Héctor Picasso Ríos (born October 19, 1983 in

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), better known under the

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Guerrero Negro Jr., is a Mexican '' luchador'', or

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, best known for working for the Mexican

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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre 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) portraying a ''

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'' ("bad guy") wrestling character. He is a second-generation wrestler, son of "Guerrero Negro II" and nephew of "Guerrero Negro III".

Professional wrestling career

Héctor Picasso grew up watching his father and uncle compete under the

s "Guerrero Negro II" and "Guerrero Negro III" (

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for "Black Warrior") and followed in their footsteps by turning professional around 2006. Another uncle of Piscasso wrestle as King Warrior and one of his cousins works as "Guerrera Negra". Picasso adopted the ring name "Guerrero Negro Jr." on his debut and worked on the Mexican independent circuit for several years. In 2007 he joined forced with Tigre Cota and

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to form a trio known as "Los

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s". In 2011 he began training at the

(CMLL) wrestling school for an eventual CMLL debut.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2012–)

Guerrero Negro Jr. was introduced as part of ''Generacion 2012'' in the fall of 2012. ''Generacion 2012'' included Herodes Jr., Taurus, Genesis, Oro Jr., Espanto Jr. and Akuma. ''Generacion'' 2012 was not a group, but more the "graduating class" from the CMLL wrestling school. Some, like Guerrero Negro Jr., were not actual rookies but they had never worked for CMLL before and only made their CMLL debut after extensive training in the CMLL wrestling school. Guerrero Negro Jr. teamed up with Herodes Jr. for his CMLL debut on August 18, 2013, losing to the team of Genesis and Höruz in the first match of the evening. On January 1, 2013 Guerrero Negro Jr. worked for the CMLL affiliated

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, wrestling in the Young Dragon's Cup. For the tournament Guerrero Negro Jr. teamed up with fellow ''Generacion 2012'' member Akuma, only to lose to Taurus and Zumba in the first round. On February 1, 2013 Guerrero Negro Jr. made his debut on CMLL's main show, '' Super Viernes'' in

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, teaming with

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as they lost to

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and

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in the opening match of the show. In March 2013 Guerrero Negro Jr. was one of 18 wrestlers who competed in the second annual ''

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'' ("New Blood Tournament"), a tournament for young or low ranking wrestlers. He competed in qualifying block B on March 5, 2013 for a place in the finals, the other wrestlers in Block B included Genesis, Robin,

, Super Halcón Jr., Disturbio, Guerrero Negro Jr.,

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, Taurus and Zayco who competed in a ''

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'', multi-man elimination match. Oro Jr. was the fifth man eliminated over all when he was pinned by Disturbio. In late March, 2013 Guerrero Negro Jr. was announced as one of the ''Novatos'', or rookies, in the 2013 ''

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'', or "Great Alternative tournament". The ''Gran Alternativa'' pairs a rookie with an experienced wrestler for a

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tournament. Guerrero Negro Jr. was teamed up with the veteran

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for the tournament. The team competed in "Block A" on April 12, 2013 where they defeated Oro Jr. and

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and the team of Disturbio and Volador Jr. in the second round. In the semi-final the duo lost to

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and Último Guerrero's long time rival

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Picasso left CMLL in April 2014. He got shot in an incident in October 2015. He is expected to return to CMLL early 2016.

References

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