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Los Vipers

wrestling stable

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6683360
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Los Vipers is a professional wrestling stable, which has existed in various incarnations in the Mexican wrestling promotions Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) since 1997. The group has consistently been presented as a Rudo (bad guy) stable. The group was founded by Cibernético and has featured a large number of wrestlers over the years. Over the years the group has also been known as Los Vipers Extreme, Los Vipers Primera Clase and Vipers Revolucion.

History

The foundation to Los Vipers was laid in the beginning of 1997, several months before Los Vipers was unveiled. The basis of Los Vipers was created when AAA formed a group where most of the members would go on to form Los Vipers.

Los Rudos de la Galaxia

In early 1997 AAA owner Antonio Peña decided to create a rúdo group to feud with the popular Los Cadetes del Espacio ("Space Cadets") group of young, high-flying wrestlers. Peña repackaged several wrestlers to create Los Rudos de la Galaxia ("The Villains of the Galaxy") a group consisting of Abismo Negro, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced, Histeria and Mach-1. The Cadetes del Espacio vs. Rudos de la Galaxia was featured on a long number of AAA shows and even made its way to the United States through a working relationship between AAA and the World Wrestling Federation and was featured on both Raw is War and WWF Shotgun Saturday Night.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1997—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Vipers, wrestling and stable can be independently traced.
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