Latin American Xchange | |
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Stable | |
Members | Konnan Danny Rivera Slice Boogie Julius Smokes Hernandez |
Name(s) | 5150 The Latin American Xchange / LAX[1] |
Billed from | Latin America |
Former member(s) | Homicide[1] Apolo[1] Machete[1] Héctor Guerrero (manager)[1] Salinas (valet)[1] Diamante Low Ki King Ortiz Santana Daga |
Debut | December 31, 2005 |
Years active | 2005–2009 2011–2015 2017–2019 2021–present |
The Latin American Xchange (LAX) is a professional wrestling stable that has wrestled in various incarnations primarily for Total Nonstop Action / Impact Wrestling and currently in Major League Wrestling (MLW).
The group achieved initial success as a stable consisting of Konnan, Hernandez and Homicide.[1] Puerto Rican wrestler Apolo was a brief original member, who was later replaced by Machete. Later, upon the departure of Konnan from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Homicide and Hernandez wrestled exclusively as a tag team. The original gimmick of LAX centered on its members being Hispanic, denouncing the perceived repression of ethnic minorities by the NWA Championship Committee and TNA Management, with LAX's response as a group of militant street thugs. After becoming fan favorites, the group continued to stand as proud street Latin Americans, but dropped its militant focus.
In 2017, LAX returned to Impact Wrestling, with founding members Konnan and Homicide being joined by Diamante, Santana and Ortiz. They were briefly joined by Low Ki, and King who later assumed leadership when Konnan was absent. King later split the group along with Hernandez and Homicide to form The OGz. When Santana and Ortiz left for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), the stable became dormant. The latest rendition is called LAX 5150 or simply 5150 and is composed by Slice Boogie, Danny Rivera and Julius Smokes. It began working for MLW in July 2021, once again managed by Konnan.