1. Negro Casas is the son of former wrestler turned referee Pepe Casas, and part of the large Casas wrestling family; brother of professional wrestlers El Felino and Heavy Metal and uncle of Puma, Tiger, Canelo Casas, Rocky Casas, Danny Casas and many more.
In Mexico, Negro Casas is known for his work in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, wrestling sporadically for the promotion from 1980 until 2023.
Negro Casas has wrestled in Mexico for the Universal Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Association and International Wrestling Revolution Group.
Negro Casas was born in 1960, the son of professional wrestler Pepe "Tropi" Negro Casas, and grew up around Tlalpan.
Negro Casas described his childhood as a happy and normal one, even though his father would be away from home for long stretches as he wrestled all over Mexico and the United States.
Negro Casas became hooked on wrestling from the moment he saw the first match, with his first idols being his father, Anibal and El Solitario.
Negro Casas played football, soccer, volleyball and baseball while still in school and even started training in professional wrestling classes taught by his father and Raul Reyes.
Negro Casas debut came in 1979 as a bit of a strange turn of events.
Negro Casas held the championship for 301 days before losing it to El Hijo del Santo.
The storyline included Hijo del Santo forcing Negro Casas to be shaved bald after losing a Luchas de Apuestas, or bet match.
Negro Casas regained the title, but only held it briefly before losing again as he was leaving the WWA.
Negro Casas returned to the UWA in 1990 and on January 29,1991, he won the UWA World Middleweight Championship from Super Astro.
Negro Casas held the title for 787 days, finally losing it to Ultimo Dragon.
In 1980 Negro Casas worked a low card match at Coliseo Naucalpan against an equally young Fuerza Guerrera, the match was so well liked by the audience that they threw money into the ring to show their appreciation.
On December 1,1995, Negro Casas defeated longtime rival Hijo del Santo in the finals of a tournament to crown a new NWA World Welterweight Championship.
Negro Casas held the title for over 200 days, rarely defending until he participated in a tournament to unify 8 lightweight titles in NJPW's J-Crown tournament.
Negro Casas put the Welterweight title on the line but lost to Shinjiro Otani in the first round.
Negro Casas ended up on the losing side, losing two falls to one in the main event of the CMLL 63rd Anniversary Show.
In 2006 Negro Casas was teamed up with CMLL's rising star Mistico, working together in a style very similar to Casas and Hijo del Santo.
On November 11,2007, Negro Casas won the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship by defeating Villano III in the finals of a tournament to find a new champion.
Negro Casas has not lost the title, but since CMLL and IWRG stopped working together in 2008 he is no longer promoted as the champion with the title technically being inactive.
The feud led to Mistico and Negro Casas facing off in a Lucha de Apuesta on the CMLL 76th Anniversary Show, where Casas lost two falls to one and had his hair shaved off.
On January 29,2010, Negro Casas teamed up with La Mascara to participate in CMLL's "Torneo Nacional de Pareja Increibles", a tournament where CMLL teams up a Tecnico and a Rudo for a tournament.
On February 14,2010, Negro Casas defeated El Hijo del Fantasma to win the CMLL World Middleweight Championship for the second time.
On May 3,2010 Negro Casas lost the CMLL World Middleweight title to Jushin Thunder Liger during NJPW's Wrestling Dontaku 2010 show.
On February 14,2012, Negro Casas defeated La Sombra to win the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship for the first time.
On October 21, Negro Casas returned to NJPW, when he and Bushi entered the 2012 Super Jr.
On December 25,2012, Negro Casas successfully defended the NWA Historic Welterweight Championship against Guerrero Maya Jr.
On January 3,2014, Negro Casas defeated Titan in the finals to win the 2014 Leyenda de Plata.
On May 22, Negro Casas defeated Dragon Lee to win the 2015 Leyenda de Plata, his second in a row and third overall.
Jose Negro Casas is a member of an extensive wrestling family, founded by his father Pepe "Tropi" Negro Casas and consists of his brothers Erick, who wrestles as "Heavy Metal" and El Felino, and a brother who is not a professional wrestler.
Negro Casas' sister-in-law is former Mexican National Women's Champion Princessa Blanca.
Negro Casas' wife is the daughter of a Panamanian wrestling promoter that Negro Casas once worked for, currently working for CMLL as well, using the ring name Dalys la Caribena.
One of Negro Casas' daughters is married to professional wrestler Diamante who works for CMLL.
Negro Casas has two nephews who work as Tiger and Puma, the sons of El Felino.