Magno Magno ( August 17 , 1984 ) is a Mexican professional wrestler best known for his short appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . He has also wrestled in the United States independent circuit of Ring of Honor , Chikara , and National Wrestling Alliance . Professional wrestling career . Vasquez trained for his professional wrestling debut Ciudad Juárez , Juárez , Mexico at " Gimnasio Municipal Josué Neri Santos " , starting training there when he was 13 or 14 years old . Vasquez ' main trainer at the facility was Hector Rincon but would also receive training from wrestlers under El Pirata , Babe Sharon and Hurricane Hector prior to his 1999 in ring debut . Independent circuit ( 1999 - 2015 ) . Vasquez made his in ring debut in 1999 at only 14 or 15 years of age . Being born in El Paso , Texas to Mexican born parents Vasquez is a dual citizen of both the United States and Mexico , > and thus did not have to deal with work visas issues when traveling across the US / Mexico border for wrestling shows . Being able to freely travel between the two countries meant that the Ciudad Juarez - based luchador , would often be used a lucha libre representative on shows in the United States . Upon his debut he adopted the " enmascarado " ( masked ) wrestling character " Magno " , which is a Spanish word for " Great " or " Magnificent " . Prior to 2006 Magno was not well known outside the El Paso / Juarez area until Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) brought him in as part of Team Mexico in the TNA 2006 World X - Cup Tournament . Team Mexico also included Puma , Incognito , and Shocker , the team captain . During the tournament Shocker and Magno defeated Team Canada representatives Eric Young and Johnny Devine on May 4 , 2006 . Magno was also one of 16 participants in the final Gauntlet match at the 2006 TNA Sacrifice pay - per - view event , where he was the fifth man eliminated , thrown out of the ring by Jushin Thunder Liger . The team finished in 3rd place of the tournament with Team USA in 1st place and Team Canada in 2nd place whlle Team Japan was in last place . Over the years Magno developed a long running friendship / in ring rivalry with Jorge Arias , then known as " Incognito " and later known as Hunico and the second Sin Cara . On 3 April 2009 , Magno made his Ring of Honor ( ROH ) debut as the promotion held two shows in Houston , Texas . Magno teamed up with Jay Briscoe and Kevin Steen in a six - man tag team loss to Chris Hero , Eddie Edwards and Incognito at ROH ' s " Supercard Of Honor 4 " show . The following day Magno , Kevin Steen , Jay Brisco and El Generico defeated Hero , Edwards , Incognito and Davey Richards as part of ROH ' s " Take No Prisoners " show . Magno was one of the featured wrestlers for the short lived Lucha Libre USA ( LLUSA ) promotion that was active from 2010 to 2011 with shows on MTV2 . His first storyline in LLUSA was against RJ Brewer , who played the role of a xenophobic wrestler that wanted all Mexican " Luchadors " out of LLUSA and the United States in general . The storyline between the two led to a " Luchas de Apuestas " , or bet match , with Magno risking his mask and Brewer his hair on the outcome of the match . Magno pinned Brewer who was then forced to have all his hair shaved off as a result of the match . He teamed up with Máscara Purpura in the tournament to determine the first LLUSA Tag Team Champions , but lost in the first round to the Puerto Rican Powers ( PR Flyer and the San Juan Kid ) . The storyline against RJ Brewer would stretch into 2011 , including Magno unsuccessfully challenging Brewer for the LLUSA Heavyweight Championship on August 27 , 2011 . He later challenged Lizmark Jr . for the same championship but was once again unsuccessful . On the March 28 , 2013 edition of TNA ' s " Impact Wrestling " Magno returned to TNA Television as it was announced that he would be competing in a TNA Gut Check match against Adam Pearce the following week . On the April 4 , 2013 edition of " Impact Wrestling " Magno lost to Adam Pearce due to Pearce holding the ring ropes to win match . On the April 11th edition of Impact Wrestling , the storyline of the Gut Check Challenge played out so that Magno was denied a contract to TNA Wrestling as all three judges ( Danny Davis , Bruce Prichard and Al Snow ) all voted " no " . On February 15 , 2015 Magno defeated Cassandro and Boby Zavala in a three way match to win the NWA World Welterweight Championship . When Vasquez signed with WWE later that year the NWA decided to strip him of the Welterweight championship . WWE ( 2015 – 2016 ) . On April 13 , 2015 , WWE announced Vasquez as part of a new class of trainees at the WWE Performance Center , with Vasquez wearing his Magno mask during the presentation . He stated that he would like to remain an " enmascarado " in WWE , but would be open to changing that if need be . He made his first in - ring appearance for the company at a NXT live event on January 15 , 2016 , wrestling under his real name in a losing to Manny Andrade . On February 5 , 2016 , Vasquez was released from his WWE contract .