Dr. Wagner Jr. | |
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Dr. Wagner Jr. in October 2011.
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Born |
Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico |
August 12, 1965
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | El Invasor Dr. Wagner Jr. |
Billed height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Billed weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
Billed from | Torreón, Coahuila |
Trained by |
Dr. Wagner Gran Markus |
Debut | 1985 April 7, 1986 (As Dr. Wagner Jr.) |
Juan Manuel González Barrón (born August 12, 1965) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (Spanish for "Masked professional wrestler") who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner Jr., having used that name since 1987. He is the son of Manuel González Rivera, better known as Dr. Wagner and the brother of César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón, who works primarily under the name Silver King. His son made his lucha libre debut 2009 under the ring name El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.. González was once married to professional wrestler María Moreno León, better known as Rossy Moreno.
While he has worked all over the world as Dr. Wagner Jr. he primarily works in Mexico and has worked with both Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), Mexico's two largest professional wrestling promotions, on multiple occasions as well as being a regular on the Mexican independent circuit. He was introduced to Lucha Underground at the end of season two and has worked for various Japanese promotions, most notably for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW).
During his career he has won such notable championships as the AAA Mega Championship on two occasions, been the Inaugural AAA Latin American Champion, held the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship twice, the CMLL World Tag Team Championship on four occasions with four different partners, the CMLL World Trios Championship four times, as part of four different teams, the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with Kendo Kashin.