Máscara Sagrada
Máscara Sagrada | |
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Born | [1] Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico[1] | November 6, 1959
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Alimaña II Ecatón Hecatombe El Hombre sin Nombre Mágico Máscara Sagrada Máscara Sagrada Original Máscara Sacra Poder Mágico |
Billed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
Billed weight | 115 kg (254 lb)[1] |
Trained by | Espectro I[1] Shadito Cruz[1] Villano I[1] Antonio Hernández[1] |
Debut | September 2, 1978[1] |
Retired | 2021 |
Máscara Sagrada (born November 6, 1959) is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler) who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is inspired by the "sanctity" of masks in lucha libre. Sagrada has been involved in a long running copyright dispute over the use of the Máscara Sagrada name, outfit and mask with AAA, who claimed that they owned the copyright to the character and has even promoted other wrestlers as "Máscara Sagrada". Máscara Sagrada's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.[2]
Professional wrestling career
The wrestler who would later be known as Máscara Sagrada was trained for his professional wrestling career by Espectro I, Villano I, Shadito Cruz, and Antonio Hernández before making his debut on September 2, 1978.[1] He initially worked as the enmascarado (masked wrestler) Hecatombe, which is Spanish for "Disaster" or "Massacre".[3] In the early-to-mid 1980s Hecatombe won both the Texcoco Welterweight Championship and the Naucalpan Middleweight Championship while working for various local promotions.[3] In 1987 he briefly worked as Ecatón before adopting the name "Magico" in October 1987, as he began working for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL).[4] In 1988 he briefly worked as El Alimaña II ("The Pest II") but soon returned to wrestling as Magico.[4] In 1989, EMLL booker Antonio Peña brought in another wrestler who had worked as Magico in a local promotion, leading to the local Magico winning the rights to the name. Subsequently, the future Máscara Sagrada worked as "Hombre Sin Nombre" ("Man with no name") for a short while in 1989.[4]
Becoming Máscara Sagrada
EMLL booker Peña used the "Hombre Sin Nombre" storyline to create a new character, a character inspired by the sanctity of the mask in Lucha Libre, called Máscara Sagrada ("Sacred Mask"). Máscara Sagrada made his debut in June 1989.
During this time Máscara Sagrada starred in a movie called Octagón y Máscara Sagrada, lucha a muerte ("Octagon and Máscara Sagrada in Fight to the Death" in the US) alongside fellow luchador
Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion / AAA (1992–1997)
In 1992 CMLL booker Antonio Peña decided to leave CMLL and create his own promotion, Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion, later known simply as AAA in order to carry out the vision he had for how wrestling should be promoted. When Peña left CMLL a lot of young wrestlers left with Peña, staying loyal to the man that had advocated that they should be featured more.[5] One of these wrestlers was Máscara Sagrada, who in addition to leaving CMLL also took the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship with him when he jumped.[4][5] On May 29, 1992, Máscara Sagrada lost the title to Universo 2000; with the title change the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission officially recognized AAA's control of the title.[7]
Máscara Sagrada wrestled on AAA's inaugural
Copyright problems
In 1995, Máscara Sagrada was made controller of AAA along with
After AAA (2000-2021)
On August 28, 2000, Máscara Sagrada faced off in a four-way match against Fishman, La Parka, and Shu El Guerrero where the first two wrestlers pinned would have to face off against each other with their mask on the line in a Lucha de Apuesta match. Máscara Sagrada was the first man pinned and Fishman the second, forcing them to fight for their masks. Máscara Sagrada won the match, forcing Fishman to unmask and reveal his real name per Lucha Libre traditions.[4] The following year Máscara Sagrada faced Fishman's son Fishman, Jr. in a Lucha en el reves where two masked wrestlers face off in a match where their hair is on the line. This time Fishman, Jr. gained a measure of revenge by pinning Máscara Sagrada, forcing him to have his hair shaved off after the match.[4] This match was the first time Máscara Sagrada lost a Lucha de Apuesta match in his career.[3][4]
In CMLL Máscara Sagrada received several title matches against CMLL World Heavyweight Champion
Private life
Máscara Sagrada has two sons who have joined their father as professional wrestlers, using the ring names "Máscara Sagrada, Jr." and "Hijo de Máscara Sagrada".[21]
