El Hijo del Santo

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El Hijo del Santo
File:Hijo del Santo.jpg
Silver Mask and suit.
Birth name Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez
Born (1963-08-02) August 2, 1963 (age 60)
Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) El Hijo del Santo
El Korak
Billed height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Billed weight 82 kg (181 lb)[1]
Billed from Tulancingo, Mexico[1]
Trained by Rafael Salamanca
El Enfermero
Debut February 6, 1982
Retired February 20, 2014

El Hijo del Santo ("The Son of the Saint"), is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre. He is the youngest son of the legendary professional wrestler, film actor and Mexican folk hero El Santo.

Professional wrestling career

"Santito", as he is often called, was the only one of his father's 10 children to become a professional wrestler. He began wrestling without his father's consent in February 1982 as "El Korak" but he made his official debut as "El Hijo del Santo" in October of that year after he earned his college degree at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Communication Science per his father's request. He shared his father's look, the silver mask, tights and cape, and moves but he was shorter and, although he would never become the same cultural icon, he would become a better in-ring performer than his father.[2][3]

Early in his career, he was wrestled mainly for World Wrestling Association (WWA) (The Tijuana circuit) and Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) (a promotion that worked in the Mexico City area) but he did make his debut for Empressa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) the promotion that later became Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Arena Mexico in the summer of 1983. He also was voted "Rookie of the Year" in Mexico.[2]

He won his first title, the UWA World Lightweight Championship, on October 1985 and traded the title with Aristóteles.[4] He next feuded with Espanto, Jr. (whose father feuded with the original El Santo) and el Hijo del Santo took his mask. Espanto Jr. took el Hijo del Santo's title but el Hijo del Santo regained it in 1988 and took Espanto, Jr.'s hair as well after winning a Luchas de Apuestas (Spanish for "Bet match").[4] During this time, he also feuded with Negro Casas, who would become his most important opponent, and took his hair in a 1987 match in the Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium.

In 1990, he debuted in Japan for Gran Hamada's Universal Lucha Libre promotion and moved up a weight class by winning the UWA World Welterweight Championship as well as the WWA Welterweight Championship.[5][6] In late 1991, he left WWA and vacated the Welterweight title but continued to wrestle for UWA until the formation of Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).[6] El Hijo del Santo regained the WWA Welterweight title and brought it with him to AAA. One of the first feuds he was put in was again Negro Casas' youngest brother, Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal took el Hijo del Santo's WWA Welterweight title and won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship but el Hijo del Santo would come out on top of the feud and took both titles from Heavy Metal before he lost them again to another young star, Psicosis.[5][7]

His most memorable feud during his time with AAA was against the obnoxious American team, Los Gringos Locos. Eddy Guerrero's stiffer Japanese style offense, combined with "Love Machine" Art Barr's cocky mannerisms made Los Gringos Locos a very exciting yet hated tag team. During the feud, the played up the old Pareja Atómica tag team which consisted of the original El Santo and Eddie's father, Gory Guerrero. Eddie turned on Santo, leading to a hair vs. mask challenge for the AAA When Worlds Collide pay-per-view. The match was changed at the last minute when Barr pleaded with AAA officials to be included on the show which would be broadcast in the United States. The new match was a double hair versus double mask match with Santo teaming with Octagón against Los Gringos Locos. El Hijo del Santo and Octagón were victorious in the critically acclaimed match that would receive a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer but it was the last stand for Los Gringos Locos. Barr died shortly afterwards and the rest of the group broke up abruptly. AAA owner Antonio Peña tried to run an angle with an evil version of El Santo called "El Santo Negro" who supposedly came from South America. When the other members of Santo's family objected, the feud was scrapped and El Hijo del Santo jumped to CMLL in 1995.

