Christian Salazar
Biography
Christian Salazar, currently known as Black Tiger and formerly known as Magnus, is a masked Mexican luchador working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) who debuted as part of the promotion’s 2011 rookie class and comes from a wrestling family as the son of Tony Salazar and nephew of Dr. Karonte, and a cousin of the original Místico and several other wrestlers. In 2026, he took on the Black Tiger persona after being granted permission by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) to use the character, becoming the ninth wrestler to carry the name. Outside of CMLL, he is a one-time MLW World Tag Team Champion and one-time Mexican National Tag Team Champion, both with Rugido as Los Depredadores.
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Magnus
The first night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 18, 2026 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium #2 in Tokyo, Japan.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Magnus
The second night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 21, 2026 at CHRES Gymnasium in Kochi, Japan.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Magnus
The fifth night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 24, 2026 at EDION Arena Osaka #2 in Osaka, Japan.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Magnus
The sixth night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 26, 2026 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Magnus
The seventh and final night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 27, 2026 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Magnus
The fourth night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 23, 2026 at Aichi Budokan in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Magnus
The third night of Fantastica Mania 2026 was a professional wrestling event co-produced by Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on February 22, 2026 at ATC Hall in Osaka, Japan.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Black Tiger
NJPW Fantastica Mania Mexico 2026 took place on June 19, 2026 at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico, and was the 18th edition of the Fantastica Mania series, featuring wrestlers from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Magnus
The 2024 Revolution was the fifth annual Revolution professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on March 3, 2024, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, marking AEW's first PPV to be held in North Carolina. The event hosted the final match in Sting's nearly 40-year career, and was held at the same venue in which he had faced Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Clash of the Champions I in March 1988, which is considered to be the match that established Sting as a top wrestler in the industry. Eleven matches were contested at the event, including two on the "Zero Hour" pre-show. The main event was Sting's retirement match in which he and Darby Allin faced off against The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) in a tornado tag team match to for the AEW World Tag Team Championship.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Magnus
The 2025 Fantastica Mexico event, also promoted as CMLL Presenta NJPW Fantastica Mania México 2025 was the third annual Fantastica Mania: Mexico professional wrestling event. It was produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and also featured wrestlers from partner promotions New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Ring of Honor (ROH) and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro). The event took place on June 20, 2025 at the Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico and was the 17th edition of the Fantastica Mania event series, third to take place in Mexico, and the first to involve AEW and ROH – as part of a week-long collaboration between the three promotions – and RevPro.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Magnus
Fantastica Mania USA 2024 was a professional wrestling event, co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion and the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion. The event took place on July 13, 2024 at Mt. Pleasant High School in San Jose, California, United States. This show was the first time that NJPW and CMLL co-promoted the Fantastica Mania in the United States.