Ricardo Amezquita Carreño (born December 9, 1968), better known by his ring name Virus, is a Mexican luchador (or professional wrestler).
He is working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and portrays a rudo ("Bad guy") wrestling character.
[2] He briefly teamed with Bird Boy II,[2] but because of his small size he mainly worked on the low end of the card in the Universal Wrestling Association promotion.
On July 27, 1991, Bird Boy defeated Super Archie to win the UWA World Featherweight Championship,[3] as a part of a storyline feud between the two.
Due to CMLL's policy of not having regular sized and Mini-Estrellas compete in the same match Piratita Morgan never officially teamed up with the rest of the "Bucaneros".
[8] After returning from Japan Damiancito El Guerrero defeated Máscarita Mágica to win the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship on February 27, 1996.
[7] In late 1997 CMLL booked an eight-man elimination match where the winner would earn the right to tag team with "regular sized" wrestlers.
[10][13] Virus continued to show that while he may not have the size to be a headliner he had a knack for helping young wrestlers improve by working with them in the ring.
He ended up winning only one match, defeating MAZADA but lost to Katsuhiko Nakajima and Katsushi Takemura, failing to advance in the tournament.
[18] When El Satánico started working a reduced schedule in late 2008 Virus became the unofficial leader of Los Infernales, teaming with Euforia and Nosferatu.
Cancerbero and Raziel previously worked under the ring names Messala and Caligula, otherwise known as Los Romanos, a low card Rudo tag team.
The match came down to Virus and Super Brazo after Texano Jr., Máximo, Okumura, Rush, Taichi and Tony Rivera had left the cage.
In the end Virus was able to climb out of the cage as well, forcing Super Brazo to have his hair shaved off as per the Lucha de Apuestas stipulations.
[23] On June 7, 2011, Virus defeated Guerrero Maya Jr. in a tournament final to regain the World Super Lightweight Championship.
[27] After a four-year reign, including eight successful championship defenses, Virus lost the title to Dragon Lee on April 5, 2015.