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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jesús Daniel Castillo Ortiz Jr. (1962-07-15)July 15, 1962 (age 63) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jesús Castillo Jr. Huracan Castillo Jr. El Merenguero El Macaracachimba El Olimpico Daniel Castillo |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 215 lb (98 kg)[1] |
| Debut | 1984 |
| Retired | April 9, 2022 |
Jesús Daniel Castillo Ortiz Jr. (born July 15, 1962) is a semi-retiredprofessional wrestler, better known in his native country ofPuerto Rico asHuracan Castillo Jr.. He competed in theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a member of theHispanic stableLos Boricuas in the late 1990s asJesus.[3]
Castillo has wrestled most of his career in Puerto Rico working for theWorld Wrestling Council (WWC), but he also worked for Americas Wrestling Federation,International Wrestling Association, New Wrestling Stars, and even wrestled overseas inNew Japan Pro-Wrestling as Daniel Castillo andAll Japan Pro Wrestling as the masked El Olympico. He is the son of Pedro Castillo, known as "Huracan Castillo", a wrestler who fought in Canada, Japan, the United States and Puerto Rico in the 1970s.
Castillo got his start wrestling in 1984 as ajobber as Huracan Castillo Jr. and later teamed withMiguel Perez as the Puerto Rican Express winning theWWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship three times and theWWC World Tag Team Championship one time. In 1989, Castillo and Pérez teamed as The Caribbean Express, under the names Daniel Castillo and Jose Pérez inNew Japan Pro-Wrestling, and as the masked El Olimpico inAll Japan Pro-Wrestling in 1987.
In 1991, Castilloturned heel on his partner Miguel Perez. Castillo tookMonster Ripper as his manager and fought with Perez until Castillo went to the Americas Wrestling Federation AWF and became the AWF World Heavyweight Champion. After the death of his father, Huracan Castillo Sr. in 1993, Castillo took a small break from wrestling but returned to the World Wrestling Council. He then began fighting withCarlos Colon,Invader I andRay Gonzalez. Became ababyface again after an incident when "Hot Stuff"Eddie Gilbert burned Castillo with a fireball to the face.
In June 1997, Castillo made his move to theWorld Wrestling Federation, as a member of theLos Boricuas stable, which was led bySavio Vega. Castillo mainly competed in tag team matches with other members of the groupJosé Estrada Jr.,Miguel Pérez, and leader Savio Vega. In summer 1998, Castillo became a jobber, competing on Shotgun, losing to superstars; featuring a youngEdge,X-Pac andDan Severn. He competed in SuperAstros as El Merenguero until the show went off the air in August 1999 and left the company.
After being released by the WWF Castillo joined the newly formedInternational Wrestling Association (IWA) in Puerto Rico and reunited with Los Boricuas Savio Vega and Miguel Perez. During this time Castillo began to use theHardcore wrestling style and often used the ring bell against his opponents.
Castillo made a return to WWC in 2006 and formed a tag team with Chris Joel, and has held theWWC World Tag Team Championship as a member of the Starr Corporation. He has formed a tag team withRico Suave and formed "La Evolucion Hardcore" (or The Hardcore Evolution) due to the hardcore wrestling style of these two wrestlers.
In November 2012, he wrestled in Puerto Rico's PRWA as he is the general manager of PRWA and the current PRWA World Heavyweight Champion, having defeated Joseph RPM in the finals. In April 2022, Castillo announced his retirement after 38 years being a fully active wrestler. His retirement match happened on April 9 at GZW'sAccion Sin Limites, where he and Demolition X defeated Agente Bruno and El Profe. He once came out of retirement later in September to wrestle and defeat Joe Bravo at WWC's 49th Anniversary show.
Castillo has a son AJ Castillo who is the first third generation wrestler in Puerto Rico. In November 2012 Huracan Castillo teamed for the first time with his son AJ Castillo against the father and son team of Barrabas and Barrabas Jr.
