Miguel Pérez Jr. (born April 22, 1966) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. The son of fellow professional wrestler Miguel Pérez, he began his career in Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council, winning several championships including the Puerto Rico and Caribbean Heavyweight championships. In addition to his appearances in Puerto Rico with the World Wrestling Council and the International Wrestling Association, Pérez Jr. has appeared in Japan with All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, W*ING and International Wrestling Association Japan; in Mexico with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre; and in the United States with Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation. Early life Pérez is the son of Miguel Pérez, who is one half of the first tag team champions crowned in WWE, winning the NWA Capitol World Tag Team Championship along Antonino Rocca, when the promotion was still known as "Capitol Wrestling" and was affiliated to the National Wrestling Alliance. Professional wrestling career Early career Pérez debuted in 1984 at the Dominican Republic at Santo Domingo Sports Promotions teaming with hes father under a mask. Later that year went to WWC in Puerto Rico and got envolved in an angle where his father Miguel Pérez Sr. appeared as a photographer at ring side taking pictures and scouting opponents before Miguel Pérez Jr.'s debut. During a match Eric Embry attacked Miguel Pérez Sr. with camera in hand and Miguel Pérez Jr. came to his father's rescue. This eventually lead to Pérez Jr.'s debut match. Had a feud with The Crusher in early 1986. At Aniversario 1986, Pérez unsuccessfully challenged Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. At Aniversario 1987, he defeated Reginald Lisowski. At Aniversario 1988, Pérez teamed with Castillo to defeat Bobby Jaggers and Dan Kroffat in a hair vs hair match. In 1989, he joined Castillo in a tour to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, with both being rebranded as "José Pérez" and "Daniel Castillo", collectively known as "The Caribbean Express". On February 22, 1989, they lost to Kuniaki Kobayashi and Osamu Kido. The Caribbean Express repeated this performance in their next appearance. On February 28, 1989, Pérez and Castillo lost to Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami. They opponed the Big Fight Series with a lost. In the second date, The Caribbean Express defeated Hirozaku Hata and Naoki Sano. They then joined Sid Vicious to defeat Kengo Kimura, Sano and Tatsumi Fujinami. This was followed