Los Rayos Tapatío
| Los Rayos Tapatío | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members | Rayo Tapatío I Rayo Tapatío II |
| Name(s) | Los Rayos Tapatío |
| Heights | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) (Rayo Tapatío I) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) (Rayo Tapatío II) |
| Combined weight |
76 kg (168 lb) (Rayo Tapatío I) 87 kg (192 lb) (Rayo Tapatío II) 163 kg (359 lb) (Combined) |
| Debut |
February 18, 1983 (Rayo Tapatío I) October 16, 1988 (Rayo Tapatío II) 1990–1991 (Los Rayos Tapatío) |
| Promotions | UWA, CMLL, Mexican Regional promotions |
Los Rayos Tapatío (Spanish for "The Lighting bolts from Guadalajara") is a Mexican sibling professional wrestling tag team consisting of Jesús González Monroy and Víctor Manuel González Monroy, better known under their ring names Rayo Tapatío I and Rayo Tapatío II. The team is the longest, continuously active tag team in Mexico today, possibly in professional wrestling in general. Los Rayos Tapatío worked for many years for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying both rudos ("Bad guys") and tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling characters. They originally worked for the now defunct Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) and now primarily works for various Mexican Regional promotions.
Jesús González Monroy was born on May 24, 1968 and Víctor Manuel González Monroy was born on August 16, 1971 both in Mexico City, Mexico The older brother Jesús González began training for his professional career in the early 1980s by El Indio Yoko, Tony Camargo, Jose Luis Feliciano and Guillermo Dìaz His younger brother began training after Jesús González began wrestling, working with the same trainers as his okder brother as well as Gran Petroneo.
Jesús González Monroy made his in ring debut on February 18, 1983 adopting the ring name El Rayo Tapatío (The Lighting from Guadalajara). A few years later his younger brother Víctor Manuel González began wrestling as Principe Delfin ("Prince Dolphin"), but would later join his brother as a regular tag team around 1990/1991, adopting the moniker Rayo Tapatío II, with his brother modifying his name to Rayo Tapatío I. After their debut they began working regularly for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), which at the time was one of the two biggest professional wrestling promotions in Mexico. Records are unclear on who Los Rayos Tapatío defeated, but they show that the team won the Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship for the first time out of five in 1992. Los Rayos would lose, then regain the titles as part of an ongoing storyline with a team known as Los Diamicos in early 1993. UWA held a one night, 16 team tag team tournament with Los Rayos competing for the rights to challenge for the UWA World Tag Team Championship, the team lost to Black Jack and Enrique Vera in the first round. The UWA closed down in 1995 and briefly worked for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) who was rapidly growing, soon becoming the second biggest promotion in Mexico. During this time period Los Rayos would hold the Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship for a third time.
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