The American wrestling company WWE is preparing to welcome one of the most important wrestlers of today, the Mexican Pentagon Jr, who has become better known in recent years by the name of Penta Zero Miedo. With this, Penta El Zero M will continue his career in WWE, already with many years of experience, with success in his recent steps in AEW (United States), as well as in AAA and the World Wrestling Council (CMLL). In addition, he would seek to achieve the popularity that other legends of Mexican wrestling such as Mistico (in his character of Sin Cara) and Dos Caras Jr. (in his character of Alberto Del Rio) had at the time.
Pentagon Jr. confirms his arrival in WWE. Despite the fact that he is now almost 40 years old, the reality is that Pentagon Jr. is ready to make the leap to WWE and he has demonstrated this to confirm the great news. The wrestler is part of a Lucha Libre promotion in Mexico and has taken the opportunity to announce that he will indeed be joining WWE in the coming days.
Thus, as part of the 2025 activities of the Arena Del Valle, which has opened in his native Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Pentagon Jr. was in charge of sharing the promotional material that WWE has been sending about his arrival, so fans were happy and proud.
It is no secret that, at present, the world of wrestling has in Pentagon Jr., also known as Penta Zero Miedo or Penta El Zero M, one of its greatest exponents. That is why WWE is preparing to welcome him as its new big signing in the stage they are about to live now with Netflix as its great ally from January 6, 2025.
It should be remembered that WWE has signed a juicy contract with popular streaming app Netflix to become the place where you can exclusively watch each of its shows, as well as its past and upcoming pay-per-view events.
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Penta (born February 26, 1985) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the RAW brand. He first gained notoriety in Lucha Underground, where he is a former Lucha Underground Champion. He has also appeared for various promotions around the world such as in the United States, England, Canada, Japan and his native Mexico. Among the promotions he has appeared in include Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Impact Wrestling.
What name will Pentagon Jr. or Penta Zero Miedo use in WWE? It should be remembered that Penta Zero Miedo is the name he used when AAA asked him to abandon the character of Pentagon Jr. This is how he began to perform as Penta, Pentagon Black, Penta El Zero M and more. This was due to copyright issues, as the character of Pentagon Jr. is owned by the Triple A Lucha Libre WorldWide company from the time when the first Pentagon debuted.
However, it has been revealed that an agreement was reached between WWE and AAA for the wrestler to arrive with the name of Pentagon from his expected debut, which will take place on RAW.
Penta has arrived in WWE and will make his RAW debut on Netflix.
Penta El Zero Miedo has arrived in WWE. The former AEW and Lucha Underground sensation, referred to simply as Penta, made his highly anticipated debut Monday night on Raw after the WWE creative team began running brief teases for him back in December. It was last week during the Raw on Netflix premiere that Chad Gable demanded Adam Pearce go find the best Luchador on the planet and send him his way. Raw's GM did not fail in his mission as he called upon the man formerly known as Pentagon Jr. to face off against the leader of American Made. He then cut an emotional promo, where he spoke of how long he's been waiting for this moment. He called WWE his new home and said that it's a new era for Penta El Zero Miedo.
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While the more hardcore wrestling audience is no doubt familiar with Penta's impressive resume, the casual audience may not be. If you fall under that category, here are a few things to get you up to speed.
Early Career and AAA
Pentagón's career started in México in 2007. In 2011 he began working for AAA on a regular basis, using the name "Dark Dragon", while also working on the independent circuit as Zaius. As Dark Dragon he joined AAA's mid-level rudo group La Milicia.
On December 2, 2012, the Dark Dragon persona was abandoned and AAA reintroduced him as Pentagón Jr. at their major year-end show Guerra de Titanes ("War of the Titans"). He was introduced as the arch-enemy of the newly introduced Octagón Jr., just like the original Pentagón had been the storyline arch-enemy of Octagón. Octagón, Octagón Jr. and La Parka defeated Pentagón Jr., La Parka Negra and Silver Cain.
Since several wrestler who held the name Pentagon had bad luck in their careers, there is the legend of the name Pentagon being cursed. Pentagón Jr.'s catchphrase, Cero Miedo (Zero Fear) was created to show no fear to the curse.
