Rey Bucanero

Rey Bucanero
Rey Bucanero on his way to the ring, September 2013.
Birth nameArturo García Ortiz
Born (1974-07-19) July 19, 1974 (age 50)[1]
Mexico City, Distrito Federal[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)El Hijo del Pirata Morgan
Rey Bucanero
Rey Bucanero, Jr.
Rey "Pirata" Ortiz
Billed height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Billed weight94 kg (207 lb)[2]
Billed fromMexico City, Mexico[2]
Trained byPirata Morgan[1]
Hombre Bala
Verdugo
El Satánico[1]
Franco Colombo
DebutNovember 18, 1991[1]

Arturo García Ortiz (born July 19, 1974) is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Rey Bucanero. Ortiz, as Rey Bucanero, has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1996. His ring name is Spanish for "Buccaneer King", which was originally reflected in his mask that featured a skull face and an eye patch. Ortiz was unmasked in 1999 and has worked unmasked ever since.

He is the nephew of Pirata Morgan, from whom he took the Pirate character, as well as the nephew of Hombre Bala and El Verdungo. While he has primarily worked for CMLL through most of his career he has made appearances in the United States, most notably for the World Wrestling Federation and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as well as in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Rey Bucanero, along with Último Guerrero and Tarzan Boy were the founders of the long running Los Guerreros del Infierno ("The Infernal Warriors") group in 2001. Bucanero later left the group to become a member of La Peste Negra and later on help found La Fuerza TRT with El Terrible and El Texano Jr. and the trio TGR (Terriblemente Guapo el Rey, "Terribly Handsome King"; with El Terrible and Shocker). For the majority of the first decade of the 21st century Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero formed a very popular and successful tag team, a team that was voted "Best Tag Team of the Decade (2000–2009) " in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.

He is a former four time holder of the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, has held the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship twice and the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship and CMLL World Trios Championship on one occasion. He has also won CMLL's CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa and Leyenda de Azul tournaments.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Rudos – Rey Bucanero". Fuego en el ring (in Spanish). Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. pp. 66–79. 2008 Edition.