Rey Fenix has been receiving a much bigger spotlight than normal in singles action in recent months because his legitimate brother and tag team partner Penta El Zero Miedo suffered a leg injury in training back in November 2020. Penta was put through the timekeeper’s table by The Butcher in a six-man tag match in November and has been out ever since. As it turns out, he was purposely removed from the match to write him off TV for the time being so he could nurse his leg injury back to health, which Penta suffered a few months ago.
Fortunately, as of now the injury does not appear to serious, and Penta El Zero M is expected to return to AEW Dynamite within a few weeks. In the meantime, Rey Fenix, who is 5.5 years younger, is proving what a commodity he can be in the singles division. Most notably, Fenix delivered a fantastic match with AEW World Champion Kenny Omega for the title on the December 30, 2020 episode of Dynamite (which was also the night of the tribute episode to the late Brodie Lee – incredible human being).
Personally, I was first introduced to both Pentagon Jr. and Feniz in 2015 when they were both members of the promotion Lucha Underground. The two brothers were a tag team and occasionally competed in singles matches, but it was blatantly obvious that they were both more than talented enough and charismatic enough to sustain their characters individually. Both men have done a great job throughout their careers of establishing their own nuances within the confines of their tag team.