About Rey Bucanero
Arturo García Ortiz (born July 19, 1974), better known under the ring name Rey Bucanero, is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) from 1992 to 2026. His ring name is Spanish for "Buccaneer King", which was originally reflected in his mask that featured a skull face and an eye patch. Ortiz was unmasked in 1999 and has worked unmasked ever since. He is the nephew of Pirata Morgan, from whom he took the Pirate character, as well as the nephew of Hombre Bala and El Verdungo. While he has primarily worked for CMLL for most of his career, he has made appearances in the United States, most notably for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), as well as in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Rey Bucanero, along with Último Guerrero and Tarzan Boy, were the founders of the long running Los Guerreros del Infierno ("The Infernal Warriors") group in 2001. Bucanero later left the group to become a member of La Peste Negra and eventually help found La Fuerza TRT with El Terrible and El Texano Jr., as well as the trio TGR (Terriblemente Guapo el Rey, "Terribly Handsome King"; with El Terrible and Shocker). For the majority of the first decade of the 21st century, Bucanero and Guerrero formed a very popular and successful tag team that was voted "Best Tag Team of the Decade (2000–2009)" in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards. In CMLL, Bucanero has held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship four times, the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship twice, and the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship and CMLL World Trios Championship once. He has also won CMLL's Torneo Gran Alternativa and Leyenda de Azul tournaments. After losing the first two matches Rey Bucanero faced Shocker in the finals with both wrestlers putting their mask on the line under Lucha de Apuestas. or "bet match", rules. He has also won CMLL's CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa and Leyenda de Azul tournaments. For the majority of the first decade of the 21st century Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero formed a very popular and successful tag team, a team that was voted "Best Tag Team of the Decade (2000–2009) " in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards. Ortiz, as Rey Bucanero, has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1996.
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