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Tinieblas

2007-04-21T00:37:22Z

Gabriel: /* Gallery */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=tinieblas.jpg
|name=Tinieblas (Darkness)
|realName=
|nicknames=El Gigante Sabio (The Wise Giant), El Capitán Aventuras (Captain Adventure)
|nameHistory=
|family=[[Tinieblas Jr.]] (son)
|maestro=[[Rafael Salamanca]], [[Dick Medrano]]
|birthdate=[[June 8]], [[1939]] - [[Mexico City]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[August 20]], [[1971]] - [[Arena México]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=6'3"/190 cms
|weight=240 lbs/109 kg
|signatureMoves=El Abrazo del Oso ([[Bearhug]]), [[Plancha]]
|titles=Guatemala: [[IWA Junior Heavyweight Title]], [[WWA World Heavyweight Title]]
}}



== Biography ==


Tinieblas was born on June 8, 1939 (not 1945 like he'll tell you) in Mexico City. Even though his family name shouldn't be revealed at this point, he's the brother of a famous Mexican bullfighter of the past.

From the 60s to the early 90s, there was a very popular magazine in Mexico called "Lucha Libre", run by Valente Pérez (though it was renamed "Lucha Libre Mundial" when Benjamín Mora Jr. took over, and not coincidentially, the magazine didn't last a lot with Mora in charge). LL also had a bodybuilding sister magazine called "Muscle Power", whose editor also was Valente Pérez. Pérez, who was well liked and respected in the business and had a very good relationship with the Lutteroth family, had a special talent to come up with names and personalities for new luchadores, the most successful one being Mil Máscaras.

At the same time, a young man who had entered "Mister Jalisco" contests in Guadalajara, was scouted by Black Shadow and Dory Dixon. Both saw a future star in the youngster, especially because he was very tall for a Mexican. Shadow and Dixon convinced him to get into pro wrestling and he went under training with EMLL's maestros Rafael Salamanca and Dick Medrano.

In 1968, Pérez came up with a new character that had money written all over it. He thought about an ultimate heel nemesis for Mil Mascaras, and what better for that than the subject of darkness? He had even designed the perfect mask for this wrestler - a faceless hood. That's how Tinieblas was born, but in the end, he made his debut (and spent the rest of his career) as a tecnico and not as a rudo. In his first match, he teamed with Dixon and Shadow to face Dr. Wagner, El Solitario and Renato Torres in the main event of the August 20, 1971 Arena Mexico card.

In a way, Tinieblas can be seen as a disappointment, because even though he has had a very respectful career and nobody can deny that he is a legend, it was thought that through the movies he'd eventually reach the legendary status of El Santo and Blue Demon just like Mil Mascaras did.

He made a few movies (he had actually been a stunt man and an "extra" in many films before his lucha debut, with perhaps his most relevant work being in the Tarzan TV series of the 60s), and he was often used as a villain due to his size (he was Dr. Frankenstein in the 1973 "Santo y Blue Demon contra el Dr. Frankenstein") but he never really became a successful movie star. However he became a pioneer of an alternative art form that is still strong today - the weekly comic books. At their peak of popularity, those small books released issues on several stars, but he was the first one, other than Santo, to get his own weekly comic. He had a series released from 1976 to 1979, which is considered the best and most successful one. In the early 90s (1991 and 1992 to be more concrete) there was a "lucha magazine boom", as more than 20 WEEKLY publications were released in the country. But the one that easily was the largest selling magazine of them all, was the little comic booklet called "Sensacional de Luchas a Color". This book, published by Editorial Ejea, featured an history with a masked wrestler every week. While Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Misterioso, Atlantis, Octagon and others were heavily featured on those, the only wrestler that had his own comic was Tinieblas. This series called "Tinieblas, El Hijo de la Noche" (Son of the night) lasted from 1991 to 1995 (when the boom was long dead, economy went down and production costs went up). The comic was relaunched in the year 2000 by Editorial Shilbalba, but now it had a bigger page format and far better production (so not to look cheap and outdated compared to the Japanese and American comics). At this point, he's the last wrestler to have the honor of having his own comic book. In Japan, Tinieblas is described as a "Modern Comic Hero"

The lack of titles and big singles main events during his career tells us that Tinieblas' biggest strength wasn't his ringwork. It was adequate, though, but as he had a very late debut, age caught him faster than it does with other luchadores.

Either way, Tinieblas was a big draw and achieved huge success as a "lucha embassador" in countries like Panama, Guatemala and many of the Caribbean islands. He also was one of the first luchadores to tour Japan when he came for an August of 1974 tour as "El León Tinieblas", but he didn't return to Japan until 1991, when he was used by the W*ING promotion in a tag team with his son, Tinieblas Jr.

As mentioned before, there's a general lack of big trophies in Tinieblas' career. In March of 1980, he won the Junior Heavyweight Title in Jose Assari's Guatemalan IWA, defeating La Furia and losing it back in Guatemala to Edgar Echeverría after 15 successful defenses. He also briefly held the WWA World Heavyweight Title (defeating Bill Anderson on January 31, 1987 in Los Angeles) until losing it to Super Halcón, but that's about it, as he has never been in a big "lucha de apuestas".

He also was one of the very first men that left EMLL in December of 1974 to form the UWA. Since then, he has spent the rest of his career as an independent contractor. He had long runs in Tijuana with Mora but he was loyal to the UWA until it was in its last legs. In June of 1992 he jumped to AAA. Other than some work for EMLL in 1996, he stayed with AAA until he and his son left in August of 1997. The junior jumped to Promo Azteca and the senior became a true freelancer again (though he now had ties with Promo Azteca). Today, he can often be seen competing for EMLL and the IWRG.

Tinieblas' popularity is still high today among kids. In order to keep his name strong, in 1988 he added his "mini-mascot" Alushe to his act, and in the late 80s and early 90s he appeared in the Capulina TV show for kids. Nowadays he follows the Mil Mascaras routine of wrestling everywhere, but just a few dates to avoid burning out.

It's not known how long will Tinieblas stay in the business. He has little athleticism left but he has shown no signs of retirement and it looks like he will be able to get work at almost all the big arenas for a few more years, relying on name value and Alushe's comedy.

As a fun fact, one of Tinieblas' nicknames is "El Gigante Sabio" (The Wise Giant). In the Lucha Libre magazine, and more recently in Luchas 2000, there was a "Pregúntale a Tinieblas" (Ask Tinieblas) section where people would supposedly send him general culture questions and he'd answer them. After reading Tinieblas' answers and seeing how accurate they are, you can bet that an encyclopedia was used to answer those, but in reality, Tinieblas is a very intelligent man with a tremendous cultural knowledge!

