Virus (wrestler)

Virus
Birth nameRicardo Amezquita Cardeño
Born (1968-12-09) December 9, 1968 (age 55)[1]
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
WebsiteTwitter
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Bird Boy I
Bird Boy
Piratita Morgan
Damiancito El Guerrero
Damiancito
Virus
Billed height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Billed weight79 kg (174 lb)[1]
Trained byEl Fuerza Aérea[1]
DebutApril 20, 1986[1]

Ricardo Amezquita Carreño (born December 9, 1968), better known by his ring name Virus, is a Mexican luchador (or professional wrestler). He is currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and portrays a rudo ("Bad guy") wrestling character. Amezquita originally worked in CMLL's Minis division as Piratita Morgan, and held the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship under the name Damiancito El Guerrero, but was later moved into the regular division and given the name "Virus". He has served as one of the main trainers for CMLL's wrestling school, having had a hand in training hundreds of students at the CMLL school since 2008 either to some degree.

As Virus, Amezquita has held the CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Championship, CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship and the Mexican National Lightweight Championship as well as winning CMLL's annual Reyes del Aire tournament in 2007. In the Mini-Estrellas division he won the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship. He is currently the leader of Los Cancerberos del Infierno, a stable consisting of himself and Cancerbero.

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