A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler , mixed martial artist , or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting the wrong image. Since the advent of the Internet , it is relatively easy to discover a fighter's real name.
40-543: Rogelio Reyes (born 1996), better known by his ring name El Cuatrero , is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler ), signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), but is inactive due to incarceration . He is best known for his work for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is the son of lucha libre legend Cien Caras and the nephew of Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 . Cuatrero, his brother Sansón and their cousin Forastero form
80-597: A relevos increíbles ("incredible pairs" match), where the regular partners refused to wrestle against each other. In the end, Sansón and Trauma I won after Trauma II hit El Cuatrero during the match. This was followed by a tag team match where NGD defeated Los Traumas by disqualification as part of their ongoing storyline. On June 16, 2019, Cuatrero, Forastero, and Sansón appeared at International Wrestling Revolution Group 's annual Festival de las Máscaras show. The trio defeated their cousin Máscara Año 2000 Jr., who
120-465: A few others, their real name. One notable exception was made for David Otunga because of his real marriage to singer Jennifer Hudson at the time, which gave WWE some mainstream exposure. Low Ki used the alias "Senshi" during his second TNA stint to reserve his primary ring name for other use. A similar example is the team known as The Dudley Boyz in ECW and WWE and Team 3D elsewhere. WWE trademarked
160-562: A hobby, not a career. During their training, Carmelo noticed how seriously both sons took the business and reluctantly agreed to let them become professional wrestlers. There is a long tradition of wrestlers paying for the right to use a ring name in Mexican wrestling, including being allowed to portray a second or third-generation wrestler without being related to the originator of the ring character. It has been confirmed that wrestlers Cien Caras Jr. and El Hijo de Cien Caras are unrelated to
200-594: A match for The Crash Tag Team Championship that also included Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster the Legend). They returned to The Crash in December 2018, losing to Bestia 666 and Garza Jr. in the main event. In 2019, Cuatrero and Sansón worked an extended storyline against Los Traumas ( Trauma I and Trauma II ) in The Crash. In June, Sansón was forced to team up with Trauma I to face Cuatrero and Trauma I in
240-648: A show for AAA in the city of Aguascalientes , El Cuatrero was arrested on an arrest warrant in Mexico City and charged with attempted femicide and domestic violence . While the El Cuatrero name was first used in 2014, Sansón said that he and his brother made their in-ring debut around the year 2010 and worked locally in Lagos de Moreno while finishing school. In an interview Cuatrero said that he wrestled briefly as "Máscara Universal", but his father did not like
280-527: A tournament to determine the number one contenders for the local Occidente Tag Team Championship, but they were eliminated by the team of Flash and Flash II. The brothers teamed up with Jocker for a tournament where the winners would be crowned the new Occidente Trios Champions. While they won their way to the finale, they were defeated by Furia Roja, Mr. Trueno, and Ray Trueno. On November 11, 2015, Cuatrero and Sansón teamed up with their cousin Forastero and won
320-431: A trio known as Nueva Generación Dinamita ("New Generation Dynamite"). NGD are presented as the successors to Los Hermanos Dinamita , which was formed by Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000. His ring name is Spanish for "The Horsethief" or "The Cattle Rustler ", reflected in the cowboy-inspired ring gear and mask he wears during shows. El Cuatrero is a one-time CMLL World Middleweight Champion , one third of
360-754: A variation of it, sometimes modifying the spelling to better fit their gimmick , such as Dave Bautista becoming Batista (later reverting to his real name for his Hollywood acting career), Patricia Stratigeas becoming Trish Stratus , Jonathan Good becoming Jon Moxley , Bryan Danielson becoming Daniel Bryan (when he wrestled in WWE), Richard Fliehr becoming Ric Flair and Randall Poffo becoming Randy Savage . Others simply use part of their name, such as Bill Goldberg using Goldberg , Nicole Garcia-Colace using Nikki Bella , Mike Mizanin using The Miz , Cody Runnels using Cody Rhodes , and Michael Wardlow using Wardlow . Many female wrestlers go solely by their first name such as. It
400-591: Is a highly respected tradition in Mexican lucha libre for performers to hide their true identities, usually wrestling under masks, and revealing a luchador's identity without their permission is considered a serious offence with real-life consequences. Professional wrestlers are often referred to by their contemporaries by their ring name. In interviews, Bret Hart regularly referred to Mark Calaway, Curt Hennig, and Kevin Nash by their ring names ( The Undertaker , Mr. Perfect , and Diesel ). Ring names are often trademarked by
