Ángel Azteca
| Ángel Azteca | |
|---|---|
Azteca pictured with the Mexican National Welterweight and NWA World Middleweight Championships in 1989 | |
| Birth name | Juan Manuel Zúñiga |
| Born | June 24, 1963 Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico |
| Died | March 18, 2007 (aged 43) Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Charro Ángel Azteca El Charro Charro de Jalisco |
| Billed height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
| Billed from | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Trained by | Héctor López Asterión Dr. Wagner |
| Debut | 1980 |
Juan Manuel Zúñiga (June 24, 1963 – March 18, 2007) was a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador as they are called in Spanish, best known for working under the ring name Ángel Azteca (Aztec Angel) since the late 1980s. Zúñiga is not related to wrestlers "Ángel Azteca, Jr." and "Ángel Azteca II", instead they paid Zúñiga to use the name and image. As Ángel Azteca Zúñiga worked as an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, until losing a match against Arkangel de la Muerte in 2003 where he was forced to unmask.
Zúñiga died of a heart attack on March 18, 2007, only a few hours after wrestling in the main event of a local promotion.