Not to be mistaken for
Since leaving AAA in 1997 AAA had several other wrestlers wrestling under the name and wearing the outfit. It is likely that AAA has used other wrestlers for short periods of time but the following are the wrestlers who have wrestled as Máscara Sagrada:
- Cachorro Mendoza was the first man AAA used as Máscara Sagrada after the original left the promotion. His time under the mask was very short-lived.[22]
- The wrestler now working as El Alebrije wrestled as Máscara Sagrada in 1997 and 1998.[22]
- Luis Alberto Medina appeared once or twice as Máscara Sagrada, which was notable only for the fact that he later began wrestling as Máscara Maligna, the "evil arch enemy" of the Máscara Sagrada character.[22]
- The last wrestler AAA used to play the part changed his character in 2006 after a court ruling and is now known as Máscara Divina, a variation of the Máscara Sagrada character.[22]
There are also a number of other wrestlers who have at one point or another used a ring character, mask and outfit very similar to Máscara Sagrada:
- Máscara Sagrada, Jr., a storyline relative of Máscara Sagrada. Originally given the name by AAA, he occasionally used the name on the independent circuit in Mexico until early 2010 when he changed his name to just "Máscara, Jr.".[22]
- Mini-Estrellas. Like the regular sized Máscara Sagrada, AAA gave the mask and name to several other wrestlers after the original left the promotion.[22]
- Tzuki wrestled as Máscarita Sagrada, Jr. in 1996 and 1997[22]
- Máscarita Dorada took the part of Máscarita Sagrada when the original left and is often denoted as "Máscarita Sagrada 2000" for the year he made his debut[22]
- AAA currently has a third Mini-Estrella working as Máscarita Sagrada, denoted as Mascarita Sagrada (2007) for the year he began using the name.[22]
Championships and accomplishments
- Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion / AAA
- La Parka Jr.
- 1 time)[23]
- Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[13]
- Colossal
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- WAR
- WAR Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- World Wrestling Organisation
- WWO Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Mexican State championships
Luchas de Apuestas record
Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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Hecatombe (mask) | Impala (hair) | Texcoco, México | Live event | 1979 | [3] |
Hecatombe (mask) | Príncipe Zafiro (mask) | Texcoco, State of Mexico | Live event | 1980 | [3] |
Hecatombe (mask) | Johnny Ramírez (hair) | Texcoco, State of Mexico | Live event | 1983 | [3] |
Hecatombe (mask) | Bestia Negra I (mask) | Naucalpan, State of Mexico | Live event | 1983 | [3] |
Hecatombe (mask) | Gigante Blanco (mask) | Naucalpan, State of Mexico | Live event | 1983 | [3] |
Hecatombe (mask) | Ruddy Ramos (hair) | Texcoco, State of Mexico | Live event | June 25, 1983 | [3] |
Mágico (mask) | Konnan the Barbarian (mask) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | November 1988 | [4] |
Máscara Sagrada (mask) | Black Cat (mask) |
Zapopan, Jalisco | Triplemanía II-B | May 15, 1994 | [4] |
Máscara Sagrada (mask) | Fantomas (mask) | Pachuca, Hidalgo | Live event | February 5, 1998 | [Note 1] |
Máscara Sagrada (mask) | Pirata Morgan (hair) | Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes | Live event | April 21, 1998 | [4] |
Máscara Sagrada (mask) | Popitekus (hair) | Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico | Live event | August 23, 1998 | [4] |
Máscara Sagrada (mask) | América (mask)[Note 2] | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí | Live event | October 4, 1998 | [4] |
Máscara Sagrada (mask) | Pirata Morgan (hair) | N/A | Live event | December 1998 | [4] |
Máscara Sagrada (mask) | Corsario (mask) | Cuernavaca, Morelos | Live event | December 16, 1999 | [Note 3] |
Máscara Sagrada (mask) | Fishman (mask) | Mexico City | GWAS show | August 28, 2000 | [Note 4][4] |
Fishman Jr. (hair) | Máscara Sagrada (hair) | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua | Live event | February 2001 | [Note 5][4] |
Máscara Sagrada (mask) | El Boricua (mask) | Cuernavaca, Morelos | Live event | August 16, 2001 | [4] |
Footnotes
- ^ This match came about as a result of the team losing the finals of a "losers advance" tag team tournament to Blue Panther and Mosco de la Merced
- ^ Not the character played by El Pantera in CMLL
- Máscara Mágica, Super Muñecoand Super Ratón
- La Parka and Shu El Guerrero
- ^ Hair vs. Hair match between masked wrestlers
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