Ramón Ibarra Rivera (born January 26, 1981), better known by his ring name Volador Jr., is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is the current NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion in his second reign and a member of The Don Callis Family. He portrays a rudo ("bad guy") wrestling character. He is the son of Super Parka, and his ring name refers to his father's previous gimmick, Volador. Ibarra is the cousin of the original La Parka, the cousin of El Hijo de L.A. Park and the uncle of Flyer; he is also related to a number of other luchadors in the Ibarra family.
Ibarra has also worked outside his native Mexico on multiple occasions, with his highest profile work being for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the United States, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Japan. Volador Jr. originally worked under a mask, but was forced to unmask when he lost his mask to long-time friend turned rival, La Sombra, in September 2013.
Over the years, he has held a number of CMLL championships including the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, the CMLL World Trios Championship, the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Trios Championship, the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship and the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. He has won CMLL's Torneo Gran Alternativa, Leyenda de Plata and Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournaments.
Professional wrestling career Early career (1996–2000) After training with his father and El Satánico, Volador Jr. made his professional wrestling debut in February 1996. He primarily worked for the Naucalpan-based International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) until 2000.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2000–present) Early years (2000–2010)
Volador Jr. began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 2000. He was paired with veteran Atlantis in the Torneo Gran Alternativa ("Great Alternative Tournament") on August 14, 2001, defeating Enemigo Publico and Máscara Año 2000 in the first round before losing to Black Warrior and Sangre Azteca in the semi-finals. On December 14, he, Tigre Blanco and Tony Rivera lost to Doctor X, El Hijo de Pierroth and Veneno in the opening match of the Sin Piedad ("No Mercy") pay-per-view. On September 12, 2003, Volador Jr. lost to Rocky Romero in a tournament final for the vacant CMLL World Lightweight Championship. Seven days later, at the CMLL 70th Anniversary Show, he, Ricky Marvin and Virus defeated Los Havana Brothers (Romero, Ricky Reyes and Pinoy Boy). On December 5, Volador Jr., El Felino and Safari defeated Alan Stone, Super Crazy and Zumbido for the vacant Mexican National Trios Championship, but lost it on March 25, 2005, to Pandilla Guerrera ("Gang of Warriors"; Azteca, Doctor X and Nitro). That same year, Volador Jr. won the inaugural Reyes del Aire ("Kings of the Air") tournament.
On August 13, 2007, Volador Jr., El Sagrado and La Sombra defeated Los Perros del Mal (Damián 666, Halloween and Mr. Águila) to win the title. At the CMLL 74th Anniversary Show on September 28, he, La Máscara and Último Dragón defeated Misterioso Jr., Texano Jr. and Virus. On January 16, 2009, Volador Jr. and La Sombra, dubbed "Super Sky Team", defeated Averno and Mephisto to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. However, he, El Sagrado and La Sombra lost the Mexican National Trios Championship to Poder Mexica ("Mexican Power"; Azteca, Black Warrior and Dragón Rojo Jr.) on February 3. At Sin Salida ("No Escape") on December 4, Super Sky Team successfully defended the title against Ephesto and Mephisto. CMLL fans voted them as the 2009 "CMLL Tag Team of the year", with Volador Jr. being voted "Most popular wrestler of the year" in the same poll.
Feuds with Místico and La Sombra (2010–2014) Volador Jr., a técnico ("good guy"), was paired with rúdo ("bad guy") El Terrible for the Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles ("National Incredible Pairs Tournament") on January 22, 2010. During the quarter-finals against Averno and Místico, Místico seemingly developed a rúdo attitude, attacking Volador Jr. and going so far as to ripping up his mask, performing an illegal low blow on him for the win. Afterwards, Místico took the microphone and commented that "all was fair in war and defending Mexico City", drawing many boos from the crowd. During a match between the two on February 5, Místico was clearly a rúdo, tearing so viciously at Volador's mask that a new one had to be brought to the ring between falls. In the second fall, he pulled his mask off and threw it to Volador Jr. in an attempt to get him disqualified. Volador Jr. won the match when he reversed Místico's La Mística and applied the same move to him. On February 12, Volador Jr. defeated Místico to win the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship. He, Felino, La Sombra and Místico fought in a four-way Lucha de Apuestas ("bet match") in the main event of Homenaje a Dos Leyendas on March 19; he was not one of the first two pinned, keeping his mask safe. In April, Volador Jr. and Delta competed in the Torneo Gran Alternativa, defeating Felino and Tiger Kid in the first round, Averno and Raziel in the quarter-finals and Puma King and Último Guerrero in the semi-finals, before losing to Héctor Garza and Pólvora in the finals.
