Birth name Rafael Nunez Juan Height 1.74 m Weight 98 kg | Billed weight 98 kg (216 lb) Parents Rafael Nunez Contreras Name Scorpio Jr. Billed from Mexico City | |
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Ring name(s) El BandidoImagenRed ScorpionSadamScorpio Jr. Trained by ScorpioRafael Salamanca Debut 000000001985-08-30-0000August 30, 1985 | ||
Billed height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 ⁄2 in) | ||
La chapateria de scorpio jr
Rafael Núñez Juan (born October 11, 1966) is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler who is best known under his Ring name Scorpio Jr. Núñez is the son of professional wrestler "Scorpio" and was trained by his father and Rafael Salamanca before making his debut on August 30, 1985. Núñez was originally an Enmascarado, masked wrestler, but lost his mask as a result of a loss to the team of Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo on March 19, 1999 Over the years Scopio Jr. has worked for virtually all major Mexican professional wrestling promotions including Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). He is also one of the founding members of the wrestling group called Los Guapos (the Hansomes) as well as a group called Los Talibanes (the Taliban), both with longtime wrestling partners and friends Emilio Charles Jr. and Bestia Salvaje.
Contents
- La chapateria de scorpio jr
- Entrevista con el Luchador Rafael Nez juan Scorpio Jr
- Biography
- Professional wrestling career
- Personal life
- In wrestling
- Championships and accomplishments
- References
Entrevista con el Luchador Rafael Núñez juan ( Scorpio Jr)
Biography
Rafael Núñez was born on October 11, 1966, son of Rafael Núñez Contreras who wrestled under the ring name Scorpio from the 1960s until the 1990. Originally Núñez father did not want his son to become a professional wrestler, instead encouragning him to participate in other sports instead. At the age of 14 Núñez joined the National Institute of Sport (INDE - Instituto Nacional del Deporte) where he took up Olympic wrestling, a sport he participated in for two years.
Professional wrestling career
At the age of 16 Núñez attended a professional wrestling school in Mexico City, Mexico under the tutelage of Rafale Salamanca. During his first lesson Núñez was put through such a rigorous regime that it made him vomit. When Núñez returned for lessons the following day Salamanca agreed to train him full-time as well as getting his father to take part in his training. On August 30, 1984 Núñez made his professional wrestling debut, teaming with Pioloto Suicida against Los Bándalos (Memo Arenas and Ray Torres). Núñez initially worked as an enmascarado called Imágen but later changed his name to Scorpio Jr. - a name his godfather had used when teaming with Núñez father and a name he now used to openly acknowledge his family connections. When Scorpio Jr. began working in Guadalajara he became a friend of Emilio Charles Jr. and Bestia Salvaje, forming a group that would team together off and on for years. Scorpio Jr.'s biggest storyline feud in the 1990s was himself and Bestia Salvaje against the team of Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). On November 11, 1998 Scorpio Jr. and Salvaje won a tournament for the vacant CMLL World Tag Team Championship and immediately began working tag team matches against Caras and Hijo del Santo. On February 5, 1999 Casas and Hijo del Santo defeated Scorpio Jr. and Salvaje by disqualification. The team was awarded the titles due to the win but Casas and Hijo del Santo refused the championship as they had not won them the right way. Scorpio Jr. and Salvaje won the titles for a second time in a match against Casas and Hijo del Santo for the vacated titles. On March 19, 1999, during that year's Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show, Casas and Hijo del Santo defeated Scorpio Jr. and Besta Salvaje in a Lucha de Apuesta, or bet fight, where Bestia Salvaje was shaved bald after the match and Scorpio Jr. was forced to unmask.
After unmasking Scorpio Jr. adopted the nickname El Guapo (Spanish for "The Handsome One"), a nickname that stood in stark contrast to his father's nickname El Rey Feo ("The Ugly King"). Scorpio Jr., Salvaje and Emilio Charles Jr. formed a trio in CMLL called Los Talibanes not long after 9/11, but later on changed the name of the group to Los Guapos ("The Handsome Ones"). When Scorpio Jr. and Zumbido left CMLL to join Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) he formed Los Guapos in AAA as well. When Scorpio Jr. left AAA in 2008 the Los Guapos remained in AAA and Scorpio Jr. disassociated himself with the group. After leaving AAA Scorpio Jr. joined International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) where he won their annual Rey del Ring tournament in 2008. He also teamed up with Ricky Cruzz to win the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship from Los Junior Capos (Hijo de Cien Caras and Hijo de Máscara Año 2000) in the summer of 2009.
Personal life
Núñez is the father of two teenage boys, both of who are Olympic style wrestlers. Núñez does not want his boys to follow in his footsteps and become professional wrestlers, just like his father did not initially want him to become a professional wrestler.