Los Vipers
Encyclopedia
Los Vipers is a professional wrestling
group, called a stable, which has existed in various incarnations in the Mexican wrestling promotions Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
(AAA) since 1997. The group has consistently been presented as a Rudo
(bad guy) stable. The group was originally founded by Cibernético
and has featured a large number of wrestlers over the years. Currently the group consists of three members and is known as Los Vipers 2.0. Over the years the group has also been known as Los Vipers Extrema, Los Vipers Primera Clase and Vipers Revolucion.
decided to create a rúdo
group to feud with the popular Los Cadetes del Espacio ("Space Cadets") group of young, high-flying wrestlers. Peña repackaged several wrestlers to create Los Rudos de la Galaxia ("The Villains of the Galaxy") a group consisting of Abismo Negro
, Maniaco
, Mosco de la Merced
, Histeria
and March-1. The Cadetes del Espacio vs. Rudos de la Galaxia was featured on a long number of AAA shows and even made its way to the United States through a working relationship between AAA and the World Wrestling Federation
and was featured on both Raw is War
and WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
.
unveiled a new stable called Los Vipers, besides himself the group consisted of former Rudos de la Galaxia members Abismo Negro, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced and Histeria. The core group was joined by Psicosis II
and Electroshock
as well as Los Mini Vipers, Mini-Estrella
Mini Abismo Negro
, Mini HisteriaNot the wrestler currently working as Mini Histeria
in AAA 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 original Mosco de la Merced now wrestles as X-Fly
since he did not hold the trademark to the Mosco de la Merced character. Los Vipers was a huge hit, they were a group of wrestlers people would gladly paid to see in the hopes that the good guys would beat them. The group worked several heated storylines against groups such as Los Payasos (Spanish for "The Clowns"; a group of wrestlers all dressing like clown
s) as well as groups such as Los Vatos Locos ("The Crazy guys") and Los Junior Atómicos.
On August 23, 1998 Mosco de la Merced, Maniaco, Psicosis II and Histeriateamed up to participate in a tournament for the vacant Mexican National Atómicos Championship
, representing Los Vipers. Los Vipers won the tournament by defeating Los Payasos (Coco Amarillo, Coco Azul, Coco Negro and Coco Rojo) in the finals to win the Atómicos title. After disposing of Los Payasos Los Vipers turned their attention towards Los Vatos Locos, which at the time consisted of Charly Manson
, May Flowers, Nygma
and Picudo. On February 14, 1999 Los Vatos Locos defeated Los Vipers to win the Atómicos championship. On May 2, 1999 Abismo Negro and Electroshock teamed up to defeat Perro Aguayo
and Perro Aguayo, Jr.
to win the Mexican National Tag Team Championship
. When Los Vatos Locos lost the Atómicos title to Los Junior Atómicos, a group of second generation luchadors, Los Vipers were the first to claim a title match against the new champions. Los Vipers won the title a second time on September 17, 1999 when they defeated Los Junior Atómicos (Blue Demon, Jr.
, La Parka, Jr.
, Mascara Sagrada, Jr. and Perro Aguayo, Jr.
). By late 1999 Los Vipers began fighting amongst themselves as Abismo Negro made a bid to become the leader of Los Vipers. The storyline led to the creation of two separate Vipers factions. Cibernetico led a group called Los Vipers Primera Clase ("The First Class Vipers") 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 Electro Shock, Pentagon, Shiiba, El Cuervo
and Mini Abismo Negro. In the midst of the internal turmoil Abismo Negro and Electrochok lost the Mexican National Tag Team Championship to Hator and the Panther. Cibernetico's Vipers Primera Clase lost the Atómicos title as Los Vatos Locos ended their second reign after only three months by defeating Psicosis II, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced and Histeria on the undercard of the 1999 Guerra de Titanes
show. After several months of tension between the Vipers factions the storyline was suddenly dropped and the feuding factions reunited, dropping Pentagón, Shiiba and El Cuervo from the group but adding Tokyo Viper to the group. Los Vipers regained the Atómicos title on April 15, 2000 effectively ending the storyline with Los Vatos Locos for the time being. With the internal struggles in Los Vipers settled Abismo Negro and Electroshock focused on regaining the tag team titles, which they accomplished on May 7, 2000 by defeating Hator and the Panther. The team only held onto the title for 63 days before losing the belts to the duo of Perro Aguayo, Jr. and Héctor Garza
.
