![]() ![]() was forced to unmask and never wear the Espanto mask again for the rest of his wrestling career. El Hijo del Santo won, mirroring the victory of El Santo and just like Espanto I, Espanto Jr. The storyline feud between the two reached one of its highlights as the two wrestlers faced off in a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match, where both wrestlers put their mask on the line. After working under the moniker for a few years he became embroiled in a feud with El Hijo del Santo, mirroring the feud of Hijo del Santo's father El Santo and Espanto Jr.'s storyline father Espanto I. He began wrestling wearing the distinctive black and white mask of the Los Espantos team (that also encompassed Espanto IV and V) as he began working for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA). Espanto I had died in 1968 without any sons so Andrade was given permission to use the name by the surviving Los Espantos, Espanto II and Espanto III. In 1984, Andrade adopted his most well known ring character: the masked "Espanto Jr." (Spanish for "Horror Jr.") who was a storyline son of Espanto I. He would later use names such as Chuy Andrade and Negro Andrade as he worked on the Mexican Independent circuit. Professional wrestling career Īndrade made his professional wrestling debut in 1971 using the ring name "El Moro II", and at times even worked as "El Moro" like his father. His nephew is former Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) headliner La Sombra, son of José Andrade. ![]() Jesús' son is also a professional wrestler, working as the enmascarado (masked) character Espanto Jr., and since he has never been unmasked his full name has not been revealed. Jesús' younger brother, Juan Andrade Salas, has worked under a variety of ring names, including " Kevin", "Radioactivo" and "El Pollo Asesino". Another brother, Juan Andrade Salas, has also wrestled under the name "Zafiro" at one point in his career. Two of his brothers are only known publicly under their ring names: Moro III and Zafiro/ Pentagoncito. His older brother, José Andrade Salas, is best known under the ring name "Brilliante". ![]() Several of his brothers are or have been professional wrestlers. Jesús Andrade Salas is the son of professional wrestler El Moro ( Spanish for " The Moor") who trained Andrade and at least five of his brothers for their professional wrestling careers. His nephew worked for CMLL for almost a decade under the name La Sombra, and worked for WWE under the name Andrade. His son currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), using Andrade's most famous moniker, Espanto Jr. Andrade was forced to retire from wrestling after suffering a life-threatening injury during a match that briefly left him clinically dead before being revived in the middle of the ring.Īndrade is part of an extensive wrestling family started by his father who worked as "El Moro" and is referred to as the "Moro Family". ("Terror Jr."), later on as El Santo Negro ("The Black Saint"), and as the first person to work as Pentagón. Over his 25-year-long career, Andrade worked under a number of different aliases, most importantly as Espanto Jr. is the most recognizable ring name of Jesús Andrade Salas (born May 11, 1956), a retired Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Andrade and the second or maternal family name is Salas. ![]()
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