Shocker (wrestler)
Shocker | |
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Los Angeles, California[2] | |
Trained by | Diablo Velasco[1][3] Flash[1] El Satánico[1] Rubén Soria[1] |
Debut | October 16, 1992[2] |
Retired | February 1, 2023[4] |
José Luis Jair Soria (born September 12, 1971) is a Mexican retired
Working as Shocker, he has held the
He is talked about in a Netflix movie Lucha Mexico. He appears in the first season of An Idiot Abroad, where Karl Pilkington was sent by show producers Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to Mexico to see one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Chichen Itza. While he was there, he was tasked with learning how to wrestle. Soria was his trainer.
Professional wrestling career
José Luis Jair received his initial professional wrestling training from the highly respected pro wrestling trainer Diablo Velasco as well as his father, Ruben Soria, prior to his in-ring debut. He worked his first match on October 16, 1992, using the ring name Shocker, an enmascarado or masked wrestler.[2][1] He later trained under then-Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre lead trainer El Satánico.[1]
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1994–2005)
Shocker began working for CMLL in 1994, and by 1995, he slowly began receiving a push from the promoters when he won the Gran Alterntiva tournament along with his partner, Silver King, in 1995.[5] He capped off the year by defeating veteran Kahoz for his mask in a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match on December 15.[1] The push continued when he won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship, defeating Black Warrior for the championship in 1997.[6]
In 1998, he began teaming regularly with Mr. Niebla, and together they won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. The two later had the championship taken away from them when Mr. Niebla suffered a severe injury.[7] In 1999, Shocker's career was further elevated when he turned heel and began storyline feud with Mr. Niebla. The feud culminated in a match at the CMLL 66th Anniversary Show, where Shocker and Mr. Niebla were paired up for a Parejas Suicidas ("Suicide Pairs") match against another pair of feuding partners, Atlantis and Villano III. The rules were that the losing team had to face each other immediately after losing the match in a mask vs. mask match. Shocker and Niebla lost the match and Shocker lost the subsequent Lucha de Apuesta match, losing his mask as a result.[1]
After losing his mask, Shocker was pushed even more, capitalizing on his good looks. He took the nickname "1000% Guapo", or "1000% Handsome".
The feud peaked with a six-man cage match where El Terrible defeated Bestia Salvaje, forcing him to be shaved bald as a result.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2005–2006)
In April 2005, Shocker joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling based in Orlando, Florida, around the same time Mexican TNA regular Héctor Garza, who was blocked from entering the United States after steroid problems.[13] In one of his early matches with TNA, Shocker unsuccessfully challenged Christopher Daniels for the TNA X Division Championship at TNA's Hard Justice pay-per-view.[14] In 2006, TNA made Shocker the captain of Team Mexico, which also included Puma, Magno and Incognito for the 2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament. Shocker and Magno defeated the team of Eric Young and Johnny Devine from Team Canada, but in the end the team came in third in the standings after being unsuccessful in the World X Cup finals at TNA's 2006 Sacrifice PPV.[15] The tournament final turned out to be Shocker's last match with the company.[16]
AAA (2005–2006)
While working for TNA, Shocker decided to leave CMLL, after having worked for them for 10 years, to work for CMLL's Mexican
The feud reached its high point with a four-way Lucha de Apuestas match that included Shocker, Cibernético,
Following the conclusion of the storyline with Cibernético, Shocker turned rudo, attacking veteran Sangre Chicana. The storyline was that Shocker claimed that he was the real Amo de escandalo ("Master of Scandal"), which was Chicana's nickname at that point. The two faced off in a hair vs. hair match at the El Toreo de Cuatros Caminos bullfighting arena in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, with Shocker defeating Sangre Chicana in the semi-main event of the 2005 Guerra de Titanes ("War of the Titans").[20]
In 2006, Shocker formed Los Guapos VIP in AAA, consisting of himself, Scorpio Jr. and Zumbido. The trio participated in a four-way trios match at the 2006
Return to CMLL (2007–2022)
Shocker jumped ship from AAA back to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre again in 2007. That same year, he teamed with Perro Aguayo Jr. and Héctor Garza in a failed bid to win the vacant CMLL World Trios Championship from Último Guerrero, Tarzan Boy and Atlantis in Mexico City on September 29, 2006. In early 2007, he entered a championship tournament for the vacant NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship and lost to Hirooki Goto at the tournament finals in Mexico City on March 4.[23] He and Dr. Wagner Jr. lost to Perro Aguayo Jr. and Héctor Garza in a match for the vacant WWA World Tag Team Championship in Tijuana on January 31, 2008.[24]
Shocker has defeated a number of wrestlers in
However, just five days later, he suffered a
The group dissolved soon after being announced as Shocker was injured and Metro adopted a new ring persona, Diamante Azul.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 of a number of matches, with increasing intensity and animosity from both wrestlers. The two were paired up for the 2013
On March 21, 2014, at Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, Shocker lost his hair for the first time, when he was defeated by Rush in a Lucha de Apuestas.
