50 Worst Wrestling Moments Of The 2020s (So Far)

43. Alex Abrahantes Wants To Suck

…your blood!

Penta first toyed with the Oscuro gimmick in AEW when Death Triangle feuded with the House of Black. Death Triangle’s ‘Hype Man’, Alex Abrahantes, dressed up alongside them. He looked like a joke, but Abrahantes playing Death was as fitting as Ric Flair playing Ric Flair. Penta was infinitely less cool by association.

“I can be spooky, too!” Abrahantes seemed to suggest, like the overgrown child he is. Nobody should suffer from main character syndrome, much less the guy whose job it is to stand next to one. The gyrating, scene-hogging goofball was halfway useful when, in the “Penta says!” days, he’d speak on Penta’s behalf - but then again, inferring Penta’s meaning from the tone of his awesome Spanish promos would have been cooler.

In general, Alex Abrahantes was an inexplicable presence in AEW. Paul Levesque gets grief, deservedly, for creating an informal Mexican division in which the talents just feud with one another as if it is the law.

Is AEW much better in this regard?

Abrahantes ended up just managing every luchador for no reason. That’s literally true; he stopped translating promos after a while, opting instead to clown around during entrances like an absolute buffoon. If you have children, you’ll know that they like to be the centre of attention. You should treat their attempts to express themselves with positivity and encouragement. They’re not exactly good at performing - you have to pretend otherwise - but it’s a nice milestone in their development, a sign that they’re safe, loved, and confident. You’ll show them videos when they’re older, and they’ll cringe, but it’s proof you’re doing something right.

Alex Abrahantes carries on like this at 47 years old.

No, he probably wasn’t worse than the Revolution dud - but good lord was he irritating.