A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler , mixed martial artist , or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting the wrong image. Since the advent of the Internet , it is relatively easy to discover a fighter's real name.
50-547: Damián Gutiérrez Hernández (born April 12, 1976), better known by his ring name El Terrible , is a Mexican professional wrestler who works for the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays a rudo ("bad guy") wrestling character. He started out under the ring name Engendro del Mal ("Spawn of Evil") and later adopted the name Damián El Terrible , before being shortened to his current name. His CMLL career started in 2002 and included winning
100-828: A rudo (villain) and feuded with Máscara Mágica, taking his hair the following month in a main event match in Arena México . The natural feud with Shocker never really took off as expected and Terrible ended up joining Perro Aguayo's La Furia del Norte group. He formed a trio with Héctor Garza and Tarzan Boy that won the CMLL World Trios Championship by defeating titleholders Canek , Black Warrior and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. in November. Terrible joined Aguayo's new Los Perros del Mal group in early 2005 but suffered an orbital fracture while wrestling in Puerto Rico for
150-454: A contract for a Luchas de Apuestas match as the main event of CMLL's 2019 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas event. On March 15, 2019 Los Hermanos Chavez defeated Los Ingobernables two falls to one, forcing both El Terrible and La Bestia del Ring to have all their hair shaved off. On September 27, Rush and La Bestia del Ring announced their departures from CMLL, effectively putting an end to the original stable. On September 25, 2020, El Terrible
200-462: A few others, their real name. One notable exception was made for David Otunga because of his real marriage to singer Jennifer Hudson at the time, which gave WWE some mainstream exposure. Low Ki used the alias "Senshi" during his second TNA stint to reserve his primary ring name for other use. A similar example is the team known as The Dudley Boyz in ECW and WWE and Team 3D elsewhere. WWE trademarked
250-455: A match in 2009 or 2010, Gutiérrez was accidentally kicked in the face during a match which caused him to have a 90% detached retina. He finished the match and would continue to wrestle without consulting a doctor until he felt the eye swell up. The doctor told him that he would lose his vision of it and offered to remove the eye, but Gutiérrez wanted to keep the eye even if he became totally blind in that eye. He later explained that he opted to keep
300-589: A member of the stable. On June 6, 2010, at AAA's biggest event of the year, Triplemanía XVIII , Los Perros del Mal started an invasion storyline with the promotion. While many Perros del Mal Producciones workers have since made appearances in AAA, Perro Aguayo Jr., Damián 666, Halloween and L.A. Park are the four main members representing the stable in the company. Los Perros del Mal quickly aligned themselves with other rudo stables La Legión Extranjera , La Milicia and Los Maniacos to form La Sociedad , under
350-501: A new group consisting of La Furia del Norte, La Familia de Tijuana and other rudos called Los Perros del Mal. After the formation of Los Perros, the name "La Furia del Norte" referred only to the trio of Tarzan Boy, Terrible and Garza. Latin Lover appeared as a member at Arena Mexico with Garza and Perro Jr. He wore the Perros del Mal shirt, and though it was only an appearance, was considered
400-495: A new group with Rey Bucanero . The following month, the group was named La Fuerza TRT . On November 22, 2011, El Terrible's longtime tag team partner El Texano Jr. left CMLL. A week later, Tiger was introduced as the new third member of La Fuerza TRT . On December 25, El Terrible and Rush survived a torneo cibernetico match used to determine the two competitors in a match for the vacant CMLL World Heavyweight Championship . On January 1, 2012, El Terrible defeated Rush to win
450-614: A steel cage match, where the last person left in the cage would lose either his hair or mask. The match ended with Psycho Clown escaping the cage, leaving X-Fly inside and forcing him to have his hair shaved off. Los Perros del Mal and Los Psycho Circus ended their year long rivalry on October 9 at Héroes Inmortales , where Damián 666, Halloween and Nicho el Millonario were defeated in a Masks vs. Hairs steel cage match and were all shaved bald. On November 11, 2011, former member and reigning CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Héctor Garza jumped from CMLL to Perros del Mal Producciones to re-join
