierno"); Mephisto became the leader of the team and they added a third member, Luciferno (formerly known as Hooligan). On August 9, 2015, Los Hijos del Infierno defeated Los Reyes de la Atlantida ("The Kings of the Atlantis"; Atlantis, Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr.) to win the Mexican National Trios Championship, Mephisto's second Trios title reign and the first team championship for Los Hijos del Infierno.^[27] Atlantis defeated Mephisto to win the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship on August 24, ending Mephisto's reign after 741 days.^[28] On May 3, 2016, Mephisto defeated Máscara Dorada to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship for the second time.^[29] He was set to partake in the International Gran Prix, but was replaced by La Máscara due to a groin injury he suffered in June.^[30] On September 20, he successfully defended the title against Titán.^[31] As a double champion, he participated in the Universal Championship tournament in October, but was eliminated in the first round.^[32] On November 1, Los Hijos del Infierno successfully defended their championship against Diamante Azul, Dorada and Místico.^[33] Later that month, Mephisto unsuccessfully challenged Volador Jr. for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship.^[34]

Los Hijos del Infierno lost to El Sky Team (Carístico, Valiente and Volador Jr.) on January 1, 2017, at Sin Piedad ("No Mercy").^[35] At Homenaje a Dos Leyendas on March 17, they unsuccessfully challenged the team for the CMLL World Trios Championship.^[36] On July 25, Los Hijos del Infierno lost the Mexican National Trios Championship to Nueva Generación Dinamita (El Cuatrero, Forastero and Sansón).^[37] At the Negro Casas 40th Anniversary Show on August 3, 2018, they lost to Ángel de Oro, Blue Panther Jr. and Niebla Roja.^[38] On September 14, at the CMLL 85th Anniversary Show, he teamed with La Peste Negra ("The Black Plague"; Felino and Negro Casas) in a loss to Ángel de Oro, Audaz and Roja.^[39] At Homenaje a Dos Leyendas on March 15, 2019, he, Ephesto and Templario lost to Azul, Titán, and El Soberano.^[40] After thirteen successful defenses of the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, Mephisto lost the title four days later to Dragon Lee.^[41] On May 27, Mephisto and Volador Jr. won the 2019 Torneo Increible de Parejas in Puebla by defeating El Terrible and Roja in the finals.^[42] On January 1, 2020, he teamed with Hechicero and Felino to defeat Audaz, Rey Cometa and Star Jr. at Sin Piedad.^[43]

Return of Los Infernales (2021–present)

At the CMLL 88th Anniversary Show on September 24, 2021, Mephisto rejoined the reformed Los Infernales alongside El Satánico, Euforia and Hechicero.^[44] Shortly after, he reunited with old Los Infernales stablemate Averno, who returned to CMLL after a seven-year absence.^[45][46] On September 16, 2022, at the CMLL 89th Anniversary Show, Los Infernales defeated Casas, Star Jr. and Titán.^[47] At Noche de Campeones ("Night of Champions") on September 30, 2022, Los Infernales defeated El Sagrado and Los Gemelos Diablo (Gemelo Diablo I and Gemelo Diablo II) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship.^[48]

On June 2, 2023, Los Infernales lost the title to Atlantis Jr., Star Jr. and Volador Jr. Following the match, Mephisto was attacked by Hechicero, who left Los Infernales.^[49] On September 27, 2024, at Noche de Campeones, now with Averno replacing Hechicero, Los Infernales defeated Máscara Dorada, Neón and Star Jr. to win the CMLL World Trios Championship.^[50] They held the titles until May 16, 2025, when they lost it to El Sky Team (Dorada, Místico and Neón).^[51] At Homenaje a Dos Leyendas on March 20, 2026, Mephisto competed in a torneo cibernetico for the Copa Infernal, but was eliminated by Toscano.^[52]