Pentagon Jr. · Pentagon Dark · Penta El Zero Miedo
Cero MiedoPenta
Ecatepec, State of Mexico · AAA · Lucha Underground · Impact · AEW · WWE · 2007–present
NOWRaw, tournament finalist · faces his brother Rey Fenix tonight, August 31, in the World Heavyweight title No. 1 Contender’s Tournament final — the winner meets Roman Reigns in Mexico City on September 14
Penta arrives at the biggest week of his WWE run with the two things that have defined twenty years of work: a mask that has never come off, and a brother on the other side of the ring. He is the former Pentagon Jr., the Lucha Underground and Impact World Champion whose “Cero Miedo” — zero fear — became a two-fingered gesture recognised far outside wrestling, and who spent 2019–24 in AEW winning tag team gold with Rey Fenix as the Lucha Brothers. 153days as WWE Intercontinental Champion in 2026 — March 2 to August 2, his first WWE titleIn WWE since January 2025, he won the Intercontinental Championship from Dominik Mysterio on March 2, 2026, held it 153 days through a WrestleMania 42 ladder match, and lost it to Chad Gable at SummerSlam. Tonight — the August 31, 2026 Raw — he faces Rey Fenix in the final of the World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender’s Tournament. The winner challenges Roman Reigns in Mexico City on September 14. As this page is compiled, the final has not yet happened, and nothing here assumes its result.
The road here ran through every major promotion on the continent. Born in Ecatepec on February 26, 1985 and trained by Skayde, he debuted in 2007, took the Pentagon Jr. name in AAA in December 2012, and answered the legend that the Pentagon name carried a curse with the catchphrase that became the brand. CERO MIEDOzero fear — the answer to a supposed curse on the Pentagon name, now the whole identityLucha Underground made him a cult star — the arm-breaking sacrifices, the Pentagon Dark turn, and the Lucha Underground Championship won from Prince Puma in the match that retired Puma. Impact made him a world champion inside a month in 2018, beating Austin Aries at Redemption on April 22. AEW made the Lucha Brothers the best tag team in the world by acclamation: the steel cage win over the Young Bucks at All Out on September 5, 2021 took the Wrestling Observer’s Match of the Year, and Death Triangle’s trios run with Pac followed. His AEW contract expired December 1, 2024; WWE teased him during Raw’s Netflix premiere and he debuted on January 13, 2025, beating Chad Gable — the same man who would take his title nineteen months later.
The 2026 season has been shaped by an injury and a family. A shoulder injury suffered against Solo Sikoa on the November 24, 2025 Raw ended his year; he returned in the Royal Rumble on January 31 at No. 28, took the Intercontinental Championship from Dominik Mysterio on March 2, and retained it in the six-man ladder match that opened WrestleMania 42’s Sunday card — eliminating Je’Von Evans with a Mexican Destroyer before pulling the belt down. After Gable beat him in Minneapolis, WWE announced an eight-man tournament of luchadors from Raw, SmackDown and AAA for Roman Reigns’ World Heavyweight Championship; Penta beat Laredo Kid on August 10 and La Parka on August 24, Fenix beat El Fiscal and Dragon Lee, and the brothers touched foreheads in the ring when the final was set. They have held tag titles together in AEW, ROH, Impact, PWG and MLW. They have never needed to settle which of them goes first — until tonight.
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The Record
153Day IC reign
2World titles
42:042025 Rumble iron man
5Promotions with tag gold
2007Debut year
0Times unmasked
Fifteen documented bouts across four promotions — the world title wins, the tag championships with Rey Fenix, and the complete WWE arc through the August 24 semifinal. A curated ledger, not a career count: no verified win–loss total exists across a career this scattered, and none is invented. The Ultima Lucha Tres date is Wikipedia’s taping date for a television season that aired months later, and is flagged in the row. The August 31 final against Fenix is deliberately absent — it has not happened yet. Filter by match type, tap any column header to sort, and turn spoilers on to reveal results.
