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Jr."; born January 1, 1960) is an active Mexican ''
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'' '' enmascarado'' (or masked
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). He is currently performing as a
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on the Mexican
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, and is best known for his longtime association with
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 (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest profe ...
(CMLL). A second-generation wrestler, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. is the son of Rayo de Jalisco, a famous wrestler from the early days of ''lucha libre''; he also has a son who wrestles under the name
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. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. is a two-time CMLL World Heavyweight Champion and WWA World Heavyweight Champion, a title he has held from March 21, 2003 to 2011. His real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico, where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.


Early life

Rayo de Jalisco Jr. was born on January 1, 1960, in
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, the son of legendary wrestler Rayo de Jalisco and the nephew of wrestlers Tony Sugar and Black Sugar. He was not initially trained by his father as his father did not want his son to follow into his profession; instead he trained under Diablo Velazco.


Professional wrestling career

The future Rayo de Jalisco Jr. turned professional at the age of 15 and initially wrestled under the name "Rayman" to keep his father from finding out he was wrestling. After working as a wrestler for a year he finally revealed to his father that he was wrestling and that he was serious. After seeing his son wrestle, Rayo de Jalisco Sr. decided to allow his son to work as "Rayo de Jalisco Jr." and wear the lightning bolt mask that was synonymous with the Rayo de Jalisco character. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. worked most of the 1970s alongside his father, receiving further training along the way. By the early 1980s he was working for
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(EMLL), Mexico's largest
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. In 1982, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. began a wrestling storyline, called a feud, with MS-1 that ended when Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated MS-1 in a ''
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'', mask vs. mask match to unmask the hated ''
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'' ("bad guy"). Throughout the early 1980s, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. teamed up with equally popular
Cien Caras J. Carmelo Reyes González (born May 11, 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 life ...
to form a very successful team, working main events all over Mexico. On January 8, 1984, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. captured his first singles championship as he defeated
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to win the
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. His first championship success also led to his greatest rivalry as Cien Caras turned on Rayo de Jalisco Jr. in his quest to win the Mexican National Heavyweight Title. Cien Caras defeated his former teammate for the title on March 30, 1984. On June 21, 1985, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated MS-1 to capture the
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship The NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). For the majority of its existence the title was promoted by Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Lib ...
in the main event of an Arena Mexico show. In November 1985, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. teamed with
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and the Kiss to win the
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from Los Brazos (
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, Brazo de Oro and
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). The trio held the title for 275 days before losing it to Pirata Morgan,
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and Hombre Bala. On March 20, 1987, Rayo de Jalisco's 637-day reign as NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion ended as he lost to MS-1. By 1990, the storyline between Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Cien Caras became so heated that they were the main event of EMLL's 57th Anniversary show in a ''Luchas de Apuestas'', mask vs. mask match. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. defeated Cien Caras two falls to one and forced Cien Caras to unmask. Over the next couple of years, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. won the Mexican National Heavyweight Title on a further two occasions, defeating Gran Markus Jr. and El Egipico to win the title. His third and final reign ended on February 21, 1994, when he lost to
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On November 3, 1995, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and
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teamed up to win the
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from
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. The duo successfully defended it against
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and
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, and against
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and
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. On August 6, 1996, Gran Markus Jr. and El Hijo del Gladiador won the title from Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Atlantis. On April 14, 1996, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. won the
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from Apolo Dantés, the highest singles championship in the company. He made three successful defenses against the former champion Apolo Dantés, as well as thwarting the challenges of Gran Markus Jr. and Máscara Año 2000. On April 18, 1997, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. lost the title to
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after a slow building storyline between the two. In 1997, Steel left CMLL to work for the