Not longer after Los Vipers reunited, Cibernético formed a new group called Lucha Libre Latina (LLL), 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. Los Vipers reigned as Atómicos champions for over a year, until they were surprisingly upset by a little known group called Los Regio Guapos (Hator, Monje Negro, Jr., Potro, Jr. and Tigre Universitario) on August 19, 2001. Los Regio Guapos only held the title for under two months before Los Vipers regained the title and began their fourth reign with the Atómicos title. Their fourth reign also turned out to be the last reign for Los Vipers, ending on November 23, 2001 as a new version of Los Vatos Locos (Espiritu
, Nygma, Picudo and Silver Cat) defeated them in one of the featured matches of the 2001 Guerra de Titanes
. As time passed the size of Los Vipers diminished until it was mainly Maniaco, Histeria, Psicosis II and Mosco de la Merced representing the group. Los Vipers took part in an eight-man Steel cage match at TripleMania X
against Los Diabolicos (Mr. Condor, Ángel Mortal and El Gallego) and Gran Apache where the last wrestler in the cage would lose either his mask or be shaved bald. Maniaco ended up as the last man in the ring and was forced to unmask. Following Maniaco's mask loss he departed AAA. Over the summer of 2004 Los Vipers, in this case Mosco, Histeria and Psicosis II became involved in a feud with Heavy Metal, El Intocable
and Zorro
that led to a Steel Cage match at Verano de Escandalo 2004
in which the last man in the cage would be unmasked or have his hair shaved off. This time it was Mosco de la Merced who was the last man in the ring and was forced to unmask per Lucha libre traditions. Following the mask loss Mosco de la Merced left AAA. Over the summer of 2004 LLL was phased out in favor of a new super group known as La Legión Extranjera
or the Foreign Legion in English, which meant that Los Vipers now regularly teamed with foreign wrestlers, especially NWA-TNA
performers such as Abyss
. Los Vipers ended in 2005 when Histeria turned on Psicosis II, disbanding the group.
, Joe Lider
and Crazy Boy
). During the feud between Vipers Revolucion and the Mexican Powers Extreme Tiger briefly joined the group, only to leave AAA all together a few months later. Later Psicosis II would turn on the Mexican Powers and return to Vipers Revolucion. Electrshock left the group to be a fulltime member of La Legión while Charly Manson turned técnico
(good guy) and joined up with Cibernético and Chessman
to form "Los Hell Brothers". When Mr. Niebla
jumped from rival promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
to join AAA he became a part of Vipers Revolucion and instantly began vying for leadership. This led to several clashes between Abismo Negro and Mr. Niebla, resulting in the rest of Vipers Revolucion siding with Mr. Niebla, kicking Abismo Negro out of the group. In late 2007, AAA created a ring persona for a new wrestler called Black Abyss; the gimmick featured the same mask and attire as Negro and used a similar wrestling style to Negro as well. Initially, it was believed that this was done because there were rumors of him jumping to CMLL or to cover several no-shows.
During the fall of 2008, AAA pushed the storyline further by having Black Abyss "injure" Negro with his own trademark move the "Martinete" (Tombstone piledriver). Abismo Negro was scheduled to take part in TripleMania XVI
in a match where he would face Los Vipers (Psicosis, Histeria, Black Abyss and Mr. Niebla
) in a cage match, but in the weeks leading up to the show Abismo Negro suffered an injury and the match had to be cancelled, AAA used the attack at Rey de Reyes as a storyline explanation of why the match did not take place. At the 2008 Guerra de Titanes
, Abismo Negro returned to challenge Los Vipers' Revolution and specifically Black Abyss. Subsequently, the storyline between Negro and Black Abyss seemed to be building to a Luchas de Apuestas match between the two, with their masks on the line. Both Abismo Negro and Black Abyss were booked in the same four-way elimination match qualifier at the Rey de Reyes 2009
event. Negro was able to eliminate Black Abyss from the match but was in turn eliminated by Latin Lover.