=== not [[Dr. Alfonso Morales]] ===

On the week Tinieblas debuted, lucha announcer Dr. Alfonso Morales was absent. Dr. Morales missing a show is a strange event, he's a tall man, and Tinieblas is a tall man, so some believed the announcer was actually under the mask.

This is not true. Morales is not Tinieblas, and has done commentary on his matches.

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Coloso Colosetti|El Internacional]]|unknown}}
{{aline|73/07/24|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[TNT]]|Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City}}
{{aline|82/04/24|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Red Terror]]|unknown}}
{{aline|83/11/13|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Super Máquina]]|Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City}}
{{aline|87/??/??|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Abdullah Tamba]]|L.A. Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles, CA, USA}}
{{aline|99/04/04|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Médico Asesino Jr.]]|Torreón, Coahuila}}
{{aline|01/01/21|mask (1)|[[Tinieblas]]|[[El Enfermero 2001]]|Gimnasio José Neri Santos - Cd. Juarez, Chih.}}
{{aline|03/01/24|mask (2)|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Zombie II]]|Campo Antonio Palacios - Ensenada, B.C.}}
{{aend|(1) Relevos Suicidas vs. [[Máscara Sagrada]] & [[Fishman Jr.]]; (2) 12 wrestler ruleta}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery||name=White Tinieblas.jpg|caption=dressed in white}}
{{Gallery||name=Tinieblas01.jpg|caption=}}
{{Gallery|name=wwaheavy_tinieblas.jpg|caption=as [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship|WWA Heavyweight Champion]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Blue and tinieblas.JPG|caption= with [[Blue Demon]]}}
{{Gallerywide||name=Tin.jpg|caption= with [[Alushe]] and [[Tinieblas Jr.]]}}
 
{{Gallery||name=Tini.jpg|caption= with Alushe }}
{{Gallery||name=Tinie.jpg|caption= with Alushe }}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

Tinieblas

2007-04-20T02:30:08Z

Gabriel: /* Gallery */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=tinieblas.jpg
|name=Tinieblas (Darkness)
|realName=
|nicknames=El Gigante Sabio (The Wise Giant), El Capitán Aventuras (Captain Adventure)
|nameHistory=
|family=[[Tinieblas Jr.]] (son)
|maestro=[[Rafael Salamanca]], [[Dick Medrano]]
|birthdate=[[June 8]], [[1939]] - [[Mexico City]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[August 20]], [[1971]] - [[Arena México]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=6'3"/190 cms
|weight=240 lbs/109 kg
|signatureMoves=El Abrazo del Oso ([[Bearhug]]), [[Plancha]]
|titles=Guatemala: [[IWA Junior Heavyweight Title]], [[WWA World Heavyweight Title]]
}}



== Biography ==


Tinieblas was born on June 8, 1939 (not 1945 like he'll tell you) in Mexico City. Even though his family name shouldn't be revealed at this point, he's the brother of a famous Mexican bullfighter of the past.

From the 60s to the early 90s, there was a very popular magazine in Mexico called "Lucha Libre", run by Valente Pérez (though it was renamed "Lucha Libre Mundial" when Benjamín Mora Jr. took over, and not coincidentially, the magazine didn't last a lot with Mora in charge). LL also had a bodybuilding sister magazine called "Muscle Power", whose editor also was Valente Pérez. Pérez, who was well liked and respected in the business and had a very good relationship with the Lutteroth family, had a special talent to come up with names and personalities for new luchadores, the most successful one being Mil Máscaras.

At the same time, a young man who had entered "Mister Jalisco" contests in Guadalajara, was scouted by Black Shadow and Dory Dixon. Both saw a future star in the youngster, especially because he was very tall for a Mexican. Shadow and Dixon convinced him to get into pro wrestling and he went under training with EMLL's maestros Rafael Salamanca and Dick Medrano.

In 1968, Pérez came up with a new character that had money written all over it. He thought about an ultimate heel nemesis for Mil Mascaras, and what better for that than the subject of darkness? He had even designed the perfect mask for this wrestler - a faceless hood. That's how Tinieblas was born, but in the end, he made his debut (and spent the rest of his career) as a tecnico and not as a rudo. In his first match, he teamed with Dixon and Shadow to face Dr. Wagner, El Solitario and Renato Torres in the main event of the August 20, 1971 Arena Mexico card.

In a way, Tinieblas can be seen as a disappointment, because even though he has had a very respectful career and nobody can deny that he is a legend, it was thought that through the movies he'd eventually reach the legendary status of El Santo and Blue Demon just like Mil Mascaras did.

He made a few movies (he had actually been a stunt man and an "extra" in many films before his lucha debut, with perhaps his most relevant work being in the Tarzan TV series of the 60s), and he was often used as a villain due to his size (he was Dr. Frankenstein in the 1973 "Santo y Blue Demon contra el Dr. Frankenstein") but he never really became a successful movie star. However he became a pioneer of an alternative art form that is still strong today - the weekly comic books. At their peak of popularity, those small books released issues on several stars, but he was the first one, other than Santo, to get his own weekly comic. He had a series released from 1976 to 1979, which is considered the best and most successful one. In the early 90s (1991 and 1992 to be more concrete) there was a "lucha magazine boom", as more than 20 WEEKLY publications were released in the country. But the one that easily was the largest selling magazine of them all, was the little comic booklet called "Sensacional de Luchas a Color". This book, published by Editorial Ejea, featured an history with a masked wrestler every week. While Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Misterioso, Atlantis, Octagon and others were heavily featured on those, the only wrestler that had his own comic was Tinieblas. This series called "Tinieblas, El Hijo de la Noche" (Son of the night) lasted from 1991 to 1995 (when the boom was long dead, economy went down and production costs went up). The comic was relaunched in the year 2000 by Editorial Shilbalba, but now it had a bigger page format and far better production (so not to look cheap and outdated compared to the Japanese and American comics). At this point, he's the last wrestler to have the honor of having his own comic book. In Japan, Tinieblas is described as a "Modern Comic Hero"

The lack of titles and big singles main events during his career tells us that Tinieblas' biggest strength wasn't his ringwork. It was adequate, though, but as he had a very late debut, age caught him faster than it does with other luchadores.

Either way, Tinieblas was a big draw and achieved huge success as a "lucha embassador" in countries like Panama, Guatemala and many of the Caribbean islands. He also was one of the first luchadores to tour Japan when he came for an August of 1974 tour as "El León Tinieblas", but he didn't return to Japan until 1991, when he was used by the W*ING promotion in a tag team with his son, Tinieblas Jr.

