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In early 1998 he made his debut as part of the regular-sized division under the name "Virus", no mention was made that Virus used to work as Damiancito El Guerrero or that he still held the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship. On May 7, 1998, Virus defeated [[El Oriental]] to win the vacant [[Mexican National Lightweight Championship]], a title CMLL had brought back to help showcase smaller workers such as Virus.<ref name=MexLight/> After winning the title Virus worked a [[Narrative thread|storyline]] feud against El Oriental, centering on Virus' Mexican Lightweight title and Orientál's Districto Federatl Lightweight title. Despite several title matches neither belt changed hands during the course of the storyline.<ref name=YIR1998>{{cite news|title=1998 Especial!|work=Box y Lucha Magazine|pages=2–28|id=issue 2348|date=January 9, 1999|language=es | trans-title=1998 Special! }}</ref> By 1999 CMLL decided that it was time to crown a new CMLL World Mini-Estrella Champion as Virus was still technically the champion despite not having worked as a mini for over a year. Instead of making Virus return to the Minis division to lose the title CMLL decided to give the championship to [[Ultimo Dragoncito]] and then subsequently announce that Ultimo Dragoncito had "won" the title on an undisclosed day in October 1999.<ref name=CMLLMini/> In 1999 to 2000 CMLL made several tours of Japan to establish a "CMLL Japan" branch, Virus was one of the workers who regularly toured Japan and would capture the CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Championship on November 25, 1999.<ref name=PequenoMaestro/><ref name=CMLLJapan/> On August 6, 2000 Virus lost the CMLL Japan Super Lightweight title to [[Ricky Marvin]] and then on November 29, 2000 also lost the Mexican National Lightweight title to Ricky Marvin.<ref name=MexLight/><ref name=CMLLJapan/> Virus continued to show that while he may not have the size to be a headliner he had a knack for helping young wrestlers improve by working with them in the ring.<ref name=PequenoMaestro/>

On August 21, 2001 Virus participated in his first major CMLL tournament, the ''[[CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa|Torneo Gran Alternativa]]'' ("Great Alternative Tournament") where he was teamed up with [[Blue Panther]]. In the first round they defeated the team of [[Alan Stone (wrestler)|Alan Stone]] and [[Mr. Niebla]] but lost to [[Olímpico]] and [[Sicodelico Jr.]], who would go on to win the entire tournament.<ref name=PWGA2001>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/grand.html#8 | title=CMLL Gran Alternativa #8|date=August 14, 2002|access-date=September 3, 2009|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}}</ref> After having been a ''Rudo'' (a [[Heel (professional wrestling)|Heel]], or bad guy) his entire career Virus was turned ''Tecnico'' ([[Face (professional wrestling)|Face]] or good guy) in 2002. In 2003 he took part in a series of matches between CMLL ''tecnicos'', himself, Ricky Marvin and [[Volador Jr.]], and a group called "the Havana Brothers" based out of southern California that consisted of [[Rocky Romero]], [[Ricky Reyes]] and [[T. J. Perkins]]). The well received series of matches between the six led CMLL to create the [[CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship]]. Rocky Romero became the first champion but lost the title to Virus on November 14, 2003.<ref name=CMLLSSLight/> Virus held the title for 392 days before losing it back to Rocky Romero.<ref name="SL91">{{cite news | author =[[Súper Luchas]] staff | title = Número Especial - Lo mejor de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2004 | work= [[Súper Luchas]] | id = 91 | date = January 24, 2005 | language= es | trans-title= Special Edition - The best of Mexican professional wrestling in 2004 }}</ref> In 2005 Virus was turned ''Rudo'' once more and generally used to help young, high-flying tecnicos get more experience. Over the summer of 2006 Virus represented CMLL in [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]]'s Junior Heavyweight League tournament. He ended up winning only one match, defeating [[Kazuhiko Masada|MAZADA]] but lost to [[Katsuhiko Nakajima]] and [[Katsushi Takemura]], failing to advance in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/alljapan/junior.html | title=Junior Champion Carnival 2006 | access-date=December 11, 2016 | publisher=pro wrestling history}}</ref> On October 2, 2007 Virus won CMLL's recurring ''[[CMLL Reyes del Aire#CMLL Reyes del Aire 2007 Arena Coliseo|Reyes del Aire]]'' ("Kings of the Air") tournament outlasting 11 other competitors in a ''[[torneo cibernetico]]'', lastly eliminating [[Valiente (wrestler)|Valiente]] to win the match.<ref name=RdA2007-2>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/delaire.html#2007 | date=October 2, 2007| title=Reyes del Aire 2007 | access-date=November 19, 2012 | work=Pro Wrestling History}}</ref>

