Antonio Gómez Medina
| Antonio Gómez Medina | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Antonio Gómez Medina |
| Born |
September 11, 1970 Totatiche, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Residence | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Colotlán Máscara Mágica Máscara Mágica II Talismán Jr. |
| Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Billed weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
| Trained by |
Talismán Diablo Velasco Tony Salazar |
| Debut | April 1989 |
Antonio Gómez Medina (born September 11, 1970) is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador as they are called in Spanish, and professional wrestling trainer based out of Arena Coliseo Guadalajara in Guadalajara. Gómez is best known under the ring name Máscara Mágica; he is the second person to use the "Máscara Mágica" name, taking it over after Eddie Guerrero abandoned the name in the early 1990s. As Máscara Mágica, he was part of the Los Nuevo Infernales group; as part of a Los Nuevo Inferales vs. Los Infernales storyline, and lost his mask as a result of a Luchas de Apuestas match loss to Los Infernales leader El Satánico. In recent years Gómez has focused more on his training position at Arena Coliseo Guadalajara, where he also works as a booker and part-time wrestler.
Gómez grew up in a family of wrestlers, as both his father and his uncle were professional wrestlers. When Gómez decided he wanted to be a professional wrestler he trained with his uncle Arturo Beristain, who was working as "Talismán" at the time. He later received further training from Diablo Velasco and Ringo Mendoza at the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) gym in Mexico City, Mexico. Gómez made his wrestling debut as "Talismán Jr.", an enmascarado (masked wrestler) billed as the son of "Talismán". As Talismán Jr. Gómez won the Distrito Federal Welterweight Championship, and also teamed with Kundra to win the Distrito Federal Tag team Championship.
In 1992 Eddie Guerrero left CMLL to work for AAA, showing up on TV wearing his "Máscara Mágica" mask, but quickly removing it to reveal who was under the mask. Since CMLL owned the rights to the "Máscara Mágica" gimmick they decided that someone else should play the part and chose Gómez to become the second Máscara Mágica. In 1996 Máscara Mágica took part in a 16-man tournament to crown a new CMLL World Welterweight Champion after previous champion El Pantera had left CMLL. Mágica defeated Guerrero Maya, Astro Rey Jr., and Black Panther to qualify for the final. On May 21, 1996, Máscara Mágica defeated El Felino in the final to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship. Mágica held the championship for over a year before losing it to Guerrero de la Muerte on August 2, 1997. Máscara Mágica regained the title in January 1998, only to lose it to Karloff Lagarde, Jr. a month later.
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