The storyline with Abismo Negro ended when Abismo Negro unexpectedly died in March, 2009 which led to AAA not using Vipers Revolucion much. Black Abyss continued to compete in AAA under the Black Abyss name, even after Abismo Negro's death. In the months following Abismo Negro's death both Psicosis II and Histeria, the two core members of Vipers Revolucion, left AAA citing their dissatisfaction with the lack of matches they were booked in and thus the salary they were denied.
and Mini Psicosis
, all mascota versions of the three longest running members of Los Vipers.
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
group, called a stable, which has existed in various incarnations in the Mexican wrestling promotions Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...
(AAA) since 1997. The group has consistently been presented as a Rudo
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
(bad guy) stable. The group was originally founded by Cibernético
Cibernético
Octavio López Arreola is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known under the ring name Cibernético, currently working for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion in Mexico...
and has featured a large number of wrestlers over the years. Currently the group consists of three members and is known as Los Vipers 2.0. Over the years the group has also been known as Los Vipers Extrema, Los Vipers Primera Clase and Vipers Revolucion.
History
The foundation to Los Vipers was laid in the beginning of 1997, several months before Los Vipers was unveiled. The basis of Los Vipers was created when AAA formed a group where most of the members would go on to form Los Vipers.Los Rudos de la Galaxia
In early 1997 AAA owner Antonio PeñaAntonio Peña
Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada was the founder of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in 1992, which today is the largest wrestling promotion in Mexico. Peña's promotion reached its height of popularity in the early 1990s before the downturn of the...
decided to create a rúdo
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
group to feud with the popular Los Cadetes del Espacio ("Space Cadets") group of young, high-flying wrestlers. Peña repackaged several wrestlers to create Los Rudos de la Galaxia ("The Villains of the Galaxy") a group consisting of Abismo Negro
Abismo Negro
Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González was a Mexican Luchador . He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro, which is Spanish for "Black Abyss" or "black hole", in the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion...
, Maniaco
Maniaco
Maniaco is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known for being a part of the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración group Los Vipers. He currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , although the storyline portrays him as an outsider, part of Los Independientes...
, Mosco de la Merced
X-Fly
Juan Francisco Domínguez is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler, currently performing under the ring name X-Fly. He is also known as the original Mosco de la Merced , a name which has since been given another luchador...
, Histeria
Super Crazy
Francisco Islas Rueda is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador, best known by his ring name Super Crazy. Islas is most known for his three year run in the original ECW...
and March-1. The Cadetes del Espacio vs. Rudos de la Galaxia was featured on a long number of AAA shows and even made its way to the United States through a working relationship between AAA and the World Wrestling Federation
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
and was featured on both Raw is War
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
and WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night is a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It aired from January 4, 1997 through August 21, 1999 as a syndicated broadcast...
.
Los Vipers
In August, 1997 CibernéticoCibernético
Octavio López Arreola is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known under the ring name Cibernético, currently working for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion in Mexico...
unveiled a new stable called Los Vipers, besides himself the group consisted of former Rudos de la Galaxia members Abismo Negro, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced and Histeria. The core group was joined by Psicosis II
Psicosis II
Juan Gonzalez is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Psicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración to replace the Original Psicosis, and is often denoted Psicosis II...
and Electroshock
Electroshock (wrestler)
Edgar Luna Pozos is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Electroshock, which he has used while working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since 1997. Pozos is married to Luchadora Lady Apache and is the...
as well as Los Mini Vipers, Mini-Estrella
Mini-Estrella
The term Mini-Estrella is used in lucha libre to describe a division of short professional wrestlers or luchadors, some of whom have dwarfism. The Mexican Mini-Estrellas is comparable to Midget professional wrestling practiced around the world, but with the notable exception that some of the...
