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Ultimo Vampiro


Último Vampiro (Spanish for "Last Vampire") is a wrestling gimmick or character played by at least five people over the years. The character has always started out as an enmascarado, or masked wrestler and only on one occasion has the person playing the Último Vampiro lost his mask. The character is a portrayed as a Vampire and included a mask with stylized bat ears and generally using a black and gray color scheme on the mask and full body suit. The character has primarily been used in International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) and on some locally promoted events. The only exception was the third Último Vampiro who used it while working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) one of Mexico's largest promotions.

The original Último Vampiro was designed in the mid-1990s by the promoters who would later found International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) as one of their many "concept gimmicks" where the promotion comes up with the character and mask and gives it to a wrestler. The promotion hired Negro Navarro, veteran wrestler who had been highly successful in the early to mid-1980s as part of the Los Misioneros de la Muerte ("Missionaries of Death") trio along with El Texano and El Signo. In 1995 Navarro worked primarily on the independent circuit, especially after the Universal Wrestling Association closed that year. He was given the character to work on the early IWRG shows, but only appeared as Ultimo Vampiro for a short period of time. The only major match Navarro worked as Último Vampiro was a Relevos Suicidas tag team, a match where the losing team would have to wrestle each other in a Luchas de Apuestas, or bet match for their mask or hair. Último Vampiro and El Mexicano defeated the team of El Canek and Scorpio, Jr. keeping their mask and hair safe as El Canek defeated Scorpio, Jr. in the match and had him shaved bald afterwards.


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