zane valero
1X LIONS PRIDE SPORTS CHAMPION
1X LIONS DEN CHAMPION
Trained at The Lions Den Training Facility
Began training in 2019 while still attending Mumford High School
Debuted in Lions Pride Sports on September 5, 2020
Went on a year-plus-long losing streak in Lions Pride Sports to begin his career before defeating Cade Carson on November 13, 2021
Won the second Aggieland Rumble match on December 26, 2021
Became Lions Pride Sports Champion on March 26, 2022
First Lions Den Championship reign ran approximately three minutes (July 9, 2022)
First Lions Pride Sports Championship reign ran 232 days (March 26, 2022 to November 12, 2022)
AGGIELAND RUMBLE MATCH
JANUARY 13, 2024
For just the fourth time in Lions Pride Sports history, the top competitors from within the Pride and beyond it come together to do battle in the Aggieland Rumble match with a guaranteed championship match of their choice at stake! Moments were created, statements were made, surprises and debuts were had and dreams were both shattered and realized! Who would be the one to outlast all the rest and add their name to the prestigious Aggieland Rumble Trophy?
ZANE VALERO VS. PRINCE LY
BLINDFOLD MATCH
JULY 8, 2023
After spending much of the first half of 2023 across the ring from each other, there would be a good chance that either Prince Ly or Zane Valero would be able to gain the upper hand once and for all when both men faced then-Lions Den Champion Trent Mercer in a Triple Threat match at "Into the Fire." But again as he had done throughout his title reign, Mercer defied the odds and retained his championship, for which Ly squarely blamed Valero, and foolishly claimed that he could defeat Valero blindfolded. Valero was quick to take that action and the announcement was immediately made for Lions Pride Sports' first ever Blindfold Match at The Pride's marquee summer event, "Cruel Summer." Would it be "Gen-Z" or the "Prince of Pandemonium" that would be able to feel their way to a victory?
TRENT MERCER (C) VS. PRINCE LY VS. ZANE VALERO
LIONS DEN CHAMPIONSHIP
JUNE 3, 2023
Demanding the top challengers that Lions Pride Sports could offer, Trent Mercer found himself across the ring from not one, but two, Prince Ly and "Gen-Z" Zane Valero, in the midst of their own heated rivalry. How would the Watchdog escape with his title intact and what would be the next move for Ly and Valero?
MJ SANTANA & ZANE VALERO VS. PRINCE LY & SHIMBASHI
MAY 6, 2023
When Pandemonium made their brutally impactful debut, two of the superstars most affected were MJ Santana, Shimbashi's now ex-girlfriend, and Zane Valero, Shimbashi's most heated rival. Putting aside their own past issues with each other, Valero and Santana united for the first time. They looked halt the momentum of Lions Pride Sports' newest and most dangerous faction, facing Shimbashi and Prince Ly in tag team competition at Unbreakable.
MATHAYUS, PRINCE LY & SHIMBASHI VS. HASTUR, RODZILLA & ZANE VALERO
APRIL 14, 2023
In just a matter of weeks, Pandemonium's Mathayus, Shimbashi and Prince Ly had made enemies of virtually the entire Lions Pride Sports roster, but perhaps none more so than Zane Valero, who recruited Hastur and Rodzilla to fight alongside him in six-man tag team action at Fight II Unite.
SHIMBASHI & MJ SANTANA VS. ZANE VALERO & SECURITY GUY
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
The Power Couple of Lions Pride Sports had hit a rocky patch in their relationship heading into Battle in Bryan 5. Shimbashi attempted to eliminate MJ Santana from the Aggieland Rumble match in January, but ultimately, MJ tossed her boyfriend from the ring to win that contest. The duo looked to get back on the same page against a burgeoning friendship, the uber popular Zane Valero and Security Guy.
AGGIELAND RUMBLE MATCH
JANUARY 7, 2023
Thirty competitors from Lions Pride Sports and other Texas promotions hit The Pride's ring to take part in the third Aggieland Rumble match. Through rivalry clashes, individual efforts, and alliances formed and dissolved, one wrestler would outlast the others and earn the title shot of their choosing later that same night.