The mask of both Santo and his son

The object of the jump was to revitalize his feud with Negro Casas. El Hijo del Santo lost a match to Casas at the CMLL 63rd Anniversary show on September 20, 1996 and took a brief hiatus.[8] While gone, Negro Casas turned técnico (face) and his former allies, Scorpio, Jr. and Bestia Salvaje said they had a surprise for Casas. In a shocking angle, the long time babyface El Hijo del Santo turned rudo (heel). The set-up was a trios match with Negro Casas, El Dandy and Héctor Garza on the face side against Felino, Scorpio, Jr. and Bestia Salvaje on the heel side. Felino was Casas' brother and when he came to the ring, he halted before entering and watched as his brother was attacked by Scorpio and Salvaje. The fans were expecting Felino to help his brother but Felino took off his cape and mask, revealing himself to be El Hijo del Santo in disguise.

The fans were irate and fist fights broke out in the crowd as El Hijo del Santo attacked Casas. The feud helped ease sagging business caused by the split with AAA and the downturn of the Mexican economy. The following week, the two trios had a rematch and both El Dandy and Negro Casas challenged Santo to a hair vs. mask match. The match was made a triangle match on December 6, 1996. Santo took El Dandy's hair in a bloody match in front of sold out crowd in Arena Mexico. The feud would continue until the 64th anniversary show on September 19, 1997 where Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo faced off in a dramatic hair vs. mask match.[9] El Hijo del Santo won the match and began a slow face turn.

Although the angle was very successful and drew a lot of money for CMLL, El Hijo del Santo continued to wrestle as a babyface throughout the country, even teaming with Rey Mysterio in Tijuana. El Hijo del Santo began to be at odds with his heel allies, namely Scorpio, Jr. and Bestia Salvaje. Finally, in September 1998, the face turn was made official when El Hijo del Santo's partners, Villano III and Fuerza Guerrera turned on Santo. Scorpio, Jr. and Salvaje joined in on the beat down, leading Santo's next big feud.

Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo began teaming together and chased Scorpio and Salvaje's recently won CMLL World Tag Team Championship.[10] El Hijo del Santo and Casas defeated Scorpio and Salvaje for the titles on February 5, 1999 by disqualification but El Hijo del Santo and Casas refused to accept the titles. The big match in the feud was a mask/hair versus mask/hair tag match between the two teams at CMLL's 1999 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show. Santo and Casas were victorious and took the tag titles as well.[10] El Hijo del Santo had a brief falling out with CMLL management and the tag titles were vacated.[10] He returned and won the tag titles again with Casas from Los Guerreros del Infierno (Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero) but later lost them back to Los Guerreros in 2002.[10] El Hijo del Santo took another sabbatical from CMLL with Perro Aguayo, Jr. filling in his spot on the roster. He returned to CMLL in the summer of 2004, initially to work with Místico to help him become a main eventer and to feud with Perro Aguayo, Jr. and his La Furia del Norte group. After the feud ended, he had a program with young Guerreros recruit Averno and they had a WWA Welterweight title match on October 22 where el Hijo del Santo retained and ended his tour with the company.[11]

El Hijo del Santo has continued wrestling as an independent worker doing shows all over Mexico. El Hijo del Santo even started his own promotion called Todo x el Todo. the Promotions main show so far was a "25 Year Anniversary Show" shown by Televisa, a testament to el Hijo del Santo's appeal as Televisa rarely show independent promotions. the show featured a Relevos Suicidas tournament where the losing teams advance until the finals where the final team would fight each other over who would unmask. El Hijo del Santo ended up unmasking Pentagón Black in the finals, which meant that he booked himself to lose three times during the tournament.[12] Around the time of el Hijo del Santo's 25th Anniversary the World Boxing Council (WBC) named el Hijo del Santo their "WBC Wrestling Champion" compete with title belt due to his "Significant accomplishments in wrestling".[13] While the title is technically an honorary championship el Hijo del Santo defended it several times in 2008. In 2008, El Hijo del Santo began running shows in London, England featuring independent talent from Mexico.

