El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (born December 4, 1991) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known for his work in Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), where he is a former one-time GHC Heavyweight Champion, a former one-tine and longest reigning GHC National Champion, a former two-time GHC Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2020 Global Tag League as part of working relationship between American Major League Wrestling (MLW) promotion.
His real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. He is the grandson of Dr. Wagner and the son of Dr. Wagner Jr. His mother is professional wrestler Rossy Moreno and he is part of both the Wagner and the Moreno wrestling families.
Professional wrestling career[]
Early Career[]
In lucha libre, masked wrestlers closely guard their private lives, which means that if they have never been officially unmasked during their career their birth names are kept secret from the general public. Some wrestlers, especially second or third generation wrestlers, often assume a different ring identity before revealing their family relationship. It has not been verified that El Hijo de Dr. Wagner worked under a different identity before December 9, 2009, when he made his debut under that name, but it is possible that the debut date given is only for the "El Hijo de Dr. Wagner" character.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2019–2024)[]
On July 29, 2019, as part of a working relationship between Pro Wrestling Noah and Major League Wrestling, it was announced that El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., would take part of Noah's premier tournament N-1 Victory. The following month, Wagner finished the tournament with a record of one win and four losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. During the tournament, Wagner joined the Sugiura-gun stable, as its first gaijin member. In April 2020, as part of Sugiura-gun, Wagner and Sugiura-gun newest member Rene Dupree formed the Sugiura-gun International. Afterwards, Wagner and Dupree took part in the 2020 Global Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of two wins and one loss, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On April 18, Wagner and Dupree defeated AXIZ (Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima) in the finals to win the tournament. The following day, Wagner and Dupree defeated Masaaki Mochizuki and Naomichi Marufuji to win the GHC Tag Team Championship. On August 10, Wagner and Dupree returned the titles to Noah, due to being unable to attend Noah's events in relation to travel restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic, vacating the titles in the process.
Following the mitigation of the COVID-19 travel restrictions, on March 23, 2022, it was announced that Wagner and Dupree, billed as "Les Mexicanas" would be returning to Sugiura-gun on April 30 at Majestic. On May 4, Wagner and Dupree defeated Sugiura-gun stablemates Hideki Suzuki and Takashi Sugiura to regain the GHC Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to Masa Kitamiya and Michael Elgin on May 21. On November 10 at Global Honored Crown, Wagner defeated Masakatsu Funaki to win the GHC National Championship, becoming the first non-Japanese wrestler to hold the title. On April 16, 2023, at Green Journey in Sendai, Sugiura-gun disbanded. In August, Wagner took part in the 2023 N-1 Victory, finishing the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. On October 28 at Demolition Stage In Fukuoka, Wagner Jr. lost the GHC National Championship to Jack Morris, in his seventh title defense, ending his reign at 352 days, the longest reign in the title's history.
On January 13, 2024, Wagner challenged Kenoh to a title match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Wagner wanted to challenge him in 2019, with Kenoh accepting. Afterwards, Kenoh offered a handshake, which he accepted and then pulled Kenoh close so the two were butting heads. On February 4, at Cross Over in Sendai, Wagner defeated Kenoh to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship, for the first time. With this victory, Wagner became the second gaijin wrestler (the other being Eddie Edwards) and the first Mexican to hold the title. He lost the title to Kaito Kiyomiya on May 4 at Wrestle Magic. In August, Wagner took part in the 2024 N-1 Victory. Despite winning his opening match, on August 11, it was announced that Wagner would be absent the remainder of the tournament due to injury, leading him to forfeit the remainder of his matches. He made his return from injury on September 1.
On January 2, 2025 at New Year Reboot, Wagner announced that he would be returning to Mexico, and his last match in NOAH, would be on January 11.
Personal life[]
El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. is the son of Juan Manuel González Barrón and Rossy Moreno, both professional wrestlers with his father working as the masked wrestler Dr. Wagner Jr. He is the grandson of wrestlers Dr. Wagner and Alfonso Morales, patriarchs of the Wagner and Moreno wrestling families. He is the nephew of Silver King (Son of Dr. Wagner). On his mother's side, he is the nephew of wrestlers Noé Astro Moreno León (better known as El Oriental), Alda Moreno, Esther Moreno, Cynthia Moreno, Mini Cibernético, Groond XXX and Extasis. He was trained for his professional wrestling career by his mother, his Aunt Ester ,and uncle El Oriental, as they had more of an active role in his training that Juan Manuel González since the divorce of González and Moreno.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- Moonsault Press (Triple jump moonsault)
- Wagner Driver (Sitout scoop slam piledriver, sometimes a Samoan driver) - adopted from his father
- Signature moves
- Backhand chop
- Black Tiger Bomb (Sitout crucifix powerbomb)
- Bow and arrow backbreaker
- Cross-legged double wristlock
- Electric chair spun into a sitout powerbomb
- Falling powerslam backbreaker
- Front dropkick to the back of a seated opponent's head
- Headbutt
- La magistral
- Overhand chop
- Romero Special (Surfboard)
- Running hurricanrana
- Running step-up knee strike to a cornered opponent
- Snapping his neck after being hit by a cornered opponent, for theatrics
- Step-up enzuigiri
- Suicide dive
- Superkick
- Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker
- Wheelbarrow victory roll
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Pro Wrestling NOAH
- GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- GHC National Championship (1 time)
- GHC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Rene Dupree
- Global Tag League (2020) – with Rene Dupree
Lucha de Apuesta record[]
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. (mask) | Máscara Jr. | Pachuca, Hidalgo | ? | November 23, 2010 | [Note 1] |
Footnotes[]
- ↑ The team lost a Ruleta de la Muete match to the teams of Histeria/El Hijo de Fishman and El Canek Jr./Black Abyss and were forced to wrestle each other.