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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Miguel Ángel Olivo Castro[3] (1988-06-19)June 19, 1988 (age 37) |
Spouse | |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Daga[1] Leyenda Americana Roco |
| Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 82 kg (181 lb)[1] |
| Billed from | Coacalco de Berriozabal, Mexico[2] |
| Trained by | Negro Navarro Black Terry Ringo Mendoza Justiciero |
| Debut | January 27, 2008 |
Miguel Ángel Olivo Castro (born June 19, 1988) is a Mexicanprofessional wrestler better known by thering nameDaga. He is signed toPro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former two-timeGHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and a member ofTeam 2000X. He previously performed forLucha Libre AAA Worldwide, where he was a formerAAA Latin American Champion andAAA World Cruiserweight Champion. He has also worked forLucha Underground andImpact Wrestling.
Daga made his pro wrestling debut in 2008, wrestling for Profesionales de la Lucha Libre Mexicana (PROLLM) and freelance shows inCoacalco de Berriozábal.[4] He then made hisInternational Wrestling Revolution Group debut in 2009. He spent the next two years in the promotion. Also, Daga worked with other independent promotions, like Toryumon Mexico, International Wrestling League and Desastre Total Ultraviolento. On September 25, 2010, Daga won his first pro wrestling championship, the IWL Internet Championship. On December 18, 2010, Daga participated in a tournament to crown the first DTU Alto Impacto Champion, but he was defeated byFlamita.
Daga made his first appearance inLucha Libre AAA Worldwide in 2011. In 2012, Daga became a regular wrestler, working withLos Perros del Mal orLa Sociedad stables. AtHéroes Inmortales VI, he participated in theCopa Antonio Peña Royal Rumble, but was defeated byEl Texano Jr.[5] AtGuerra de Titanes, Daga won a six-wayLadder match to win theAAA World Cruiserweight Championship.[6] He retained the title for 623 days. AtRey De Reyes participated in a match for the recently created titleAAA Fusion Championship, but he was defeated byFénix.[7] AtTriplemanía XXI, Los Perros del Mal (Daga andPsicosis) tried to win the vacantAAA World Tag Team Championship, but they failed.[8] AtHéroes Inmortales VII he participated in a fatal four-way for theCopa Antonio Peña, but was defeated byEl Hijo del Fantasma.[9] AtRey de Reyes, Daga had his first AAA defense for the Cruiserweight title, defeatingArgenis,Australian Suicide andSuper Fly.[10] AtTripleMania XXII, Daga participated in a ten-man unification match between the Cruiserweight championship and the AAA Fusion Championship (held by Fenix), which was won by El Hijo del Fantasma.[11] AtVerano de Escándalo 2015, Daga participated in a ten-way match for theAlas de Oro ("Wings of Gold"). However, he was defeated byDrago.[12] In 2015, Daga focused on the tag team division with various partners. AtHéroes Inmortales IX, Daga and Steve Pain tried to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship from Los Perros del Mal (Pentagón Jr. and Joe Líder). However, the winners wereLos Güeros del Cielo (Angélico andJack Evans).[13] On February 19, 2016, Los Perros del Mal (Daga andTaya Valkyrie) faced Pentagón Jr., one-half of theAAA World Mixed Tag Team Champions. However, Pentagon retained the title. Four days later, atRey de Reyes, Los Perros del Mal (Daga and Joe Líder) faced the World Tag Team Champions Averno and Chessman and Argenis and Australian Suicide in aTables, Ladders and Chairs match. However, the champions retained the titles. AtTriplemanía XXIV, Daga participated in a 12-manbattle royal for theCopa Triplemanía, but was the last man eliminated from the match as rival Australian Suicide won theCopa Triplemanía.[14] AtHéroes Inmortales X, Daga defeated Australian Suicide in aLucha de Apuestas, hair vs mask match.[15]
During a January 21, 2017, for The Crash promotion, Daga, Pentagón Jr. and Garza Jr. all came to the ring and later confirmed that they had left AAA only one day after all appearing at AAA's 2017Guerra de Titanes show.[16] As Daga had been using that name prior to joining AAA, he was also able to continue using it afterwards.[17] The three hoped to able to use thePerros del Mal name on the independent circuit, but were unable to obtain the right and on January 24, Daga announced he was leaving the group.[18] On January 27, 2017, Daga, Garza, Pentagon Jr. and Fénix el Rey announced the formation of a new stable namedLa Rebelión ("The Rebellion").[19]
