''Los Capos Junior'' (

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for "The Junior Bosses") is a Mexican

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group, called a

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, which is working on the Mexican Independent circuit, including regular appearances for

International Wrestling Revolution Group International Wrestling Revolution Group (Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish; the Spanish name is used for the promotion while the English initials are used for the title governing body) is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, Sta ...

(IWRG). The group works as a ''

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'' (term used for wrestlers who portray the "bad guys") faction and often teams together for

tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establish ...

or Trios (three man team) matches. The storyline behind team is that they are all sons of one of the original ''

Los Capos Los Capos (Spanish for "The Bosses") was a Lucha Libre stable consisting of Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 (often written as "Dos Mil") and Universo 2000, and at one point also included Apolo Dantés. Los Capos is also often referred to as ''Los ...

'',

Cien Caras Carmelo Reyes González (born October 18, 1949) is a Mexican retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Cien Caras ("Hundred Faces"). He is best known for his appearances with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Personal l ...

and

Máscara Año 2000 Jesús Reyes González (born 10 March 1958) is a Mexican ''Luchador'', or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Máscara Año 2000 or Máscara Año Dos Mil. His ring name is Spanish for "Mask of the year 2000", originally referri ...

, although only one of the four members have been confirmed as being a blood relative while two others were definitely not. The stable includes

Cien Caras Jr. Cien Caras Jr. (born October 18, 1976) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) portraying a ''rudo'' ...

(not a son),

Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 (born 1986) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a ''rudo'' ("Bad guy ...

(possibly a son) and

Máscara Año 2000 Jr. Ángel Omar Reyes Franco (born 16 January 1977) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador'' or professional wrestling, professional wrestler, better known as Máscara Año 2000 Jr. He is working for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), and International ...

(a son).

El Hijo de Cien Caras Eustacio Jiménez Ibarra (March 21, 1976 – November 29, 2010) was a Mexican '' Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler better known by the ring name of El Hijo de Cien Caras. The name is Spanish for "the Son of Cien Caras." ...

was a part of the group until his death in 2010. ''Los Capos'' have at times also been billed as ''Los Hermanos Dinamita'' ("The Dynamite Brothers") leading this team being called ''Los Hermanos Dinamita Junior'' or ''Los Junior Dinamitas''.

History

Los Junior Capos started out with two wrestlers who paid Carmelo Reyes González, better known under the

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for the use of his ring name and mask design to become

and

(Literally "The Son of Cien Caras"). The two first began working together in

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where they had both previous worked under other identities. Early on in the life of Los Junior Capos the duo defeated Flash I and Flash IINeither of them are to be confused with Fuego, who worked as Flash before changing his name. to win the Occidente ("Western") Tag Team Championship on December 11, 2005. In the subsequent years ''Los Capos Junior'' would only defend the tag team titles on a few occasions, against the team of

El Sagrado El Sagrado (born June 19, 1980) is a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). His ring name is Spanish for "The ...

and

El Texano Jr. Juan Aguilar Leos (born July 31, 1984) is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Texano Jr. Aguilar is the son of Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui, who wrestled under the name El Texano; Aguilar's brother ...

in 2006 and Leon Blanco and Rayman in 2007. The fact that the team held the championship for a total of 545 days is more a reflection of how infrequent the titles were defended and Los Capos Junior working together than anything else. Their reign was ended on March 25, 2007 when El Sagrado and Rayman defeated them to win the belts. Around 2007/2008 Los Capos Junior began working for

(IWRG) where they began teaming with

, son of

, and thus "storyline" cousin of Los Junior Capos. In IWRG Hijo de Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. teamed together on a regular basis, and on May 31, 2007 they defeated the team of

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and

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to win the

IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship The IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (''Campeonato Intercontinental de Parejas IWRG'' in Spanish) is a professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolut ...