On March 16, 2014, at AAA's Rey de Reyes show, Pentagón Jr. participated in an eight-man Lucha de Apuestas Domo de la Muerte ("Dome of Death" bet match), but escaped the cage before the end, keeping his mask safe. At Triplemanía XXII, held on August 17, Pentagón Jr participated in a unification match for both the AAA Fusión Championship and AAA Cruiserweight Championship in a multi-man match that was won by El Hijo del Fantasma.
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On November 17, Pentagón Jr. joined the Los Perros del Mal stable. On December 7, Pentagón Jr. and his new stablemate Joe Líder won the AAA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Los Güeros del Cielo (Angélico and Jack Evans) and Myzteziz and Fénix in a three-way match. On March 23, 2016, Pentagón Jr. won the 2016 Rey de Reyes tournament by defeating La Parka and Villano IV.
The Rey de Reyes victory was used to build him up as a challenger for the AAA Latin American Championship, which culminated with Pentagón Jr. defeating then-champion Psycho Clown on July 3.
Lucha Underground
In August 2014, Pentagón was announced as one of five AAA wrestlers to star in Lucha Underground, a new American television series on El Rey. Pentagón debuted on the third episode on November 12, where he was defeated by his brother, Fénix, in a three-way, that also included Drago. Over the next weeks, the two real-life brothers developed a storyline rivalry between them.
On February 4, 2015, Pentagón started a storyline about him breaking his opponent's arms; dedicating each broken arm as a sacrifice for his unknown master. On April 1, 2015, Pentagon participated in a tournament to crown the first LU Trios Champions. Pentagon, Sexy Star and Super Fly were defeated by Big Ryck, The Mack and Killshot. After the match, Pentagon attempted to break Super Fly's arm, but Star saved him.
During Ultima Lucha on August 5, 2015, Pentagón Jr. defeated Vampiro in a violent Cero Miedo match. After the match, at Vampiro's urging, Pentagón Jr. broke Vampiro's arm. On the season two premiere on January 27, Pentagón attacked reigning Lucha Underground Champion, Mil Muertes following his successful defense against Ivelisse and broke Muertes' arm, turning face in the process.
At Ultima Lucha Dos on January 31, 2016, Pentagón took on the name "Pentagón Dark" after receiving further "training" from Vampiro in an attempt to once again challenge Matanza Cueto for the Lucha Underground Championship. On June 13, 2018, Lucha Underground aired the first episode of the 4th season. At the first episode, Pentagón Dark won the Aztec Warfare to retain the title.
Independent Circuit and MLW
With the debut of Lucha Underground on American television, Pentagón Jr. began getting work on the US independent circuit, working for various promotions when his AAA schedule would allow it. On July 23, 2016, Pentagón Jr. defeated Sami Callihan to win AAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined's Heavyweight Championship. On September 1, 2018, Penta El Zero lost to Kenny Omega at the independent wrestling super show All In.
He defeated his brother Rey Fénix as part of MLW's "Zero Hour" show on January 11, 2018. He would later earn a match for Shane Strickland's MLW World Heavyweight Championship, but lost the match. The following month Los Lucha Bros (Pentagon and Fenix) defeated "Team TBD" (Jason Cade and Jimmy Yuta) and The Dirty Blondes (Leo Brien and Mike Patrick) to become the first holders of the MLW World Tag Team Championship in the restarted MLW.
The long-running rivalry between Penta 0M and L.A. Park also became part of the storyline in MLW, leading to L.A. Park defeating Pentagon in a "Mexican Massacre" No disqualification match on September 9, 2018. At MLW Fightland, held on November 8, 2018, Los Lucha Bros successfully defended the MLW World Tag Team Championship against L.A. Park and his son El Hijo de L.A.
Impact Wrestling
Pentagón Jr. debuted with Impact Wrestling at an "Impact Wrestling vs Lucha Underground" co-promoted event at WrestleCon on April 6, 2018, winning a three-way match against Fénix and Impact World Champion Austin Aries. It was subsequently announced that he would face Fénix in a singles match at Redemption on April 22. However, following Alberto El Patron's dismissal from the promotion, Pentagón Jr. and Fénix were announced as his replacement in the main event, this time for the Impact World Championship.
