Pentagón Jr.
Pentagón Jr. is a Mexican luchador enmascarado. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Penta. He is best known for his tenure in Mexican promotions Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre and American promotions Lucha Underground, Impact Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling /Ring of Honor. He is the elder brother of Rey Fénix, working together as The Lucha Bros.
Pentagón's career started in México in 2007. In 2010, he began to work with AAA, where he is a former Latin American Champion, Mixed Tag Team Champion, World Tag Team Championship and the 2016 Rey de Reyes. From 2014 to 2018, he starred in Lucha Underground, a professional wrestling TV series where he is a former Gift of The Gods Champion and Lucha Underground Champion. This led to him and his brother to work for more promotions in the United States. The following year, they worked for Impact, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Major League Wrestling among other promotions, winning several tag team titles. He also won the Impact World Championship and the Lucha Underground Championship.
From 2019 to 2024, Pentagón worked with AEW with his brother also as part of the Death Triangle stable with Pac. He became AEW World Trios Champion, AEW World Tag Team Champion, and ROH World Tag Team Champion.
Early life
Pentagón Jr. was born on February 26, 1985, in Ecatepec, State of Mexico. It is unclear exactly how many brothers and sisters he has, but he has a younger brother who is also a professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Rey Fénix.Professional wrestling career
Early career (2007–2010)
As the man behind the Pentagón Jr. mask has never been unmasked in the ring, not much is known about his previous history beyond what has been revealed by the man himself, which is traditional in Lucha libre. According to Pentagón Jr. he was trained by Skayde, and made his debut in 2007. His first verified match was on April 9, 2008, where Zaius teamed up with Black Star, losing to his brothers who wrestled as the masked characters Máscara Oriental and El Niño de Fuego. He would win his first ever championship on July 26, 2009, when he defeated Mesalla to win the WCW Intercontinental Championship in a Luchas de Apuestas where Zaius put his mask on the line. Records are unclear on if or when he lost the championship.Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2010–2017)
Still working as Zaius the future Pentagón Jr. worked a dark match try out for AAA on September 9, 2010, teaming with Pesadilla to defeat the team of Konami and Máscara Oriental. In 2011 he began working for AAA on a regular basis, using the name "Dark Dragon", while also working on the independent circuit as Zaius. As Dark Dragon he joined AAA's mid-level rudo group La Milicia. At the same time as he was given the "Dark Dragon" persona his brother then known as Máscara Oriental, was given a new name and mask, becoming known as Fénix.On December 2, 2012, the Dark Dragon persona was abandoned and AAA reintroduced him as Pentagón Jr. at their major year-end show Guerra de Titanes. He was introduced as the arch-enemy of the newly introduced Octagón Jr., just like the original Pentagón had been the storyline arch-enemy of Octagón. Octagón, Octagón Jr. and La Parka defeated Pentagón Jr., La Parka Negra and Silver Cain. Since several wrestler who held the name Pentagon had bad luck in their careers, there is the legend of the name Pentagon being cursed. Pentagón Jr.'s catchphrase, Cero Miedo was created to show no fear to the curse. By mid-2013 Octagón Jr. left AAA, leaving Pentagón Jr. without any direction or storyline. On August 18 at Héroes Inmortales VII, Pentagón entered the 2013 Copa Antonio Peña, but was defeated in the first round by El Hijo del Fantasma. On March 16, 2014, at AAA's Rey de Reyes show, Pentagón Jr. participated in an eight-man Lucha de Apuestas ''Domo de la Muerte, but escaped the cage before the end, keeping his mask safe. At Triplemanía XXII, held on August 17, Pentagón Jr participated in a unification match for both the AAA Fusión Championship and AAA Cruiserweight Championship in a multi-man match that was won by El Hijo del Fantasma. On November 17, Pentagón Jr. joined the Los Perros del Mal stable. On December 7, Pentagón Jr. and his new stablemate Joe Líder won the AAA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Los Güeros del Cielo and Myzteziz and Fénix in a three-way match. They lost the title back to Angélico and Evans on October 4, 2015, at Héroes Inmortales IX.
On March 23, 2016, Pentagón Jr. won the 2016 Rey de Reyes tournament by defeating La Parka and Villano IV. The Rey de Reyes victory was used to build him up as a challenger for the AAA Latin American Championship, which culminated with Pentagón Jr. defeating then-champion Psycho Clown on July 3. At Triplemanía XXIV, on August 28, Pentagón Jr. lost the championship to Johnny Mundo. Pentagón later lost a rematch to Mundo on January 20, 2017 at the Guerra de Titanes''. The following day, Pentagón announced that he no longer worked for AAA, citing unhappiness from feeling restricted and held back by AAA.