. This marked the beginning of what would be the longest reign of any IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Champions, 801 days in total. For over two years Los Capos Junior defended such teams as

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and

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and Hijo del Pierroth,

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and Hijo de Aníbal, Heavy Metal and

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 ...

Rayo de Jalisco Jr. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. (Spanish for "Lightning Bolt from Jalisco Jr."; born January 1, 1960) is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions. Ray ...

and Hijo de Aníbal,

Dr. Wagner Jr. Juan Manuel González Barrón (born August 12, 1965) is a Mexican ''luchador'' (Spanish for "professional wrestler") who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner Jr., having used that name since 1987. He is the son of Manuel González Rivera ...

and Silver King, ''Los Cowboys'' (Silver King and El Dandy), El Fantasma and Fantasma Jr.,

Scorpio Jr. Rafael Núñez Juan (born October 11, 1966) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' or professional wrestler who is best known under his Ring name Scorpio Jr. Núñez is the son of professional wrestler "Scorpio", and was trained by his father and Rafael Sal ...

and

Zumbido José Angel García Paz (born November 4, 1974) is a Mexican '' Luchador'', or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Zumbido (Spanish for "Buzz"). He has worked for both Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and AAA throughout hi ...

(twice), Alrquin and Hijo del Pierroth and Los Headhunters between 2007 and 2009. On August 9, 2009 they lost the championship to Scorpio Jr. and

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. In April, 2010 the Mexico State wrestling commission stripped the team of

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and

Cerebro Negro Ricardo Antonio Morales Gonzalez (born September 30, 1973 in Mexico City, Mexico), better known under the ring name Cerebro Negro ("Black Brain"), is a Mexican ''luchador'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican profess ...

of the

Distrito Federal Trios Championship The Distrito Federal Trios Championship is a ''Trios'' (six-man) tag team Championship primarily promoted by the Mexican Lucha libre professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). The title was created in 1986 ...

as Cerebro Negro had not wrestled in the State of Mexico for 90 days. Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. teamed up with their father for the tournament, qualifying for the finals by defeating first the team of Chico Che, Ultraman Jr. and Zatura and then

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, Brazo Metálico and Hijo del Brazo de Plata to qualify for the finals of the tournament. The following week ''Los Máscaras Año 2000'' lost to the team of ''Los Gringos VIP'' ( Avisman,

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and Gringo Loco) in the finals of the tournament.

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wrestler Silver King showed up for the show, allegedly to promote the movie "Nacho Libre II" but ended up starting an interpromotional feud between AAA and IWRG. ''Los Junior Dinamitas'' quickly came to the defense of IWRG, wrestling against Silver King and other AAA representatives such as

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, Chessman and Cibernético. During AAA's

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''Los Junior Dinamitas'' made a surprise appearance moments after Silver King and

Último Gladiador Gerardo Campos Poza (born March 28, 1978), better known under his ring name Último Gladiador (Spanish for "Last Gladiator") is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. Campos currently works for the Mexican prof ...

won the

AAA World Tag Team Championship The AAA World Tag Team Championship (''Campeonato en Parejas AAA'' in Spanish) is the main tag team title contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). In 1993 AAA created the first version of the AAA World T ...

to challenge the new champions. This marked the first time IWRG wrestlers appeared on AAA television. On June 26, 2010 the team of Hijo de Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. regained the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship when they defeated the team of

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and

Hijo de Pirata Morgan Antheus Ortiz Chávez, better known under the ring name Hijo de Pirata Morgan (born February 28, 1992 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion ...

. Los Junior Capos did challenge for the AAA World Tag Team Championship on August 19, 2010 but were defeated by champions Silver King and Ultimo Maniaco. The tag team championship reign lasted until November of that year when ''Los Piratos'' regained the titles. On November 29, 2010 Hijo de Cien Caras, was assassinated in

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. Until the death of Hijo de Cien Caras Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 had only worked with the rest of Los Capos Juniors on occasion, but became a regular member of the trio afterwards. In September, 2011 IWRG held a trios tournament to determine the next challengers for the

IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship The IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship (''Campeon Intercontinental Trios de IWRG'' in Spanish) is a ''Trios'' (six-man) tag team Championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha libre professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revol ...

