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| Ángel de Oro | |
|---|---|
 Ángel de Oro in July 2020 | |
| Birth name | Miguel Ángel Chávez Velasco |
| Born | (1988-08-18)August 18, 1988 (age 36)[1] Torreón,Coahuila, Mexico[1] |
| Family | Apolo Chávez (father) Niebla Roja (brother) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Ángel de Oro |
| Billed height | 1.76 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 82 kg (181 lb)[1] |
| Billed from | Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico[2] |
| Trained by | Gran Cochisse[1] El Satánico[1] Franco Columbo[1] Diabólico[2] Corsario Rojo[2] |
| Debut | 2005[2] |
Miguel Ángel Chávez Velasco (born August 18, 1988), better known by hisring nameÁngel de Oro (Spanish for "Angel of Gold" or "Golden Angel"), is a Mexicanprofessional wrestler who works for the Mexican wrestling promotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is a double champion in CMLL, as he is theMexican National Light Heavyweight Champion and theWorld Tag Team Champion, both in his first reign.
In 2018, he was defeated in aLuchas de Apuestas (mascara contra mascara; "mask vs. mask") match byEl Cuatrero, and was forced to unmask and be identified. He is a second-generationluchador, the son of Apolo Chávez and the brother of theluchadorNiebla Roja, who also works for CMLL. From 2008 to 2011, Ángel de Oro was part of a group calledLos Ángeles Celestiales ("The Celestial Angels") alongside his brother (then billed as Ángel de Plata) andÁngel Azteca Jr., but after his brother changed his ring persona, that group has been phased out. After many years of portraying atecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character, Ángel de Oro and his brother turnedrudo and aligned themselves withEl Terrible, eventually formingLos Nuevos Ingobernables.
His accolades in CMLL include being a formerCMLL World Middleweight Champion,CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion,Mexican National Trios Champion, as well as the winner of the 2011Forjando un Ídolo tournament, the 2020Leyenda de Azul tournament and the 2021La Copa Junior VIP tournament. He is also a three time winner of theCMLLReyes del Aire tournament.
Chávez and his older brother,Niebla Roja, are the sons of professional wrestler Apolo Chávez and grew up idolizing their father.[1] Ángel de Oro was trained for his professional wrestling debut by Dibólico and Corsario Rojo and would receive further training fromGran Cochisse,El Satánico andFranco Columbo later in his career.[1][2] Early on Ángel de Plata worked mainly for independent promotions around theGómez Palacio, Durango area, often whilefeuding with his brother who at the time wrestled as Guerrero Inca ("Incan Warrior"). It was the feud between the two brothers that got Ángel de Oro noticed byConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) talent scouts and landed him a contract with CMLL. His brother changed his ring character toÁngel de Plata (Silver Angel) to complement his younger brother's ring character and together they began training at CMLL's wrestling school inGuadalajara,Jalisco.[3]
The duo made their CMLL debut on July 4, 2008, wrestling, as a team dubbedLos Angeles Celestiales ("The Celestial Angels")[1] The duo was made into a trio when they were joined byÁngel Azteca Jr. who used a similar "Angel inspired" ring character.[3]Los Angeles Celestiales worked low card matches throughout 2008 and into 2009, gaining valuable ring experience along the way. On April 7, 2009, Ángel de Oro participated in a 10-manTorneo cibernetico elimination match for the vacantCMLL World Super Lightweight Championship. The other participants included Ángel Azteca Jr.,Rey Cometa,Pegasso,Tiger Kid,Pólvora,Inquisidor,Súper Comando, Angel de Plata and eventual winnerMáscara Dorada.[4] In late 2009 Ángel de Oro participated in the 2009Gran Alternativa tournament, a tournament where an experienced wrestler teams up with a newcomer. Ángel de Oro teamed up withMístico, CMLL's most popular wrestler at the time, to form a team that was considered the favorite for the tournament. They defeatedAtlantis and Camorra andMr. Niebla and Tiger Kid en route to the final, where they were defeated by the Japanese duo ofNaito andOkumura in an upset.[3] On October 18, 2009, Angel de Oro was one of 12 wrestlers who put his mask on the line in a 12-manLuchas de Apuestas cage match. He was the tenth and last person to escape the cage keeping his mask safe whileTigre Blanco was forced to unmask after the loss to Pólvora.[5]
