Luciferno

Professional wrestling career

Ramírez was trained for his professional wrestling career by Durango locals Halcón Suriano and Asterión, wanting to follow in his older brother's footsteps and become a professional wrestler. In the end Último Rebelde lost to Torero on December 13, 1997, after which he had to unmask and reveal his real name per Lucha Libre traditions. When Promo Azteca closed down less than a year later Ramírez worked mainly local shows until getting an opportunity to wrestle for CMLL in 2002

Ramírez made his debut for CMLL in August, 2002 wrestling as the enmascarado character Hooligan, inspired by the British football hooligans. His mask was originally patterned after the Union Jack, although it was later modified with a Mohawk and decorations. He started out working in the first or second match of the night with mixed success. In 2003 he teamed up with Sangre Azteca and Ramstein to form a rúdo (bad guy) group called La Alianza ("The Alliance"). La Alianza's lone highlight was their participation in a tournament for the vacant Mexican National Trios Championship in 2003, although they lost in the first round.

''Pandilla Guerrera'' and ''Guerros Tuareg''

Main article: Los Guerreros Tuareg

In 2004 Los Guerreros del Infierno created a mid-card sub group called Pandilla Guerrera (Spanish for "Gang of Warriors") to counter Los Guapos' Guapos U group. Pandilla Guerrera included all three Alianza members as well as Nitro, Doctor X, Loco Max, Arkangel de la Muerte, El Koreano. Initially the group featured prominently in CMLL storylines but when Los Guapos left CMLL Pandilla Guerrera became used mainly to help young tecnicos improve in the ring and less as a group likely to move up the rankings. On December 12, 2005 Hooligan teamed with Arkangel and Loco Max only to lose to the team of El Texano, Jr., Stuka, Jr. and Virus in the opening match of the 2005 Juicio Final show.

In 2007 several members of Pandilla Guerrera broke away from Los Guerreros del Infierno to establish their own identity as a group called Los Rebeldes del Desertio ("The Desert Rebels") and sometimes Los Rebeldes del Tuareg ("The Tuareg Rebels") but ended up being known generally as Los Guerreros Tuareg ("The Tuareg Warriors"). Despite the new name Guerreros Tuareg remained a mid-card rudo team, used mainly to help elevate their opponents. In June 2008 Hooligan and Arkangel de la Muerte teamed up to compete in a tournament for the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship. In the first round Hooligan and Arkangel defeated Leono and Tony Rivera but lost in the second round to Ángel Azteca, Jr. and Máscara Purpura. On October 18, 2009 Hooligan was one of 12 wrestlers who put their mask on the line in a 12-man Luchas de Apuestas cage match. He was the second person to escape the cage keeping his mask safe, the final saw Pólvora pin Tigre Blanco to unmask him. Hooligan was one of 12 men who put their mask on the line as part of a 12-man steel cage match in the main event of the 2010 Infierno en el Ring. He was the first man to escape the cage, showing his true rudo character by distracting his Guerreros Tuareg team member Doctor X in order to escape the cage. In the end Ángel de Oro defeated Fabián el Gitano in the Lucha de Apueta (bet match) portion of the match to unmask him.

Luciferno

On February 3, 2015, Ramírez debuted under the new ring name Luciferno and joined Mephisto and his brother Ephesto in a group called Los Hijos del Infierno ("The Sons of the Inferno"). 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.

Private life

Ramírez' brother is also a Luchador working for CMLL under the name Ephesto, since Ephesto has never been unmasked in a Lucha de Apuesta match his first name is not a matter of public record. Ramírez was a training partner of Último Guerrero (then wrestling as El Flanagan) which developed a close bond between the two, so close that he often calls Guerrero "his brother" to the point that they have many times been mistaken for brothers, even though there's no blood relation between them.

Championships and accomplishments

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
  • Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) – with Ephesto and Mephisto
• Mexican Local promotions
  • Laguna Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with El Flanagan

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

References

References

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