Rey Cometa

Rey Cometa
Birth name Mario Alberto González[1][2]
Born (1983-03-11) March 11, 1983[3]
Queretaro, Queretaro[4]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Rey Cometa
Billed height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[4]
Billed weight 83 kg (183 lb)[4]
Trained by Kaoma Jr.[4]
Atomico de Oro[4]
Dragon de Oriente I[4]
Dragon de Oriente II[4]
Satánico[3]
Debut April 30, 1999[4][3]

Mario Alberto González (born March 11, 1983) is a Mexican Luchador, best known by his ring name Rey Cometa (Spanish for "King Comet"). He is working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Rey Cometa first gained national exposure when he worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) from 2005 until 2008. In AAA he was a part of the group Real Fuerza Aérea, consisting of young high flying wrestlers. As is usual with masked wrestlers in Mexico, Cometa's real name was not a matter of public record until he lost his mask in a match in September 2012.[1][5]

Professional wrestling career

González was trained by Dragon de Oriente I, II, Kaoma, Jr., and Atomico de Oro before making his debut on April 30, 1999, at the age of 16.[3] Dragon de Oriente I originally worked as "Rey Cometa", but changed to "Dragon de Oriente I" in 1989. Dragon decided to give the "Rey Cometa" name to the best student in his class; initially González worked as "Rey Cometa, Jr." but the "Junior" part was quietly dropped within a year of his debut.[6] In 2003 Rey Cometa defeated his trainer Kaoma, Jr. and Sarpa de Tigre in a Luchas de Apuesta (bet match) where both the losers had their hair shaved off after the match.[6] During his time on the Mexican independent circuit Rey Cometa won the *Queretaro State Lightweight Championship once.[3]

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

In 2005 Rey Cometa began working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), one of Mexico's largest professional wrestling promotions. His first appearance of significance came when he was on the losing side of a match at AAA's 2005 Guerra de Titanes wrestling show, teaming with Laredo Kid, Hombre Sin Miedo, and Principe Zafiro, losing to Kaoma, Jr., Oscuridad, Rio Bravo, and Tito Santana.[7] In 2006, Rey Cometa and Laredo Kid became two of the founding members of a group called Real Fuerza Aérea (Spanish for "the Royal Air Force"), a group of young high-flying wrestlers.[6] Real Fuerza Area (Rey Cometa, Laredo Kid, Super Fly, and Nemesis) challenged the Black Family (Dark Ozz, Dark Espiritu, Dark Cuervo, and Dark Escoria for the Mexican National Atómicos Championship at Triplemanía XIV, but the match ended in a no contest.[8] As a result of the match the Atómicos title was vacated, but the Black Family won the rematch the following month.[9] Rey Cometa was one of the participants in the 2007 Alas de Oro tournament, but did not win.[10] At the 2007 Verano de Escandalo event Cometa teamed with Aero Star, Estrellita, and Octagoncito, losing to the team of Alfa, Faby Apache, Gran Apache, and Mini Chessman.[11] Subsequently Real Fuerza Aérea (Cometa, Aero Star, and Super Fly) defeated The Black Family (Dark Curervo, Dark Ozz, and Dark Escoria) on the undercard of the 2007 Guerra de Titanes show.[12] In 2008 AAA focused more on Aero Star and Super Fly in storylines that took them away from Real Fuerza Aérea with the remaining members dropping down the card, if they wrestled at all. After working only sporadically for several months Rey Cometa, as well as Pegasso, left AAA. Initially the two worked for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) as Real Fuerza Aérea but soon after began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Mexico's largest and oldest wrestling promotion.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

Pegasso and Rey Cometa initially used the Real Fuerza Aérea name in CMLL as well, but quickly abandoned it when AAA objected to the use of the name.[3] Rey Cometa and Pegasso worked as a regular team in CMLL, often working the lower end of the card. On April 7, 2009, Rey Cometa was one of 10 men competing for the vacant CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship but he was eliminated half-way through the match, which was won by Mascara Dorada instead.[13] Rey Cometa teamed with Blue Panther to participate in the 2009 Gran Alternativa tournament, losing to Mr. Niebla and Tiger Kid in the first round.[14] On October 18, 2009, Rey Cometa was one of 12 wrestlers who put his mask on the line in a 12-man Luchas de Apuestas cage match. He was the sixth person to escape the cage keeping his mask safe; the final saw Polvora pin Tigre Blanco to unmask him.[15] Rey Cometa teamed with Pegasso and Rouge to defeat Los Guerreros Tuareg (Hooligan, Skándalon and Loco Max) in the opening match of CMLL's year end show, Sin Salida, with Pegasso scoring the deciding fall.[16] On September 14, 2012, at CMLL's 79th Anniversary Show, Cometa was defeated by Puma King in a Lucha de Apuestas and was as a result forced to unmask and reveal his real name.[1][2]

