Blue Demon, Jr.

Blue Demon, Jr.
Blue Demon, Jr. (behind, in blue costume) versus El Hijo del Santo
Ring name(s)	Blue Demon, Jr.
Billed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Billed weight	194 lb (88 kg)[1]
Born	July 16, 1966 (1966-07-16) (age 43)[1] Mexico City, Mexico
Trained by	Blue Demon[1] Rolando Vera[1] Rafael Salamanca[1] Pepe Mendieta[1]
Debut	01985-07-26 July 26, 1985[1]

Blue Demon, Jr. (born July 16, 1966) is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is the allegedly adopted son of the legendary original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and first masked luchador to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, which he currently holds. Blue Demon, Jr.'s real name is unknown.

Professional wrestling career

Origins and heritage controversy

Originally Blue Demon Jr. was said to be the adopted son of Blue Demon, but Blue Demon's other son, non-wrestler Alfredo Muñoz, has claimed that Blue Demon Jr was not legally adopted and that he (Muñoz) retains rights to the name Blue Demon (i.e., without the "Jr").

Universal Wrestling Association

Blue Demon Jr. won the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship in 1997 in Panama by defeating Black Demon. Between 1997 and 1999 (exact date unknown) he lost the title to Pablo Marquez.

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

In Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) he formed the team Los Juniors with La Parka, Jr., Mascara Sagrada, Jr. and Perro Aguayo, Jr.. On April 18, 1999 in Zapopan, Jalisco they won the Mexican National Atómicos Championship by defeating Los Vatos Locos, a team of Charly Manson, May Flowers, Nygma and Picudo. On September 17, 1999 in Mexico City, D.F. they lost the championship to Los Vipers a team of Histeria, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced II and Psicosis II.

National Wrestling Alliance

On October 25, 2008, Demon, Jr. became the first Mexican professional wrestler, as well as first masked luchador to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship when he defeated NWA Heavyweight Champion Adam Pearce. His win was also the first time the title changed hands in Mexico, although not with CMLL as would have been the case before the mid-1980s (It happened in Blue Demon Jr's own promotion known as "NWA Mexico"). The ongoing storyline has Pearce protesting the loss with the NWA as his arm was under the bottom rope when he passed out from Blue Demon Jr's Single leg Boston crab. Blue Demon Jr. has also managed to hold on to the belt for over a year.

In films and TV

In 2007 he appeared in the film Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (also known as Mil Mascaras Resurrection).^[2][3][4] In an episode of Mucha Lucha, a cartoon version of Blue Demon Jr. appears as a super hero wrestler.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves

• El Pulpo (Sharpshooter)
• Three-quarter facelock transitioned into either a bulldog or a jawbreaker^[5]

• Signature moves

• Hurricanrana
• Single leg Boston crab
• Suicide dive

• Nicknames

• "El Hijo de la Leyenda Azul" ("The Son of the Blue Legend")

Championships and accomplishments

• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

• Mexican National Atómicos Championship (1 time) - with La Parka, Jr., Perro Aguayo, Jr. and Máscara Sagrada, Jr^[1]
• Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)^[1]

• International Wrestling All Stars

• IWAS World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ^[6]

• National Wrestling Alliance

• NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current) ^[7]

• Universal Wrestling Association

• UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1]

• World Wrestling Association

• WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ^[8]
• WWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[1]
• WWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time) ^[9]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 376 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2006.

Lucha de Apuesta record

References

External links

• Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy Official Page
• PopMatters review of Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy