Los Boricuas were a professional wrestling stable that originated in the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1990s. The name was derived from a popular nickname for Puerto Rican people, since all the stable's members were from Puerto Rico. Different variants of the team have since performed in the International Wrestling Association, Dominican Wrestling Entertainment, World Wrestling League and the World Wrestling Council. History World Wrestling Federation (1997–1999) The stable was led by Juan Rivera under his Savio Vega gimmick. The character formed the stable after he was fired from the Nation of Domination. The group made its television debut in June 1997. The group featured three second-generation WWF wrestlers. The son of Miguel Pérez Sr., Miguel Perez, Jr. joined after participating in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling. José Estrada, Jr. was the son of another former title holder, former WWF Junior Heavyweight Champion José Estrada. Jesús "Huracán" Castillo is the son of Huracan Castillo Sr. who wrestled in the 1960s and 1970s. They were mainly involved in angles with other stables including the Nation of Domination and the Disciples of Apocalypse. They defeated the Disciples of Apocalypse in an eight-tag team match at Summerslam (1997). Vega competed in the Royal Rumble (1998). The rest of the Boricuas attacked Skull of the Disciples of Apocalypse, thinking that Skull was Stone Cold Steve Austin. Skull was injured and did not compete in the Rumble. The rest of the Boricuas went in the ring tried to attack Austin. Austin took out all of the non-competitors Boricuas and eliminating Vega out of the Rumble. Later that night, Los Boricuas attacked The Undertaker alongside the New Age Outlaws to aid Shawn Michaels in defeating Undertaker in a casket match. During WrestleMania XIV's tag team Battle Royal, Los Boricuas engaged two teams (Savio and Miguel, and José and Jesús), fighting on Raw is War. Vega left the group in July and would return to a singles career before being released in August after suffering an arm injury during the Brawl for All tournament. Castillo still a team member, became a jobber on Shotgun. Perez, Castillo and Estrada would still fight as a tag team on Raw is War and Shotgun until October 1998 and competed on Super Astros until the show ended in September 1999 and all three of them left the company. Their final match as a group took place on the