On May 11, 2013, El Hijo del Santo and his rival, Blue Demon, Jr., joined forces to win the Pro Wrestling Revolution Tag Team Championship from Brian Cage and Derek Sanders.[14]

On November 25, 2013, Santo announced a break to repair damage in his spinal area.[15] On February 20, 2014, Santo announced his retirement from professional wrestling, claiming that tests done on his spine had given discouraging results.[16]

El Nieto del Santo

In March, 2013 it was announced that one of Hijo del Santo's sons was going to travel to Japan to learn train in the Pro Wrestling NOAH wrestling school to prepare him for his wrestling debut under the ring name "El Nieto del Santo" ("The Grandson of El Santo"). The training will start in May 2013 and he will return to Mexico three months later for his official in ring debut. El Nieto del Santo will be the first masked wrestler to attend the wrestling school, in honor of the lucha libre traditions and anonymity of their enmascarados.[17]

Outside wrestling

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El Hijo del Santo in a public ceremony in Tulancingo, Hidalgo.

Like his father, el Hijo del Santo has also crossed over into other media. He is the subject of a comic book published and appeared on the Mexican reality show Día de Perros. He was also the star of a 5 episode animated series on the Mexican version of Cartoon Network titled Santo Contra Los Clones (Santo Vs The Clones). In 2007, he became a spokesperson for Wildcoast, an environmental non-profit organization, and campaigned to save sea turtles on the Gulf of Mexico from extinction. He has also been involved in gray whale campaigns and Tijuana clean-ups on behalf of Wildcoast.[18]

In films

Hijo del Santo has appeared in several films, first with his father and then on his own or with other famous luchadores. In 2000 he starred in the film Infraterrestre, which received positive reviews from critics such as the respected Mexican film critic, David Wilt.[19] In 2007 he appeared in the film Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (also known as Mil Mascaras: Resurrection),[20] which also received positive reviews.[21]

In wrestling

El Hijo del Santo (in front, in silver costume) versus Blue Demon, Jr.

