Martin Casaus is an American professional wrestler arguably best known for his years wrestling as Marty “The Moth” Martinez for the Lucha Underground promotion. During that time he won the Lucha Underground Championship Belt and Gift of the Gods Championship belt. In 2021, he joined the All Elite Wrestling promotion, making his debut for them that April. Away from the ring, Casaus has also built a reputation as a streamer, with thousands of subscribers to his Twitch and YouTube channels. His streams can last for several hours as he plays games like Marvel’s Avengers and Spiderman Remastered.
Casaus was born in Utah in 1985. Despite showing exceeding promise in athletics as a youngster, he decided to pursue a more academic path, ultimately graduating from university with a degree in Business Administration. However, the lure of sports was never far away, and aged 18, he had begun training to become a professional wrestler with the Ultra Championship Wrestling Zero promotion in his home state. He made his fighting debut as “Tristan Gallo” and went on to win the UCW-Zero Heavyweight Championship an incredible six times, as well as the Ultra-X Championship (once) and the Tag Team Championship (five times).
In 2011, Casaus tried out for the WWE, appearing in the fifth season of their Tough Enough reality show, but a freak accident put paid to his ambitions. In 2014, he joined the Lucha Underground franchise and, as Marty “The Moth” Martinez, became one of its star attractions as it ran four seasons and became available on Netflix.