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Wins 0
Losses 0
Draws 0
No contests 0
The book is kayfabe protected
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Date
Promo
Event
Opponent(s)
Stipulation
Title
W
2017-06-26
LU
Ultima Lucha Tres
Prince Puma
Loser Must Retire — Wikipedia's taping date for a season finale that aired later
Lucha Underground Championship
W
2018-04-22
Impact
Redemption
Austin Aries
Singles — wins Impact's world title in his debut month
Impact World Championship
W
2021-09-05
AEW
All Out
The Young Bucks
Steel cage, with Rey Fenix — WON Match of the Year
AEW World Tag Team Championship
L
2022-01-05
AEW
Dynamite
Jurassic Express
Tag, with Rey Fenix — the 122-day reign ends
AEW World Tag Team Championship
W
2022-09-07
AEW
Dynamite
Best Friends
Trios, with Pac & Rey Fenix as Death Triangle
AEW World Trios Championship
L
2023-01-11
AEW
Dynamite
The Elite
Ladder match — match seven of the series ends the trios reign
AEW World Trios Championship
W
2025-01-13
WWE
Raw
Chad Gable
Singles — WWE debut, a week after the Netflix premiere teaser
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L
2025-02-01
WWE
Royal Rumble match
The 2025 Royal Rumble field
Official iron man at 42:04 — with an asterisk printed below
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L
2025-04-20
WWE
WrestleMania 41 Night 2
Dominik Mysterio, Bron Breakker & Finn Balor
Fatal four-way — Mysterio takes Breakker's title
WWE Intercontinental Championship
L
2025-05-10
WWE
Backlash
Dominik Mysterio
Singles — El Grande Americano's interference decides it
WWE Intercontinental Championship
W
2026-03-02
WWE
Raw
Dominik Mysterio
Singles — first WWE championship
WWE Intercontinental Championship
W
2026-04-19
WWE
WrestleMania 42 Night 2
Je'Von Evans, Dragon Lee, Rey Mysterio, Rusev & JD McDonagh
Six-man ladder match — retains in the ESPN opener
WWE Intercontinental Championship
L
2026-08-02
WWE
SummerSlam Night 2 — Minneapolis
Chad Gable
Singles — Gable wins his first singles title at home; the 153-day reign ends
WWE Intercontinental Championship
W
2026-08-10
WWE
Raw
Laredo Kid
World title No. 1 Contender's Tournament quarterfinal
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W
2026-08-24
WWE
Raw
La Parka
Tournament semifinal — won with a springboard Mexican Destroyer
Curated ledger · documented highlights · some bouts are not listed
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Signature Matches
One rating is verified and it is the big one: the Wrestling Observer Newsletter named the All Out 2021 steel cage match its Match of the Year. No other Observer ratings for his matches were verified in this pass, so only that entry is listed — the WrestleMania 42 ladder match and the Ultima Lucha Tres retirement match live in the record table instead.
5.0★★★★★
All Out 2021
vs The Young Bucks
Steel cage, with Rey Fenix — AEW World Tag Team Championship; WON Match of the Year
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Championships
2World title reigns
153Day IC reign
5Promotions with tag gold
3×AAA World Tag reigns
Two world championships, one WWE singles title, and tag gold in five different promotions — almost all of it with his brother. Early lucha reign dates are given as Wikipedia gives them; where the record is thin it says so.
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WWE Intercontinental Championship
March 2 – August 2, 2026 · def. Dominik Mysterio on Raw, lost to Chad Gable at SummerSlam Night 2 · 153 days · defenses included El Grande Americano, Dragon Lee, Kofi Kingston, El Hijo del Vikingo and the WrestleMania 42 six-man ladder match · WWE.com’s profile still lists him as champion; this page follows the result
1REIGNS
W
Impact World Championship
April 22 – May 2018 · def. Austin Aries at Redemption in his debut month, defended against Eli Drake, lost back to Aries on the episode aired May 31 · his biggest singles title before WWE
1REIGNS
L
Lucha Underground Championship
Won from Prince Puma in a Loser Must Retire match at Ultima Lucha Tres — Wikipedia’s taping date is June 26, 2017; the episode aired later that year · he had won the Gift of the Gods Championship in a ladder match the night before, by the same reckoning
1REIGNS
T
AEW World Tag Team Championship
September 5, 2021 – January 5, 2022, with Rey Fenix · won from the Young Bucks in the All Out steel cage, lost to Jurassic Express · 122 days
1REIGNS
D
AEW World Trios Championship
September 7, 2022 – January 11, 2023, as Death Triangle with Pac and Rey Fenix · lost the seventh match of the series with The Elite, a ladder match
1REIGNS
R
ROH World Tag Team Championship
March 31 – July 21, 2023, with Rey Fenix · won in a six-team ladder match, lost to Aussie Open · dates per Wikipedia
1REIGNS
X
Impact, PWG & MLW tag championships
Impact World Tag (2019, with Fenix, lost to LAX at Rebellion) · PWG World Tag (2017, with Fenix, 216 days per Wikipedia) · MLW World Tag (2018, with Fenix) · individual dates not re-verified in this pass
3REIGNS
A
AAA championships
AAA Latin American Championship (2016 — def. Psycho Clown July 3, lost to Johnny Mundo August 28, per Wikipedia) · AAA World Tag Team Championship, 3 reigns, with Joe Lider and with Rey Fenix · AAA World Mixed Tag, with Sexy Star · plus the 2016 Rey de Reyes tournament · reign dates not re-verified
5REIGNS
05
Factions
Two units, both family in one sense or the other — and the partnership that tonight’s final briefly suspends.
