Scorpio Jr.

Scorpio Jr.
Birth name Rafael Núñez Juan
Born October 11, 1966
Mexico City, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) El Bandido
Imágen
Red Scorpion
Sadam
Scorpio Jr.
Billed height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[1]
Billed weight 98 kg (216 lb)[1]
Billed from Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Trained by Scorpio
Rafael Salamanca
Debut August 30, 1985[2]

Rafael Núñez Juan (born October 11, 1966) is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler who is best known under his Ring name Scorpio Jr. Núñez is the son of professional wrestler "Scorpio" and was trained by his father and Rafael Salamanca before making his debut on August 30, 1985.[3] Núñez was originally an Enmascarado, masked wrestler, but lost his mask as a result of a loss to the team of Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo on March 19, 1999 [4] Over the years Scopio Jr. has worked for virtually all major Mexican professional wrestling promotions including Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). He is also one of the founding members of the wrestling group called Los Guapos (the Hansomes) as well as a group called Los Talibanes (the Taliban), both with long time wrestling partners and friends Emilio Charles Jr. and Bestia Salvaje.[5]

Biography

Rafael Núñez was born on October 11, 1966, son of Rafael Núñez Contreras who wrestled under the ring name Scorpio from the 1960s until the 1990. Originally Núñez father did not want his son to become a professional wrestler, instead encouragning him to participate in other sports instead. At the age of 14 Núñez joined the National Institute of Sport (INDE - Instituto Nacional del Deporte) where he took up Olympic wrestling, a sport he participated in for two years.[2]

Professional wrestling career

At the age of 16 Núñez attended a professional wrestling school in Mexico City, Mexico under the tutelage of Rafale Salamanca. During his first lesson Núñez was put through such a rigorous regime that it made him vomit. When Núñez returned for lessons the following day Salamanca agreed to train him full time as well as getting his father to take part in his training.[2] On August 30, 1984 Núñez made his professional wrestling debut, teaming with Pioloto Suicida against Los Bándalos (Memo Arenas and Ray Torres).[2] Núñez initially worked as an enmascarado called Imágen but later changed his name to Scorpio Jr. - a name his godfather had used when teaming with Núñez father and a name he now used to openly acknowledge his family connections. When Scorpio Jr. began working in Guadalajara he became a friend of Emilio Charles Jr. and Bestia Salvaje, forming a group that would team together off and on for years.[2] Scorpio Jr.'s biggest storyline feud in the 1990s was himself and Bestia Salvaje against the team of Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). On November 11, 1998 Scorpio Jr. and Salvaje won a tournament for the vacant CMLL World Tag Team Championship and immediately began working tag team matches against Caras and Hijo del Santo.[6] On February 5, 1999 Casas and Hijo del Santo defeated Scorpio Jr. and Salvaje by disqualification. The team was awarded the titles due to the win but Casas and Hijo del Santo refused the championship as they had not won them the right way. Scorpio Jr. and Salvaje won the titles for a second time in a match against Casas and Hijo del Santo for the vacated titles.[6] On March 19, 1999, during that year's Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show, Casas and Hijo del Santo defeated Scorpio Jr. and Besta Salvaje in a Lucha de Apuesta, or bet fight, where Bestia Salvaje was shaved bald after the match and Scorpio Jr. was forced to unmask.[4]

After unmasking Scorpio Jr. adopted the nickname El Guapo (Spanish for "The Handsome One"), a nickname that stood in stark contrast to his father's nickname El Rey Feo ("The Ugly King").[3] Scorpio Jr., Salvaje and Emilio Charles Jr. formed a trio in CMLL called Los Talibanes not long after 9/11, but later on changed the name of the group to Los Guapos ("The Handsome Ones").[4] When Scorpio Jr. and Zumbido left CMLL to join Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) he formed Los Guapos in AAA as well. When Scorpio Jr. left AAA in 2008 the Los Guapos remained in AAA and Scorpio Jr. disassociated himself with the group. After leaving AAA Scorpio Jr. joined International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) where he won their annual Rey del Ring tournament in 2008. He also teamed up with Ricky Cruzz to win the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship from Los Junior Capos (Hijo de Cien Caras and Hijo de Máscara Año 2000) in the summer of 2009.[7]

Personal life

Núñez is the father of two teenage boys, both of who are Olympic style wrestlers. Núñez does not want his boys to follow in his footsteps and become professional wrestlers, just like his father did not initially want him to become a professional wrestler.[2]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • FULL Championship (1 time, current)[8]
  • FCW Live Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • IWL International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Super Crazy