Mini Abismo Negro
Mini Abismo Negro
Mini Abismo Negro is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado who works in the Mini-Estrella division for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Mini Abismo Negro is a former, two time Mexican National Mini-Estrellas Champion and the current AAA World Mini-Estrella Champion, the only...
, Mini HisteriaNot the wrestler currently working as Mini Histeria
Mini Histeria
Rolando Fuentes Romero is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Mini Histeria. Fuentes works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in their Mini-Estrellas division. Fuentes is the son of Luchador Rocco Marvin and the brother of Ricky Marvin. He previously worked as...
in AAA and Mosquito de la Merced. Not long after Los Vipers was formed AAA had to replace the original Histeria, who became Super Crazy
Super Crazy
Francisco Islas Rueda is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador, best known by his ring name Super Crazy. Islas is most known for his three year run in the original ECW...
with a new Histeria
Histeria (wrestler)
Histeria is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre as part of the Los Invasores group. Histeria is best known for the 14 years he worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , until leaving in 2009...
. 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
Mosco de la Merced
Mosco de la Merced is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler, best known for his time in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración where he was a part of Los Vipers for many years. Before adopting the Mosco de la Merced ring name he worked for as Loco Valentino for over 10 years...
, sometimes referred to as Mosco de la Merced II.The original Mosco de la Merced now wrestles as X-Fly
X-Fly
Juan Francisco Domínguez is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler, currently performing under the ring name X-Fly. He is also known as the original Mosco de la Merced , a name which has since been given another luchador...
since he did not hold the trademark to the Mosco de la Merced character. Los Vipers was a huge hit, they were a group of wrestlers people would gladly paid to see in the hopes that the good guys would beat them. The group worked several heated storylines against groups such as Los Payasos (Spanish for "The Clowns"; a group of wrestlers all dressing like clown
Clown
Clowns are comic performers stereotypically characterized by the grotesque image of the circus clown's colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costumes, unusually large footwear, and red nose, which evolved to project their actions to large audiences. Other less grotesque styles have also...
s) as well as groups such as Los Vatos Locos ("The Crazy guys") and Los Junior Atómicos.
On August 23, 1998 Mosco de la Merced, Maniaco, Psicosis II and Histeriateamed up to participate in a tournament for the vacant Mexican National Atómicos Championship
Mexican National Atómicos Championship
The Mexican National Atómicos Championship is an inactive tag team championship for four man teams, or "Atomicos" as they are referred to in Lucha libre...
, representing Los Vipers. Los Vipers won the tournament by defeating Los Payasos (Coco Amarillo, Coco Azul, Coco Negro and Coco Rojo) in the finals to win the Atómicos title. After disposing of Los Payasos Los Vipers turned their attention towards Los Vatos Locos, which at the time consisted of Charly Manson
Charly Manson
Not to be confused with Charles Manson.Jesús Luna Pozos is a Mexican luchador who is best known in under the ring name Charly Manson . In 2001 Manson suffered a career-threatening, near-fatal injury that required surgical steel to be inserted into his body...
, May Flowers, Nygma
Nygma (wrestler)
Nygma is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known from his appearances in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración which he has worked for with only short breaks since 1995/1996...
and Picudo. On February 14, 1999 Los Vatos Locos defeated Los Vipers to win the Atómicos championship. On May 2, 1999 Abismo Negro and Electroshock teamed up to defeat Perro Aguayo
Perro Aguayo
Pedro Aguayo better known as "Perro Aguayo" and El Can de Nochistlan , was a famous Mexican wrestler through 1970s to 1990s. His son also wrestles as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is one of the biggest box office attractions in lucha libre history and was the last major rival...
and Perro Aguayo, Jr.
Perro Aguayo, Jr.
Pedro Aguayo Ramírez is a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in lucha libre as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is legitimately the son of lucha libre legend Perro Aguayo and not a storyline "Junior"...
to win the Mexican National Tag Team Championship
Mexican National Tag Team Championship
The Mexican National Tag Team Championship is a national Mexican professional wrestling championship controlled by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." and contested for by Tag teams only...
