Gretery

Gretery

Gretery was born in Mexico City, Mexico on June 7th, 1998. From the age of 14, Gretery began his professional wrestling career with promotions such as CMLL, Nacion Lucha Libre and AAA. Gretery was trained by many of the legendary luchadors, most notably trained by Dr. Wagner Jr, El Rayo De Jalisco, La Parka and even Chavo Guerrero to name a few. After being a household name in Mexico, he then was able to travel the world, wrestling in Japan and in the United States. As of today, Gretery is now apart of CWL.

## **CMLL (2012-2015)**

Gretery made his official professional wrestling debut in Consejo Mudial de Lucha Libre tagging with Adrian Hernandez, who was under another persona before debuting his El Rayo Dorado gimmick. Throughout their time in CMLL, the two grew close together and soon became best freinds behind the scenes. A couple months into their time at CMLL they began a program, feuding with each other. the Two would put on instant classics in what were some of the greatest matches in CMLL history, eventually earning the award for *Lucha of the Year (2013).* The two would rise and become grand stars in CMLL and would eventually go their separate ways within the company. Gretery's first major title victory came in 2013 when he became the LLA Azteca Champion in a fatal four way match. Regardless of their rivalry, Gretery also became CMLL World Trios Champion along with El Rayo Dorado and Rayo de Oro. In his farewell match, Gretery lost the LLA Azteca Championship to longtime friend and rival El Rayo Dorado after holding the belt for a total of 525 days.

## **Time in Japan (2015-2017)**

Never being fully signed, Gretery was booked on several shows for New Japan Pro Wrestling most notably wrestling Okada and Kota Ibushi. For the most part he was booked for house shows, often times teaming with Volador Jr and Tiger Mask. His big break however was wrestling a 5-star rated match with Kota Ibushi. This sparked news and headlines that Gretery was to stay in NJPW, but to everyone's surprise Gretery declined the offer. This last appearance was in a live event in mid 2017.

## **Lucha World Order**

During Gretery's time in AAA after defeated El Rayo Dorado in a *Lucha de Apuestas* match, the two had been seen together several times along with Gran Azteca Sr. backstage. This lead to speculation as to why these three were together. The following weeks during regular AAA programing the feed would go static showing an image with the Letter's 'LWO'. This lead to fans to wonder what this was supposed to mean. A month later, Gretery, El Rayo Dorado and Gran Azteca Sr shocked all of Mexico as the three debuted their new faction the 'Lucha World Order'. They made their debut on a regular edition of AAA Lucha Libre attacking Gran Azteca Sr. old tag team partner Guerrero de Plata. This shocked the world. The following weeks they introduced two new members to the Lucha World Order in the wife of Gretery, Marcella Reyes as well as El Rayo Dorado's wife Rayo de Oro. The group took all of Mexico by storm as the group began to invade other promotions such as CMLL, Lucha Underground, Lucha Extreme and Lucha Legacy. Their success as a group earned them the chance at the AAA World Trios Championship as they became the new Trios Champs after defeating the Psycho Circus. To this day, after Gretery and Marcella Reyes departure of the group due to signing new contracts with the CWL, the group continues to assert dominance all through Mexico in the bigger companies and smaller indie companies and continue to expand their faction with adding new members such as Aguila de Mexico, Azteca Jr and Queen Athena. Gretery and Marcella Reyes to this day while not apart of other promotions continue to support the group and attend shows in which they're booked at.

## **AAA (2015-2019)**

Gretery was signed to Antonio Pena Promotions, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide in early 2015. As one of the top and upcoming stars in Mexico, Gretery made his debut in a losing effort to Laredo Kid in what was a dream match at the time. Weeks later, Gretery would capture the AAA World Tag Team Championship along with El Rayo Dorado, who was his best friend at the time. During his reign with the tag titles he stumbled along in a feud with Pentagon Jr and Joe Lider of Los Perros Del Mal. During this feud Gretery would capture the AAA Cruiserweight Championship in a 6-man ladder match. Just a week later however, Gretery and El Rayo Dorado would lose the tag team titles to Joe Lider and Pentagon Jr. After sustaining a knee injury, Gretery was forced to vacate his Cruiserweight championship. After requiring surgery, he returned in June of 2016 where he began a feud with the Latin American Champion, Chessman. After just months of this rivalry, Gretery was able to capture the Latin American Championship at AAA year end Show Triplemania. Holding the title for just a little under a year, Gretery was slowly written off the main roster due to his knee injury coming back to affect him. For the next 2 years, Gretery would only work live events every so often until he was fully cleared. Coming back in 2019, Gretery debut his new persona, Gretery "El Galante" as he showed off his charisma capturing the Latin American Championship once more from L.A. Park as well as winning the AAA World Trios Championship along with Psycho Clown and Dr. Wagner Jr. Months later i was rumored Gretery would be leaving and signing elsewhere. In his farewell match, he lost his Latin American Championship to Trios partner Psycho Clown and passed on his Trios tittle to longtime friend El Rayo Dorado.