500-751: A variation of it, sometimes modifying the spelling to better fit their gimmick , such as Dave Bautista becoming Batista (later reverting to his real name for his Hollywood acting career), Patricia Stratigeas becoming Trish Stratus , Jonathan Good becoming Jon Moxley , Bryan Danielson becoming Daniel Bryan (when he wrestled in WWE), Richard Fliehr becoming Ric Flair and Randall Poffo becoming Randy Savage . Others simply use part of their name, such as Bill Goldberg using Goldberg , Nicole Garcia-Colace using Nikki Bella , Mike Mizanin using The Miz , Cody Runnels using Cody Rhodes , and Michael Wardlow using Wardlow . Many female wrestlers go solely by their first name such as. It
550-587: Is a highly respected tradition in Mexican lucha libre for performers to hide their true identities, usually wrestling under masks, and revealing a luchador's identity without their permission is considered a serious offence with real-life consequences. Professional wrestlers are often referred to by their contemporaries by their ring name. In interviews, Bret Hart regularly referred to Mark Calaway, Curt Hennig, and Kevin Nash by their ring names ( The Undertaker , Mr. Perfect , and Diesel ). Ring names are often trademarked by
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#1732886612214600-577: Is a part of the new promotion, despite its namesake. Their motto is "Dios perdona, los Perros no" ("God forgives, the Dogs don't."). The group originally started under the name La Furia del Norte but evolved into Los Perros del Mal as wrestlers not from northern Mexico joined the group. For the summer of 2004, the main storyline feud in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) was the heel trio of Pierroth Jr. , Vampiro Canadiense and Tarzan Boy feuding with
650-448: Is also common for wrestlers of all genders to use a nickname in addition to their real name for marketability and other reasons. Ricky Steamboat is an atypical instance of a wrestler adopting a ring name to sound less intimidating, as his legal name of Richard Blood was considered unfitting for his babyface persona. Some (mostly independent ) wrestlers still go to great lengths to ensure that their real names are not publicly known. It
700-494: The técnico or face trio of Negro Casas , Shocker and Perro Aguayo Jr. The two factions finally faced off in a six-man cage match on July 18, 2004 where the last man in the cage got his head shaved. The rudos quickly escaped and Shocker tricked Casas and made his own escape, leaving Casas and Perro Aguayo Jr. Aguayo was victorious and Negro Casas, who had acted like a mentor for a time before this, had his head shaved leading to hostility. The feud continued but soon Vampiro
750-716: The CMLL World Heavyweight Championship , the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship , the CMLL World Tag Team Championship twice, with Tama Tonga and Rush , the CMLL World Trios Championship with Héctor Garza and Tarzan Boy . During his time in CMLL, he has also won several major tournaments, including the 2008 Leyenda Azul , the 2012 and 2019 Universal Championship , the 2012 Gran Alternativa with Euforia and
800-606: The IWGP Tag Team Championship , but were not able to defeat No Limit in their home country. In October and November 2010, Terrible and Texano Jr. took part in New Japan Pro-Wrestling 's 2010 G1 Tag League . After victories over Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano and No Limit, Terrible and Texano Jr. finished fifth in their block and did not advance to the semi-finals of the tournament. In April 2011, El Terrible and El Texano Jr. left Los Hijos del Averno to form
850-406: The Mexican National Heavyweight Championship . On February 23, 208, El Terrible joined Los Ingobernables . The Universal Championship was the start of a storyline between Los Ingobernables and Los Hermanos Chavez ( Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja ), as El Terrible cheated to defeat Niebla Roja with the help of La Bestia del Ring . After several matches between the two sides, they all signed
900-694: The World Wrestling Council . He returned in September and immediately became involved in Los Perros' feud with Los Guerreros del Infierno . On May 11, 2008, he and Damian 666 lost to The Hell Warriors ( Animal and Power ) in Mexico City in a match for the then recently vacated UWA World Tag Team Championship . In the fall of 2009 El Terrible and El Texano Jr. became involved in a long running "Mexico vs. Japan" storyline that had been going on since
950-482: The promotion that creates a character or gimmick for a performer. It is common to see one performer use a variety of ring names throughout their career, even if their overall persona remains similar. This is especially true in WWE , which has largely forced most wrestlers that have debuted since 2006 to use a WWE-owned ring name instead of a ring name that they used on the independent circuit or, such as with Daniel Bryan and
1000-728: The "Dudley Boyz" name, leading them to have to change their name when they went to TNA. The members' individual names were also trademarked by WWE, forcing them to have to change their names. WWE partially repealed the policy in 2015, allowing wrestlers who were well known in other promotions such as Samoa Joe , A.J. Styles , Shinsuke Nakamura , Austin Aries , Bobby Roode , and Eric Young to use their long-standing ring names (or, in Nakamura's and Roode's cases, their real names) as well as wrestlers who sign "Tier 2" NXT brand contracts such as Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa , who wrestle both on NXT and
