José Luis Jair Soria (born September 12, 1971) is a Mexican retired professional wrestler, who works under the ring name Shocker. He is best known for his tenure with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico. He has previously worked for AAA in Mexico, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the United States and New Japan Pro-Wrestling in Japan. Soria is a second-generation professional wrestler; his father, Rubén Soria, was an active wrestler from 1963 to the 1970s.
Working as Shocker, he has held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship on three occasions, with Negro Casas, Mr. Niebla and L.A. Park. He is also a former holder of the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (twice) and the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship. He has won the Gran Alternativa tournament in 1995, the Copa de Arena México in 2001, La Copa Junior in 2005 and CMLL Copa Revolución Mexicana in 2011.
He is talked about in a Netflix movie Lucha Mexico. He appears in the first season of An Idiot Abroad, where Karl Pilkington was sent by show producers Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to Mexico to see one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Chichen Itza. While he was there, he was tasked with learning how to wrestle. Soria was his trainer.
Professional wrestling career
José Luis Jair received his initial professional wrestling training from highly respected trainer Diablo Velasco, as well as his father, Ruben Soria, prior to his in-ring debut. He worked his first match on October 16, 1992, using the ring name Shocker, an masked wrestler. By 2004, Shocker was a full-time babyface, teaming with L.A. Park and trading the CMLL World Tag Team Championship with Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero. Terrible's replacement, Alan Stone, hardly teamed with Shocker and Máscara Mágica afterward, and Los Guapos was effectively ended by the end of 2004. For most of the summer, he joined Perro Aguayo Jr. and Negro Casas in a feud against Pierroth Jr., Vampiro Canadiense and Tarzan Boy, which ended in a steel cage match that saw Perro Aguayo Jr. defeat Casas for his hair. In one of his early matches with TNA, Shocker unsuccessfully challenged Christopher Daniels for the TNA X Division Championship at TNA's Hard Justice pay-per-view. In 2006, TNA made Shocker the captain of Team Mexico, which also included Puma, Magno and Incognito for the 2006 TNA World X Cup Tournament. Shocker and Magno defeated the team of Eric Young and Johnny Devine from Team Canada, but in the end the team came in third in the standings after being unsuccessful in the World X Cup finals at TNA's 2006 Sacrifice PPV. The tournament final turned out to be Shocker's last match with the company.
AAA (2005–2006)
thumbnail|right|Shocker signing an autograph.
While working for TNA, Shocker decided to leave CMLL, after having worked for them for 10 years, to work for CMLL's Mexican rival AAA alongside wrestlers such as Vampiro. In AAA, he started a feud with Cibernético, with the storyline being started when Cibernético attacked Shocker's father who was at ringside for one of Shocker's matches. Following the conclusion of the storyline with Cibernético, Shocker turned rudo, attacking veteran Sangre Chicana. The storyline was that Shocker claimed that he was the real Amo de escandalo ("Master of Scandal"), which was Chicana's nickname at that point. The two faced off in a hair vs. hair match at the El Toreo de Cuatros Caminos bullfighting arena in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, with Shocker defeating Sangre Chicana in the semi-main event of the 2005 Guerra de Titanes ("War of the Titans").
In 2006, Shocker formed Los Guapos VIP in AAA, consisting of himself, Scorpio Jr. and Zumbido. The trio participated in a four-way trios match at the 2006 Rey de Reyes ("King of Kings") show, but were eliminated before the end of the match. Los Guapos later expanded with Alan Stone, allowing them to wrestle The Black Family (Chessman, Dark Ozz, Dark Cuervo and Dark Escoria) for the Mexican National Atómicos Championship on March 19, 2006, but were unsuccessful. He and Dr. Wagner Jr. lost to Perro Aguayo Jr. and Héctor Garza in a match for the vacant WWA World Tag Team Championship in Tijuana on January 31, 2008.
Shocker has defeated a number of wrestlers in Luchas de Apuestas (bet matches), including Máscara Año 2000, Tarzan Boy, Vampiro Canadiense, Halloween, Kenzo Suzuki, Marco Corleone, Emilio Charles Jr., Bestia Salvaje, Mazada, Nosawa, Sangre Chicana, Rey Bucanero, and Black Warrior. However, just five days later, he suffered a patellar tendon rupture and a meniscal tear in his knee that required surgery and would sideline him for 12 to 16 weeks. On May 26, 2011, Shocker was stripped of the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship. He would finally make his CMLL in-ring return on July 24. On November 16, Shocker formed a new group with Metro and CMLL newcomers Titán and Tritón. However, the group dissolved soon after being announced as Shocker was injured and Metro adopted a new ring persona, Diamante Azul.
