Tigre Uno (born April 4, 1981) is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is also best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a one-time X Division Champion. Outside of the United States he is best known for his work in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he is a former two-time holder of the AAA Cruiserweight and AAA World Tag Team Championships and the 2011 Rey de Reyes tournament winner as Extreme Tiger. Currently is working in Japan under Pro Wrestling NOAH
In 2009 Extreme Tiger participated in a tournament to crown the first ever AAA Cruiserweight Champion. Tiger defeated Crazy Boy in the first round of the tournament and Jack Evans in the semi-finals. The finals was a triple threat match that also included Alan Stone and Alex Koslov, which Koslov won to become the first Cruiserweright champion. A few weeks later, at Triplemania XVII, Extreme Tiger won the Cruiserweight Title from Koslov in a multi-competitor match that also included Alan Stone and Crazy Boy. On August 21, 2009, at the 2009 Verano de Escandalo, he lost the title in an elimination match when he was the last man eliminated by Koslov following a low blow. Extreme Tiger lost the title in his first title defense. Following the Verano de Escandalo show then-champion Alex Koslov was fired (in storyline terms) from AAA and the title was vacated. Extreme Tiger was one of five participants selected to wrestle for the vacant title at Heroes Inmortales III. Tiger won his second Cruiserweight Title by winning 5-man ladder match against Takuya Sugi, Jack Evans, Rocky Romero and Teddy Hart. In subsequent months Alex Koslov has returned to AAA as part of La Legión Extranjera and continued to make challenges to Extreme Tiger, who managed to retain the title in all of their matches. On June 6, 2010, at Triplemania XVIII Tiger lost the Cruiserweight Championship to Jack Evans in a four-way elimination match, which also included Kazushige Nosawa and the man who eliminated him from the match, Christopher Daniels. Tiger's elimination was a direct result of someone coming to the ring wearing an Extreme Tiger mask, then revealing himself to be Rélampago. On March 18, 2011, Extreme Tiger defeated Carlito Caribbean Cool, Ricky Banderas and Adolfo Tapia to become the 2011 Rey de Reyes and earn a guaranteed shot at the AAA Mega Championship. Just three days later Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans defeated Los Maniacos (Silver King and Último Gladiador) to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship. Tiger and Evans made their first successful defense of the title on June 18 at Triplemanía XIX, defeating the TNA team of Abyss and Mr. Anderson in a steel cage match. On October 9 at Héroes Inmortales, Tiger and Evans lost the title to Abyss and Chessman in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. On August 5, 2012, at Triplemanía XX, Tiger reunited with Halloween for one night to take part in a Parejas Suicidas steel cage match, featuring three other former tag teams. However, both Tiger and Halloween managed to escape the cage and avoid having to face each other in a Mask vs. Hair match. The following November, Tiger parted ways with AAA.
On the July 10 episode of Impact Wrestling, Uno competed in a battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. He was eliminated by Bram. On the July 17 episode of Impact Wrestling, Uno competed in a gauntlet match for the X Division Championship but was eliminated by Crazzy Steve. On July 31 at Destination X, Uno competed in a three-way X Division Championship qualifying match which was won by Samoa Joe. On the August 14 episode of Impact Wrestling, Uno competed in a #1 contender's X Division Elimination Scramble match which was won by Low Ki. From August 23 to 31, Tigre Uno worked a tour with the Japanese Wrestle-1 promotion as a late replacement for an injured Davey Richards. The tour was part of a working relationship between TNA and Wrestle-1. On the August 27 episode of Impact Wrestling, Uno, Low Ki and Crazzy Steve defeated Homicide, DJZ, and Manik in a six-man tag team match. On the September 3 episode of Impact Wrestling, Uno competed in a #1 contender's X Division Elimination Scramble match, which was won by Homicide. Uno would then compete in a four-way match for the vacant X Division Championship on the November 19 episode of Impact Wrestling, which Low Ki won.
During October and November (taped in July 2015), Uno participated in the TNA World Title Series tournament as part of the Group X Division. He lost to DJZ but managed to defeat Mandrews, leading to him facing DJZ and Manik in a three-way reverse elimination. DJZ first won thus qualifying for the Round of 16, and then Uno pinned Manik to advance to the Round of 16, where he defeated the Knockouts Champion Gail Kim to advance the round of eight where he was defeated by Eric Young. On the February 2, 2016 episode of Impact Wrestling, Uno lost the X Division Championship to Trevor Lee due to assistance by Lee's manager Gregory Shane Helms. Uno received a rematch for the title on the February 9 episode of Impact Wrestling but failed to win the title. Uno would then challenge Lee for the title again in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown, but lost again. Uno would then wrestle his last match in TNA on the March 19 episode of Xplosion, in which he lost to Jessie Godderz. On December 12, Uno announced his departure from TNA.
On May 21, 2022, Tiger unsuccessfully challenged Hayata for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship at Noah Dream On 2022 Final.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2010)
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Various feuds (2013–2014)
X Division Champion (2015–2016)
Independent circuit (2016–present)
Return to Pro Wrestling Noah (2022–present)
Championships and accomplishments
Luchas de Apuestas record
Personal life
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