Tinieblas Jr.

Tinieblas JR^[2] (born May 26, 1966),^[1][3] better known by his ring name Tinieblas Jr., is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler). He is the son of Manuel Leal, who wrestled for many years as Tinieblas. "Tinieblas" is Spanish for "Darkness".

Tinieblas Jr.
Tinieblas Jr. in 2020
Birth name	Tinieblas Jr
Born	(1966-05-26) May 26, 1966 (age 58)[1] Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Tinieblas Jr.
Billed height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Billed weight	108 kg (238 lb)
Trained by	Fantasma de la Quebrada[1] Felipe Ham Lee
Debut	June 8, 1990[1]

Professional wrestling career

Tinieblas Jr. made his professional wrestling debut in 1990, wearing a mask closely resembling that of his father Tinieblas.

Lucha Libre USA (2010–2011)

During the summer of 2010, Tinieblas Jr. began working for a newly created wrestling promotion, backed by MTV2 called Lucha Libre USA, wrestling on their first television taping on June 19, 2010. On January 22, 2011, Tinieblas Jr. and El Oriental became the first ever LLUSA Tag Team Champions by defeating the Puerto Rican Power (PR Flyer and San Juan Kid) and Treachery (Rellik and Sydistiko) in a three-way tag team match.^[4] He later turned on El Oriental, winning the tag team title with Sol, although the controversial circumstances surrounding the title change led to the title being vacated.^[5] His last match for LLUSA saw Tinieblas Jr. team up with Lizmark Jr., losing to El Oriental and Águila.

Championships and accomplishments

• American Combat Wrestling
  • Copa Guerrera de Leyendas (1 time, current)^[6]
• International Wrestling Revolution Group
  • IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• Lucha Libre USA
  • LLUSA Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with El Oriental (1) and Sol (1)^[4]
• World Wrestling Organization
  • WWO Heavyweight Championship (3 times)

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Winner (wager)	Loser (wager)	Location	Event	Date	Notes
Tinieblas Jr. (mask)	Cyclops (mask)	Mexico City	Live event	March 26, 1993
Tinieblas Jr. (mask)	Chicano Power (mask)	Los Angeles, California	Live event	December 9, 1995	[Note 1]
Tinieblas Jr. (mask)	Sangre Chicana (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	June 22, 2007	[Note 2]

Notes

1. He only won half of the two part mask that Chicano Power wore, and was going to win the other half in a subsequent match that never took place.
2. Final two competitors in a six man match that also included Tinieblas, Fuerza Guerrera, Pirata Morgan and Espectro Jr.

Further reading

Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.

References

1. "Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero". Tinieblas Jr. (1966) (in Spanish). Mexico. 2008. p. 62. Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre.
2. Sosa, Iván (May 20, 2021). "Acredita 'Tinieblas' identidad para debate por VC". Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
3. Madigan, Dan (2007). "Los Enmascarados (the masked men): Tinieblas". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 119–120. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
4. Roberts, Alex (January 22, 2011). "1/22 Lucha Libre USA TV taping: Spoiler results for more Season 2 episodes of MTV2 wrestling show – notable former WWE wrestlers debut, first tag champions crowned". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
5. Roberts, Alex (May 30, 2011). "5/28 Lucha Libre USA TV taping: Spoiler results for Season 2 episodes of MTV2 show – Lethal debuts, Petey, new commentators, double-turns". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
6. "FULL « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.

External links

• Lucha Libre USA profile
• CageMatch profile (in German)