. In the preliminary round ''Los Capos Junior'' outlasted the teams of ''

Los Perros del Mal Los Perros del Mal (''English: The Dogs of Evil'') was a Mexican ''Lucha libre'' wrestling group stable, originally competed in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and in Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). The name (meaning "The Dogs of Evil") is a pla ...

'' (

Bestia 666 Leornardo Carrera Lizarraga (born May 14, 1989) is a Mexican ''luchador'' or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bestia 666. He is currently working for various promotions across Mexico, while also performing in the United State ...

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*Damiani, an Italian surname *Damiano (disambiguation) *Damien (disambiguation) ...

and

X-Fly Juan Francisco Domínguez (born September 8, 1977) is a Mexican ''luchador'' or professional wrestler, currently performing under the ring name X-Fly. He is also known as the original Mosco de la Merced ("Mosquito of the Mercy"), a name which has ...

) and ''

Los Psycho Circus Los Psycho Circus is a ''Lucha libre'', or professional wrestling, trio who worked for the Mexico City based Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) as a '' tecnico'' (good guy) team. The trio consists of three '' enmascarado'', or masked, wrestlers know ...

'' (

Monster Clown Rafael Ramírez Solorza (born February 24, 1976) is a Mexican ''Luchador'', better known by the ring name Monster Clown and previously worked as Aliens between 2004 and 2007 before adopting his current ring name. He is currently under contract ...

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and

Psycho Clown Psycho Clown (born December 16, 1985) is the ring name of a Mexican '' Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Psycho Clown's ring character is that of a nightmarish clown a ...

) to earn a match for the championship at a later date. On December 1, 2011 ''Los Capos Junior'' defeated ''Los Perros del Mal'' to win the IWRG Intercontinental Championship. On December 16, 2011, at AAA's

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, Máscara Año 2000 Jr. formed the stable ''

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'' ("The Council", referring to CMLL without using the acronym) with former CMLL workers

and Toscano. Following the event Máscara Año 2000 Jr. teamed less with the other Capos Junior and more with ''El Consejo'', but did team up with them on May 27, 2012 where the trio lost the Trios championship to ''La Familia de Tijuana'' (Damian 666, Headhunter A and X-Fly). In March 2011 Cien Caras Jr. and Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 participated in Universal Wrestling Entertainment's (UWE) Tag Team Championship tournament. In the first round they defeated the team of Scorpio Jr. and Zumbido, in the quarter finals they defeated the team of ''Los Psycho Circus'' (Murder Clown and Psycho Clown), but lost their semi-final match to ''

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'' (

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and

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). ''Los Capos Junior'', in this case Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 and Cien Caras Jr., participated in the 2012 '' Gran Legado'' ("Great Legacy") tournament, but lost to the father/son team of

and

. ''Los Capos Junior'', in this case Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 and Cien Caras Jr., participated in the 2012 '' Guerra de Empresas'' ("Battle of the promotions") tournament, representing IWRG. The team qualified for the finals by defeating ''La Familia de Tijuana'' (Damian 666 and X-Fly) and ''El Consejo'' (

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and

) but lost to Cibernético and

La Parka Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra (November 14, 1965) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'' ( masked professional wrestler), who currently performs as L. A. Park for Major League Wrestling in the United States, where he is a former MLW World Tag ...

(representing AAA) in the finals.,

Championships and accomplishments

;Championships won as a team are listed. *

CMLL Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...

CMLL runs a wrestling school in Guadalajara, attending the school does not automatically put them under contract with CMLL **Occidente Tag Team Championship (1 time) –

and

(

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) –

and

( 1 time) –

and

Footnotes

References

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