Los Capos ( Spanish for "The Bosses") was a Lucha Libre stable consisting of Cien Caras , Máscara Año 2000 (often written as "Dos Mil") and Universo 2000 , and at one point also included Apolo Dantés . Los Capos is also often referred to as Los Hermanos Dinamita (Spanish for "The Dynamite Brothers") when working without Apolo Dantés as Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 are brothers. They have worked primarily in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) but also worked in AAA and currently do guest spots for the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG).
51-411: Los Hermanos Dinamita was formed in the late 1980s after Universo 2000 made his professional wrestling debut and began working with his older brothers Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 . It was not until the early 1990s that the group began to work together on a regular basis when all three brothers worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that the trio began to get noticed. While they worked as
102-479: A Lucha de Apuesta match that also included Perro Aguayo, Jr. On December 2, 2005, at the 2005 Juicio Final defeated Halloween in a Lucha de Apuesta match after applying the Black Hammer ( Piledriver ) to Halloween. The Black Hammer was used as a storyline explanation for Halloween taking some time off to have knee surgery. The storyline between Universo 2000 and Perro Aguayo, Jr. reached its conclusion at
153-755: A Lucha de Apuesta match to El Canek, the main event of CMLL's 71st Anniversary Show in a match that also included Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. Following his unmasking Universo 2000 won the 2004 Leyenda de Azul (Blue legend tournament). Universo 2000 became the only three time CMLL World Heavyweight Champion when he defeated Mr. Niebla on October 12, 2004. Over the next couple of years Universo 2000 defended his title against Dos Caras, Jr. twice, Mr. Niebla and Máscara Sagrada. The feud with Perro Aguayo, Jr. continued after his father's retirement in 2004 and also involved Perro's group La Furia del Norte ("The Northern Fury"). at CMLL's 72nd Anniversary Show Universo 2000 pinned Furia member Héctor Garza in
204-576: A long period of inactivity as a team in early to mid 2009 due to Hijo de Cien Caras not working regularly for IWRG. During this time period, the two had successful defenses against such teams as Electroshock and El Hijo de Anibal, Pierroth and El Hijo de Pierroth , El Hijo de Solitario and El Hijo de Anibal, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and El Hijo de Anibal, Dr. Wagner Jr. and Silver King , Silver King and El Dandy , El Fantasma and Fantasma Jr., Scorpio Jr. and Zumbido , Arlequin and Hijo de Pierroth and The Headhunters . Hijo de Cien Caras participated in
255-423: A long running feud with Perro Aguayo , a storyline that would later include Aguayo's son Perro Aguayo, Jr. as well. On March 30, 2001, in the main event of CMLL's Juicio Final , Universo 2000 faced Aguayo in a Lucha de Apuesta match where Aguayo risked his hair and Universo 2000 risked his mask. Universo 2000 won, with a little help from Los Capos , and shaved Aguayo bald after the match. On March 21, 2003,
306-456: A match with the three top heavyweights in the promotion at the time, with the winner becoming the next champion. On October 19, 1997, Universo 2000 defeated Cien Caras and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. to win the championship. Universo 2000 defended the title three times during his reign: against Brazo de Plata , Máscara Sagrada, and Rayo de Jalisco Jr., before losing the championship to Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. on September 13, 1998. Universo 2000 regained
357-460: A professional wrestler. After being trained by his brother and El Salsero, Jiménez made his debut under a mask as "Frankenstein", named after the monster , working for El Salsero's promotion in Guadalupe, Nuevo León . In 2001, he began wrestling under the ring name "Suplex" (a reference to the wrestling move ), and acknowledged publicly that he was the brother of Adolfo Tapia. He worked as Suplex on
408-592: A reduced scheduled before leaving CMLL completely. In 2006 a group called Los Capos Junior or Los Dinamitas Junior began working for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), supposedly the sons of Los Hermanos Dinamita. While Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 all made IWRG appearances, endorsing Los Junior Capos it was later confirmed that most of the Juniors are not actually related to Los Hermanos Dinamita. El Hijo de Cien Caras (Spanish for "the son of Cien Caras") previously worked as "Suplex" and
459-554: A team their biggest success came in individual competition, especially the oldest brother Cien Caras who won the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship . When former CMLL booker Antonio Peña left the promotion to form Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , later known simply as "AAA", jumped ship with him to continue with Konnan and became an integral part of the AAA's heavyweight division in its formative years. Cien Caras