. When Los Vatos Locos lost the Atómicos title to Los Junior Atómicos, a group of second generation luchadors, Los Vipers were the first to claim a title match against the new champions. Los Vipers won the title a second time on September 17, 1999 when they defeated Los Junior Atómicos (Blue Demon, Jr.
Blue Demon, Jr.
Blue Demon, Jr. is a Mexican luchador and professional wrestler. He is the allegedly adopted son of the legendary original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and the second masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Blue Demon, Jr.'s real name is unknown.-Origins and heritage...
, La Parka, Jr.
La Parka (AAA)
Jesus Escobedo is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, better known as La Parka, who has worked for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since the mid-1990s.Escobedo is not the first wrestler to use the ring name "La Parka",...
, Mascara Sagrada, Jr. and Perro Aguayo, Jr.
Perro Aguayo, Jr.
Pedro Aguayo Ramírez is a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in lucha libre as Perro Aguayo, Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . He is legitimately the son of lucha libre legend Perro Aguayo and not a storyline "Junior"...
). By late 1999 Los Vipers began fighting amongst themselves as Abismo Negro made a bid to become the leader of Los Vipers. The storyline led to the creation of two separate Vipers factions. Cibernetico led a group called Los Vipers Primera Clase ("The First Class Vipers") 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 Electro Shock, Pentagon, Shiiba, El Cuervo
Dark Cuervo
Jaime Ignacio Tirado Correa is a Mexican Luchador who is best known as Cuervo / Dark Cuervo, a heel character that works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and has been part of The Black Family since it was formed in 2001 when Charly Manson formed the stable...
and Mini Abismo Negro. In the midst of the internal turmoil Abismo Negro and Electrochok lost the Mexican National Tag Team Championship to Hator and the Panther. Cibernetico's Vipers Primera Clase lost the Atómicos title as Los Vatos Locos ended their second reign after only three months by defeating Psicosis II, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced and Histeria on the undercard of the 1999 Guerra de Titanes
Guerra de Titanes (1999)
The 1999 Guerra de Titanes was the third Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on December 10, 1999 in Madero, Mexico. The Main event featured a Luchas de Apuestas "mask vs. mask" under Street fight rules...
show. After several months of tension between the Vipers factions the storyline was suddenly dropped and the feuding factions reunited, dropping Pentagón, Shiiba and El Cuervo from the group but adding Tokyo Viper to the group. Los Vipers regained the Atómicos title on April 15, 2000 effectively ending the storyline with Los Vatos Locos for the time being. With the internal struggles in Los Vipers settled Abismo Negro and Electroshock focused on regaining the tag team titles, which they accomplished on May 7, 2000 by defeating Hator and the Panther. The team only held onto the title for 63 days before losing the belts to the duo of Perro Aguayo, Jr. and Héctor Garza
Héctor Garza
Héctor Solano Segura is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Héctor Garza, who is currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Perros del Mal Producciones...
.
Not longer after Los Vipers reunited, Cibernético formed a new group called Lucha Libre Latina (LLL), a group intent on taking over AAA that was inspired by World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
's New World Order
New World Order (professional wrestling)
The New World Order was a professional wrestling stable that originally wrestled for World Championship Wrestling . The group later appeared in the World Wrestling Federation after the purchase of WCW by the WWF...
. Los Vipers became a subgroup within LLL, and Abismo Negro assumed leadership of Los Vipers after Cibernético. Los Vipers reigned as Atómicos champions for over a year, until they were surprisingly upset by a little known group called Los Regio Guapos (Hator, Monje Negro, Jr., Potro, Jr. and Tigre Universitario) on August 19, 2001. Los Regio Guapos only held the title for under two months before Los Vipers regained the title and began their fourth reign with the Atómicos title. Their fourth reign also turned out to be the last reign for Los Vipers, ending on November 23, 2001 as a new version of Los Vatos Locos (Espiritu
Espiritu
Espíritu / Dark Espíritu is a Mexican Luchador who’s most well known for working as a heel character in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Espíritu was original a member of the stable Los Vatos Locos, replacing Charly Manson when he left to form The Black Family in mid 2001...
