Miguel Ángel Olivo Castro (born June 19, 1988), better known by the
ring name
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Daga, is a Mexican
professional wrestler
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. He is a former
AAA Latin American Champion and
AAA World Cruiserweight Champion. He has also worked for
Lucha Underground
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and
Impact Wrestling
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Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
.
Professional wrestling career
Daga made his pro wrestling debut on April 12, 2009 in
International Wrestling Revolution Group
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. He spent the next two years in the promotion. Also, Daga worked with other independent promotions, like Toryumon Mexico, International Wrestling League and Desastre Total Ultraviolento. On September 25, 2010, Daga won his first pro wrestling championship, the IWL Internet Championship. On December 18, 2010, Daga participated in a tournament to crown the first DTU Alto Impacto Champion, but he was defeated by
Flamita
Flamita (born November 30, 1994) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'' or masked professional wrestler. In addition to working for promotions such as Ring Of Honor, (ROH) Lucha Libre AAA World Wide, (AAA) and Desastre Total Ultraviolento (DTU) in ...
.
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2011–2017)
Daga made his first appearance in
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its or ...
in 2011. In 2012, Daga became a regular wrestler, working with ''
Los Perros del Mal
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'' or ''
La Sociedad
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'' stables. At ''
Héroes Inmortales VI'', he participated in the ''
Copa Antonio Peña
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'' Royal Rumble, but was defeated by
El Texano Jr.
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Aguilar is the son of Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui, who wrestled under the name El Texano; Aguilar's brother ...
At ''
Guerra de Titanes
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'', Daga won a six-way
Ladder match
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to win the
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
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.
He retained the title for 623 days. At
Rey De Reyes
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participated in a match for the recently created title
AAA Fusion Championship, but he was defeated by
Fénix.
At ''
Triplemanía XXI
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'', Los Perros del Mal (Daga and
Psicosis
Dionicio Castellanos Torres (born May 19, 1971) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Psicosis (sometimes Anglicised as Psychosis) and Nicho el Millonario. He is best known for his appearances with the promotions Luc ...
) tried to win the vacant
AAA World Tag Team Championship
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, but they failed.
At ''
Héroes Inmortales VII
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'' he participated in a fatal four-way for the ''Copa Antonio Peña'', but was defeated by
El Hijo del Fantasma
Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly (born April 30, 1984), is a Mexican second-generation ''luchador'' (professional wrestler). He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Santos Escobar.
Before his WWE c ...
.
At ''
Rey de Reyes
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'', Daga had his first AAA defense for the Cruiserweight title, defeating
Argenis
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,
Australian Suicide and
Super Fly. At ''
TripleMania XXII'', Daga participated in a ten-man unification match between the Cruiserweight championship and the AAA Fusion Championship (held by Fenix), which was won by El Hijo del Fantasma.
At ''
Verano de Escándalo 2015'', Daga participated in a ten-way match for the ''Alas de Oro'' ("Wings of Gold"). However, he was defeated by
Drago. In 2015, Daga focused on the tag team division with various partners. At ''
Héroes Inmortales IX
''Héroes Inmortales IX'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "Immortal Heroes Nine") was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). The event, which comm ...
'', Daga and Steve Pain tried to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship from Los Perros del Mal (Pentagón Jr. and Joe Líder). However, the winners were ''
Los Güeros del Cielo
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'' (
Angélico
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and
Jack Evans).
On February 19, 2016, Los Perros del Mal (Daga and
Taya Valkyrie
Kira Renée Magnin-Forster (born October 22, 1983) is a Canadian professional wrestler, fitness competitor, and model better known by the ring name Taya Valkyrie.
She is currently appearing for Impact Wrestling, where she is a current two-tim ...
) faced Pentagón Jr., one-half of the
AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champions. However, Pentagon retained the title. Four days later, at ''
Rey de Reyes
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'', Los Perros del Mal (Daga and Joe Líder) faced the World Tag Team Champions Averno and Chessman and Argenis and Australian Suicide in a
Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. However, the champions retained the titles. At ''
Triplemanía XXIV
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'', Daga participated in a 12-man
battle royal
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for the ''
Copa Triplemanía'', but was the last man eliminated from the match as rival Australian Suicide won the ''Copa Triplemanía''.
At ''
Héroes Inmortales X
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'', Daga defeated Australian Suicide in a ''
Lucha de Apuestas
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'', hair vs mask match.