1050-580: The 2015 and 2018 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles with Máximo and Rush respectively. Gutiérrez is currently the leader of Los Nuevos Ingobernables , alongside Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja ; he was the last remaining member of Los Ingobernables ("The Ungovernables") following the departure of leader Rush and his father La Bestia del Ring from the promotion. He was originally brought into CMLL as part of Los Guapos ("The Handsome Ones"), then later joined CMLL's main rudo faction Los Perros del Mal . When Los Perros del Mal left CMLL El Terrible
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#17328866122141100-511: The CMLL World Heavyweight Champion ended on January 30, 2015, when he lost the title to Máximo in his first title defense in fourteen months. On March 6, El Terrible and Máximo won the 2015 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles . On April 3, El Terrible, Rey Bucanero and Shocker formed a new trio named TGR ( Terriblemente Guapo y un Rey , "Terribly Handsome King"). On October 29, 2017 El Terrible defeated Diamante Azul to win
1150-486: The CMLL World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. The following April, El Terrible and Euforia won the 2012 Gran Alternativa . On August 31, El Terrible defeated New Japan Pro-Wrestling representative Hiroshi Tanahashi to become the 2012 Universal Champion . El Terrible's rivalry with Rush culminated on September 14 in the main event of CMLL's 79th Anniversary Show , where El Terrible
1200-588: The CMLL World Tag Team Championship against La Máscara and Valiente at New Japan's Invasion Attack event in Tokyo. On July 5, El Terrible returned for another two-week tour with New Japan and, during the first night, he and Tonga lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jushin Thunder Liger . El Terrible worked the rest of the tour, which lasted until July 20, as a member of
1250-420: The end of Los Perros del Mal and that he would soon introduce a new incarnation of the stable. However, on December 8 at Guerra de Titanes , Aguayo, Daga and Psicosis revealed they had played Cibernético, when Aguayo turned on him and brought Los Perros del Mal back under the umbrella of the reformed La Sociedad . On February 21, 2014, longtime CMLL wrestler Black Warrior made a surprise return to AAA as
1300-480: The eye so he would not have to wear an eye patch. Ring name Ring names are much more common in professional wrestling than any other sport; famous examples include Terry Bollea becoming Hulk Hogan , Michael Shawn Hickenbottom becoming Shawn Michaels , Roderick Toombs becoming Roddy Piper , Dwayne Johnson becoming The Rock , Christopher Irvine becoming Chris Jericho , and Phillip Jack Brooks becoming CM Punk . A number of wrestlers adopted their real name or
1350-462: The group the following month, while the other vacant spots were filled by Taya Valkyrie , Teddy Hart , Trauma I and Trauma II . In mid-2013, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo began showing signs of a técnico turn by forming a new partnership with former rival Cibernético , which eventually led to Los Perros del Mal members Daga and Psicosis turning on their leader on November 22. Aguayo quickly announced that Daga and Psicosis' betrayal would not mark
1400-565: The group. Shortly afterwards, El Texano Jr. also left CMLL and joined Los Perros del Mal , along with his brother Super Nova , though this partnership was short-lived as El Texano Jr. went on to form rival group, El Consejo . On March 11, 2012, Los Perros del Mal lost the AAA World Trios Championship to Los Psycho Circus . The following day, Damián 666, his son Bestia 666 , Halloween and X-Fly announced that they had quit Los Perros del Mal . Halloween ended up returning to
1450-477: The independent circuit to keep their ring names (or, in Gargano's case, his real name). Gargano and Ciampa have since signed exclusive WWE contracts. "In-house" WWE wrestlers still use WWE-owned ring names. In rare cases, the rights to a wrestler's ring name may be owned by a company with little or no connection to professional wrestling, such as Marvel Comics ' ownership of the name Hulk Hogan until early 2003, which
1500-468: The last two left in the cage. Terrible pinned Salvaje, meaning Salvaje would have his head shaved. Over the winter, Los Guapos started feuding with Los Capos leading to Terrible teaming with Perro Aguayo Jr. against Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 on CMLL's Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth show in 2004 in a double hair vs hair match. Terrible and Aguayo won but Terrible started breaking off from Los Guapos. He fully turned into