, Nygma, Picudo and Silver Cat) defeated them in one of the featured matches of the 2001 Guerra de Titanes
Guerra de Titanes (2001)
The 2001 Guerra de Titanes was the fifth Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on November 23, 2001 in Mexico City, Mexico. The Main event featured a "Four Way" Elimination Luchas de Apuestas which meant that the loser...
. As time passed the size of Los Vipers diminished until it was mainly Maniaco, Histeria, Psicosis II and Mosco de la Merced representing the group. Los Vipers took part in an eight-man Steel cage match at TripleMania X
TripleMania X
TripleManía X was the sixteenth overall TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on July 5, 2002 in Madero, Mexico. The Main event featured a Luchas de Apuestas match where each wrestler defended the hair of a referee...
against Los Diabolicos (Mr. Condor, Ángel Mortal and El Gallego) and Gran Apache where the last wrestler in the cage would lose either his mask or be shaved bald. Maniaco ended up as the last man in the ring and was forced to unmask. Following Maniaco's mask loss he departed AAA. Over the summer of 2004 Los Vipers, in this case Mosco, Histeria and Psicosis II became involved in a feud with Heavy Metal, El Intocable
El Intocable
Rene "Ricky" Gomez , better known as El Intocable, is a Mexican professional wrestler, actor, and model who is best known for his work in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración from 1997 until his departure in 2008....
and Zorro
El Zorro (wrestler)
Jesus Cristóbal Martínez Rodriguez is a Mexican Luchador who is best known as El Zorro. His gimmick started out very similar to the fictional character Zorro complete with mask, but in recent years it has evolved and the mask has been eliminated...
that led to a Steel Cage match at Verano de Escandalo 2004
Verano de Escandalo (2004)
The 2004 Verano de Escándalo was the eight annual Verano de Escándalo professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on October 16, 2004 in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico...
in which the last man in the cage would be unmasked or have his hair shaved off. This time it was Mosco de la Merced who was the last man in the ring and was forced to unmask per Lucha libre traditions. Following the mask loss Mosco de la Merced left AAA. Over the summer of 2004 LLL was phased out in favor of a new super group known as La Legión Extranjera
Foreign Legion (wrestling)
La Legión Extranjera is the main Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración heel group, though loosely affiliated. It's a catch all for one time and irregularly scheduled foreign heels, working as Konnan's hired guns as well as a number of AAA regular Rudós...
or the Foreign Legion in English, which meant that Los Vipers now regularly teamed with foreign wrestlers, especially NWA-TNA
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
performers such as Abyss
Chris Parks
Christopher J. "Chris" Parks , better known by his ring name "The Monster" Abyss, is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
. Los Vipers ended in 2005 when Histeria turned on Psicosis II, disbanding the group.
Vipers Revolucion
In the spring of 2007 Los Vipers was reborn, this time under the name Vipers Revolucion, the group featured Abismo Negro, Electroshock, Histeria, Psicosis II, Charly Manson and Antifaz. Psicosis II left the group not long after it was formed, turning on them to join a group called the Mexican Powers (Juventud GuerreraJuventud Guerrera
Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández , better known as Juventud Guerrera, is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known for his work in many wrestling promotions worldwide, including all the major American wrestling promotions, such as World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship...
, Joe Lider
Joe Lider
José de Jesús Álvarez is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ringname Joe Líder. He currently competes in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración...
and Crazy Boy
Crazy Boy
Crazy Boy is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known in Lucha Libre. He currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in Mexico...
). During the feud between Vipers Revolucion and the Mexican Powers Extreme Tiger briefly joined the group, only to leave AAA all together a few months later. Later Psicosis II would turn on the Mexican Powers and return to Vipers Revolucion. Electrshock left the group to be a fulltime member of La Legión while Charly Manson turned técnico
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
(good guy) and joined up with Cibernético and Chessman
Chessman (wrestler)
Kevin Citlali Zamora is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Chessman. He currently performs for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , where he is one half of the current AAA World Tag Team Champions with partner Abyss...
to form "Los Hell Brothers". When Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Mr. Niebla's real name is unknown, as is the tradition in Lucha Libre for masked wrestlers. Mr. Niebla is Spanish for "Mr. Fog". Mr. Niebla is mostly known for working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre from the early 1990s until 2007 and again from...
