Guerrero Maya

Personal life The man known under the ring name Guerrero Maya Jr. earned a degree in Business Administration from a European university before his professional wrestling career, noting that it was important to him to have a well rounded background, to combine intellect with skill. In late 2010 Guerrero Maya Jr. contracted Hepatitis A, but was able to fully recover after a month away from the ring, returning to active competition on February 1, 2011. It was not until his debut in CMLL that it was "revealed" that Guerrero Maya Jr. was the son of Esteban Mares Castañeda, who is better known under the ring names Black Terry and Guerrero Maya as they revealed that he was the son of "Guerrero Maya".

Professional wrestling career After training under El Reo, El Dandy and Black Terry, he made his professional wrestling debut in 2005 on the Mexico State Independent circuit as the masked character Samba; he would receive additional training from El Satánico and Franco Columbo once he began working for CMLL. His in-ring skills improved over time, notably during his long-running feud with Black Terry; Súper Luchas Magazine stated the two put on some of the best IWRG matches in 2008. Initially, he wore an aquamarine and black mask and full body suit, but later changed his color scheme and mask design to a black base with green, pink and blue colors, including a visible "M" logo reminiscent of the Multifacético mask. He entered the following year's Torneo Gran Alternativa on April 1, 2011, this time teaming with Máximo, but again lost in the first round to Negro Casas and Puma King. Following this, he entered the Forjando un Ídolo ("Forging an Idol") tournament along with a number of other young wrestlers. He lost in the first round of the second round to Ángel de Oro. By this time, Guerrero Maya Jr. received a push, making it to the final of a tournament for the vacant CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship, which he lost to Virus. In June, he, Atlantis and Delta defeated Casas, Diamante and Hijo del Signo to win the Forjándo un Ídolo: La guerra continúa ("Forging an Idol: the war continues") tournament. Guerrero Maya Jr. was injured during the semi-final match, but worked through it to win the final, although he then had to take a couple of months off to recover from his shoulder injury. thumb Guerrero Maya Jr. posing in the ring at a CMLL show in July 2020 On November 16, Atlantis announced that he was officially forming a stable named Los Reyes de la Atlantida ("The Kings of the Atlantis") with Guerrero Maya Jr. and Delta. At Sin Piedad on December 16, they defeated Los Invasores (Olímpico, Psicosis II and Volador Jr.) to win the Mexican National Trios Championship. On February 17, 2012, Guerrero Maya Jr. competed in his first Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles, teaming with rudo ("bad guy") Euforia in a first round loss to Máscara Dorada and Volador Jr. On June 22, they lost the title to Los Depredadores del Aire (Black Warrior, Mr. Águila and Volador Jr.). They regained the title on October 30, but lost it to Los Invasores ' Kraneo, Mr. Águila and Psicosis II on December 16. Nine days later, Guerrero Maya Jr. unsuccessfully challenged Casas for the NWA Historic Welterweight Championship at a special Christmas show, having defeated him in a series of matches leading up to it. On March 1, 2013, Guerrero Maya Jr. and Casas lost to La Sombra and Volador Jr. in the first round of the Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles. On November 3, he and Delta defeated La Fiebre Amarilla (Namajague and Okumura) to win the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship, losing it over 400 days later to La Comando Caribeño (Misterioso Jr. and Sagrado) on February 28, 2015. On April 26, Los Reyes de la Atlantida won their record-breaking third Mexican National Trios Championship from La Peste Negra (Casas, El Felino and Mr. Niebla).

In May, Guerrero Maya Jr. competed in a qualifying match for the 2015 version of En Busca de un Ídolo with as one of 16 wrestlers in the qualifying torneo cibernetico, elimination match where the last eight wrestlers would qualify for the tournament. He competed against Akuma, Blue Panther Jr., Cancerbero, Canelo Casas, Delta, Disturbio, Esfinge, Flyer, El Gallo, Joker, Pegasso, Raziel, Sagrado, Stigma and Boby Zavala. He eliminated Raziel and was one of the survivors to qualify for the main portion of the tournament. Maya Jr. earned 100 points out of a possible 140 points by winning 5 matches, losing only to Boby Zavala and Esfinge. Maya Jr. also scored favorable points from the judges, El Tirantes, El Hijo del Gladiador, Shocker and a rotating judge, earning a total of 213 points, an average of 7.6, the second highest of the first round. With 225 points from the fan polls Guerrero Maya Jr. ended up in first place after the first round with a total of 538 points, thus qualifying for the second round of the tournament. On the fifth show of the tour, he and The Panther successfully defended the Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship against Boby Z and Okumura. On December 25, 2016 Guerrero Maya Jr and The Panther lost the title against Black Terry and Negro Navarro, two independent wrestlers who do not work for CMLL, the match took place at the Lucha Memes show "Chairo 7: Hell In a Christmas Cell", a non-CMLL show.

U.S. appearances Guerrero Maya Jr. and Stuka Jr. represented CMLL at the 2019 Crockett Cup tournament on April 27, 2019 in Concord, North Carolina. The duo lost to Royce Isaacs and Thomas Latimer in the first round of the tournament to be eliminated.

Championships and accomplishments Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Delta, Mexican National Trios Championship (3 times) – with Atlantis and Delta

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotes Multifacético (mask) Kaminari (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico IWRG Live event Multifacético (mask) Cyborg (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico IWRG Live event Multifacético (mask) Black Terry (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico IWRG Live event