Cassandro

Cassandro
Cassandro in 2012
Birth name	Saúl Armendáriz
Born	(1970-05-20) May 20, 1970 (age 46) El Paso, Texas, United States
Residence	El Paso, Texas, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Andromeda Cassandro Cassandro el Exotico Mister Romano Rosa Salvaje Satanico del Exotico
Billed height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Billed weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Billed from	Juárez, Chihuahua
Trained by	Rey Misterio, Sr. Victor Ojeda
Debut	1988

Saúl Armendáriz (born May 20, 1970) is an American-born Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, who works as an exótico for several independent promotions all over the world under the ring name Cassandro. He is a former NWA World Welterweight and UWA World Lightweight Champion. In 2009, Armendáriz signed a contract with American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), but was released before making his official debut.

Armendáriz was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, United States, but also spent a lot of time just across the Mexican border in Juárez, Chihuahua, his family's native town. At the age of fifteen, Armendáriz quit school and began training lucha libre in Juárez. He officially began his professional wrestling career in 1988, working under a mask as Mister Romano. The character, made up by well known luchador Rey Misterio, was a gladiator themed rudo (villain). Less than a year later, Armendáriz was encougared to abandon the character and take on a new exótico character by Baby Sharon.Exóticos are male wrestlers dressed in drag portraying gay caricatures. While most exóticos were straight, both Sharon and Armendáriz were gay. Armendáriz wrestled his first match as an exótico in Júarez, working unmasked and under the new ring name Rosa Salvaje ("Wild Rose").