Stuka Jr.

Stuka Jr.
Born (1979-07-17) July 17, 1979[1]
Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Stuka Jr.
Billed height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Billed weight 84 kg (185 lb)[1]
Trained by Stuka[1]
Satánico[1]
Debut April 29, 2005

Stuka Jr. (born July 17, 1979) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, who works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Stuka Jr. is not, despite what the name indicates, the son of Luchador Stuka but his much younger brother. Stuka Jr. regularly teams with Fuego, with whom he held the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship for a record four and a half years. Stuka Jr.'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.[2]

Professional wrestling career

Stuka Jr. made his professional wrestling debut in 2005 after training with his older brother Stuka. He took the name Stuka Jr. after his brother, adopting a ring outfit adorned with German Iron Crosses and a mask fashioned to look like aviator goggles and a German helmet.[3] Initially the Stuka brothers teamed together, winning the Northern Mexico Tag Team Championship not long after Stuka Jr. made his wrestling debut.[1] By 2006 Stuka Jr. was signed to a full-time contract with the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

Stuka Jr. made his CMLL debut on April 30, 2006, working mainly in the opening matches while receiving additional training from CMLL's head trainer Satánico.[1] Stuka Jr.'s first headline exposure came when he participated in the first Torneo cibernetico qualifier for the 2007 Leyenda de Plata tournament on May 18, 2007, where he was eliminated by eventual winner Mr. Águila.[4] A month later Stuka Jr. participated in the 2007 version of CMLL's Torneo Gran Alternativa, teaming up with Veteran Negro Casas. The team lost to Dr. Wagner Jr. and Máscara Purpura in the first round.[5] On September 28, 2007, Stuka Jr. teamed up with Metalico and Valiente to defeat Los Infernales (Euforia and Nosferatu) and Loco Max on the undercard of CMLL 75th Anniversary Show.[6]

Teaming with Flash / Fuego

By 2008 Stuka Jr. had begun teaming with Flash on a semi-regular basis, especially on CMLL's "lower level" shows away from Arena Mexico. When CMLL announced that they were bringing back the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship in June 2008, the team of Stuka Jr. and Flash was one of the 16 teams entered in the tournament. The first three rounds of the tournament took place on June 22, 2008, and saw Stucka Jr. and Flash defeated Astro Boy and Molotov in the first round, the Los Guerreros Tuareg team of Nitro and Skandalo in the quarter final and Bronco and Diamante Negro in the semi final.[7] The team faced and defeated Los Infernales (Nosferatu and Euforia) in the final on June 28 to win the Arena Colise Tag Team Championship.[8] Stuka Jr. and Flash teamed with Máscara Purpura to defeat the Guerreros Tuareg team of Arkangel de la Muerte, Loco Max and Skándalo at CMLL's 2008 Infierno en el Ring event.[9] Throughout late 2009 Stuka Jr. and Flash worked a series of matches against Los Infernales, including a successful tag team title defense on December 14, 2008.[10] Los Infernales defeated Stuka Jr. and Flash at CMLL's La Hora Cero PPV on January 11, 2009, but the Coliseo Tag Team title was not on.[11] In June 2009 Stuka Jr. along with El Hijo del Fantasma, Sangre Azteca and Dragón Rojo Jr. traveled to Europe to wrestle at the Hot Air Fair, an art exhibit featuring a wrestling show for the fair-goers.[12] Stuka Jr. and Flash teamed with Metalico at CMLL's 2009 Infierno en el Ring event as the trio lost to the team of Virus, Euforia and Skandalo.[13]