MIA FRIDAY (C) VS. MJ SANTANA VS. SECURITY GUY VS. TKO JOE VS. ZANE VALERO
5-WAY ELIMINATION MATCH
LIONS PRIDE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Mia Friday's first defense of the Lions Pride Sports Championship immediately put her reign in peril, as four top competitors would vie for the prize. Zane Valero looked to regain the title he had lost just weeks earlier. MJ Santana sought to take the gold from her arch rival. TKO Joe and Security Guy looked to ride momentum and support to the top of the promotion. Who would survive this elimination match?
ZANE VALERO (C) VS. “OUTLAW” J. AUSTIN VS. MIA FRIDAY VS. MJ SANTANA
LIONS PRIDE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
NOVEMBER 12, 2022
The second longest title reign in Lions Pride Sports history was threatened unlike any other time in the 232 days since Zane Valero captured the belt. Across the ring from "Gen-Z" were former champion "Outlaw" J. Austin seeking to regain the gold, along with two women and arch rivals seeking to make history, Mia Friday and MJ Santana. Who would leave Here to Stay 5 with the biggest prize in The Pride?
ZANE VALERO (C) VS. PRINCE LY
LIONS PRIDE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Haunting in Downtown came on the 217th day of Zane Valero's Lions Pride Sports Championship reign, the second-longest in the promotion's history. To continue it and carry the title on to our fifth anniversary event, he would have to defeat the undefeated Prince Ly, who we have learned is willing to take the lowest roads to achieve victory.
ZANE VALERO (C) VS. CHAVY CHULO (C)
TITLE UNIFICATION MATCH
JULY 9, 2022
Both the Lions Pride Sports Championship and the Lions Den Championship were on the line when Zane Valero and Chavy Chulo faced off. Only one wrestler had ever held both Lions Pride Sports' titles in history. Who would leave Cruel Summer with the gold?
ZANE VALERO (C) VS. SHIMBASHI
NO HOLDS BARRED
LIONS PRIDE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
In Shimbashi's first attempt to take the Lions Pride Sports Championship from Zane Valero, he brought out someone dressed as an official to make a three-count for him. Ultimately, his plan was foiled. Two weeks later, the two rivals would collide again, this time in a No Holds Barred Match for the title. Would Shimbashi find a way to successfully come away with the title, or would Valero survive to reign another day?
ZANE VALERO (C) VS. JAY ALEXANDER
LIONS PRIDE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
An old foe emerged as a challenger to Zane Valero's Lions Pride Sports Championship reign. Would the main event of Unbreakable see Jay Alexander terminate Valero's time with the title, or would "Gen Z" leave Navasota with the gold?
ZANE VALERO (C) & CHAVY CHULO (C) VS. “OUTLAW” J. AUSTIN & MATHAYUS
BOTH LIONS PRIDE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP AND LIONS DEN CHAMPIONSHIP
APR. 23, 2022
After denigrating the night's special guest, All Elite Wrestling's Lance Archer, "Outlaw" J. Austin and Mathayus made a request of The Pride's new titleholders: put your titles on the line in the night's tag team match. Lions Pride Sports Champion Zane Valero and Lions Den Champion Chavy Chulo accepted the challenge, drastically raising the stakes of Into the Fire's main event.
“OUTLAW” J. AUSTIN (C) VS. ZANE VALERO
LIONS PRIDE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
MAR. 26, 2022
As Mark Henry was welcoming fans to Fight to Unite, "Outlaw" J. Austin decided to declare he would be retaining his Lions Pride Sports Championship against one more challenge by Zane Valero. That match would open the biggest event in Lions Pride Sports history. Could "Gen-Z" achieve his dream, or would Austin dash it yet again?
ZANE VALERO VS. ALEX ARSENAL VS. SHIMBASHI
#1 CONTENDER’S MATCH TO CHALLENGE FOR THE LIONS PRIDE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
FEB. 19, 2022
Three top athletes would compete for the chance to be the next challenger for the Lions Pride Sports Championship. Would Zane Valero, Shimbashi or the debuting Alex Arsenal earn the right to face "Outlaw" J. Austin for the biggest prize in The Pride?