As mentioned before, there's a general lack of big trophies in Tinieblas' career. In March of 1980, he won the Junior Heavyweight Title in Jose Assari's Guatemalan IWA, defeating La Furia and losing it back in Guatemala to Edgar Echeverría after 15 successful defenses. He also briefly held the WWA World Heavyweight Title (defeating Bill Anderson on January 31, 1987 in Los Angeles) until losing it to Super Halcón, but that's about it, as he has never been in a big "lucha de apuestas".

He also was one of the very first men that left EMLL in December of 1974 to form the UWA. Since then, he has spent the rest of his career as an independent contractor. He had long runs in Tijuana with Mora but he was loyal to the UWA until it was in its last legs. In June of 1992 he jumped to AAA. Other than some work for EMLL in 1996, he stayed with AAA until he and his son left in August of 1997. The junior jumped to Promo Azteca and the senior became a true freelancer again (though he now had ties with Promo Azteca). Today, he can often be seen competing for EMLL and the IWRG.

Tinieblas' popularity is still high today among kids. In order to keep his name strong, in 1988 he added his "mini-mascot" Alushe to his act, and in the late 80s and early 90s he appeared in the Capulina TV show for kids. Nowadays he follows the Mil Mascaras routine of wrestling everywhere, but just a few dates to avoid burning out.

It's not known how long will Tinieblas stay in the business. He has little athleticism left but he has shown no signs of retirement and it looks like he will be able to get work at almost all the big arenas for a few more years, relying on name value and Alushe's comedy.

As a fun fact, one of Tinieblas' nicknames is "El Gigante Sabio" (The Wise Giant). In the Lucha Libre magazine, and more recently in Luchas 2000, there was a "Pregúntale a Tinieblas" (Ask Tinieblas) section where people would supposedly send him general culture questions and he'd answer them. After reading Tinieblas' answers and seeing how accurate they are, you can bet that an encyclopedia was used to answer those, but in reality, Tinieblas is a very intelligent man with a tremendous cultural knowledge!

=== not [[Dr. Alfonso Morales]] ===

On the week Tinieblas debuted, lucha announcer Dr. Alfonso Morales was absent. Dr. Morales missing a show is a strange event, he's a tall man, and Tinieblas is a tall man, so some believed the announcer was actually under the mask.

This is not true. Morales is not Tinieblas, and has done commentary on his matches.

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Coloso Colosetti|El Internacional]]|unknown}}
{{aline|73/07/24|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[TNT]]|Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City}}
{{aline|82/04/24|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Red Terror]]|unknown}}
{{aline|83/11/13|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Super Máquina]]|Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City}}
{{aline|87/??/??|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Abdullah Tamba]]|L.A. Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles, CA, USA}}
{{aline|99/04/04|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Médico Asesino Jr.]]|Torreón, Coahuila}}
{{aline|01/01/21|mask (1)|[[Tinieblas]]|[[El Enfermero 2001]]|Gimnasio José Neri Santos - Cd. Juarez, Chih.}}
{{aline|03/01/24|mask (2)|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Zombie II]]|Campo Antonio Palacios - Ensenada, B.C.}}
{{aend|(1) Relevos Suicidas vs. [[Máscara Sagrada]] & [[Fishman Jr.]]; (2) 12 wrestler ruleta}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|
|name=White Tinieblas.jpg
|caption=
}}
{{Gallery|
|name=Tinieblas01.jpg
|caption=
}}
{{Gallery|name=wwaheavy_tinieblas.jpg|caption=as [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship|WWA Heavyweight Champion]]}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Blue and tinieblas.JPG
|caption= With [[Blue Demon]]
}}
{{Gallerywide|
|name=Tin.jpg
|caption= with [[Alushe]] and [[Tinieblas Jr.]]
}}
{{Gallery|
|name=Tini.jpg
|caption= with Alushe
}}
{{Gallery|
|name=Tinie.jpg
|caption= with Alushe
}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

File:Blue and tinieblas.JPG

2007-04-20T02:26:53Z

Gabriel: Blue Demon and Tinieblas in Los Campeones Justicieros

Blue Demon and Tinieblas in [[Los Campeones Justicieros]]

Tinieblas

2007-04-20T01:49:36Z

Gabriel: /* Gallery */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=tinieblas.jpg
|name=Tinieblas (Darkness)
|realName=
|nicknames=El Gigante Sabio (The Wise Giant), El Capitán Aventuras (Captain Adventure)
|nameHistory=
|family=[[Tinieblas Jr.]] (son)
|maestro=[[Rafael Salamanca]], [[Dick Medrano]]
|birthdate=[[June 8]], [[1939]] - [[Mexico City]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[August 20]], [[1971]] - [[Arena México]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=6'3"/190 cms
|weight=240 lbs/109 kg
|signatureMoves=El Abrazo del Oso ([[Bearhug]]), [[Plancha]]
|titles=Guatemala: [[IWA Junior Heavyweight Title]], [[WWA World Heavyweight Title]]
}}



== Biography ==


Tinieblas was born on June 8, 1939 (not 1945 like he'll tell you) in Mexico City. Even though his family name shouldn't be revealed at this point, he's the brother of a famous Mexican bullfighter of the past.

From the 60s to the early 90s, there was a very popular magazine in Mexico called "Lucha Libre", run by Valente Pérez (though it was renamed "Lucha Libre Mundial" when Benjamín Mora Jr. took over, and not coincidentially, the magazine didn't last a lot with Mora in charge). LL also had a bodybuilding sister magazine called "Muscle Power", whose editor also was Valente Pérez. Pérez, who was well liked and respected in the business and had a very good relationship with the Lutteroth family, had a special talent to come up with names and personalities for new luchadores, the most successful one being Mil Máscaras.

At the same time, a young man who had entered "Mister Jalisco" contests in Guadalajara, was scouted by Black Shadow and Dory Dixon. Both saw a future star in the youngster, especially because he was very tall for a Mexican. Shadow and Dixon convinced him to get into pro wrestling and he went under training with EMLL's maestros Rafael Salamanca and Dick Medrano.

In 1968, Pérez came up with a new character that had money written all over it. He thought about an ultimate heel nemesis for Mil Mascaras, and what better for that than the subject of darkness? He had even designed the perfect mask for this wrestler - a faceless hood. That's how Tinieblas was born, but in the end, he made his debut (and spent the rest of his career) as a tecnico and not as a rudo. In his first match, he teamed with Dixon and Shadow to face Dr. Wagner, El Solitario and Renato Torres in the main event of the August 20, 1971 Arena Mexico card.

In a way, Tinieblas can be seen as a disappointment, because even though he has had a very respectful career and nobody can deny that he is a legend, it was thought that through the movies he'd eventually reach the legendary status of El Santo and Blue Demon just like Mil Mascaras did.

