Cibernético
Octavio López Arreola, better known by the ring name Cibernético, is a Mexican professional wrestler, working for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.
During AAA's short partnership with the World Wrestling Federation, he participated in the 1997 Royal Rumble and wrestled on Raw is War and WWF Shotgun Saturday Night, often teaming with Pierroth Jr. He is a former AAA Mega Champion as well as a former three time Campeón de Campeones, the predecessor to the AAA world championship.
Professional wrestling career
Universal Wrestling Association (1992–1995)
Octavio López started out as a body builder, developing the physique that would later on become one of his strong points. He began training for a professional wrestling career in the Universal Wrestling Association Gym under Karloff Lagarde and Ray Mendoza as well as training with Ojo de Tigre and Ebano Ruiz. He made his professional wrestling debut in 1992 under the ring name Urko and later worked as Espiritu Negro for a brief period of time. After wrestling for a few months he decided to dedicate himself to developing his physique and receive further training in the UWA wrestling school. In June 1994 he made his re-debut for the UWA, this time working under a new ring character, Cibernético,, complete with a colorful mask that looked like it had printed circuitry on it to enhance the "Cyborg" character. On July 31, 1994, Cibernétcio wrestled on his first Toreo de Cuatro Caminos show, UWA's biggest venue. On the night he teamed up with veterans El Canek and Dos Caras, taking on Los Villanos, Villano III, Villano IV and Villano V. While he made his debut as a tecnico he soon turned against El Canek, turning rudo, setting up a feud with the UWA's top tecnico in the hopes of using Cibernético to replace some of the UWA headliners that had left the promotion. The attempt to create new headliners was too late and by January 1995 the UWA closed down.Asistencia Asesoría y Administración/Lucha Libre AAA World Wide
Championship reigns (1995–1997)
After the UWA closed he began working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. On October 27, 1995, defeated Perro Aguayo to win the WWA World Heavyweight Championship, his first wrestling championship. Perro Aguayo later gained the championship back. In AAA Cibernético began to regularly team up with the experienced rudo Pierroth, Jr. On June 6, 1996, the team of Cibernético and Pierroth, Jr. participated in the World Wrestling Peace Festival in Los Angeles, California, where they lost to the team of Perro Aguayo and La Parka. Cibernético worked his first major AAA show on May 11, 1996, when he teamed with El Picudo and Mosco de la Merced at Triplemanía IV-A. The team defeated Octagón, Último Dragón and La Parka in the third match of the night when Cibernético won the deciding fall by pinning Octagón. A month later he also wrestled at Triplemanía IV-B where Cibernético, Octagón and Psicosis lost to Perro Aguayo, Villano III and Villano IV.The following year Cibernético wrestled at both Triplemanía IV-B and Triplemanía V-B. At V-A he faced and defeated former ally Pierroth, Jr. in a singles match after Cibernético had turned on his partner earlier in the year. Two days later he participated in the main event of Triplemania V-B as he teamed with Perro Aguayo, Octagón and El Canek to defeat Jake Roberts, Gorgeous George III, El Cobarde, Jr. and Fuerza Guerrera. A week later, on June 22, 1997, Cibernético defeated Máscara Sagrada to win the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship during an AAA show in Mexico City. Over the summer of 1997 Cibernético reignited his feud with El Canek, drawing on their past from the UWA. At the inaugural Verano de Escandalo El Canek defeated Cibernético in a Steel Cage Match.
