Blue Demon Jr.

Blue Demon Jr.
Blue Demon posing after a match
Born	(1966-07-19) July 19, 1966[1] Mexico City, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Blue Demon Jr.
Billed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Billed weight	207 lb (94 kg)[1]
Trained by	Blue Demon[1] Rolando Vera[1] Rafael Salamanca[1] Pepe Mendieta[1]
Debut	000000001985-07-11-0000July 11, 1985[1]

Blue Demon Jr. (born July 19, 1966) is a Mexican luchador and professional wrestler. He is the adopted son of the legendary original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and the second masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Blue Demon Jr.'s real name is unknown.

Professional wrestling career

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (1996–2001; 2013–present)

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.

Blue Demon Jr. returned to AAA on March 3, 2013, challenging El Texano Jr. to a match for the AAA Mega Championship.^[2] The match took place on March 17 at Rey de Reyes and saw El Texano Jr. retain his title. After the match, Blue Demon Jr. challenged El Texano Jr. to a Mask vs. Hair Lucha de Apuestas.^[3] On April 15, Blue Demon Jr. announced that he had signed to become a regular member of AAA's roster.^[4] On June 16 at Triplemanía XXI, Blue Demon Jr. defeated El Mesías to win the vacant AAA Latin American Championship.^[5] He was stripped of the title on March 16, 2014, after he was unable to attend a scheduled title defense against Chessman at Rey de Reyes.^[6]

National Wrestling Alliance (2008–2010)

With the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt

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 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: NWA Mexico). The ongoing feud 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. managed to hold on to the championship for 505 days before dropping it back to Pearce in a triple-threat match also involving Phill Shatter on March 14, 2010 at NWA New Beginnings.^[7]

Pro Wrestling Revolution (2010–2013)

Demon Jr. defeated Oliver John at an NWA Mexico event at the Lucha Libre Expo in Mexico City on July 23, 2010 to capture the Pro Wrestling Revolution (PWR) Heavyweight Championship. On May 11, 2013, El Hijo del Santo and his rival, Blue Demon Jr., joined forces to win the Pro Wrestling Revolution Tag Team Championship after defeating Brian Cage and Derek Sanders^[8] On September 6, 2013, Blue Demon Jr. lost the PWR World Heavyweight Championship to Carly Colón in a match that also involved La Parka II. On November 13, 2013, Blue Demon Jr. disbanded NWA Mexico and became officially affiliated with PWR.^[9]

Lucha Underground (2014–2015)

In August 2014, Blue Demon Jr. was announced as one of five AAA wrestlers to star in the El Rey network's new television series Lucha Underground.^[10] Blue Demon Jr. wrestled in the first match of the debut episode of Lucha Underground on October 29, defeating Chavo Guerrero Jr.^[11]

In the LU storyline, Blue Demon Jr. was hospitalized due to vicious after-match attacks by both Mil Muertes and Chavo Guerrero Jr. following Demon's loss to Mil Muertes in the November 5th main event match. Upon his return, he attacked Chavo and later in a face-to-face meeting with Chavo blocked another attack and emerged triumphant after laying Chavo out. On July 8, 2015, Demon turned rudo attacking Texano Jr.

In films and TV

In 2007, he appeared in the film Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (also known as Mil Mascaras Resurrection).^[12][13][14] In an episode of ¡Mucha Lucha!, a cartoon version of Blue Demon Jr. appears as a super hero wrestler. He competed on the Mexican dancing show Mira Quien Baila in 2011. He has a cameo in Mel Gibson's 2012 movie Get the Gringo. He also participated in Como dice el dicho in 2011.

In wrestling

Blue Demon Jr. (behind, in blue costume) versus El Hijo del Santo

• Finishing moves
  • El Pulpo (Sharpshooter pulling the opponents arm back)
  • Three-quarter facelock transitioned into either a cutter or a stunner^[15]
• 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
  • AAA Latin American Championship (1 time)^[5]
  • 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)^[16]
• NWA SOUTHWEST/World of Wrestling
  • WOW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[17]
• National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ^[18]
• Pro Wrestling Revolution
  • PWR Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current)^[19]
  • PWR Tag team Championship (1 time, current) - with El Hijo del Santo
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #25 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010^[20]
• Universal Wrestling Association
  • UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1]
• World Wrestling Association
  • WWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[21]
  • WWA Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[1]
  • WWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time)^[22]

Luchas de Apuestas record

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blue Demon, Jr..

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