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Gran Metalik
Metalik in 2010
Born (1988-11-03) November 3, 1988 (age 35)[1]
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico[1][2]
Children3[3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Gran Metalik[4]
Máscara Dorada
Metalik[5]
Plata II[6]
Billed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Billed weight189 lb (86 kg)[7]
Billed fromGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico[4]
Trained byGran Cochisse[2]
El Satánico[2]
DebutJuly 14, 2005[1]

Máscara Dorada (born November 3, 1988) is the ring name of a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) currently working for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and on the independent circuit. He also regularly performs on the weekly shows of Ring of Honor, AEW's sister promotion under the ring name Metalik. He is best known for his time in WWE where he performed under the ring name Gran Metalik, as a member of Lucha House Party.

His real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican lucha libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record. In Mexico and Japan, he is best known for his decade-long stint in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name "Máscara Dorada". He made his debut in 2005, originally using the masked persona Plata II. He later used the ring name Metalik, holding the local Occidente Welterweight Championship, but abandoned the championship when he adopted the Máscara Dorada character. The "Máscara Dorada" character was the first instance of a regular-sized luchador being given a character based on a Mini-Estrella as he was introduced after CMLL introduced Mascarita Dorada in 2007. At one time, Dorada was a quadruple CMLL champion, holding the Mexican National Trios Championship, the CMLL World Trios Championship, the CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship, and the CMLL World Welterweight Championship at the same time. He has held the CMLL World Welterweight Championship four times. After a decade of working for CMLL in his native Mexico, Dorada worked full-time for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from January 2015 until returning to CMLL a year later in February 2016.

In the summer of 2016, he competed in the American promotion WWE's Cruiserweight Classic tournament. After the tournament, he signed with WWE and was assigned to their brand 205 Live, he has since teamed with Kalisto and Lince Dorado as part of Lucha House Party. They were promoted to the Raw brand in November 2018, but was moved to the SmackDown brand in October 2019. He would depart WWE in November 2021 after requesting his release and subsequently returned to the independent circuit.

Early life

He was born on November 3, 1988, in

Lucha de Apuestas ("Bet match"), his given name is not a matter of public record. The secrecy around masked wrestlers is a large part of lucha libre tradition, with Mexican newspapers not reporting masked wrestlers real names.[8]

Professional wrestling career

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2005–2016)

Early career (2005–2008)

He made his professional wrestling debut on July 14, 2005,

Dos Caras Jr. to make it to the finals before losing to Último Guerrero and Dragón Rojo Jr.[11]

Máscara Dorada (2008–2016)

In 2007, CMLL signed

Metro for the first time and defeated Los Guerreros Tuareg (Arkangel de la Muerte, Loco Max, and Skándalo) in the first round and Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Virus, Euforia, and Pólvora) in the second round to qualify for the finals.[17] The bottom bracket took place on December 29, 2009, and the team of the new Poder Mexica (Sangre Azteca, Dragón Rojo Jr., and Misterioso Jr.) qualified for the final.[18]

A masked professional wrestler in the ring, wearing a black mask and black bodysuit, both with gold markings
Dorada at Arena Coliseo de Monterrey in 2010

Máscara Dorada, Stuka Jr., and Metro defeated Poder Mexica in the finals of the tournament to become the new Mexican National Trios Champions, making Dorada a double champion.

La Máscara in the finals two weeks later to win the tournament.[21]

On May 14, 2010, Máscara Dorada teamed up with La Sombra and La Máscara to defeat the then

seeding battle royal and then defeated his Mexican National Trios Championship partner Stuka Jr. in the first round of the actual tournament. Máscara Dorada was eliminated in the second round, losing to Último Guerrero.[24] On September 7, 2010, Dorada defeated Negro Casas to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, making him a quadruple CMLL champion, the first-ever in the history of the promotion.[25] On November 18, 2010, Dorada announced that he was relinquishing his hold of the Mexican National Trios Championship, which Metro and Stuka Jr. would continue to hold with a new partner.[26]

Máscara Dorada's reign as CMLL World Welterweight Champion ended during the 2011

Dorada defeated Negro Casas to win the

Místico and Valiente, won the CMLL World Trios Championship.[33] Dorada's reign as the NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion ended in the fall of 2013 as he lost the championship to Volador Jr.[34] On March 28, 2014, Los Estetas del Aire also lost the CMLL World Trios Championship.[35]

In January 2015, Dorada defeated Negro Casas in the finals of a tournament to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship for the third time.

Diamante Azul to defeat Bárbaro Cavernario, El Felino and Negro Casas.[39]

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2010–2016)

Various appearances (2010–2014)

In May 2010 Máscara Dorada and Valiente traveled to Japan to participate in New Japan Pro-Wrestling's first-ever Super J Tag Team tournament, marking Máscara Dorada's Japanese debut.