Los Vipers (1997–1999)
In August 1997 Cibernético unveiled a new stable called Los Vipers; which, besides himself, consisted of former Rudos de la Galaxia members Abismo Negro, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced and Histeria. That group was joined by Psicosis II and Electroshock as well as Los Mini Vipers, Mini-Estrella Mini Abismo Negro, Mini Histeria, and Mosquito de la Merced. Not long after Los Vipers was formed AAA had to replace the original Histeria, who became Super Crazy, with a new Histeria. Only a short time later AAA also had to replace the original Mosco de la Merced as well, when he left the promotion, with a new Mosco de la Merced, sometimes referred to as Mosco de la Merced II.The group was a success, propelling Cibernético up the ranks within a few months of the group being unveiled. On December 5, 1997, Cibernético defeated Latin Lover to win the AAA Campeón de Campeones Championship, the top title in the promotion at the time. In 1998 he briefly exchanged the Campeon de Campeones title with longtime rival Perro Aguayo. Cibernético competed in the 1999 Rey de Reyes tournament on March 7, 1999. In the first round he defeated stablemate Abismo Negro as well as Dos Caras and Máscara Sagrada to qualify for the finals. In the finals he defeated Octagón, Latin Lover and Electroshock to become the 1999 Rey de Reyes. By late 1999 Los Vipers began fighting amongst themselves as Abismo Negro made a bid to become the leader of the group. The storyline led to the creation of two separate Vipers factions. Cibernético led a group called Los Vipers Primera Clase consisting of himself Psicosis II, Histeria, Mosco De La Merced, Maniaco, Mini Psicosis, Mosquito De La Merced and Mini Histeria. Abismo Negro's group was known as Los Vipers Extreme and besides himself featured Electroshock, Pentagon, Shiiba, El Cuervo and Mini Abismo Negro. After several months of tension and fighting between the Los Vipers factions the storyline was suddenly dropped and the feuding factions reunited.
Lucha Libre Latina (1999–2004)
By the end of 1999 Cibernético formed another rudo faction, a group called Lucha Libre Latina, a group intent on taking over AAA that was inspired by World Championship Wrestling's New World Order. Los Vipers became a subgroup within LLL, and Abismo Negro assumed leadership of Los Vipers after Cibernético. Cibernético looked like he could repeat as Rey de Reyes winner at the 2000 Event, but was defeated by Abismo Negro in the final. A few months later Cibernético teamed up with LLL members Abismo Negro, Electroshock and Pro Wrestling Noah wrestler Shiima Nobunaga in the main event of Triplemanía VIII, only to lose to Octagón, Jushin Thunder Liger, Latin Lover and El Alebrije. While Cibernético was leading LLL Abismo Negro was rising through the ranks of AAA, bolstered by his leadership of Los Vipers. Negro's status as a main eventer caused storyline problems between LLL's leader Cibernético and Abismo Negro, leading to a series of matches between the two to see who should lead and who should follow. On September 29, 2000, Negro defeated Cibernético in a one on one match at Verano de Escandalo 2000. When the two faced off in a steel cage match at Guerrera de Titanes 2000, the match ended without a winner, after which the rivalry between the leader and the deputy leader was put on the back burner. On June 30, 2001, Cibernético's almost three-year-long reign as Campeon de Campeones was ended when Heavy Metal won the title from him. Cibernético regained the title less than two months later, becoming the only three time Campeon de Campeones in the history of the title. Cibernético would retain the title until AAA quietly stopped promoting the belt some time in 2005. Cibernético's LLL was seen as a direct challenge to the authority of AAA founder and owner Antonio Peña and led to a match between Cibernético and Peña, who had been a wrestler before retiring in the 1980s. The two wrestled at the 2001 Guerrera de Titanes which Cibernético easily won in under three minutes. On January 20, 2002, Cibernético finally managed to defeat his longtime rival El Canek to win the UWA World Heavyweight Championship, a title he would retain for almost 10 months before El Canek regained the title on November 15, 2002.La Secta Cibernetica (2004–2006)
