Jesús Daniel Castillo Ortiz Jr. (born July 15, 1962) is a semi-retired

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, better known in his native country of

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as Huracan Castillo Jr.. He competed in the

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(WWF) as a member of the

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stable Los Boricuas in the late 1990s as Jesus. Castillo has wrestled most of his career in Puerto Rico working for the

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(WWC), but he also worked for Americas Wrestling Federation, International Wrestling Association, New Wrestling Stars, and even wrestled overseas in

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as Daniel Castillo and

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as the masked El Olympico. He is the son of Pedro Castillo, known as "Huracan Castillo", a wrestler who fought in Canada, Japan, the United States and Puerto Rico in the 1970s.

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Council (1984–1997)

Castillo got his start wrestling in 1984 as a jobber as Huracan Castillo Jr. and later teamed with Miguel Perez as the Puerto Rican Express winning the

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three times and the

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one time. In 1989, Castillo and Pérez teamed as The Caribbean Express, under the names Daniel Castillo and Jose Pérez in

, and as the masked El Olimpico in

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in 1987. In 1991, Castillo turned heel on his partner Miguel Perez. Castillo took

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as his manager and fought with Perez until Castillo went to the Americas Wrestling Federation AWF and became the AWF World Heavyweight Champion. After the death of his father, Huracan Castillo Sr. in 1993, Castillo took a small break from wrestling but returned to the World Wrestling Council. He then began fighting with

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. Became a

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again after an incident when "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert burned Castillo with a fireball to the face.

World Wrestling Federation (1997–1999)

In June 1997, Castillo made his move to the

, as a member of the Los Boricuas stable, which was led by

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. Castillo mainly competed in tag team matches with other members of the group José Estrada Jr., Miguel Pérez, and leader Savio Vega. In summer 1998, Castillo became a jobber, competing on Shotgun, losing to superstars; featuring a young

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and

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. He competed in SuperAstros as El Merenguero until the show went off the air in August 1999 and left the company.

International Wrestling Association (2000–2003)

After being released by the WWF Castillo joined the newly formed International Wrestling Association (IWA) in Puerto Rico and reunited with Los Boricuas Savio Vega and Miguel Perez. During this time Castillo began to use the

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style and often used the ring bell against his opponents.

Return to World Wrestling Council (2004–2009)

Castillo made a return to WWC in 2006 and formed a tag team with Chris Joel, and has held the

as a member of the Starr Corporation. He has formed a tag team with Rico Suave and formed "La Evolucion Hardcore" (or The Hardcore Evolution) due to the hardcore wrestling style of these two wrestlers.

Late career (2009 – 2022)

In November 2012, he wrestled in Puerto Rico's PRWA as he is the general manager of PRWA and the current PRWA World Heavyweight Champion, having defeated Joseph RPM in the finals. In April 2022, Castillo announced his retirement after 38 years being a fully active wrestler. His retirement match happened on April 9 at GZW's ''Accion Sin Limites'', where he and Demolition X defeated Agente Bruno and El Profe. He once came out of retirement later in September to wrestle and defeat Joe Bravo at WWC's 49th Anniversary show.

Personal life

Castillo has a son AJ Castillo who is the first third generation wrestler in Puerto Rico. In November 2012 Huracan Castillo teamed for the first time with his son AJ Castillo against the father and son team of Barrabas and Barrabas Jr.

Championships and accomplishments

*Action Wrestling Associated **AWA Hardcore Championship (1 time) *Americas Wrestling Federation **AWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **AWF Americas Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * International Wrestling Association **

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( 12 times) **

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( 7 times) – with Miguel Pérez Jr. (7),

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( 1 time) *''

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'' ** PWI ranked him #217 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2003 *Puerto Rico Wrestling Association **PRWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

( 5 times) – with Miguel Pérez Jr. ** WWC Latin American Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** WWC Medalla Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **

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( 1 time) – with Miguel Pérez Jr. ** WWC/AWF Puerto Rico Championship ( 7 times) **

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( 6 times) **

( 15 times) – with Miguel Pérez, Jr. (4),

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(3), Chris Joel (2), Invader #1 (1), Mohammed Hussein (1) and Rico Suave (1) *''

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'' ** Worst Feud of the Year (1997) – vs. Disciples of Apocalypse

References

External links

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