1550-474: The leadership of Dorian Roldan. On December 5, 2010, in the main event of Guerra de Titanes Dámian 666, Halloween and X-Fly achieved a major feat by ending Los Psycho Circus 's three-year-long undefeated streak in a steel cage weapons match , albeit after an interference from Perro Aguayo Jr. The feud between Los Perros del Mal and Los Psycho Circus continued on May 29 at Perros del Mal Producciones' third anniversary show, where Los Psycho Circus
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1600-518: The name La Furia del Norte ( Spanish for "The Northern Fury") was born as they all hailed from northern Mexico. Tarzan Boy and Héctor Garza hailed from Monterrey , Nuevo León and Perro Aguayo Jr. claims his father's Zacatecas as his home state, although he was born in Mexico City . A few weeks later one last Northerner joined the group, El Terrible , who had just turned on Shocker. The group's cowardly and suave antics made them an entertaining combination and they quickly rivaled Los Guerreros as
1650-457: The newest member of Los Perros del Mal . Daga left Los Perros del Mal on April 19 to lead the Anarquía stable. On March 21, 2015, Aguayo died following a freak accident during a wrestling match, throwing the stable's future into question. While Pentagón Jr. and Taya continued representing Los Perros del Mal in AAA events following Aguayo's death, Joe Líder stated that the group's future
1700-602: The prefix "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Numerous boxers have used ring names or nicknames as their mode of identification during their professional boxing careers, particularly during the late 19th century and the early 20th century. The ring name "Kid" was particularly popular, indicating the boxer's comparative youth. Since the mid 20th century, ring names for boxers have typically been less common, although nicknames have become more popular in recent years. Famous examples of boxers who used ring names include: La Furia del Norte Los Perros del Mal ( English: The Dogs of Evil )
1750-551: The summer as they began working with the Japanese duo No Limit ( Yujiro and Naito ). On December 4, 2009 Terrible and Texano Jr. defeated No Limit in a Luchas de Apuesta hair vs. hair match that was the main event of CMLL's Sin Salida show. After the match both members of No Limit had their heads shaved completely bald per Lucha libre traditions. On February 14, 2010 Terrible and Texano Jr. travelled to Japan to challenge No Limit for
1800-553: The top heel group in CMLL. After losing a match for the CMLL 71st Anniversary Show trophy to Negro Casas, Perro moved onto a short but heated feud with El Hijo del Santo with La Furia playing back-up. Shortly afterwards, Garza, Terrible and Tarzan began chasing the CMLL World Trios Championship , eventually defeating Black Warrior , Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and El Canek in November. Perrito joined forces with his former rivals Pierroth and Vampiro in their feud against Los Capos , ending at
1850-575: The two to even work in the same country. In March 2013 El Terrible and Rush teamed up for the 2013 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles like they had for the 2012 tournament, but the team lost in the first round to Dragón Rojo Jr. and Niebla Roja . Two weeks later they were on opposite sides of a six-man tag team match on the 2013 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show where Rayo de Jalisco Jr. , Shocker and Rush defeated Universo 2000 , El Terrible and Mr. Niebla by disqualification. On April 7 at Invasion Attack , El Terrible and Tonga successfully defended
1900-502: The villainous Bullet Club stable. Upon his return to CMLL, Terrible and Bucanero kicked Tiger out of La Fuerza TRT on August 11 and gave his spot over to Vangelis . With Vangelis joining the group, the stable was renamed TRT: La Máquina de la Destrucción ("TRT: The Machine of Destruction"). In October, El Terrible, Bucanero and Tama Tonga formed the TRT and Bullet Club sub-group "Bullet Club Latinoamerica". El Terrible's three-year reign as
1950-455: The wrestler's gimmick changes, either subtly or dramatically. After debuting in WWE as the " Connecticut Blueblood " Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Paul Levesque's character later morphed into Triple H . A more drastic change sometimes occurs when a wrestler turns heroic or villainous , such as when Hulk Hogan joined the villainous nWo (New World Order) and became "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. His new attitude
2000-671: The year-end show when Pierroth and Vampiro lost their hair to Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 and Perro lost to Universo 2000 via disqualification in a singles match. The group's future was put in question when Garza was arrested in the United States with illegal steroids . Perro still continued to feud with Los Capos and he used La Furia against them up until the big Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr. versus Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 double hair match in March of that year. After Aguayo and his father were successful, Aguayo decided to start
