El Soberano or Soberano Jr. (born August 12, 1993 in Torreón , Coahuila , Mexico ) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado , or masked professional wrestler working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character. Soberano Jr.'s real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. He is a third-generation wrestler, son of Euforia and grandson of Pablo Moreno Román, known under the ring name El Soberano. Soberano is Spanish for " Sovereign ".
36-589: In his career he has won the 2013 Torneo Sangre Nueva , the 2017 La Copa Junior Nuevo Valores and 2017 Torneo Gran Alternativa tournaments and is a former holder of the Mexican National Welterweight Championship . Alongside tag team partner Star Jr. (collectively known as Los Principes del Aire ) he has won the masks of Ramstein and Cholo . Soberano Jr. was trained both by his grandfather Pablo Moreno Román, better known by his ring name Soberano and his father, best known under
72-467: A two out of three falls match , forcing both of their opponents to unmask in front of the Arena México while revealing their real names. On April 7, 2015 Star Jr. broke the middle finger on his right had during a match where Star Jr and Soberano Jr. teamed up with Oro Jr. , losing to Cancerbero , Raziel and Sangre Azteca . The injury would keep him out of the ring for 3 months. During his return it
108-582: A feud with Ramstein and Cholo, which ended up in a Lucha de Apuestas , or mask vs. mask match, on January 6, 2015, which Los Principes won, taking the masks of both of their opponents. In January 2017, Soberano Jr. made his Japanese debut by taking part in Fantastica Mania 2017 , the annual tour co-produced by CMLL and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). On April 14, 2017 Soberano Jr. outlasted El Hijo del Signo , Oro Jr. , Espanto Jr. , The Panther , Canelo Casas , Drone and El Cuatrero to qualify for
144-404: A month before making a full recovery. On February 26, 2013 Soberano Jr. outlasted Camaleón , Stigma, Horus, Hombre Bala Jr. , Akuma , Espanto Jr. , Herodes Jr. , Cholo and Bobby Zavala to qualify for the finals of the 2013 Torneo Sangre Nueva . Soberano Jr. defeated Taurus, two falls to one to win the 2013 Sangre Nueva tournament. In late March 2013 Soberano Jr. was announced as one of
180-545: A professional wrestler even longer. Inquisidor made his professional wrestling in 1995, but only adopted the Inquisidor name and mask in 2008, with CMLL officially not acknowledging his past before becoming Inquisidor. The second Cibernetico was won by Taurus, son of Último Guerrero when he was the last wrestler in the ring, eliminating Guerrero Negro Jr. to earn his spot in the finals for the following week. The following week, Sobereano Jr. defeated Taurus, two falls to one to win
216-510: A rookie is teamed up with a veteran wrestler for a tag team tournament. Star Jr. competed in Block B of the tournament, teaming with veteran Atlantis on February 7, 2014. The block began with a battle royal elimination match to determine the other of the actual tag team matches. Star Jr. and El Rebelde outlasted the other rookies in the block, Black Panther , Canelo Casas , Cavernario , Dragon Lee , Espiritu Negro, Hechicero and Herodes Jr. In
252-576: A shot at the finals. Each night the eight wrestlers competed in a "Seeding" battle royal to determine the four on four Torneo cibernetico elimination match. On the first night El Cholo , Soberano Jr. , Cancerbero , and Dragon Lee comprised one team while Bobby Zavala , Titán , Stigma and Camaleón on the other. Dragon Lee won the match, lastly eliminating Titán to win the match. The second block, on March 13, 2012 saw Disturbio , Hombre Bala Jr. , Raziel, and Tritón team up to face Robin , Bronco , Hijo del Signo , and Super Halcón Jr. Raziel took
288-485: Is a professional wrestling tournament promoted by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), first held in 2012. The tournament focuses primarily on younger wrestlers or wrestlers who work in the lower ranks of the promotion, generally the first or second match of the show, as a way to highlight or promote a wrestler up to a higher level of competition. A total of 27 individuals have competed in
