Rafael Herbert Reyes


Rafael Herbert Reyes is a Dominican born professional wrestler, who has worked most of his career as a Luchador in Mexico. Reyes has used many ring names during his career, most notably Kendo Star, El Salsero, Pierko el Boricua and currently wrestles as the enmascarado Hijo del Pierroth or El Limón. Reyes is a former holder of the Mexican National Welterweight Championship, having won it as "El Salsero" while working for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion. Reyes changed his name from Hijo del Pierroth to Pierko el Boricua after Pierroth, Jr. withdrew his endorsement for the various Pierroths in wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

Rafael Reyes made his professional wrestling debut in 1981 under the name "Bunny Black", a name that Reyes used throughout the 1980s. In the early 1990s he adopted the name "Kendo Star", a masked wrestler based on the Luchador Kendo who is Reyes' uncle and gave him permission to use the name. In 1993 Reyes joined Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and was given a new gimmick, El Salsero, a comedy tecnico. El Salsero participated in the first ever Triplemanía event where he teamed with Winners and Super Caló to defeat May Flowers, Rudy Reyna, and Baby Sharon. Salseo was unmasked after losing a Luchas de Apuestas to Juventud Guerrera on October 20, 1996 on a show in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. On February 16, 1997 El Salsero defeated Psicosis to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship. Salsero held the title for four months without a single title defense before losing the title to Nygma ending Reyes' only professional wrestling championship reign to date.
In 2005 Reyes changed his gimmick once more as he became the second man to wrestle as Hijo del Pierroth as the original Hijo del Pierroth was injured and had to retire from wrestling. As Hijo del Pierroth Reyes was part of Pierroth, Jr.'s Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre based group Los Boricuas. In 2008 Pierroth, Jr. withdrew his approval of all wrestlers using the Pierroth name, including Reyes. Following this Reyes adopted a new mask, inspired by Pierroth's yellow and black mask, but with gold instead of yellow and slight changes to the design. He also changes his ring name to Pierko el Boricua, a name he has used ever since. On December 13, 2009 Pierko el Boriqua lost a Lucha de Apuesta match to Silver Star and was forced to unmask. He has since then worked orn the yellow and black mask again, although he has not been billed as Pierko, instead he resumed working as "Hijo del Pierroth". In July, 2010 he appeared on the first ever Lucha Libre: Masked Warriors on MTV2, he wore his usual "Pierko el Boriqua" mask and outfit but worked under the name El Limón.

Championships and accomplishments

Winner Loser LocationEventDateNotes
El Chacal Bunny Black Poza Rica, VeracruzLive event
Bunny Black Terrestre Poza Rica, VeracruzLive event
Bunny Black Willy Ramírez N/ALive event
El Puma Bunny Black Poza Rica, VeracruzLive event
Kendo Star Mohicano II San Lorenzo, Mexico StateLive event
Juventud Guerrera Salsero Ciudad Juárez, ChihuahuaLive event
Pierroth Jr. Salsero Nuevo Laredo, TamaulipasLive event
Salsero El Petrolero Poza Rica, VeracruzLive eventN/A
Salsero Bestia Negra I Cuernavaca, MorelosLive event
El Hijo del Diablo Salsero Tulancingo, HidalgoLive event
Salsero Super Parka Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive event
Rey Misterio Salsero Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive event
El Texano Salsero Reynosa, TamaulipasLive event
Kato Kung Lee Salsero Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive event
Pierko El Boricua El Mimo Neza, Mexico StateLive event
Silver Star Pierko el Boriqua Monterrey, Nuevo LeonLive event