El Felino | |
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Birth name | Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz |
Born |
Mexico City, Mexico |
March 22, 1964
Family | Casas |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Babe Casas El Felino |
Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Billed weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
Billed from | Mexico City |
Trained by | Pepe Casas Raúl Reyes |
Debut | March 22, 1987 |
El Felino (born March 22, 1964), is the ring name of Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz, who is a Mexican professional wrestler or Luchador currently wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is the son of wrestler and referee Pepe Casas, part of the Casas wrestling family; the brother of Negro Casas and Heavy Metal and the uncle of wrestlers Canelo Casas, Danny Casas, Black Star, Destroyer and Nanyzh Rock. His sons are also both wrestlers under the names of Tiger Kid and Puma King respectively. Up until the summer of 2014 his wife, Blanca Rodriquez wrestled under the ring name "Princesa Blanca" but has since retired. El Felino was originally an enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, but was forced to unmask in March 2010 due to losing a match. He is a member of La Peste Negra ("The Black Plague")
Felino won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship on July 5, 1992 in Mexico City, D.F. by defeating the 2-time Champion Ciclón Ramírez. Felino vacated the title after winning the CMLL World Welterweight Championship on July 16, 1992. On July 17, 1992 Felino won the CMLL World Welterweight Championship by defeating América in Cuernavaca, Morelos. He lost the championship to Ciclón Ramírez on May 21, 1993 in Mexico City. Felino won the championship back on March 30, 1994 in Acapulco, Guerrero. On June 21, 1994 he lost the title to El Pantera II in Cuernavaca, Morelos. He won the championship once again by victory over Nosawa on September 21, 2001 in Mexico City. In 2002 he won the Leyenda de Plata tournament. His third CMLL World Welterweight Championship reign last over 2 years and ends with a loss to Satánico on November 25, 2003 in Mexico City. On December 5, 2003 Felino, Volador, Jr. and Safari won the vacant Mexican National Trios Championship by defeating Alan Stone, Super Crazy and Zumbido in a tournament final. They lost the Mexican National Trios Championship on March 25, 2005 to Dr. X, Nitro and Sangre Azteca.