The Casas wrestling family, at times called ''La Dinastia Casas'' ("The Casas Dynasty") in Spanish, is a Mexican family of ''
luchadors'', or
professional wrestlers
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. The Casas family perform primarily in Mexico but have made appearances in the
United States of America
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,
Canada
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,
Europe
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and
Japan
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over the years.
History
The Casas family started in ''lucha libre'' in 1964 when José Casas Granados started wrestling under the
ring name
A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting ...
Pepe Casas
Pepe is a pet form of the Spanish name José (Josep). It is also a surname.
*
People
Mononyms
*Pepe (footballer, born 1935), real name José Macia, Brazilian footballer
*Pepe (footballer, born 1983), real name Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, ...
. A second-generation of Casas brothers is also active wrestlers starting with Pepe Casas' oldest son José Casas works under the ring name
Negro Casas
José Casas Ruiz (born January 10, 1960) is a Mexican professional wrestler (called a ''Luchador'' in Spanish) and trainer working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the ring name Negro Casas. He is the son of former wrestler turn ...
, younger siblings Jorge Luiz works as
El Felino
Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz (born March 22, 1964), better known by his ring name El Felino ("The Feline"), is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler) working for Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Casas started ...
and Erick Casas is better known as
Heavy Metal.
Pepe Casas has at least one other son, a son who is not involved in wrestling at all but whose children are also third-generation Casas wrestlers. Jorge Luiz' sons are also professional wrestlers, working as
masked wrestlers
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Tiger
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and
Puma,
while sons and daughters of another Casas brother (or brothers) are wrestlers are working under the ring names Canelo Casas
Canelo Casas (born 1982 in Mexico City, Mexico, currently residing in Cuernavaca, Morelos) is the ring name of a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial d ...
,[ Danny Casas,][ Destroyer and Nanyzh Rock. A cousin on Pepe Casas has worked under the ring name "Black Star", one of multiple ''Luchadors'' to use that name.][ José Casas is married to ]Panama
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nian professional wrestler Dalys la Caribeña
Dalys la Caribeña (born February 20, 1975 in Panama) is a Panamanian '' luchadora'', or female professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Her name appears in print a ...
, whom he also trained for her in-ring career and he is the brother-in-law of Rafael Ernesto Medina Baeza, better known under the ring name Veneno ("Venum"). Jorge Luiz Casas is married to Blanca Rodriguez, who until the summer of 2014 wrestled as Princesa Blanca
Blanca Rodríguez (born August 26, 1974) is a Mexican retired ''luchadora'', or female professional wrestler, better known as Princesa Blanca. She is best known for working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha ...
; Blanca Rodriquez is not the mother of Tiger and Puma. In ''Lucha Libre'' it is not uncommon for some wrestlers, especially masked wrestlers, to pay for the rights to use a well-established name and play a character that is supposedly a family member of a well known ''luchador'' family. This practice does not appear to apply to the Casas family as far as evidence suggests. but it is possible that the true parents of some of the third-generation wrestlers is not entirely accurate, for years Tiger and Puma claimed to be the nephews of Jorge Luiz (El Felino), but later revealed that they were indeed his sons but wanted to make a name for themselves instead of being "Felino Jr." or "El Hijo del Felino" ("The Son of Felino").
Members
;First generation
* José Casas Granados (May 14, 1943) – Retired wrestler, current referee, works under the ring name "Pepe Casas".[
;Second generation
* José Casas Ruiz (January 1, 1960) – Professional wrestler, works under the ring name Negro Casas.]
* Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz (March 22, 1964) – Professional wrestler, works under the ring name El Felino.[
* Erick Francisco Casas Ruiz (October 4, 1970) – Professional wrestler, works under the ring name Heavy Metal.][
*Black Star - Real name not confirmed.][
;Third generation
* Felino Jr. (February 12, 1987) – Professional wrestler, real name not revealed.]
*Puma King
Puma King (born July 6, 1990) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), but also as a freelancer in many Mexican promotions such as Lucha Memes, MexaWrestlin ...
(July 6, 1990) – Professional wrestler, real name not revealed.
*Canelo Casas
Canelo Casas (born 1982 in Mexico City, Mexico, currently residing in Cuernavaca, Morelos) is the ring name of a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial d ...
(1982) – Professional wrestler, real name not confirmed.
* Danny Casas (July 13, 1986) – Professional wrestler, birth name not confirmed.[
*Destroyer – Professional wrestler, birth name not revealed.
*Nanyzh Rock – Professional wrestler, birth name not revealed.
;Related through marriage
*]Blanca Rodriguez
Blanca (meaning "white" in Spanish) may refer to:
Locations United States
* Casa Blanca, California or Blanca, a former unincorporated community
* Blanca, Colorado, a Statutory Town
*Blanca Peak, a mountain in Colorado
* Blanca Wetlands, a prote ...
(August 26, 1974) – Retired professional wrestler, married to Jorge Luis Casas;worked under the ring name Princesa Blanca. Not the mother of Tiger and Puma.
*Dalys la Caribeña
Dalys la Caribeña (born February 20, 1975 in Panama) is a Panamanian '' luchadora'', or female professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Her name appears in print a ...
(February 20, 1975) – Professional wrestler, married to José Casas Ruiz; Last name Medina Baeza, first name not revealed.
* Rafael Ernesto Medina Baeza (December 7, 1970) – Professional wrestler, brother-in-law of José Casas Granados; works under the ring name Veneno.[
;Unconfirmed family relationship
*Carlos Rodriguez Casas - Professional wrestler; exact relationship to the rest of the Casas family is unclear. Works under the ring name Rush, not to be mistaken for the more well known ]Rush
Rush(es) may refer to:
Places
United States
* Rush, Colorado
* Rush, Kentucky
* Rush, New York
* Rush City, Minnesota
* Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary), Illinois
* Rush Creek (Marin County, California), a stream
* Rush Creek (Mono Cou ...
from CMLL.
Family tree
See also
* List of family relations in professional wrestling
This is a list of family relations in professional wrestling. Since the beginning of the artforms secretive history family members have been involved in all aspects of the industry, often to keep it closed off to outsiders. Although most connection ...
References
Further reading
* ''Rey Mysterio: Behind the Mask''
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Mexican professional wrestlers
Professional wrestling families