Heavy Metal

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Heavy Metal

Name Heavy Metal Real name Erick Francisco Casas Ruiz Nicknames none Name history Canelo Casas (debut - 92/05), Heavy Metal (92/05 - ) Family Pepe Casas (father), Negro Casas and Felino (brothers), Black Star (cousin), Kid Tiger (nephew) Maestro(s) Pepe Casas, Raúl Reyes, Negro Casas, Felino Birth date, location October 4, 1970 - Mexico City Obituary date n/a Debut, location February 14, 1988 - Arena Azteca Budokan - Mexico City Lost mask to n/a Height 5'8"/173 cms Weight 194 lbs/88 kg Signature moves La Casita (Magistral Cradle), Plancha, Slingshot somersault bodyblock, Heavy Punch (punch to the face) Titles: Naucalpan Tag Team Titles (as Canelo Casas, w/ Arkangel), National Welterweight Title (2, once as Canelo Casas), WWA World Welterweight Title, National Tag Team Titles (w/ Latin Lover), UWA World Light Heavyweight Title, AAA Campeón de Campeones Championship, IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Title, IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship (w/Negro Casas & Felino)

Notes

Heavy Metal is an upper card tecnico in CMLL. He's usually allied with his brothers Negro Casas and Felino. As with other CMLL upper tecnicos, he doesn't really have any ongoing feuds of his own, but just opposes the various forces of evil on a weekly basis.

Heavy is a regular relatively recent jump from AAA. Sources say Metal was angered about Konnan being allowed to return to the promotion, feeling he (and others) had worked hard to rebuild the promotion after Konnan had left the company and raided it for talent. When Antonio Pena made it clear Konnan would be a part of AAA, Metal left, jumping first to IWRG (where he still also wrestles) and then to CMLL.

Metal showed up in CMLL as a very muscular wrestler, which seemed to diminish his work in the ring. In recent months, he's cut his weight down and looked like a much improved wrestler.

Metal appears to be very proud to be champion; he always wore the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Title and IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship title to the ring, even in CMLL matches, when he held those titles. This lends credence to the idea that he no longer holds the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (and maybe it's the belt Silver Star is using); if Metal had a championship, he certainly wouldn't keep it a secret.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
??/??/??	hair	Heavy Metal	Rambo	unknown
88/09/11	hair	El Pantera II & Canelo Casas	Mr. Cid & Bestia Verde	Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State
89/02/03	hair	Ultraman 2000	Canelo Casas	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
90/08/??	hair	Canelo Casas	El Mestizo	Arena Coliseo - Mexico City
92/11/15	hair	Heavy Metal	Barba Negra	Arena Xochiaca - Xochiaca, Mexico State
94/04/26	hair	Heavy Metal	Jerry Estrada	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
94/09/28	hair	Heavy Metal	Tony Arce	Jalapa, Veracruz
98/03/01	hair	Heavy Metal	Sangre Chicana	El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State
99/09/17	mask (1)	Heavy Metal	Kick Boxer	Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera - Mexico City
01/11/23	hair (2)	Héctor Garza	Heavy Metal	Plaza México - Mexico City
03/06/15	hair (3)	Heavy Metal	Pirata Morgan	El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State
03/08/31	hair (4)	Heavy Metal	El Brazo	Arena Solidaridad - Monterrey, Nuevo León
04/10/16	mask (5)	Heavy Metal	Mosco de la Merced AAA	Plaza de Toros La Concordia - Orizaba, Veracruz

|(1) Cage match with Octagon and Jaque Mate; (2) Four way match with Aguayo Jr. & Latin Lover; (3) Match with Sangre Chicana and Texano; (4) Cage match w Zorro, Chicana, Texano & O. Sevilla; (5) Cage match with Zorro, Incotable, Psicosis & Histeria |}

Gallery

Canelo Casas

drugged out circa 1996

in his Road Warrior-like shoulderpads

as UWA Light Heavyweight Champion