- El Hijo del Santo
Infobox Wrestler|name=Jorge Guzmán
names=El Hijo del Santo
El Korak
height= height|m=1.70
weight= convert|85|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
birth_date = Birth date and age|1963|8|2|mf=y
birth_place = Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal,Mexico
resides=
billed=
trainer=Rafael Salamanca
El Enfermero
debut=February 6, 1982
death_date =
retired=|Jorge Guzmán (born August 2, 1963), better known as El Hijo del Santo ("The Son of the Saint"), is a
Mexican professional wrestler , politicalactivist and one of the most successful stars inLucha Libre . He is the son of the legendary professional wrestler, film actor and Mexican folk heroEl Santo .Career
"Santito," as he is sometimes referred, was the only one out of El Santo's eleven 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 in Communication Science as 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.
Early in his career, he was wrestled mainly for WWA (The
Tijuana circuit) and UWA (a promotion that worked in the Mexico City area) but he did make his debut for EMLL (the promotion that later becameConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ) inArena Mexico in the summer of 1983. He also was voted 'Rookie of the Year."He won his first title, the UWA World Lightweight title, on October 1985 and traded the title with Aristóteles. He next feuded with Espanto, Jr. (whose father feuded with the original El Santo) and Santo took his mask. Espanto took Santo's title but Santo regained it in 1988 and took Espanto's hair as well. 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 Welterweight title as well as the WWA Welterweight title. In late 1991, he left WWA and vacated the Welterweight title but continued to wrestle for UWA until the formation ofAsistencia Asesoría y Administración . 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 took Santo's WWA Welterweight title and won the National Welterweight title but Santo would come out on top of the feud and took both titles from Heavy before he lost them again to another young star,Psicosis .His most memorable feud during his time with AAA was against the obnoxious American team,
Los Gringos Locos . Eddie Guerrero's stifferJapan ese style offense, combined with Art Barr's cocky mannerisms made Los Gringos Locos a very exciting 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 "When Worlds Collide"Pay-Per-View . The match was changed at the last minute when Art Barr pleaded with AAA officials to be included on the show which would be broadcasted in the United States. The new match was a double hair vs. double mask match with Santo teaming with Octagón against Los Gringos. Santo and Octagón were victorious in the critically acclaimed match but it was the last stand for Los Gringos Locos. Art Barr died shortly afterwards and the group broke up abruptly. AAA ownerAntonio 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 object of the jump was to revitalize his feud with Negro Casas. Santo lost a match to Casas at the CMLL 63rd Anniversary show in September, 1996 via disqualification and took a brief hiatus. 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 Santo turned "rudo" (heel). The set-up was a trios match with Negro Casas,
El Dandy andHéctor 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 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 Dandy and 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 in September 1997 where Casas and Santo faced off in a dramatic hair vs. mask match. Santo won the match and Santo began a slow face turn.
Although the angle was very successful and drew a lot of money for CMLL, Santo continued to wrestle as a babyface throughout the country, even teaming with Rey Mysterio in Tijuana. 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 Santo's partners,
Villano III andFuerza Guerrera turned on Santo. Scorpio, Jr. and Bestia Salvaje joined in on the beat down, leading Santo's next big feud.Casas and Santo began teaming together and chased Scorpio and Salvaje's recently won CMLL Tag Team titles. Santo and Casas defeated Scorpio and Salvaje for the titles on
February 5 ,1999 by disqualification but Santo and Casas refused to accept the titles. The big match in the feud was a mask/hair vs. mask/hair tag match between the two teams. Santo and Casas were victorious and eventually took the tag titles as well. Santo would have a brief falling out with management and the tag titles were vacated. He returned and won the tag titles with Casas fromLos Guerreros del Infierno (Último Guerrero andRey Bucanero ) but later lost them back to Los Guerreros in 2002. Santo took another sabbatical from CMLL withPerro Aguayo, Jr. filling in his spot on the roster. He returned to CMLL in the summer of 2004, initially to the rub toMístico and to feud with Perro Aguayo, Jr. and hisLa Furia del Norte group. After the feud ended, he had a program with young Guerreros recruitAverno and they had a WWA Welterweight title match onOctober 22 where Santo retained and ended his tour with the company. Other than teaming with Místico andÚltimo Dragón for a few matches at the end of the year, Santo has continued wrestling as an independent. According to Santo, he caught the eye of WWE while doing a tour of Mexico, however he turned down a lucrative contract to stay independent. Rumors persist however, that WWE in fact contacted Mexican wrestler, and had no contact with Santo. This stays in line with rumors that El Santo fabricated the story to make himself seem less "old news" in the wrestling world. Rumors in 2007 arose that Santo has also drawn interest from
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling .Other than his work as a wrestler, he is the subject of a
comic book , starred in three films, the most recent being "Infraterrestere" in 2003, and appeared on the Mexican reality showDía 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 the summer of 2007, he gained notoriety for his campaign to save sea turtles on the Gulf of Mexico. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6900000/newsid_6909700/6909720.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6#]
Finishing and signature moves
*"La de a Caballo" (Seated chinlock submission)
*Headscissors takedown
*Suicide dive
*Diving headbuttChampionships and accomplishments
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Asistencia Asesoría y Administración :*AAA World Tag Team Championship (1 time; First-ever champions) - withOctagón *Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.:*
Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time):*Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) - with Super Muñeco & Ángel Azteca:*Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)*