Los Ángeles Celestiales participated in a 2009 tournament to crown newMexican National Trios Champion. The team lost in the first round toLos Cancerberos del Infierno (Virus, Pólvora andEuforia).[3] Following the tournament lossLos Ángeles Celestiales andLos Cancerberos del Infierno developed a rivalry between the two groups, facing off on various CMLL shows, including CMLL's main weekly show on Friday nightsSuper Viernes.[6] In early 2010 Ángel de Oro was voted "Newcomer of the year", both for CMLL and bySúper Luchas Magazine.[3][7] As a sign of his success so far Ángel de Oro participated in his first ever major CMLL event as he teamed up withFuego andStuka Jr., wrestling and losing toPoder Mexica (Sangre Azteca,Dragón Rojo Jr. andMisterioso II) in the opening match of the 2010Homenaje a Dos Leyendas on March 19, 2010.[8] Ángel de Oro was one of 12 men who put their mask on the line as part of a 12-mansteel cage match in the main event of the 2010Infierno en el Ring. During the match, his brother Ángel de Plata tricked him in order to escape the cage. Later on rivalPuma King feigned an alliance with Ángel de Oro only to jump him from behind and then escape the cage as well. The match came down to Ángel de Oro,Doctor X, andFabián el Gitano, only to see Ángel de Oro accidentally hit Fabián el Gitano so that Doctor X could escape the cage, leaving Ángel de Oro and Fabián to fight for their masks. Ángel de Oro won his firstLucha de Apueta (bet match) by pinning Fabián, forcing him to unmask and reveal his name as per lucha libre traditions.[9] On August 15, 2010, Ángel de Oro participated in a "Mexico City vs. Guadalajara"torneo cibernetico, an elimination match between young wrestlers trained at CMLL's wrestling school in Mexico and young wrestlers trained at CMLL's facility in Guadalajara where he represented the Mexico City city. The match, that also included his brother Ángel de Plata, as well as Ángel Azteca Jr.,Delta and Fuego on the Mexico City team and Ángel del Mal,Metal Blanco,El Gallo, Leo andPalacio Negro on the Guadalajara team. It came down to Ángel de Oro and Metal Blanco as the last two wrestlers, with Ángel de Oro taking the victory for Mexico City after Guadalajara trained Ángel del Mal (not related to Ángel de Oro and Ángel de Plata) betrayed his "home town" by costing Metal Blanco the match.[10] On September 3, 2010 Ángel de Oro teamed up with Delta and Stuka Jr. to defeatLos Guerreros Tuareg (Arkangel de la Muerte andSkándalo) and Pólvora on the undercard of theCMLL 77th Anniversary Show.[11] Up until the end of 2010 CMLL had not really promoted the fact that Ángel de Oro and Ángel de Plata were second-generation wrestlers, but they acknowledge this when both competed in the 2010La Copa Junior tournament on December 25. In the tournament, Ángel de Oro lost toNegro Casas in the first round.[12] On January 1, 2011, Ángel de Oro defeated fourteen other men in atorneo cibernetico to win the 2011Reyes del Aire.[13] On January 9 Ángel de Oro,Diamante, andRush defeated Delta,Metro, and Stuka Jr. to win the Mexican National Trios Championship.[14]
In early 2011 Ángel de Oro was teamed up with therudo wrestlerÚltimo Guerrero for the 2011 version of theTorneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles ("National Incredible Pairs Tournament"), alucha libre concept where arudo and atecnico wrestler are forced to team up and try to get along for a tournament. Often time the pairs are created to further ongoing storylines but there had been very little direct interaction between Ángel de Oro and Último Guerrero prior to the tournament. In the first round the duo defeatedToscano andEl Terrible, but lost in the second round to Guerrero's rivalBlue Panther and Guerrero's regular teammate Dragón Rojo Jr.[15][16] On February 28, 2011 Ángel de Oro, Diamante, and Rush successfully defended the Mexican National Trios Championship againstLos Cancerberos del Infierno (Euforia, Pólvora and Virus) Over the spring of 2011 Ángel de Oro was one of 16 competitor's in CMLL's first everForjando un Ídolo ("Forging an Idol") tournament, designed to showcase some of CMLL's younger, lower ranked wrestlers in order to elevate one or more of them up the ranks. In the first round of the tournament Ángel de Oro defeatedEscorpión,Palacio Negro, Rey Cometa to earn 9 points and win his group to qualify for the second round.[17] In the second round he defeatedGuerrero Maya Jr. and Fuego to qualify for the finals, where he defeated Pólvora to win the entire tournament.[18][19] The original plan for the tournament was to have Ángel de Oro take over the mask and ring character of Místico, who had left CMLL to work forWWE instead. For undisclosed reasons Ángel de Oro decided not to become the next Místico, instead that role was given toDragon Lee months later.[20][21] He competed in the 2011Leyenda de Azul ("Blue Legend") tournament but was eliminated third, out of ten, byRey Bucanero.[22] By virtue of holding the Mexican National Trios Championship Ángel de Oro was one of 16 champions that competed in the 2011 CMLLUniversal Championship tournament, but lost toLa Sombra in the opening round of the tournament.[23] On September 20, Ángel de Oro, Diamante, and Rush lost the Mexican National Trios Championship toLos Invasores (Olímpico,Psicosis II, andVolador Jr.).[24]
