Sagrado (wrestler)
| Born |
June 8, 1980 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
|---|---|
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Slayer La Muerte Genético El Sagrado |
| Billed height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 90 kg (200 lb) |
| Billed from | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Trained by | Flash I Diablo Velazco Satánico |
| Debut | April 30, 1992 |
Gonzalo Javier Aparicio Gómez (born April 25, 1975) is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the ring name El Sagrado (Spanish for "The Sacred One"). Working as "Sagrado" Aparicio won the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship with Misterioso, Jr. as well as having formerly held the Mexican National Trios Championship twice, with different partners as well as the Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship on one occasion.
Gonzalo Aparicio was born April 25, 1975 and like many children in Mexico grew up idolizing Lucha libre (professional wrestling), especially El Santo. At the age of 12 he told his parents he wanted to become a professional wrestler, something his parents opposed. The young Aparicio found a way to train to become a professional wrestler without his parents knowing it, his brothers covered for him by telling his parents that he was at football practice instead. One of his younger brothers became a professional wrestler as well, using the ring name "Metatron".
Besides wrestling Aparicio also studied religion, urged by his mother to seek the priesthood when he was old enough. According to Aparicio he met Fray Tormenta, the famous Mexican wrestling priest who told Aparicio to follow his own desires, which in turn let Aparicio to become a wrestler. Whether this is actually true or part of the storyline build up around the "El Sagrado" character is not known, but Aparicio has state that he met Fray Tormenta in several interviews.
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