In 2004, Cibernético once again founded a new group, La Secta Cibernética, a pseudo-religious cult, with Cibernético as its "religious leader". The group consisted of Cibernético's longtime associates Charly Manson and Chessman who had both been part of Los Vipers and LLL, and also included The Black Family. La Secta Cibernetica continued the storyline with Peña's loyalists that had been started back in the LLL days. Peña's main defender was La Parka, which in turn made him Cibernético's main rival. The two men faced off in the main event of Triplemanía XII in one of the biggest Lucha de Apuesta, or "mask vs. mask" matches of the year. In the end the Peña backed La Parka defeated Cibernético and forced him to unmask after the match. At the following show, Verano de Escandalo La Parka once again got the better of Cibernético, defeating him in a "Lights out" match. Frustrated by his inability to defeat La Parka Cibernético brought in a masked wrestler called Muerte Cibernética to target La Parka. At Triplemanía XIV La Parka repeated the feat and unmasked Muerte Cibernética just like he had unmasked Cibernético two years prior Following the unmasking Muerte Cibernética slowly began to take control of La Secta, taking advantage of Cibernético suffering a serious knee injury that took him away from the ring for several months.Los Hell Brothers (2006–2008)
When Cibernético returned to the ring he turned tecnico for the first time in his AAA career and created a new group called Los Hell Brothers with former La Secta members Chessman and Charly Manson. Together the group fought against Muerte Cibernética's La Secta de la Muerte group. The storyline between the two factions reached its crescendo at the 2006 Guerra de Titanes where Cibernético defeated his opponent in an "extreme coffin" match with the storyline featuring Muerte Cibernética locked in the coffin and then thrown into a volcano. The storyline led to Muerte Cibernética returning a few months later under the name "El Mesias", claiming that he was resurrected from the dead. El Mesias and the Secta de Mesias joined forced with Konnan's La Legión Extranjera to become the top rudo faction of AAA. Meanwhile, Cibernético and Los Hell Brothers quickly became the most popular group in AAA, aided by Cibernétcio and La Parka reconciling their past differences. At Triplemanía XV Los Hell Brothers defeated the team of El Mesias and La Legión members Sean Waltman, and Kenzo Suzuki in a Domo De La Muerte cage match. Cibernético was the last man to leave the cage to earn the victory; as a result of the outcome Kenzo Suzuki was shaved bald after the match.In the fall of 2007 AAA decided to create a single top championship when they introduced the AAA Mega Championship. The tournament saw Cibernético defeat Mr. Niebla in the first round, only for him to lose to his fellow Hell Brother Chessman in the second round. On the same night that El Mesias became the first ever AAA Mega Champion Cibernético, Charly Manson and El Zorro defeated La Secta de Mesias in a Domo de la Muerte match that served as the main event of the 2007 Verano de Escandalo. As a result of their loss Espiritu had his hair shaved off. Cibernético immediately targeted El Mesias' newly won title, earning a title shot at the 2007 Guerra de Titanes, in a match that also included El Zorro. During the match El Mesias and El Zorro poured lighter fluid on a table, set it on fire and then powerbombed Cibernético through the table. While the stunt was designed to look more dangerous than it actually was, Cibernético suffered serious burns to his back and shoulder when the stunt did not go as planned. AAA wrote the accident into the storyline, making it appear that El Mesias and El Zorro meant to injure Cibernético. Taking advantage of the emotional support Cibernético received during his recovery AAA decided to have Cibernético win the AAA Mega Championship on March 16, 2008, as he defeated El Mesias in the main event of the 2008 Rey de Reyes show. Cibernético would go on to gain revenge on El Zorro for his part in the injury as he successfully defended the AAA Mega Championship against El Zorro in the main event of Triplemanía XVI.
After gaining revenge on El Mesias and El Zorro Cibernético had to contend with a challenger from within Los Hell Brothers. Chessman had earned the number one contender position and was demanding that Cibernético should defend the title against him. With the tension building between the two they asked Charly Manson to pick a side, but instead of breaking his friendship with either wrestler he walked away, ending Los Hell Brothers. After the break-up Chessman turned rudo on Cibernético, attacking him after a match. The title match between the two took place at the 2008 Verano de Escandalo, which Cibernético won. Cibernético also won a subsequent rematch at the 2008 Antonio Peña Memorial Show in a match that also included El Zorro.