Angel Garza | |
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Birth name | Humberto Garza Solano |
Born | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico[1] | September 23, 1992
Spouse(s) |
Zaide Lozano (m. 2020) |
Children | 1 |
Relatives | Héctor Garza (uncle) Humberto Carrillo (cousin) |
Family | Garza |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Angel Angel Garza[2] El Hijo del Ninja[1] Humberto Garza Garza Jr. |
Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] |
Billed weight | 205 lb (93 kg)[2][1] |
Billed from | Monterrey, Mexico[2] |
Trained by | Mario Segura[1] El Hijo del Gladiador[1] |
Debut | November 4, 2008[1] |
Humberto Garza Solano (born September 23, 1992) is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Angel (shortened from his previous ring name Angel Garza).[2] He is one-half of Los Garzas with his cousin Berto and is a member of Legado Del Fantasma.
He is a third-generation wrestler, the grandson of luchador Mario Segura, known as El Ninja. From his debut in 2008 until 2015, Garza worked under the name El Hijo del Ninja ("The Son of the Ninja"). He is the nephew of Héctor Garza and Humberto Garza Jr. and the grand-nephew of Humberto Segura Garza. He is the cousin of fellow WWE wrestler Humberto Carrillo, who was his tag team partner in Mexico and currently is in WWE. Garza originally worked as an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, but voluntarily unmasked in 2012 in the series finale of a dating reality show and has worked unmasked ever since.
As Garza Jr., he previously worked for Impact Wrestling in the United States, for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, and on the Mexican independent circuit for a number of promotions including The Crash Lucha Libre. Garza Jr., along with Penta el 0M, Rey Fénix and Daga formed La Rebelión on the independent circuit after leaving Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. He signed with WWE in 2019 and was assigned to the NXT brand wrestling as Angel Garza where he was a one-time NXT Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time WWE 24/7 Champion.