jumped from rival promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is a Lucha Libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico...
to join AAA he became a part of Vipers Revolucion and instantly began vying for leadership. This led to several clashes between Abismo Negro and Mr. Niebla, resulting in the rest of Vipers Revolucion siding with Mr. Niebla, kicking Abismo Negro out of the group. In late 2007, AAA created a ring persona for a new wrestler called Black Abyss; the gimmick featured the same mask and attire as Negro and used a similar wrestling style to Negro as well. Initially, it was believed that this was done because there were rumors of him jumping to CMLL or to cover several no-shows.
During the fall of 2008, AAA pushed the storyline further by having Black Abyss "injure" Negro with his own trademark move the "Martinete" (Tombstone piledriver). Abismo Negro was scheduled to take part in TripleMania XVI
TripleMania XVI
TripleManía XVI was the twentysecond overall TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on June 13, 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico. The Main event featured a Singles match for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship...
in a match where he would face Los Vipers (Psicosis, Histeria, Black Abyss and Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado . Mr. Niebla's real name is unknown, as is the tradition in Lucha Libre for masked wrestlers. Mr. Niebla is Spanish for "Mr. Fog". Mr. Niebla is mostly known for working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre from the early 1990s until 2007 and again from...
) in a cage match, but in the weeks leading up to the show Abismo Negro suffered an injury and the match had to be cancelled, AAA used the attack at Rey de Reyes as a storyline explanation of why the match did not take place. At the 2008 Guerra de Titanes
Guerra de Titanes (2008)
The 2008 Guerra de Titanes was the twelfth annual Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on December 6, 2008 in Orizaba, Mexico, the same venue used for the 2006 and 2007 events...
, Abismo Negro returned to challenge Los Vipers' Revolution and specifically Black Abyss. Subsequently, the storyline between Negro and Black Abyss seemed to be building to a Luchas de Apuestas match between the two, with their masks on the line. Both Abismo Negro and Black Abyss were booked in the same four-way elimination match qualifier at the Rey de Reyes 2009
Rey de Reyes 2009
Rey de Reyes 2009 was a major professional wrestling event produced by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , which took place on March 15, 2009 at the Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progresso Bullfighting arena in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The event was the 13th event produced under the Rey de Reyes...
event. Negro was able to eliminate Black Abyss from the match but was in turn eliminated by Latin Lover.
The storyline with Abismo Negro ended when Abismo Negro unexpectedly died in March, 2009 which led to AAA not using Vipers Revolucion much. Black Abyss continued to compete in AAA under the Black Abyss name, even after Abismo Negro's death. In the months following Abismo Negro's death both Psicosis II and Histeria, the two core members of Vipers Revolucion, left AAA citing their dissatisfaction with the lack of matches they were booked in and thus the salary they were denied.
Los Vipers 2.0
In December 2009 AAA brought Vipers Revolucion back to life. They had Black Abyss act as the leader of the group and brought in two new wrestlers to work as Histeria and Psicosis, making them Histeria III and Psicosis III. They were also joined by Amnesia to make them a four man group. The group worked for a short time but after February 5, 2010 they disappeared from AAA bookings, possibly connected to the pending legal action between AAA and Histeria/Psicosis over the use of the names that was launched shortly after the new Vipers Revolucion disappeared. In October 2010, Black Abyss left AAA.Los Mini Vipers
After being a part of Los Vipers for years Mini Abismo Negro struck out on his own when Vipers Revolucion kicked Abismo Negro out of the group and formed a group called Los Mini Vipers with himself, Mini HisteriaMini Histeria
Rolando Fuentes Romero is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Mini Histeria. Fuentes works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in their Mini-Estrellas division. Fuentes is the son of Luchador Rocco Marvin and the brother of Ricky Marvin. He previously worked as...
and Mini Psicosis
Mini Psicosis
Enrique Del Rio is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler who has worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's Mini-Estrella division since AAA was founded in 1992. Del Rio currently works under the ring name Mini Psicosis, a smaller version of Psicosis II, and is...
