Blue Demon Jr.

Blue Demon in 2010
Personal information
Born	(1966-07-19)July 19, 1966 (age 59)[1] Mexico City, Mexico
Family	Blue Demon (adoptive father)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name	Blue Demon Jr.
Billed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Billed weight	207 lb (94 kg)[1]
Billed from	Mexico City, Mexico
Trained by	Blue Demon[1] Rolando Vera[1] Rafael Salamanca[1] Pepe Mendieta[1]
Debut	July 11, 1985[1]

Blue Demon Jr. (born July 19, 1966) is a Mexicanprofessional wrestler. He is the adopted son of the originalBlue Demon and is the first Mexican and second masked wrestler to win theNWA World Heavyweight Championship thus making him a one-timeworld champion. His government name has never been officially disclosed to the public, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their on-stage personas are kept separate from their personal lives.^[2]

InLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) he formed the teamLos Juniors withLa Parka Jr., Mascara Sagrada Jr. andPerro Aguayo Jr. On April 18, 1999, inZapopan, Jalisco they won theMexican National Atómicos Championship by defeatingLos Vatos Locos, a team ofCharly Manson, May Flowers,Nygma and Picudo. On September 17, 1999, inMexico City, D.F. they lost the championship toLos Vipers, a team ofHisteria,Maniaco,Mosco de la Merced II andPsicosis II.

On October 25, 2008, Demon Jr. became the first Mexican professional wrestler, as well as first masked luchador to win theNWA World Heavyweight Championship when he defeated championAdam Pearce. His win was also the first time the title changed hands inMexico, although not withCMLL as would have been the case before the mid-1980s (It happened in Blue Demon Jr.'s own promotion: NWA Mexico). Pearce protested the loss with the NWA as his arm was under the bottom rope when he passed out from Blue Demon Jr'sSingle 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 involvingPhill Shatter on March 14, 2010, at NWA New Beginnings.^[3]

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 defeatingBrian Cage andDerek Sanders^[4] On September 6, 2012, Blue Demon Jr. lost the PWR World Heavyweight Championship toCarly Colón in a match that also involvedLa Parka II. On November 13, 2013, Blue Demon Jr. disbanded NWA Mexico and became officially affiliated with PWR.^[5]

In August 2014, Blue Demon Jr. was announced as one of five AAA wrestlers to star in theEl Rey network's new television seriesLucha Underground.^[6] Blue Demon Jr. wrestled in the first match of the debut episode ofLucha Underground on October 29, defeatingChavo Guerrero Jr.^[7]

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 5 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 turnedrudo attacking Texano Jr.

Blue Demon Jr. returned to AAA on March 3, 2013, challengingEl Texano Jr. to a match for theAAA Mega Championship.^[8] The match took place on March 17 atRey de Reyes and saw El Texano Jr. retain his title. After the match, Blue Demon Jr. challenged El Texano Jr. to a Mask vs. HairLucha de Apuestas.^[9] On April 15, Blue Demon Jr. announced that he had signed to become a regular member of AAA's roster.^[10] On June 16 atTriplemanía XXI, Blue Demon Jr. defeatedEl Mesías to win the vacantAAA Latin American Championship.^[11] He was stripped of the title on March 16, 2014, after he was unable to attend a scheduled title defense againstChessman atRey de Reyes.^[12]

In 2007, he appeared in the filmMil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (also known asMil Mascaras Resurrection).^[13][14][15] 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 showMira Quien Baila in 2011. He has a cameo inMel Gibson's 2012 movieGet the Gringo. He also participated inComo dice el dicho in 2011.In 2014 the Blue Demon Jr. appears in the Misfit Garage episode titled "Wrestling with Disaster" in season 4, episode 3

In 2021, it was announced that Blue Demon Jr. would star in a new television series forDisney Channel titledUltra Violet & Blue Demon. The series would have focused on Ultra Violet, played byScarlett Estevez, who discovers that her uncle is Blue Demon Jr. and teams up with him to become superheroes.^[16] However, later that year, it was announced that the series would be retitledUltra Violet & Black Scorpion withJ. R. Villarreal replacing Blue Demon as an original character.^[17]

In 2009 it was announced that Blue Demon Jr.'s son was training for a career in professional wrestling.^[18]

• Cauliflower Alley Club
  • Lucha Libra Award (2018)^[19]
• International Wrestling All Stars
  • IWAS World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[20]
• Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
  • AAA Latin American Championship (1 time)^[11]
  • Mexican National Atómicos Championship (1 time) - withLa Parka Jr.,Perro Aguayo Jr. andMáscara Sagrada Jr.^[1]
  • Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)^[1]
  • Copa Hijo del Perro Aguayo (2019)^[21]
• NWA SOUTHWEST/World of Wrestling
  • WOW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[22]
• National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[23]
• Pro Wrestling Revolution
  • PWR Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[24]
  • PWR Tag Team Championship (1 time) - withEl Hijo del Santo^[25]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 22 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in thePWI 500 in 2009^[26]
• Universal Wrestling Association
  • UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1]
• World Wrestling Association
  • WWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[27]
  • WWA Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[1]
  • WWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time)^[28]

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• PopMatters review ofMil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy
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