510-448: 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. In 2016 Andrés Reyes suffered a minor heart attack, and suffered a second more severe heart attack on June 5, 2017, which forced him to be hospitalized. Almost a year later, on May 1, 2018, Reyes died at
561-502: The Mexican National Trios Championship when they defeated Los Movie Stars ( Atlantis , Máscara Sagrada and Octagón ) to win the title. In mid-1992 then CMLL booker Antonio Peña decided to break away from the promotion and form his own promotion called Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , wanting to produce his own style of wrestling shows that differed from the very conservative way CMLL ran things. Among
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#1733270049532612-589: The Mexican National Trios Championship . At the CMLL 84th Anniversary Show , they lost to Diamante Azul , Marco Corleone and Valiente . November 3, the team participated in a torneo cibernetico to crown the first CMLL Rey del Inframundo Champion also featuring Hechicero , Místico , Diamante Azul, Soberano Jr. and Valiente that saw Sansón pin Soberano to win the match and the championship. Universo 2000 Andrés Reyes González (April 18, 1963 – May 1, 2018)
663-454: The 2006 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show where Aguayo, Jr. defeated Universo 2000 in an Apueta match and shaved Universo 2000's hair off after the match. In late 2006 Universo 2000 teamed up with Shocker to work an extended storyline against Marco Corelone and Kenzo Suzuki . The team defeated Corleone and Suzuki in the main event of the 2006 Sin Piedad , taking the hair of both wrestlers in
714-507: The 2008 IWRG Rey del Ring tournament on July 24, 2008 and was the 29th, and last wrestler eliminated, only outlasted by the winner Scorpio Jr. On August 9, 2009, Los Junior Dinamitas marathon reign ended when the team of Ricky Cruzz and Scorpio Jr. During an IWRG show on April 29, 2010, AAA wrestler Silver King showed up for the show, allegedly to promote the movie Nacho Libre II , but ended up starting an interpromotional feud between AAA and IWRG. Los Junior Dinamitas quickly came to
765-708: The 2013 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends") show where he challenged Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. to another match. The match was booked for the Dos Leyendas show with Universo 2000 teaming up with Mr. Niebla and El Terrible to lose to Rayo, Jr. Shocker and Rush . Andrés Reyes was the youngest of the Reyes brothers to turn professional. His oldest brother Carmelo Reyes González wrestled as "Cien Caras" for many years and retired in 2005. His second oldest brother Jesús Reyes González wrestles as Máscara Año 2000 and several of his nephews have become professional wrestlers under
816-491: The IWRG Tag Team Championship for a second time. On November 14, Los Junior Dinamitas lost the title back to Los Piratos . Jiménez was the brother of professional wrestler Adolfo Tapia Ibarra (L. A. Park) and nephew of Ramón Ibarra Banda (Super Parka), Johnny Ibarra, King Balam and Desalmado as well as the cousin of Volador Jr. , the son of Ramón Ibarra. He was also the uncle of El Hijo de L.A. Park and
867-463: The Mexican Independent circuit for four years without much success, after which his brother decided that he needed a makeover in order to gain success. In 2005, he bought the rights to use the ring name "El Hijo de Cien Caras" ("The Son of Cien Caras") and took the ring character of the son of Cien Caras , teaming up with Cien Caras Jr. (who was also not related to Cien Caras). Together
918-637: The Trios title from Los Hermanos Dinamita . A few weeks later, at Triplemanía II-C Los Hermanos Dinamita gained a measure of revenge when they defeated Los Payasos in a Steel Cage Match . One of Universo 2000's last matches in AAA took place at Triplemanía III-C where Los Hermanos Dinamita teamed up with Jerry Estrada and Fishman to defeat Konnan , La Parka , Máscara Sagrada, Latin Lover and Perro Aguayo . By mid-1996 Los Hermanos left AAA and returned to CMLL where they would become regular competitors for
969-436: The age of 55. El Hijo de Cien Caras Eustacio Jiménez Ibarra (March 21, 1976 – November 29, 2010), best known by his ring name El Hijo de Cien Caras ("The Son of Cien Caras"), was a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler ). Despite his ring name, he was not related to Cien Caras , but instead paid Caras for the rights to use the name, a practice not uncommon in lucha libre . He
1020-526: The belts to the team of El Sagrado and Rayman on June 10, 2007. Following the loss of the Occidente Tag Team Championship Los Junior Dinamitas featured the team of Hijo de Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. more than the other two members as the team quickly established themselves as the most dominant IWRG Tag Team Champions as they held the title for 801 days and made 11 successful title defenses, although they did have
