AK-47 / Oficial AK-47 Black Stone Sureño de la Muerte
Billed height
1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Billed weight
86 kg (190 lb)
Debut
2003
Mario Pardo Villagómez (born February 14, 1984) is a Mexican luchador, best known under the
ring nameOficial AK-47. As Oficial AK-47 he is part of a group called Los Oficiales that has worked for
International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) since 2007. The team held the record for the longest reigning
Distrito Federal Trios Champions and are the most successful holders of the
IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship, holding it longer than any other trios team and having defended it more times than any previous champions have. AK-47 is also a former one-time
IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Champion. He previously worked as the enmascarado charactersSureño de la Muerte and Black Stone. He is named after the
AK-47 assault rifle. Wrestling most his career under a
mask, Pardo's true identity was revealed on December 22, 2011, when he lost his mask in a match against
Trauma I.
Professional wrestling career
Pardo made his debut in 2003, working as an enmascarado called "Sureño de la Muerte" (
Spanish for "Southern Death"). Later on he was recast as "Black Stone", working on the undercard of various
International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) shows.
In early 2007 IWRG officials decided to form a new version of the group
Los Oficiales ("The Officials"), a masked trios group that all had a "Police officer" ring character. The three masked men,
Oficial 911, Oficial AK-47, and
Oficial Fierro were unveiled at a Lucha Libre festival in May 2007. It was later revealed that Black Stone had not left IWRG as suspected, but in fact was the wrestler working as Oficial Ak-47. On July 7, 2007, they defeated the Japanese trio of
Kai,
Sasaki and
Yamato to win the
Distrito Federal Trios Championship, a title that had been relatively inactive up for at least a year before Los Oficiales won the belts.[2]
Los Oficiales went on to defend the Trios title on a regular basis, giving credibility to both the Trios championship and to Los Oficiales as a group. On September 28, 2008, Los Oficiales became double champions as they defeated Cyborg, Kraneo, Xibalva (who had all been members of previous incarnations of Los Oficiales) to win the
IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship.[3] Their success in 2008 led to several Mexican publications naming Los Oficiales as the best Trio, or runner-up for best Trios team for 2008.[4] Los Oficiales run as double Trio champions ended on December 7, 2008, when Los Terrible Cerebros (Black Terry, Dr. Cerebro and Cerebro Negro). Los Oficiales continued to defend the IWRG Trios title through 2009 and into 2010, and by April 21, 2010, had made at least nine successful defenses of the title, more than any previous title holder.[5] Their success has also seen them named the best version of Los Oficiales.[6]
Oficial AK-47 has also achieved individual success, including winning a number of Lucha de Apuesta or bet matches. On December 21, 2008, AK-47 and
Arlequin were the last two wrestlers in a 10-man
Steel Cage match and thus were forced to wrestled for their mask (AK-47) or hair (Arlequin). In the end AK-47 pinned Arlequin and watched as his opponent was shaved bald after the match per Lucha Libre traditions. AK-47 also won IWRG's annual Castillo del Terror ("Castle of Terror") match in 2009, unmasking Yack.[7] On March 3, 2011, Los Oficiales lost the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship to
Joe Líder,
Silver King and
Último Gladiador, ending their reign at 886 days.[8] On December 22, Oficial AK-47 teamed with
Trauma I to face Oficial 911 and Trauma II in a Relevos Suicidas match and after losing the match, AK-47 and Trauma I were forced to face each other in a Mask vs. Mask match. Originally AK-47 won the match with a Martinete, but the referee reversed the decision and disqualified him, after finding out about the illegal move, forcing AK-47 to unmask himself. Upon unmasking, AK-47 revealed that his real name was Mario Pardo Villagómez and that he was a 27-year-old, seven-year veteran originally from the city of
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua.[1][9] On March 15, 2012, AK-47 also lost his hair in another Lucha de Apuestas, after interfering in a steel cage match between Oficial 911 and
Oficial Factor, a member of rival group Los Oficiales Elite, ending up being left in the cage, when the other Oficiales escaped.[10] On May 6, Oficial AK-47 defeated
Veneno in the finals of a tournament to become the first
IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Champion in four years.[11] He lost the title to
El Ángel on October 7, 2012.[12] On February 7, 2013, Los Oficiales lost the Distrito Federal Trios Championship to
El Hijo de Pirata Morgan,
Pirata Morgan and
Pirata Morgan, Jr.[13] On June 15, 2014, AK-47 and 911 defeated
Apolo Estrada, Jr. and
El Hijo del Diablo to win the
IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.[14]
Championships and accomplishments
Alianza Universal de Lucha Libre
AULL Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with
Oficial 911
^Relevos Suicidas: Lost to
Oficial 911 and
Trauma II and forced to wrestle each other
^Steel cage match originally contested between Oficial 911 and Oficial Factor. Oficial AK-47,
Oficial Fierro,
Oficial Rayan and
Oficial Spartans all entered the cage to interfere in the match.