324-689: Is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. Star Jr. is the son of professional wrestler Isaías Hernández Muñoz, who is better known under the ring name Star Boy , and previously worked as "Star Boy Jr." prior to working for CMLL. He has previously also worked under the ring names Apolo Múñoz (after his father) and Tigre Mágico II (after one of his trainers). In Mexico luchador enmascarados (masked professional wrestler ) protect their true identity, often not revealing many details unless they are unmasked, but
360-457: Is the oldest (40 years and 56 days) at the time of his second tournament participation. Soberano Jr. was the lightest competitor and champion at 75 kg (165 lb) while Bronco , at 103 kg (227 lb), was the heaviest of any tournament competitor so far. The first ever Torneo Sangre Nueva took place in March 2012. Some of the competitors did not fit the "New Blood" tournaments, but in
396-485: The IWRG Copa Higher Power tournament, where his team defeated "Gym IWRG". Following the tournament victory Star Boy Jr. made regular appearances for IWRG including working on IWRG's 2012 Guerra del Golfo ("Gulf War") major event. In the opening match he teamed up with Galaxy to take on Guerrero Mixtico Jr. and Matrix Jr. , during which Galaxy dislocated his shoulder, forcing the match to end early. After
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#1733317243813432-531: The Novatos , or rookies, in the 2013 Torneo Gran Alternativa , or "Great Alternative tournament". The Gran Alternativa pairs a rookie with an experienced wrestler for a tag team tournament. Soberano Jr. was teamed up with veteran wrestler La Sombra and competed in Block B that took place on the April 19, 2013 Super Viernes show. The team defeated Herodes Jr. and El Terrible in the first round, Sensei and Rush in
468-684: The Sangre Nueva tournament finals. The tournament used a point system that allowed fans to vote online, allowing Titán to advance to the second round despite only winning one of his four first round matches. The fan support propelled Titán to the finale where he defeated Euforia to win the tournament. Titán would later defeat En Busca de un Ídolo rival Pólvora to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship Cholo, Bobby Zavala, Soberano Jr., Camaleón, Stigma, Robin, Disturbio and Super Halcón Jr. would all compete in
504-488: The "Block A" torneo cibernetico , eight-man elimination match and was eliminated as the third man, 10:12 into the match when he was pinned by Stigma . During a match on the September 7, 2012 Super Viernes between the tag team of Soberano Jr. and Horus and Camorra and Inquisidor , Soberano Jr. was injured due to a mistimed move and was carried out of the arena on a stretcher. Soberano Jr. would not wrestle again for over
540-515: The 2013 Sangre Nueva tournament. Star Jr. Star Jr. (born November 15, 1993) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler ), working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is one-third of the CMLL World Trios Champion , and Major League Wrestling (MLW). He portrays a tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character. Star Jr.'s real name
576-455: The actual tournament Star Jr. and Atlantis lost to El Rebelde and Averno in the first round. In March Star Jr. entered that year's En Busca de un Ídolo ("In search of an idol") tournament, a tournament designed to feature the younger wrestlers in CMLL, identifying one wrestler who is ready to move up the ranks of CMLL. Wrestlers would compete against each other in weekly matches and get points for
612-514: The cage, keeping his mask safe while Batman del Futuro ("Batman of the Future") lost the match and was unmasked as a result. Star Boy Jr. made another appearance at a major IWRG when he teamed up with Sauroman in the opening match, only to lose to Alan Extreme and Polifacetico at IWRG's 2012 Caravan de Campeones . Star Boy Jr. began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in early 2014, making his CMLL debut on January 6, 2014 under
648-530: The case of wrestlers like Cancerbero and Raziel , the ring persona he portrayed had only been used for around 2 years, making the character a rookie, but not the man under the mask. CMLL has a history of not openly promoting the fact that some of their workers have worked under different identities previously. The tournament played out from March 6, 2012, until March 20, 2012, on CMLL's Tuesday shows in Arena Mexico. The first two shows had 8 wrestlers compete for
