Máscara Año 2000, Jr.
Máscara Año 2000 Jr. in August 2012.
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| Birth name | Ángel Omar Reyes Franco |
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| Born |
January 16, 1977 Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico |
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| Ring name(s) | Máscara Año 2000 Jr. |
| Billed height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 102 kg (225 lb) |
| Trained by | Máscara Año 2000 |
| Debut | 1999 |
Ángel Omar Reyes Franco (born January 16, 1977) is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler, better known as Máscara Año 2000 Jr. He is working for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), and International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). Máscara Año 2000 Jr. originally worked under a mask and his real name was not a matter of public record, until he lost his mask in a match in August 2012. His father Jesús Reyes González wrestled under the ring name Máscara Año 2000. He is a former holder of the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship and a co-holder of the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship along with El Hijo de Cien Caras. In the United States he is best known though his appearance on the travel show Dhani Tackles the Globe, where he wrestled host Dhani Jones in an episode of the show's second season.
Reyes made his professional wrestling debut at some point in 1999, under an undisclosed ring name. From 1999 until 2006 he wrestled without revealing his family relations to his father Jesús Reyes González, better known as Luchador Máscara Año 2000. This is a practice not uncommon in Lucha libre where sons often "learn the trade" before being given the "family name".
In September 2006 he was finally introduced to the wrestling world as Máscara Año 2000 Jr. with his father publicly supporting him as he began to make a name for himself in the wrestling ring. A year later his brother was introduced to the wrestling world as El Hijo de Máscara Año 2000. Máscara Año 2000 Jr. has primarily worked for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), a Mexican promotion based out of Naucalpan, State of Mexico, for most of his career as Máscara Año 2000 Jr. although he did wrestle a few matches for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 2007. It was not long before Máscara Año 2000 Jr. began teaming with both Cien Caras Jr. and El Hijo de Cien Caras, two wrestlers who in storyline are the sons of Máscara Año 2000 Jr.'s uncle Cien Caras, but are actually unrelated and paid for the rights to use the names. The three formed a group called Los Hermanos Dinamita Jr. ("The Dynamite Brothers Junior"), the next generation of Los Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 Sr. and Universo 2000). Máscara Año 2000 Jr. and El Hijo de Cien Caras teamed up to defeat El Felino and Pantera to win the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship on May 31, 2007, Máscara Año 2000 Jr.'s first wrestling championship. The team quickly established themselves as the most dominant IWRG Tag Team Champions as they held the title for 801 days and made 11 successful title defenses, although they did have a long period of inactivity as a team in early to mid-2009 due to Hijo de Cien Caras not working many dates for IWRG.
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