2050-529: Was a Mexican lucha libre wrestling group stable , originally competed in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and in Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). The name (meaning "The Dogs of Evil") is a play on the name of the founder of the group, Perro Aguayo Jr. It was one of the main rudo (heel) stables in CMLL until October 2008, when Aguayo along with Mr. Águila and Damián 666 left the company to form Perros del Mal Producciones . The stable
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2100-634: Was defeated by Diamante Azul for the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, ending his reign at 1,062 days. At the 2020 Leyenda de Azul , El Terrible worked with Los Hermanos Chavez , which resulted in Ángel de Oro winning the cibernetico match. Afterwards, they continued to work together under the name Terriblemente Chavez, although Ángel de Oro and his brother were still referred to as tecnicos . On March 24, 2021, Los Hermanos Chavez cemented their rudo turn and joined El Terrible, forming Los Nuevos Ingobernables . During
2150-421: Was defeated in a Lucha de Apuesta Hair vs. Hair match and, as a result, shaved bald. On November 13, 2012 El Terrible and Tama Tonga won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship from Atlantis and Diamante Azul . In early 2013 Tama Tonga returned to Japan to work for NJPW, putting the status of the CMLL World Tag Team Championship in the air, leaving El Terrible and Tonga as the champions but no current plans for
2200-596: Was due to Hogan being advertised as " The Incredible Hulk Hogan" early in his career, while Marvel owned the trademark for their comic book character. Sometimes, a wrestler will buy the rights to their own ring name; for example, Steve Borden owns the rights to the name Sting and licenses it to the musician of the same name . The wrestler formerly known as Test took this one step further and legally changed his name to "Andrew Test Martin". Jim Hellwig, known as The Ultimate Warrior , had his name legally changed to simply "Warrior". In many cases, ring names evolve over time as
2250-595: Was enhanced by changing his costume color scheme from his famous red and yellow to nWo's black and white. Steve Williams adopted the ring name Steve Austin to avoid confusion with the then-more established performer "Dr. Death" Steve Williams . Austin would wrestle under that name for several years before signing with the WWF and being given the name "the Ringmaster". This gimmick failed to catch on, and Austin reverted to his established name, reaching his greatest level of success with
2300-413: Was injured in a match against the original Máscara Sagrada and was replaced by Héctor Garza , who had just jumped from Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), in a trios match at Arena México . Over the next few weeks, Perro turned on Casas and joined Garza. Soon Tarzan Boy from Los Guerreros del Infierno joined with Perro explaining that he and Garza could only trust other northerners. From that comment
2350-559: Was part of Shocker 's first "University of 1000% Guapos," a group of undercarders competing for a spot in Shocker's Los Guapos group. El Terrible was chosen to be the third of the trio with Shocker and Máscara Mágica and the group feuded with Los Talibanes ( Emilio Charles Jr. , Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr. ), who were previously known as "Los Guapos". The two groups faced off in a cage match in August 2003 where Terrible and Bestia Salvaje were
2400-450: Was put together with Rey Bucanero and Texano Jr. to form La Fuerza TRT . Gutiérrez began wrestling in his native Monterrey and elsewhere for smaller independent promotions under a mask as El Engendro del Mal ( Spawn of Evil ). In 2002, he debuted in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre without a mask as Damián El Terrible but later the "Damián" part of his name was dropped, possibly to alleviate any confusion with Damián 666 . He
2450-431: Was still uncertain. In January 2017, Daga, Garza Jr. and Pentagón Jr. all quit AAA and made an appearance for The Crash promotion, wearing Los Perros del Mal gear. The current status of the group is uncertain. Daga and Pentagón Jr. had hopes they would be able to continue using the name Los Perros del Mal on the independent circuit with Garza Jr. as a new member, but on January 24 they instead announced they were leaving
2500-435: Was victorious in a six man tag team steel cage Masks vs. Hairs match and, as a result, Super Crazy , the last man left in the cage, was forced to have his head shaved bald. On June 18 at Triplemanía XIX , Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly defeated Los Psycho Circus in a tournament final to become the first ever AAA World Trios Champions . On July 31 at Verano de Escándalo , Los Perros del Mal faced Los Psycho Circus in
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