440-448: Is also common for wrestlers of all genders to use a nickname in addition to their real name for marketability and other reasons. Ricky Steamboat is an atypical instance of a wrestler adopting a ring name to sound less intimidating, as his legal name of Richard Blood was considered unfitting for his babyface persona. Some (mostly independent ) wrestlers still go to great lengths to ensure that their real names are not publicly known. It
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#1732784047564480-751: The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship , CMLL's second-highest ranked tag team championship. Three days later, the trio defeated Los Hijos del Infierno ( Ephesto , Luciferno , and Mephisto ) to win the Mexican National Trios Championship , making El Cuatrero a triple champion. The trio would go on to win CMLL's La Copa Dinastia tournament, defeating the trios of Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr. , The Panther , and then Dragon Lee , Místico, and Pierroth . On January 19, 2018, as part of
520-649: The Gran Guerrero /Último Guerrero brothers in the finals. On March 26, 2021, they defeated Los Guerreros Laguneros to win the CMLL World Trios Championship . On August 10, 2021, CMLL announced the departure of Nueva Generación Dinamita. While working for CMLL, Cuatrero, like all CMLL workers, is allowed to take independent circuit work on days he is not booked for a show or appearance by CMLL. On February 19 2017, Cuatrero and Sansón unsuccessfully challenged Black Terry and Negro Navarro for
560-592: The Mexican National Trios Championship (with Sansón and Forastero) and the Occidente Trios Championship (with Sansón and Forastero). At one point, he held four championships simultaneously, as he and Sansón also held the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship as well. In AAA, he has held the AAA World Tag Team Championship and AAA World Trios Championship with his brother and cousin. On March 16, 2018, he won
600-485: The promotion that creates a character or gimmick for a performer. It is common to see one performer use a variety of ring names throughout their career, even if their overall persona remains similar. This is especially true in WWE , which has largely forced most wrestlers that have debuted since 2006 to use a WWE-owned ring name instead of a ring name that they used on the independent circuit or, such as with Daniel Bryan and
640-655: The ring name Cien Caras ("100 Faces"). His older brother, known as Sansón (" Samson "), was born in 1994. His uncles Jesús (known as Máscara Año 2000 ) and Andrés Reyes González ( Universo 2000 ) were also professional wrestlers. Several of the Reyes sons followed their fathers into professional wrestling, including Forastero , Universo 2000 Jr. and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. Initially, Carmelo Reyes did not want his sons to become professional wrestlers, wanting them to get an education instead. He reluctantly agreed that they could learn lucha Libre from their uncle Andrés, but only as
680-737: The "Dudley Boyz" name, leading them to have to change their name when they went to TNA. The members' individual names were also trademarked by WWE, forcing them to have to change their names. WWE partially repealed the policy in 2015, allowing wrestlers who were well known in other promotions such as Samoa Joe , A.J. Styles , Shinsuke Nakamura , Austin Aries , Bobby Roode , and Eric Young to use their long-standing ring names (or, in Nakamura's and Roode's cases, their real names) as well as wrestlers who sign "Tier 2" NXT brand contracts such as Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa , who wrestle both on NXT and
720-671: The 66th anniversary of Arena Puebla, NGD successfully defended the Mexican National Trios Championship against Los Ingobernables ( El Terrible , La Bestia del Ring , and Rush ), in what was their tenth overall championship defense. In December, El Cuatrero made his fourth successful defense of the CMLL World Middleweight Championship as he defeated Carístico on December 12. The 2020 Sin Piedad show offered Cuatrero
760-845: The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship on a Lucha Memes show in Puebla. NGD also successfully defended the Mexican National Trios Championship against Los Kamikazes del Aire (Alas de Acero, Aramis , and Iron Kid) at a subsequent Lucha Memes show. As part of CMLL's collaboration with The Crash Lucha Libre , Nueva Generación Dinamita has appeared on several The Crash shows over the years. In their initial appearance for The Crash, Nueva Generación Dinamita lost to La Rebelión Amarilla ( Bestia 666 , Jacob Fatu and Mecha Wolf 450 ). The team returned to The Crash for their VII Anniversary Show , where they lost to Los Lucha Bros ( Penta El 0M and The King ) in
