El Hijo del Santo
| El Hijo del Santo | |
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Silver Mask and suit.
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| Birth name | Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez |
| Born |
August 2, 1963 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) |
| Billed weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Billed from | Tulancingo, Mexico |
| 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 El Santo, the legendary professional wrestler, film actor, and Mexican folk hero.
"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.
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 Empresa 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.
He won his first title, the UWA World Lightweight Championship, on October 1985 and traded the title with Aristóteles. 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"). 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.
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