During a January 21, 2017 for The Crash promotion, Daga, Pentagón Jr. and Garza Jr. all came to the ring and later confirmed that they had left AAA only one day after all appearing at AAA's 2017 ''
Guerra de Titanes
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'' show.
As Daga had been using that name prior to joining AAA, he was also able to continue using it afterwards. The three hoped to able to use the ''Perros del Mal'' name on the independent circuit, but were unable to obtain the right and on January 24, Daga announced he was leaving the group. On January 27, 2017, Daga, Garza, Pentagon Jr. and Fénix el Rey announced the formation of a new stable named ''La Rebelión'' ("The Rebellion").
Independent circuit (2017–2019)
At the end of Season 3 of
Lucha Underground
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, Daga was seen as part of Kobra Moon's Reptile Tribe. He made his return in June 2018, during the Aztec Warfare IV. On February 5, 2019,
Major League Wrestling
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(MLW) revealed that Daga would start appearing for their company on a regular basis starting in March 2019. He had one previous match for the promotion, against
Low Ki
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that took place in 2018. However, MLW released Daga in June.
Return to AAA (2019–2021)
On March 16 in
''Rey de Reyes'', Daga returned to AAA after two years outside the company teaming up with
Taya and
Joe Líder
José de Jesús Álvarez Gutierrez (born June 2, 1978) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ringname Joe Líder. He currently competes in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He is known for being a former member of the tag team ...
as ''
Los Perros del Mal
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'' where they fell defeated against ''El Nuevo Poder del Norte'' (
Mocho Cota Jr.
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,
Carta Brava Jr.
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&
Tito Santana
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Santana has stayed a babyface his entire career and he is best known for his appearances with ...
) after leaving the team.
On June 16 at ''
Verano de Escandalo'', Daga along with his girlfriend
Tessa Blanchard
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were defeated by Laredo Kid and Taya.
On July 6 in Zapopan, Daga had a chance for the
AAA Latin American Championship
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against
Drago, but fell disqualified after using the
brass knuckles
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. On August 3 at ''
Triplemanía XXVII
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'', Daga participated in the Battle Royal for the Triplemanía Cup where he was eliminated and won by
Pagano.
At
Héroes Inmortales XIII
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, Daga defeated Drago to win the title.
Daga would vacated the title on April 24, 2021.
Impact Wrestling (2019–2020)
Daga made his debut for Impact on the February 1, 2019, episode of Impact Wrestling where Daga and
The Latin American Xchange
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The group achieved initial succe ...
(
Santana and Ortiz
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) lost to
The Lucha Bros (
Fénix and
Pentagón Jr.) and
Rey Horus
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in a six-man tag team match. At
United We Stand
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, Team Lucha Underground (Daga,
Aerostar,
Drago and
Marty The Moth Martínez) defeated Team Impact (
,
Eddie Edwards,
Moose
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, and
Tommy Dreamer
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). On the August 9 episode of Impact Wrestling, Daga and Ortiz representing LAX, lost to
The North (
Ethan Page
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Page is best known for his work in Imp ...
and
Josh Alexander
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) in a match for the Impact World Tag Team Championship. On the October 4 episode of Impact Wrestling, Daga defeated
Chris Bey
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. During the COVID Pandemic in 2020, Olivo and his girlfriend Tessa Blanchard stayed in Mexico and didn't appear during the following months in Impact shows. On October 20, 2020, it was reported that he was released from his Impact contract, per his request.
Personal life
On November 20, 2019, Daga and
Tessa Blanchard
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confirmed their engagement. The couple married in August 2020.
Championships and accomplishments
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*
DDT Pro-Wrestling
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**
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
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(
1 time)
*
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
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**
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
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(
1 time)
[
**]AAA Latin American Championship
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( 1 time)[
**AAA Quien Pinta Para La Corona (2011)
*International Wrestling League
**IWL International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**IWL Internet Championship (1 time)
*Laredo Wrestling Alliance
**LWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*Mucha Lucha Atlanta
**MLA Global Championship (1 time)
*]Lucha Underground
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**Lucha Underground Trios Championship
}
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( 1 time) – with Kobra Moon
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and Jeremiah Snake
*''Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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''
**Ranked No. 129 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500
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in 2020
*Xplosion Nacional de Lucha Libre
**X-LAW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
''Luchas de Apuestas'' record
Notes
References
External links
AAA profile
Impact Wrestling profile
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1988 births
Living people
Mexican male professional wrestlers
Sportspeople from the State of Mexico
People from Coacalco de Berriozábal
AAA Latin American Champions
AAA World Cruiserweight Champions
Lucha Underground Trios Champions