Negro Casas

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Negro Casas
Negro Casas at an outdoor wrestling event.
Birth nameJosé Casas Ruiz
Born (1960-01-10) January 10, 1960 (age 64)[1]
Mexico City, Mexico[2]
FamilyCasas
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Pepe Casas Jr.[3]
Negro Casas
Billed height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Billed weight79 kg (174 lb)[2]
Billed fromMexico City, Mexico[2]
Trained byPepe Casas[4]
Raúl Reyes[4]
Tony Sugar[4]
Rodolfo Ruiz[4]
DebutOctober 19, 1979[4]

José Casas Ruiz (born January 10, 1960) is a Mexican

Tiger, Canelo Casas
, Rocky Casas, Danny Casas and many more.

Casas has trained several wrestlers, including

United States of America as well as touring with New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW) in Japan for over a decade.

In Mexico, Casas is known for his work in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), wrestling sporadically for the promotion from 1980 until 2023. Casas has also wrestled in Mexico for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), World Wrestling Association (WWA) and International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). In 2008 Negro Casas joined with Mr. Niebla and Heavy Metal to form the group La Peste Negra (Spanish for "the Black Plague"), a group that would later be joined by El Felino.

Early life

Casas was born in 1960, the son of professional wrestler Pepe "Tropi" Casas, and grew up around Tlalpan. Casas described his childhood as a happy and normal one, even though his father would be away from home for long stretches as he wrestled all over Mexico and the United States. Casas' father first took him to a wrestling show when Casas was five years old, bringing him to an event across the border in the United States.

Heavy Metal and El Felino, often sat at ringside during their father's matches, pretending to be upset or cry whenever their father looked like he was getting beat up in the ring, a ploy that their father had taught them to help gain crowd sympathy.[5]

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Casas debut came in 1979 as a bit of a strange turn of events. José Casas was in an arena where his father was supposed to compete when the promoter told Casas that his father had not shown and that he needed the young Casas to fill in for him or he would have Pepe Casas banned from wrestling. Casas wrestled and won his first match using the ring name "Pepe Casas Jr.", wearing street clothes only to discover Pepe Casas and Raúl Reyes waiting in the dressing room. The two had played a joke on Casas to see how he handled himself in the ring.[4] Casas chose the name "Negro Casas" ("Black Casas") as his ring name and decided not to wear a mask. By 1984 Casas had begun working for Universal Wrestling Association, winning the UWA World Lightweight Championship from Black Terry on January 1, 1984.[6] Casas held the championship for 301 days before losing it to El Hijo del Santo.[6] The loss to El Hijo del Santo was part of a long running, very intense storyline between Casas and Hijo del Santo that drew favorable reviews and helped establish both wrestlers as future main eventers. The storyline included Hijo del Santo forcing Negro Casas to be shaved bald after losing a Luchas de Apuestas, or bet match.[7]

In the late 1980s Negro Casas began working for the Mexican-based

WWA Welterweight Championship, holding it from sometime in 1987 until he was defeated by Tornado Negro on April 14, 1989.[8] Casas regained the title, but only held it briefly before losing again as he was leaving the WWA.[8] Casas returned to the UWA in 1990 and on January 29, 1991, he won the UWA World Middleweight Championship from Super Astro.[9] Casas held the title for 787 days, finally losing it to Último Dragón.[9]

Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre/Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

Various storylines (1980–2008)

In 1980 Casas worked a low card match at Coliseo Naucalpan against an equally young Fuerza Guerrera, the match was so well liked by the audience that they threw money into the ring to show their appreciation. Promoter Paco Alonso even entered the ring and asked the crowd to show their appreciation for the match they just saw, earning both Negro Casas and Fuerza Guerrera a regular job with Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL).