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(WWF) as "Val Venis", ending the storyline with Rayo de Jalisco Jr. without a satisfactory conclusion. CMLL convinced the WWF to let Steel return to CMLL for a brief visit, just long enough to lose a ''Luchas de Apuestas'' to Rayo de Jalisco Jr. giving him another mask win. A few months after unmasking Steel, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. became a two-time CMLL World Heavyweight Champion when he defeated Universo 2000 for the belt. He successfully defended the championship against Cien Caras and Mascara Año 2000, before losing it back to Universo 2000. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. was injured in the match against Universo 2000, as a mistimed
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injured his neck, forcing him out of the ring for over six months and almost causing him to retire. In 2001, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. dropped the "Junior" part of his name as his son, who had wrestled for two years, took the "Rayo de Jalisco" name, sometimes billed as ''el Hijo de Rayo de Jalisco Jr.'' ("the son of Rayo de Jalisco Jr.") and other times simply ''Rayo de Jalisco Jr.''. The confusing name changes only lasted for a couple of months, before his son changed his name to ''Hombre sin Nombre'' ("the man without name"), as part of a storyline where the son was trying to get out from the father's shadow. His son would later begin working as "Rayman", the same name that Rayo de Jalisco Jr. originally used. Since 2003, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. has not worked for CMLL on a regular basis, instead he works for a number of promotions of the Mexican
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. On March 21, 2003, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. won the
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, defeating Rey Misterio Sr. in the finals of a tournament to crown a new champion. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. still holds that title to this day, later. In 2004, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. made a brief return to CMLL teaming up with Black Warrior and El Canek to win the
CMLL World Trios Championship The CMLL World Trios Championship (Spanish: "''Campeonato Mundial de Trios''") is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico. The title has existed since 1991 and is contested for by teams o ...
from
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, Universo 2000, and Black Tiger (III). The team quickly lost the title to
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,
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, and
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. In 2005, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. suffered another serious injury when he injured both his knees in a match against Máscara Año 2000; his legs got caught on the ropes as he jumped out of the ring and he tore ligaments in both knees. The injury kept him out of the ring for almost half a year but he made a full recovery and returned to the ring. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. made his return to CMLL in May 2010, siding with the CMLL loyalists in their feud with ''
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'', especially ''Invasore'' members Universo 2000 and Máscara Año 2000, reigniting the long-running storyline between them. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. only worked a few matches for CMLL in mid-2010 but returned to the promotion in early 2013. He was on hand for a press conference, announcing that CMLL's annual ''
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'' show would pay tribute to his father, Rayo de Jalisco Sr. During the press conference, he was confronted by longtime rival Universo 2000, who challenged him to a match for the ''Dos Leyendas'' show. At the show, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Shocker and Rush defeated Universo 2000, Mr. Niebla and
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by disqualification. Two days later, on March 17, 2013, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. competed in a four-way,
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billed by IWRG as '' Prison Fatal'' ("Deadly Prison") against Cien Caras Jr., Máscara Año 2000 Jr. and
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. During the match, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 interfered, which caused
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to enter the match as well to escalate the rivalry between ''Los Piratas'' and ''
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''. The match ended with Pirata Morgan being the last man in the cage and thus had his hair shaved off.


Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) – with
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**
CMLL World Trios Championship The CMLL World Trios Championship (Spanish: "''Campeonato Mundial de Trios''") is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico. The title has existed since 1991 and is contested for by teams o ...
( 1 time) – with
El Canek Felipe Estrada (born June 19, 1952), known as El Canek or simply Canek, is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' or masked professional wrestler best known for the 20 years he worked for the Universal Wrestling Association where he held the UWA W ...
and Black Warrior **
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( 3 times) **
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( 1 time) – with Tony Benetto **
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( 1 time) – with
Ringo Mendoza Genaro Jacobo Contreras (born September 19, 1949), better known by his ring name Ringo Mendoza, is a Mexican professional wrestling trainer and retired '' luchador'' (or professional wrestler) for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Mendoza wr ...
and El Kiss **
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( 1 time) ** Copa de Arena Mexico:
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Black Warrior and Lizmark Jr. ** International Gran Prix (
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) *Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre **FILL Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Nueva Generación Lucha Libre **NGLLHeavyweight Championship (1 time, current) *
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( 1 time, current) ** WWA Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Rayman


''Luchas de Apuestas'' record


Footnotes


References


External links


Cagematch.net profile
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