Máscara Sagrada
| Máscara Sagrada | |
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| Born |
November 6, 1959 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Alimaña II Ecatón Hecatombe El Hombre sin Nombre Mágico Máscara Sagrada Máscara Sagrada Original Máscara Sacra Poder Mágico |
| Billed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Billed weight | 115 kg (254 lb) |
| Trained by |
Espectro I Shadito Cruz Villano I Antonio Hernández |
| Debut | September 2, 1978 |
Máscara Sagrada (born November 6, 1959) is a Mexican Luchador enMáscarado (or masked professional wrestler) who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is inspired by the "sanctity" of masks in lucha libre. Sagrada has been involved in a long running copyright dispute over the use of the Máscara Sagrada name, outfit and mask with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), who claimed that they owned the copyright to the character and has even promoted other wrestlers as "Máscara Sagrada". Máscara Sagrada's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.
The wrestler who would later be known as Máscara Sagrada was trained for his professional wrestling career by Espectro I, Villano I, Shadito Cruz, and Antonio Hernández before making his debut on September 2, 1978. He initially worked as the enMáscarado (masked wrestler) Hecatombe, which is Spanish for "Disaster" or "Massacre". In the early-to-mid 1980s Hecatombe won both the Texcoco Welterweight Championship and the Naucalpan Middleweight Championship while working for various local promotions. In 1987 he briefly worked as Ecatón before adopting the name "Magico" in October 1987, as he began working for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). In 1988 he briefly worked as El Alimaña II ("The Pest II") but soon returned to wrestling as Magico. In 1989, EMLL booker Antonio Peña brought in another wrestler who had worked as Magico in a local promotion, leading to the local Magico winning the rights to the name. Subsequently the future Máscara Sagrada worked as "Hombre Sin Nombre" ("Man with no name") for a short while in 1989.
EMLL booker Peña used the "Hombre Sin Nombre" storyline to create a new character, a character inspired by the sanctity of the mask in Lucha Libre, called Máscara Sagrada ("Sacred Mask"). Máscara Sagrada made his debut in June 1989. The vibrant colors of Máscara Sagrada's full bodysuit and mask, coupled with a very innovative mask design for the times made Máscara Sagrada a character the fans took notice of, and coupled with Máscara Sagrada's wrestling skills and charisma, he soon began moving up the ranks of EMLL. On March 21, 1991, Máscara Sagrada's climb up the ranks was rewarded with the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, which he won from Pierroth, Jr.. Two months later he participated in a tournament to crown the first ever CMLL World Heavyweight Champion (EMLL had been renamed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in the winter of 1990). He lost in the first round to Cien Caras. His popularity led to CMLL creating a Mini-Estrella version of Máscara Sagrada called Mascarita Sagrada.
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