Of being a public transport driver, merchandise charger at the Central de Abastos to endure the sordid world of Mexican wrestling. This has been the path of Penta Zero Fear (Ecatepec, 39 years old), the fighter who has entered the followers (Mexicans or not) of professional wrestling. The codes in Mexican wrestling dictate that masked fighters must live under anonymity until someone wins and the mask is at stake to reveal their name. So far, no one has taken Penta mysticism, pride of the neighborhood. Now less because it has premiered at WWE, the American company that tells stories about the ring with a brutal success.
The Penta could have been based on the script of any personal improvement saga. It started in the most sordid as possible: away from all professionalism, he had to make a living as he could in Ecatepec, a municipality with more than 1.6 million inhabitants, lack of water and where only 15.5% of men and 9.8% of women feel safe, according to data from the Ministry of Economy. The masked man found his first works at the Ecatepec Abastos Central. There he had to download all kinds of fruit and vegetables, in shifts at dawn and with a salary that began to be 120 pesos for a 12 -hour job. Thus began to develop strength and physical strength. It was, without knowing it, his first gym. He also worked as a public transport driver, from the Combis, according to a talk with Comedian Lalo Elizarraás.
Before being called Penta Zero fear he had other personalities: Zaius or Dark Dragon, but always with some allusion to darkness. He competed in how much municipal arena he could search for an opportunity. He debuted in a professional quadrilateral with his brother, now known as Phoenix, before 2010. He had his great opportunity when he entered the Mexican company AAA. There he assumed the character of Pentagon Jr., to continue the legacy of Jesús Andrade Salazar. The first pentagon suffered a very serious injury in 1996, during a function in Aguascalientes when he fell badly and presented a cardiorespiratory arrest. He was resuscitated with defibrillator in a hospital to return his life. The name of the fighter became bad luck and a bad omen in the world of wrestling.
Penta, the successor and today appears in the United States, wanted to get rid of such a curse. When he abandoned the AAA, he had to change his name to configure what he is today: Penta Zero fear, which refers to his carefree in bad luck. It was announced in the United States when he participated in the project called Lucha Underground, A television series in which fights were passed but with a dye of greater drama. Penta was one of the favorites for her movements full of rudeness, agility and a charisma as necessary as good physical resistance in the ring.
Penta's name echoed in several independent companies in the United States to echo their talent. At the end of 2024 the runrun began to be signed by the WWE. The most recalcitrant fans feared that Penta lost her character or that she was relegated to an exotic fighter and nothing else, as has happened to some of her countrymen. In the United States they know their sport as wrestling More than as a wrestling and yes, the struggles have a certain choreography, but the blows, falls and injuries are real.
This Monday Penta premiered in a big way through Netflix, a platform that from 2025 transmits WWE events for everyone. In their first episode, of January 6, they achieved an audience of 4.9 million visualizations worldwide. The Mexican premiered against Chad Gable and both gave a struggle of high technique. “Last night it was a memory of why I fell in love with the beautiful artistic expression and the sport of professional wrestling. I felt so alive,” the American wrote.
After the fight, Penta took the microphone. Lucia exhausted, stunned, nervous, but happy: “For all my people from Mexico and all of Latin America I want to tell you thanks for being part of the process, thanks for accompanying my path to get here. For those who know and those who do not: this is the result of a Mexican when he wants to get ahead, gentlemen.” The Mexican stands out from the rest for the design of his wardrobe that refers to a diabolical ninja with makeup and pupils blank, in addition to the arms that show the tattoo sleeve of his arms.
The arrival of Penta unleashed the madness of congratulation messages on social networks for the arrival at the cusp of another Mexican, as Eddie Guerrero or Rey Mysterio did at some point. The image that rumbled in networks was that of Penta's family, in the front row, crying. Mexico has found another reason to look at the wrestling in Netflix.