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.
Championships and accomplishments
- Arena Pista
- Arena Pista Revolucion New Wave Tournament (1994)[41]
- Comisión de Box y Lucha de Guadalajara
- Copa Higher Power (1998) – with Mr. Niebla, El Pantera, El Solar, Star Boy and Mike Segura[46]
- PWI ranked him # 16 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2002[47]
Luchas de Apuestas record
Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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Shocker (mask) | Valentin Mayo (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | house show | 1994 | [48] |
Shocker (mask) | Cain (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | house show | January, 1995 | [48] |
Shocker (mask) | Kahoz (mask) | Mexico City | house show | December 15, 1995 | [1][48] |
Shocker (mask) | Rey Bucanero (mask) | Mexico City | Ruleta de la Muerte | July 17, 1999 | [Note 2][48][49] |
Mr. Niebla (mask) | Shocker (mask) | Mexico City | CMLL 66th Anniversary Show | September 24, 1999 | [Note 3][1][48] |
Shocker (hair) | Rambo (hair) | Obregón, Sonora | house show | 2000 | [48] |
Shocker (hair) | Emilio Charles Jr. (hair) | Mexico City | Sin Piedad | December 14, 2001 | [1][50] |
Los Guapos (hair) (Shocker and Máscara Mágica ) |
Tokyo Gurentai (hair) (Takemura and Masada) |
Mexico City | house show | May 21, 2002 | [1] |
Shocker (hair) | Vampiro (hair) | Mexico City | 47. Aniversario de Arena México | April 4, 2003 | [1][10] |
Shocker (hair) | Máscara Año 2000 (hair) | Puebla, Puebla | house show | July 14, 2003 | [1] |
Shocker (hair) | Tarzan Boy (hair) | Mexico City | CMLL 70th Anniversary Show | September 19, 2003 | [1][51] |
Shocker (hair) | Scorpio Jr. (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | house show | March 21, 2004 | [Note 4][1] |
Shocker (hair) | Scorpio Jr. (hair) | Toluca, Mexico State | house show | July 3, 2004 | [Note 5][1] |
Shocker (hair) | Bestia Salvaje (hair) | Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas | house show | September 25, 2004 | [Note 6][1] |
Shocker (hair) | Halloween (hair) | Tijuana, Baja California | house show | September 10, 2004 | [1] |
Shocker (hair) | Violencia (hair) |
N/A | house show | March 31, 2005 | [1] |
Shocker (hair) | Sangre Chicana (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Guerra de Tianes | December 10, 2005 | [1] |
Shocker and Universo 2000 (hair) | Marco Corleone and Kenzo Suzuki (hair) |
Mexico City | Sin Piedad | December 15, 2006 | [1][52] |
Lizmark Jr. and Shocker (hair) | Rey Bucanero and Black Warrior (hair) | Mexico City | Sin Piedad | December 12, 2007 | [1][53] |
Shocker (hair) | Mr. Águila (hair) | Mexico City | Infierno en el Ring | July 19, 2013 | [Note 7][33] |
Rush (hair) | Shocker (hair) | Mexico City | Homenaje a Dos Leyendas | March 21, 2014 | [35] |
Footnotes
- ^ Despite not being a member of the National Wrestling Alliance since 1990 CMLL promotes three "NWA-Branded" titles that are not officially recognized by the NWA.
- ^ Finals of a Ruleta de la Muerte, losers advance tournament
- ^ Lost a Relevos suicidas match to Atlantis and Villano III and had to wrestle each other.
- ^ Last two men in a Los Guapos vs. Scorpio Jr., Emilio Charles Jr. and Bestia Salvaje cage match.
- ^ Finals of a Torneo cibernetico that also featured Pierroth Jr., Rey Bucanero, El Terrible, Héctor Garza, Tarzan Boy and Emilio Charles Jr.
- Máscara Mágica.
- ^ Ten-man steel cage match, which also included Averno, Blue Panther, Máximo, Negro Casas, Rey Bucanero, Rey Escorpión, Rush and Brazo de Plata.
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External links
- Shocker's profile at Cagematch.net
- Media related to Shocker at Wikimedia Commons