 Wagner Jr. in October 2022 | |
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| Born | Unrevealed[2] (1991-12-04)December 4, 1991 (age 33) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
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| Billed height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Billed weight | 104 kg (229 lb) |
| Trained by | El Oriental Esther Moreno Rossy Moreno |
| Debut | December 9, 2009[1] |
El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (born December 4, 1991) is a Mexicanluchadorenmascarado, or maskedprofessional wrestler, currently workingLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) andWWE. He also currently performingindependent circuit, he is best known tenure forPro Wrestling Noah. includingInternational Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) portraying atecnico ("good guy") wrestling character. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner's 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. He is the grandson ofDr. Wagner and the son ofDr. Wagner Jr. His mother is professional wrestlerRossy Moreno and he is part of both the Wagner and the Moreno wrestling families.
El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. is the son of Juan Manuel González Barrón andRossy Moreno, both professional wrestlers with his father working as themasked wrestlerDr. Wagner Jr. He is the grandson of wrestlersDr. Wagner and Alfonso "Acorazado" Moreno, patriarchs of theWagner andMoreno wrestling families. He is the nephew ofSilver King (son of Dr. Wagner). On his mother's side, he is the nephew of wrestlers Noé Astro Moreno León (better known asEl Oriental),Alda Moreno,Esther Moreno,Cynthia Moreno,Mini Cibernético,Groond XXX and Extasis.[3] He was trained for his professional wrestling career by his mother, his aunt Esther and uncle El Oriental, as they had more of an active role in his training that Juan Manuel González since the divorce of González and Moreno.
In lucha libre, masked wrestlers closely guard their private lives, which means that if they have never been officially unmasked during their career their birth names are kept secret from the general public.[2] Some wrestlers, especially second or third-generation wrestlers, often assume a differentring identity before revealing their family relationship.[2] It has not been verified that El Hijo de Dr. Wagner worked under a different identity before December 9, 2009, when he made his debut under that name, but it is possible that the debut date given is only for the "El Hijo de Dr. Wagner" character.[1] Before his official debut, he was at times referred to as "Dr. Wagner III" ("Dr. Wagner the Third") by somelucha libre publications, but that name was never officially used. He made his debut on aPerros del Mal show on December 25, 2009, teaming withC. Manson,X-Fly and his uncle Groon XXX; the team defeated El Oriental,Halloween,Hysteria Extreme andMáscara Año 2000 Jr.[1] In March, 2010, heteamed up with his father for a show inMonterrey, Nuevo Leon, where they lost toLucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) representativesEl Mesias andBlack Warrior. Three days later, he teamed up withlucha libre legendsBlue Demon Jr. andEl Hijo del Santo; the trio lost toLos Perros del Mal (Damian 666, Halloween andMr. Águila) when Hijo de Dr. Wagner was pinned. His father had had a long running rivalry withL.A. Park, a rivalry that would extend to the next generation as El Hijo de Dr. Wagner began working againstEl Hijo de L.A. Park throughout Mexico.[4] The rivalry saw the Wagners take on the Parks in a match on September 2, 2010, where Dr. Wagner Jr. and his son defeated L.A. Park and his son. A few days later, Hijo de Dr. Wagner and Hijo de L.A. Park were teamed up forOrganizacion Independiente de Lucha Libre's (OILL)Torneo De Parejas Juniors Bicentenario ("Bicentennial Juniors Tag Team Tournament"). The two rivals were able to defeatKung Fu Jr. andUltraman Jr. in the semi-finals and then defeatEl Hijo del Fishman andEl Hijo del Canek in the finals to win the tournament.[5] A few months later, OILL held a ''Ruleta de la Muete tag team tournament, where the losing team would advance in the tournament and then at the end the last team would face off underLuchas de Apuestas ("Bet match") rules where the loser would be forced to unmask. The tournament included the teams of Hijo de Dr. Wagner andMáscara Jr., Histeria and El Hijo de Fishman,El Canek Jr. andBlack Abyss. Hijo de Dr. Wagner's team lost to Canek Jr. and Black Abyss and thus were forced to wrestle against each other with their masks on the line. In the end, Hijo de Dr. Wagner pinned his opponent, forcing Máscara Jr. to unmask.[6]
