Lucha Brothers

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Lucha Brothers
Rey Fénix
Tag team
MembersPentagón Jr./Penta El Zero M/Penta El Zero Miedo/Penta El Cero Miedo/Penta Oscuro
Rey Fénix/Fénix
Alex Abrahantes
(Manager)
Name(s)The Lucha Brothers
The Lucha Bros
Los Lucha Bros
Billed heightsPentagón: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Fénix: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Combined
billed weight		409 lb (186 kg)[1][2]
HometownMexico City, Mexico[3]
Billed fromMexico City, Mexico[3]
Debut2007
Years active2007–present

The Lucha Brothers, also known as the Lucha Bros or Los Lucha Bros, are a Mexican

Impact World Champion
), making them the only team to be AEW, Impact, ROH, and AAA World Tag Team Champions.

They also wrestle on both the American and Mexican independent circuits, and have held multiple titles in both countries including the Major League Wrestling World Tag Team Championship, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Tag Team Championship, and The Crash Tag Team Championship. Their real names are not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico, where their private lives are kept a secret.

Personal lives

Pentagón Jr. and Fénix are real-life brothers. Their father and another brother are also professional wrestlers; their father worked as Fuego, while their brother performs under the ring name Ikaro.

Baja California, while Fénix currently resides in San Diego, California.[citation needed
]

Professional wrestling career

Not much is known about the brothers' previous history beyond what has been revealed by themselves, which is traditional in Mexican professional wrestling (Lucha libre).[5] Both Pentagon and Fenix began training in professional wrestling on the same day, and debuted on the same day.[6]

Fénix in September 2015.

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2015–2019)

Pentagón Jr. and Fénix both debuted in PWG during the 2015 Battle of Los Angeles. Fenix fell in the first round to

Dezmond Xavier) in a World Tag Team Championship match.[10]
In 2019, they entered the Battle of Los Angeles for the third time, with both men losing in the second round and making their final appearances before working for AEW.

AAW (2016–2019)

On July 23, 2016, Pentagón Jr. defeated

A. R. Fox after The Young Bucks interfered in the match.[13]

The Crash (2017–2019)

On January 27, Penta, Daga, Garza and Fénix el Rey announced the formation of a new stable named La Rebelión ("The Rebellion") in The Crash Lucha Libre.[14] During their time in the promotion, they won the vacant Crash Tag Team Championship on November 3, 2018.[15] However, they vacated the titles 24 days later after Fénix suffered an injury.[16]

Major League Wrestling (2018–2019)

Pentagon made his debut for the U.S. based

Brian Pillman Jr.) over the MLW Tag Team Championship.[20] They would go on to lose the championships to Hart and Davey Boy Smith Jr. at SuperFight on February 2, 2019.[21]

Impact Wrestling (2018–2019)

Pentagón Jr. in 2017

Pentagón and Fénix debuted with

Full Metal Mayhem match where LAX won the Impact Wrestling Tag Team Championship back from the Lucha Bros.[26] The loss was the Lucha Bros' last Impact Wrestling match for the time being.[27]

All Elite Wrestling (2019–present)

See also: Death Triangle

On February 7, 2019, at the

Las Vegas, Nevada, Pentagón Jr. and Fénix made their first appearance with the company. As The Young Bucks were leaving the stage, The Lucha Brothers music played seeing the two teams face off before a brawl ensued with Pentagón striking Matt Jackson first, while Fénix took out Nick Jackson with a superkick. Pentagón then proceeded to hit Matt Jackson on the stage with a Fear Factor, before announcing themselves for AEW's inaugural event, Double Or Nothing.[28] Later on February 23, The Young Bucks made a surprise appearance in AAW Wrestling, attacking Lucha Brothers during their AAW Tag Team Championship defense, costing them to lose the match. The Young Bucks then challenged the brothers to a match at Double or Nothing, which was accepted.[13] At AAA's Rey de Reyes, The Young Bucks defeated The Lucha Brothers for the AAA World Tag Team Championship. This subsequently turned their Double or Nothing match into a rematch for the championship, which The Young Bucks won.[29]

On the October 30, 2019 episode of

SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) defeated the Lucha Brothers to become the inaugural AEW World Tag Team Champions.[30] Their feud would continue at Full Gear while slowly transitioning into heels, where they competed for the titles in a three-way match also involving Private Party, which SoCal Uncensored won.[31] On the February 5, 2020 episode of Dynamite, Lucha Brothers pinned the AEW Tag Team Champions Kenny Omega and Adam Page in an eight-man tag team match, earning them a title shot which they lost on February 19.[32]

On March 4, they formed a trio along with

Steel Cage match to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship.[36] On the October 16 episode of Dynamite, they defended the AAA World Tag Team Championship against the team of Las Super Ranas, who turned out to be FTR in disguise. FTR defeated the Lucha Bros. for the titles, ending their record-breaking reign at 853 days. On the January 5, 2022 episode of Dynamite, the Jurassic Express
defeated them to win their first AEW World Tag Team Championship, during which Fenix dislocated his arm when being driven through a table.

Following The Elite being stripped of the AEW World Trios Championship following a legitimate fight that broke out after the All Out media scrum, Death Triangle defeated the Best Friends to win the vacant titles on the September 7, 2022 episode of Dynamite. They defended the titles several times, including against The Elite at Full Gear. The Full Gear match would kick off a Best of 7 Series, which would see The Elite win the series 4–3, ending Death Triangle's reign at 126 days.

Ring of Honor (2023–present)

In 2023, the Lucha Brothers would begin appearing for AEW's sister promotion,

The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett), Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mike Davis), and La Facción Ingobernable (Rush & Dralístico) in a "Reach for the Sky" ladder match to win the vacant ROH World Tag Team Championship.[37]

Championships and accomplishments

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