Místico then announced that he was done being a rúdo and returned to the técnico side, although Volador Jr. remained suspicious. At Sin Salida on June 6, Místico, Máscara Dorada and Mr. Águila defeated Averno, Negro Casas and Volador Jr., who worked a rúdo style and was caught cheating by the referee. On July 12, at the Promociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show, Volador Jr. participated in a match where ten men from five pareja increibles teams put their mask on the line, with the losing team being forced to wrestle each other for their masks. His partner in the match was El Alebrije, facing off against the teams of Atlantis and Olímpico, Místico and El Oriental, Histeria and La Sombra and Averno and Guerrero. Volador Jr. and El Alebrije were the second team to escape the match. Volador Jr. and La Sombra lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Los Invasores ("The Invaders"; Mr. Águila and Garza) on July 16. On August 6, during the Universal Championship tournament, Volador Jr. defeated Valiente in the first round. In the second round, Volador Jr. cemented his status as a rúdo when he was disqualified for excessive violence against La Máscara. He kept attacking La Máscara after the match ended, leaving him an easy victim for his next round opponent, Jushin Thunder Liger. Three days later, Volador Jr. attacked La Sombra and ripped off his mask after a six-man tag team match with the two on opposite sides, ending their partnership. The feud between the two led both wrestlers to be booked in the Lucha de Apuestas main event of the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show on September 3, a 14-man steel cage match, where Volador Jr. was the tenth man to leave the cage. On October 5, Volador Jr. lost the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship to La Máscara, ending his reign at 236 days.
Volador Jr. was paired with Diamante for the Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles on February 18, 2011, defeating Ephesto and Stuka Jr. in the first round and La Sombra and Misterioso Jr. in the quarter-finals, before losing in the semi-finals to Atlantis and Dorada. He took over the Los Invasores stable in July after Garza, the leader, turned técnico. On September 20, Volador Jr. and stablemates Olímpico and Psicosis II defeated Ángel de Oro, Diamante and Rush for the Mexican National Trios Championship. On October 7, he defeated Liger to win the Leyenda de Plata ("The Silver Legend") tournament. At Sin Piedad on December 16, Los Invasores lost the title to Atlantis, Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr. On February 14, 2012, Volador Jr. defeated La Máscara to win the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship for the first time. Three days later, he and Dorada participated in that year's Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles, defeating Euforia and Guerrero Maya Jr. in the first round before losing to La Sombra and Mr. Águila in the quarter-finals. On March 30, Volador Jr. lost his title to Prince Devitt. On June 20, Volador Jr. formed the Los Depredadores del Aire ("The Predators of the Air") group alongside Black Warrior and Mr. Águila. Two days later, they defeated Los Reyes de la Atlantida ("The Kings of the Atlantis; Atlantis, Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr.) to win the Mexican National Trios Championship. In August, Volador Jr. started a rivalry with Mr. Niebla, for which he was positioned as a técnico despite being a part of Los Invasores. During that year's Leyenda de Azul ("The Blue Legend") tournament on October 12, Volador Jr. was disqualified for unmasking Azul. On October 30, Los Depredadores del Aire lost the title in a rematch.
On January 22, 2013, Volador Jr. and Rey Escorpión survived a torneo cibernetico to face each other for the vacant CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, which Escorpión won the following week. He was also defeated by La Sombra in the finals of the Reyes del Aire on February 15. As such, the following month, they were paired for the Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles, the same tournament that, in 2010, was the impetus for Volador Jr.'s rúdo turn. The rivals put their issues aside, defeating the teams of Guerrero Maya Jr. and Negro Casas, Averno and La Máscara and Mr. Niebla and Shocker to qualify for the finals, where they defeated Atlantis and Guerrero on March 15 at Homenaje a Dos Leyendas. Their brief truce ended two days later, when La Sombra teamed with Marco Corleone and Místico II against Volador Jr., Euforia and Último Guerrero. During the match, Volador Jr. attacked both La Sombra and the referee, causing a disqualification before leaving the ring and his confused partners behind. On June 28, he seemingly defeated La Sombra for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship after unmasking him. However, the decision was overturned when the referee noticed Volador Jr. holding La Sombra's mask, disqualifying him in the process. On September 13, at the CMLL 80th Anniversary Show, Volador Jr. and La Sombra defeated Atlantis and Guerrero in a Relevos Suicidas match, thus advancing to a mask vs. mask Lucha de Apuestas against each other. In the end, Volador Jr. was defeated and forced to unmask and reveal his real name, Ramón Ibarra Rivera.
On November 19, Volador Jr. defeated Dorada to win the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. Three days later, Volador Jr. began showing signs of a técnico turn by shaking hands with Místico and trying to save him from Los Guerreros Laguneros ("The Warriors of the Lagoon"; Euforia and Guerrero). His turn was finalized on November 29, when Los Invasores attacked him following a torneo cibernetico between Los Invasores and CMLL representatives. On January 31, 2014, he and Soberano Jr. entered the Torneo Gran Alternativa, defeating Espanto Jr. and Mephisto in the first round, El Terrible and Guerrero Negro Jr. in the quarter-finals and La Sombra and Oro Jr. in the semi-finals, before losing to Bárbaro Cavernario and Mr. Niebla in the finals on February 14. On June 6, due to outside interference from La Máscara and Rush, Volador Jr. lost the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship to now-rúdo La Sombra in a match also contested for the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship, but regained it on August 1 at El Juicio Final ("Final Judgment"). At the CMLL 81st Anniversary Show on September 19, he, Dorada and Valiente defeated Euforia, Mr. Niebla and Thunder by disqualification. On October 6, Volador Jr. successfully defended his title against La Sombra.
Sky Team (2015–2021)