El Jefe (RLS CAS)

Ramon Castillo (born 15th April 1990 in Jujutla, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional wrestler currently signed to UNION Wrestling, where he performs under his career-spanning gimmick of El Jefe1, where he the UNION British Champion in his first reign. 
He is best known as being the long-term tag team partner of late superstar Navajo, as Los Parias, known while appearing in the UK for UNION Wrestling as The Misfits, and PRIZE Wrestling League as Invasion. His ring name, which means "the boss" in Spanish, is a reference to his father Ramon Julio Castillo, known as Perro Travieso ("Naughty Dog") owning the wrestling gym where he trained.
== Career ==
=== Training, Local Talent (2008-2011) ===
Castillo trained under his father at the Naughty Dog Gym in San Salvador, El Salvador, coming through some tough tests to prove he was more than just the son of the boss. This perception of him led to what he said was "always gentle" teasing, which in turn led to the ring game El Jefe, that he's used ever since.
He notably tagged with his father in 2010 for Exhibition Wrestling: Canada against The Deck, losing by pin-fall to Mayhem.
He left El Salvador permanently in 2011, to pursue a full-time career with EW.
=== EW: Mexico, Copa Juniors (2011-2015) ===
El Jefe wrestled for EW: Mexico between 2011 and 2015, honing his craft and winning the lauded Copa Juniors on two occasions in 2013 and 2015. He also won a Mask vs. Mask Match against Idiota Enmascarado shortly before leaving the promotion.
=== UNION Wrestling (2015-2017) ===
El Jefe joined UNION Wrestling shortly after, and began teaming together with Navajo as The Misfits, winning the Tag Team belts from Team Bring It (The Rock & Zodiak) during the Canadian Tour, holding the titles for almost a year before dropping them to the Dudley Boyz at Capitol Punishment 2017. Soon after, El Jefe was injured and Navajo placed on leave following a series of disagreements on his proposed singles run. The duo left after refusing new contracts in early-May 2017.
=== Exhibition Wrestling: Mexico (2017-2020) ===
The duo then moved to EW: Mexico, billed as Los Parias, and won the EW Tag Championships from EW: Canada team ArtForm in late-2017. They lost the belts to Nacho & Ocho in March 2018. Following the death of his partner in 2020, Jefe confirmed he would be leaving Exhibition Wrestling.2
=== PRIZE Wrestling League (2018) ===
The team debuted in PRIZE at the first August house show, now calling themselves Invasion, where they attacked the Kenny Bros., ruling them out of the PRIZE London Special 2018. Their challenge to replace them in the match with CrossBones was accepted a day later by PRIZE.
===UNION Wrestling return (2022-present)===
In March 2022, Jefe returned to UNION Wrestling, being announced exclusively by Squared Circle Insider as part of the promotion's "Mask Monday" signing event, along with fellow luchadores Carita and Doscara, as well as rookie wrestler Brody Shires and event headliner Hubris. He'd make his Reboot Era debut on the first episode of UNION Charged, defeating Doscara in a Lucha Celebration Triple Threat also featuring Piranha.
He would join in the feud between UNION British Champion Harry Daniels and fellow luchador (and friend) Piranha, following the former's brutal attacks on the latter during and after their championship match at Hardcore Brawl 2023. This would lead to Jefe defeating Daniels for the championship at London Calling 2024, with Piranha in his corner. The match was notable for Jefe bursting into tears during the celebration, while on the turnbuckle, raising his hands to the sky in a tribute to late partner Navajo, with this being his first title win since Nav passed away. Daniels would attack Jefe brutally during his celebration on the next Charged, leading to a suspension and ban from answering the UNION Open Challenge 2024 call.
Piranha would, shockingly, answer the call at the event, which led to an acclaimed match between the two. After several near-falls, Jef finally got the win with a Top-Rope Hurricanrana pin-combo. After the match, in lieu of any show of respect between the friends, there was an intense staredown before El Omnívoro eventually left, dejected. After losing a second match, at UNION Bring Down The House '24, Piranha would turn heel, brutally attacking Jef and even defeating him on one occasion leading into UNION Uneasy Alliance 2024, where the champion retained in the first-ever Championship Grudge Match.
==In-Wrestling==
=== Signatures===
Wristlock Hurricanrana 
Travieso Drop (Side Effect, adopted from his father)
===Finishers===
Patada del Jefe (Corkscrew Calfkick)
==Accomplishments==
Copa Juniors (x2, 2013 & 2015)
UNION Tag Team Championships (with Navajo as The Misfits)
EW Tag Championships (with Navajo as Los Parias)
==Trivia==
* Despite being the son of the boss in his hometown gym, Castillo was never teased as being "Hijo del Jefe", explaining why his in-ring name never contained it. He toyed with the idea, apparently, but as his father's own ring name was Perro Travieso he felt this was fairly nonsensical.
* Castillo came out as gay in an interview in mid-2023, earning praise from colleagues such as Mikey Ace, Virgil Baker and Jackie Compton. This initially caused a rift with his father, which was eventually patched up in 2024 following a heart-to-heart between the two.3
==Behind-the-Scenes/Notes==
# Despite there being several CAWs with the same name, including a few with some fame in the CAW circuit, I chose the name for Castillo completely at random from what was in the call list of the game I created him in.
#This is because I no longer plan to use the CAW in the future, due to wanting to push El Jefe somewhere, at some point, and figured that it could be a poignant trait for the latter to have, and also a touch of realism given the amount of CAWs I have. Any mention of the death will be done so with the utmost delicacy and in the least triggering ways.
#There's no reason for this happening other than because it never hurts to have more representation when creating such a big and diverse group of people.
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