While many WWE fans can have only been introduced to Penta since his debut on “WWE Raw” in January 2025, long-time fans of the masked man will remember when he broke onto the scene in america because of his outstanding role in Lucha Underground. As Pentagon Jr. and later Pentagon Dark, the present WWE Superstar became one in all the promotion’s hottest performers which led to him and his brother Rey Fenix joining TNA and later AEW. Nonetheless, things could have ended very in another way for Penta as former Lucha Underground commentator Vampiro recently revealed on the “83 Weeks” podcast that the promotion almost fired him.
“I remember Pentagon, when Pentagon got into Lucha Underground, they were going to fireplace him,” Vampiro said. “He wasn’t getting it, he wasn’t clicking with the American psychology, he couldn’t pick it up and no one was getting through to him. With just slightly little bit of guidance, look where he’s now. So he is not recent either, but when he was doing things in Lucha Underground, we’re talking 2015 you realize? 10 years later, just in that 10 yr span the best way the business has develop into full circle again and being reborn.”
Vampiro knew exactly what Penta was fabricated from during his time in Lucha Underground because the two men would find yourself having an intensive feud in the primary season of the show, culminating in a “Cero Miedo” match that saw Penta win after putting Vampiro through a flaming table. The 2 men would later cross paths on the Mexican independent scene shortly after the COVID-19 restrictions in Mexico were lifted, and in AAA, the corporate that was most closely related to Lucha Underground.
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