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

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See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Pierroth (mask) Veracruz, Veracruz Live event October 31, 1982 [2][3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Buitre (mask) Pachuca, Hidalgo Live event July 28, 1983 [2][3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Lobo Rubio (hair) Veracruz, Veracruz Live event October 28, 1983 [2][3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Galáctico (mask) Pachuca, Hidalgo Live event February 26, 1984 [2][3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Chamaco Castro (hair) Panama City, Panama Live event September 4, 1984 [2][3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Guerrero (hair) Acapulco, Guerrero Live event January 27, 1985 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Porro (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event February 26, 1985 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Ray Richard (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event March 17, 1985 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Diluvio (mask) Texcoco, Mexico State Live event March 23, 1985 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Cosmonauta (mask) Apatlaco, Mexico State Live event March 30, 1985 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Aristóteles I (mask) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event July 28, 1985 [29][30]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Tornado Negro (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event August 9, 1985 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Aristóteles II (mask) Acapulco, Guerrero Live event November 27, 1985 [29]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Ninja (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event December 13, 1985 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Ray Tony (hair) Veracruz, Veracruz Live event December 18, 1985 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Skeletor (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event December 22, 1985 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Aristóteles I (hair) Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Live event March 9, 1986 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto, Jr. (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event August 31, 1986 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Kato Kung Lee (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event August 31, 1986 [31]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Flama Azul (hair) Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State Live event January 30, 1987 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Black Terry (hair) Irapuato, Guanajuato Live event March 9, 1987 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Ray Richard (hair) Morelia, Michoacán Live event April 1987 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Lobo Rubio (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event June 7, 1987 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Negro Casas (hair) Los Angeles, California, USA Live event July 18, 1987 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto, Jr. (hair) Torreón, Coahuila Live event August 2, 1987 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Silver King (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event November 13, 1987 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Principe Island (mask) Apatlaco, Mexico State Live event November 21, 1987 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Estudiante (hair) Mexicali, Baja California Live event March 28, 1988 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Tarahumara (hair) Saltillo, Coahuila Live event April 9, 1988 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto, Jr. (hair) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event May 8, 1988 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) León Chino (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event August 19, 1988 [32]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Brujo (mask) San Lorenzo, Mexico State Live event October 22, 1988 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Cuchillo (mask) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event October 30, 1988 [33]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Brujo (hair) San Lorenzo, Mexico State Live event November 26, 1988 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Starman (mask) Cancún, Quintana Roo Live event December 2, 1988 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) La Momia (mask) Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca Live event March 26, 1989 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Masdek (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event May 19, 1989 [Note 1][3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto, Jr. (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event September 17, 1989 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) All Star (mask) Mexico City, Mexico Live event December 8, 1989 [Note 2][34]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Tornado Negro (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event February 9, 1990 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Brazo de Oro (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event January 13, 1991 [29]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Black Shadow, Jr. (hair) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event December 15, 1991 [Note 3][35]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) and Octagón (mask) La Pareja del Terror (hair)
(Art Barr and Eddy Guerrero)		 Los Angeles, California, USA AAA When Worlds Collide November 6, 1994 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Dandy (hair) Mexico City, Mexico Live event December 6, 1996 [Note 4][29]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Negro Casas (hair) Mexico City, Mexico CMLL 64th Anniversary Show September 19, 1997 [3][9]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Guerrero del Futuro (mask) Mexico City, Mexico Ruleta de la Muerte (1998) July 17, 1998 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Gacela del Ring (mask) Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Live event September 28, 1998 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Gacela del Ring (hair) Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Live event December 6, 1998 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Asterisco (hair) Reynosa, Tamaulipas Live event December 20, 1998 [Note 5][3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) and Negro Casas (hair) Scorpio, Jr. (mask) and Bestia Salvaje (hair) Mexico City, Mexico 1999 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas March 19, 1999 [29]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Misterioso (hair) Anaheim, California, USA Live event September 5, 1999 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Nuevo Huracán Ramírez, Jr. (mask) Celaya, Guanajuato Live event February 2, 2000 [Note 6][3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Dr. Cerebro (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event March 1, 2001 [29]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Nicho "el Millonario" (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event April 6, 2001 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Scorpio, Jr. (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event December 19, 2002 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Super Parka (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event October 9, 2003 [29]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Hijo del Cobarde (mask) Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Live event February 29, 2004 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Dandy (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event October 29, 2004 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Scorpio, Jr. (hair) Los Angeles, California, USA Live event July 16, 2005 [3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Cyber Vikingo (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event August 21, 2005 [Note 7][3]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Mano Negra (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event November 26, 2006 [29]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Cassandro (hair) Los Angeles, California, USA Live event July 14, 2007 [Note 8]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Mano Negra (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event November 26, 2006 [Note 9][12]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Ángel Blanco, Jr (mask) Mexico City, Mexico Live event March 31, 2012 [36]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ This was a three way match that also included León Chino.
  2. ↑ Three way match that also included Fuerza Guerrera.
  3. ↑ Relevos Suicidas match with Black Shadow, Jr. and El Hijo del Santo vs. Octagón and Fuerza Guerrera.
  4. ↑ This was a three way match that also included Negro Casas.
  5. ↑ Three Way match that also included El Felino.
  6. ↑ Relevos Suicidas match with El Hijo del Santo and Huracán Ramírez Jr. vs. Blue Panther and Fuerza Guerrera.
  7. ↑ Six way cage match also featuring Centurion Negro, Diluvio Negro I, Gato Volador and Silver Star.
  8. ↑ Steel cage match with Rey Misterio, Sr., El Hijo de Rey Misterio, L.A. Park, Nicho, Pentagon Black and Gran Hamada.
  9. ↑ 8 team losers advance tournament finals.

References

General
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