Lucha Underground (2014–2018)
In August 2014, Pentagón was announced as one of five AAA wrestlers to star in Lucha Underground, a new American television series on El Rey. Pentagón debuted on the third episode on November 12, where he was defeated by his brother, Fénix, in a three-way, that also included Drago. Over the next weeks, the two real-life brothers developed a storyline rivalry between them. On February 4, 2015, Pentagón started a storyline about him breaking his opponent's arms; dedicating each broken arm as a sacrifice for his unknown master. On April 1, 2015, Pentagon participated in a tournament to crown the first LU Trios Champions. Pentagon, Sexy Star and Super Fly were defeated by Big Ryck, The Mack and Killshot. After the match, Pentagon attempted to break Super Fly's arm, but Star saved him. On April 8, 2015, Pentagon attacked Star and Super Fly, managing to break Super Fly's arm. On April 22, 2015, Pentagón was defeated by Sexy Star. On June 3, 2015, Pentagon defeated Sexy Star in a submission match. After the match, Pentagon attempted to sacrifice Sexy Star but was stopped by commentator Vampiro. Afterwards, Pentagón began attacking Vampiro, saying he would sacrifice him for his master. During Ultima Lucha on August 5, 2015, Pentagón Jr. defeated Vampiro in a violent Cero Miedo match. After the match, at Vampiro's urging, Pentagón Jr. broke Vampiro's arm. Vampiro then revealed he was Pentagón Jr.'s master.On the season two premiere on January 27, Pentagón attacked reigning Lucha Underground Champion, Mil Muertes following his successful defense against Ivelisse and broke Muertes' arm, turning face in the process. Pentagón unsuccessfully challenged for the Lucha Underground Championship against Matanza Cueto, the story-line monster heel brother of authority figure Dario Cueto in 2015. This match aired via tape delay on March 30, 2016. At Ultima Lucha Dos on January 31, 2016, Pentagón took on the name "Pentagón Dark" after receiving further "training" from Vampiro in an attempt to once again challenge Matanza Cueto for the Lucha Underground Championship. After his bid to capture the title failed, he turned on Vampiro.
At Aztec Warfare III Pentagón was attacked by Black Lotus along with Members of The Black Lotus Triad Hitokiri, Doku and Yurei and was eliminated by Johnny Mundo. Two weeks later he faced the Black Lotus triad members in a gauntlet match in a losing effort and got his arm broken by Black Lotus and El Dragon Azteca Jr, who also swore revenge on Pentagón for breaking his arm. On June 25 at Ultima Lucha Tres, Pentagón Dark defeated Son of Havoc in a ladder match to win the vacant Gift of the Gods Championship, which also earned him a future shot at the Lucha Underground Championship. He cashed in his shot the following day and defeated Prince Puma in a "Loser Must Retire" match to become the new Lucha Underground Champion.
On June 13, 2018, Lucha Underground aired the first episode of the 4th season. At the first episode, Pentagón Dark won the Aztec Warfare to retain the title. Becoming the first person to ever do so.
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2015–2019)
On August 28, 2015, Pentagón Jr. made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla by entering the 2015 Battle of Los Angeles tournament, defeating Drago in his first round match. He was eliminated from the tournament in his second round match two days later by eventual tournament winner Zack Sabre Jr. On September 2, 2016, Pentagón Jr. returned to PWG, entering the 2016 Battle of Los Angeles, from which he was eliminated in the first round by Marty Scurll. Two days later, Pentagón Jr. and Fénix unsuccessfully challenged The Young Bucks for the PWG World Tag Team Championship.On March 18, 2017, Penta el 0M and Rey Fénix defeated The Young Bucks and the team of Matt Sydal and Ricochet in a three-way match to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship. On October 20, Penta and Fénix were booked to lose the championship to The Chosen Bros, ending their reign at 216 days.
Independent circuit (2015–2019)
With the debut of Lucha Underground on American television, Pentagón Jr. began getting work on the US independent circuit, working for various promotions when his AAA schedule would allow it. He began working for a variety of promotions in Latin America and the United States.On July 23, 2016, Pentagón Jr. defeated Sami Callihan to win AAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined's Heavyweight Championship. On October 8, 2016, Pentagón Jr. put the championship on the line in a Lucha de Apuestas tag team match where his brother Fénix put his mask on the line, while their opponent risked either their hair or their career. The match ended when Callihan pinned Pentagón Jr. to regain the championship.
During a January 21, 2017, show for The Crash Lucha Libre promotion, Pentagón Jr., Daga and Garza Jr. all came to the ring and later confirmed that they had left AAA. Since AAA owned the trademark to the name Pentagón Jr., he revealed that he would be known as "Penta el 0M". The three hoped to able to use the Perros del Mal name on the independent circuit, but were unable to obtain the right and on January 24, Penta announced he was leaving Perros del Mal. On January 27, Penta, Daga, Garza and Fénix el Rey announced the formation of a new stable in The Crash, named La Rebelión.
On September 1, 2018, Penta El Zero lost to Kenny Omega at the independent wrestling super show All In. Following the match, the lights went dark and when they came on Chris Jericho, dressed as Pentagon, attacked Omega before removing his mask to reveal himself.