Luchasaurus

Wrestler

Birthday March 10, 1985

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Woodland Hills, California, U.S.

Age 39 years old

Nationality United States

Height 6 ft 5 in

Weight 275 lb

#21013 Most Popular

1985

Austin Matelson (born March 10, 1985), better known by the ring name Luchasaurus, is an American professional wrestler and television personality.

He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Killswitch, and is a member of The Patriarchy stable.

In AEW, he is a former one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion (with Jungle Boy as Jurassic Express) and a former one-time AEW TNT Champion.

2009

Matelson began his professional wrestling career in 2009.

2012

He then signed a developmental contract with WWE in 2012 and was sent to train at the former Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) under the ring name Judas Devlin; FCW was then rebranded as NXT that same year where Matelson remained until he was released in 2014.

In 2012, Matelson signed a developmental contract with WWE and was sent for training at Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) where he was given the ring name Judas Devlin.

On August 1, 2012, he made his FCW debut teaming with Corey Graves defeating Briley Pierce and CJ Parker.

In 2012, FCW was rebranded as NXT and Devlin transferred to the new development brand, performing mainly at house shows.

2014

During his two-year wrestling hiatus from 2014 to 2016, Matelson appeared on Access Hollywood and was a house-guest on the reality competition, Big Brother 17, in which he placed 5th.

He also appeared on The Price Is Right.

Austin was released in 2014 after a severe hip injury.

2016

After a two-year hiatus, he signed with Lucha Underground as Vibora and worked there from 2016 to 2018.

He also began working on the independent circuit in 2016 under the Luchasaurus gimmick until he signed with AEW in 2019 and took on the ring name Killswitch in 2023.

Matelson made his return to professional wrestling in 2016, having not competed since his release from WWE in 2014.

On June 17, 2016, in a match for Millenium Pro Wrestling (MPW) under the ring name Austin Draven, he defeated Ryan J. Morales.

On September 30, 2016, under the ring name Just Judas he defeated Danny Divine to become MPW Heavyweight Champion.

In May 2016, Matelson under a mask and the ring name Vibora made his Lucha Underground debut as a part of the Reptile Tribe stable.

On May 7, 2016, Vibora along with Pindar and Drago won the Lucha Underground Trios Championship.

Reptile Tribe lost the Lucha Underground Trios Championship against Dante Fox, Killshot and The Mack.

2017

He later returned for Big Brother 19 in 2017.

On November 9, 2017, Matelson teamed with fellow Big Brother contestant Jessie Godderz under the team name Team Big Brother, they defeated HATE (Peter Avalon and Ray Rosas) in a match for Bar Wrestling.

After Matelson used the Víbora character in Lucha Underground, he started to use the character in the independent circuit.

He changed the name to Luchasaurus after fans chanted that during his Lucha Underground debut.

On November 17 and 18, Matelson wrestled for House of Hardcore under the new gimmick and ring name Luchasaurus, defeating Alex Reynolds on the first night and winning on the second night in a three-way by defeating Matt Riddle and Willie Mack.

2018

On the July 18, 2018, episode of Lucha Underground Vibora defeated Johnny Mundo.

On the August 1, 2018, episode of Lucha Underground, the character Vibora was "killed off" via decapitation by a sword-wielding Taya Valkyrie.

2019

On May 25, 2019, Matelson debuted for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) at Double or Nothing as a part of the pre-show Casino Battle Royale.

He lasted until the final three, before being eliminated by Adam Page.

Three days later it was revealed that he had signed with the company full-time as Luchasaurus.

He would then go on to form a tag team with Jungle Boy as he managed him at Fyter Fest and teamed up with him at Fight for the Fallen in a Triple Threat tag team match involving The Dark Order and Angelico and Jack Evans in a losing effort.

At All Out, Luchasaurus alongside Jungle Boy and Marko Stunt would debut as the stable "Jurassic Express".

2020

Luchasaurus also sporadically competed as a singles competitor, most notably participating in the Casino Ladder match at Double or Nothing on May 23, 2020.

Jurassic Express received title shots for the AEW World Tag Team Championship against Adam Page and Kenny Omega on the August 12 episode of Dynamite, and The Young Bucks on the August 18, 2021 episode of Dynamite, but failed to win the title on both occasions.

Following that, Jurassic Express participated in a tournament to determine the #1 contenders for the World Tag Team Championship, defeating Private Party in the opening round before losing to Lucha Brothers in the final.

On the January 5, 2022 episode of Dynamite, the Jurassic Express defeated the Lucha Brothers to win their first World Tag Team Championship.

At the Revolution event on March 6, Jurassic Express successfully defended the championship against The Young Bucks and reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) in a three-way tag team match.

At Double or Nothing on May 29, they retained the championship in a three-way tag match against Team Taz (Ricky Starks and Powerhouse Hobbs) and Swerve In Our Glory (Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland).

After Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus lost the titles to The Young Bucks in a ladder match at Road Rager, Cage turned on Jungle Boy, with Luchasaurus also turning heel when he joined Cage.

At the start of his alliance with Cage, Luchasaurus was presented as a “monster heel” and started squashing multiple opponents within minutes, all at Cage’s direction.

At Fyter Fest week two, Luchasaurus turned on Christian Cage to realign with Jungle Boy, however, this was also a short-lived reunion.