Pentagón Jr. pinned Aries to win the championship. On June 3, Pentagón Jr. headlined an Impact Wrestling "One Night Only" special show titled after his catchphrase, Zero Fear, defeating Drake and Moose. He also entered a feud with Sami Callihan, culminating in a match at Slammiversary XVI on July 22. The stipulation for the match became a "mask vs. hair" match when Callihan attempted to remove Pentagón Jr.'s mask after attacking him with a baseball bat.
On June 5, 2018, it was announced that Pentagón Jr. was returning to AAA, participating in AAA's Poker de Ases ("Poker Aces") match at Triplemanía XXVI, putting his mask on the line against Psycho Clown, El Hijo del Fantasma and L.A. Park.
AEW and Ring of Honor
During an independent circuit show in Georgia on February 1, 2019, The Young Bucks came to the ring to offer the Lucha Brothers an All Elite Wrestling (AEW) contract in a confrontation that ended with a verbal agreement and a handshake. It was subsequently revealed that Pentagon Jr. On March 4, 2020, the Lucha Brothers formed a trio along with Pac on Dynamite known as Death Triangle.
In August 2021, the Lucha Brothers took part in a four-team eliminator tournament for a shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championship, with the winners facing The Young Bucks at All Out in a steel cage match, defeating the Varsity Blonds and Jurassic Express to become number one contenders. At All Out on September 5, they defeated the Young Bucks to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship for the first time.
In early 2023, the Lucha Brothers would begin appearing for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH).
1) The Lucha Bros. have won Tag Team Championships across the globe. Penta El Zero Miedo is known best for his tag team wrestling prowess as one half of Lucha Bros. The tag team comprised of himself and his real-life brother Rey Fenix. The pair have been wowing audiences all around the world with their Lucha ariel acrobatics for nearly a decade now. The Lucha Bros. are coming off a five year run in All Elite Wrestling where they captured the AEW World Tag Team Championships once and the AEW Trios Titles once alongside their partner Pac. A group collectively known as the Death Triangle. Penta and Fenix have also won tag team gold in Impact Wrestling, ROH, AAA, AAW and MLW.
2) Rey Fenix still under contract with AEW. Rey Fenix is currently going through an ugly divorce from AEW. Amid the rumors that he was interested in following his brother to WWE, All Elite Wrestling CEO Tony Khan added injury time onto his contract which will keep Fenix under company control well into 2025. It's widely believed that he'd also make the move to WWE once his contract with AEW ultimately expires, but until then, Penta finds himself as a solo act. A position he's not unfamiliar with in the slightest.
3) Penta is an accomplished singles wrestler in his own right. Penta and Fenix rarely worked together during their early days in AAA & Lucha Underground. It wasn't until 2015 that they began their widely successful run as a tag team. In addition to his accomplished tag team resume, Pentagon Jr. has more than established himself as as a singles competitor over his two decades in the ring. He's captured multiple World Championships across various promotions including Impact Wrestling, AAA, AAW, PCW, and Lucha Underground.
As is usually the case with masked wrestlers who hail from Mexico, his identity has been kept under wraps. Penta's real name is still a secret after all these years. We know that he was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico in 1985. He has an number of brothers and sisters, including his younger brother Rey Fenix, but a precise number has never been reported. Other than that, the man who attacks his wrestling career with no fear is cloaked by a cloud of mystery.
5) Reversed the fortunes of a 'cursed' gimmick. It's not a uncommon for a wrestler to undergo multiple name and gimmick changes during the early years of their career, and Penta is no different. He began his journey in pro wrestling back in 2004 under the name Zaius and later adopted the "Dark Dragon" persona while wrestling in AAA. It wasn’t until 2012 when Penta donned the mask of a character that many believed to be cursed. Pentagon Jr. was the ninth man to take on the name that dated back to the mid 90's and embraced it's dark past with 'cero miedo' (zero fear), although he had every right to be at least a little trepidatious. The first man to assume the role suffered a career-ending neck injury, while another was falsely accused of murder.
Pentagón shares a close friendship with George Kittle.
Notable Accolades:
- Match of the Year (2018) vs.
- Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2021) - with Rey Fénix vs.
- Pentagón Jr.'s. 5 1/4 Star Match (2019) with Fénix vs.