## **Mexico's Biggest Rivalry**

In early 2015, Gretery was signed with AAA alongside other talent, most notably El Rayo Dorado. Upon arriving in the promotion the two began to become great friends and soon be AAA World Tag Team Championship. The two we're on the rise to the top. Dorado and Gretery spent a lot of time together in AAA and in Mexico's independent circuit. The tag team took on the likes of Los Perros Del Mal, Los Aztecas and as well as themselves. These two were what some say the future of Lucha Libre and wrestling as a whole. However, the tag teams momentum would be stopped as Gretery suffered a knee injury that put him out of action for about almost a year. In that time El Rayo Dorado continued to work shows while Gretery recovered from his injury. Going into 2016 Dorado was on the verge of winning his first singles title until Gretery returned, then winning the Cruiserweight Championship. After Gretery won the Cruiserweight AAA creative decided to disband the team of the two friends to further push Gretery. Not pleased with this Dorado expressed his frustrations in a promo on their weekly shows. Gretery comes out to tell him it wasn't what it seemed and in that very moment Dorado turned on his friend and former teammate. From here, Gretery and Dorado began what was the biggest rivalry in Mexico. The two would clash at 2017 Rey de Reyes in the finals where Gretery defeated him in convincing fashion. After the match, Dorado and his wife, Rayo de Oro both decided to attack Gretery spoiling his moment, in which Marcella Reyes came out to run off the two. Throughout of 2017 and 2018 Gretery feuded with both Rayo de Oro and El Rayo Dorado, defeating them on several occasions, however Dorado's biggest moment was defeating Gretery for the Latin American Championship. A week later, Gretery evoked his rematch clause and took the belt right back. In the end, Gretery did defeat Rayo de Oro in a *Lucah de Apuestas* match in which Gretery took her mask and hair. Furious with his Rival, El Rayo Dorado challenged Gretery in a *Lucha de Apuestas* in which Gretery put his career on the line while El Rayo Dorado put his mask on the line. Not backing down, Gretery accepted and this match took place at Triplemania XXVII in the main event. In a sold out Arena de Mexico, Gretery defeated El Rayo Dorado in a thriller of a match. After receiving his mask, Gretery helped the now Adria Hernandez to his feet and hugged him, forgiving him for everything. The two shared a moment before Gretery shook his hand and left the arena. The two would continue to work with each other, however it was very rare when they did. Their most recent run together was forming a faction together along with Gran Azteca Sr. As the Lucha World Order.

## **Personal Life**

Nothing is know about Gretery legal name other than his last name being 'Reyes'. In his early days, Gretery grew up watching his father, Ramon Reyes wrestle for smaller independent Lucha Libre companies before signing full-time with Antonio Pena Promotions, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. His father was never a decorated luchador as Gretery became in the future, but he was beloved by the fans immensely. Ramon was an single father raising Gretery, however he never wanted him to wrestle and take on the career choice he took on. Gretery being the young man he was rebelled against his fathers wishes and left home at 14 to train. Due to his fathers connection in the industry, Gretery started training with El Rayo de Jalisco in Jalisco, Mexico as well as other notable luchadors such as Dr. Wagner Jr, Chavo Guerrero and many others. Gretery would often visit his father but the grew apart. At the age of 20, Gretery had married Marcella Reyes a fellow luchadora he met while training in his earlier days. Upon marrying Marcella, he patched things up with his father and finally got the chance to team up and even wrestle with him. Gretery and Ramon's days came short as his father lost in a *Lucha de Apuestas* agasint his long time rival Gran Azteca Jr. Gretery was in attendance when Azteca ended the career of his father as well as his mask. After the match, Gretery and Marcella joined Ramon in the ring as he said his farewells to the fans before Azteca removed his mask. In a slight turn of events however, Azteca had so much respect for Ramon that he didn't accept his mask and passed down the mask to Gretery and bowed to take the mask for good in the future. Later in his career, Gretery defeated Azteca in a *Lucha de Apuestas* for each others mask. Though, even after defeating Azteca he removed his mask but gave it right back, telling him that he would take it again for good in the future calling back to what Azteca did with his father Ramon. After defeating a legend such as Gran Azteca Sr. Gretery had top rated matches with the likes of Rayo De Oro, El Rayo Dorado, Guerrero de Plata, Rebelo, and Jesus Ramos. Often times Gretery teamed up with Marcella in inter-gender matches. As of today, the two have a home in Washington and in Mexico City as they travel back and forth between their respected companies.

## **Other Media**

Gretery has always involved in other media besides professional wrestling. In Mexico, he was widely know as a huge Cruz Azul Fan. Being such a big fan of the Futbol Club, he'd attend teams practices and even photoshoots often sporting a custom mask to match the teams colors. Gretery is also known for his charity work in Mexico, giving back to the families in need. Gretery often appears on several big television stations mostly appearing for interview or other times promoting his upcoming matches.

## ***Luchas De Apuestas* Record**

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# **Notable Accomplishments**

* CMLL World Trios Champion
* CMLL LLA Azteca Championship
* CMLL Rookie of the Year (2012)
* CMLL Breakout Star (2014)
* AAA World Trios Championship x2
* AAA World Tag Team Championship
* AAA Rey de Reyes Tournament Winner (2017)
* AAA Latin American Championship x2
* Copa Antonio Pena Winner (2017)
* Inaugural NLL Heritage Lucha Libre Champion

# **Signature Moves**

* Schoolboy/Enziguri Combo (Latin Mixup)
* Gory Special Flatliner (MexLiner)
* Hammerlock DDT (ReyesDT)
* Brainbuster
* Dragon Sleeper
* Ripcord Knee Strike

# **Finishing Moves**

* Corkscrew Forearm Smash (Daggers End)
* Panama Sunrise (Martinete De Reyes)
* Frog Splash (Lasting Legacy)

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