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In 1995 Hijo del
Espanto defeated El Latino Jr. to win the Coahuila state Lightweight Championship, a title he held for most of the year. In 2000 Hijo del Espanto won a local championship billed as the "Word Light Heavyweight Championship", when he defeated Emisario de la Muerte. Hijo del Espanto I's
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are brothers, with Hijo del
Espanto II being the older brother, but since the younger brother started to use the name first the older brother was designated as "Hijo del Espanto II". Their birth names are not a matter of public record as they are both
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when a wrestler has never been unmasked in the ring. Due to the secrecy it is not clear if Hijo del
Espanto I wrestled under a different name before making his debut as El Hijo del Espanto in 1993. Hijo del Espanto I was trained by
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introduced a team also known as "Los Hijos del
Espanto". At the time El Hijo del Espanto I complained to both AAA and the local boxing and wrestling commission that they were infringing on his copyrights. The AAA
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On March 4, 2000 the "El Hijo del
Espanto II" character was revealed, with his younger brother becoming "El Hijo del Espanto I". From that point on the two brothers would regularly perform as
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older brother made his in-ring debut in 1988 according to one interview although Hijo del
Espanto II did not reveal any other details about his ring name or activities at that point in time.
84:(term used for wrestlers who portray the "Bad guys") team consisting of El Hijo del Espanto I and El Hijo del Espanto II. While their names indicate that they are supposedly sons of one of
227:, or "bet match", on a Lucha Libre Elite show in Monterrey, Nuevo León. Hijo del Espanto II defeated a wrestler known simply as Sky, forcing Sky to unmask and reveal his real name per
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El Hijo del
Espanto I has on a couple of occasions stated that he was given the rights to use the "Espanto" name by Fernando Cisneros, who was the only living member of
518:"El Espantito, el Pequeño heredor de Los Espantos" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Box y Lucha Magazine. June 18, 1999. pp. 14–16. issue 2411.
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The man who would later be known as "Hijo del
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only worked a couple of matches and were then dropped. Afterwards it was revealed that the second set of
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at the time. Shortly after the introduction of El Hijo del
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Encyclopedia staff (July 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras".
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491:"Espanto Jr. se presenta este 18/Sep/12 en la Arena México"
689:(in Spanish). January 10, 2000. pp. 2–28. issue 2436.
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533:(in Spanish). January 9, 1996. pp. 2–28. issue 2228.
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594:"Arena Solidaridad".
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