Villano III Jr.

Villano III Jr. (born July 11, 1998) is a Mexican third-generation luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) where he is of the former AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion with Lady Maravilla. He is the son of Villano III and La Infernal and the grandson of Ray Mendoza. Villano III Jr.'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.^[1]

Villano III Jr.
Birth name	Díaz Mendoza (first name not revealed)
Born	(1998-07-11) July 11, 1998 (age 24) Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Parent(s)	Villano III (father) La Infernal (mother)
Relatives	El Hijo del Villano III (brother) Ray Mendoza (grandfather) Villano V Jr. (cousin) Rokambole Jr. (cousin) Villano I (uncle) Villano II (uncle) Villano IV (uncle) Villano V (uncle)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Villano III Jr.
Billed height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Billed weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Trained by	Arkangel de la Muerte El Apache Franco Colombo Villano IV
Debut	2013

Professional wrestling career

Villano III Jr. made his first appearance under that name in an exhibition match on the undercard of a show honoring his father's 40th wrestling anniversary on February 5, 2012.^[2] In subsequent years he won the Mexican State Tag Team Championship with his brother El Hijo del Villano III as well as the Mexican State Trios Championship with his father and his brother.

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2017–present)

In 2017 VIllano III Jr. was one of several young wrestlers who participated in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide's "a Llave a Gloria" ("The Key to Glory") tournament. The final match of the tournament took place at AAA's Triplemanía XXV show, where Villano III Jr., Angel Mortal Jr. and Tiger Boy lost to Angelikal, El Hijo del Vikingo and The Tigger.^[3] Despite the loss Villano III Jr. became a regular for AAA afterwards, competing of several of their major shows such as Héroes Inmortales XI,^[4] as well as teaming with La Hiedra to unsuccessfully challenge Big Mami and Nino Hamburgesa for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship.^[5]

On March 16, 2019, at AAA's Rey de Reyes, Villano teamed up with Lady Maravilla for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship against Niño Hamburguesa and Big Mami, where Hamburgesa and Mami managed to retain their titles.^[6] On August 3, at Triplemanía XXVII, Villano teamed up with Lady Maravilla in a match for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship. The team defeated Australian Suicide and Vanilla Vargas, Niño Hamburguesa and Big Mami and Sammy Guevara and Scarlett Bordeaux, to be crowned as new champions, Villano III Jr.'s first AAA championship.^[7] On October 19 at Héroes Inmortales XIII, Villano III Jr. along with Lady Maravilla had their first defense defeating Keyra and Látigo and her rivals Big Mami & Niño Hamburguesa.^[8]

Championships and accomplishments

• Distrito Federal
  • Mexican State Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with El Hijo del Villano III
  • Mexican State Trios Championship (1 time) – with El Hijo del Villano III and Villano III
• International Wrestling Revolution Group
  • Torneo FILL 58 – with Black Laser, Climax Jr., El Hijo del Villano III Jr., Kortiz, Máquina Infernal, Tackle, and Zhalon^[9]
• Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
  • AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Lady Maravilla^[7]

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Winner (wager)	Loser (wager)	Location	Event	Date	Notes
Villano III Jr. (mask)	Aéreo (mask)	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	AAA show	March 1, 2020	^[10]

References

1. Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
2. "AULL/LEGEND/UWE @ Tlalnepantla de Baz - Villano III: Cuatro Décadas Siendo el Rey". Wrestling Data. February 5, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
3. Aiken, Chris (August 26, 2017). "AAA Triplemania XXV live results: Psycho Clown vs. Dr. Wagner Jr". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
4. González, Andrés (October 2, 2017). "Héroes Inmortales de AAA triunfaron en San Luis Potosí". El Express (in Spanish). Retrieved October 2, 2017.
5. "AAA TV-Taping". CageMatch. May 31, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
6. Rose, Bryan (March 16, 2019). "Young Bucks win AAA tag team titles at Rey de Reyes". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
7. "AAA Triplemania XXVII live results: Cain Velasquez debuts". The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
8. Rose, Bryan (October 19, 2019). "AAA HEROES INMORTALES LIVE RESULTS: FENIX VS. KENNY OMEGA". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
9. Lizarranga, Alfonso (April 27, 2017). "El GYM Villanos se queda con el FILL LVIII". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved September 2, 2019.
10. +Luchas (March 2, 2020). "Villano III Jr gana la máscara de Aéreo" [Villano III Jr won the mask of Aéreo] (in Spanish). Retrieved March 3, 2020.