Everywhere · 2017–present
The Lucha Brothers
Penta, Rey Fenix
Actual brothers, and the most decorated tag team of their generation across promotions: AEW, ROH, Impact, PWG, MLW and AAA gold, the WON Tag Team of the Year award for 2019, and the 2021 Match of the Year in the All Out cage. In WWE they have appeared as allies rather than a booked team — after the August 24 semifinals they touched foreheads in the ring. Tonight they wrestle each other for the right to challenge Roman Reigns; the respect, on every appearance so far, is the story WWE is telling.
AEW · 2020–23
Death Triangle
Pac, Penta, Rey Fenix
Formed March 4, 2020. Won the AEW World Trios Championship on September 7, 2022 and defended it through a celebrated seven-match series with The Elite, losing the decider — a ladder match — on January 11, 2023. The unit that proved Penta could anchor main-event trios wrestling without the mask ever slipping toward comedy.
Lucha Underground · 2015–18
The cult of Pentagon Dark
Pentagon Jr., alone — apprenticed to Vampiro
Not a stable but a storyline church: the arm-breaking "sacrifices" offered to his unseen master, revealed as Vampiro, and the Pentagon Dark persona that followed. It is where the American audience learned the gesture, the catchphrase and the sadism, and it fed directly into everything he has played since.
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Personas
Five names under one mask, and the mask is the constant — it has never come off in a ring.
DDMexico · 2007–12
Dark Dragon and before
The apprenticeship years under trainer Skayde, working early personas including Zaius and Dark Dragon on the Mexican independents. First verified match: April 9, 2008, per Wikipedia.
PJAAA · 2012–17
Pentagon Jr.
Adopted December 2, 2012 in AAA. The legend that the Pentagon name carried a curse got the answer that became the brand: Cero Miedo — zero fear. Rey de Reyes winner in 2016; left AAA in January 2017 citing feeling restricted.
PDLucha Underground · 2015–18
Pentagon Dark
The darker evolution built on broken arms and sacrifice, and the promotion's biggest homegrown star by its end: Gift of the Gods and Lucha Underground Champion, and the first man to win Aztec Warfare while holding the title, in the June 2018 season four opener.
PZImpact, AEW · 2018–24
Penta El Zero Miedo
The name of the world-title and Lucha Brothers years — Impact World Champion in 2018, AEW tag and trios champion, one half of the WON 2019 Tag Team of the Year and 2021 Match of the Year. His AEW contract expired December 1, 2024.
PWWE · 2025–present
Penta
WWE shortened the name and changed nothing else — the mask, the gesture, the Mexican Destroyer and the Penta Driver all survived intact. His three daughters attended the January 13, 2025 debut; NFL tight end George Kittle, a friend, throws the Cero Miedo gesture in touchdown celebrations.
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Career Timeline
Ecatepec to a Mexico City title match that runs through his own brother.
2007
Debut
Debuts on the Mexican independents, trained by Skayde; Wikipedia's first verified match is April 9, 2008.
2012
Becomes Pentagon Jr.
Takes the name in AAA on December 2, 2012, and answers the Pentagon curse legend with Cero Miedo.