1071-610: The brothers were still referred to as "Los Hermanos Dinamita" when they appeared without Dantés. The group was a fixture in the heavyweight division, often helping Universo 2000 retain his title through unfair means. Los Capos worked mainly trios matches, most often as Rudos (the Spanish term for a "wrestling villain"), although at time they were cheered when working against other Rudos such as Pierroth Jr. or "Los Talibanes" ( Emilio Charles Jr. , Scorpio Jr. and Bestia Salvaje ). By 2004 Los Capos were winding down their in-ring activities with
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1173-623: The defense of IWRG, wrestling against Silver King and other AAA representatives such as Alex Koslov , Chessman and Cibernético . During AAA's Triplemanía XVIII , Los Junior Dinamitas made a surprise appearance moments after Silver King and Último Gladiador won the AAA World Tag Team Championship to challenge the new champions. This marked the first time IWRG wrestlers appeared on AAA television. On June 20, Máscara Año 2000 Jr. and El Hijo de Cien Caras defeated Los Piratos ( Pirata Morgan and El Hijo de Pirata Morgan to win
1224-455: The early morning hours of November 29, 2010, Jiménez was murdered in Coyoacán , Mexico City . According to local officials, Jiménez and a female companion named Adela de Luna González were sitting in a car when they were approached by two unknown individuals who, without saying a word, opened fire and hit Jiménez once in the neck and Luna five times in the chest and neck, before fleeing the scene in
1275-671: The entire Los Capos group) to create "Nueva Generación Dinamita", the team later won the Occidente Trios Championship. all three participated in the La Copa Junior 2017 . Cuatrero was placed in Block A and Sansón and Forastero were placed in Block B. Cuatrero defeated The Panther and Drone before losing to eventual winner Soberano Jr. Forastero defeated Stigma before being eliminated by Blue Panther Jr. and Sansón defeated Star Jr. , Blue Panther Jr. and Esfinge qualifying for
1326-513: The finals where he was defeated by Soberano Jr.. all three participated in the Torneo Gran Alternativa where a young ( novato ) wrestler teams with an older, more experienced wrestler. for the tournament Sansón teamed up with Último Guerrero , Forastero with Mascara Año 2000 and Cuatrero and Shocker . Sansón and Último Guerrero defeated Pegasso and Blue Panther and Atlantis and Esfinge before losing to Soberano Jr. and Carístico in
1377-492: The finals. Shocker and Cuatrero defeated Stigma and Titán before losing to Esfinge and Atlantis. Forastero and Mascara Año 2000 lost to Atlantis and Esfinge, not making it through the first round. On July 22, 2017, Sansón and Cuatrero defeated Black Terry and Negro Navarro to win the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship . on July 25, the team defeated Mephisto , Luciferno and Ephesto to win
1428-440: The great uncle of Flyer . His family outside of wrestling included his brothers Ulises, Alejandro, Gabriel and a sister named Georgina. Despite using the name "Son of Cien Caras", he was not in any way related to Cien Caras (real name Carmelo Reyes González), or the Reyes wrestling family. Jiménez, like many other luchadores , kept his private life a secret and his real name was not a matter of public record until his death. In
1479-495: The group being expanded with Máscara Año 2000 Jr. and El Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 , who were the actual sons of Máscara Año 2000 (Cien Caras' brother). On May 31, 2007, Hijo de Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. defeated the team of El Pantera and El Felino to win the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship . El Hijo de Cien Caras' run as double champion lasted under two weeks before losing
1530-716: The makeshift team of Universo 2000, Black Tiger III and Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated La Ola Lagunero ("The Lagoon Wave"; Atlantis Black Warrior and Mr. Niebla) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship On April 18, Universo 2000's second run with the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship came to an end when Mr. Niebla defeated him to win the heavyweight title. The team held the title for 16 months, until they lost to Black Warrior, Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. and El Canek on July 9, 2004. After being masked since his debut in 1985 Universo 2000 lost
1581-486: The mid-1990s the group broke up as the brothers left AAA one by one to work on the Mexican Independent wrestling circuit or returned to CMLL. Universo 2000 was the first to return to CMLL and saw a lot of success as an individual wrestler, capturing the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship on three separate occasions. after the turn of the millennia Universo 2000 was joined by his older brothers as well as CMLL veteran Apolo Dantés , collectively known as "Los Capos", although
