Dragón Rojo Jr.

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Dragon Rojo Jr.

Name	Dragon Rojo Jr.
Real name	Anselmo Rivas Castro
Nicknames
Name history	Zaracatán Jr (debut - late 2006), Diamante Negro (late 2006 - July 2008), El Susto ("The Fright"; Monterrey: 03/06), Dragón Rojo (Jr.) (July 2008 - current)
Family
Maestro(s)	Raúl "Loco" Díaz, Dandy Garcia, Satanico, Diamante
Birth date, location	November 3, 1982 - Gomez Palacio, Durango (but on unmasking was announced as 2 years older than this)
Obituary date
Debut, location	2001
Lost mask to	Templario - September 16, 2023 - Arena México
Height	5' 10"/180 cm
Weight	175 lb/80 kg
Signature moves	Flying Legdrop (opponent suspended in ropes), Flying Legdrop,Powerbomb, Diamante Kick aka Patadas Laguneras, Cavernaria
Titles:	CMLL La Copa Jr. 2010, Torneo Gran Alternativa 2008 (w/ Ultimo Guerrero), Mexican National Trios Championship (w/ Black Warrior & Sangre Azteca), CMLL World Tag Team Championship (w/Ultimo Guerrero), CMLL World Middleweight Championship, NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship, DTU Nexo Championship(w/Pólvora), CMLL World Trios Championship (w/ Barbaro Cavernario, El Terrible)

Bio

Dragon Rojo was born on November 3, in Torreon, Coahuila, the oldest child of three in his family. His family lives Gomez Palacio, Durango, part of La Comarca Lagunera. Many great wrestlers have come from the area: Los Stukas, Las Gemas, Los Hermanos Espanto, Dr. Wagner, Black Warrior, Euforia, El Mestizo, Blue Panther, Misterioso Jr., Sombra and Ultimo Guerrero to name a few.

Dragon Rojo's liked physical activity growing up, especially football, and his father was a teacher. This inspired him to become a teacher, studying at Escuela de Licenciatura en Educación Física (ELEF) and earning the title Licenciado en Educación Física. While at school, Dragon Rojo worked out Gym Ranger, where many future stars of lucha libre also trained.

Lucha libre changed Dragon Rojo's life. Maestro Dandy Garcia invited Dragon to train in shoot wrestling, and Dragon Rojo found he had a knack for it. He continued onto to learn more about lucha libre, training under Garcia, starting in 2000 at the age of 20. Dragon Rojo trained one hour a day in the ring and one hour of a day out of the ring Monday to Friday, and also dieted carefully. Rojo was older than a lot of his fellow trainees and also not from a lucha libre family. In addition to Dandy Garcia, Dragon Rojo also trained under Loco Diaz. Both were strict, not allowing students to debut until they were ready.

Dragon Rojo debuted as Zaracatan Jr., a tecnico, on June 28, 2001. The name came from one of his maestros. Zaracatan Jr. won the "Novato de del Ano" award, and started to work regularly on Thursday, Saturday and Sundays in local arenas.

One day, Zaracatan suffered an injury which kept him out of action for two years. After recovering and spending time with his family, he decided he would return as rudo Diamante Negro. He was more comfortable expressing himself on the rudo side...

Dragon Rojo Jr. had an impressive title reign winning the CMLL World Middleweight Championship in late 2011 and holding it for approximately five and a half years before finally losing it in early 2017.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
2002/08.04	mask	Zaracatán Jr.	El Guerrero	Auditorio Municipal, Torreón, Coahuila
2007/09/23	hair	Diamante Negro	Tackle	Arena Olimpico Laguna - Gómez Palacio, Durango
2007/??/??	hair	Diamante Negro	Guerrero	Arena Olimpico Laguna - Gómez Palacio, Durango
2008/08/29	mask	Dragón Rojo Jr.	Mictlan	Arena Mexico - Mexico, City
2023.09.16	mask	Templario	Dragón Rojo Jr.	Arena México