1 professional wrestling career
1.1 espanto jr. (1984–1995)
1.2 santo negro (1995)
1.3 pentagón (1995–1996)
1.4 retirement
professional wrestling career
andrade made professional wrestling debut in 1971 using ring name el moro ii , , @ times worked el moro father. later use names such chuy andrade , negro andrade worked on mexican independent circuit.
espanto jr. (1984–1995)
in 1984, andrade adopted known ring character: masked espanto jr. (spanish horror jr. ) storyline son of espanto i. espanto had died in 1968 without sons andrade given permission use name surviving los espantos, espanto ii , espanto iii. began wrestling wearing distinctive black , white mask of los espantos team (that encompassed espanto iv , v) began working universal wrestling association (uwa). after working under moniker few years became embroiled in feud el hijo del santo, mirroring feud of hijo del santo s father el santo , espanto jr. s storyline father espanto i. storyline feud between 2 reached 1 of highlights 2 wrestlers faced off in lucha de apuestas, or bet match, both wrestlers put mask on line. el hijo del santo won, mirroring victory of el santo , espanto i, espanto jr. forced unmask , never wear espanto mask again rest of wrestling career. part of escalating storyline between two, espanto jr. defeated el hijo del santo win uwa world lightweight championship on july 26, 1987, title hold until may 1, 1988 when el hijo del santo regained championship. storyline between 2 stretched on several years, el hijo del santo winning lucha de apuestas matches on espanto on 3 occasions, each time forcing espanto jr. have hair shared off. espanto jr. later lose similar luchas de apuestas match super muñeco on june 2, 1991. on april 14, 1992 espanto jr. defeated el hijo del santo win uwa world welterweight championship, held 41 days before losing celestial. subsequently work world wrestling association (wwa) uwa began attracting fewer spectators , going out of business. in wwa won wwa world welterweight championship when defeated piloto suicida , held 193 days until losing rival el hijo del santo. won wwa world lightweight championship defeating el hijo del black shadow. in 1994 espanto jr. began working lucha libre aaa world wide (aaa), had been founded year before. worked aaa s triplemanía ii-c show on may 27, 1994 teamed rambo , magnate defeat team of winners, super caló , el solar when espanto jr. pinned el solar.
santo negro (1995)
in 1995 aaa owner antonio peña came idea create evil twin 1 of popular wrestlers of time, andrade s long time in-ring rival el hijo del santo. peña picked andrade play part of el santo negro (literally black saint ), giving him mask , outfit design mirrored el hijo del santo, black silver accents while el hijo del santo s silver black accents. concept lasted few months el santo s family objected infringement of trademarked of el santo , hijo del santo.
pentagón (1995–1996)
trying build on popularity of aaa wrestler octagón antonio peña decided use evil counterpart concept here instead, turning andrade pentagón, mirror opposite of octagón. 2 faced off in six-man or eight-man tag team matches way build tension singles matches further along storyline. first encounter came @ triplemania iii-a first of aaa s major shows of 1995 when octagón teamed konnan, perro aguayo , la parka defeat team of pentagón, cien caras, máscara año 2000 , jerry estrada although without pentagón , octagón being involved in finish of match. 1 week late @ triplemania iii-a octagón teamed el hijo del santo, rey misterio jr. , la parka defeat pentagón, blue panther, psicosis , fuerza guerrera. again octagón , pentagón not involved in finish of match faced off several times in ring further storyline. in 1996, andrade suffered injury during match la parka when move caused him land wrong. impact left him momentarily clinically dead in middle of ring before being brought life. injury, coupled age, forced andrade retire wrestling. since pentagón character wore mask cover entire face decided give character wrestler became pentagón without officially stating different wrestler under mask now.
retirement
following retirement andrade began focusing on el moro wrestling school along several of brothers.
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