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1632-573: The name Máscara Año 2000 Jr. Together with his brothers he formed a group called Los Hermanos Dinamita , also known as Los Capos when they teamed up with Apolo Dantés . Reyes was the only three-time CMLL World Heavyweight Champion in the history of the championship. He was originally an Enmascarado , a masked wrestler, but lost his mask in a match against El Canek on September 17, 2004. Andrés Reyes grew up watching his older brothers as they began their professional wrestling careers. His older brother Carmelo made his pro debut in 1974 when Andrés
1683-471: The next decade. The trio began working regularly with Apolo Dantés , forming a group called Los Capos ("The Bosses"), a rudo group that were heavily featured in CMLL's heavyweight division. In late 1997 Steel , then CMLL World Heavyweight Champion left CMLL to work for the World Wrestling Federation , vacating the championship. CMLL decided that instead of holding a tournament they booked
1734-615: The people that left CMLL to join AAA were the Reyes brothers, who took the Mexican National Trios title with them, this was made possible by the fact that CMLL did not outright own the championship but were given the rights to book the championship by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission who actually owned all of the Mexican National wrestling championship. The Commission allowed Peña's promotion to take control of
1785-420: The process. Three months later at the 2007 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Universo 2000 faced Marco Corleone in yet another Lucha de Apuesta match, however this time, Corleone was victorious and took Universo's hair. On July 8, 2007, Universo 2000's third and final reign as CMLL World Heavyweight Champion ended when Dos Caras, Jr. defeated him for the title. In late 2008, after an unsuccessful attempt at regaining
1836-474: The retirement of Cien Caras in the works. The retirement storyline involved Los Capos feuding with Perro Aguayo Jr. and his father, Lucha Libre legend Perro Aguayo . This started out with Aguayo Jr. and El Terrible defeating Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 in a Luchas de Apuestas , hair vs. hair match where Caras and Máscara Año 2000 had put their hair on the line. After being shaved bald Los Capos attacked Perro Aguayo Jr. only to see Perro, Sr. run in to make
1887-457: The ring name Espacial, but soon after changed both name and mask to become Universo 2000, the character he is most commonly associated with. Both of his brothers were working regularly for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) and through them Universo 2000 began working full-time for EMLL by the late 1980s, often teaming up with Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 as a trio billed as Los Hermanos Dinamita ("The Dynamite Brothers"). Universo 2000
1938-467: The ring names El Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 , Forastero , El Cuatrero and Sansón . In recent years Universo 2000 Jr. has begun working Mexico and he is believed to be a son of Andrés Reyes. Despite using the names El Hijo de Cien Caras ("The Son of Cien Caras") and 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. The Mini-Estrella Pequeño Universo 2000
1989-437: The save. By the end of 2004 it was announced that Cien Caras would wrestle his last match on December 27, 2004 in a Luchas de Apuesta match teaming with Máscara Año 2000 against Pierroth Jr. and Vampiro Canadiense . Los Capos won the match and Cien Caras had a retirement ceremony after the match. The retirement was short lived as Caras ran in during a show and attacked Perro Aguayo Jr. stating that he had unfinished business with
2040-477: The storyline between independent wrestlers and CMLL. Both Universo 2000 and Máscara Año 2000 wrestled for CMLL for a period of time, including a singles match between long time rivals Universo 2000 and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. for Rayo's WWA World Heavyweight Championship which Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. won. From late 2010 until early 2013 Universo 2000 worked select matches on the independent circuit, but made his return to CMLL in early 2013 during their press conference for
2091-699: The team became known as Los Junior Dinamitas (After their "father's" group Los Hermanos Dinamita ). On December 11, 2005, Los Junior Dinamitas defeated Flash I and Flash II to win the Occidente (western states) Tag Team Championship on a show in Guadalajara , Jalisco . Los Junior Dinamitas held the Occidente Tag Team Championship for 546 days in total, making sporadic title defenses in that time. In 2007, Los Junior Dinamitas began working for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), with
