Daga

Daga in Janaury 2024

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Coacalco de Berriozábal, State of Mexico, Mexico

**Miguel Ángel Olivo Castro** (born June 19, 1988), better known by the ring name **Daga**, is a Mexican professional wrestler, who is currently working for Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH), where he is the current GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion in his first reign, while also being a former GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. He also worked for Dragon Gate (DG), as part of R.E.D.

## Professional wrestling career

### Early career (2008–2011)

Daga made his pro wrestling debut in 2008, wrestling for Profesionales de la Lucha Libre Mexicana (PROLLM) and freelance shows in Coacalco de Berriozábal. He then made his International Wrestling Revolution Group debut in 2009. He spent the next two years in the promotion. Also, Daga worked with other independent promotions, like Toryumon Mexico, International Wrestling League and Desastre Total Ultraviolento. On September 25, 2010, Daga won his first pro wrestling championship, the IWL Internet Championship. On December 18, 2010, Daga participated in a tournament to crown the first DTU Alto Impacto Champion, but he was defeated by Flamita.

### Dragon Gate (2018)

On October 21, Eita announced on his twitter page, that Daga would join R.E.D become the newest member of the stable. He made his debut in Dragon Gate on November 4, at Gate of Destiny, where Daga, along with his stablemates Eita, Kazma Sakamoto and Yasushi Kanda defeated Kagetora, Yosuke♡Santa Maria, U-T and Kota Minoura. Daga's tenrue with Dragon Gate lasted until Final Gate, on December 23, where he was defeated by Masaaki Mochizuki.

### Pro Wrestling Noah (2023–present)

Daga made his debut in Pro Wrestling Noah on February 5, where he teamed up with Eita, Nosawa Rongai, Chris Ridgeway and Yoshinari Ogawa to face Alejandro, AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY in a winning effort. Soon after, Daga became Eita's ally in his feud with Yoshinari Ogawa. On May 4 at Majestic, Daga and Eita faced Ogawa and Chris Ridgeway. During match, he turned on Eita to join Stinger. Afterwards, Ogawa announced that he, Daga and Chris Ridgeway were the "new Stinger" and that HAYATA and Eita where not considered members anymore. On June 22, Daga and Stinger stablemate Ridgeway defeated Good Looking Guys (Tadasuke and YO-HEY), to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. They vacated the titles on September 5, after Ridgeway left NOAH. On September 24 at Grand Ship In Nagoya, Daga attacked HAYATA after he successfully defended the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, before challenging him to a title match. On November 4 at Demolition Stage In Niigata, Daga defeated HAYATA to become the new champion.

## In Wrestling

* **Finishing Moves**
	+ *Daga Suplex* (Double chickenwing suplex)
	+ *Diablo Wings* (Double underhook knee facebreaker)
	+ *Estilete* (Modified backbreaker rack into a one-armed side slam)
* **Signature Moves**
	+ Backhand chop
	+ Forearm smash
	+ *Medio Cangrejo* (Single leg boston crab)
* **Nicknames**
	+ **"El Jefe"** (Spanish for "The Boss")

## Personal life

On November 20, 2019, Daga and Tessa Blanchard confirmed their engagement. The couple married in August 2020. They announced their separation on January 9th, 2023.

## Championships and accomplishments

* **DDT Pro-Wrestling**
	+ Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked No. 129 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020
* **Pro Wrestling Noah**
	+ GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
	+ GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chris Ridgeway