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Hijo de Faraón (2007–2009)
In mid-2007 he was introduced to the CMLL audience as "El Hijo del Faraón" ("The Son of the Phaero"), with the storyline being that he was the son of retired professional wrestler El Faraón
José Luis Barajas Fernández is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, or ''Luchador'' as they are called in Spanish. Barajas is best known under the ring name, El Faraón (Spanish for "the Pharaoh"), a ring name and persona he used throughout ...
who presented El Hijo del Faraón with his mask on his debut. El Faraón was his godfather and allowed him to use the ring name. He made his debut as part of ''Generacion del 75'', ("Generation 75"), a number of young wrestlers who made their CMLL debut in 2009, in CMLL's 75th year of operation. As El Hijo del Faraón he competed in the ''Generacion del 75'' ''torneo cibernetico
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'', multi man elimination match. The match was won by El Hijo del Fantasma
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and also included Ángel Azteca, Jr., Astro Boy
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, Axxel, Bronco
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The harder they buck, the more desirable they are for rod ...
, Diamante Negro, Metalik, Puma King
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, Skándalo
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, Tiger Kid
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and Vangelis
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. He would work as El Hijo del Faraón until early 2009 where he gave up the name. He explained himself that he wanted to create his own identity instead of living off his godfather's name and image.[
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El Hijo de Rey Misterio (2009)
During his absence from CMLL he traveled to Bolivia
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where he worked as Rey Misterio, Jr.
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intentionally imitating the World Wrestling Entertainment
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wrestler. It was not uncommon for some promoters to have El Hijo de Rey Misterio
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misrepresented as his more famous cousin, but in this case, they had someone totally unrelated play the role.
Horus (2009–present)
He made his return to CMLL on June 2, 2009, repackaged as "Horus" (sometimes spelled Höruz), acknowledging that he used to be "Hijo del Faraón", but giving him his own unique ring character.[ Horus' name, mask, and wrestling gear was inspired by the ]Ancient Egyptian god
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Horus
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, their god of the sky and flight.[ Late on his ring gear design was tweaked to be primarily white and incorporate various angelic design features to reference both his grandfather and father's Ángel Blanco ring characters.][ Horus generally works in the first or second match of CMLL's major shows, having yet to give the breakthrough performance that would move him up the ranks of CMLL's hierarchy. ]Hombre Bala Jr.
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was one of 18 wrestlers who competed in the second annual ''Torneo Sangre Nueva'' tournament, a tournament for young or low ranking wrestlers. He competed in qualifying Block A on February 26, 2012 for a place in the finals, the other wrestlers in Block A included Soberano Jr.
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, Camaleón
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, Stigma, Hombre Bala Jr.
Drone (born August 8, 1991 in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico, Mexico State, Mexico) is the current ring name of a Mexico, Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador wrestling mask, enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestling, professional wrestl ...
, Akuma, Espanto, Jr., Herodes, Jr., Cholo
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and Bobby Zavala
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who competed in a ''torneo cibernetico
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'', multi-man elimination match. He eliminated Akuma, but was later eliminated himself due to an injury he suffered during a dive. It was later revealed that he suffered a knee injury, an injury that was believed to keep him out of the ring for three months.
On November 30, 2013, Horus was defeated by his uncle Ángel Blanco, Jr. in a ''Lucha de Apuestas
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'' and was, as a result, forced to unmask and reveal his real name.
''Luchas de Apuestass'' record
References
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1982 births
Living people
Masked wrestlers
Mexican male professional wrestlers
Professional wrestlers from Jalisco
People from Guadalajara, Jalisco