Miguel Pérez, Jr.

United States On August 8, 1993, Pérez debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling, forming a tag team with Mitsuhiro Matsunaga. The team debuted by wrestling the Headhunters to a double disqualification. In their second appearance, Pérez and Matsunaga defeated Don Allen and Herve Renesto. On June 8, 1993, they unsuccessfully challenged Doug and Eddie Gilbert for the ECW World Tag Team Championship by getting disqualified. At ECW Ultra Clash 1993, the Headhunters defeated Pérez and DeMott in a "baseball bat" match. On March 13, 1995, he participated in two dark matches prior to World Wrestling Federation's Monday Night Raw. In the first Pérez lost to Louie Spicolli, before defeating his second opponent. On November 10, 1996, Pérez debuted for World Championship Wrestling by defeating Steve Armstrong. Later in the same event he gained a pinfall victory over Jesús "Ciclope" Ortíz. Pérez made his WCW Monday Nitro debut the following night, first winning a dark match over Adolfo Tapia, the original La Parka.

World Wrestling Federation (1997–1999)

Pérez joined WWF as a singles wrestler in February 1997, initially feuding with Savio Vega. After Vega was fired from the Nation of Domination Pérez joined him to form Puerto Rican stable, Los Boricuas in June of that year. During his run with Los Boricuas, Pérez was involved in the multi-stable 'gang wars' feud, with the group clashing with Truth Commission, Nation of Domination, and Disciples of Apocalypse. As part of Los Boricuas Pérez primarily fought as a tag team alongside Vega, Jose Estrada or Jesus Castillo or in multi-man tag matches across Raw, Shotgun, and Super Astros. Los Boricuas continued as a group until August 1999, when Pérez left WWF along with Estrada and Castillo.

International Wrestling Association (1999–2009)