800-732: The CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship. The storyline explanation was that NGD wanted to focus on winning the CMLL World Tag Team Championship , a step up from the Arena Coliseo championship. The feud between El Cuatrero and Ángel de Oro reached its peak at the 2018 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show, where both competitors put their mask on the line in the main event match of the night. El Cuatrero defeated Ángel de Oro two falls to one, forcing him to remove his mask as per lucha libre tradition. El Cuatrero would later make his first and second successful defense of
840-525: The CMLL World Middleweight Championship against Ángel de Oro. At the CMLL 85th Anniversary Show , the Dinamita defeated Atlantis, Soberano Jr., and Místico as part of CMLL's most important show of the year. On November 6, 2018, Cuatrero made his third successful middleweight championship defense as he defeated Titán . 2019 was the first year that all three members of Nueva Generación Dinamita participated in
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#1732784047564880-631: The Occidente Trios Championship. On January 5, 2017, El Cuatrero worked his first match in Mexico City, wrestling at the company's main venue, Arena Mexico . He participated in the 2017 version of La Copa Junior but was eliminated from the tournament before the finals. At that point, the Reyes brothers began being referred to as Nueva Generación Dinamita (Spanish for "New Generation Dynamite"; NGD)—a reference to their heritage. On March 18, 2016, Nueva Generación Dinamita worked their first major show for CMLL, defeating Soberano Jr. and Oro Jr. in
920-461: The Reyes family, while it is unclear if Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 is actually a blood relative or if the relationship is purely fictional. Carmelo Reyes later stated that he allowed the "Cien Caras" name to be rented by other wrestlers as his sons were very young and might not want to become professional wrestlers. On March 4, 2023, CMLL wrestler Stephanie Vaquer filed a domestic violence criminal complaint against Cuatrero, who had worked with her in
960-538: The annual 2018 Fantastica Mania tour of Japan, El Cuatrero defeated Ángel de Oro to win the CMLL World Middleweight Championship , holding four championships simultaneously. The match and championship change was the beginning of a long-running storyline feud between El Cuatrero and Ángel de Oro, where challenges for a Lucha de Apuestas match soon followed. On February 14, 2018, Nueva Generación Dinamita announced they were giving up
1000-533: The annual Fantastica Mania tour of Japan, capping off the tour with a successful Mexican National Trios Championship defense against Ángel de Oro, Atlantis, and Titán on its last day. 2019 also marked the first year that El Cuatrero participated in the Universal Championship , a tournament where all 16 participants held a championship recognized by CMLL. In the opening round, he defeated perennial rival Soberano Jr. before losing to Último Guerrero in
1040-482: The independent circuit to keep their ring names (or, in Gargano's case, his real name). Gargano and Ciampa have since signed exclusive WWE contracts. "In-house" WWE wrestlers still use WWE-owned ring names. In rare cases, the rights to a wrestler's ring name may be owned by a company with little or no connection to professional wrestling, such as Marvel Comics ' ownership of the name Hulk Hogan until early 2003, which
1080-467: The local Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promoters at the Arena Coliseo. They trained at the CMLL wrestling school under Último Guerrero , Virus , and Franco Colombo . The Reyes brothers made their CMLL debut on March 25, 2014, where they, along with Universo 2000, lost to the trio of Blue Panther , Sagrado , and Valiente . While working in Guadalajara, El Cuatrero and Sansón competed in
1120-420: The mask of Ángel de Oro in the main event of CMLL's 2018 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show. On March 10, 2023, El Cuatrero was arrested on an arrest warrant in Mexico City and charged with attempted homicide and domestic violence against his former girlfriend and fellow professional wrestler Stephanie Vaquer . El Cuatrero was born in 1996, son of professional wrestler Carmelo Reyes González, better known under
1160-549: The name and suggested the name "El Cuatrero", Spanish for "The Cattle Rustler ", instead. The "El Cuatrero" character was inspired by the cowboy gimmick that his father and his uncles had used during their careers. During their time working locally in Lagos de Moreno, the duo won their first Lucha de Apuestas (or "bet match"), when they defeated Los Centellas (I and II). As a result, Los Centellas had to unmask per lucha libre traditions. The Reyes brothers wrestled locally until early 2014, when they began working in Guadalajara for
1200-437: The opening match of that year's Homenaje A Dos Leyendas supercard show. CMLL decided to have both El Cuatrero and Sansón participate in their annual Torneo Gran Alternativa ("Great Alternativa Tournament"), where younger wrestlers team up with established veteran wrestlers for the tournament. El Cuatrero was paired with Rey Bucanero , but the duo lost to Tritón and Místico in the first round. A year later, El Cuatrero
