Shocker

José Luis Jair Soria (born September 12, 1971), best known under the ring name Shocker, is a Mexican retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He has previously worked for AAA in Mexico, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the United States and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Japan. Soria is a second-generation professional wrestler; his father, Rubén Soria, was an active wrestler from 1963 to the 1970s.

Working as Shocker, he has held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship on three occasions with Negro Casas, Mr. Niebla and L.A. Park. He is also a former holder of the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (twice) and the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship. He has won the Gran Alternativa tournament in 1995, the Copa de Arena México in 2001, La Copa Junior in 2005 and the Copa Revolución Mexicana in 2011. Shocker holds several Luchas de Apuestas ("bet match") victories over Máscara Año 2000, Tarzan Boy, Vampiro Canadiense, Halloween, Kenzo Suzuki, Marco Corleone, Emilio Charles Jr., Bestia Salvaje, Mazada, Nosawa, Sangre Chicana, Rey Bucanero and Black Warrior. By 2004, Shocker was a full-time babyface, teaming with L.A. Park and trading the CMLL World Tag Team Championship with Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero. Terrible's replacement, Alan Stone, hardly teamed with Shocker and Máscara Mágica afterward, and Los Guapos was effectively ended by the end of 2004. For most of the summer, he joined Perro Aguayo Jr. and Negro Casas in a feud against Pierroth Jr., Vampiro Canadiense and Tarzan Boy, which ended in a steel cage match that saw Perro Aguayo Jr. defeat Casas for his hair. The following month, he competed in the Best of the Super Juniors tournament as part of Block A. He finished the tournament at the bottom of his block, scoring only two points after four losses and one win over Tatsuhito Takaiwa, failing to advance to the finals. Super Shocker returned to NJPW in May 2001 to compete in that year's edition of the Best of the Super Juniors. He scored six points after three wins and two losses, again failing to advance to the finals.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2005–2006) On March 13, 2005, Shocker made his debut for the Orlando, Florida-based Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at the Destination X pay-per-view, saving Chris Sabin from an attack by Chris Candido and The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens). At Lockdown on April 24, he defeated Sabin, Matt Bentley and Sonjay Dutt in TNA's inaugural Xscape match, earning a TNA X Division Championship match against Christopher Daniels at Hard Justice on May 15, where he failed to win the title. At Slammiversary on June 19, he defeated Alex Shelley. Shocker then participated in the 2005 TNA Super X Cup Tournament, but lost to Shelley in the first round on the July 29 episode of Impact!, as well as in a rematch at Sacrifice on August 14. Following the event, he teamed with Sabin as part of the Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament, defeating Mikey Batts and Simon Diamond in the first round and Ron Killings and Dutt in the semi-finals, before losing to Shelley and Sean Waltman in the finals.

Shocker was scheduled to wrestle Sabin at Unbreakable on September 11, but was pulled from the event due to an AAA booking commitment and was replaced by Petey Williams. In early 2006, TNA brought back Shocker as the captain of Team Mexico, which also included Puma, Magno and Incognito, for the 2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament. Shocker and Magno defeated Team Canada's Eric Young and Johnny Devine, but in the end, the team came in third in the standings after being unsuccessful in the World X Cup finals at Sacrifice on May 14.

AAA (2005–2006)

While working for TNA, Shocker left CMLL to work for their Mexican rival promotion, AAA. He began a feud with Cibernético, who attacked Shocker's father when he was at ringside for one of Shocker's matches. Shocker subsequently turned rudo by attacking veteran Sangre Chicana, claiming that he was the real Amo de Escandalo ("Master of Scandal"), which was Chicana's nickname at that point. On December 10, at Guerra de Titanes ("War of the Titans"), Shocker defeated Chicana in a hair vs. hair match.

