Where Are They Now?: All Wrestlers At Badd Blood: In Your House (1997)
Here, we look at where all the participants of Badd Blood: In Your House (1997) are now.
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8-Ball/Skull
A member of The Disciples of Apocalypse, Ron and Don Harris were repackaged under different pseudonyms, with Ron becoming 8-Ball and Don becoming Skull. The DOA was a stable that were noticeably not over at the time, entering the WWF Brawl For All the next year before runs in WCW and TNA.
Since retiring in 2005, the brothers have gone on to manage a series of non-wrestling endeavors. This includes Christian music label Beach Street Records, management company O-Seven Artist Management and management and production company Aroluxe. The latter of whom were reported to be interested in purchasing an interest in TNA. Their wrestling promotion Aro Lucha is based in Tennessee.
Chainz
A big star in both Smokey Mountain Wrestling and ECW, Brian Lee had previously main evented SummerSlam in the WWF in 1994 when impersonating The Undertaker. His run in the Attitude Era was not fruitful, almost exclusively teaming with DOA stablemates in a what was dubbed ‘Gang Warz’ with teams such as The Truth Commission and The Nation as well as opponents on this night, Los Boricuas.
Lee wrestled up until 2014, working for the NWA on SAW TV.
Crush
Brian ‘Crush’ Adams had his fair share of gimmicks throughout his career from being a member of Demolition to the colorful Hawaiian Kona Crush and even a run as an ex-convict member of The Nation of Domination. Here however, he was the hard leather-wearing, motorbike-riding, tattooed Disciples of Apocalypse with Crush as the unofficial leader. He left soon after in 1997 in protest over the Montreal Screwjob.
Adams worked in WCW until its closure. He then became a bodyguard for Randy Savage whilst being financially supported by a Lloyds of London policy. He passed away in August 2007 from a mixture of drugs, taking his life at just 43.
Savio Vega
Vega led the Los Boricuas faction at this point – a Latin faction in which Vega was the only name truly known to fans. He spent most of 1997 and 1998 fighting other gangs except for a singular PPV main event at In Your House: No Way Out Of Texas. The former Kwang was mostly enhancement talent when solo putting over the likes of Ken Shamrock, Owen Hart and Goldust. The 1995 King of The Ring finalist would lead his team to a loss at this event.
A legit tough guy, he was in The Undertaker’s BSK group so was a friend of his and appeared at Survivor Series 2020 to honor him. Savio is a face that can now be found at conventions and fan events.
José Estrada Jr.
The son of former WWWF Junior Heavyweight champion José Estrada Sr., the younger of the father/son duo had a less than memorable WWF run in the late 90s, mostly appearing on secondary TV shows such as Super Astros and Shotgun Saturday Night. Likely his biggest claim to fame is being inadvertently injured when wrestling Edge in the latter’s debut match. This came when Edge hit a botched suicide dive, being injured and subsequently shoot counted out.
Seemingly having no social media, it is hard to find information as to where Estrada is now. He wrestled his last documented match in 2009. We do know however that he is 49 years old and currently living in Tampa, Florida.
Miguel Pérez Jr.
Although not a name you’ll likely recognize, Pérez has worked a plethora of promotions in North America, Japan and Mexico such as the WWF, WCW, ECW, IWA, NJPW, AJPW, FMW, CMLL, and AAA.
Pérez is nearly unrecognizable today, but is still a wrestler today on the independent scene and in some international promotions. He recently was in WWC where he feuded with Savio Vega. From his Twitter profile, we can tell he is available for bookings elsewhere too.
Jesús Castillo Jr.
Castillo took the pinfall in this 8-man bout, being pinned by Crush in the match after a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. When Los Boricuas disbanded, Castillo became a jobber on some lesser WWE programming. He would form the faction again in the IWA with Vega and Pérez.
Today, Castillo is still wrestling on the independent circuit. A number of years ago, his son (AJ Castillo) made his wrestling debut becoming the first third-generation wrestler from Puerto Rico.
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