1. Canelo Casas's birth name has not been revealed, but he is a member of the extensive Casas wrestling family and a third-generation luchador, being the grandson of wrestler-turned-referee Pepe Casas and the nephew of Negro Casas, El Felino and Heavy Metal.
Canelo Casas's father, who is not a wrestler, is a sibling of Erick, Jose and Jorge Casas.
Canelo Casas is the nephew of retired wrestler Princesa Blanca and active CMLL women's wrestler Dalys la Caribena.
Canelo Casas received extensive training from both his grandfather Pepe and his uncle Jose Casa before his in-ring debut.
Canelo Casas began his in-ring career on March 6,2006 when he began working under a mask as the character "Bengala", keeping the fact that he was part of the Canelo Casas family from the general public.
Canelo Casas would receive further training after his debut from wrestlers such as Hijo del Santo, a long time friend of Canelo Casas' uncle Jose.
At some point in 2010 or 2011 Canelo Casas began training at CMLL's wrestling school under trainer Arkangel de la Muerte, appearing as a student of Arkangel at Arkangel's 25th Anniversary show.
Canelo Casas competed in a 16-man torneo cibernetico along with other Arkangel de la Muerte trainees but did not win the match.
On May 25,2013 Canelo Casas outlasted 17 other wrestlers to win Copa Poder A Poder in Gimnasio Benito Juarez de Mexico City.
Canelo Casas received further training at CMLL's training school from resident trainers Arturo Beristain, Franco Colombo and Ringo Mendoza before and after making his in-ring debut for CMLL in the fall of 2013.
Canelo Casas was one of 12 wrestlers to compete in the 2014 La Copa Junior tournament, outlasting Robin, Herodes Jr.
Later in the year Canelo Casas was one of eight novatos who competed in the 2014 Torneo Gran Alternativa, a tag team tournament where CMLL pairs each novato up with an experienced wrestler to give the novatos more exposure to the fans.
Canelo Casas was teamed up with his uncle Negro Casas for the tournament.
The Canelo Casas family lost in the first round to the brother team of Dragon Lee and Rush in the first round of the tournament.
Canelo Casas did not earn a spot in the tournament as he was eliminated along with Black Panther, El Rebelde, Espiritu Negro, Flyer, Herodes, Jr.
On December 5,2014 Canelo Casas wrestled on his first major CMLL event as he teamed up with Disturbio, losing the opening match of the 2014 Infierno en el Ring show to Triton and Pegasso.
In May 2015 Canelo Casas competed in a qualifying match for the 2015 version of En Busca de un Idolo as one of 16 wrestlers in the qualifying torneo cibernetico elimination match where the last eight wrestlers would qualify for the tournament.
Canelo Casas eliminated El Gallo and was among the eight wrestlers to qualify for the main portion of the tournament.
Canelo Casas never scored highly in the weekly polls, with the lowest score being 4 points and the highest being 16 out of 40 points.