He made a few movies (he had actually been a stunt man and an "extra" in many films before his lucha debut, with perhaps his most relevant work being in the Tarzan TV series of the 60s), and he was often used as a villain due to his size (he was Dr. Frankenstein in the 1973 "Santo y Blue Demon contra el Dr. Frankenstein") but he never really became a successful movie star. However he became a pioneer of an alternative art form that is still strong today - the weekly comic books. At their peak of popularity, those small books released issues on several stars, but he was the first one, other than Santo, to get his own weekly comic. He had a series released from 1976 to 1979, which is considered the best and most successful one. In the early 90s (1991 and 1992 to be more concrete) there was a "lucha magazine boom", as more than 20 WEEKLY publications were released in the country. But the one that easily was the largest selling magazine of them all, was the little comic booklet called "Sensacional de Luchas a Color". This book, published by Editorial Ejea, featured an history with a masked wrestler every week. While Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Misterioso, Atlantis, Octagon and others were heavily featured on those, the only wrestler that had his own comic was Tinieblas. This series called "Tinieblas, El Hijo de la Noche" (Son of the night) lasted from 1991 to 1995 (when the boom was long dead, economy went down and production costs went up). The comic was relaunched in the year 2000 by Editorial Shilbalba, but now it had a bigger page format and far better production (so not to look cheap and outdated compared to the Japanese and American comics). At this point, he's the last wrestler to have the honor of having his own comic book. In Japan, Tinieblas is described as a "Modern Comic Hero"

The lack of titles and big singles main events during his career tells us that Tinieblas' biggest strength wasn't his ringwork. It was adequate, though, but as he had a very late debut, age caught him faster than it does with other luchadores.

Either way, Tinieblas was a big draw and achieved huge success as a "lucha embassador" in countries like Panama, Guatemala and many of the Caribbean islands. He also was one of the first luchadores to tour Japan when he came for an August of 1974 tour as "El León Tinieblas", but he didn't return to Japan until 1991, when he was used by the W*ING promotion in a tag team with his son, Tinieblas Jr.

As mentioned before, there's a general lack of big trophies in Tinieblas' career. In March of 1980, he won the Junior Heavyweight Title in Jose Assari's Guatemalan IWA, defeating La Furia and losing it back in Guatemala to Edgar Echeverría after 15 successful defenses. He also briefly held the WWA World Heavyweight Title (defeating Bill Anderson on January 31, 1987 in Los Angeles) until losing it to Super Halcón, but that's about it, as he has never been in a big "lucha de apuestas".

He also was one of the very first men that left EMLL in December of 1974 to form the UWA. Since then, he has spent the rest of his career as an independent contractor. He had long runs in Tijuana with Mora but he was loyal to the UWA until it was in its last legs. In June of 1992 he jumped to AAA. Other than some work for EMLL in 1996, he stayed with AAA until he and his son left in August of 1997. The junior jumped to Promo Azteca and the senior became a true freelancer again (though he now had ties with Promo Azteca). Today, he can often be seen competing for EMLL and the IWRG.

Tinieblas' popularity is still high today among kids. In order to keep his name strong, in 1988 he added his "mini-mascot" Alushe to his act, and in the late 80s and early 90s he appeared in the Capulina TV show for kids. Nowadays he follows the Mil Mascaras routine of wrestling everywhere, but just a few dates to avoid burning out.

It's not known how long will Tinieblas stay in the business. He has little athleticism left but he has shown no signs of retirement and it looks like he will be able to get work at almost all the big arenas for a few more years, relying on name value and Alushe's comedy.

As a fun fact, one of Tinieblas' nicknames is "El Gigante Sabio" (The Wise Giant). In the Lucha Libre magazine, and more recently in Luchas 2000, there was a "Pregúntale a Tinieblas" (Ask Tinieblas) section where people would supposedly send him general culture questions and he'd answer them. After reading Tinieblas' answers and seeing how accurate they are, you can bet that an encyclopedia was used to answer those, but in reality, Tinieblas is a very intelligent man with a tremendous cultural knowledge!

=== not [[Dr. Alfonso Morales]] ===

On the week Tinieblas debuted, lucha announcer Dr. Alfonso Morales was absent. Dr. Morales missing a show is a strange event, he's a tall man, and Tinieblas is a tall man, so some believed the announcer was actually under the mask.

This is not true. Morales is not Tinieblas, and has done commentary on his matches.

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Coloso Colosetti|El Internacional]]|unknown}}
{{aline|73/07/24|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[TNT]]|Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City}}
{{aline|82/04/24|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Red Terror]]|unknown}}
{{aline|83/11/13|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Super Máquina]]|Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City}}
{{aline|87/??/??|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Abdullah Tamba]]|L.A. Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles, CA, USA}}
{{aline|99/04/04|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Médico Asesino Jr.]]|Torreón, Coahuila}}
{{aline|01/01/21|mask (1)|[[Tinieblas]]|[[El Enfermero 2001]]|Gimnasio José Neri Santos - Cd. Juarez, Chih.}}
{{aline|03/01/24|mask (2)|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Zombie II]]|Campo Antonio Palacios - Ensenada, B.C.}}
{{aend|(1) Relevos Suicidas vs. [[Máscara Sagrada]] & [[Fishman Jr.]]; (2) 12 wrestler ruleta}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|
|name=White Tinieblas.jpg
|caption=
}}
{{Gallery|
|name=Tinieblas01.jpg
|caption=
}}
{{Gallery|name=wwaheavy_tinieblas.jpg|caption=as [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship|WWA Heavyweight Champion]]}}

{{Gallerywide|
|name=Tin.jpg
|caption= with [[Alushe]] and [[Tinieblas Jr.]]
}}
{{Gallery|
|name=Tini.jpg
|caption= with Alushe
}}
{{Gallery|
|name=Tinie.jpg
|caption= with Alushe
}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

File:White Tinieblas.jpg

2007-04-20T01:46:03Z

Gabriel: A screen shot taken from El Investigador Capulina

A screen shot taken from El Investigador Capulina

Rey Misterio Jr.

