Ángel Azteca Jr. (born June 1, 1980) is a Mexican ''

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'' '' Enmascarado'', or masked

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, currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion

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(CMLL). He is not the actual son of ''Luchador''

Ángel Azteca Juan Manuel Zúñiga (June 24, 1963 – March 18, 2007) was a Mexican professional wrestler, or '' Luchador'' as they are called in Spanish, best known for working under the ring name Ángel Azteca (Aztec Angel) since the late 1980s. Zúñiga is ...

, but got permission to use the name by the original before he died in 2007, Ángel Azteca Jr. is the son of Viente Negro. Angel Azteca 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. Ángel Azteca Jr. forms a trio called ''Los Ángeles Celestiales'' ("The Celestial Angels") along with

Ángel de Oro Miguel Ángel Chávez Velasco (born August 18, 1988), better known by his ring name Ángel de Oro (Spanish for "Angel of Gold" or "Golden Angel"), is a Mexican professional wrestler who works for the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mund ...

and

Ángel de Plata Sergio Raymundo Chávez Velasco (born March 20, 1986), better known by his ring name Niebla Roja (Spanish for "Red Mist"), is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler), who works for the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Luc ...

. Ángel Azteca Jr. is

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for "Aztec Angel Jr."

Professional wrestling career

The wrestler who today is known as Ángel Azteca Jr. made his professional wrestling debut in 1995, at the age of just 15. Early on he wrestled under the ring name ''Cobrita Oriental'' ("Little Asian Cobra"). Later on he would adopt the ring name Fantastico II, teaming with Fantastico I to form ''Los Fantasticos''. It has not been confirmed that Fantastico I was his brother, but later on the two did team together. In 2005/2006 he adopted the name ''Ángel Azteca Jr.'' and his brother began wrestling as Ángel Azteca II, both having paid the original

for the rights to use the name. The original Ángel Azteca even returned to the ring to help jumpstart the careers of Ángel Azteca Jr. and Ángel Azteca II. The original Ángel Azteca died in early 2007, after which Ángel Azteca II changed his ring name to ''Imperio Azteca'' while Ángel Azteca Jr. kept his name as an homage to his mentor. Since the death of Ángel Azteca promoters have been very careful not to bill Ángel Azteca Jr. as the actual son of the original and more of his successor. By mid-2007 Ángel Azteca Jr. wrestled full-time for

as a low-card '' Tecnico'' (fan favorite). On October 2, 2007 he participated in the 2007 '' Reyes del Aire'' ("Kings of the Air") ''

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'' but lost to eventual winner

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. In June 2008 Ángel Azteca Jr. teamed up with Mascara Purpura to participate in a tournament for the vacant

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. The makeshift team defeated ''Los Romanos'' (

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and Messala) in the first round and ''

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'' (

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and

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) in the second round. In the third round the team lost to ''

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'' ( Nosteratu and Euforia). On June 27, 2008 Ángel Azteca Jr. competed for the ''Trofeo Generacion del 75'' (Generation of 75 Trophy), a tournament for young wrestlers who had joined CMLL during their 75th year of operation.

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won the match but Ángel Azteca Jr. was able to make a good showing for himself. On July 18, 2008 Ángel Azteca Jr. took part in CMLL's annual '' Gran Alternativa'' tournament, a tournament where an experienced wrestler teams up with a newcomer. Ángel Azteca Jr. teamed up with Shocker but lost in the first round to tournament winners

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and

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By the end of 2008 Ángel Azteca Jr. had begun to team with the brother duo of

and

to form a low-card trio called ''Los Ángeles Celestiales'' ("The Celestial Angels"). On April 7, 2009 Ángel Azteca Jr. participated in a 10-man ''Torneo cibernetico'' elimination match for the vacant

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. The other participants included

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, Súper Comando, Angel de Oro, Ángel de Plata and eventual winner

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. In late 2009 ''Los Ángeles Celestiales'' participated in a tournament to crown new Mexican National Trios Champion. The team lost in the first round to '' Los Cancerberos del Infierno'' Virus, Pólvora and Euforia. Talks of a serious feud against Arkangel de la Muerte arose in early 2010, playing off the fact that Arkangel de la Muerte was the wrestler that unmasked the original Ángel Azteca and that Junior wanted revenge for that deed. No ''

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'', mask vs. mask match, has been announced yet as the storyline between the two is in its very early stages. Ángel Azteca Jr. was one of 12 men who put their mask on the line as part of a 12-man

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in the main event of the 2010 ''

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''. He worked together with his fellow ''Ángeles Celestiales'' throughout the match and managed to escape as the sixth man out of the cage. In the end, Ángel de Oro defeated Fabián el Gitano in the ''Lucha de Apueta'' portion of the match to unmask him.

References

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