Fabian Nuñez Napoles (born January 20, 1979) is the ring name of Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Rey Escorpión, Napoles currently works for the Mexico City based professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and portrays a Rudo or bad guy character. His ring name is Spanish for "King Scorpion". He is the reigning CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion.

Professional wrestling career[link]

Fabian Nuñez Napoles trained for his professional wrestling career under Mocho Cota Rambo before his professional debut and would later also learn from El Satánico and Fobia as well. Early in his career Nuñez worked under the ring name Escorpión Negro or Escorpión Negro, Jr. (despite not being the son of a wrestler called Escorpión Negro).

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (2008-2009)[link]

Escorpión began working on and off for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) starting around 2000, working primarily on smaller shows when AAA toured the north of Mexico. During this point in time he held the AAA Northern Middleweight Championship. In 2008 then members of the AAA group Los Guapos ("The Beautiful") Scorpio, Jr. and Zumbido left the AAA promotion to join International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) instead.^[2] Following the departure Escorpión Negro was introduced as a new member of Los Guapos VIP, joining El Brazo and Decnnis to complete the team. Escorpión Negro and the rest of Los GUapos VIP teamed up with Pirata Morgan, losing to the team of |El Alebrije, Brazo de Plata, El Elegido and Pimpinela Escarlata on the undercard of the 2008 Verano de Escándalo show.^[3] Escorpión Negro only worked with Los Guapos sporadically after the event, wrestling mainly on local shows in and around Monterrey, Nuevo León. He would occasionally work as part of the Vipers Revolution group as well but did not achieve any significant success in AAA.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2009-Present)[link]

After leaving AAA Nuñez began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), the other major wrestling promotion in Mexico. In CMLL he worked as either Escorpión or Scorpión and primarily appeared in the opening match of shows. On January 1, 2011 Escorpión participated in that year's version of Reyes del Aire ("Kings of the Air") but was eliminated as the third man from the Torneo cibernetico elimination match when Rey Cometa pinned him, the tournament was eventually won by Ángel de Oro.^[4] The appearance in the Reyes del Aire tournament was the first indicator that CMLL wanted to move him up the ranks and feature him more prominently in their shows. Following the tournament Escorpión started a scripted storyline with Loco Max. The storyline between the two wrestlers kept building until March 14, where the two faced off in a Luchas de Apuestas ("Bet Match") where the loser of the match would be shaved bald. Escorpión lost the match to Loco Max and had to have all his hair shaved off after the match to comply with the stipulation.^[5] A few weeks later Escorpión entered the 2011 Torneo Gran Alternativa tournament, a tag team tournament that sees a rookie team up with an experienced wrestler for a tournament. Escorpión was teamed up with Último Guerrero, who had won the Gran Alternativa tournament twice before.>^[6]|^[7] The duo defeated the teams of Magnus and Brazo de Plata, Mortiz and El Terrible, Diamante and La Sombra to earn a spot in the final match.,^[8] On April 8, 2011 Escorpión and Guerrero defeated Máscara Dorada and Metal Blanco to win the 2011 Gran Alternativa tournament.^[9]