2007-04-14T16:35:43Z

Gabriel: /* Gallery */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=ReyJrNew.jpg
|name=Rey Misterio Jr. (Mystery King Jr.)
|realName=Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio
|nicknames=Super Niño (Super Kid), Flying Fury, Rey Rey
|nameHistory=Colibrí (debut - early 92), Rey Misterio II (92), Rey Misterio Jr. (92 - ), Rey Mysterio Jr. (06/96 - ), El Niño (WCW, 02/01), Rey Mysterio (WWE 07/02 - )
|family=[[Rey Misterio]] (uncle), [[El_Hijo_de_Rey_Misterio|El Hijo de Rey Misterio]], [[Metalika]] (cousins)
|birthdate=[[December 11]], [[1974]] - [[San Diego]], [[California]], [[USA]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[April 30]], [[1989]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]
|lostmaskto=[[Kevin Nash]] & [[Scott Hall]] - [[February 21]], [[1999]]
|height=5'4"/162 cms
|weight=163 lbs/74 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Springboard Huracarrana]], [[Huracarrana]], [[Misteriorana]], [[Springboard Moonsault Plancha]], [[619]], [[La Silla|Springboard Silla]]
|titles=[[WCW/WWF/WWE World Cruiserweight Title]] (8), [[WCW World Tag Team Titles]] (3, w/ [[Kidman]], w/ [[Konnan]], w/ [[Juventud Guerrera]]), [[National Welterweight Title]], [[National Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Octagon]] & [[Super Muñeco]]), [[WWA World Welterweight Title]] (3), [[WWA World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Rey Misterio]]), [[WWA World Lightweight Title]] (3), [[IWAS World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Konnan]]), California: [[HHW Light Heavyweight Title]], [[WCW World Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Kidman]]), [[IWC Cruiserweight Title]], [[WWE SD! Tag Team Titles]] (4, w/ Edge, w/ Rob Van Dam, w/ [[Eddie Guerrero]], w/ Batista), [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]
}}

== Biography ==


Even though both his parents are Mexican natives, Oscar was born [[December 12]], [[1974]] in [[San Diego]]'s old Sharp Hospital. He grew up in between San Diego and [[Tijuana]], learning Spanish and English at the same time, and during his youth he studied at John L. Montgomery Middle School and later John L. Montgomery Senior High School.

As his uncle [[Rey Misterio]] was a huge regional star in the [[Baja California]] area, he had attended lucha cards as much as possible since he was a little kid. He was very good at gymnastics and a big fan of lucha, so his uncle took him under his wing a few months before Rey Jr. turned 13. Needless to say, everybody was impressed by his ability to fly and do crazy things.

On [[April 30]], [[1989]], at age 14, he made his professional debut at the [[Auditorio de Tijuana]] as the masked Colibrí (hummingbird). Colibri's first feud was against two brothers called Caballero de La Muerte (Death Knight) and El Salvaje. A few years later those two wrestlers would become [[Fobia]] and [[Psicosis]], respectively. The youngster's first big match was around early [[1991]] when he, along with a partner wrestled Caballero and Salvaje in a double hair/mask match. The rudos lost the match so Caballero was unmasked and Salvaje got his head shaved.

He got his first title on January of [[1990]] when he captured the Light Heavyweight Title of [[Dan Farren]]'s [[Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling]]. The promotion closed in March with him still as champ but as a funny note, once in 1990, Colibri rejected a booking to wrestle for an independent show in California due to the fact that he had to study for a history exam!

A few months later, already in [[1992]], he was bigger (though still very small) and a better wrestler so he dropped out of high school, became Rey Misterio Jr. and started teaming with his uncle at Auditorio de Tijuana cards.

In May of 1992, [[Antonio Peña]] started [[AAA]]. He was looking for new, young talent to fill in the undercards so he asked [[Konnan]] to get him a few good young wrestlers from the Tijuana area. In June, Peña hired Psicosis, who had already dropped his Salvaje gimmick, and a month later he hired Rey Jr. Rey and Psic, best friends in real life (in fact Psicosis was the best man at Rey Jr.'s wedding), started living together in a [[Mexico City]] apartment that [[Octagon]] rented them.

Rey Jr. became really popular very quickly and he had a small undercard push from the start. His first big feud was against [[Mr. Cóndor]], the leader of "Los Diabólicos". Condor was the perfect opponent for Rey as he was a veteran wrestler who excelled at getting the best out of green flashy tecnicos, playing their strenghts and hiding their weaknesses. In August of 1992, Rey defeated Condor in his first singles mask vs. mask match ever.

On [[October 28]], in what was considered a huge upset, Rey defeated [[Fantasma de la Quebrada Jr]] in [[Aguascalientes]] to get the [[Mexican National Welterweight Title]]. That was Fantasma's first fight for AAA as he had just jumped ship from [[EMLL]]; in fact, he no-showed a EMLL card that same day. Rey lost that title to [[Heavy Metal]] on [[February 26]], [[1993]].

During 1993 he had an awesome rivalry with Los Destructores ([[Vulcano]], [[Tony Arce]] and [[Rocco Valente]]) who pretty much like Condor, were experienced brawlers that were great bumpers and carriers, however at this point of his career Rey already was a very good and complete worker. This feud also provided excellent six-man tag matches as longtime enemies of the original Destructores (Vulcano and Arce), [[Misterioso]] and [[Volador]], joined forces with Rey to form "La Tercia Del Aire" (Team Sky), and after Misterioso turned rudo, Heavy Metal and [[Latin Lover]] became Rey's regular partners. Misterio eventually took the hair of the three Destructores as well.

The first awesome TV match Rey Jr. ever had also was in 1993, during Febrary, when he teamed with [[Winners]] and [[Super Calo]] against [[Heavy Metal]], [[Picudo]] and [[Psicosis]]. During the same month they had a rematch with was a really good bout though not as good as the first one.

But his best work came when he started to feud extensively with two young and talented guys of his generation - Psicosis and [[Juventud Guerrera]]. Psicosis and Rey knew each other perfectly so they never had any problems, and Juventud was a really quick learner and he had awesome chemistry with Rey Jr. so those guys mixed in trios matches with good veterans like [[Blue Panther]], [[Fuerza Guerrera]] or [[Hijo del Santo]] provided for great weekly TV during more than two years.

Just in [[1995]], Rey and Psicosis had at least four singles match of the year candidates all over the world. Konnan stablished several contacts with foreign promotions and Rey and Psicosis made their debut at the Philadelphia-based [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] on [[September 16]]. Rey and Psicosis took their feud to Japan as well as their non-tournament match stole the show at [[WAR]]'s (Wrestle And Romance or Wrestling Association R.) Super J Cup 2nd stage.

Juventud Guerrera and Rey also provided incredible action all over the world as they had excellent MOTYC level matches in both Mexico and Philadelphia, and they also had pretty good matches in Japan (WAR). During the early months of 1995 the "seniors" took part in the feud as well, and the Rey Misterio & Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud & Fuerza Guerrera series provided some of the best lucha tag team action ever seen.

Already in [[1996]], [[Eric Bischoff]] and [[Kevin Sullivan]] from [[World Championship Wrestling]] quickly noticed Rey's potential to become popular in the US, so they signed him and he made his WCW debut on [[June 16]], losing to [[Dean Malenko]] at the Great American Bash PPV. Rey became a really popular performer very soon and broke a few myths that had been existing in the US for a long time: masked wrestlers are always boring untalented jobbers, foreign wrestlers can't get over and small wrestlers aren't as good as the heavyweights. His first title in WCW was the [[WCW Cruiserweight Championship]] he got on [[July 8]] after defeating Dean Malenko at a Monday Nitro taping held at the Orlando, Florida Disney Studios. This one would be the first out of his five cruiserweight title reigns as since his arrival to WCW he had always been either the champion or one of the top contenders for the cruiserweight strap.

In WCW, Rey resumed his feuds with Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera and had new and exciting matches with Dean Malenko and [[Ultimo Dragon]]. During the 1996 era, WCW had so many great junior workers that they were one of the best promotions in the world at that time as even their weekly shows were filled with quality matches.

While in Mexico, Rey still competed for AAA until October of 1996. Konnan's group (Rey, [[La Parka]], Juventud, Psicosis...) had a fallout with Antonio Peña and they all left AAA. The Azteca TV station bought the old [[PROMELL]] promotion and with the help of [[Jorge Rojas]], Konnan started a new promotion called [[Promo Azteca]] whose first TV taping was on [[November 22]] in [[Cuautitlán]]. A week later Rey Misterio Jr. made his Azteca debut teaming with [[Zorro]] and the original [[Mascara Sagrada]] to defeat [[Pirata Morgan]], [[Blue Panther]] and [[Juventud Guerrera]].

One of Rey's most memorable feuds during his WCW stay was the one against [[Eddy Guerrero]] and the lWo ([[Latino World Order]]). Eddy wanted Rey in the group but he turned them down. Rey was eventually forced to join when when he lost a match to Eddy. When the group disbanded, Rey kept wrestling the shirt which gained him trouble with nWo Wolfpack members [[Kevin Nash]] and [[Scott Hall]] who didn't want any other groups in WCW other than their own. Konnan, who also was a Wolfpack member, defended Rey Jr., and that got him kicked out of the group. Things got settled on the SuperBrawl XI event held on [[February 21]], [[1999]] in [[Oakland]], [[California|CA]], when Nash and Scott Hall defeated Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr. and as a result, Rey Jr. lost his mask.

Four days later Rey was supposed to lost his mask again in Tijuana against Psicosis, but the commission found out about this and threatened the promoter ([[Benjamín Mora]]) with a suspension, so the match ended up being a regular match in which Rey Jr. got the pinfall after a screwjob (Rey Sr. ran in and attacked both wrestlers); though in the end both men removed their mask (though Psicosis covered his face with a towel).

Losing the mask meant a new Rey Misterio Jr., as he started wearing FUBU shirts and combat clothing. And even though he kept using amazing moves and dives, he started taking less risks in the ring but made up by developing in other areas, as for instance, he added several new counter moves to his arsenal.

From then on, Rey kept having plenty of mid-card feuds in WCW. He started an alliance with (Billy) [[Kidman]] and they won the [[WCW Tag Team Titles]] from [[Chris Benoit]] and [[Dean Malenko]] on [[March 29]], [[1999]]. The feud eventually turned into a three way one and it finally was [[Perry Saturn]] and [[Raven]] who defeated Rey and Kidman in a title match. Later on the year Rey got the tag titles again, this time teaming with Konnan on [[October 18]]. They had the belts just for a week, and they lost them against the men they gained them from, [[Harlem Heat]].

In 2000, Oscar took several months off as he had been having severe knee trouble due to the high risks he has taken in the ring during all these years, but he's still one of the top workers of the world when his knee allows him.

Rey is still very young and far from being a simple "spot machine" as his mat skills, selling of injuries in the ring and knowledge of psychology are excellent, so unless injuries and stupid booking get on the way, he'll still keep delivering excellent matches like he has done since the early days of his career.

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|91/??/??|hair/mask|Colibri & ??|[[Psicosis|El Salvaje]] & [[Caballero de la Muerte]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|92/08/14|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Mr. Cóndor]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|92/10/18|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Rocco Valente]]|Tampico, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|92/11/06|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Tony Arce]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|92?|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[El Junior]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|93/05/28|mask (1)|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[El Bandido]]|Arena Querétaro - Querétaro, Querétaro}}
{{aline|94/09/11|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Vulcano]]|Arena Coliseo - Monterrey, Nuevo León}}
{{aline|97/12/19|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Misterioso]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|99/02/21|mask (2)|[[Kevin Nash]] & [[Scott Hall]]|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|Alameda County Coliseum - Oakland, CA, USA}}
{{aend|(1) Triangle match with Angel Mortal; (2) Teaming with Konnan, in a Rey's mask vs. Elizabeth's (Nash and Hall's valet) hair match}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|name=Reyjrin1992.JPG|caption=1992}}
{{Gallery|name=reyjr94.jpg|caption='94}}
{{Gallery|name=Reyfnw.jpg|caption=Oct. '95: ECW}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyJr-WCWCruiser.jpg|caption=WCW Cruiserweight Champion}}
{{Gallery|name=ReySrJrHijo.jpg|caption=w/ Rey Sr. & Rey Misterio II}}
{{Gallery|name=Rey2001.jpg|caption=2001}}
 
{{Gallery|name=Reymysteriowhenworldscollied.jpg|caption=[[When Worlds Collide]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Reymisteriojr.jpg|caption=with mask}}
{{Gallery|name=Mysterio rey.jpg|caption=2004}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyMysterioChamp.jpg|caption=Rey Mysterio as World Heavyweight Champion}}
{{Gallery|name=Filthy_Animals.jpg|caption=The Filthy Animals}}
{{Gallery|name=Ray-angie.jpg|caption=with his wife Angie}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyDomfar9-15.jpg|caption=with his son Dominick}}

[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:United States wrestlers]]
[[Category:Current WWE wrestlers]]
[[Category:WCW Nitro wrestlers]]

Rey Misterio Jr.