In 2006, Shocker formed Los Guapos VIP with Scorpio Jr. and Zumbido. They participated in a four-way trios match on March 10 at Rey de Reyes ("King of Kings"), but were eliminated before the end of the match. Los Guapos later expanded with Alan Stone, allowing them to unsuccessfully challenge The Black Family (Chessman, Dark Ozz, Dark Cuervo and Dark Escoria) for the Mexican National Atómicos Championship on March 19. He and Dr. Wagner Jr. lost to Perro Aguayo Jr. and Garza in a match for the vacant WWA World Tag Team Championship on January 31, 2008. On December 14, 2010, Shocker defeated El Texano Jr. to win the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship. However, just five days later, he suffered a patellar tendon rupture and a meniscal tear in his knee that required surgery and would sideline him for 12 to 16 weeks. On May 26, 2011, Shocker was stripped of the title.

After making his in-ring return on July 24, Shocker briefly formed a new group with Metro, Titán and Tritón on November 16. In late 2012, the long-dormant rivalry between Shocker and his former tag-team partner Mr. Niebla rose to the surface again as the two began to work on opposite sides in a number of matches. As such, the two were paired up for the 2013 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles ("National Incredible Pairs Tournament"). In the initial rounds, they defeated the teams of Marco Corleone and Kraneo and Máscara Dorada and Mephisto to qualify for the semi-finals, where they lost to eventual tournament winners La Sombra and Volador Jr. Following the loss, Shocker and Mr. Niebla argued and almost came to blows over who was responsible for losing the match. On July 19, at Infierno en el Ring ("Inferno in the Ring"), Shocker won Mr. Águila's hair in a ten-man steel cage Lucha de Apuestas.

In early 2014, Shocker turned rudo, just so he could feud with Rush. On March 21, at Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, Shocker lost his hair for the first time after being defeated by Rush in a Lucha de Apuestas. On June 13, Shocker and Negro Casas defeated Rush and La Máscara to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. On April 3, 2015, Shocker, El Terrible and Rey Bucanero formed a new trio named TGR (Terriblemente Guapo y un Rey, "Terribly Handsome King"). In early 2016, Shocker suffered an injury that would require surgery and keep him out of the ring for almost six months. CMLL opted to not strip Shocker and Casas of the tag team championship during the long period of inactivity, which meant that there was eight months between the team defending the championship. Shocker and Casas successfully defended the championship against Atlantis and Diamante Azul (the former Metro) on June 5, La Máscara and Sharlie Rockstar on July 18, and Místico and Volador Jr. on September 19. During a press conference on February 7, 2018, CMLL announced that the CMLL World Tag Team Championship were vacated due to a lack of defences since 2016.

On March 6, 2020, Shocker and Bucanero participated in a tournament for the Mexican National Tag Team Championship, defeating Audaz and Fugaz in the first round, but lost to El Felino and Tiger in the quarter-finals. Shocker wrestled his final match in CMLL on November 20 and, after a year of inactivity, announced his departure from the promotion on January 30, 2022.

Personal life Shocker has struggled extensively with alcoholism and substance abuse problems, having been arrested multiple times.

Championships and accomplishments Arena Pista Arena Pista Revolucion New Wave Tournament (1994) Comisión de Box y Lucha de Guadalajara Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Occidente Trios Championship (1 time) – with León Dorado and Ídolo I CMLL World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Mr. Niebla (1), L.A. Park (1), and Negro Casas (1) NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) La Copa Junior (2005) Copa Revolución Mexicana (2011) / Trofeo Revolucion 101 (2011) Torneo Gran Alternativa (1995) – with Silver King International Wrestling Revolution Group Copa Higher Power (1998) – with Mr. Niebla, El Pantera, El Solar, Star Boy and Mike Segura Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him # 16 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2002

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesShocker (mask) Valentin Mayo (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco house show 1994 Shocker (mask) Cain (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco house show January, 1995 Mr. Niebla (mask) Shocker (mask) Mexico City CMLL 66th Anniversary Show Los Guapos (hair) (Shocker and Máscara Mágica) Tokyo Gurentai (hair) (Takemura and Masada) Mexico City house show Shocker (hair) Scorpio Jr. (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco house show Lizmark Jr. and Shocker (hair) Rey Bucanero and Black Warrior (hair) Mexico City Sin Piedad Shocker (hair) Mr. Águila (hair) Mexico City Infierno en el Ring Rush (hair) Shocker (hair) Mexico City Homenaje a Dos Leyendas

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