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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gustavo Adolfo Felix (1984-06-24)June 24, 1984 (age 41) Tijuana, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Aztec Dragon Jr. Dragon Azteca Jr. El Dragon Azteca Jr.[1] El Hijo de Rey Misterio (II) Horus Rey Horus |
| Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] |
| Billed weight | 75 kg (165 lb)[2] |
| Trained by | Rey Misterio |
| Debut | September 2007 |
Rey Horus is a Mexicanluchadorenmascarado, or maskedprofessional wrestler. Formerly he wrestled forMajor League Wrestling (MLW) andRing Of Honor (ROH). He was also known as the secondEl Hijo de Rey Misterio, Spanish for "The Son ofRey Misterio", the second wrestler under that name after the firstEl Hijo de Rey Misterio, though he is not from the same family. He also works on theindependent circuit in theUnited States and inMexico. 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.[3]
Horus began wrestling in 2007 in some Tijuana promotions.
On May 27, 2011, since the retirement ofEl Hijo de Rey Misterio, he was presented by bothRey Misterio Sr. andKonnan as the second El Hijo de Rey Misterio, making his debut in Tijuana.[4] His first match as Misterio was a tournament to crown theWWA World Welterweight Champion on May 27, 2011, which Horus won. In 2014, Misterio changed his name to Rey Horus, because the original El Hijo de Rey Misterio returned to wrestling.
On March 27, 2015, Horus made his biggest appearance in the United States when he participated in the WrestleMania Weekend King of Indies tournament.[5] Horus defeated Lil Cholo in the first round,[6] but on March 28 he was defeated byWillie Mack in the quarter-final match.[7] On April 6, 2015,Evolve announced Horus asA. R. Fox's substitute at Evolve 41.[8]
On September 1, 2017, Horus enteredPro Wrestling Guerrilla's2017 Battle of Los Angeles, losing toRey Fenix in his first round match.[9]
In the debut episode ofLucha Underground (season one) on October 29, 2014, the opening scene featured an unnamed character being rescued from multiple attackers by the green masked Dragon Azteca. This led to Dragon Azteca mentoring the white-hooded unnamed character inlucha libre.[10][11][12] Duringpart one of season one'sUltima Lucha, El Dragon Azteca fought his hooded protégé to a draw at the entrance of the Temple where Lucha Underground's matches occurred. Due to the prophecy predicting El Dragon Azteca's death if he entered the Temple, the hooded man offered to go in Azteca's place to rescue Black Lotus from Dario Cueto. Azteca refused to listen, vowing that his spirit would live on after his death.[13][14] Following the storyline death of Dragon Azteca, his mask was taken up by his student.[10]
In late 2015 Horus took part inLucha Underground first appearing in the Season 1 finale as a nameless outside spectator but atUltima Lucha 1 took up the mask of his master and became known as Dragon Azteca Jr. In Season 2 Dragon Azteca Jr. started participating in matches and won TheLucha Underground Trios Championship along withPrince Puma &Rey Mysterio. In Season 4, he would defeatDezmond X andKing Cuerno to win the Gift of the Gods Championship, but he lost it against Marty The Moth Martinez. The serie was discontinued after season finale,Ultima Lucha Cuatro.[15]
Horus debuted for American promotionMajor League Wrestling (MLW) at their July 19, 2018 eventMLW Battle Riot, in the 40-man Battle Riot match. He was unsuccessful in the match, which was won byTom Lawlor.[16] In September 2018, he would team withDrago to faceThe Lucha Brothers for theMLW World Tag Team Championship.[17] He returned to the promotion in February 2019, when he defeatedAero Star in a singles match.[18] Then at the following tapings, he appeared in the 2019 Battle Riot match and in another match teamed with Air Wolf in a loss to The Lucha Brothers.[19][18]
Rey Horus teamed withBandido andFlamita to capture theROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship fromVillain Enterprises (Marty Scurll,PCO, andBrody King) at Saturday Night at Center Stage in January 2020. Later that year, atFinal Battle 2020, he defeated Dalton Castle in a singles match. On January 16, 2021, he unsuccessfully attempted to challengeDragon Lee for theROH World Television Championship.
The debut of the new El Hijo de Rey Misterio took place on 5/27 in Tijuana. Both the original Rey Misterio (Miguel Lopez, the uncle of the WWE wrestler) and Konnan introduced the new Rey, who had been wrestling as a prelim wrestler Horus on area shows. He is not related to either Lopez or Oscar Gutierrez, who is the WWE version. Lopez's real son had done the role and got similar tattoos and contacts as the WWE version and worked a lot of indies in the U.S. and was probably the biggest independent wrestling draw in the U.S. now that El Hijo del Santo rarely comes, but he grew tired of the business.