2007-04-14T16:34:05Z

Gabriel: /* Gallery */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=ReyJrNew.jpg
|name=Rey Misterio Jr. (Mystery King Jr.)
|realName=Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio
|nicknames=Super Niño (Super Kid), Flying Fury, Rey Rey
|nameHistory=Colibrí (debut - early 92), Rey Misterio II (92), Rey Misterio Jr. (92 - ), Rey Mysterio Jr. (06/96 - ), El Niño (WCW, 02/01), Rey Mysterio (WWE 07/02 - )
|family=[[Rey Misterio]] (uncle), [[El_Hijo_de_Rey_Misterio|El Hijo de Rey Misterio]], [[Metalika]] (cousins)
|birthdate=[[December 11]], [[1974]] - [[San Diego]], [[California]], [[USA]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[April 30]], [[1989]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]
|lostmaskto=[[Kevin Nash]] & [[Scott Hall]] - [[February 21]], [[1999]]
|height=5'4"/162 cms
|weight=163 lbs/74 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Springboard Huracarrana]], [[Huracarrana]], [[Misteriorana]], [[Springboard Moonsault Plancha]], [[619]], [[La Silla|Springboard Silla]]
|titles=[[WCW/WWF/WWE World Cruiserweight Title]] (8), [[WCW World Tag Team Titles]] (3, w/ [[Kidman]], w/ [[Konnan]], w/ [[Juventud Guerrera]]), [[National Welterweight Title]], [[National Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Octagon]] & [[Super Muñeco]]), [[WWA World Welterweight Title]] (3), [[WWA World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Rey Misterio]]), [[WWA World Lightweight Title]] (3), [[IWAS World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Konnan]]), California: [[HHW Light Heavyweight Title]], [[WCW World Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Kidman]]), [[IWC Cruiserweight Title]], [[WWE SD! Tag Team Titles]] (4, w/ Edge, w/ Rob Van Dam, w/ [[Eddie Guerrero]], w/ Batista), [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]
}}

== Biography ==


Even though both his parents are Mexican natives, Oscar was born [[December 12]], [[1974]] in [[San Diego]]'s old Sharp Hospital. He grew up in between San Diego and [[Tijuana]], learning Spanish and English at the same time, and during his youth he studied at John L. Montgomery Middle School and later John L. Montgomery Senior High School.

As his uncle [[Rey Misterio]] was a huge regional star in the [[Baja California]] area, he had attended lucha cards as much as possible since he was a little kid. He was very good at gymnastics and a big fan of lucha, so his uncle took him under his wing a few months before Rey Jr. turned 13. Needless to say, everybody was impressed by his ability to fly and do crazy things.

On [[April 30]], [[1989]], at age 14, he made his professional debut at the [[Auditorio de Tijuana]] as the masked Colibrí (hummingbird). Colibri's first feud was against two brothers called Caballero de La Muerte (Death Knight) and El Salvaje. A few years later those two wrestlers would become [[Fobia]] and [[Psicosis]], respectively. The youngster's first big match was around early [[1991]] when he, along with a partner wrestled Caballero and Salvaje in a double hair/mask match. The rudos lost the match so Caballero was unmasked and Salvaje got his head shaved.

He got his first title on January of [[1990]] when he captured the Light Heavyweight Title of [[Dan Farren]]'s [[Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling]]. The promotion closed in March with him still as champ but as a funny note, once in 1990, Colibri rejected a booking to wrestle for an independent show in California due to the fact that he had to study for a history exam!

A few months later, already in [[1992]], he was bigger (though still very small) and a better wrestler so he dropped out of high school, became Rey Misterio Jr. and started teaming with his uncle at Auditorio de Tijuana cards.

In May of 1992, [[Antonio Peña]] started [[AAA]]. He was looking for new, young talent to fill in the undercards so he asked [[Konnan]] to get him a few good young wrestlers from the Tijuana area. In June, Peña hired Psicosis, who had already dropped his Salvaje gimmick, and a month later he hired Rey Jr. Rey and Psic, best friends in real life (in fact Psicosis was the best man at Rey Jr.'s wedding), started living together in a [[Mexico City]] apartment that [[Octagon]] rented them.

Rey Jr. became really popular very quickly and he had a small undercard push from the start. His first big feud was against [[Mr. Cóndor]], the leader of "Los Diabólicos". Condor was the perfect opponent for Rey as he was a veteran wrestler who excelled at getting the best out of green flashy tecnicos, playing their strenghts and hiding their weaknesses. In August of 1992, Rey defeated Condor in his first singles mask vs. mask match ever.

On [[October 28]], in what was considered a huge upset, Rey defeated [[Fantasma de la Quebrada Jr]] in [[Aguascalientes]] to get the [[Mexican National Welterweight Title]]. That was Fantasma's first fight for AAA as he had just jumped ship from [[EMLL]]; in fact, he no-showed a EMLL card that same day. Rey lost that title to [[Heavy Metal]] on [[February 26]], [[1993]].

During 1993 he had an awesome rivalry with Los Destructores ([[Vulcano]], [[Tony Arce]] and [[Rocco Valente]]) who pretty much like Condor, were experienced brawlers that were great bumpers and carriers, however at this point of his career Rey already was a very good and complete worker. This feud also provided excellent six-man tag matches as longtime enemies of the original Destructores (Vulcano and Arce), [[Misterioso]] and [[Volador]], joined forces with Rey to form "La Tercia Del Aire" (Team Sky), and after Misterioso turned rudo, Heavy Metal and [[Latin Lover]] became Rey's regular partners. Misterio eventually took the hair of the three Destructores as well.

The first awesome TV match Rey Jr. ever had also was in 1993, during Febrary, when he teamed with [[Winners]] and [[Super Calo]] against [[Heavy Metal]], [[Picudo]] and [[Psicosis]]. During the same month they had a rematch with was a really good bout though not as good as the first one.

But his best work came when he started to feud extensively with two young and talented guys of his generation - Psicosis and [[Juventud Guerrera]]. Psicosis and Rey knew each other perfectly so they never had any problems, and Juventud was a really quick learner and he had awesome chemistry with Rey Jr. so those guys mixed in trios matches with good veterans like [[Blue Panther]], [[Fuerza Guerrera]] or [[Hijo del Santo]] provided for great weekly TV during more than two years.

Just in [[1995]], Rey and Psicosis had at least four singles match of the year candidates all over the world. Konnan stablished several contacts with foreign promotions and Rey and Psicosis made their debut at the Philadelphia-based [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] on [[September 16]]. Rey and Psicosis took their feud to Japan as well as their non-tournament match stole the show at [[WAR]]'s (Wrestle And Romance or Wrestling Association R.) Super J Cup 2nd stage.

Juventud Guerrera and Rey also provided incredible action all over the world as they had excellent MOTYC level matches in both Mexico and Philadelphia, and they also had pretty good matches in Japan (WAR). During the early months of 1995 the "seniors" took part in the feud as well, and the Rey Misterio & Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud & Fuerza Guerrera series provided some of the best lucha tag team action ever seen.