Luchas de apuestas record

Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Hair Scorpio Jr. Aristóteles I unknown Unknown  
Mask Scorpio Jr. Tortuguillo Karateka I Naucalpan, Mexico State August 9, 1992  
Mask Scorpio Jr. Black Scorpio Naucalpan, Mexico State October 25, 1992  
Hair/Mask Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr. Mexico City, Mexico March 19, 1999 [Note 1][4]
Hair Nicho el Millonario Scorpio Jr. Tijuana, Baja California December 22, 2000  
Hair El Hijo del Santo Scorpio Jr. Naucalpan, Mexico State December 19, 2002  
Hair Scorpio Jr. Enterrador Naucalpan, Mexico State July 2003  
Hair Shocker Scorpio Jr. Guadalajara, Jalisco March 21, 2004 Part of a multiman cage match, last two competitors in the cage
Hair Shocker Scorpio Jr. Toluca, Mexico State July 3, 2004 Finals of a "Loser advances" tournament
Hair Villano III Scorpio Jr. Xalapa, Veracruz December 1, 2005 [16]
Hair El Hijo del Santo Scorpio Jr. Los Angeles, California July 16, 2005  
Hair Scorpio Jr. Brazo de Plata Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas December 8, 2006 Match also included Alan Stone and Intocable;
Hair Alan Stone Scorpio Jr. Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas November 30, 2007 Cage match that also included Super Caló, Intocable, Zumbido and Decnis
Hair Scorpio Jr. Masada Naucalpan, Mexico State December 14, 2008 Match also included Venero
Hair Villano III Scorpio Jr. Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico State February 26, 2009  
Hair El Oriental Scorpio Jr. Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico State September 16, 2010 Cage match that also included Marco Corleone, Black Warrior, Juventud Guerrera, Charly Manson and Zumbido[17]
Hair Último Guerrero Scorpio Jr. Toluca, Mexico State November 19, 2010 Ruleta Rusa match that also included Toscano, Místico, Sagrado, Misterioso II, El Felino and Shigeo Okumura[18]
Hair Scorpio Jr. El Oriental Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico State January 1, 2012 Four-way match that also included El Intocable and Lizmark Jr.[19]
Hair Súper Muñeco Scorpio Jr. Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico State October 6, 2012 Six-man tag team steel cage Masks vs. Hairs match, where Scorpio Jr., Black Terry and Shu el Guerrero faced Súper Muñeco, Súper Pinocho and Súper Ratón.[20]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ In the main event of the 1999 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth show.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2006 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts (Kappa Publications). pp. 39–52. 2006 Edition.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Muñoz, Javier (October 8, 2009). ""Nunca he defraudado a la lucha libre": Scorpio Jr." (in Spanish). Box y Lucha Magazine. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Encyclopedia staff (November 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Scorpio Jr. (in Spanish) (Mexico City, Mexico). p. 42. Tomo IV.
  5. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "what's in a name". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 209–211. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: EMLL CMLL Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "International Wrestling Group Revolution Intercontinental Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
  8. ↑ Mexicool, Rey (November 13, 2011). "Titanes del Ring (Resultados 12 de nov.): Scorpio Jr., primer Campeón de FULL – Tinieblas Jr. y su equipo ganan – Homenaje a Lola "Dinamita" González". SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  9. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO: IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 401. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  10. ↑ Box y Lucha staff (January 19, 2003). "2002: considerar detrás". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). 2593.
  11. ↑ SuperLuchas staff (January 24, 2005). "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2004". Super Luchas (in Spanish). 91.
  12. ↑ "International Wrestling Group Revolution Intercontinental Trios Title". wrestling-titles.com. March 15, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Rey del Ring". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  14. ↑ Box y Lucha staff (January 9, 2001). "2000 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). pp. 2–20. issue 2488.
  15. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: UWA Trios Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 399. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  16. ↑ Luchas 2000 staff. "Luchas 2000". Villano III y sus Victimas (in Spanish) (Juárez, Mexico: Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V.). pp. 24–27. Especial 30.
  17. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 17, 2010). "El Oriental gana la cabellera de Scorpio Jr. en la Arena Azteca Budokan" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
  18. ↑ "Resultados Festival de Apuestas Deportivo 19 Noviembre 2010 Agustín Millán Toluca Estado de México,1 mascara y 3 caballeras al olvido" (in Spanish). DJ Spectro. November 20, 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  19. ↑ Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (January 2, 2012). "Al Oriental ni en su casa, ni con su gente se le respeta, Pelón por primera vez.". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  20. ↑ Mr. Reyes (October 7, 2012). "Súper Muñeco se llevó la cabellera de Scorpio Jr.". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved October 7, 2012.

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