2017
Lucha Underground Champion
Wins the Gift of the Gods ladder match and then the Lucha Underground Championship from Prince Puma in the Loser Must Retire match at Ultima Lucha Tres.
2018
Impact World Champion in his debut month
Beats Austin Aries at Redemption on April 22; loses the title back within six weeks; wrestles Sami Callihan in the mask-vs-hair match at Slammiversary.
2021
The cage match
With Rey Fenix, beats the Young Bucks in the All Out steel cage on September 5 for the AEW World Tag Team Championship — the Wrestling Observer's Match of the Year.
2022
Death Triangle's trios reign
Wins the AEW World Trios Championship with Pac and Fenix on September 7 and defends it through the seven-match Elite series, losing the ladder-match decider in January 2023.
2025
WWE debut, and an injury
Debuts January 13, beating Chad Gable; officially survives 42:04 in the Royal Rumble; loses the WrestleMania 41 and Backlash Intercontinental matches to Dominik Mysterio's ecosystem; a shoulder injury against Solo Sikoa on November 24 ends his year.
2026
Champion, ex-champion, finalist
Returns in the Royal Rumble at No. 28; beats Dominik Mysterio for the Intercontinental Championship on March 2; retains in the WrestleMania 42 ladder match; loses to Chad Gable at SummerSlam on August 2; beats Laredo Kid and La Parka to reach the August 31 tournament final against Rey Fenix — winner challenges Roman Reigns in Mexico City on September 14.
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Rivalries
Who he went to war with.
Rey Fenix
Brother, career-long partner, and — tonight — opponent. They have won tag titles together in five promotions and have been booked in WWE as allies who end each other's matches with a forehead touch. The August 31 tournament final is their first singles meeting in WWE, with a September 14 World Heavyweight Championship match against Roman Reigns in Mexico City behind it. Their AEW and indie singles matches were rare and treated as occasions; WWE is treating this one the same way.
Chad Gable
The bookends of the WWE run so far: Penta beat Gable in his January 13, 2025 debut, and Gable beat Penta for the Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam on August 2, 2026 — in his home market, in tears, for his first singles title. Between the two matches sat Gable's El Grande Americano project, whose interference had cost Penta the Backlash 2025 title match.
Dominik Mysterio
The long chase for the Intercontinental Championship: the WrestleMania 41 fatal four-way, the Backlash 2025 singles loss with El Grande Americano involved, an October 2025 defense, and finally the March 2, 2026 Raw win that made Penta a WWE champion for the first time.
Sami Callihan
The Impact-era blood feud, peaking in the mask-vs-hair match at Slammiversary XVI on July 22, 2018 — the highest-stakes match a masked man can take, and Penta's mask survived it.
The Young Bucks
The AEW rivalry that produced his most acclaimed match: the September 5, 2021 All Out steel cage, Lucha Brothers versus Bucks for the tag titles, the Wrestling Observer's 2021 Match of the Year and the Dynamite Award winner for best brawl.
09
Media & Gaming
The mask travels well.
2014–18
Lucha Underground
Four seasons on El Rey Network as Pentagon Jr. and Pentagon Dark — scripted, serialized television that made him a cult star in the United States before any national promotion signed him.
TV2023
AEW Fight Forever
Playable as Penta El Zero Miedo, from the AEW years. His WWE video game debut could not be confirmed in this pass and is not claimed.
Game2019–
Cero Miedo in the wild
The two-fingered Cero Miedo gesture circulates beyond wrestling — NFL tight end George Kittle, a friend, uses it in touchdown celebrations, and WWE's own profile leads with the hand sign as his identifier.
Culture2025
The WWE debut broadcast
Teased in a video during Raw's Netflix premiere on January 6, 2025 and debuted a week later against Chad Gable, with his three daughters at ringside — the rare WWE debut framed around a family in the building.
TV
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Records & Feats
The records and the asterisks — including an iron-man run that comes with its own footnote.
153Day IC reign
42:04Official 2025 Rumble time
5Promotions with tag gold
★
World champion in two promotions
The Lucha Underground Championship, won in the match that retired Prince Puma, and the Impact World Championship, won April 22, 2018 at Redemption in his debut month with the company.
