Chessman

Kevin Citlali Zamora (born June 2, 1975) is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Chessman.

He currently performs and works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA).

Throughout his career, Chessman has been a part of several factions, such as The Black Family, Lucha Libre Latina (LLL), La Secta Cibernetica, La Secta del Mesías and Los Hell Brothers.

Chessman has been associated with Cibernético and Charly Manson in one way or the other throughout most of his career, either teaming with them or wrestling against them.

After training with Lucha Libre legend El Canek and the father of the Casas family Pepe Casas (father of Negro Casas, Heavy Metal and El Felino), Zamora made his debut on July 3, 1995 working as an enmascarado (the Mexican term for a masked wrestler) using the name M-357, which was inspired by the .357 Magnum revolver cartridge.

In 1996, he renamed himself Magnum, which was again inspired by the same gun cartridge.

In 1998, he completely changed his character and became Quinto Elemento (Spanish for "Fifth Element").

In 2000, he changed his character once again, this time working unmasked but instead with his face painted red and black, using the name Chessman and adopting a Goth-inspired look.

The name came from famous criminal Caryl Chessman and the red face paint was supposed to symbolize the blood of his many victims.

In 2001, Chessman made his AAA debut as part of a new stable called the Black Family, alongside its leader Charly Manson, Ozz, Escoria and Cuervo.

The Black Family soon became a part of Lucha Libre Latina (LLL), the Mexican version of the New World Order, a group led by Chessman's long time friend Cibernético.

Even though they were part of a much larger group, the Black Family still worked as a unit, a stable within the stable.

The Black Family made their first major show appearance at Verano de Escandalo (2001) where they lost an elimination match to Los Vatos Locos (Espiritu, Nygma, Silver Cat and Picudo); also in the match were Los Vipers (Psicosis II, Histeria, Maniaco and Mosco de la Merced) and Los Exoticos.

The team did not make another major show appearance until a year later when they unsuccessfully challenged Los Vatos Locos for the Mexican National Atómicos Championship at Verano de Escandalo (2002).

That challenge was the first of many as the Black Family began chasing the Atómicos title and feuding with Los Vatos Locos.

On April 19, 2002, Chessman teamed up with fellow LLL stable mate Electroshock to defeat the team of La Parka, Jr. and Mascara Sagrada to win the Mexican National Tag Team Championship.

When Los Vatos Locos lost the titles to someone else in late 2002, the Black Family started to target the new champions Oscar Sevilla and Los Barrio Boys (Alan, Billy Boy and Decnnis).

When Charly Manson returned to action he sided with Los Vipers instead of the Black Family, leading to a match at Guerra de Titanes 2002, where the Black Family defeated Manson, Histeria, Mosco de la Merced, and Psicosis II.

On July 18, 2003, the Black Family won their first championship as a unit when they defeated Oscar Sevilla and Los Barrio Boys for the Atómicos title, but their run only lasted 31 days before Sevilla and Los Barrio Boys regained the titles.

Chessman's run of bad luck continued as Octagón and La Parka won the Mexican National Tag Team titles from Chessman and Electroshock.

Chessman teamed up with Tiffany to win the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship on September 16, 2003 from Chessman's former tag team partner Electroshock and Lady Apache.

The Black Family would wait over a year before they got another opportunity to hold the titles as they won them on August 20, 2004.

The team held the Mixed titles until Gran Apache and Faby Apache defeated them for the titles on August 1, 2004, after which Chessman stopped teaming with Tiffany.

Muerta Cibernetica, like Cibernético two years later, was himself unmasked by La Parka at Triplemania XIV.

In 2005, Cibernético formed a new group called La Secta Cibernetica that included his friends Charly Manson and Chessman and, through Chessman's membership, the Black Family was also invited to join this new super group.

The group assisted Cibernético in his fight with La Parka (the AAA version), being unable to prevent him from being unmasked at Triplemania XII.

Later in the year, Muerta Cibernetica was brought in to get revenge on La Parka.

When Cibernético suffered a severe knee injury, Muerta Cibernetica took over the group and kicked Cibernético out.

After holding the Atómicos titles for 789 days, the Black Family lost to the Mexican Powers (Crazy Boy, Juventud Guerrera, Joe Líder and Psicosis II) on October 18, 2006.

Not long after they lost the tag team titles Chessman turned face (called "Technicó" in Mexico) and sided with Cibernético and Charly Manson to form "Los Hell Brothers".

When Cibernetico returned to the ring after a long absence due to injuries, he formed the stable Los Hell Brothers along with longtime friends Cibernético and Charly Manson.

The group quickly became the top technicós group due to their battles with La Secta del Mesías and Konnan's La Legión Extranjera (Foreign Legion).

At Rey de Reyes (2007), Los Hell Brothers defeated Muerta Cibernetica, Scott Steiner and Kenzo Suzuki.

At the annual Triplemania, Triplemania XV, Los Hell Brothers were once again successful in their fight against La Legión Extranjera as they defeated El Mesias, Sean Waltman, and Kenzo Suzuki in a Domo De La Muerte cage match.

Because of their victory, Los Hell Brothers forced Kenzo Susuki to have his head shaved due to his loss.

In August 2007, Chessman defeated Los Hell Brothers ally El Zorro to win the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship.

The title win was a first round match of a tournament to crown the first ever AAA Mega Champion.

In the second round, Chessman defeated his teammate Cibernético and earned a spot in the finals.

At Verano de Escandalo (2007), Chessman faced El Mesias in the finals but lost the match due to disqualification and thus also lost his UWA title.

On that same show, El Zorro turned on Los Hell Brothers and joined La Legión after the team won the main event.