Los Intocables, La Compañía and Los Auténticos He made his debut as a wrestler in the first set of tapings, defeating Paul Diamond and Brian Lee. In 1999, the IWA entered a developmental deal with the WWF. Pérez began his participation in co-promoted house shows picking a victory over Billy Gunn in consecutive contests On November 2, 1999, Los Boricuas reunited to defeat the Disciples of Apocalypse. In the following show, they once again teamed to defeat The Brood. Pérez's first loss was by countout to The Road Dogg. On April 28, 2000, the Starr Corporation defeated Los Intocables to win the IWA World Tag Team Championship in a match refereed by Vega. Pérez followed this by wrestling Bob Holly to a no contest in a hardcore match. Pérez then feuded with Rivera, losing their first encounter by disqualification. In his next appearance, he teamed with Ricky Banderas in a loss to Rivera and Sewell. On November 24, 2000, Pérez teamed with Steve Corino to defeat Laureano and Yoshihiro Tajiri. The following day he lost a singles match to Rivera. Pérez subsequently adopted a second gimmick, Faraón Zaruxx, a stereotypical mummy wrapped in bandages, which squashed low card performers. At Christmas in PR 2000, he joined Víctor "The Bodyguard" Rodríguez to defeat Andy Anderson and Vyzago. Returning to his actual name, Pérez defeated Banderas in vengeance for turning on him along Castillo. To close the show, Zaruxx won a four-way match. In 2005, Pérez entered a feud with Kasey James. On May 28, 2005, Pérez defeated James in a no disqualification match. In his following matches, he defeated jobbers. At the Víctor "The Bodyguard" Memorial Cup, Pérez defeated Freddie "Blitz" Lozada. Pérez reappeared on February 4, 2006, teaming with Gonzalez in a losing effort. In the summer of that year, the IWA introduced the Copa José Miguel Pérez or José Miguel Pérez Memorial Cup to honor his father. On August 5, 2006, Pérez participated in another tag team match, with the same result. In September, Pérez teamed with González to defeat Rivera and Miguel "Mr. Big" Maldonado. In the final weekend of this month, he won in a six-man tag team match and lost in a tag team appearance, both involving Rivera. At Christmas in PR he was scheduled to face the Estrellas' Mikael Judas. At Masacre en el Valle II, Pérez reunited with Rivera to defeat Judas and Ricky Cruz. In his next appearance, he lost to González. On June 2, 2007, Pérez joined Cotto to defeat the team of Cruz, Richard Rondón and Judas. At the Omar Pérez Barreto Memorial he brought back the Faraón Zaruxx gimmick, losing to José Laureano. After turning heel, he joined Julio César López to wrestle Cotto and Rondón to a no contest. Pérez then teamed with Ricky Vega to defeat Cotto and Freddie "Blitz" Lozada. At Histeria Boricua 2008, Los Autenticos lost to González and Figueroa. At Juicio Final VIII, they defeated "Los Rabiosos", composed by Lozada and Maldonado. However, two days later Lozada teamed with Vega to defeat Los Autenticos. Pérez then entered a feud with Chris Joel, who had been brought in as a victim to La Loteria del Terror. After wrestling two no contests, Joel won their third encounter. After this, Pérez won two consecutive tag team matches against the team of Joel and Rondón. At Golpe de Estado, Los Autenticos teamed with their new member, Dennis Rivera, to lose against Joel, Rondón and a returning James. Pérez then entered a brief rivalry with Edgar "Spectro" Díaz, defeating him in singles and tag team matches. Los Autenticos then entered a feud with a team known as "Los Arabes", with combinations of both exchanging a 2–2 result. At Christmas in PR 2008, Pérez teamed with Bison Smith to challenge Los Arabes for the vacant IWA World Tag Team Championship but lost. At Histeria Boricua 2009, they won a rematch for the titles. Now face, Pérez teamed with Joel but lost to "Los Dueños de la Malicia", Dennis Rivera and Noel Rodríguez. In his next participation, he and Smith lost the Tag Team Championship to La Malicia. Pérez then reunited with Rivera to close the feud with Los Arabes by defeating them twice. Pérez followed this with a feud against Dennis Rivera, with the first two matches being ruled no contests before both exchanged victories. Los Boricuas then entered a rivalry with Joe Bravo and his stable. Pérez defeated both Bravo and his henchman Joan Manuel "El Bacano" Almonte, but failed to capute the IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship from Bravo. In their next encounter, Los Boricuas came on the winning side of a match involving all four of them. This storyline continued during the IWA's 10th Anniversary celebrations, in which they teamed with several former IWA wrestlers to defeat the whole "La Revolución" stable, repeating this result in two subsequent events. Concurrently, the "Faraón Zaruxx" mantle was passed on to another wrestler. On August 29, 2009, Pérez defeated Bravo to win his first Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship. He was successful in his first defense over Almonte. Los Boricuas reunited one last time to defeat La Revolución. Pérez picked two more defenses, before dropping the title to Bravo. One week later, he defeated Rondón in a singles match. On November 1, 2009, Pérez and Vega participated in a Dominican Wrestling Entertainment card, being booked to win the DWE World Tag Team Championship. Los Boricuas held the championships until the promotion's final event of the year. Shortly afterwards, Pérez announced his retirement as an active wrestler, instead remaining involved in administrative issues.