On December 19, 2009, the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. announced that Poder Mexica had been stripped of the Mexican National Trios Championship because Black Warrior had left CMLL, breaking up the team. At the same time they announced an eight-team tournament to crown a new trios champion. The top half of the bracket took place on December 22, 2009, and the bottom half of the bracket took place on December 29. In the top bracket Stuka Jr. teamed with Máscara Dorada and Metro for the first time ever and defeated Guerreros Tuareg (Arkangel de la Muerte, Loco Max and Skándalo) in the first round and Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Virus, Euforia and Pólvora) in the second round to qualify for the finals.[14] The bottom bracket took place on December 29, 2009, and saw the team of Poder Mexica (Sangre Azteca, Dragón Rojo Jr., and Misterioso Jr.) qualify for the final.[15] On January 6, 2010, Mascara Dorada, Stuka Jr., and Metro defeated Poder Mexica to become the new Mexican National Trios Champions, making Stuka Jr. a double champion.[16] In mid-2010 Stuka Jr. and Metal Blanco started a storyline feud against Máscara Mágica and Exterminador, that played out on CMLL's weekly shows in Guadalajara, Jalisco. On July 27, Stuka Jr. and Metal Blanco won a Lucha de Apuesta, masks vs. hair match. Stuka Jr. and partner originally looked like they would have to unmask after losing the third fall, but the local wrestling commission voided the results of the third fall due to cheating by Máscara Mágica and Extreminador, restarting the match. In the end Stuka Jr. and Metal Blanco won the third and deciding fall, forcing their opponents to be shaved bald pr. lucha libre traditions.[17] By virtue of holding the Mexican National Trios Championship Stuka Jr. participated in the 2010 Universal Championship tournament. Stuka Jr. was part of "Block A" that competed on the July 30, 2010 Super Viernes show. He was the second wrestler eliminated in the seeding battle royal and then lost to his Mexican National Trios Championship partner Mascara Dorada in the first round of the actual tournament.[18] On November 18, Máscara Dorada announced he was relinquishing the Mexican National Trios Championship. Stuka Jr.'s and Metro's new partner was to be determined in an online poll.[19] On December 20, CMLL announced that Delta had won the poll and was now one third of the champions, alongside Stuka Jr. and Metro[20] On January 9, 2011, Stuka Jr., Delta, and Metro lost the Mexican National Trios Championship to Ángel de Oro, Diamante and Rush.[21] He was briefly unmasked by Euforia on Spanish TV in late March 2011, but his face was blurred out on television.[22] In late 2012 Stuka Jr. began to develop a rivalry with Japanese wrestler Namajague, initiated by Namajague's attempts to cheat his way to victory over Stuka Jr. Stuka Jr. and Fuego successfully defended the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship against Namajague and his La Fiebre Amarilla ("The Yellow Fever") partner Okumura.[23] Through the series of Arena Coliseo tag team matches Namajague began targeting Stuka Jr. specifically, more intent on hurting and humiliating him including tearing Stuka Jr.'s mask open during the match. In late 2013 Rey Cometa was added to the storyline as it also drew in Okumura as Namajague's back up. On March 3, 2013, Stuka Jr. and Fuego's four and a half year reign as the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions came to an end, when they lost the title to Namajague and Okumura.[24] On March 15, 2013, Stuka Jr. and Rey Cometa defeated La Fiebre Amarilla in the main event of the 2013 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show, forcing Okumura to have all his hair shaved off and Namajague was unmasked and had to reveal his real name, Kyosuke Mikami, as per lucha libre traditions.[25] In late March 2013 Stuka Jr. was announced as a participant in the 2013 En Busca de un Ídolo ("In search of an Idol") tournament that would take place from May to July 2013 as one of eight competitors.[26] From January 14 to 19, 2014, Stuka Jr. worked the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and CMLL co-produced Fantastica Mania 2014 tour, which marked his debut in Japan. For the entire tour, Stuka Jr. worked undercard matches, alongside Rey Cometa.[27][28] On April 27, Stuka Jr. won the 2014 Reyes del Aire tournament, outlasting a field that included Averno, Mephisto, Ephesto, Mr. Niebla, Valiente, Tritón, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa, Niebla Roja, Puma and Tiger.[29][30] In January 2015, Stuka Jr. returned to Japan to take part in the Fantastica Mania 2015 tour, during which he unsuccessfully challenged Mephisto for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship.[31]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Abismo Negro (hair) Stuka Jr. (hair) Unknown Live event Unknown [Note 1][33]
Stuka Jr. (mask) Mr. Altlantic Jr. (mask) Unknown Live event Unknown  
Stuka and Stuka Jr. (masks) Espanto IV and Espanto V (masks) Unknown Live event Unknown [1]
Stuka Jr. (mask) Kempo Kid (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León, Live event Unknown [1]
Stuka Jr. (mask) Flecha II (mask) Mexico City, Mexico Live event April 2, 2006 [1]
Stuka Jr. (mask) Jeque (mask) Mexico City, Mexico Live event April 15, 2007 [1]
Stuka Jr. (mask) and Metal Blanco (mask) Máscara Mágica (hair) and Exterminador (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event July 27, 2010 [17]
Stuka Jr. (mask) and Rey Cometa (hair) La Fiebre Amarilla
(Okumura (hair) and Namajague (mask)) 		Mexico City, Mexico 2013 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas March 15, 2013 [25]