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre :*CMLL World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - withNegro Casas *
Universal Wrestling Association :*UWA World Lightweight Championship (3 times):*UWA World Welterweight Championship (2 times)*
World Wrestling Association :*WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - withPerro Aguayo, Jr. :*WWA World Welterweight Championship (7 times)*
Pro Wrestling Illustrated :*PWI ranked him # 63 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during thePWI Years in 2003.*
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards :*5 Star Match (1994) with Octagón vs. Eddy Guerrero andArt Barr at "When Worlds Collide" in a Hair vs. Masks Match on November 6:*Feud of the Year (1994) with Octagón vs. Eddy Guerrero and Art Barr:*Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1997)Luchas de Apuestas record
Wager lost/won Winner Loser Where Date Note Mask El Hijo del Santo El Pierroth Veracruz, Veracruz 10/31/82 - Mask El Hijo del Santo El Buitre Pachuca , Hidalgo7/28/83 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Lobo Rubio Veracruz, Veracruz 10/28/83 - Mask El Hijo del Santo El Galáctico Pachuca, Hidalgo 2/26/84 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Chamaco Castro Panama City ,Panama 9/4/84 - Hair El Hijo del Santo El Guerrero Acapulco ,Guerrero 1/27/85 - Hair El Hijo del Santo El Porro Tijuana ,Baja California 2/26/85 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Ray Richard Naucalpan ,Mexico State 3/17/85 - Mask El Hijo del Santo El Diluvio Texcoco, Mexico State 3/23/85 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Cosmonauta Apatlaco , Mexico State3/30/85 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Aristóteles I Naucalpan, Mexico State 7/28/85 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Tornado Negro Tijuana, Baja California 8/9/85 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Aristóteles II Acapulco, Guerrero 11/27/85 - Mask El Hijo del Santo El Ninja Tijuana, Baja California 12/13/85 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Ray Tony Veracruz, Veracruz 12/18/85 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Skeletor Monterrey ,Nuevo León 12/22/85 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Aristóteles I Ciudad Juárez ,Chihuahua 3/9/86 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Espanto Jr. Monterrey, Nuevo León 8/31/86 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Kato Kung Lee Tijuana, Baja California 8/31/86 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Flama Azul Nezahualcoyotl , Mexico State1/30/87 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Black Terry Iraputo ,Guanajuato 3/9/87 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Ray Richard Morelia ,Michoacán 4/??/87 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Lobo Rubio Naucalpan, Mexico State 6/7/87 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Negro Casas Los Angeles, California 7/18/87 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Espanto Jr. Torreón ,Coahuila 8/2/87 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Silver King Tijuana, Baja California 11/13/87 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Principe Island (La Parka) Apatlaco, Mexico State 11/21/87 - Hair El Hijo del Santo El Estudiante Mexicali , Baja California3/28/88 - Hair El Hijo del Santo El Tarahumara Saltillo , Coahuila4/9/88 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Espanto, Jr. Monterrey, Nuevo León 5/8/88 - Mask El Hijo del Santo León Chino Tijuana, Baja California 8/19/88 - Mask El Hijo del Santo El Brujo San Lorenzo , Mexico State10/22/88 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Cuchillo Naucalpan, Mexico State 10/30/88 - Hair El Hijo del Santo El Brujo San Lorenzo, Mexico State 11/26/88 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Starman Cancún ,Quintana Roo 12/2/88 - Mask El Hijo del Santo La Momia Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca 3/26/89 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Masdek Tijuana, Baja California 5/19/89 1 Hair El Hijo del Santo Espanto Jr. Naucalpan, Mexico State 9/17/89 - Mask El Hijo del Santo All Star Mexico City 12/8/89 2 Hair El Hijo del Santo Tornado Negro Tijuana, Baja California 2/9/90 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Brazo de Oro Naucalpan, Mexico State 1/13/91 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Black Shadow Jr. Monterrey, Nuevo León 12/15/91 3 Hairs El Hijo del Santo & Octagón Art Barr &Eddie Guerrero Monterrey, Nuevo León 11/6/94 - Hair El Hijo del Santo El Dandy Mexico City 12/6/96 4 Hair El Hijo del Santo Negro Casas Mexico City 9/19/97 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Guerrero del Futuro Mexico City 7/17/98 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Gacela del Ring Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 9/28/98 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Gacela del Ring Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 12/6/98 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Asterisco Reynosa ,Tamaulipas 12/20/98 5 Mask & Hair El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas Scorpio, Jr. &Bestia Salvaje Mexico City 3/19/99 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Misterioso Anaheim, California 9/5/99 - Mask El Hijo del Santo El Nuevo Huracán Ramírez Jr. Celaya , Guanajuato2/2/00 6 Mask El Hijo del Santo Dr. Cerebro Naucalpan, Mexico State 3/1/01 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Nicho el Millionario Tijuana, Baja California 4/6/01 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Scorpio, Jr. Naucalpan, Mexico State 12/19/02 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Super Parka Tijuana, Baja California 10/9/03 - Mask El Hijo del Santo El Hijo del Cobarde Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 2/29/04 - Hair El Hijo del Santo El Dandy Tijuana, Baja California 10/29/04 - Hair El Hijo del Santo Scorpio, Jr. Los Angeles, California 7/16/05 - Mask El Hijo del Santo Vikingo del Futuro Monterrey, Nuevo León 8/21/05 7
#Three way match with León Chino
#Three way match withFuerza Guerrera
#Relevos Suicidas match with Black Shadow and Santo vs. Octagón & Fuerza Guerrera
#Three way match with Negro Casas
#Three Way match with Felino
#Relevos Suicidas match with Santo & Huracán vs.Blue Panther & Fuerza Guerrera
#Six way cage match featuring Centurion Negro, Diluvio Negro I, Gato Volador and Silver StarReferences
*1 - [http://www.thecubsfan.com/lucha/index.php?title=El_Hijo_del_Santo Luchawiki profile]
External links
* [http://www.elhijodelsanto.com.mx/ Official website (in English and Spanish)]
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