Birth name | Humberto Garza Solano |
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Born |
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
September 23, 1992
Family | Garza family |
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Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | El Hijo del Ninja Humberto Garza Garza Jr. |
Billed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
Billed weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
Trained by | Mario Segura El Hijo del Gladiador |
Debut | November 4, 2008 |
Humberto Garza Solano (born September 23, 1992) is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Garza Jr. He is a third generation wrestler, grandson of luchador Mario Segura, who used to be known as "El Ninja", from his debut in 2008 until 2015 Garza worked under the name El Hijo del Ninja ("The Son of the Ninja"). He is the nephew of Héctor Garza and Humberto Garza Jr. and the grand-nephew of Humberto Segura Garza. While working as El Hijo del Ninja he often teamed with his cousin Último Ninja. Garza Solano originally worked as an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, but voluntarily unmasked in 2012 in the series finale of a dating reality show and has worked unmasked ever since.
Garza Solano currently works for Impact Wrestling in the United States and on the Mexican independent circuit, including The Crash in Tijuana. From 2015 until 2017 he worked for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide, but he abruptly left the company in early 2017. Garza Jr., along with Penta el 0M, Rey Fénix and Daga formed La Rebelión on the independent circuit. In Impact Wrestling he regularly teams with fellow Mexican wrestler Laredo Kid.
Humberto Garza Solano was born on September 23, 1992 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. He is the grandson of professional wrestler Mike Segura, also known as "El Ninja". Garza Solano was named after his great uncle professional wrestler Humberto Garza (real name Humberto Segura Garza). He is the nephew of professional wrestlers Humberto Garza Jr., Héctor Garza, and El Ninja Jr. Two of his cousins are also professional wrestlers, Último Ninja (son of Humberto Garza Jr.) and El Sultán (son of Héctor Garza).
Garza was trained by his grandfather Mario Segura as well as El Hijo del Gladiador prior to his lucha libre debut on November 8, 2008, using the ring name El Hijo del Ninja ("The Son of the Ninja"), an enmascarado, or masked wrestling character. Initially he worked for Federacion Internacional de Lucha Libre (FILL) as they promoted shows in his native Monterrey, Nuevo León. On August 25, 2009 El Hijo del Ninja won the 2009 Copa Arena Coliseo Monterrey defeating Pee-Wee, Kaientai, Angel Dorada Jr. and Hombre Sin Miedo in succession to win the cup. He followed up his tournament victory by winning the FILL Light Heavyweight Championship that same year. He would win his first Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match", on September 30, 2009 when he defeated Black Morse, forcing him to unmask as a result of the stipulation. A Lucha de Apuestas win is generally considered a bigger achievement than a championship victory and is an indicator of a promotional "push". He would close out the year in another Lucha de Apuestas match, this time a Relevos Suicida where he teamed up with Silver Star to face the team of Memo Valles and Coco Viper. Since both El Hijo del Ninja and Memo Valles were pinned in the match the two were forced to wrestle each other risking El Hijo del Ninja's mask and Memo Valles hair. With the victory El Hijo del Ninja forced Memo Valles to have all his hair shaved off. In 2010 he won another Lucha de Apuestas, forcing Estrella Dorada Jr. to have all his hair shaved off. In 2011 El Hijo del Ninja won the FILL Rey del Aire ("King of the Air") tournament.