Notes

  1. ↑ Lucha del reves match (hair vs. hair between two masked wrestlers).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Tecnicos – Stuka, Jr.". Fuego En El Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  2. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  3. ↑ "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Stuka (senior) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. October 2007. p. 45. Tomo IV.
  4. ↑ "Resultados Arena Mexico (1 June 07)". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). June 2, 2007. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  5. ↑ Ocampo, Jorge (September 12, 2004). "Gran Alternativa 2007". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). issue 229.
  6. ↑ Arturo Rosas Plata (September 29, 2007). "Lizmark, Al infierno". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. p. 22. Número 20999 Año LX. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
  7. ↑ Arturo Rosas Plata (June 23, 2008). "Ya están los Finalistas". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. p. 22. Número 21264 Año LXI. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
  8. 1 2 Arturo Rosas Plata (June 30, 2008). "La tarde se Pintó de azul". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. p. 22. Número 21271 Año LXI. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
  9. ↑ Yoav (June 15, 2008). "Resultados Infierno en el Ring en Vivo!". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 21, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  11. ↑ Ocampo, Jorge (January 11, 2009). "Resultados Arena México: La Hora Cero – Shockercito pierde la máscara dice llamarse Javier Cortes Sánchez". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 28, 2009.
  12. ↑ Miguel, Jose (June 12, 2009). "Fotografías del Hijo del Fantasma, Sangre Azteca, Dragón Rojo Jr. y Stuka Jr en Hot Art Fair de Basel, Switzerland". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  13. ↑ Arturo Rosas Plata (August 1, 2009). "Naitoh... Abrió los Ojos!". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V. pp. 22–23. Número 21665 Año LXII. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  14. ↑ "Se ilusionan con el cetro" (in Spanish). Esto – OEM Enlina. December 23, 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  15. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (December 31, 2009). "El Poder Mexica es el segundo finalista por el Campeonato Nacional de Tercias". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  16. 1 2 "¡Nuevos campeones nacionales de tercias! Delta es el nuevo integrante". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on December 21, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  17. 1 2 Ruiz Glez, Alex (June 28, 2010). "Polemica en el duelo en que Stuka Jr y Metal Blanco ganan las cabelleras de Máscara Mágica y Exterminador". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  18. ↑ Ocampo, Ernesto (July 31, 2010). "Resultados Arena México (30 julio 2010): ¡Sombra, primer finalista al Campeonato Universal CMLL! ¡Místico contra Psicosis!". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2010.
  19. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (November 19, 2010). "Máscara Dorada renuncia al Campeonato Nacional de Tríos.". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved November 20, 2010.
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  21. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (January 10, 2011). "Arena México (resultados domingo 9 de enero del 2011) Rush, Diamante y Ángel de Oro nuevos campeones nacionales de tercias". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved January 10, 2011.
  22. ↑ Jones, Edward. "CMLL TV Report, 27/3/2011". Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  23. ↑ "Fuego y Stuka siguen reinando en La Coliseo". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). September 10, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  24. ↑ "Okumura y Namajague Campeones de la Coliseo". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). March 3, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  25. 1 2 "Resultados Arena México" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. March 15, 2013. Archived from the original on March 17, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  26. ↑ "En Busca de un Idolo regresa en mayo". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  27. ↑ "『Fantastica Mania』メンバーが決定!! 2代目ミスティコが参戦!! 素顔のボラドールなど、16名が大挙上陸!!" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. November 7, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Los programas oficiales de la gira NJPW Presents: CMLL Fantastica Mania 2014" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. January 6, 2014. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  29. 1 2 "Resultados - Domingo 27 de Abril '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). April 28, 2014. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  30. 1 2 López Peralta, Gonzalo (April 28, 2014). "Lucha Libre: Función domingo 27 de abril". Yahoo Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  31. ↑ "NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  33. ↑ "AAA Luchadores – Technicós – Abismo Negro". Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
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