Following the loss of his mask Rey Cometa slowly moved from working against Puma King to helping Stuka, Jr. in his storyline feud with Japanese wrestler Namajague that saw Namajague and his team mate Okumura attack Stuka, Jr. on more than one occasion until Rey Cometa came to his rescue. The storyline between the two teams continued to escalate over late 2012 and into 2013 as the two sides faced off almost weekly, often with inconclusive results. On March 15, 2013, Stuka, Jr. and Rey Cometa defeated La Fiebre Amarilla (Namajague and Okumura) in the main event of the 2013 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show, forcing Okumura to have all his hair shaved off and Namajague to unmasked and reveal his real name.[17] The storyline between Namajague and Rey Cometa did not end after the unmasking, instead it switched to an individual storyline between the two, that included Namajague breaking a pane of glass over Rey Cometa's head during a one-on-one match.[18][19] The conflict led to CMLL signing a one-on-one Lucha de Apuestas between the pair, with both their hair on the line, to take place on the April 26, 2013 Arena Mexico 57th Anniversary Show.[20] Cometa won the match by two falls to one, and Namajague's hair was shaved after the match.[21] From January 14 to 19, 2014, Cometa worked the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and CMLL co-produced Fantastica Mania 2014 tour, which marked his debut in Japan. For the entire tour, Cometa worked undercard matches, alongside Stuka, Jr.[22][23] On September 19, 2014 Rey Cometa lost to Cavernario in one of the feature matches of the CMLL 81st Anniversary Show, losing a Luchas de Apuestas match and for the first time in his career he was shaved bald after the match.[24][25][26] On June 10, 2016, Rey Cometa defeated Bárbaro Cavernario to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship.[27] On July 1, Cometa lost his hair to Cavernario in another Lucha de Apuestas between the two.[28]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • PWI ranked him # 246 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2016[29]
  • Queretaro State Lightweight Championship (1 time)[3]

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Rey Cometa and Dragon de Oriente (masks) Kaoma, Jr. and Sarpa de Tigre (hair) Unknown Live event 2003 [6]
Puma King (mask) Rey Cometa (mask) Mexico City CMLL 79th Anniversary Show September 14, 2012 [1]
Stuka, Jr. (mask) and Rey Cometa (hair) La Fiebre Amarilla
(Okumura (hair) and Namajague (mask)) 		Mexico City, Mexico Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2013) March 15, 2013 [17]
Rey Cometa (hair) Namajague (hair) Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico 57th Anniversary Show April 26, 2013 [21]
Cavernario (hair) Rey Cometa (hair) Mexico City, Mexico CMLL 81st Anniversary Show September 19, 2014 [24][25][26]
Bárbaro Cavernario (hair) Rey Cometa (hair) Mexico City, Mexico CMLL International Gran Prix (2016) July 1, 2016 [28]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mexicool, Rey (September 14, 2012). "¡Puma King gana la máscara de Rey Cometa en el 79 Aniversario del CMLL!". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Salazar López, Alexis A. (September 15, 2012). "Viernes 14 de Septiembre '12" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Tecnicos – Rey Cometa". Fuego en el ring (in Spanish). Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Oculto, Rostro (October 15, 2009). "CMLL- 12 Máscaras en juego (18 octubre 2009) – Cartel Completo – Strongman vs. Último Guerrero". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  5. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Rey Cometa (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. October 2007. p. 12. Tomo IV.
  7. ↑ "AAA Guerra de Titánes". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 18, 2005. issue 136.
  8. ↑ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion TripleMania". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  9. ↑ "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). December 20, 2004. Especial 21.
  10. ↑ "Extreme Tiger con Alas de Oro". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). August 12, 2007. issue 222.
  11. ↑ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Verano de Escandalo". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
  12. ↑ "AAA Guerra de Titánes". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 1, 2007. issue 238.
  13. ↑ "Se improne la lucha aéra". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. April 7, 2009. p. 22. Número 21543 Año LXII. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  14. ↑ Marquina, Alva (September 25, 2009). "CMLL- (Resultados en vivo 25 septiembre de 2009) – Último Guerrero venció a Liger. Yujiro y Okumura se llevan el Torneo la Gran Alternativa". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 26, 2009.
  15. ↑ Marquina, Alva (October 18, 2009). "CMLL- 12 Máscaras en juego en jaula (Resultados 18 octubre 2009) – Tigre Blanco pierde la máscara, dice llamarse Sergio Guzmán". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  16. ↑ Islas, Alejandro (December 5, 2009). "CMLL: Sin Salida (Resultados 4 diciembre 2009) – Texano Jr. y Terrible ganan las cabelleras de Yujiro y Naito". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved December 5, 2009.
  17. 1 2 "Resultados Arena México" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. March 15, 2013. Archived from the original on March 17, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  18. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (April 13, 2013). "Sacó el colmillo Atlantis en la Gran Alternativa". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  19. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (April 12, 2013). "Mr. Águila va por Shocker y Atlantis y el Hombre Bala Jr a la final Gran Alternativa 2013." (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Rey Cometa vs. Namajague por las cabelleras este 26/Abril/13". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). April 18, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  21. 1 2 "Namajague... ¡nipón pelón!". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). April 26, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  22. ↑ "『Fantastica Mania』メンバーが決定!! 2代目ミスティコが参戦!! 素顔のボラドールなど、16名が大挙上陸!!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). November 7, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Los programas oficiales de la gira NJPW Presents: CMLL Fantastica Mania 2014". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). January 6, 2014. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  24. 1 2 Reducindo, Miguel (September 19, 2014). "Resultados Arena Mexico Viernes 19' de Septiembre LXXXI Aniversario del CMLL" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  25. 1 2 Redaccion (September 19, 2014). "Caída a Caída... 81 Aniversario del CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  26. 1 2 Cano Vela, Eduardo (September 19, 2014). "CMLL 81 aniversario (Cobertura y resultados en vivo) -Atlantis destapa a Último Guerrero". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  27. 1 2 "Rey Cometa, nuevo campeón nacional welter". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  28. 1 2 Valdés, Apolo (July 2, 2016). "Bárbaro Cavernario rapó de nuevo a Rey Cometa". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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