Rey Cometa first gained national exposure when he worked for Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion from 2005 until 2008.
18 Facts About Rey Cometa
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Rey Cometa is a former holder of the Mexican National Welterweight Championship.
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Dragon de Oriente I originally worked as "Rey Cometa", but changed to "Dragon de Oriente I" in 1989.
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In 2005 Rey Cometa began working for Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion, one of Mexico's largest professional wrestling promotions.
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Rey Cometa was one of the participants in the 2007 Alas de Oro tournament, but did not win.
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At the 2007 Verano de Escandalo event Rey Cometa teamed with Aero Star, Estrellita, and Octagoncito, losing to the team of Alfa, Faby Apache, Gran Apache, and Mini Chessman.
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Rey Cometa teamed with Blue Panther to participate in the 2009 Gran Alternativa tournament, losing to Mr Niebla and Tiger Kid in the first round.
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On October 18,2009, Rey Cometa was one of 12 wrestlers who put his mask on the line in a 12-man Luchas de Apuestas cage match.
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Rey Cometa was the sixth person to escape the cage keeping his mask safe; the final saw Polvora pin Tigre Blanco to unmask him.
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Rey Cometa teamed with Pegasso and Rouge to defeat Los Guerreros Tuareg in the opening match of CMLL's year end show, Sin Salida, with Pegasso scoring the deciding fall.
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On September 14,2012, at CMLL's 79th Anniversary Show, Rey Cometa was defeated by Puma King in a Lucha de Apuestas and was as a result forced to unmask and reveal his real name.
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The storyline between Namajague and Rey Cometa did not end after the unmasking, instead it switched to an individual storyline between the two, that included Namajague breaking a pane of glass over Rey Cometa's head during a one-on-one match.
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Rey Cometa won the match by two falls to one, and Namajague's hair was shaved after the match.
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From January 14 to 19,2014, Rey Cometa worked the New Japan Pro-Wrestling and CMLL co-produced Fantastica Mania 2014 tour, which marked his debut in Japan.
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On September 19,2014 Rey Cometa lost to Cavernario in one of the feature matches of the CMLL 81st Anniversary Show, losing a Luchas de Apuestas match and for the first time in his career he was shaved bald after the match.
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On June 10,2016, Rey Cometa defeated Barbaro Cavernario to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship.
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On May 12,2017 Rey Cometa lost the welterweight championship to Soberano Jr.
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In early 2020, the Gonzalez brothers began talking about working as a team, despite Rey Cometa being a tecnico and Espiritu Negro working as a rudo.