Ephesto
| Ephesto | |
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Ephesto in January 2017
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| Born |
June 10, 1965 Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Ephesto Hefesto Hombre Sin Nombre Pantera del Ring/Panterita del Ring Safari |
| Billed height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
| Trained by | Halcon Suriano Asterión El Satánico Blue Panther |
| Debut | May 29, 1982 |
Ephesto (born June 10, 1965) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (Spanish for "Masked professional wrestler). Ephesto's real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican lucha libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record. The wrestler currently known as Ephesto made his debut in 1982 and worked for almost 20 years as Pantera del Ring with limited success. He later worked under the name Safari where he won the Mexican National Trios Championship on two occasions.
His current ring name "Ephesto" is derived from the Spanish name for Hephaestus, the Greek God of fire, Hefesto, in fact, his name is sometimes spelled Hefesto in print sources. Ephesto is a found member of the stable Los Hijos del Infierno (Spanish for the Sons of the Inferno) with Averno and Mephisto. Ephesto, Mephisto and Lucifierno are the current holders of the Mexican National Trios Championship. Ephesto is a former CMLL World Light Heavyweight and CMLL World Trios Champion.
The wrestler later known as Ephesto made his debut in 1982 at the age of 16, after being trained by Halco Suriano, Asterión, El Satánico and Blue Panther. His first ring persona was Pantera del Ring (Spanish for the Panther of the Ring), a masked luchador character (or enmascarado) with a panther inspired mask and trunks, in part as an homage to his trainer Blue Panther. As Pantera del Ring, sometimes referred to as "Panterita del Ring" ("Little Panther of the ring"), he signed with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling COuncil") in the early 1990s and began working as a low card tecnicó (the Lucha Libre term for a "Good guy"). When Antonio Peña, the head booker of CMLL at the time broke off to form the rival promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), Pantera del Ring was one of the CMLL workers that left CMLL to follow Peña in 1992. In AAA he teamed up with Latin Lover to win the Mexican National Tag Team Championship from the team of Fuerza and Juventud Guerrera on June 1, 1995. The team only held the tag team titles for three and a half months before losing them back to the Guerrera family. By 1997 Panterita del Ring was working for the newly formed Promo Azteca promotion, this time as a rudo (the Lucha Libre term for "bad guy"). He won the tournament to crown the first ever Aztecas Middleweight Champion defeating Ángel Azteca and Black Dragon in the finals. He eventually lost the title but kept working for Promo Azteca as an upper card worker until Promo Azteca folded in the late 1990s.
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