Toxin (wrestler)

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Toxin
Toxin Campeonato de Mexico.jpg
Toxin in 2020.
Born (1997-01-27) January 27, 1997 (age 27)
Naucalpan, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Toxin
  • Toxin Boy
Trained by
DebutOctober 26, 2013

Toxin (born January 27, 1997), previously known by his ring name Toxin Boy, is a masked Mexican professional wrestler ( luchador enmascarado in Spanish). He is known for his time with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) as a freelancer and the independent circuit in Mexico and the United States. In AAA, he is currently one-third the AAA World Trios Champions. In IWRG, Toxin is the inaugural IWRG Mexico Champion. His birth name is not a matter of public record, which is a strong tradition for masked wrestlers in Mexico, where their private lives are concealed from wrestling fans. [1]

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Professional wrestling career

On January 1, 2020, Toxin won the inaugural IWRG Mexico Championship in a ladder match involving five other wrestlers. [2] October 9, 2021 at Héroes Inmortales XIV, the Los Nuevos Vipers group was formed, which consisted of Toxin, Látigo, Abismo Negro Jr., Arez, Chik Tormenta and with Psicosis as a mentor. [3] [4] On July 21, 2023, at Verano de Escándalo, Toxin, Abismo Negro Jr. and Psicosis won the AAA World Trios Championship by defeating Nueva Generación Dinamita. [5] On March 6, 2024, he left AAA. [6]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotes
Toxin (mask)Atomic Star (hair)Naucalpan, State of MexicoLive eventOctober 15, 2015
Toxin (mask)Fly Star (mask)Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, State of MexicoLive eventAugust 4, 2018

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