By the mid 1990s Casas worked regularly for CMLL and toured Japan several times a year, wrestling for

Pentagon Black, and El Pantera to win the title.[14] The trios title reign lasted 129 days, ended by the team of Cerebro Negro, Veneno, and Scorpio Jr.[14] In 2006 Negro Casas was teamed up with CMLL's rising star Místico, working together in a style very similar to Casas and Hijo del Santo. The two defeated Averno and Mephisto to win the CMLL Tag Team Championship, Casas' fourth and Místico's first, on April 14, 2006.[15] On September 17, 2006, Negro Casas' 874-day CMLL World Middleweight Championship reign ended at the hands of Averno.[8] Casas and Místico lost the tag team titles to Último Guerrero and Dr. Wagner Jr. on July 13, 2007 but quickly regained them a week later.[15] The team of Último Guerrero and Atlantis finally dethroned the duo, keeping them away from the title in subsequent rematches.[15] On November 11, 2007, Negro Casas won the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship by defeating Villano III in the finals of a tournament to find a new champion. Casas has not lost the title, but since CMLL and IWRG stopped working together in 2008 he is no longer promoted as the champion with the title technically being inactive.[16]

La Peste Negra (2008–2023)

A Mexican wrestler placing his foot on the throat of a seated opponent.
Negro Casas displaying his rudo tactics during a match.
Main article: La Peste Negra

In July 2008 Mr. Niebla returned to CMLL, forming a group with Negro Casas and Heavy Metal called La Peste Negra (Spanish for "the Black Plague"), a Rudo group that had a more comical approach to wrestling. The trio started wearing large afro wigs, painting their faces black and dancing during their entrances and generally worked a less serious style of match than was unusual, especially for a serious wrestler like Negro Casas.[5] On September 2, 2008, the last Casas brother, El Felinoa turned Rudo as well and joined La Peste Negra. After Felino joined the group Heavy Metal was quietly phased out as he was not comfortable working the comedic style.[5] Felino's wife Princesa Blanca joined the group in early 2009, turning Rudo to work with La Pestre, the turn led to Princesa Blanca winning the Mexican National Women's Championship from Marcela on January 30, 2009.[17] La Pesta Negra's biggest triumph to date is Negro Casas' title win over Místico that brought the CMLL World Welterweight Championship into the group.[18] After the title win, La Peste Negra continued their feud with Místico and his various allies. The feud led to Místico and Negro Casas facing off in a Lucha de Apuesta on the CMLL 76th Anniversary Show, where Casas lost two falls to one and had his hair shaved off. After the match, Místico challenged El Felino, Casas' cornerman, to an Apuesta sometime in the future.[19]

On January 29, 2010, Negro Casas teamed up with

CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles, a tournament where the concept was that rivals or at least wrestlers from opposite sides of the tecnico/rudo divide. The team lost in the first round to eventual tournament winners La Sombra and Volador Jr.[30][31] On June 2, Casas lost the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship to Máscara Dorada, ending his reign at 475 days, the longest in the title's history.[32] On January 3, 2014, Casas defeated Titán in the finals to win the 2014 Leyenda de Plata.[33] On February 18, Casas, El Felino and Mr. Niebla defeated La Máscara, Rush and Titán to win the Mexican National Trios Championship.[34] On June 13, Casas and Shocker defeated La Máscara and Rush to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship.[35] On August 1 at El Juicio Final, Casas lost his hair to Rush in a Lucha de Apuestas.[36] On April 26, 2015, La Peste Negra lost the Mexican National Trios Championship to Los Reyes de la Atlantida (Atlantis, Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr.).[37] On May 22, Casas defeated Dragon Lee to win the 2015 Leyenda de Plata, his second in a row and third overall.[38]
On February 14, 2018, CMLL vacated the CMLL World Tag Team Titles due to lack of defences since 2016.

In January 2023, Casas and his wife Dalys la Caribeña departed CMLL.

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2023–present)

On January 21, 2023, Casas and his wife Dalys la Caribeña made their debuts for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), appearing at a AAA television taping in Querétaro.[39] On February 5, at Rey de Reyes, Casas made his AAA in-ring debut, being defeated by Hijo del Vikingo in a four-way Rey de Reyes match qualifier that also involved Myzteziz Jr. and Mecha Wolf.[40][41]

Personal life

José Casas is a member of an extensive wrestling family, founded by his father Pepe "Tropi" Casas and also consists of his brothers Erick, who wrestles as "Heavy Metal" and El Felino (Jorge Casas), and a brother who is not a professional wrestler. Casas' sister-in-law (Felino's wife) is former Mexican National Women's Champion