On August 21, 2001 Virus participated in his first major CMLL tournament, the ''[[CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa|Torneo Gran Alternativa]]'' ("Great Alternative Tournament") where he was teamed up with [[Blue Panther]]. In the first round they defeated the team of [[Alan Stone (wrestler)|Alan Stone]] and [[Mr. Niebla]] but lost to [[Olímpico]] and [[Sicodelico Jr.]], who would go on to win the entire tournament.<ref name=PWGA2001>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/grand.html#8 | title=CMLL Gran Alternativa #8|date=August 14, 2002|access-date=September 3, 2009|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}}</ref> After having been a ''Rudo'' (a [[Heel (professional wrestling)|Heel]], or bad guy) his entire career Virus was turned ''Tecnico'' ([[Face (professional wrestling)|Face]] or good guy) in 2002. In 2003 he took part in a series of matches between CMLL ''tecnicos'', himself, Ricky Marvin and [[Volador Jr.]], and a group called "the Havana Brothers" based out of southern California that consisted of [[Rocky Romero]], [[Ricky Reyes]] and [[T.J. Perkins]]). The well received series of matches between the six led CMLL to create the [[CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship]]. Rocky Romero became the first champion but lost the title to Virus on November 14, 2003.<ref name=CMLLSSLight/> Virus held the title for 392 days before losing it back to Rocky Romero.<ref name="SL91">{{cite news | author =[[Súper Luchas]] staff | title = Número Especial - Lo mejor de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2004 | work= [[Súper Luchas]] | id = 91 | date = January 24, 2005 | language= es | trans-title= Special Edition - The best of Mexican professional wrestling in 2004 }}</ref> In 2005 Virus was turned ''Rudo'' once more and generally used to help young, high-flying tecnicos get more experience. Over the summer of 2006 Virus represented CMLL in [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]]'s Junior Heavyweight League tournament. He ended up winning only one match, defeating [[Kazuhiko Masada|MAZADA]] but lost to [[Katsuhiko Nakajima]] and [[Katsushi Takemura]], failing to advance in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/japan/alljapan/junior.html | title=Junior Champion Carnival 2006 | access-date=December 11, 2016 | publisher=pro wrestling history}}</ref> On October 2, 2007 Virus won CMLL's recurring ''[[CMLL Reyes del Aire#CMLL Reyes del Aire 2007 Arena Coliseo|Reyes del Aire]]'' ("Kings of the Air") tournament outlasting 11 other competitors in a ''[[torneo cibernetico]]'', lastly eliminating [[Valiente (wrestler)|Valiente]] to win the match.<ref name=RdA2007-2>{{cite web | url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/delaire.html#2007 | date=October 2, 2007| title=Reyes del Aire 2007 | access-date=November 19, 2012 | work=Pro Wrestling History}}</ref>

When [[El Satánico]] started working a reduced schedule in late 2008 Virus became the unofficial leader of ''[[Los Infernales]]'', teaming with [[Euforia (wrestler)|Euforia]] and Nosferatu.<ref name=Lucha2008>{{cite news|title=Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008| work= [[Súper Luchas]] |id=296|date=January 6, 2009|url=http://Superluchas.com/super-luchas-296-lo-mejor-de-la-lucha-libre-mexicana-en-2008-edicion-para-coleccionistas/|access-date=July 11, 2009|language=es | trans-title=The best of Mexican Professional wrestling 2008 }}</ref> With Satánico reduced schedule Virus also took over a large portion of the training that El Satánico had been responsible for earlier. In a later interview he commented that he always wanted to become a trainer, he was just surprised at how quickly it happened.<ref name=PequenoMaestro>{{cite news | title = Entravista con Virus: El Pequeño Gran Maestro | work = Lucha 2000 | trans-title=Interview with Virus:: The little grand master | pages= 18–20 | id = 361 | date = June 2007 | language= es}}</ref>