On January 3, 2012 Ángel de Oro challenged Dragón Rojo Jr. for theCMLL World Middleweight Championship, his first singles championship challenge in CMLL, but was pinned by Rojo Jr. two falls to one. On February 4, 2012, he won the annualReyes del Aire tournament afterMr. Águila and Máscara Dorada eliminated each other through a double pinfall. This made Ángel de Oro the person to ever win back-to-backReyes del Aire tournaments.[25][26][27] For the 2012Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournament Ángel de Oro teamed up with Psicosis, playing off their past trios championship tension to create anIncreibles team for the tournament. In the opening round they defeatedEl Felino and Rey Bucanero, but lost to eventual tournament winners Rush and El Terrible in the quarter-finals.[28] On April 29, 2012 Ángel de Oro received a shot at theNWA World Historic Welterweight Championship, but was defeated by champion Negro Casas in three falls.[29] He received a second match for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship on September 2 but was once again unable to defeat Negro Casas.[30] During the 2012La Copa Junior tournament he eliminated Tiger, but was in turn eliminated by his storyline rival Negro Casas as the seventh wrestler eliminated in the match.[31] TheLa Copa Junior elimination was used as the storyline to build to a third NWA World History Welterweight Championship match between Ángel de Oro and Negro Casas on December 11, but once again the veteran Casas successfully defended the championship.[32] In March 2013 Ángel de Oro was paired up withrudo wrestlerEphesto for the 2013Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournament. While the two managed to work together they still lost their first round match to the team ofDiamante Azul and Euforia.[33][34] Ángel de Oro's thirdReyes del Aire tournament win hopes were dashed when Rey Escorpión eliminated him early on in the match.[35] On April 2, 2013, the makeshift team of Ángel de Oro,Shocker andValiente joined up to challengeLos Invasores (Kraneo, Mr. Águila and Psicosis) for the Mexican National Trios Championship, but the team was unable to defeatLos Invasores.[36] On September 3, 2013 Ángel de Oro challenged Pólvora for Pólvora'sCMLL World Welterweight Championship, but was unable to defeat him.[37]
In December 2013 Ángel de Oro suffered a severe knee injury during a match where he teamed up withEsfinge and Shocker, defeating Euforia, Exterminador and Tiger. The injury required him to have surgery and spend several months out of the ring rehabilitating his knee. He made his return to the ring on June 2, 2015, teaming with Blue Panther and Titán, only to lose toLos Invasores (Kraneo,Morphosis and Ripper).[38] Two months after his return he competed in the 2014Reyes del Aire tournament inPuebla but was the fourth man eliminated, once again defeated by Ripper who also pinned him in his return match.[39] On October 3 CMLL held a higher profile version ofLa Copa Junior calledLa Copa Junior VIP. In the tournament Ángel de Oro lost to La Sombra in the opening match.[40] On October 28, 2014, Ángel de Oro defeated Rey Escorpión to win theCMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship.[41] For the 2015Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles Ángel de Oro was teamed up withHechicero, who at the time had been asking Ángel de Oro for a title match in the weeks before the tournament. The duo lost to Atlantis and Último Guerrero in the opening round/[42][43] On March 1 he had his second successful title defense as he kept the CMLL Light Heavyweight Championship by defeatingGran Guerrero.[44] He also competed in the 2015CMLL Reyes del Aire tournament but was eliminated midway through the tournament.[45] On June 1, 2015 Ángel de Oro defeated long time rival Ripper to defend the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship for a third time.[46] On April 8, 2016La Máscara defeated Ángel de Oro to end his CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship after 528 days with the title.[47]
