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Leonardo Carrera Gómez (born June 9, 1961, in Tijuana, Baja California) is a Mexican professional wrestler best known under the name Damián 666. He has worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), World Wrestling Association (WWA) and various promotions on the Mexican independent circuit, including Perros del Mal Producciones. Carrera also worked under the ring name Galaxy in WCW, a masked Luchador. Carrera often team with Halloween, forming the team "Mexico's Most Wanted" which has worked extensively in North America for such promotions as Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) and Revolution Pro. Carrera's son currently wrestles for Perros del Mal as Bestia 666.
Carrera made his debut in 1985 after being trained by Luis Canales, he would later receive additional training by Rey Misterio. Carrera's first ring persona was a masked persona called "Caballero 2000" (Spanish for "Knight 2000"). After working as Caballero 2000 for a couple of years, Carrera's ring persona was recast in the fall of 1987. He became Ultraman II, patterned after the Japanese Tokusatsu TV show Ultraman, and worked as a successor for the now unmasked Ultraman (Milo Ventura). "Lucha Libre" Magazine renamed him Ultraman 2000 in 1988. Carrera began working for the Mexican wrestling promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA), where he teamed up with Aguila del América and Kiss to win the WWA World Trios Championship from Bill Anderson, Louie Spicolli and Tim Paterson (masked as Los Mercenarios Americanos) on December 12, 1991; this was Carrera's first title victory.