El Felino

El Felino
Birth name Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz
Born March 22, 1964[1]
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Babe Casas
El Felino
Billed height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Billed weight 86 kg (190 lb)[2]
Billed from Mexico City[2]
Trained by Pepe Casas[1]
Raúl Reyes
Debut March 22, 1987[1]

El Felino (born March 22, 1964), is the ring name of Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz, who is a Mexican professional wrestler or Luchador currently wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is the son of wrestler and referee Pepe Casas, part of the Casas wrestling family; the brother of Negro Casas and Heavy Metal and the uncle of wrestlers Canelo Casas, Danny Casas, Black Star, Destroyer and Nanyzh Rock. His sons are also both wrestlers under the names of Tiger Kid and Puma King respectively. Up until the summer of 2014 his wife, Blanca Rodriquez wrestled under the ring name "Princesa Blanca" but has since retired. El Felino was originally an enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, but was forced to unmask in March 2010 due to losing a match. He is a member of La Peste Negra ("The Black Plague")

Professional wrestling career

Felino won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship on July 5, 1992 in Mexico City, D.F. by defeating the 2-time Champion Ciclón Ramírez.[3] Felino vacated the title after winning the CMLL World Welterweight Championship on July 16, 1992.[4] On July 17, 1992 Felino won the CMLL World Welterweight Championship by defeating América in Cuernavaca, Morelos.[4] He lost the championship to Ciclón Ramírez on May 21, 1993 in Mexico City.[4] Felino won the championship back on March 30, 1994 in Acapulco, Guerrero.[4] On June 21, 1994 he lost the title to El Pantera II in Cuernavaca, Morelos.[4] He won the championship once again by victory over Nosawa on September 21, 2001 in Mexico City. In 2002 he won the Leyenda de Plata tournament.[5] His third CMLL World Welterweight Championship reign last over 2 years and ends with a loss to Satánico on November 25, 2003 in Mexico City. On December 5, 2003 Felino, Volador, Jr. and Safari won the vacant Mexican National Trios Championship by defeating Alan Stone, Super Crazy and Zumbido in a tournament final.[6] They lost the Mexican National Trios Championship on March 25, 2005 to Dr. X, Nitro and Sangre Azteca.

La Peste Negra

Main article: La Peste Negra

In July 2008 Mr. Niebla returned to CMLL, forming a group with Negro Casas and Heavy Metal called La Peste Negra (Spanish for "the Black Plague), a Rudo group that had a more comical approach to wrestling. The trio started wearing large afro wigs, painting their faces black and dancing during their entrances and generally worked a less serious style of match than was unusual, especially for a serious wrestler like Negro Casas.[7] On September 2, 2008 the last Casas brother, El Felino turned Rudo as well and joined La Peste Negra. After Felino joined the group Heavy Metal was quietly phased out as he was not comfortable working the comedic style.[7] Felino's wife Princesa Blanca joined the group in early 2009, turning Rudo to work with La Pestra, the turn led to Princesa Blanca winning the Mexican National Women's Championship from Marcela on January 30, 2009.[8] La Pesta Negra's biggest triumph to date is Negro Casas' title win over Místico that brought the CMLL World Welterweight Championship into the group.[9] After the title win, La Peste Negra continued their feud with Místico and his various allies. The feud led to Místico and Negro Casas facing off in a Lucha de Apuesta on the CMLL 76th Anniversary Show, where Casas lost two falls to one and had his hair shaved off. After the match Místico challenged El Felino, Casas' cornerman, to an Apuesta some time in the future although nothing came of it at the time.[10]

