 His ring name was inspired by Magnus Maximus, a Roman Emperor (335–388)

Magnus is the son of the CMLL trainer and booking team member Tony Salazar and the nephew of Miguel Urive who worked under the ring name "Dr. Karonte".Magnus is the cousin of the original Místico (the original Sin Cara in WWE) as well as the cousin of the wrestlers Argenis, Argos, Astro Boy, Dr. Karonte, Jr. and an unidentified member of Los Mini Psycho Circus.Magnus briefly wrestled for Toryumon Mexico as "Astro Boy", a ring name used by three of his older cousins before him.