Chikara (2007–2011) Debut (2007–2008) Dorado began his training in
Mexico under
El Pantera until he made his way back to the United States in early 2007. On February 17, Dorado, Pantera and
Sicodelico, Jr. made their
Chikara debuts as a part of Chikara's first-ever
King of Trios tournament. The team made an impressive impact, as they advanced to the semi-finals before falling to the team of
Mike Quackenbush and ShaneSaw (
Shane Storm and
Jigsaw). Shortly after the tournament, he moved to the U.S. and began residing in New Jersey in order to compete for Chikara in addition to various promotions in the area. Dorado quickly garnered fan support due to his
high-flying wrestling style and he was soon entered into the first-ever
Rey de Voladores tournament, which brought together some of the most talented high-flying wrestlers on the
independent circuit. Despite advancing to the finals, including an upset win over established Chikara wrestler Jigsaw, Dorado lost the tournament
Chuck Taylor. At the Anniversario weekend, Dorado began his first feud in Chikara against the returning "Marvelous" Mitch Ryder, which stemmed from Ryder's "patriotic" dislike of "the illegal immigrant Mexicans", which he claimed Dorado to be a part of. During the course of the feud, Dorado scored a major upset victory over
Chris Hero via submission with the
Chikara Special. The feud culminated when Dorado defeated Ryder in November in a
hair vs. mask match. However, their match gained some notoriety after Dorado suffered a seizure and severe concussion after he over-rotated a
shooting star senton in the finish of the match that resulted in his head hitting the mat. Post-match, Dorado began suffering a seizure and was tended to by Chikara's founder Mike Quackenbush and
Daizee Haze before he was unmasked (though a towel was placed over the top half of his face in order to conceal his identity) and subsequently taken away from the arena in an ambulance. In December, Dorado was released from the hospital and returned to Chikara that same month, where he distracted Ryder during his match with
Tim Donst, allowing Donst to score an upset victory.
King of Trios and The Future is Now (2008–2009) Dorado would return to the ring in January, teaming with
Claudio Castagnoli and
Ophidian to defeat Mike Quackenbush, Tim Donst and
Amasis in a Trios Increibles match. During the match, Dorado utilized a more grounded style of wrestling instead of his usual high flying style. Dorado then entered the King of Trios tournament, where he rejoined El Pantera and aligned with luchador Incognito to form Los Luchadores de Mexico. The team would go on to win the tournament, lastly defeating
The BLKOUT (
Eddie Kingston,
Ruckus and
Joker) after Dorado made Kingston submit with the Chikara Special. Following the tournament, Kingston was not seen for a couple of months afterwards. When Kingston returned, he immediately targeted Dorado and defeated him several times but was repeatedly unsuccessful in keeping him down, driving Kingston to the point of total insanity. Aside from his feud with Kingston, Dorado joined former enemy
Jimmy Olsen (who, at the time, began competing as both himself and as the second Equinox) and
Helios to form The Future is Now in order to feud with The UnStable (
Vin Gerard (the first Equinox), STIGMA and
Colin Delaney). In late 2008, Olsen (as Equinox) and Dorado won the first-ever
La Lotería Letal and were thus granted the three points required to compete for the
Campeonatos de Parejas. Olsen (as Equinox) and Dorado, challenged the champions
The Osirian Portal at Chikara's "Armdrags to Riches" event on November 16, 2008, in a
two out of three falls match. Although Dorado gained the first
pinfall, the Portal ultimately retained the title after pinning Dorado and then Equinox. On November 22, 2009, at the season eight finale
Three-Fisted Tales Dorado challenged
Player Dos for the
Young Lions Cup, but was defeated after Dos
German suplexed him on the ring steps. After the match Dorado was carried backstage by Equinox and Helios in a scene reminiscent of the events of two years prior.
Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (2010–2011) , before he went on to lose it to
Frightmare On January 31, 2010, at the season nine premiere Dorado and Equinox were scheduled to be a part of
Mike Quackenbush's team that was to battle the
rudo stable
Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (BDK). However, during the eight man tag team match Dorado turned on Equinox and joined BDK, who won the match, when
Claudio Castagnoli pinned Dorado's replacement in Quackenbush's team,
Eddie Kingston. Afterwards Dorado explained his turn by claiming that the Chikara audience never accepted him, despite his superior athleticism and his two serious injuries suffered inside the Chikara ring. On March 20 at ''Wit, Verve, and a Bit o' Nerve'', Dorado, now sporting a new white and BDK-themed attire, defeated his former tag team partner Equinox in a singles match. On August 28, 2010, Dorado first defeated Gregory Iron in a singles match and then
Adam Cole, Cameron Skyy,
Keita Yano,
Obariyon and Ophidian in a six-way elimination match to make it to the finals of the eighth annual Young Lions Cup tournament. The following day Dorado was defeated in the finals by
Frightmare. In October 2010 Dorado made his first tour of Japan with
Osaka Pro Wrestling. Dorado was advertised to take part in Chikara's shows on March 12 and 13, 2011, but ended up not appearing at the shows. Following the weekend, Dorado's profile was quietly removed from Chikara's website, confirming his departure from the promotion.
Independent circuit (2007–2016) After making his Chikara debut, Dorado wrestled for many different promotions sporadically during his tenure with Chikara. In May 2008, Dorado would win the Independent Wrestling Revolution Revolucha Cup after defeating Josh Abercrombie in a two out of three falls final. Dorado made his debut for
Dragon Gate USA at Open the Heroic Gate in a
dark match where he defeated seven other wrestlers. On October 9, 2009, Dorado won the Sweet Sixteen Tournament at F1RST Wrestling, defeating three other men in the final. A month later he took part in the
Open the Freedom Gate Championship tournament, losing to
Gran Akuma in the first round. Dorado kicked of 2010 by losing to Rich Swann in a match for the vacant Real Championship Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship. On March 26, Dorado won the Garden State Pro Wrestling Championship by winning a tournament for the vacant title. In May, Dorado lost to
Shiima Xion in the first round of the Super Indy IX for International Wrestling Cartel. Two months later, he would lose to Xion again but this time it was for the IWC Super Indy Championship. Dorado won the F1 Heritage Championship after winning a war games match, later vacating it after an 84-day reign. In December, Dorado debuted for
Full Impact Pro, losing to
Craig Classic in the first round of the
Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup. After leaving Chikara, Dorado would primarily wrestle for Vintage Wrestling, I Believe in Wrestling, Florida Underground Wrestling, IGNITE Wrestling and to a lesser extent Dragon Gate USA and its affiliates. Lince Dorado also started working for Dreamwave Wrestling in 2013. On March 14, 2014, Dorado defeated Gran Akuma at
Full Impact Pro's Everything Burns and won the
FIP Florida Heritage Championship. On October 4, 2012, Dorado wrestled a tryout
dark match for
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), facing
Kazarian. On January 12, 2013, Dorado took part in the taping of
X-Travaganza (aired on April 5, 2013), wrestling in a seven-man
Xscape match, which was won by
Christian York.
WWE (2016–2021) Cruiserweight division (2016–2018) On April 3, 2016, Dorado was announced as a participant in
WWE's
Cruiserweight Classic tournament. The tournament began on June 23 with Dorado defeating
Mustafa Ali in his first round match. On July 14, Dorado was eliminated from the tournament by
Rich Swann in his second round match. On July 22, it was reported that Dorado had signed a contract with WWE. On September 16, Dorado was announced as part of
Raw's cruiserweight division. Dorado made his debut on the September 21 episode of
