Gerardo Campos Poza (born March 28, 1978), better known under his ring name Último Gladiador (Spanish for "Last Gladiator") is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. From 2014 to 2018, Campos worked for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide under the ring name Demon Rocker as a part of the group Los Inferno Rockers. Campos has previously wrestled under the name El Potro as well as being the first wrestler to play the masked Mega character for International Wrestling Revolution Group.
Professional wrestling career
Campos trained for his professional under Black Man and Rocky Santana as well as receiving additional training by his uncle Pantera later on. He made his debut on June 11, 1997 as a rúdo (bad guy) character called El Potro ("The Colt") teaming with Bombero Infernal and Sumo Fuji against the team of Magnum Tokyo, Fantasy and Niebelina on an International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) show. After wrestling as El Potro for two months he became the enmascarado (masked) character Mega, part of a group called Los Megas that would have also included Ultra Mega and Super Mega. He wrestled as Mega for about a year pairing with the original Super Mega (later Ultimo Vampiro IV), winning the hair of Judo Suwa at the final match of a ruleta de la muerte promoted in Arena Naucalpan. That match was well received by audience and lucha magazines. When he left IWRG the promotion gave the Mega character to Cesar Caballero.
After leaving IWRG he worked as El Potro for a few months before reinventing himself as Último Gladiador ("the last gladiator) as he began working for the local promotion Alianza Universal De Lucha Libre (AULL) based out of Arena Lopez Mateos Tlalnepantla in Tlalnepantla, Morelos, Mexico. As Último Gladiador Campos incorporated ring outfits that mirrored elements of the Roman Gladiators as well as face paint. During the seven years he wrestled in AULL he won two Lucha de Apuesta, or bet matches, against Popetikus, both times earning the right to shave Popetikus' hair off after the match. It was also during this time that his style of mixing Hardcore wrestling with high flying moves that earned him the nickname El Máximo Idolo Suicida de Tlalnepantla ("The Most Suicidal Idol of Tlalnepantla").
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2008–2018)
Campos' relationship with wrestler Crazy Boy landed him a change to work for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), one of Mexico's largest wrestling promotions, when Crazy Boy hurt his back and needed someone to replace him in tag team matches. Último Gladiador joined the Mexican Powers and teamed with Juventud Guerrera and Joe Líder to make his AAA debut on February 10, 2008 in a match against La Familia de Tijuana (Halloween, Extreme Tiger and T.J. Xtreme). Gladiador was only meant to be a temporary replacement for Crazy Boy, but when Juventud Guerrera left the promotion he was made a permanent member of the Mexican Powers. Gladiador took Guerrera's place in the scheduled Triplemania XVI match where he teamed with Crazy Boy and Ricky Marvin to defeat the teams of La Legión Extranjera (Bryan Danielson, Jack Evans and Teddy Hart) and La Familia de Tijuana. Último Gladiador participated in the 2008 Alas de Oro tournament, but was eliminated as the fourth man by Extreme Tiger. Gladiador and Crazy Boy also received a shot at the AAA World Tag Team Championship in a four-way tag team match at Verano de Escandalo but were defeated by La Hermandad Extrema (Nicho el Millonario and Joe Lider, who had left the Mexican Powers), in the match that also featured The Hart Foundation 2.0 (Jack Evans and Teddy Hart) and defending champions La Familia de Tijuana (Extreme Tiger and Halloween). In the following months the Mexican Powers disintegrated, leaving Último Gladiador working random matches.
Following Dr. Wagner, Jr.'s AAA Mega Championship victory at Triplemania XVII, a group composed of Dr. Wagner, Jr, Silver King, Electroshock and a now masked Último Gladiador was formed, taking the name Los Wagnermaniacos after the group leader Dr. Wagner, Jr. Gladiador later claimed that AAA told him to put on a mask, feeling that without it he wasn't looking mean enough to be a rudo. At the 2008 Verano de Escandalo event Electroshock, Silver King and Último Gladiador teamed up to defeat La Parka, Marco Corleone and Octagón. At the 2009 Guerra de Titanes Los Wagnermaniacos lost to El Elegido, Extreme Tiger and Pimpinela Escarlata while Dr. Wagner, Jr. lost the AAA title to El Mesias.