Already in [[1996]], [[Eric Bischoff]] and [[Kevin Sullivan]] from [[World Championship Wrestling]] quickly noticed Rey's potential to become popular in the US, so they signed him and he made his WCW debut on [[June 16]], losing to [[Dean Malenko]] at the Great American Bash PPV. Rey became a really popular performer very soon and broke a few myths that had been existing in the US for a long time: masked wrestlers are always boring untalented jobbers, foreign wrestlers can't get over and small wrestlers aren't as good as the heavyweights. His first title in WCW was the [[WCW Cruiserweight Championship]] he got on [[July 8]] after defeating Dean Malenko at a Monday Nitro taping held at the Orlando, Florida Disney Studios. This one would be the first out of his five cruiserweight title reigns as since his arrival to WCW he had always been either the champion or one of the top contenders for the cruiserweight strap.

In WCW, Rey resumed his feuds with Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera and had new and exciting matches with Dean Malenko and [[Ultimo Dragon]]. During the 1996 era, WCW had so many great junior workers that they were one of the best promotions in the world at that time as even their weekly shows were filled with quality matches.

While in Mexico, Rey still competed for AAA until October of 1996. Konnan's group (Rey, [[La Parka]], Juventud, Psicosis...) had a fallout with Antonio Peña and they all left AAA. The Azteca TV station bought the old [[PROMELL]] promotion and with the help of [[Jorge Rojas]], Konnan started a new promotion called [[Promo Azteca]] whose first TV taping was on [[November 22]] in [[Cuautitlán]]. A week later Rey Misterio Jr. made his Azteca debut teaming with [[Zorro]] and the original [[Mascara Sagrada]] to defeat [[Pirata Morgan]], [[Blue Panther]] and [[Juventud Guerrera]].

One of Rey's most memorable feuds during his WCW stay was the one against [[Eddy Guerrero]] and the lWo ([[Latino World Order]]). Eddy wanted Rey in the group but he turned them down. Rey was eventually forced to join when when he lost a match to Eddy. When the group disbanded, Rey kept wrestling the shirt which gained him trouble with nWo Wolfpack members [[Kevin Nash]] and [[Scott Hall]] who didn't want any other groups in WCW other than their own. Konnan, who also was a Wolfpack member, defended Rey Jr., and that got him kicked out of the group. Things got settled on the SuperBrawl XI event held on [[February 21]], [[1999]] in [[Oakland]], [[California|CA]], when Nash and Scott Hall defeated Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr. and as a result, Rey Jr. lost his mask.

Four days later Rey was supposed to lost his mask again in Tijuana against Psicosis, but the commission found out about this and threatened the promoter ([[Benjamín Mora]]) with a suspension, so the match ended up being a regular match in which Rey Jr. got the pinfall after a screwjob (Rey Sr. ran in and attacked both wrestlers); though in the end both men removed their mask (though Psicosis covered his face with a towel).

Losing the mask meant a new Rey Misterio Jr., as he started wearing FUBU shirts and combat clothing. And even though he kept using amazing moves and dives, he started taking less risks in the ring but made up by developing in other areas, as for instance, he added several new counter moves to his arsenal.

From then on, Rey kept having plenty of mid-card feuds in WCW. He started an alliance with (Billy) [[Kidman]] and they won the [[WCW Tag Team Titles]] from [[Chris Benoit]] and [[Dean Malenko]] on [[March 29]], [[1999]]. The feud eventually turned into a three way one and it finally was [[Perry Saturn]] and [[Raven]] who defeated Rey and Kidman in a title match. Later on the year Rey got the tag titles again, this time teaming with Konnan on [[October 18]]. They had the belts just for a week, and they lost them against the men they gained them from, [[Harlem Heat]].

In 2000, Oscar took several months off as he had been having severe knee trouble due to the high risks he has taken in the ring during all these years, but he's still one of the top workers of the world when his knee allows him.

Rey is still very young and far from being a simple "spot machine" as his mat skills, selling of injuries in the ring and knowledge of psychology are excellent, so unless injuries and stupid booking get on the way, he'll still keep delivering excellent matches like he has done since the early days of his career.

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|91/??/??|hair/mask|Colibri & ??|[[Psicosis|El Salvaje]] & [[Caballero de la Muerte]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|92/08/14|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Mr. Cóndor]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|92/10/18|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Rocco Valente]]|Tampico, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|92/11/06|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Tony Arce]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|92?|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[El Junior]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|93/05/28|mask (1)|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[El Bandido]]|Arena Querétaro - Querétaro, Querétaro}}
{{aline|94/09/11|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Vulcano]]|Arena Coliseo - Monterrey, Nuevo León}}
{{aline|97/12/19|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Misterioso]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|99/02/21|mask (2)|[[Kevin Nash]] & [[Scott Hall]]|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|Alameda County Coliseum - Oakland, CA, USA}}
{{aend|(1) Triangle match with Angel Mortal; (2) Teaming with Konnan, in a Rey's mask vs. Elizabeth's (Nash and Hall's valet) hair match}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|name=Reyjrin1992.JPG|caption=1992}}
{{Gallery|name=reyjr94.jpg|caption='94}}
{{Gallery|name=Reyfnw.jpg|caption=Oct. '95: ECW}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyJr-WCWCruiser.jpg|caption=WCW Cruiserweight Champion}}
{{Gallery|name=ReySrJrHijo.jpg|caption=w/ Rey Sr. & Rey Misterio II}}
{{Gallery|name=Rey2001.jpg|caption=2001}}
 
{{Gallery|name=Reymysteriowhenworldscollied.jpg|caption=In [[When Worlds Collide]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Reymisteriojr.jpg|caption=with mask}}
{{Gallery|name=Mysterio rey.jpg|caption=2004}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyMysterioChamp.jpg|caption=Rey Mysterio as World Heavyweight Champion}}
{{Gallery|name=Filthy_Animals.jpg|caption=The Filthy Animals}}
{{Gallery|name=Ray-angie.jpg|caption=with his wife Angie}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyDomfar9-15.jpg|caption=with his son Dominick}}

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[[Category:Current WWE wrestlers]]
[[Category:WCW Nitro wrestlers]]

File:Reymysteriowhenworldscollied.jpg

2007-04-14T16:32:08Z

Gabriel: A Screen shot taken of the 2nd match of When Worlds Collide.

A Screen shot taken of the 2nd match of [[When Worlds Collide]].

Los Campeones Justicieros (1970)

2007-04-14T16:06:25Z

Gabriel: /* Movie */

== Movie ==

[[Image:CampjustOS.jpg|left]]Starring [[Mil Mascaras]] and [[Blue Demon]], who manage a group of masked wrestlers against crime.
The heroes get into action when a crazy sciencist kidnaps women from a parade in Miss Mexico contest. After that the sciencist sent his powerful dwarfs against heroes. Featuring [[Black Shadow]], [[Medico Asesino]], [[La Sombra Vengadora]] and [[Tinieblas]] (making his movie debut as a luchadore.)

[[Category:Lucha Movies]]