Main Event, losing to Rich Swann. On the September 26 episode of
Raw, Dorado made his Raw debut, teaming with
Drew Gulak in a losing effort to
Cedric Alexander and Rich Swann. On October 30 at the
Hell in a Cell, Dorado teamed with Cedric Alexander and
Sin Cara to defeat
Ariya Daivari,
Drew Gulak, and
Tony Nese. On December 13, Dorado made his
205 Live debut, wrestling Mustafa Ali to a double countout. On the June 26, 2017 episode of
Raw, Dorado unsuccessfully challenged
Cruiserweight Champion Neville. The following week, on the July 4 episode of
205 Live, Dorado once again lost to Neville.
Lucha House Party (2018–2021) (left), and
Kalisto (middle) in April 2018 In early 2018, Cordero pitched the idea of Lucha House Party, a trio of luchadores with Mexican stereotypes, so WWE decided to band together Dorado,
Kalisto, and
Gran Metalik. As part of their gimmick, the luchadors started to carry brightly colored
noise makers and
vuvuzela horns with them, using them to celebrate after a victory. They also carried a brightly colored
Piñata donkey with them to the ring, which they referred to as "Penelope". Their first match as a full trio took place on January 23, 2018, episode of
205 Live, as they defeated Ariya Daivari,
TJP, and
Tony Nese. At the
Royal Rumble, Lucha House Party defeated TJP,
Drew Gulak, and
Gentleman Jack Gallagher. The following week, WWE held a tournament for the vacant WWE Cruiserweight Championship, where Dorado was eliminated in the opening round by his stable partner, Kalisto. On the November 12 episode of
Raw, Lucha House Party competed against a number of non-Cruiserweight teams for the first time since WWE put them together, as they competed in a battle royal against Raw tag teams such as
Bobby Roode and
Chad Gable, The B-Team (
Bo Dallas and
Curtis Axel),
Heath Slater and
Rhyno,
The Ascension (
Konnor and
Viktor), and
The Revival (
Dash Wilder and
Scott Dawson). At the
Survivor Series, Lucha House Party was part of Team Raw in a five on five team elimination match, that was won by Team SmackDown. In subsequent weeks, Lucha House Party was part of a storyline with The Revival, where the latter claimed to be "tag team purists" and as such objected to Lucha House Party being allowed to compete as a tag team when there was three of them. In the following weeks, Lucha House Party defeated The Revival in various three-on-two, or three-on-one matches billed as "Lucha House Rules" matches as part of the storyline. On the February 4, 2019 episode of
Raw, The Revival finally defeated Lucha House Party as part of a fatal four-way match to earn a match for the
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship at a later date. In June, Lucha House Party began a feud with
Lars Sullivan, with the trio losing to Sullivan via disqualification in a three-on-one handicap match at
Super ShowDown. The following night on
Raw, Lucha House Party was again defeated by Sullivan, this time in a three-on-one handicap elimination match. On October 11, Lucha House Party was drafted to the
SmackDown brand as part of the
2019 WWE Draft. As part of the
2020 Draft in October, both Dorado and Metalik were drafted to the
Raw brand, splitting them from Kalisto, who remained on the SmackDown brand. Dorado and Metalik appeared on NXT in 2021 to take part in the 2021
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. They eliminated
Imperium in the first round, but were eliminated in the second round by
Legado del Fantasma. On November 4, Dorado, along with Metalik were released from their WWE contracts.
Major League Wrestling (2022–2023) On May 5, 2022, Dorado made his
Major League Wrestling debut losing to
Real1. On October 30, at
Fightland, Dorado defeated
Shun Skywalker to win the
MLW World Middleweight Championship.On January 7, 2023 at Blood and Thunder, Lince defended the title successfully against
Dragon Gate's La Estrella.On February 4 at Superfight, Lince successfully defended the title against
Delirious.On April 6 at War Chamber, Lince lost the title to Akira in a Triple Threat match involving
Lio Rush.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2022–2023) Cordero made his debut with Former Stablemate Gran Metalik on NJPW Strong.
Impact Wrestling (2023) On March 20, 2023, Dorado was revealed as the challenger to
Trey Miguel’s
X Division Championship at
Sacrifice. At the event, Dorado failed to win the title.
All Elite Wrestling (2023) On October 4, 2023, Dorado made his
All Elite Wrestling debut in a four-way match for the number one contendership of the
ROH World Championship against
Komander,
Johnny TV and
Penta El Zero Miedo; the match would be won by Komander. He would wrestle for the company again on October 25, 2023, teaming in a dark match with
Brandon Cutler and
Colt Cabana in a losing effort to "QTV" (
Aaron Solo, Johnny TV and
QT Marshall).
Return to WWE (2025–present) On January 17, 2025 Dorado returned at an NXT
live event defeating Josh Black. He later revealed that he was signed in February as a wrestler and a trainer at the
WWE Performance Center. Dorado made his WWE televised return on the May 28 episode of
Evolve, where he lost a triple threat match qualifier for the fatal four-way elimination match to crown the inaugural
Evolve Champion. On June 7 at
Worlds Collide, Dorado teamed with
LWO members
Cruz Del Toro and
Dragon Lee (and replacing the injured
Joaquin Wilde) in a losing effort against
Octagón Jr.,
Aero Star and
Mr. Iguana in a six-man tag team match. ==Other media==