Black Taurus

Black Taurus (born March 11, 1987) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, previously known by the ring name Machine Rocker. He is currently under contract will Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.

He is primarily known for her work for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, International Wrestling Revolution Group, Lucha Libre Elite, The Crash Lucha Libre, Impact Wrestling, Major League Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as on the Mexican and independent circuit. Her real name is not a matter of public record as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico.

Professional wrestling career

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2012–2016)

In mid-2012 AAA introduced a new masked trio known as Los Inferno Rockers (Machine Rocker, Devil Rocker and Soul Rocker), a trio of masked, glam-rocker inspired wrestlers who resembled the rock band Kiss. It was later verified that the former Tito Santana was under the Soul Rocker mask. The trio was set up as the rivals of Los Psycho Circus (Psycho Clown, Murder Clown and Monster Clown), who at the time had been undefeated for years. They later introduced the 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) tall Uro Rocker to the team, targeting Psycho Clown specifically. It was later revealed that Uro Rocker was supposed to be the main rival of Psycho Clown, but the wrestler playing the part hurt wrestlers he worked with and was quickly dropped from the group.

The group lost to Los Psycho Circus at the 2012 Guerra de Titanes show, their first appearance at a major AAA show. 18 days later the trio wrestled International Wrestling Revolution Group's Los Oficiales (Oficial 911, Oficial AK-47 and Oficial Fierro) in one of the featured matches on the Arena Naucalpan 35th Anniversary Show when the match ended in a double pinfall. In early 2013 Los Inferno Rockers finally defeated Los Psycho Circus, gaining some momentum in their ongoing feud. They repeated the feat at the 2012 Rey de Reyes show, seemingly escalating their feud towards a Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match" where the teams would put their masks on the line. The Apuestas match never happened and Los Inferno Rockers were soon diverted from Los Psycho Circus. In later 2013 Devil Rocker left AAA and was replaced by Demon Rocker to remain a trio. a member of the Los Inferno Rockers stable. The team was phased out throughout 2014, with Demon Rocker taking over the "La Parka Negra" character. By early 2015 Machine Rocker no longer appeared on AAA shows either. On October 4, 2015 Machine Rocker was repackaged and introduced as "Taurus", signaling the end of Los Inferno Rockers as a unit won a Royal Rumble Lumberjack match to win the Copa Antonio Peña.

On September 10, 2016, Taurus announced his departure from AAA.

Lucha Libre Elite (2016)

Taurus debut as Black Tauro with Lucha Libre Elite teaming with Cibernetico and Sharlie Rockstar was defeated by Decnis, Mr. Aguila & Zumbido. On November 10, Tauro teaming with Rey Escorpión defeat L.A. Park & Mr. Aguila.

Return to AAA (2018–present)

On June 1, 2018, Taurus returned to the AAA after helping to retain the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship of Faby Apache, in front of Ashley. On August 10, 2019, Taurus lost a title match for the AAA Mega Championship to champion Fénix, the match also included Laredo Kid and Puma King.

Impact Wrestling (2019)

Due to AAA's alliance with American promotion Impact Wrestling, Taurus made a special appearance on the February 1, 2019 edition of Impact Wrestling, which was taped January 11–12, 2019 at Mexico City's Frontón México Entertainment Center, teaming with Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. & Fénix) defeated The Latin American Exchange (Ortiz & Santana) and Daga.

Major League Wrestling (2019)

On March 2, 2019 at MLW Fusion, Taurus made his debut in Major League Wrestling teaming with Laredo Kid, losing to Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix).

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2019–present)

On July 26, 2019 at the "SIXTEEN" event, Taurus made his debut at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), losing with Laredo Kid and Puma King against Mexablood (Bandido & Flamita) and Rey Horus.

Championships and accomplishments

• Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
  • Copa Antonio Peña (2015)
• Lucha Libre VOZ
  • VOZ Ultra Championship (1 time, current)
• Perros del Mal Producciones
  • Perros del Mal Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)