Angel Garza
Angel Garza | |
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Birth name | Humberto Garza Solano |
Born | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico[1] | September 23, 1992
Spouse(s) |
Zaide Lozano (m. 2020) |
Children | 1 |
Relatives | Héctor Garza (uncle) Humberto Carrillo (cousin) |
Family | Garza |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Angel Angel Garza[2] El Hijo del Ninja[1] Humberto Garza Garza Jr. |
Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] |
Billed weight | 205 lb (93 kg)[2][1] |
Billed from | Monterrey, Mexico[2] |
Trained by | Mario Segura[1] El Hijo del Gladiador[1] |
Debut | November 4, 2008[1] |
Humberto Garza Solano (born September 23, 1992) is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Smackdown brand under the ring name Angel (shortened from his previous ring name Angel Garza).[2] He is one-half of Los Lotharios with his cousin Berto and is a member of Legado Del Fantasma.
He is a third-generation wrestler, the grandson of luchador Mario Segura, known as El Ninja. From his debut in 2008 until 2015, Garza worked under the name El Hijo del Ninja ("The Son of the Ninja"). He is the nephew of Héctor Garza and Humberto Garza Jr. and the grand-nephew of Humberto Segura Garza. He is the cousin of fellow WWE wrestler Humberto Carrillo, who was his tag team partner in Mexico and currently is in WWE. Garza originally worked as an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, but voluntarily unmasked in 2012 in the series finale of a dating reality show and has worked unmasked ever since.
As Garza Jr., he previously worked for
Early life
Humberto Garza Solano was born on September 23, 1992, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. He is the grandson of professional wrestler Mike Segura, also known as "El Ninja".[3] Garza was named after his great-uncle, professional wrestler Humberto Garza (real name Humberto Segura Garza). He is the nephew of professional wrestlers Humberto Garza Jr., Héctor Garza,[4] and El Ninja Jr.[3][5] Two of his cousins are also professional wrestlers, Humberto Carrillo (son of Humberto Garza Jr.) and El Sultán (son of Héctor Garza).[1]
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2008–2015)
Garza was trained by his grandfather Mario Segura as well as
By the late fall of 2011 a new promotion began holding shows in Monterrey, Llaves y Candados (LyC), taking over running shows in Arena Coliseo Monterrey.
In 2014 some Mexican wrestling media sources reported that
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2015–2017)
Garza began working for
Mexican independent circuit (2017–2019)
On January 21, 2017, the day after Guerra de Titanes, Garza Jr. left AAA and made a surprise appearance at a "The Crash" show in Tijuana, Baja California alongside
Impact Wrestling (2017–2018)
Garza Jr., alongside Mexican wrestler
WWE
NXT Cruiserweight Champion (2019–2020)
On April 18, 2019, it was announced that he signed a contract with WWE and begun working at their Performance Center, and his ring name was changed to Angel Garza.[28] In June, it was announced that Garza will compete in a tournament named NXT Breakout Tournament,[29] where he made his debut on the June 26 episode of NXT as a heel, defeating Joaquin Wilde in the first round of the tournament,[30] but losing to A. C. H. in the semifinals on July 24 episode of NXT.[31] On the August 20 episode of 205 Live, Garza debuted on the brand while cementing his heel turn, competing on Drew Gulak's team in a ten–man tag team match against Oney Lorcan's team, where Lorcan's team was victorious.[32]
On the November 6 episode of NXT, Garza defeated
Teaming with Andrade (2020–2021)
On the February 3 episode of
On the June 22 episode of Raw, Garza and Andrade attacked the Street Profits after their match with
Garza returned on the October 12 episode of Raw, defeating Andrade, thus officially splitting up the team. On December 31, 2020, Garza won his first WWE 24/7 Championship from R-Truth during a New Year's Eve party that was streamed live on TikTok. However, on the January 4, 2021 episode of Raw, The Boogeyman appeared and scared him, thus pinned by R-Truth to retain the 24/7 Championship title. On the May 3 edition of Raw, Gulak confronted Garza which lead to a match, which Garza won. After the match Garza shoved a rose down Gulak's pants and then kicked it.