At the end of Season 3 ofLucha Underground, Daga was seen as part of Kobra Moon's Reptile Tribe. He made his return in June 2018, during the Aztec Warfare IV. On February 5, 2019,Major League Wrestling (MLW) revealed that Daga would start appearing for their company on a regular basis starting in March 2019. He had one previous match for the promotion, againstLow Ki that took place in 2018.[20] However, MLW released Daga in June.[21]
On March 16 inRey de Reyes, Daga returned to AAA after two years outside the company teaming up withTaya andJoe Líder asLos Perros del Mal where they fell defeated againstEl Nuevo Poder del Norte (Mocho Cota Jr.,Carta Brava Jr. &Tito Santana) after leaving the team.[22] On June 16 atVerano de Escandalo, Daga along with his girlfriendTessa Blanchard were defeated by Laredo Kid and Taya.[23] On July 6 in Zapopan, Daga had a chance for theAAA Latin American Championship againstDrago, but fell disqualified after using thebrass knuckles. On August 3 atTriplemanía XXVII, Daga participated in the Battle Royal for the Triplemanía Cup where he was eliminated and won byPagano.[24] AtHéroes Inmortales XIII, Daga defeated Drago to win the title.[25] Daga would vacated the title on April 24, 2021.[26]
Daga made his debut for Impact on the February 1, 2019, episode of Impact Wrestling where Daga andThe Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) lost toThe Lucha Bros (Fénix andPentagón Jr.) andRey Horus in a six-man tag team match. AtUnited We Stand, Team Lucha Underground (Daga,Aerostar,Drago andMarty The Moth Martínez) defeated Team Impact (Brian Cage,Eddie Edwards,Moose, andTommy Dreamer). On the August 9 episode of Impact Wrestling, Daga and Ortiz representing LAX, lost toThe North (Ethan Page andJosh Alexander) in a match for the Impact World Tag Team Championship. On the October 4 episode of Impact Wrestling, Daga defeatedChris Bey. During the COVID Pandemic in 2020, Olivo and his girlfriend Tessa Blanchard stayed in Mexico and didn't appear during the following months on Impact shows.[27] On October 20, 2020, it was reported that he was released from his Impact contract, per his request.[28][29]
Daga made his debut inNoah on the first night of theNoah Star Navigation 2023 from February 5, where he teamed up withEita,Nosawa Rongai, Chris Ridgeway andYoshinari Ogawa to defeatAlejandro,Amakusa,Junta Miyawaki,Seiki Yoshioka andYo-Hey.[30] AtNoah Majestic 2023 on May 4, he teamed up with Eita to face Chris Ridgeway and Yoshinari Ogawa in tag team action. During match, he betrayed Eita and joinedStinger in the process.[31] On the fifth night of the Star Navigation from June 22, 2023, he teamed up with stablemate Ridgeway to defeatGood Looking Guys (Tadasuke and Yo-Hey), capturing theGHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[32] They vacated the titles on September 5, after Ridgeway left NOAH. On September 24 atGrand Ship In Nagoya, Daga attackedHayata after he successfully defended theGHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, before challenging him to a title match. On November 4 at Demolition Stage In Niigata, Daga defeated Hayata to become the new champion.[33] He lost the title toAmakusa on July 13 atDestination, in his eight title defense, ending his reign at 251 days.[34] On August 13, Stinger disbanded, after Ogawa retired due to a neck injury. On September 1, Daga defeated Amakusa to regain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.[35]
On January 1,2025 on Noah New Year Show, Daga lost the Junior title toEita in a 2 out of 3 Fall match.
On January 25, 2025,Omos handed his half of theGHC Tag Team Championship to Daga, after he announced that he would be leaving Noah to return toWWE. Subsequently, Daga announced a move to the heavyweight division. Two days later, the GHC committee announced that they do not honor Omos' transfer and the titles would be vacated instead.[36]
On November 20, 2019, Daga andTessa Blanchard confirmed their engagement.[37] The couple married in August 2020.[38] They announced their separation on January 9, 2023.
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daga (hair) | Eterno (hair) | Coacalco, State of Mexico | Live event | November 16, 2008 | [44] |
| Daga (hair) | Australian Suicide (mask) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Héroes Inmortales X | October 2, 2016 | [15] |
| Daga (hair) | Nicho el Millonario (hair) | Tijuana, Baja California | The Crash show | June 23, 2017 | [Note 1] |
