. ▁ ▁Professional ▁wrest ling ▁career ▁Martínez ▁made ▁his ▁debut ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 7 ▁at ▁the ▁" P la za ▁de ▁Tor os ▁Jorge ▁River a " ▁in ▁Z ap op an , ▁J alis co ▁working ▁as ▁an ▁En mas car ado ▁( mask ed ▁wrest ler ) ▁called ▁Neu ros is . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁he ▁changed ▁ident ities ▁and ▁began ▁working ▁using ▁another ▁mask ed ▁g imm ick ▁known ▁as ▁Junior ▁instead . ▁While ▁working ▁as ▁" J un ior " ▁he ▁managed ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁Occ idente ▁Light ▁He avy weight ▁Championship ▁from ▁but ▁lost ▁his ▁mask ▁to ▁Ces ar ▁D ant és ▁( You ng er ▁brother ▁of ▁Ap olo ▁D ant és ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁the ▁short ▁lived ▁" Prom o ▁Az te ca " ▁where ▁he ▁adopted ▁the ▁El ▁Z or ro ▁g imm ick . ▁In ▁Prom o ▁Az te ca ▁he ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁another ▁young ▁wrest ler , ▁T arz an ▁Boy ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁W W O ▁World ▁Tag ▁Team ▁Championship . ▁When ▁Az te ca ▁fol ded ▁Rod rique z ▁began ▁working ▁for ▁various ▁companies ▁all ▁over ▁Mexico , ▁he ▁even ▁found ▁himself ▁making ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁appearances ▁on ▁the ▁World ▁Wrestling ▁Federation ' s ▁Latin ▁based ▁Super ▁Ast ros ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁Jesus ▁Crist ob al , ▁essentially ▁using ▁the ▁Z or ro ▁g imm ick ▁but ▁without ▁the ▁mask . ▁ ▁A AA ▁/