Villano III Jr.

Villano III Jr.
Personal information
BornDíaz Velarde (first name not revealed)
(1998-07-11) July 11, 1998
Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Parents
Relatives
Professional wrestling career
Ring nameVillano III Jr.
Billed height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Billed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Trained by
Debut2013

Villano III Jr. (born July 11, 1998) is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is working for Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is a former CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champion (with El Hijo del Villano III). He has also worked for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he is a one-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion (with Lady Maravilla). A third-generation wrestler, 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 professional wrestling fans.[1]

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 (2017–2023)

In 2017 Villano III Jr. was one of several young professional 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 Niño Hamburguesa 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 Mami and Hamburguesa, where they managed to retain their titles.[6] On August 3, at Triplemanía XXVII, Villano teamed up with Maravilla in a match for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship. The team defeated Australian Suicide and Vanilla Vargas, Mami and Hamburguesa 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 Maravilla, had their first defense defeating Keyra and Látigo and her rivals in Mami and Hamburguesa.[8]

Villano III Jr. wrestled his last match for AAA on July 2, 2023, in a loss to Octagon Jr..[9]

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2023-present)

Two weeks later on July 18, 2023, Villano III Jr. debuted for CMLL to join his brother El Hijo del Villano III. They quickly formed the trio “El Triangulo” with Zandokan Jr.,[10] and the siblings won the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championships at the Arena Coliseo 81st Anniversary Show on April 6, 2024. They lost the titles 2 years later at the 83rd anniversary on April 4, 2026, to fellow brother tag team Los Hermanos Calavera.[11]

The following month, Villano III Jr. qualifier for the final of La Copa Junior against Atlantis Jr., in a spiritual rematch of their fathers’ famous bout. Atlantis Jr. suffered an injury shortly before the final, and was replaced by the previous year’s winner & Villano III Jr.‘s former teammate Zandokan Jr., who had since-distanced himself from the brothers due to what he perceived as a lack of rudo ethics on their part. On May 29, Villano III Jr. defeated Zandokan Jr. to win 2026’s La Copa Jr.

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Villano III Jr. (mask)Aéreo (mask)Ciudad Juárez, ChihuahuaAAA showMarch 1, 2020[15]

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). Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. 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. 1 2 "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 Newsletter. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Villano III Jr". Cagematch. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Villano III Jr". Cagematch. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  11. ↑ "CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  12. ↑ Pulido, Luis (May 29, 2026). "CMLL Viernes Espectacular Results (5/29/2026): Villano III Jr. vs. Zandokan Jr. For 2026 Copa Jr., More". Fightful. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
  13. ↑ "EL CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA CONCURSO DE FISICOCULTURISMO "MR CMLL & MISS CMLL 2024"". CMLL. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  14. ↑ Lizarranga, Alfonso (April 27, 2017). "El GYM Villanos se queda con el FILL LVIII". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  15. ↑ +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.
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