Puma, the sons of El Felino. Wrestler Canelo Casas is also credited with being a nephew of Negro Casas, but it is unclear if he is the son of Erick Casas or the son of one of their non-wrestling brothers or sisters.[42]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Eddy Guerrero
(hair)		 Negro Casas (hair) Juarez, Chihuahua Live event 1980s  
Negro Casas (hair) Aristos (hair) Mexico City Live event December 6, 1981 Relevos suicidas[46]
Negro Casas (hair) Diamante Blanco (hair) Mexico City Live event February 28, 1983 [46]
Negro Casas (hair) Tony Ledesma (hair) Tlalnepantla, Mexico State Live event December 4, 1983 [46]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Negro Casas (hair) Los Angeles, California Live event July 18, 1987 [7][46]
Negro Casas (hair) Black Man (hair) Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State Live event February 5, 1991
Negro Casas (hair) Valente Fernández (hair) Puebla, Puebla Live event January 27, 1992 [46]
Negro Casas (hair) La Fiera (hair) Mexico City CMLL 60th Anniversary Show October 1, 1993 [5][46][49]
Negro Casas (hair) Mocho Cota (hair) Mexico City Live event September 23, 1994 [5][46]
Negro Casas (hair) Bestia Salvaje (hair) Mexico City Live event October 18, 1996 [5][46]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Negro Casas (hair) Mexico City CMLL 64th Anniversary Show September 19, 1997 [7][46][49]
Negro Casas (hair) El Satánico (hair) Puebla, Puebla Live event October 19, 1998 [46]
Negro Casas (hair) and El Hijo del Santo (mask)
Scorpio, Jr.
(mask)		 Mexico City Homenaje a Dos Leyendas March 19, 1999 [46][50]
Negro Casas (hair) Bestia Salvaje (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event June 26, 1999 [5][46]
Negro Casas (hair) Bestia Salvaje (hair) Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Live event November 6, 2000 [5][46][51]
Negro Casas (hair) Halcón de Oro (hair) Reynosa, Tamaulipas Live event June 10, 2001
Negro Casas (hair) Mosco de la Merced (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event May 9, 2002 [b]
Tarzan Boy (hair) Negro Casas (hair) Mexico City CMLL 69th Anniversary Show September 13, 2002 [52]
El Satánico and Negro Casas (hair) Tokyo Gurentai (hair)
(
Nosawa and Masada
)		 CMLL Live event Mexico City May 16, 2003
Perro Aguayo Jr. (hair) Negro Casas (hair) Mexico City CMLL Live event June 18, 2004 [c]
Negro Casas (hair) Okumura (hair) Mexico City CMLL Live event December 5, 2004 [d]
Místico (mask) Negro Casas (hair) Mexico City CMLL 76th Anniversary Show September 18, 2009 [19]
Charly Manson (hair) Negro Casas (hair) Mexico City Entre el Cielo y el Infierno October 15, 2010 [24]
Draw Negro Casas (hair)
Blue Panther (hair)		 Mexico City Homenaje a Dos Leyendas March 2, 2012 [e]
Rush (hair) Negro Casas (hair) Mexico City El Juicio Final August 1, 2014 [36]
Negro Casas (hair) Super Parka (hair) Mexico City Sin Piedad January 1, 2016 [53]
Volador Jr. (hair) Negro Casas (hair) Mexico City Homenaje a Dos Leyendas March 18, 2016 [54]
Negro Casas (hair) Sam Adonis (hair) Mexico City Sin Piedad January 1, 2018 [55]
Último Guerrero (hair) Negro Casas (hair) Mexico City CMLL 86th Anniversary Show September 27, 2019 [f]

Footnotes

  1. ^ CMLL promotes three championships carrying the "NWA" label but they have not been endorsed by the National Wrestling Alliance since the late 1980s
  2. ^ Casas pinned Mosco de la Mercer in a six-man tag team match.
  3. Pierroth, Jr. and Shocker
  4. steel cage match that also included Rey Bucanero and Tarzan Boy[46]
  5. ^ The match ended in a draw.[26]
  6. Gilbert el Boricua, and Volador Jr.[56]

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