Espanto Jr.
Mexican professional wrestler
Espanto Jr. is the most recognizable ring name of Jesús Andrade Salas (born May 11, 1956), a retired Mexican professional wrestler. Over his 25-year-long career, Andrade worked under a number of different aliases, most importantly as Espanto Jr. ("Terror Jr."), later on as El Santo Negro ("The Black Saint"), and as the first person to work as Pentagón. Andrade was forced to retire from wrestling after suffering a life-threatening injury during a match that briefly left him clinically dead before being revived in the middle of the ring.
Andrade is part of an extensive wrestling family started by his father, who worked as "El Moro" and is referred to as the "Moro Family". His son currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), using Andrade's most famous moniker, Espanto Jr. His nephew worked for CMLL for almost a decade under the name La Sombra, and worked for WWE under the name Andrade.
Personal life
Jesús Andrade Salas is the son of professional wrestler El Moro (Spanish for "The Moor"), who trained Andrade and at least five of his brothers for their professional wrestling careers. Several of his brothers are or have been professional wrestlers.
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