“OUTLAW” J. AUSTIN (C) VS. ZANE VALERO VS. JAY ALEXANDER
LIONS PRIDE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
FEB. 4, 2022
"Outlaw" J. Austin came close to losing his Lions Pride Sports Championship in Calvert when he and Zane Valero both had their shoulders down at the same time. The draw kept the title with Austin, but not only would Valero get another shot in Navasota, so would another of Zane's big rivals, Jay Alexander. Who would leave this three-way contest with the belt?
“OUTLAW” J. AUSTIN (C) VS. ZANE VALERO
LIONS PRIDE SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP
JAN. 22, 2022
Before their match-up for the biggest prize in The Pride, challenger Zane Valero emerged in cowboy attire and did all he could to get in the head of Lions Pride Sports Champion "Outlaw" J. Austin. But the champ would offer up a mind game of his own: if Valero were to lose, he could no longer challenge for the title.
ZANE VALERO VS. JAY ALEXANDER
TWO-OUT-OF-THREE FALLS MATCH
JAN. 7, 2022
Zane Valero and Jay Alexander were the two who started the Aggieland Rumble match, and they were the two who outlasted 18 others. Ultimately, Valero knocked Alexander out to win and earn a title shot later that night, but Jay would get revenge by helping cost Zane his chance at gold. At Winter Warfare, the two would go toe-to-toe again, this time in a two-out-of-three falls match.
AGGIELAND RUMBLE MATCH
DEC. 26, 2021
For the first time in two-and-a-half years, Lions Pride Sports held an Aggieland Rumble match. Twenty competitors would enter the ring over the course of the contest, with the last wrestler standing earning a championship match later in the night. Who would outlast 19 other hungry athletes and emerge victorious?
NOBE BRYANT VS. ZANE VALERO VS. SHIMBASHI
DEC. 11, 2021
Three Lions Pride Sports stars did battle in Navasota, a former two-time champion and two products of The Lions Den. Would Nobe Bryant, Zane Valero or Shimbashi leave our Lash Out event with the win?
DEN WARS, EPISODE 1
DEC. 8, 2021
On this debut episode of our new web series Den Wars, we witness in-ring action, learn about an unexpected suspension, hear from the women of Lions Pride Sports about their highly anticipated street fight, and more.
CADE CARSON VS. ZANE VALERO
NOV. 13, 2021
Since his debut more than a year earlier, Zane Valero was winless in Lions Pride Sports. In that time, he transformed physically, mentally and emotionally, gaining a greater level of fan support. Still, he had no wins heading into Here to Stay. Plus, he had rejected (via chair shots) an invitation to be "mentored" by Mike Dell and Cade Carson in filling the open spot in their treacherous Trifecta group. Carson sought revenge for Valero's rejection. Zane sought a first victory.
ZANE VALERO VS. MATHAYUS
LIONS DEN CHAMPIONSHIP INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT, QUARTERFINAL
OCT. 1, 2021
The last quarterfinal match-up in the tournament to crown the first Lions Den Champion featured two wrestlers on the opposite ends of the success spectrum. The highly-successful Mathayus took on the potential-filled, but winless Zane Valero. Would "The Headline" continue his quest for gold, or would "Gen-Z" finally score a victory and stay alive in the tourney?
CADE CARSON & CHAVY CHULO VS. THE MOUNTAIN & ZANE VALERO
SEPT. 11, 2021
Having gotten byes into the quarterfinals of the Lions Den Championship Invitational Tournament, four men would face off in Navasota in tag team action. For The Trifecta's Cade Carson and Chavy Chulo, it was an opportunity to put a turbulent period behind them. For The Mountain and Zane Valero, it would take putting a mutual dislike for each other behind them to find success. Who would gain momentum in the quest to become the first Lions Den Champion?