Dorada returned to New Japan in April of that year teaming with

Wataru Inoue were defeated in a ten-man tag team match by Chaos (Dick Togo, Gedo, Jado, Masato Tanaka, and Yujiro Takahashi).[54]

On January 4, 2012, Dorada returned to New Japan at

Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, where he teamed with Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA and Tiger Mask to defeat Atlantis, Taichi, Taka Michinoku and Valiente in an eight-man tag team match.[55] Dorada returned to Japan to take part in the Fantastica Mania 2012 events, teaming with Rush losing to the team of Hirooki Goto and KUSHIDA on the first night.[56] The second night, Dorada successfully defended the CMLL World Welterweight Championship against KUSHIDA.[57]

In January 2013, Dorada returned to Japan to take part in the three-day

2014 Super Junior Tag Tournament. The team lost to reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) in the first round.[72] Dorada remained with NJPW until November 8.[73]

Full-time contract (2015–2016)

In January 2015, Dorada returned to Japan to take part in the

Evil.[81] He regained the title from Bushi on January 22, 2016, at Fantastica Mania 2016.[82] Dorada's final match under his NJPW contract took place two days later.[83]

WWE (2016–2021)

Cruiserweight division (2016–2018)

On June 13, 2016, WWE announced Dorada, under the ring name Gran Metalik, as a participant in the upcoming Cruiserweight Classic tournament.[84] In a subsequent interview, he revealed that he was only working the Cruiserweight Classic matches with WWE and was still full-time with CMLL beyond that and he credited Finn Bálor, who worked as Prince Devitt in NJPW, as being the reason he was invited to the tournament.[85] The tournament began on June 23 with Metalik defeating Alejandro Saez in the first round match.[86] He later defeated Tajiri in the second-round match.[87] The following day, it was reported that he had signed a full-time contract with WWE.[88] On August 26, Metalik defeated Akira Tozawa to advance at the semifinals.[89] On the last day of the tournament, Metalik defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to advance to the finals, before losing to T.J. Perkins in the finals.[90]

Following the tournament, Metalik began working in the cruiserweight division, appearing on the

Mustafa Ali.[95]

Lucha House Party (2018–2021)

Lucha House Party – Metalik (left), Kalisto (middle), and Lince Dorado (right) in April 2018

In early 2018, WWE decided to have the three masked luchadors of the 205 Live roster, Metalik, Kalisto, and Lince Dorado, band together and become a regular team, later dubbed the Lucha House Party.[96] As part of their gimmick, the luchadors started to carry brightly colored noisemakers and vuvuzela horns with them, using them to celebrate after a victory. They also carried a brightly colored Piñata donkey with them to the ring, which they referred to as "Penelope".[97] Their first match as a full trio took place on January 23, 2018, episode of 205 Live, as they defeated Ariya Daivari, TJP, and Tony Nese.[98] At the Royal Rumble, Lucha House Party defeated TJP, Drew Gulak, and Gentleman Jack Gallagher.[99] In early 2018, WWE held a tournament for the vacant WWE Cruiserweight Championship, where Metalik was eliminated in the opening round by eventual tournament winner Cedric Alexander.[100]

On the November 12 episode of Raw, Lucha House Party competed against a number of non-Cruiserweight teams for the first time since WWE put them together, as they competed in a battle royal against Raw tag teams such as

Robert Roode won the match, with the Lucha House Party being the third team eliminated from the match.[110] The Lucha House Party's next major show appearance was on October 31, 2019. as they participated in the World Cup Tag Team Turmoil match at the 2019 Crown Jewel show in Saudi Arabia. The duo was the first team eliminated from the match, just under six minutes after the opening bell.[111]

On October 11, Lucha House Party was drafted to

AJ Styles the following week.[117]

As part of the

Legado del Fantasma
.

On September 22, it was reported that Metalik requested for his release from the company due to "lack of opportunities".[119] On November 4, Metalik was officially released from WWE.

All Elite Wrestling (2022–present)

On 19 September 2022, Metalik (under the name Mascara Dorada) appeared on AEW Dark Elevation where he defeated Serpentico in a singles match.[120]

Ring of Honor (2022)

On December 10, 2022, Dorada was defeated by Jeff Cobb during the Final Battle pre-show.[121]

Professional wrestling style

Whether working as Metalik, Máscara Dorada, or Gran Metalik, he generally portrays a face, the professional wrestling term for the protagonists of the storylines.[2][7] He is known for performing a high-risk, high-flying version of lucha libre,[7] exemplified by his frequent use of dives out of the wrestling ring. One such dive is the Brillo Metalik, which is a somersault suicide senton, where he leaps through the top rope and flips onto an opponent on the floor.[89] During his time in Mexico, he used a variation of the dive known as the Brillo Dorada, where he would springboard off the second rope and jump over the top onto an opponent on the floor.[1] Despite his accustomed style, his finishing move is a Samoan driver, where he lifts an opponent up on his shoulders before slamming them down to the ground, referred to as the Metalik Driver in WWE,[87][89] and the Dorada Screwdriver previously.[122]

Other media

As Gran Metalik, he made his video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K18[123] and has since appeared in WWE SuperCard, WWE 2K19,[124] WWE 2K20,[125] WWE Universe, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, and WWE 2K22.

Personal life

During a 2016 interview with Lucha World, he revealed that he was the father of two young girls.[3] His immediate family still resides in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He has relatives living in Los Angeles, California while Dorada himself lived in Mexico City.[3] He welcomed his third daughter on November 5, 2018.[126]

Championships and accomplishments

Dorada as the CMLL World Welterweight Champion

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Metalik (mask) Jeque (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco CMLL show May 18, 2008 [10]

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