In early 2010 El Felino began a storyline feud with La Sombra. The feud began on February 2, 2010 with a singles match between El Felino and La Sombra, after each wrestler won a fall a Puma King, El Felino's nephew, showed up wearing an El Felino outfit and mask, distracting both the referee and La Sombra long enough for El Felino to land a low blow on La Sombra to win the match.[11] The two met in a Lighting match (a one fall, 10 minute time limit match) on the February 19 CMLL Super Viernes show. Once again Puma King tried to help his uncle, but this time the referee disqualified El Felino for the transgression.[12] After the main event of the February 21's show between Místico, La Máscara and Negro Casas against Volador, Jr., Último Guerrero and Héctor Garza Místico challengede Volador,Jr. to a Lucha de Apuesta, or bet match, between the two with their masks on the line.[12] During the main event La Sombra came to Volador, Jr's aid while El Felino helped Místico.[13] On the February 26 CMLL Super Viernes show it was announced that Místico, Volador, Jr., La Sombra and El Felino would face off in a four way Lucha de Apuesta match as the main event of the 2010 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas.[14] La Sombra was the first man pinned at Dos Leyendas and El Felino was the second, forcing the two to put their masks on the line. After a long match La Sombra pinned El Felino. After the match he unmasked and announced that his real name was Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz.[15] On September 30, 2011, at CMLL's 78th Anniversary Show, El Felino won Rey Bucanero's hair in a ten man steel cage match.[16] In October 2011, El Felino became one of four CMLL wrestlers featured in an A&E Latinoamericano documentary series titled El Luchador.[17] In late 2011, El Felino began feuding with Blue Panther, which led to a Hair vs. Hair match on December 16 at Sin Piedad. A week prior to the match, Panther was disqualified in a tag team match, after giving El Felino a Martinete. This led to the Distrito Federal Box y Lucha Commission announcing that Panther was suspended for two weeks, starting after the December 16 event.[18] At Sin Piedad, El Felino tried to exact revenge on Panther, but was disqualified after the referee caught him going for a Martinete. As a result, El Felino was shaved bald.[19] El Felino was teamed up with tecnico El Hijo del Fantasma for the 2013 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles ("National Incredible Pairs Tournament"), a tag team tournament teaming rudos with technicos. The team lost to La Máscara and Averno in the first round despite Averno and La Máscara being long time rivals.[20][21] On March 15, 2013 El Felino teamd up with his sons Tiger and Puma to defeat the team of Guerrero Maya Jr., Delta and Tritón in the opening match of the 2013 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas.[22] On February 18, 2014, El Felino, Mr. Niebla and Negro Casas defeated La Máscara, Rush and Titán to win the Mexican National Trios Championship.[23] They lost the title to Los Reyes de la Atlantida (Atlantis, Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr.) on April 26, 2015.[24]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Lucha de Apuesta record

Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Hair Babe Casas Negro Peralta Apatlaco July 3, 1983  
Hair Babe Casas Mario Prado unknown February 1989  
Mask El Felino Guerrero Imperial Unknown Unknown [1]
Mask El Felino Guerrero Águila Unknown Unknown [1]
Mask El Felino El Comandante Unknown Unknown [1]
Mask El Felino El Predicador Unknown Unknown [1]
Mask El Felino Ciclón Ramírez Mexico City, Mexico July 9, 1993 [1]
Mask El Felino Justiciero Guadalajara, Jalisco October 28, 1994 [1]
Hair El Felino and Heavy Metal Tirantes Tamaulipas June 11, 1999 [Note 1]
Hair El Felino Brazo de Plata Tijuana, Baja California June 23, 2000 [Note 2][1]
Mask El Felino Bestia Negra Tamaulipas April 21, 2002  
Hair El Felino Perro Ruso Los Angeles, California June 3, 2007 [1]
Mask La Sombra El Felino Mexico City, Mexico March 19, 2010 [Note 3][15]
Hair El Felino Rey Bucanero Mexico City, Mexico September 30, 2011 [Note 4][16]
Hair Blue Panther El Felino Mexico City, Mexico December 16, 2011 [19]
Hair Rey Bucanero El Felino Mexico City, Mexico December 5, 2014 [Note 5][32]

