Titán

Titán in May 2023

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Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

**Titán** (Spanish for "Titan") (born October 15, 1990) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of the Los Ingobernables de Japón stable. He also works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he portrays a *tecnico* ("Good guy") wrestling character.

Titan's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. He began his in-ring career in 2008, working primarily in CMLL's local Guadalajara arena under the ring name **Palacio Negro** (Spanish for "Dark Palace"). In 2011 he began working more often in Mexico City, where he was given a new mask and the ring name "Titán". Through a working relationships that CMLL had, he was also allowed Titán to compete in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), through their affiliation with CMLL, before signing full time with the promotion in 2022.

## Professional wrestling career

### Early Career

In *lucha libre* it is traditional to keep the true identity of a masked wrestler a secret, not revealing their real names and occasionally not revealing what previous ring names they have competed under. At times the officially listed debut date indicates when a wrestler began wearing a specific mask and using a name, not the professional wrestling debut. In the case of Titán, it is believed that he did not work under a different name before making his 2008 debut.

### New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2013–present)

#### Various appearances (2013–2022)

As a result of winning the 2012 *En Busca de un Ídolo*, Titán participated in his first Japanese tour as part of the Fantastica Mania 2013 tour. During the tour Titán worked with, and against NJPW wrestlers such as Tama Tonga, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, BUSHI, and Tomohiro Ishii. He returned to NJPW later that year as the sole Mexican participant in NJPW's Best of the Super Juniors tournament (BOSJ) based on his performance during the *Fantastica Mania* tour. Titán ended up winning three of his eight matches in the tournament, finishing the tournament with six points.

From January 14 to 19, 2014, Titán took part in his second *Fantastica Mania* tour with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, working mostly undercard matches. Titán unsuccessfully challenged Bárbaro Cavernario for the Mexican National Welterweight Champion on January 22, 2016, during the *Fantastica Mania 2016* tour. Titán returned to NJPW on July 20 to take part in the 2016 Super J-Cup, losing to Will Ospreay in his first round match. Titan, along with Angel de Oro, returned to New Japan Pro-Wrestling on October 21 at *Road to Power Struggle* event where they took part in 2016 Super Jr. Tag Tournament. They were eliminated in the first round by the team of Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero).

He returned to Japan to work the 2017 Fantastica Mania tour, and was later invited to work both days of NJPW's "G1 Special in USA" tour on July 1 and 2, losing to and then defeating *Los Ingobernables de Japón* with various partners. In August 2017 Titán participated in the CMLL/NJPW/Ring of Honor/RevPro-promoted War of the Worlds UK tour, replacing an injured Atlantis as a CMLL representative, in England. On the first night he unsuccessfully challenged KUSHIDA for the ROH World Television Championship, followed by losses on nights two and three as well. He toured with NJPW from September 10 through November 5 as part of their "Road to Power Struggle" tour. As part of the tour Titán teamed up with Dragon Lee to participate in the 2017 Super Jr. Tag Tournament, losing in the first round to *Los Ingobernables de Japón* (Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI). He ended the tour on November 5, with Titán and Lee losing to The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) at Power Struggle.

In 2019, he returned for the Fantastica Mania tour, capping off the tour with an unsuccessful challenge for the Mexican National Trios Championship as he, Atlantis and Ángel de Oro lost to *La Nueva Generación Dinamita* (Sansón, El Cuatrero and Forastero). He spent all of May working in Japan, participating in the 2019 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. He earned a total of six points in the tournament with victories over Taka Michinoku, Tiger Mask, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru, before losing the remaining tournament matches and ended up seventh in his block. He was invited back for the 2019 Super Junior Tag League alongside Volador Jr. The team earned eight points, to finish in fourth place in the tournament. The two defeated the teams of El Desperado and Kanemaru, Mega Coaches (Ryusuke Taguchi and Rocky Romero), Tiger Mask and Yuya Uemura, TJP and Clark Connors.

On May 1, Titán was announced to take part in the 2022 Best of the Super Juniors in Japan, after three years, ever since the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic started. At the tournament, Titán finished his block with a record of four wins and five losses, failling to advance to the finals of the tournament.

#### Full-time contract and *Los Ingobernables de Japón* (2022–Present)

On October 10 at Declaration of Power, a mystery wrestler helped *Los Ingobernables de Japón* defeated United Empire. Following the match, the mystery wrestler was revealed to Titán, who requested to join the stable. The stable accepted Titán into the group, and he became L.I.J's first full-time non-Japanese member. From November 21 until December 11, Titán and BUSHI took part in the 2022 Super Jr. Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record six wins and three losses, but were left behind them in the final standings due to losing to Lio Rush and Yoh on the final day. In May, Titán took part in the 2023 Best of the Super Juniors, finishing the tournament with a record of seven wins and two losses, advancing to the semifinals of the tournament. On May 26, Titán defeated El Desperado in the semifinals and then was defeated by Master Wato, on May 28, in the finals of the 2023 Best of the Super Juniors. From October 21 to November 2, Titán and BUSHI took part in the 2023 Super Jr. Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record five wins and four losses, but were left behind them in the final standings due to losing to Yoh and Musashi on the final day.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Titanica (Spinning headscissors takedown twisted into an arm drag transitioned into a modified reverse rolling prawn hold)
	+ Llave Inmortal (Muta lock)
* **Signature moves**
	+ Arabian press
	+ Falcon arrow
	+ Figure four leglock
	+ Headscissors whip
	+ *La Quebrada* (Diving moonsault to an opponent outside of the ring)
	+ Michinoku driver
	+ Samoan driver
	+ *Titanics* (Handspring back flip into a victory roll)
	+ *Tornillo* (Springboard double/triple corkscrew plancha)
* **With BUSHI**
	+ **Double-team finishing moves**
		- *Angel Inmortal* (Double knee facebreaker (BUSHI) / Springboard double foot stomp (Titán) combination)
* **Nicknames**
	+ "Diós Antiguo" (Spanish for the "Ancient God")
	+ **"El Inmortal"** (Spanish for "The Immortal")
	+ **"Fumetsu no Otoko"** (Japanese for "The Immortal Man")
* **Entrance themes**
	+ **"Dios Antiguo"** by Yonosuke Kitamura

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre**
	+ CMLL World Welterweight Championship (1 time)
	+ Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) – La Máscara and Rush
	+ Mexican National Welterweight Championship (2 times)
	+ En Busca de un Ídolo (2012)
	+ Reyes del Aire (2019)
	+ Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles (2019) – with Bárbaro Cavernario
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked No. 229 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2021