BATTLE ROYAL
FINAL TWO COMPETITORS EARN BYES IN LIONS DEN CHAMPIONSHIP INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
AUG. 28, 2021
Lions Pride Sports Owner Houston Carson promised to make a major announcement at Clash at Caldwell 3. That game-changing proclamation involving The Lions Den Training Facility would ultimately lead to a battle royal to kick off the event.
SHIMBASHI VS. ZANE VALERO
AUG. 14, 2021
They are two of the best athletes to come out of The Lions Den Training Facility, but two very different attitudes and two very different win-loss records. Would Shimbashi continue to rack up wins in his young career, or would Zane Valero finally score his first victory?
HOSTAGE HIRSCH VS. ZANE VALERO
HAIR VS. HAIR MATCH
JULY 24, 2021
The hair of a pair of Lions Den trainees was on the line in a rivalry that escalated quickly over the summer. Hostage Hirsch had pinned Zane Valero in back-to-back matches, the second forcing "Gen-Z" into a Hair vs. Hair Match at Unbreakable. Would Valero pick up the very first win in his 10-month career and force a shaving of Hostage, or would Hirsch hand Zane a noteworthy defeat?
LIONS DEN GAUNTLET MATCH
JUNE 26, 2021
Six wrestlers who have emerged from The Lions Den Professional Wrestling Training Facility spent Cruel Summer competing in a gauntlet match. A random draw prior to the show determined the order of entry. Would the debuting Hostage Hirsch, Kool Daddi Denzell, The Mountain, "Outlaw" J. Austin, The Unknown or Zane Valero finish the series of bouts as the match's winner?
ZANE VALERO VS. BLAKE CORTEZ
MAY 22, 2021
Unable to score a victory in his previous matches, Zane Valero issued an open challenge at Into the Fire 2, one answered by Booker T trainee Blake Cortez. The action wouldn't be limited to the time between the bells, nor would it stay between the two competitors.
LIONS DEN GAUNTLET MATCH
MAR. 27, 2021
Four of the top trainees of The Lions Den Training Facility met in a gauntlet match at King of the Pride Part 2. The order of entry was determined by a random draw. Would "Outlaw" J. Austin, Kool Daddi Denzell, Shimbashi or Zane Valero emerge victorious?
ZANE VALERO VS. SHIMBASHI
FEB. 27, 2021
Two top talents coming out of the Lions Den Training Facility faced off at Battle in Bryan 3. The established, egotistical Zane Valero took on newcomer Shimbashi. Would "Gen-Z" or "The Canadian Dragon" earn a victory?
MIA FRIDAY VS. ZANE VALERO
SPECIAL ENFORCER: THE MOUNTAIN
DEC. 19, 2020
At September's Reboot, two teen sensations from The Lions Den Training Facility debuted. Zane Valero lost his match, and Mia Friday won hers. A jealous Valero attacked Friday and her tag partner, The Mountain in the aftermath. November's Full Speed Ahead saw Zane and Mia compete against each other, with Valero disqualified for not following the referee's instructions. Zane's post-match attack on Mia was put to an end by The Mountain, who was named the special enforcer for Friday-Valero rematch at Winter Warfare II.
ZANE VALERO VS. MIA FRIDAY
NOV. 7, 2020
They both debuted at September's Reboot event. For 18-year-old Zane Valero, it was a strong showing, but a loss. For 14-year-old Mia Friday, it was a victory with tag team partner The Mountain. After Friday's match, Valero hit the ring and attacked his fellow Lions Den trainee. Was it jealousy? Rage? Both? Neither? Regardless of why, a high school grudge match was set for Full Speed Ahead at the new Lions Den Training Facility.
THE DEBUT MATCHES OF ZANE VALERO AND MIA FRIDAY
SEPT. 5, 2020
A pair of teen trainees of The Lions Den Professional Wrestling Training Facility made their debuts in separate matches at Reboot. Zane Valero, a Mumford High School senior, battled the impressive Chavy Chulo. Meanwhile, 14-year-old Bryan Collegiate High student Mia Friday was set for action when some persistent enemies made their presence known and forced a lineup change. Would these products of The Den make successful Pride debuts?