Averno

Averno is the ring name of Renato Ruíz Cortes, a Mexican professional wrestler born on May 9, 1977, who works in the lucha libre tradition. His ring name means Hell in English. He is signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, where he is a member of the stable Los Infernales and, as of the source, the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. He debuted for the promotion in 1995 as Rencor Latino and adopted the name Averno in 2001, joining Los Infernales and founding Los Hijos del Averno with Mephisto and Ephesto. His record there includes the CMLL World Middleweight, NWA World Middleweight, NWA World Historic Middleweight, Mexican National Welterweight and Mexican National Trios titles, plus several CMLL World Trios and World Tag Team reigns. He left in April 2014 for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, returned to CMLL in 2021, and has also wrestled for TNA, where he won the 2008 World X Cup with Team Mexico, for New Japan Pro-Wrestling and for Major League Wrestling.