El Felino

Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz (born March 22, 1964), better known by his ring name El Felino ("The Feline"), is a Mexican luchador (or professional wrestler) working for Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

Casas started his professional wrestling career under the name Babe Casas, working for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA).

Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz was born on March 22, 1964, son of professional wrestler Pepe Casas, best known as wrestling referee Pepe "Tropi" Casas later on, and part of the Casas wrestling family, spanning three generations of wrestlers.

Jorge Casas' older brother José would later become known under the ring name Negro Casas, while his younger brother, Erick Francisco Casas, would be known as Heavy Metal.

For years Casas was married to Blanca Rodríguez, who is known as professional wrestler Princesa Blanca.

Prior to his relationship with Rodríguez, Casas had two children with his previous wife, known as Puma King and Tiger.

His sister-in-law, wife of José, is a professional wrestler known as Dalys la Caribeña, and through that marriage he is related to Rafael Ernesto Medina Baeza, known as Veneno.

His nephews and niece, Canelo Casas, Danny Casas, Destroyer and Nanyzh Rock are also second-generation professional wrestlers.

After training under his father and Raúl Reyes he made his in-ring debut in 1982, using the ring name "Babe Casas".

The first documented match for Babe Casas took place on January 14, 1984.

He later began working for the Naucalpan, State of Mexico-based Universal Wrestling Association (UWA).

Early on in his time with the UWA, he won the Naucalpan Lightweight Championship, but ended up losing it to El Pantea on January 27, 1985.

Around the same time he would lose a Lucha de Apuestas, or "Bet match", to Pantera I on two different occasions, which meant that he shaved bald as a result.

In 1989, he adopted the "Felino" ring character, wearing an orange full body suit and cat inspired mask.

On January 29, 1989, he won his Apuestas match, pinning Mario Prado Jr. to force Prado to have his hair shaved off.

In 1989 Casas began working for Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre ("Mexican Wrestling Enterprise"; EMLL), later known as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ("Word Wrestling Council"; CMLL).

in EMLL, he adopted a new masked persona, the technico "El Felino" (Spanish for "The Feline") character.

As El Felino he wore an orange mask with black tiger stripes as well as an orange full body suit to match the mask design.

On July 5, 1992, El Felino defeated Ciclón Ramírez to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship.

The match was part of a longer running storyline between the two.

Felino vacated the title after winning the CMLL World Welterweight Championship on July 16, 1992.

He lost the championship to Ciclón Ramírez on May 21, 1993, as part of their ongoing feud.

The storyline between the two led to a mask vs. mask, Lucha de Apuestas, on July 9, which saw El Felino pin Ramírez, forcing him to remove his mask and state his name afterwards.

Felino regained the CMLL World Welterweight March 30, 1994 in Acapulco, conclusively ending the storyline between the two as he defeated Ciclón Ramírez again.

His second reign came to an end on June 21, 1994, as he relinquished the championship to El Pantera II in Cuernavaca, Morelos.

Near the end of 1994, El Felino won another mask, as he defeated Justiciero in a Lucha de Apuestas match in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Felino was teamed up with Emilio Charles Jr.. for the 1995 Copa de Oro, held in honor of Oro who died during a match in 1993.

The duo defeated Blue Demon Jr.. and Silver King in the first round, the team of Máscara Mágica and Ringo Mendoza in the semi-finals before losing to Chicago Express and Pierroth Jr.. in the finals.

With his success in the welterweight division, El Felino was one of 16 wrestlers in a tournament to determine a new NWA World Welterweight Champion.

He defeated Onita Jr. and Oro II to the semi-finals, where he lost at this stage to El Hijo del Santo to be eliminated from the tournament.

With the exception of a short stint in AAA in 1999, Casas has worked for CMLL since adopting the "El Felino" ring character.

He has also won several major CMLL tournaments, including the 1999 Torneo Gran Alternativa, the 2001 Copa Ovaciones and the 2002 Leyenda de Plata tournament.

He was a member of the group La Peste Negra ("The Black Plague") from 2008 to 2020, with whom he has held the Mexican National Trios Championship.

He has also won the CMLL World Welterweight Championship three times in his career, the Mexican National Welterweight Championship once, and is the current Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion in his first reign.

El Felino was originally an enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, but was forced to unmask in March 2010 due to losing a match.

He is a second-generation professional wrestler, as he is the son of wrestler-turned-referee Pepe Casas and a part of the Casas wrestling family.

His siblings include his older brother Negro Casas and younger brother Heavy Metal.

He is also the uncle of wrestlers Canelo Casas, Danny Casas, Black Star, Destroyer and Nanyzh Rock.

His sons are both wrestlers under the names of Tiger and Puma King respectively.

Up until mid-2014, his wife, Blanca Rodríguez wrestled under the ring name "Princesa Blanca" but has since retired.