, all mascota versions of the three longest running members of Los Vipers.
Championships and accomplishments
- Asistencia Asesoría y AdministraciónAsistencia Asesoría y AdministraciónAsistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...
- AAA World Mini-Estrella ChampionshipAAA World Mini-Estrella ChampionshipThe AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The championship is exclusively competed for in the Mini-Estrellas, or Minis, division...
(2 times, current) – Mini Abismo NegroMini Abismo NegroMini Abismo Negro is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado who works in the Mini-Estrella division for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Mini Abismo Negro is a former, two time Mexican National Mini-Estrellas Champion and the current AAA World Mini-Estrella Champion, the only...
(1) and Mini PsicosisMini PsicosisEnrique Del Rio is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler who has worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's Mini-Estrella division since AAA was founded in 1992. Del Rio currently works under the ring name Mini Psicosis, a smaller version of Psicosis II, and is...
(1, current) - AAA Mascot Tag Team ChampionshipAAA Mascot Tag Team ChampionshipThe AAA Mascot Tag Team Championship is a tag team title contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The title is for teams of a regular-sized wrestler and a second miniature version, or mascot, of himself...
(1 time) – Abismo NegroAbismo NegroAndrés Alejandro Palomeque González was a Mexican Luchador . He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro, which is Spanish for "Black Abyss" or "black hole", in the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion...
and Mini Abismo Negro - LLL Mini-Estrellas Championship (1 time) – Mini Abismo Negro
- Mexican National Atómicos ChampionshipMexican National Atómicos ChampionshipThe Mexican National Atómicos Championship is an inactive tag team championship for four man teams, or "Atomicos" as they are referred to in Lucha libre...
(5 times) – HisteriaHisteria (wrestler)Histeria is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre as part of the Los Invasores group. Histeria is best known for the 14 years he worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , until leaving in 2009...
, ManiacoManiacoManiaco is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known for being a part of the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración group Los Vipers. He currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , although the storyline portrays him as an outsider, part of Los Independientes...
, Mosco de la MercedMosco de la MercedMosco de la Merced is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler, best known for his time in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración where he was a part of Los Vipers for many years. Before adopting the Mosco de la Merced ring name he worked for as Loco Valentino for over 10 years...
and Psicosis IIPsicosis IIJuan Gonzalez is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Psicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración to replace the Original Psicosis, and is often denoted Psicosis II...
(4) - Mexican National Middleweight ChampionshipMexican National Middleweight ChampionshipThe Mexican National Middleweight Championship is a national Mexican professional wrestling championship controlled by a "National title" controlled by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." , which regulates all matches where the title is defended...
(2 times) – Abismo Negro (1), Psicosis II (1) - Mexican National Mini-Estrella ChampionshipMexican National Mini-Estrella ChampionshipThe Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship is a professional wrestling championship endorsed by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. . The championship is exclusively for Mini-Estrellas or Minis, in Mexico...
(2 times) – Mini Abismo Negro - Mexican National Tag Team ChampionshipMexican National Tag Team ChampionshipThe Mexican National Tag Team Championship is a national Mexican professional wrestling championship controlled by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." and contested for by Tag teams only...
(3 times) – Mosco de la Merced and Fuerza GuerreraFuerza GuerreraFuerza Guerrera is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado who made his debut in 1978. In his career Guerrera has worked for ever major wrestling organization in Mexico including Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , Universal Wrestling Association , World Wrestling...
(1),The original Mosco de la MercedX-FlyJuan Francisco Domínguez is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler, currently performing under the ring name X-Fly. He is also known as the original Mosco de la Merced , a name which has since been given another luchador...
won the title with Fuerza Gurrera but was replaced with Mosco II during the reign without it being made public knowledge, the reign is considered one continuous reign despite Mosco II not winning the title. Abismo Negro and ElectroshockElectroshock (wrestler)Edgar Luna Pozos is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Electroshock, which he has used while working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since 1997. Pozos is married to Luchadora Lady Apache and is the...
(2)