On May 21, 2016 Ángel de Oro was one of ten wrestlers competing in atorneo cibernetico elimination match to determine the first Lucha Libre Elite Middleweight Championship. The match and the championship was won byCaristico as he eliminated Mephisto as the last man in the match. Ángel de Oro was the sixth man eliminated.[48] On March 25, 2017, he defeated Dragón Rojo Jr. to win the CMLL World Middleweight Championship, the victory ended Dragón Rojo Jr.'s over five year long reign as champion.[49] On January 19, 2018 atFantastica Mania 2018, Ángel de Oro lost the middleweight championship toEl Cuatrero as part of an ongoing storyline feud between the two.[50] The two rivals were teamed up for the 2018Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles tournament, which intentionally team up rivals. The team lost to Atlantis and Mr. Niebla in the first round as they were not able to get along.[51] The Ángel de Oro/El Cuatrero storyline culminated at the 2018Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends") show on March 16, 2018 where the two met in the main event. As a result of his loss to El Cuatrero, Ángel del Oro was forced to remove his mask and reveal his birthname, Miguel Ángel Chávez Velasco, to the public.[52] On May 4 Ángel del Oro participated in his thirdGran Alternativa of his career, teaming up withRobin. The team did not make it past the first round as they lost to Yago and Mephisto.[53] On June 1, 2018, Ángel del Oro had a rematch with El Cuatrero for the CMLL World Middleweight Championship, in which El Cuartero retained the championship.[54]
During 2018, Ángel de Oro resumed his partnership with Niebla Roja, asLos Hermanos Chavez. TheUniversal Championship was the start of a storyline betweenLos Hermanos Chavez andLos Ingobernables (El Terrible andLa Bestia del Ring), as El Terrible cheated to defeat Niebla Roja with the help of La Bestia del Ring.[55] After several matches between the two sides, they all signed a contract for aLuchas de Apuestas match as the main event of CMLL's 2019Homenaje a Dos Leyendas event.[56] On March 15, 2019Los Hermanos Chavez defeatedLos Ingobernables two falls to one, forcing both El Terrible and La Bestia del Ring to have all their hair shaved off.
In late 2020, despite being booked astecnicos, Ángel de Oro andNiebla Roja began showingrudo tendencies, which came to a head atLeyenda de Azul. At the event, they worked with El Terrible (the last remaining member ofLos Ingobernables), who helped Ángel de Oro win thecibernetico match.[57] Afterwards, they continued to work together under the name Terriblemente Chavez, although Ángel de Oro and his brother were still referred to astecnicos. On March 24, 2021, they cemented theirrudo turn and joined El Terrible, formingLos Nuevos Ingobernables.[58] A few days later, Ángel de Oro wonLa Copa Junior VIP.[59] On October 5, Ángel de Oro challengedFelino for theMexican National Light Heavyweight Championship,[60] which would turn out to be successful, defeating Felino on October 12.[61] On January 23, 2022, Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship.[62]
On February 28, 2025, lost toKonosuke Takeshita for theNEVER Openweight Champion at the Arena México.[63][64]
On May 27, 2012, Ángel de Oro enteredNew Japan Pro-Wrestling's (NJPW)2012 Best of the Super Juniors tournament.[65] Opening hisround-robin tournament with four back-to-back wins (defeatingTaichi,Gedo,Jushin Thunder Liger andPac), Ángel de Oro lost all four of his remaining matches (losing toPrince Devitt,Bushi,Rocky Romero andKushida) and, as a result, failed to qualify for the semifinals of the tournament.[66][67] In January 2015, Ángel de Oro returned to Japan to take part in theFantastica Mania 2015 tour, during which he successfully defended the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship against Okumura.[68] In October 2016, Ángel de Oro made his debut for the US basedRing of Honor (ROH) as part of a CMLL-NJPW-ROH working agreement. On October 14 he lost a four-way match to former CMLL wrestlerKamaitachi in a match that also includedNick Jackson andA. C. H. The following night, Ángel de Oro lost to Kamaitachi once more.[69]
Ángel de Oro returned to New Japan Pro-Wrestling on October 21 atRoad to Power Struggle event where he took part in2016 Super Jr. Tag Tournament, teaming up withTitan. However they were eliminated in the first round byRoppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero).[70]
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ángel de Oro (mask) | Fabián el Gitano (mask) | Mexico City | Infierno en el Ring | July 18, 2010 | [a][9] |
| El Cuatrero (mask) | Ángel de Oro (mask) | Mexico City | Homenaje a Dos Leyendas | March 16, 2018 | [52] |
| Los Hermano Chavez (hair) (Ángel de Oro andNiebla Roja) | Los Ingobernables (hair) (El Terrible andLa Bestia del Ring) | Mexico City | Homenaje a Dos Leyendas | March 15, 2019 | [75][76][77][78] |
| Volador Jr. (hair) | Ángel de Oro. (hair) | Mexico City | CMLL 90th Anniversary Show | September 16, 2023 | [79] |
