Universo 2000 Jr.

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Universo 2000 Jr.
Birth nameUnrevealed
Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico
Family
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Universo 2000 Jr.
  • Universo Dos Mil Jr.
DebutOctober 19, 2009[3]

Universo 2000 Jr./Universo Dos Mil Jr. (date of birth unknown) is the

professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) based in Mexico City where he portrays a heel ("bad guy") character. He is a second-generation professional wrestler, part of the Reyes family that includes his father Universo 2000, uncles Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000, as well as cousins El Cuatrero, Sansón, Forastero, and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. His birth name is not a matter of public record, which is a strong tradition for masked wrestlers in Mexico, where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. In CMLL he has won the 2019 edition of La Copa Junior
.

Personal life

Universo 2000 Jr. is the son of Andrés Reyes González, a professional wrestler known under the

Cien Caras, Jr. neither wrestler were actually related to the Reyes family but instead paid for the rights to use the ring characters and masks.[7][8] The Mini-Estrella Pequeño Universo 2000 is also not a Reyes family member but a Mini who was allowed to use the name and mask some years ago when Universo 2000 still wrestled in CMLL and continues to use the character to this date.[7]

Professional wrestling career

The earliest recorded results for Universo 2000 Jr. is from late 2009 as he teamed up with his uncle Máscara Año 2000 and El Hijo del Cien Caras on a show in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

battle royal as part of International Wrestling League's second anniversary show, won Kung Fu Jr.[10]

International Wrestling Revolution Group (2014–2015)

In 2014, Universo 2000 Jr. and his cousin El Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 began working for

steel cage match. He escaped the cage early on, watching from the outside as Golden Magic defeated Kenshi Kabuki to unmask him.[12] He later competed for the number one contendership for the IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship, but was eliminated by eventual winner El Hijo de Dos Caras.[13] Los Primos Dinamita competed in the 2015 Guerra de Familias tournament, but were eliminated by El Hijo de Dos Casas and Súper Nova in the first round.[14] On July 19, 2015 Los Primos Dinamitas competed in a tournament for the vacant IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship. The two defeated Eterno and Hip Hop Man in the first round, Los Crazy Americans (Coloso Chris and Principe Orion) in the semi-finals but lost to El Hijo del Pantera and El Pantera in the finals.[15] In one of his final appearances in IWRG, Universo 2000 Jr. teamed up with his father for IWRG's Legado Final tournament, a tournament for father/son tournament. The Universos were eliminated halfway through the tournament.[16]

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2017–present)

After his stint in IWRG, Universo 2000 Jr. began working regularly for

Reyes del Aire ("King of the Air") tournament, where he was eliminated by Black Panther.[20][21]

He was also given a chance to qualify for a Rey del Inframundo ("King of the Underworld") championship match, but was eliminated early on in the ten-man

Príncipe Odín Jr., Stigma, Robin, Halcón Suriano Jr. and Bengala to qualify for the finals of the 2019 La Copa Junior tournament,[23] followed by defeating Guerrero Maya Jr. to win the tournament.[24]

Championships and accomplishments

Footnotes

  1. ^ Traditionally Mexican sources will not report on the birth name of a masked wrestler who has never been unmasked in the ring.[1]

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ a b c d e f Valdés, Apolo (December 1, 2015). "Herederos de Cien Caras cerca de debut en Arena México". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "PDM/Promociones Gutierrez @ Nuevo Laredo". Wrestling Data. October 19, 2009. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  4. .
  5. ^ Rodríguez, Alejandro (August 5, 2012). "Wagner destapó a Máscara 2000 Jr". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  6. ^ Tudón, Elisa (March 5, 2017). "Divinas de la lucha Cuatrero y Sansón" [Divine fighters Cuatrero and Sanson]. Divinas de la Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  7. ^ .
  8. ^ El Hijo del Santo (December 2, 2010). "El adiós del Hijo de Cien Caras" [Goodbye to El Hijo de Cien Caras] (in Spanish). Récord.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  9. ^ "Independent-Show @ Lagos de Moreno". Wrestling Data. June 26, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  10. ^ "IWL @ Tlanepantla de Baz - 2. Aniversario". Wrestling Data. September 16, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  11. ^ "IWRG Zona XXI". CageMatch. September 7, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  12. ^ Lázaro Rodríguez, José (November 2, 2014). "Kenshi Kabuki perdedor del Castillo del Terror y apareció el rostro de Chicano". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  13. ^ Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (March 2, 2015). "Hijo de Dos Caras gana su derecho a retar a Súper Nova por el Junior de Juniors gracias a la rebelión de los Juniors". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  14. ^ Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (July 6, 2015). "U.S.A. se queda con la Guerra de Familias". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  15. ^ Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (July 20, 2015). "Pantera y su hijo, nuevos campeones intercontinentales de parejas". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  16. ^ Mejia Eguiluz, Diego (August 3, 2015). "Adiós al Dragón Celestial; Hola, Diablo Júnior Primero". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  17. ^ "CMLL Sabados De Coliseo". CageMatch. May 27, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  18. ^ Rosas Plata, Arturo (June 12, 2017). ""Voy por el título"". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  19. ^ López Escalona, Arturo (May 11, 2018). "Último Guerrero y Templario, finalistas". ESTO Elina (in Spanish). Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  20. ^ Rosas Plata, Arturo (January 7, 2019). "¡Titán, a las nubes!" [Titan, to the clouds!]. Ovaciones (in Spanish). Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  21. ^ Dark Angelita (January 9, 2019). "CMLL: Titán gana el torneo "Reyes del Aire 2019"" [CMLL: Titan wins the 2019 "Kings of the Air" tournament]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  22. ^ "Star Jr. va por titulo de Rey del Inframundo contra Sansón". Hoy Tamaulipas (in Spanish). October 30, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  23. ^ Mutter, Eric (December 10, 2019). "CMLL Tuesday 12/10/19 results". Lucha Central. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  24. ^ a b Lizarrango, Alfonso (December 18, 2019). "Universo 2000 Jr. ganador de la copa Jr. 2019". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved December 18, 2019.