Espanto Jr.

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This article is about the first wrestler to use this name. For the current wrestler using this name, see Espanto Jr. (CMLL).

In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Andrade and the second or maternal family name is Salas.
Espanto Jr.
Birth nameJesús Andrade Salas
Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Chuy Andrade
Negro Andrade
El Moro II
Espanto Jr.[1]
El Santo Negro[2]
Pentagón[1]
Billed height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Billed weight80 kg (176 lb)
Trained byEl Moro
El Noble
Halcón Suriano
Debut1971
RetiredJanuary 1996

Espanto Jr. is the most recognizable ring name of Jesús Andrade Salas (born May 11, 1956), a retired Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler. Over his 25-year-long career, Andrade worked under a number of different aliases, most importantly as Espanto Jr. ("Terror Jr."), later on as El Santo Negro ("The Black Saint"), and as the first person to work as Pentagón. Andrade was forced to retire from wrestling after suffering a life-threatening injury during a match that briefly left him clinically dead before being revived in the middle of the ring.

Andrade is part of an extensive wrestling family started by his father who worked as "El Moro" and is referred to as the "Moro Family". His son currently works for

Andrade
.

Personal life

Jesús Andrade Salas is the son of professional wrestler El Moro (

La Sombra, son of José Andrade.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Andrade made his professional wrestling debut in 1971 using the ring name "El Moro II", and at times even worked as "El Moro" like his father. He would later use names such as Chuy Andrade and Negro Andrade as he worked on the Mexican Independent circuit.[2]

Espanto Jr. (1984–1995)

In 1984, Andrade adopted his most well known ring character: the masked "Espanto Jr." (Spanish for "Horror Jr.") who was a storyline son of

Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), which had been founded a year before. He worked AAA's Triplemanía II-C show on May 27, 1994, where he teamed up with Rambo and Magnate to defeat the team of Winners, Super Caló and El Solar when Espanto Jr. pinned El Solar.[11]

Santo Negro (1995)

In 1995 AAA owner Antonio Peña came up with the idea to create an "Evil twin" to one of the most popular wrestlers of the time, Andrade's long time in-ring rival El Hijo del Santo. Peña picked Andrade to play the part of El Santo Negro (literally "the Black Saint"), giving him a mask and outfit design that mirrored El Hijo del Santo, only it was primarily black with silver accents while El Hijo del Santo's was primarily silver with black accents. The concept only lasted a few months as El Santo's family objected to the infringement of the trademarked look of El Santo and Hijo del Santo.[2]

Pentagón (1995–1996)

See also: Pentagón

Trying to build on the popularity of AAA wrestler

Triplemania III-A Octagón teamed up with El Hijo del Santo, Rey Misterio Jr. and La Parka to defeat Pentagón, Blue Panther, Psicosis and Fuerza Guerrera. Again Octagón and Pentagón were not involved in the finish of the match but faced off several times in the ring to further the storyline.[13] In early 1996, Andrade suffered an injury during a match with La Parka when a move caused him to land wrong. The impact left him momentarily clinically dead in the middle of the ring before being brought back to life. The injury, coupled with his age, forced Andrade to retire from wrestling.[1] Since the Pentagón character wore a mask to cover his entire face it was decided to give the character to another wrestler who then became Pentagón without officially stating that it was a different wrestler under the mask now.[1]

Retirement

Following his retirement Andrade began focusing on the El Moro wrestling school along with several of his brothers.[2]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Espanto Jr. (mask) Dr. Hoo (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León live event February 3, 1985 [14]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto Jr. (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León live event August 31, 1986 [5]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto Jr. (hair) Torreón, Coahuila live event August 2, 1987 [5]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto Jr. (hair) Monterrey, Nuevo León live event May 8, 1988 [5]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto Jr. (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico live event September 17, 1989 [5]
Super Muñeco (mask) Espanto Jr. (hair) Torreón, Coahuila live event June 2, 1991 [7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Pentagón: Informacion classificaca AAA". LuchaLibreAAA (in Spanish). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (April 2010). "Entrevista a Jesús Andrade Salas, Espanto Jr y Pentagón". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2012.
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  4. ^ "Espanto Jr. se presenta este 18/Sep/12 en la Arena México". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). September 15, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
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  7. ^ a b Luchas 2000 staff (May 2008). "Luchas 2000". Super Muñeco y sus Victimas (in Spanish). Juárez, Mexico: Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V. pp. 16–17. Especial 30.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  11. ^ "Asistencia Asesoría y Administración TripleManía". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  12. ^ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion TripleMania". prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  13. ^ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion TripleMania". prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  14. ^ "1985 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1986. pp. 2–28. issue 17080.
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