684-523: The company, he placed third in the beginners category. He would not make his in-ring debut for CMLL until six months later, on June 7, 2011 where he teamed up with Trueno losing to Semental and Apocalipsis in a match at Arena Mexico . In March, 2012 Soberano Jr. was one of the participants in the Torneo Sangre Nueva ("The New Blood Tournament") that featured 16 wrestlers classified as rookies, or at least rookie characters. Soberano Jr. competed in
720-460: The eight competitors in the previous year's tournament. The first match took place on February 26, 2013, in Arena Mexico and saw Soberano Jr. (son of CMLL wrestler Euforia ) outlast Camaleón , Stigma , Höruz , Hombre Bala Jr. , Akuma , Espanto Jr. , Herodes Jr. , Cholo and Bobby Zavala to qualify for the finals. During the match Höruz suffered a knee injury as a result of a dive out of
756-478: The finals of the 2017 La Copa Junior Nuevo Valores tournament, a tournament for second or third-generation luchadors . Two weeks later he defeated Sansón to win the whole tournament. On May 13, 2017 Soberano Jr. defeated Rey Cometa to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship , his first CMLL championship. In June 2017 Soberano teamed up with veteran wrestler Carístico for the 2017 Gran Alternativa ("Great Alternative") tournament. The duo defeated
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#1733317243813792-400: The more experienced Cholo and Ramstein and wanted to teach the "brats" their proper place in CMLL. On December 30, 2014 the four men signed a contract to risk their masks in a Luchas de Apuestas , or bet match, to take place on January 6, 2015. In Lucha Libre winning an opponent's mask is considered the "ultimate prize". On January 6 Star Jr. and Soberano Jr. defeated Cholo and Ramstein in
828-646: The ring name Euforia . He made his professional wrestling debut at the age of only 13, working on the local independent circuit in Torreón , Coahuila . During the early parts of his career he competed as El Nieto del Soberano ("The Grandson of Soberano") but later changed his name to Soberano Jr. or El Soberano Jr., the same ring name used by his father. He began training in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) wrestling school and even competed in CMLL's 2010 Bodybuilding contest, before he had made his in-ring debut for
864-491: The ring results, from a panel of judges and a weekly online poll. The tournament started with 16 wrestlers competing for the eight spots in the tournament in a torneo cibernetico elimination match; Star Jr. along with Cachorro , Cavernario, Dragon Lee, Guerrero Negro Jr. , Hechicero, Soberano Jr. and Super Halcón Jr. qualified for the tournament while Black Panther, Canelo Casas, El Rebelde, Espiritu Negro, Flyer , Herodes Jr., Metálico and Oro Jr. were eliminated from
900-486: The ring, the injury was believed to keep him out of the ring for three months. Block B competed on March 5, 2013, for the other finalist spot, with a field that included Genesis, Oro Jr. , Robin , Sensei , Super Halcón Jr. , Disturbio , Guerrero Negro Jr. , Inquisidor , Taurus and Zayco . As with the 2012 Torneo Sangre Nueva , not everyone competing in the tournament fit the "new blood" description; Sensei had worked for CMLL under that ring persona since 2005 and been
936-467: The role of Místico , his storyline protégé. Lee immediately accepted Tormenta's offer and received his new mask to officially become the second incarnation of Místico, taking over the highly successful role following the character's original performer, who had signed with WWE in January 2011. Titán entered CMLL's En Busca de un Ídolo ("In search of an Idol") a few months after narrowly missing out on
972-482: The second round, but lost to Bobby Zavala and Rey Escorpión in the semi-finals. On April 7, 2013 Soberano Jr. worked his first major CMLL event when he teamed up with Metatrón to defeat Espanto Jr. and Guerrero Negro Jr. in the opening match of the Arena Coliseo 70th Anniversary Show . In late 2014 Soberano Jr. and Star Jr. started an alliance as "Los Principes del Ring" ("The Ring Princes"). They were involved in
