Arturo Beristain
Arturo Beristain | |
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Birth name | Arturo Beristain |
Born | Monterrey Nuevo León | September 5, 1949
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Filoso (I) Hijo del Gladiador Santiago Ayala Talismán |
Billed height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Billed weight | 87 kg (192 lb) |
Billed from | Mexico City, Mexico |
Trained by | Pedro Nieves Rolando Vera Rafael Salamanca |
Debut | January 1971 |
Retired | 2005 |
Arturo Beristain (born September 5, 1949) is a retired
Professional wrestling career
Beristain made his professional wrestling debut in 1971 at the age of 21, wrestling under the ring name Santiago Ayala. A few years later Beristain adopted an enmascarado (masked) ring persona by the name of Talismán.[1] The change to the Talismán character was so successful that Beristain began working for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), Mexico's largest wrestling promotion. On August 30, 1978, Talismán defeated Mario Valenzuela to win the Mexican National Lightweight Championship, his first professional wrestling championship.[2] He held the title for 221 days before losing the title to Rodolfo Ruiz on April 8, 1979.[2] It would be almost two years before Talismán won another title, defeating El Supremo for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship on March 30, 1982.[3]
Talismán successfully defended the title several times, including a rematch with the deposed champion, until losing it on November 12, 1982, to Mocho Cota.[3] In 1984 Talismán entered and won a tournament for the vacant Mexican National Welterweight Championship, defeating Américo Rocca in the finals.[3] On September 21, 1984, Talismán lost a Luchas de Apuesta, bet match, to Atlantis and was forced to unmask after the match and reveal his real name per lucha libre traditions.[1] Talismán held the Welterweight title for 222 days before Rocca finally managed to defeat Talismán.[3] On March 2, 1986, Talismán gained a measure of revenge on Atlantis by defeating him for the Mexican National Middleweight Championship.[4] He successfully defended the title for 273 days before losing it to Mogur on November 30, 1986.[4]
In the late 1980s Beristain switched ring characters, becoming an enmascarado once more, using the name El Hijo del Gladiador (
After the loss of the tag team title La Ola Blanca broke up with each wrestler going their separate ways. Due to the CMLL/International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) talent-exchange agreement Hijo del Gladiador began working for IWRG in late 1997, and in early 1998 he defeated El Pantera to win the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship.[7] He defended it a couple of times in the following 186 days before losing the title to Magnum Tokyo on July 5, 1998.[7] On August 4, 2000, El Hijo del Gladiador was one of the participants in a Torneo cibernetico, where the last man eliminated would be forced to unmask. On that night he was bested by Rencor Latino and forced to unmask as a consequence of his loss. Beristain announced that his full name was "Arturo Beristain Ramírez" to keep up the storyline that he really was the son of El Gladiador. It was later confirmed that his last name was not Ramirez.[8] Arturo Beristain retired from wrestling in 2005 and became a full-time wrestling trainer for CMLL in their wrestling school in Mexico City, where he still works, training several of CMLL's rookie wrestlers.
Championships and accomplishments
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- Gran Markus, Jr.[6]
- CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Gran Markus, Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr.[5]
- Mexican National Lightweight Championship (1 time)[2]
- Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time)[4]
- Mexican National Welterweight Championship (2 times)[3]
- International Wrestling Revolution Group
Luchas de Apuestas record
Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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Talismán and Mr. Niebla[a] (mask) | Los Tigres del Ring (mask) | Tijuana, Baja California | Live event | April 1, 1977 | |
Talismán (mask) | Irazu (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | August 23, 1977 | |
Talismán (mask) | Tauro (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | April 2, 1978 | |
Talismán (mask) | Huroki Sito (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | June 23, 1978 | |
Talismán (mask) | Arisona (mask) | San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi | Live event | November 21, 1979 | |
Talismán (mask) | El Mago (mask) | Mexico City | Live event | October 7, 1980 | |
Talismán (mask) | El Legendario (mask) | N/A | Live event | December 1980 | |
Talismán (mask) | Tiburon (mask) | Mexico City | Live event | September 29, 1981 | |
Atlantis (mask) | Talismán (mask) | Mexico City | EMLL 51st Anniversary Show | September 21, 1984 | [1][9] |
Talismán (hair) | Américo Rocca (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | October 26, 1984 | |
Talismán (hair) | Lemus II (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | June 8, 1905 | |
Mocho Cota (hair) | Talismán (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | March 7, 1986 | |
Sangre Chicana and Mocho Cota (hair) | El Faraón and Talismán (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | March 7, 1986 | |
Los Bravos (Fuerza Guerrera (mask), El Dandy (hair) and Talisman (hair) |
Los Destructores (Lemús II (mask), Tony Arce (hair) and Vulcano (hair)) |
Mexico City | Live event | July 5, 1985 | [10][11] |
) | El Dandy, Talismán and Jerry Estrada (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | September 5, 1986 | |
Américo Rocca (hair) | Talismán (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | 1987 | |
El Hijo del Gladiador (mask) | Sangre Guerrera (mask) | Mexico City | Live event | 1988 | |
Rencor Latino (mask) | El Hijo del Gladiador (mask) | Mexico City | Live event | August 4, 2000 | [b][8] |
Tony Rivera (hair) | El Hijo del Gladiador (hair) | Puebla, Puebla | Live event | February 19, 2001 | [8] |
Ricky Marvin (hair) | El Hijo del Gladiador (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | October 14, 2001 | |
Justiciero (hair) | El Hijo del Gladiador (hair) | Coacalco, State of Mexico | Live event | October 19, 2003 |
Notes
- ^ This was the 1st version of Mr. Niebla, not the current Mr. Niebla
- Torneo Ciberneticoelimination match.
References
- ^ a b c Enciclopedia staff (November 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Talismán (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. p. 12. Tomo V.
- ^ ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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- ^ a b c Enciclopedia staff (September 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Hijo del Gladiador (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. p. 25. Tomo II.
- ^ Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ Centinela, Teddy (July 5, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 1985: Lost Bravos vs. Los Destructores: máscara y caballeras contra máscara y caballeras". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- ^ Enciclopedia staff (September 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Fuerza Guerrera (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. p. 25. Tomo II.