Villano III Jr.

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Villano III Jr.
Birth nameDíaz Mendoza (first name not revealed)
Born (1998-07-11) July 11, 1998 (age 25)
Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Parent(s)
Relatives
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Villano III Jr.
Billed height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Billed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Trained by
  • Villano IV
  • Debut2013

    Villano III Jr. (born July 11, 1998) is a Mexican third-generation

    professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is one-half of the current CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions (with El Hijo del Villano III). He is known in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) where he is of the former AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion with Lady Maravilla. He is the son of Villano III and La Infernal and the grandson of Ray Mendoza. Villano III Jr.'s real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.[1]

    Professional wrestling career

    Villano III Jr. made his first appearance under that name in an exhibition match on the undercard of a show honoring his father's 40th wrestling anniversary on February 5, 2012.[2] In subsequent years he won the Mexican State Tag Team Championship with his brother El Hijo del Villano III as well as the Mexican State Trios Championship with his father and his brother.

    Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2017–present)

    In 2017 Villano III Jr. was one of several young wrestlers who participated in

    Angelikal, El Hijo del Vikingo and The Tigger.[3] Despite the loss Villano III Jr. became a regular for AAA afterwards, competing of several of their major shows such as Héroes Inmortales XI,[4] as well as teaming with La Hiedra to unsuccessfully challenge Big Mami and Nino Hamburgesa for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship.[5]

    On March 16, 2019, at AAA's

    Keyra and Látigo and her rivals Big Mami & Niño Hamburguesa.[8]

    Championships and accomplishments

    Luchas de Apuestas record

    Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
    Villano III Jr. (mask) Aéreo (mask) Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua AAA show March 1, 2020 [10]

    References

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    2. ^ "AULL/LEGEND/UWE @ Tlalnepantla de Baz - Villano III: Cuatro Décadas Siendo el Rey". Wrestling Data. February 5, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
    3. ^ Aiken, Chris (August 26, 2017). "AAA Triplemania XXV live results: Psycho Clown vs. Dr. Wagner Jr". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
    4. ^ González, Andrés (October 2, 2017). "Héroes Inmortales de AAA triunfaron en San Luis Potosí". El Express (in Spanish). Retrieved October 2, 2017.
    5. ^ "AAA TV-Taping". CageMatch. May 31, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
    6. ^ Rose, Bryan (March 16, 2019). "Young Bucks win AAA tag team titles at Rey de Reyes". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
    7. ^ a b "AAA Triplemania XXVII live results: Cain Velasquez debuts". The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
    8. ^ Rose, Bryan (October 19, 2019). "AAA HEROES INMORTALES LIVE RESULTS: FENIX VS. KENNY OMEGA". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
    9. ^ Lizarranga, Alfonso (April 27, 2017). "El GYM Villanos se queda con el FILL LVIII". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved September 2, 2019.
    10. ^ +Luchas (March 2, 2020). "Villano III Jr gana la máscara de Aéreo" [Villano III Jr won the mask of Aéreo] (in Spanish). Retrieved March 3, 2020.