El Dandy | |
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Birth name | Roberto Gutiérrez Frías |
Born |
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
October 2, 1962
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
El Dandy El rudo de los ojos verdes |
Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Billed weight | 91 kg (201 lb) |
Trained by |
Diablo Velasco Pedro Anguiano |
Debut | 1981 |
Retired | 2014 |
Roberto Gutiérrez Frías (born October 2, 1962) is a retired Mexican professional wrestler who has had most of his success in Lucha libre as El Dandy throughout the 1990s.
El Dandy was a mainstay with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, having feuds with major stars like Satánico, El Hijo del Santo, and Emilio Charles, Jr. He also had a run with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and, in the late 1990s, had a hand in training Amy Dumas, better known as Lita, of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) fame. Dumas also served as Dandy's manager for a time.
During the majority of his career in WCW, Dandy was a rather low-card performer, one of many luchadors hired by the company to add some variety to its programs. Prior to a cruiserweight battle royal at Slamboree '98, Chris Jericho famously insulted several contenders, stating that Dandy was the winner of Lou Ferrigno lookalike contest. Later that year, Dandy was a member of the Latino World Order, a group of Mexican wrestlers led by Eddie Guerrero. Shortly after Guerrero's real-life car accident on New Year's Day, however, the group was forced to disband by the reformed nWo.