1008-421: The short match Star Boy Jr. also wrestled in the second match of the night, replacing Tritón who was originally scheduled for the match. Star Boy Jr. and Chicano defeated Pacto Negro and The Mummy. On April 14, 2012 Star Boy Jr. was one of 16 men who risked their mask or hair on the outcome of a steel Cage match as part of a high-profile IWRG storyline between "Gym Rivera" and '"Gym IWRG". Star Boy Jr. escaped
1044-458: The shortened ring name "Star Jr." teaming up with Robin and Meyer to defeat El Rebelde , Espíritu Maligno and King Jaguar. In CMLL Star Jr. received further training from one of CMLL's resident trainers Franco Colombo , helping him gain further experience and adjust to CMLL's working environment. Star Jr. was one of 14 "rookies" entered in the 2014 Torneo Gran Alternativa ("The Great Alternative tournament"), an annual tournament in CMLL where
1080-442: The subsequent Torneo Sangre Nueva in 2013. On February 21, 2013, CMLL announced that they were holding another Torneo Sangre Nueva tournament in 2013, possibly making it an annual event. Like the first tournament the 2013 Sangre Nueva would feature two qualifying torneo cibernetico elimination matches with the winner of each facing off in a one-on-one match. In 2013 the cibernetico match included 10 competitors instead of
1116-490: The teams of Ángel de Oro and Oro Jr., Flyer and Volador Jr. , Canelo Casas and Negro Casas to qualify for the finals. On June 16 the two defeated Sansón and Último Guerrero to win the 2017 Gran Alternativa tournament. Soberano Jr. would compete in the 2018 Super Junior Tag League with Volador Jr. They finished with a 2-5 record, failing to advance to the finals. Torneo Sangre Nueva#Torneo Sangre Nueva 2013 Torneo Sangre Nueva ("The New Blood Tournament")
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1152-474: The tournament. As part of the tournament Star Jr. was assigned Virus as a trainer who helped guide him through the matches from week to week. The first round of the tournament ran from April 1 through the end of May with one match per week for each wrestler. In the tournament Star Jr. defeated Dragon Lee, Guerrero Negro Jr. and Soberano Jr. but lost the remaining four matches. He ended the first round in fifth place, with 406 points, 17 points behind Dragon Lee and
1188-413: The two Sangre Nueva tournaments held as of 2014 with nine competitors participating in both tournaments held so far: Bobby Zavala , Camaleón , El Cholo , Disturbio , Hombre Bala Jr. , Robin , Soberano Jr. , Stigma and Super Halcón Jr. Soberano Jr. is both the youngest competitor over-all (18 years and 206 days old) and the youngest tournament winner as well (19 days and 198 days old), while Cholo
1224-552: The victory, eliminating Tritón to end the nearly 25 minute long match to move on to the finals. A week later, on March 20, 2012 Dragon Lee and Raziel faced off in the only three fall match of the night. Dragon Lee defeated Raziel to win the Torneo Sangre Nueva . On June 20, 2012, CMLL held a press conference, during which lucha libre priest Fray Tormenta announced that since Dragon Lee had impressed him with his in-ring performance, Fray Tormenta wanted Dragon Lee to take over
1260-587: The wrestler later known as Star Jr. revealed in interviews that he previously wrestled under the ring names Apolo Múñoz and Tigre Mágico II. The name Múñoz was used in tribute to his father Isaías Hernández Muñoz and he used Tigre Mágico II while teaming with one of his trainers, Tigre Mágico. By 2012 he was known as Star Boy Jr. taking the ring name of his father who was known as "Star Boy". In early 2012 he represented Gym Tony Rivera in International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in
1296-494: Was eliminated from the tournament. Star Jr. began teaming regularly with former En Busca de un Ídolo rival Soberano Jr. to form a tag team that soon took the nickname Los Principes del Ring ("The Princes of the Ring"). In late 2014 Los Principes del Ring began a storyline feud with the team of veteran wrestlers Cholo and Ramstein with the main theme being that the veterans felt that Star Jr. and Soberano Jr. were disrespectful to
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