1240-490: The opportunity to become a quadruple champion once more, as he and Sansón challenged Místico and Carístico for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship but lost the match. During the 2020 Fantastica Mania tour, Cuatrero and his brother participated in the family tag team tournament , where they ended up defeating Los Hermanos Chavez (Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja) in the finals. On the final day of
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1280-409: The past for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). According to the complaint, Cuatrero forced onto her by choking her and throwing her against a wall. On March 9, CMLL released a statement stating that they "energetically condemn any form of violence against women and reiterate our commitment to promote a life free of violence and harassment in our staff and attendees to our arenas." On March 10, after
1320-601: The prefix "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Numerous boxers have used ring names or nicknames as their mode of identification during their professional boxing careers, particularly during the late 19th century and the early 20th century. The ring name "Kid" was particularly popular, indicating the boxer's comparative youth. Since the mid 20th century, ring names for boxers have typically been less common, although nicknames have become more popular in recent years. Famous examples of boxers who used ring names include: Aguascalientes (city) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
1360-414: The quarterfinals. For the 2019 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles ("National Incredible Teams Tournament"), Cuatrero was paired up with Místico, as a rudo (the "bad guy") and a tecnico (the "good guy") team up for the event. The odd couple defeated Hechicero and Stuka Jr. , then Atlantis and Negro Casas, before ultimately losing to Último Guerrero and Volador Jr. in the semifinals. As part of
1400-456: The tour, January 20, NGD successfully defended the Mexican National Trios Championship against Los Hermanos Chávez and Titán. On February 24, El Cuatrero and Sansón won the Torneo de parejas familiares ("Family Team Tournament") as they defeated the uncle/nephew team of Rey Bucanero and Drone in the first round, the father/son team of Euforia and Soberano Jr. in the second round, and finally
1440-458: The wrestler's gimmick changes, either subtly or dramatically. After debuting in WWE as the " Connecticut Blueblood " Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Paul Levesque's character later morphed into Triple H . A more drastic change sometimes occurs when a wrestler turns heroic or villainous , such as when Hulk Hogan joined the villainous nWo (New World Order) and became "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. His new attitude
1480-596: Was due to Hogan being advertised as " The Incredible Hulk Hogan" early in his career, while Marvel owned the trademark for their comic book character. Sometimes, a wrestler will buy the rights to their own ring name; for example, Steve Borden owns the rights to the name Sting and licenses it to the musician of the same name . The wrestler formerly known as Test took this one step further and legally changed his name to "Andrew Test Martin". Jim Hellwig, known as The Ultimate Warrior , had his name legally changed to simply "Warrior". In many cases, ring names evolve over time as
1520-604: Was enhanced by changing his costume color scheme from his famous red and yellow to nWo's black and white. Steve Williams adopted the ring name Steve Austin to avoid confusion with the then-more established performer "Dr. Death" Steve Williams . Austin would wrestle under that name for several years before signing with the WWF and being given the name "the Ringmaster". This gimmick failed to catch on, and Austin reverted to his established name, reaching his greatest level of success with
1560-481: Was teamed up with Capo del Sur and Capo del Norte. Ring name Ring names are much more common in professional wrestling than any other sport; famous examples include Terry Bollea becoming Hulk Hogan , Michael Shawn Hickenbottom becoming Shawn Michaels , Roderick Toombs becoming Roddy Piper , Dwayne Johnson becoming The Rock , Christopher Irvine becoming Chris Jericho , and Phillip Jack Brooks becoming CM Punk . A number of wrestlers adopted their real name or
1600-531: Was teamed up with his uncle Máscara Año 2000 for the 2017 version of the Torneo Gran Alternativa , but like the 2016 tournament, El Cuatrero did not make it past the first round as the team lost to Esfinge and Atlantis . While El Cuatrero's first years on the main roster had seen little success, July 2017 proved a turning point in how Nueva Generación Dinamita was booked. El Cuatrero and Sansón defeated Black Terry and Negro Navarro to win
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