On July 12, 2010, Hijo de Dr. Wagner worked thePromociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show, a show co-produced by the local promotion andConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), one of Mexico's biggest promotions. Hijo de Dr. Wagner teamed up with Hijo de L.A. Park andScorpio Jr. to take on CMLL regularsLa Máscara,Máscara Dorada andValiente. The teams split the first two falls between them and, in the final fall, Scorpio Jr. drew a disqualification for landing a low blow on La Máscara and subsequently unmasking him in front of the referee.[7] After the match, Scorpio Jr. and Hijo de L.A. Park attacked Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., which resulted in the surprise of the night as his father, Dr. Wagner Jr., came to the ring to save him from the attack. Dr. Wagner Jr. came out in full wrestling gear, with theAAA Mega Championship strapped around his waist to the surprise of everyone in attendance. After running off his son's attackers, he posed in the ring with his son, then circled the ring to allow the front row to get a closer look at him. Dr. Wagner Jr. did not make any announcements or comments during his appearance, just posed with his son and interacted with the fans before leaving the arena.[8][9] In 2010, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner formed a regular tag team withEl Hijo del Medico Asesino calledLa Ola Blanca, referencing the team of Dr. Wagner andÁngel Blanco. The duo worked for a number of independent promotions in Mexico until El Hijo del Medico Asesino signed a development contract withWorld Wrestling Entertainment in the early part of 2011.[10]
El Hijo de Dr. Wagner began making regular appearances forInternational Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in 2011, including the main event of IWRG'sGuerra del Golfo ("Gulf War") show in which he wrestled in aSteel cage match where the loser would be forced to defend his mask later that night in aLuchas de Apuestas match. The match also includedBlack Terry,El Ángel,El Hijo del Diablo,El Hijo del Pantera,Masada andTrauma I and loserMultifacético.[11] He teamed up with El Canek Jr. to compete in IWRG's 2011Guerra de Empresas ("War of the Promotions"), representing the independent circuit. The team lost to AAA representativesLos Psycho Circus (Monster Clown andPsycho Clown) in the first round of the tournament.[12] Less than a month later, IWRG held anotherGuerra de Empresas tournament; this time he teamed up with Trauma I, only to be eliminated in the first round when they, as well as opponentsEl Hijo de Pirata Morgan andLizmark Jr., were both counted out.[13] In late 2011, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner was one of several wrestlers who worked a "try out" for WWE, hoping to impress the officials enough to earn a contract. At the time, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner was not offered a contract. On March 15, 2012, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner was one of ten men wrestling in the main event of IWRG'sRebelión de los Juniors where the winner would get a match for theIWRG Junior de Juniors Championship later on. The match was contested undertorneo cibernetico elimination rules. It also includedApolo Estrada Jr.,Bestia 666,Carta Brava Jr., El Canek Jr., El Hijo de L.A. Park, Halcón 78 Jr., Hijo de Pirata Morgan,Máscara Sagrada Jr. andUltraman Jr. Hijo de Dr. Wagner was the seventh man eliminated from the match as he was pinned by rival Hijo de L.A. Park.[14][15][16] A few months later he was one of 10 men who competed in aLuchas de Apuestas steel cage match along with rival El Hijo de L.A. Park, El Ángel,Oficial AK-47,Carta Brava Jr., Carta Brava Jr. (II),Oficial Factor,El Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, El Hijo de Pirata Morgan,Veneno andViolencia Jr. Hijo de Dr. Wagner escaped the cage about halfway through, keeping his mask safe.[17] The following month he competed in yet another steel cage match with the same concept, calledEl Castillo del Terror ("The Tower of Terror"), and again with his main rival El Hijo de L.A. Park as one of the other nine participants. Once again, Hijo de Dr. Wagner mainly focused on Hijo de L.A. Park throughout the match and escaped the cage only moments before his rival was able to do the same, keeping his mask safe.[18] For IWRG's celebration ofArena Naucalpan 35th Anniversary, Hijo de Dr. Wagner teamed up with his father to face four other "wrestling families" inside a steel cage: the families included the Canek family (Canek and Canek Jr.),La Familia de Tijuana (Damian 666 and X-Fly),Los Junior Dinamitas (Máscara Año 2000 Jr. and Hijo de Máscara Año 2000) andLos Piratas (Pirata Morgan and Hijo de Pirata Morgan. The match ended whenLos Piratas were the last wrestlers in the ring after the Wagners were able to escape.[19]