Notes

  1. ↑ El Felino and Heavy Metal defeated Kick Boxer and Thai Boxer in a Pepe Casas' hair vs. Tirantes' hair match.
  2. ↑ Lost a Relevos suicida match to El Hijo del Santo and Pierroth, Jr.
  3. ↑ First two men eliminated in a Relevos suicida match that also included Místico and Volador, Jr.
  4. ↑ 10-man steel cage match that also included Rush, Mr. Águila, El Terrible, El Texano, Jr., Héctor Garza, Máximo, Blue Panther and Negro Casas.
  5. ↑ 10-man steel cage match that also included Bárbaro Cavernario, Blue Panther, Marco Corelone, Máximo, Shocker, El Terrible, Último Guerrero and Volador Jr.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 "Rudos - El Felino" (in Spanish). Fuego en el ring. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts (Kappa Publications). pp. 66–79. 2008 Edition.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: EMLL CMLL Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Leyenda de Plata 2004". Pro Wrestling History. July 16 – October 30, 2004. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). 2004-12-20. Especial 21.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gutiérrez, Ana (July 13, 2009). "La Vision del Negro Casas" (in Spanish). Fuergo en el Ring. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
  8. ↑ polazky (January 31, 2009). "Resultados Arena México (30 en 08)". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved August 21, 2009.
  9. ↑ Manuel Flores and Manuel Rivera (March 23, 2009). "Cayó la máscara de Villano V". SuperLuchas (in Spanish) (Mexico). pp. 3–7. 307.
  10. ↑ Marquina, Alva (September 18, 2009). "76 Aniversario del CMLL (Cobertura y Resultados en vivo 18 septiembre 2009) – Místico vs Negro Casas – Máscara vs Cabellera". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 19, 2009.
  11. ↑ Lopez, Gonzalo (February 3, 2010). "Felino al Doube" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "En duelo por máscaras Místico y Volador Jr" (in Spanish). SDP Noticias. February 20, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
  13. ↑ Rosas, Arturo Plata (February 20, 2010). "La Maldad en todo su esplendor" (PDF). Ovaciones (in Spanish) (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.). p. 23. Número 21866 Año LXIII. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
  14. ↑ Islas, Alejandro (February 27, 2010). "Resultados Arena México (26 feb 10): ¡Místico, Volador, Felino y Sombra, por las máscaras!". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Marquina, Alva (March 19, 2010). "CMLL- Arena México (Cobertura y Resultados 19 marzo 2010) – Felino y Místico vs. Volador Jr. y Sombra por las máscaras". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Ruiz Glez, Alex (October 1, 2011). "Rápidas de la Arena México: Felino gano la cabellera del Rey Bucanero en el festejo 78". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  17. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (October 22, 2011). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  18. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (December 15, 2011). "Video: Blue Panther sí podrá luchar el próximo viernes en "Sin Piedad"". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Ruiz Glez, Alex (December 17, 2011). "Blue Panther gana la cabellera del Felino vía descalificación.". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  20. ↑ "Volador y la Sombra a la Final del Torneo de Parejas Increíbles". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). March 2, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  21. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (March 1, 2013). "ATLANTIS y ÚLTIMO GUERRERO ¿Estaremos frente a un duelo candidato para conmemorar el 80 Aniversario del CMLL?". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  22. ↑ López, Gonzalo (March 15, 2013). "Lucha Libre: Función 15 de marzo de 2013". Yahoo! Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Granados, Sandra (February 19, 2014). "¡ Nuevos Campeones Nacionales de Tríos ! La Peste Negra se corona en la México". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  24. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis (April 27, 2015). "Resultados Arena México Domingo 26 de Abril '15". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 - 2008: 297 Felino". Pro Wrestling Illustrated (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, USA: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC). August 2008. p. 110. October 2008.
  26. ↑ Flores, Manuel (July 18, 2008). "Histórico de ganadores del torneo: La Gran Alternativa". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 5, 2009.
  27. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: Districto Federal Trios Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 399. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  28. ↑ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 23, 2006. issue 192. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  29. ↑ "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 3, 2006. issue 140.
  30. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 - 1999 :58 - El Felino". Pro Wrestling Illustrated (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, USA: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC). August 1999. p. 100. October 1999.
  31. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: WWA Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  32. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (December 6, 2014). "Rey Bucanero cobró venganza y rapó al Felino". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved December 6, 2014.