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2142-551: The title on December 10, 1999, becoming only the second man to hold the Heavyweight title twice. Universo 2000's second reign became a recordbreaking reign in several areas, it was the longest to date as it lasted 1,225 days. He also became the champion with most successful title defenses in one reign as he defended the title 19 times against Mascara Sagrada, Brazo de Plata, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. 8 times, Villano IV , Lizmark, Jr., Mr. Niebla and Violencia. Around 2000 Los Capos began
2193-540: The title, Universo 2000 left CMLL. In the 2010s Universo 2000 began working a more reduced schedule, working on select dates on the independent circuit, occasional appearances for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), where he teamed with his brother Máscara Año 2000. On May 10, 2010, during a match between Los Independientes and CMLL wrestlers, Universo 2000 and Máscara Año 2000 ran in to help Los Independientes beat up their opponents. The two sided with Los Independientes (Later renamed Los Invasores ) in
2244-594: The titles after its creation in 1992. On April 29, 1992, Universo 2000 defeated Máscara Sagrada to win the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship ; which, like the Trios title, had been brought to AAA from CMLL. Universo 2000 held the title for four months, losing it to Lizmark on September 18, 1992. Los Hermanos Dinamita held the trios championship until July 1993, when Los Infernales ( El Satánico , Pirata Morgan and MS-1 ) defeated them. Los Hermanos Dinamita regained
2295-497: The young Aguayo and his father. The storyline culminated in a match at the annual Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show where Perro Sr. came out of retirement to team with his son, defeating Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 in a hair vs. hair match that saw Los Capos shaved bald once again. After the storyline with the Aguayos ended Los Capos slowly faded from CMLL. Apolo Dantés began working as a booker and trainer while Los Hermanos Dinamita worked
2346-486: Was a Mexican professional wrestler , or luchador , who was best known under the ring name Universo 2000 . Reyes made his professional wrestling debut in 1985 and worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and, International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). Reyes was a part of a wrestling family that includes his brothers Carmelo (who wrestles as Cien Caras ) and Jesús ( Máscara Año 2000 ) as well as his nephew who wrestles under
2397-568: Was a key factor in the events that led to the largest crown in Mexican wrestling history, 48,000 people, at Triplemanía I . While still working for CMLL Los Hermanas Dinamitas had won the Mexican National Trios Championship from Octagón , Atlantis and Máscara Sagrada and when they left CMLL they took the championship with them to AAA. The team held on to the Trios Title until they were defeated on April 26, 1994 almost three years after winning it. By
2448-411: Was actually the brother of L.A. Park . Cien Caras, Jr. previously worked as "Sheriff", he is also not a blood relation of Cien Caras. Máscara Año 2000, Jr. has been confirmed as being the son of Máscara Año 2000 and it is believed Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 is as well, although that remains unconfirmed. In late 2015, Sansón and El Cuatrero (sons of Cien Caras) teamed with Forastero (a nephew of
2499-548: Was in fact a member of the Ibarra wrestling family; relatives include his brother L. A. Park , his cousin Volador Jr. and his uncle Super Parka . Jiménez was born in a small village named Nuevo Padilla, located in the town of Tula, Tamaulipas , but while he was still a child, his family moved to Tampico , where he grew up. After Jiménez's brother Adolfo had become famous as La Parka , he decided to follow in his footsteps and become
2550-459: Was just 11 years old and adopted the ring name Cien Caras . His second brother Jesús made his professional debut in 1977 with a 14-year-old Andrés Reyes watching, Jesús would later become known as Máscara Año 2000 . After watching his brothers compete and after training under legendary Lucha trainer Diablo Velazco it was finally time for the third Reyes brother to make his debut. The 22-year-old Andrés Reyes made his debut on June 15, 1985, under
2601-584: Was originally chosen to be the wrestler to unmask the legendary Aníbal , who had returned for the big payday a mask loss is. But during the buildup promoter Benjamin Mora, who was bitter at EMLL for not working with him, revealed several of EMLL's plans including who was going to unmask Aníbal. CMLL decided to change their plans and in the end it was Máscara Año 2000, that unmasked Aníbal. In late 1990 and early 1991 EMLL changed their name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). On August 11, 1991, Los Hermanos Dinamita won
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