Shortly after his Gran Alternativa victory Escorpión changed his name to Rey Escorpión ("King Scorpion") and joined Último Guerrero's Los Guerreros del Infierno group along with Dragón Rojo, Jr. Shortly after the Gran Alternativa tournament Rey Escorpión entered the Forjando Un Idolo ("Forging an idol") tournament, a tournament to help identify a young, rising CMLL luchador. The tournament featured four qualifying blocks where the top two point earners would move on to the "Playoffs" round. Rey Escorpión placed second in "Group Bravo", with victories over Rey Cometa and Palacio Negro to earn 6 points.^[10] He would lose in the first match of the "Playoff" round to Delta on May 13, 2012. Following the completion of the Forjando un Idolo, CMLL booked all the group finalists in a Trios tournament where the two top would team up with their "Mentor".^[11] Rey Escorpión teamed up with tournament winner Ángel de Oro and Último Guerrero, but did not make it to the finals of the tournament.^[12] In September 2011 Rey Escorpión competed in that year's version of the Leyenda de Plata tournament, but did not make it past the qualifying Torneo cibernetico match that took place as the CMLL 79th Anniversary Show, as he was eliminated by Olímpico.^[13] 2012 started out with another tournament appearance as Rey Escorpión participated in the 2012 Reyes del Aire tournament, he was the third-to-last man eliminated when he was pinned by Máscara Dorada.^[14] At this point in time Rey Escorpión started a feud with Black Warrior that would grown in intensity over the following months. He participated in the 2012 Torneo Nacional De Parejas Increibles, a tag team tournament where a rudo and a tecnico ("Good guy") are forced to team up. The tournament saw Rey Escorpión team up with rival Black Warrior, furthering the storyline between the two as their inability to get along caused them to be eliminated by Marco Corleone and Último Guerrero.^[15] The storyline with Black warrior reached its conclusion on June 1, 2012 when Rey Escorpión defeated his opponent in a Luchas de Apuestas match, forcing Black Warrior to have his hair shaved off after the match.^[16]

Following the conclusion of the storyline with Black Warrior Rey Escorpión began to develop problems with the rest of Los Guerreros, particularly Último Guerrero and new Guerrero Euforia. The tension let to Escorpión being kicked out of the group, although the confrontations never turned to an actual fight. On August 31, 2012, during CMLL's weekly Super Viernes Show Rey Escorpión teamed with his former Los Guerreros team mates to win a Cuadrangular de Tercias tournament, actually winning the tournament despite not getting along.^[17] Two weeks later the team were unsuccessful in their challenge for the CMLL World Trios Championship, which only furthered the issues between Escorpión and Los Guerreros.^[18] The tension finally erupted into a physical encounter as Dragón Rojo, Jr. turned on Los Guerreros, siding with Rey Escorpión as they beat up Euforia after a match on the October 5th Super Viernes show.^[19] Afterwards Escorpión and Dragón Rojo, Jr. announced that they were forming their own group, targeting Los Guerreros del Infierno.^[20] The team of Rey Escorpión, Dragón Rojo, Jr. and Pólvora was unveiled as Los Revolucionarios del Terror ("The Revolutionaries of Terror").^[21] In January 2013, Escorpión made his Japanese debut, when he took part in the three-day Fantasticamania 2013 event, co-promoted by CMLL and New Japan Pro Wrestling in Tokyo. During the first night on January 18, he teamed with Tomohiro Ishii and Yujiro Takahashi to defeat Bushi, Diamante and Ryusuke Taguchi in a six man tag team match, pinning Diamante for the win.^[22] The following night, Escorpión, Kazuchika Okada and Volador Jr. defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, La Máscara and Rush in another six man tag team match, with Escorpión once again scoring the pinfall win for his team, this time over Rush.^[23] During the third and final night, Escorpión was defeated by Rush in a singles match.^[24] Upon his return to Mexico, Escorpión survived a torneo cibernetico on January 22 to advance to a final match for the vacant CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship against the other survivor, Volador Jr.^[21][25] On January 29, Escorpión defeated Volador Jr. to become the new CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion.^[26][27]

Personal life[link]

Fabian Nuñez Napoles is the father of a son who suffers from Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome and has had to undergo a number of surgeries to correct the problems. CMLL and Nuñez have held at least one fund raising event to help pay for the expenses.^[28]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves

• Aguijón Mortal^[22][23] (NJPW) / Aguijón Venenoso^[27] (CMLL) (Package piledriver)

• Signature Moves

• La Quebrada^[1]

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

• AAA Northern Middleweight Championship (1 time)

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

• CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)^[26]
• Gran Alternativa (2011) – with Último Guerrero.^[9]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him #155 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012^[1]

Lucha de Apuesta record[link]

References[link]

Professional wrestling portal