On July 29, 2019, as part of a working relationship betweenPro Wrestling Noah andMajor League Wrestling, it was announced that El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., would take part of Noah's premier tournamentN-1 Victory.[20][21] The following month, Wagner finished the tournament with a record of one win and four losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. During the tournament, Wagner joined theSugiura-gun stable, as its first gaijin member. In April 2020, as part of Sugiura-gun, Wagner and Sugiura-gun newest memberRene Dupree formed the Sugiura-gun International. Afterwards, Wagner and Dupree took part in the2020 Global Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of two wins and one loss, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On April 18, Wagner and Dupree defeated AXIZ (Go Shiozaki andKatsuhiko Nakajima) in the finals to win the tournament.[22] The following day, Wagner and Dupree defeatedMasaaki Mochizuki andNaomichi Marufuji to win theGHC Tag Team Championship.[23] On August 10, Wagner and Dupree returned the titles to Noah, due to being unable to attend Noah's events in relation to travel restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic, vacating the titles in the process.[24]
Following the mitigation of the COVID-19 travel restrictions, on March 23, 2022, it was announced that Wagner and Dupree, billed as "Les Mexicanas" would be returning to Sugiura-gun on April 30 atMajestic.[25] On May 4, Wagner and Dupree defeated Sugiura-gun stablematesHideki Suzuki andTakashi Sugiura to regain the GHC Tag Team Championship.[26] They lost the titles to Masa Kitamiya and Michael Elgin on May 21.[27] On November 10 atGlobal Honored Crown 2022, Wagner defeatedMasakatsu Funaki to win theGHC National Championship, becoming the first non-Japanese wrestler to hold the title.[28] In August 2023, Wagner took part in the 2023 N-1 Victory, finishing the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. On October 28 atDemolition Stage In Fukuoka, Wagner Jr. lost the GHC National Championship toJack Morris, in his seventh title defense, ending his reign at 352 days, the longest reign in the title's history.[29]
On January 13, 2024, Wagner challengedKenoh to a title match for theGHC Heavyweight Championship. Wagner wanted to challenge him in 2019, with Kenoh accepting. Afterwards, Kenoh offered a handshake, which he accepted and then pulled Kenoh close so the two were butting heads. On February 4 atCross Over in Sendai 2024, Wagner defeated Kenoh to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship, for the first time. With this victory, Wagner became the second gaijin wrestler (the other beingEddie Edwards) and the first Mexican to hold the title.[30] He lost the title to Kaito Kiyomiya on May 4 atWrestle Magic.[31] In August, Wagner took part in the2024 N-1 Victory. Despite winning his opening match, on August 11, it was announced that Wagner would be absent the remainder of the tournament due to injury, leading him to forfeit the remainder of his matches. He made his return from injury on September 1.[32]
On January 2, 2025 at New Year Reboot, Wagner announced that he would be returning to Mexico, and his last match in NOAH, would be on January 11.
Wagner made hisWWE debut atWorlds Collide on June 7, 2025, teaming up withPagano andPsycho Clown in a losing effort againstLegado Del Fantasma (Santos Escobar,Angel, andBerto).[33]
On October 25 , 2025 atNXT Halloween Havoc, Wagner unsuccessfully challenged forEthan Page'sNXT North American Championship in a Day of The Dead Deathmatch. During the match, his mask was half-ripped.
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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| El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (mask) | Máscara Jr. | Pachuca, Hidalgo | Live event | November 23, 2010 | [Note 1][6] |
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