[1] Being seven years apart the two were not into the same hobbies as children, with the older Hijo del Espanto brother being the first to be interested in Lucha libre, or professional wrestling.
[4] In 1995 Hijo del Espanto defeated El Latino Jr. to win the Coahuila state Lightweight Championship, a title he held for most of the year.
[1] From that point on the two brothers would regularly perform as Los Hijos del Espanto on the Mexican Independent circuit including working for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in 2000 and 2001.
[8] A match report from 2003 described the team as "walking in Los Espantos footsteps, using a combination of matwork and out of control brawling".
[1] Hijo del Espanto II was one of 57 wrestlers that competed in the Amigos para Siempe ("Friends forever") elimination match on August 11, 2012.
At the time El Hijo del Espanto I complained to both AAA and the local boxing and wrestling commission that they were infringing on his copyrights.