In late 2012, the long-dormant rivalry between Shocker and his former tag-team partner Mr. Niebla rose to the surface again as the two began to work on opposite sides of a number of matches, with increasing intensity and animosity from both wrestlers. The two were paired up for the 2013 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles as a way to continue the storyline. The team worked together without too many problems in the initial rounds as they defeated the teams of Marco Corleone and Kraneo and the team of Máscara Dorada and Mephisto to qualify for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals they lost to eventual tournament winners La Sombra and Volador Jr. Following the loss, Shocker and Mr. Niebla argued and almost came to blows over who was responsible for losing the match. On July 19 at Infierno en el Ring, Shocker won Mr. Águila's hair in a ten-man steel cage Lucha de Apuestas.
In early 2014, Shocker turned rudo, just so he could feud with Rush. On March 21, at Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, Shocker lost his hair for the first time after being defeated by Rush in a Lucha de Apuestas. On June 13, Shocker and Negro Casas defeated Rush and La Máscara to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. On April 3, 2015, Shocker, El Terrible and Rey Bucanero formed a new trio named TGR (Terriblemente Guapo y un Rey, "Terribly Handsome King"). In early 2016, Shocker suffered an injury that would require surgery and keep him out of the ring for almost six months. CMLL opted to not strip Shocker and Casas of the tag team championship during the long period of inactivity, which meant that there was eight months between the team defending the championship. Shocker and Casas successfully defended the championship against Atlantis and Diamante Azul on June 5, La Máscara and Sharlie Rockstar on July 18, and Místico and Volador Jr. on September 19, 2016. During a press conference on February 7, 2018, CMLL announced that the CMLL World Tag Team Titles were vacated due to lack of defences since 2016.
On March 6, 2020, Shocker and Bucanero participated in a tournament for the Mexican National Tag Team Championship, defeating Audaz and Fugaz in the first round, but lost to El Felino and Tiger in the quarter-finals. Shocker wrestled his final match in CMLL on November 20, and announced his departure from the promotion on January 30, 2022.
Personal life
Shocker has struggled extensively with alcoholism and substance abuse problems, having been arrested multiple times.
Championships and accomplishments
- Arena Pista
:*Arena Pista Revolucion New Wave Tournament (1994)
- Comisión de Box y Lucha de Guadalajara
:*Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
:*Occidente Trios Championship (1 time) – with León Dorado and Ídolo I
:*CMLL World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Mr. Niebla (1), L.A. Park (1), and Negro Casas (1)
:*NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
:*La Copa Junior (2005)
:*Copa Revolución Mexicana (2011) / Trofeo Revolucion 101 (2011)
:*Torneo Gran Alternativa (1995) – with Silver King
- International Wrestling Revolution Group
:*Copa Higher Power (1998) – with Mr. Niebla, El Pantera, El Solar, Star Boy and Mike Segura
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
:*PWI ranked him # 16 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2002
Luchas de Apuestas record
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!width=20% scope="col"|Winner (wager)
!width=20% scope="col"|Loser (wager)
!width=20% scope="col"|Location
!width=20% scope="col"|Event
!width=15% scope="col"|Date
!class="unsortable" width=5% scope="col"|Notes
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|Shocker (mask) || Valentin Mayo (hair) || Guadalajara, Jalisco || house show || 1994 ||
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|Shocker (mask) || Cain (hair) || Guadalajara, Jalisco || house show || January, 1995 ||
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|Mr. Niebla (mask) || Shocker (mask) || Mexico City || CMLL 66th Anniversary Show || ||
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|Los Guapos (hair) <br />(Shocker and Máscara Mágica) || Tokyo Gurentai (hair) <br />(Takemura and Masada) || Mexico City || house show || ||
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|Shocker (hair) || Scorpio Jr. (hair) || Guadalajara, Jalisco || house show || ||
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|Lizmark Jr. and Shocker (hair) || Rey Bucanero and Black Warrior (hair) || Mexico City || Sin Piedad || ||
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|Shocker (hair) || Mr. Águila (hair) || Mexico City || Infierno en el Ring || ||