★
153 days as WWE Intercontinental Champion
March 2 to August 2, 2026 — his first WWE title, won from Dominik Mysterio and lost to Chad Gable. The defense list ran through El Grande Americano, Dragon Lee, Kofi Kingston, El Hijo del Vikingo and the WrestleMania 42 six-man ladder match.
★
Official iron man of the 2025 men's Royal Rumble — 42:04, asterisk included
The longest official survival time in that match. Cageside Seats' review found both feet appearing to touch the floor at roughly 1:45, unruled and unreplayed. The record stands because no referee called it; the footnote stands because the tape exists.
★
Tag team championships in five promotions with the same partner
AEW, ROH, Impact, PWG and MLW, all with Rey Fenix — plus three AAA tag reigns. The Lucha Brothers were the Wrestling Observer's 2019 Tag Team of the Year.
★
Wrestling Observer Match of the Year, 2021
The All Out steel cage against the Young Bucks, September 5, 2021, with Fenix.
★
First to win Aztec Warfare as champion
Lucha Underground's season four opener, June 2018 by Wikipedia's taping-based dating — winning the promotion's Rumble-equivalent while holding its title.
★
The mask has never come off
No unmasking in nineteen years, including the mask-vs-hair stakes against Sami Callihan at Slammiversary XVI. His real name has never been publicly disclosed, and this page does not publish one.
★
A final against his own brother, winner to Roman Reigns
The World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender's Tournament — eight luchadors from Raw, SmackDown and AAA — comes down to Penta vs. Rey Fenix on the August 31, 2026 Raw. The winner challenges Reigns on the September 14 Raw in Mexico City. Not yet wrestled as this page is compiled; no result is implied.
Deliberately absent: a real name, never publicly disclosed; a career win-loss total, never verified; social handles, unverified; and any result for tonight's final. WWE.com's stale Intercontinental Champion listing is flagged above. Early Lucha Underground dates are Wikipedia's taping dates for a television show that aired on delay, and are marked as such wherever used.
When does Penta face Rey Fenix, and what is at stake?
Tonight — the August 31, 2026 Raw — in the final of the World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender’s Tournament, an eight-man field of luchadors from Raw, SmackDown and AAA. The winner challenges World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns on the September 14 Raw in Mexico City. Penta beat Laredo Kid in the quarterfinals on August 10 and La Parka in the semifinals on August 24; Fenix beat El Fiscal and Dragon Lee. They are brothers, career-long tag partners, and — as of this page’s compilation — the match has not yet happened, so no result is given anywhere here.
Is Penta still the Intercontinental Champion?
No — though WWE.com’s profile still says so, which is why the question keeps coming up. Chad Gable beat him for the title at SummerSlam Night 2 on August 2, 2026 in Minneapolis, Gable’s home market, winning his first singles championship in tears. Penta’s reign ran 153 days from March 2, 2026, when he beat Dominik Mysterio on Raw, and included the six-man ladder match that opened WrestleMania 42 Night 2. This page follows the result and flags the profile lag.
Was Penta really the iron man of the 2025 Royal Rumble?
Officially yes: 42 minutes and 4 seconds, the longest survival time in the 2025 men’s match. Honestly: with an asterisk. Cageside Seats’ review of the tape found that at roughly 1:45 into the match, both of Penta’s feet appear to touch the floor as Rey Mysterio sends him over the top rope. No referee ruled it, WWE showed no replay, and no elimination was recorded, so the record stands — and so does the footnote. Both are printed on this page because both are what the sources say.
What is Penta’s real name?
It has never been publicly disclosed, and this page does not publish one. That is the lucha libre tradition working as intended: he has wrestled under a mask since 2007, put it at stake exactly once — the mask-vs-hair match against Sami Callihan at Slammiversary XVI in 2018, which he won — and has never been unmasked in a ring. What is public: born February 26, 1985 in Ecatepec, State of Mexico; trained by Skayde; the younger brother is Rey Fenix.
What does “Cero Miedo” mean?
“Zero fear.” It began in AAA as an answer to the legend that the Pentagon name carried a curse — his position was that he feared nothing, curse included — and became the catchphrase, the two-fingered hand gesture and effectively the whole brand. WWE’s profile leads with the gesture; NFL tight end George Kittle, a friend, throws it in touchdown celebrations; and the shortened ring name he uses now, Penta, sits under the same two words on every piece of merchandise.