Los Lotharios (2021–present)
In the following months, Garza would occasionally be seen backstage pursuing the 24/7 Championship. On the September 20 episode of Raw, Garza formed a tag team with his cousin Humberto Carrillo, defeating Mansoor and Mustafa Ali.[50] As part of the 2021 Draft, both Garza and Carrillo were drafted to the SmackDown brand.[51][52] On the November 5 episode of SmackDown, the team was named Los Lotharios, with both Garza and Carrillo shortening their ring names, being billed as Angel and Humberto.
As part of the 2023 WWE Draft, Angel and Humberto was drafted to the Raw brand.[53][54] Angel and Humberto returned on the June 13, 2023 episode of NXT, laying out Axiom and Scrypts. Later in the show, they were interviewed and said that they wanted to join the competition in the NXT tag division as Malik Blade and Edris Enofe, Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, and Hank Walker and Tank Ledger brawled in the ring.[55] On July 11, his ring name was reverted back to Angel Garza.[56] At NXT No Mercy, Los Lotharios failed to win the NXT Tag Team Championship in a fatal four-way tag team match. Los Lotharios returned to the main roster on the December 22 episode of SmackDown as masked men to assist Santos Escobar defeat Bobby Lashley in the United States Championship #1 Contender Tournament semifinals, aligning with Escobar in the process.[57] On the January 19, 2024 episode of SmackDown, the newly revived Legado Del Fantasma defeated Latino World Order's Carlito, Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro in a six-man tag team match.[58]
Other media
Garza made his video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K22,[59] also appears in WWE 2K23 and recently WWE 2K24.
Personal life
On December 11, 2019, immediately after winning the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, Garza proposed to sports journalist Zaide Lozano in the middle of the ring.[60] They got married on July 23, 2020.[61] They have a daughter named Dara (born July 2022).[62][63]
Solano/Segura family tree
† = deceased
Humberto Garza † | Unidentified Garza | Mario Segura | Unidentified Garza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Héctor Garza † | Humberto Garza Jr. | Unidentified | Ninja Jr. | Máscara Púrpura | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
El Sultán | Humberto Carrillo | Angel Garza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championships and accomplishments
- The Crash Lucha Libre
- The Crash Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Último Ninja[15][64]
- Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre
- Impact Wrestling
- Gravy Train Turkey Trot (2017) – with Eddie Edwards, Allie, Richard Justice, and Fallah Bahh
- Llaves y Candados
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Pro Wrestling Blitz
- PWB Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Laredo Kid[70]
- WWE
Luchas de Apuestas record
Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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El Hijo del Ninja (mask) | Black Morse (mask) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | FILL Show | September 13, 2009 | [6] |
El Hijo del Ninja (mask) | Memo Valles (hair) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | FILL Show | November 3, 2009 | [Note 1][6] |
El Hijo del Ninja (mask) | Estrella Dorada Jr. (hair) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | FILL Show | September 26, 2010 | [8] |
El Hijo del Ninja (hair) | El Hijo de Konan Big (hair) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | LyC Show | December 16, 2012 | [Note 2][11] |
Draw | El Hijo del Ninja/Cipriano (hair) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | LyC Show | April 29, 2013 | [Note 3] |
Garza Jr. (hair) | Silver King Jr. (mask) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Coliseomanía III | October 11, 2015 | [Note 4][13] |
Garza Jr. (hair) | Samurai VIP (hair) | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua | Live event | July 16, 2017 | |
Bestia 666 (hair) | Garza Jr. (hair) | Tijuana, Baja California | The Crash VII Aniversario | November 3, 2018 | [75] |
Footnotes
- Relevos Suicida, El Hijo del Ninja and Silver Star faced Memo Valles and Coco Viper, with Hijo del Ninja and Valles losing the falls and had to wrestle each other.
- steel cage match that also included Konan Bigand Silencio.
- ^ Both wrestlers had their hair shaved off as a result of the draw.
- El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., El Ninja Jr. and Último Ninja.
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External links
- Angel Garza on WWE.com
- Angel Garza on Twitter
- Angel Garza's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
- Humberto Garza Solano at IMDb