Late career (2009–present) Following Hardcore Weekend 2011, a group of unnamed wrestlers began pestering him in random public places as well as assaulting the IWA Champions during events. When confronting them, they identified as "The Academy", led by Chris Angel and Phillip Davian, citing that they only wanted a chance to "bring forth a change needed by the IWA". Pérez unexpectedly reacted by offering them contracts, citing that he actually wanted a change himself, even granting them championship bouts at Christmas in PR 2011. In this event, Rivera became Angel's opponent for the vacant Intercontinental Championship, losing the contest. Rivera demanded a rematch, but Pérez considered it too risky, grudgingly accepting sanctioning it. When Angel retained in a rematch, Pérez intercepted Rivera upon exiting the ring, telling him not to return to the IWA until he became reacquainted with his "roots". Pérez reappeared at Summer Attitude, confronting Rivera after WWC wrestlers counterattacked IWA due an invasion led by him, ruining Víctor Quiñones' Hall of Fame induction, claiming that he didn't meant those "roots". He became increasingly authoritarian, actually firing Hiram Tua following a disagreement between them. Pérez then recruited The Academy as bodyguards, helping Angel to remain undefeated by reversing a decision and firing Cotto when he disagreed. However, Rivera soon returned and The Academy turned on him. An angle between the IWA and the Extreme Wrestling Organization then began, when he faced Cotto in a charity event and told him that he belonged the IWA and should "return home". On December 17, 2011, Cotto won the EWO World Heavyweight Championship, only to be interrupted by Pérez, a scenario that was repeated at EWO's Tierra de Nadie. This was followed by confrontations in IWA's Histeria Boricua and Kaos & Odissey, which expanded to include EWO's CEO, Richard Rondón, as well. On February 25, 2012, following more intervention from the IWA, Cotto issued a challenge to end the conflict, an unification match for the EWO World Heavyweight Championship and IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship. On March 1, 2012, the challenge was accepted by Pérez and Rondón in a backstage segment. At Clash of the Titans, Cotto lost the EWO World Championship, losing to a masked wrestler only known as "Bonecrusher", whom he had defeated to win this belt and had since gained the IWA Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. In this event, Rivera actually interrupted an encounter between both the leaders of both companies, but remained quiet and did not specify his allegiance to either faction. At Payback, Pérez and Rondón where involved in a heated discussion. On May 26, 2012, he made a face turn after Rondón insulted his father, which resulted in the entirety of Zona 101, led by Cotto, joining him and becoming part of Team IWA.

In 2014, Pérez returned to the World Wrestling Council after a 20-year absence. Pérez showing a considerable amount of weight lost and in great shape joined Ray González in his feud against Savio Vega. He also resumed his feud with Slash Venom in WWC.

In 2022, Miguel Perez's daughter, Nathalya Pérez made her pro wrestling debut. She began her training and debuted at the Espíritu Pro Wrestling Dojo in Puerto Rico. Being also the granddaughter of Jose Miguel Pérez Sr., made her the first Puerto Rican female third generation professional wrestler.

Championships and accomplishments Dominican Wrestling Entertainment DWE World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Savio Vega Espiritu Pro Wrestling Dojo EPWD Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jose Burgos International Wrestling Association IWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) IWA World Tag Team Championship (14 times) - with Huracán Castillo (7), Ricky Banderas, Pain, Fidel Sierra (1) as Los Intocables, Gran Apolo (1), Savio Vega (2), Slash Venom (1), Abyss (2), and Bison Smith (1) IWA Hardcore Championship (2 times) IWA Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Independent Wrestling Association Florida IWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Savio Vega Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #137 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1993 World Wrestling Council WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time) WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (4 times) WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (2 times) WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship (6 times) - with Huracán Castillo Jr. WWC North American Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Huracán Castillo Jr. (1), Big Red (1), and Tony Atlas (1) WWC World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Huracán Castillo Jr. WWC Television Championship (1 time) Wrestling Observer Newsletter Worst Feud of the Year (1997) – vs. Disciples of Apocalypse

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesMiguel Pérez Jr. (hair) Super Black Ninja (hair) Bayamon, Puerto Rico WWC Live event Miguel Pérez Jr. and Huracan Castillo (hair) Dan Kroffat and Bobby Jaggers (hair) Bayamon, Puerto Rico WWC Live event Emilio Charles Jr. (hair) Miguel Pérez Jr. (hair) Mexico City CMLL show Miguel Pérez Jr. (hair) Silver King (hair) Mexico City CMLL 62nd Anniversary Show Apolo Dantes (hair) Miguel Pérez Jr. (hair) Mexico City CMLL show