El Hijo del Santo
El Hijo del Santo (in front, in silver costume) versus Blue Demon, Jr.
Ring name(s)	El Hijo del Santo El Korak
Billed height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Billed weight	82 kg (180 lb)[1]
Born	August 2, 1963 (1963-08-02) (age 46) Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Billed from	Tulancingo, Mexico[1]
Trained by	Rafael Salamanca El Enfermero
Debut	February 6, 1982

Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez (born August 2, 1963), better known as 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 son of the legendary professional wrestler, film actor and Mexican folk hero El Santo.

Contents 1 Wrestling career 2 Outside wrestling 3 In films 4 In wrestling 5 Championships and accomplishments 5.1 Luchas de Apuestas record 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Wrestling career

"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 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.^[2][3]

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 Empressa 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.^[2]

He won his first title, the UWA World Lightweight Championship, on October 1985 and traded the title with Aristóteles.^[4][5] 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").^[4][5] 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.

In 1990, he debuted in Japan for Gran Hamada's Universal Lucha Libre promotion and moved up a weight class by winning the UWA World Welterweight Championship as well as the WWA Welterweight Championship.^[6][7][8][9] In late 1991, he left WWA and vacated the Welterweight title but continued to wrestle for UWA until the formation of Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).^{[8] [9]} El Hijo del Santo regained the WWA Welterweight title and brought it with him to AAA. One of the first feuds he was put in was again Negro Casas' youngest brother, Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal took el Hijo del Santo's WWA Welterweight title and won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship but el Hijo del Santo would come out on top of the feud and took both titles from Heavy Metal before he lost them again to another young star, Psicosis.^{[6][7][10][11]}

His most memorable feud during his time with AAA was against the obnoxious American team, Los Gringos Locos. Eddy Guerrero's stiffer Japanese style offense, combined with "Love Machine" Art Barr's cocky mannerisms made Los Gringos Locos a very exciting yet hated tag team. During the feud, the played up the old Pareja Atómica tag team which consisted of the original El Santo and Eddie's father, Gory Guerrero. Eddie turned on Santo, leading to a hair vs. mask challenge for the AAA When Worlds Collide pay-per-view. The match was changed at the last minute when Barr pleaded with AAA officials to be included on the show which would be broadcast in the United States. The new match was a double hair versus double mask match with Santo teaming with Octagón against Los Gringos Locos. El Hijo del Santo and Octagón were victorious in the critically acclaimed match that would revieve a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer but it was the last stand for Los Gringos Locos. Barr died shortly afterwards and the rest of the group broke up abruptly. AAA owner Antonio Peña tried to run an angle with an evil version of El Santo called "El Santo Negro" who supposedly came from South America. When the other members of Santo's family objected, the feud was scrapped and El Hijo del Santo jumped to CMLL in 1995.

The object of the jump was to revitalize his feud with Negro Casas. El Hijo del Santo lost a match to Casas at the CMLL 63rd Anniversary show on September 20, 1996 and took a brief hiatus.^[12] While gone, Negro Casas turned técnico (face) and his former allies, Scorpio, Jr. and Bestia Salvaje said they had a surprise for Casas. In a shocking angle, the long time babyface El Hijo del Santo turned rudo (heel). The set-up was a trios match with Negro Casas, El Dandy and Héctor Garza on the face side against Felino, Scorpio, Jr. and Bestia Salvaje on the heel side. Felino was Casas' brother and when he came to the ring, he halted before entering and watched as his brother was attacked by Scorpio and Salvaje. The fans were expecting Felino to help his brother but Felino took off his cape and mask, revealing himself to be El Hijo del Santo in disguise.

The fans were irate and fist fights broke out in the crowd as El Hijo del Santo attacked Casas. The feud helped ease sagging business caused by the split with AAA and the downturn of the Mexican economy. The following week, the two trios had a rematch and both El Dandy and Negro Casas challenged Santo to a hair vs. mask match. The match was made a triangle match on December 6, 1996. Santo took El Dandy's hair in a bloody match in front of sold out crowd in Arena Mexico. The feud would continue until the 64th anniversary show on September 19, 1997 where Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo faced off in a dramatic hair vs. mask match.^[13] El Hijo del Santo won the match and began a slow face turn.

Although the angle was very successful and drew a lot of money for CMLL, El Hijo del Santo continued to wrestle as a babyface throughout the country, even teaming with Rey Mysterio in Tijuana. El Hijo del Santo began to be at odds with his heel allies, namely Scorpio, Jr. and Bestia Salvaje. Finally, in September 1998, the face turn was made official when El Hijo del Santo's partners, Villano III and Fuerza Guerrera turned on Santo. Scorpio, Jr. and Salvaje joined in on the beat down, leading Santo's next big feud.

Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo began teaming together and chased Scorpio and Salvaje's recently won CMLL World Tag Team Championship.^[14][15] El Hijo del Santo and Casas defeated Scorpio and Salvaje for the titles on February 5, 1999 by disqualification but El Hijo del Santo and Casas refused to accept the titles. The big match in the feud was a mask/hair versus mask/hair tag match between the two teams. Santo and Casas were victorious and took the tag titles as well.^[14][15] El Hijo del Santo had a brief falling out with CMLL management and the tag titles were vacated.^[14][15] He returned and won the tag titles again with Casas from Los Guerreros del Infierno (Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero) but later lost them back to Los Guerreros in 2002.^[14][15] El Hijo del Santo took another sabbatical from CMLL with Perro Aguayo, Jr. filling in his spot on the roster. He returned to CMLL in the summer of 2004, initially to work with Místico to help him become a main eventer and to feud with Perro Aguayo, Jr. and his La Furia del Norte group. After the feud ended, he had a program with young Guerreros recruit Averno and they had a WWA Welterweight title match on October 22 where el Hijo del Santo retained and ended his tour with the company. Other than teaming with Místico and Último Dragón for a few matches at the end of the year.

El Hijo del Santo has continued wrestling as an independent worker doing shows all over Mexico. El Hijo del Santo even started his own promotion called Todo x el Todo. the Promotions man show so far was a "25 Year Anniversary Show" shown by Televisa, a testament to el Hijo del Santo's appeal as Televisa rarely show independent promotions. the show featured a Relevos Suicidas tournament where the losing teams advance until the finals where the final team would fight each other over who would unmask. El Hijo del Santo ended up unmasking Pentagón Black in the finals, which meant that he booked himself to loose three times during the tournament.^[16] Around the time of el Hijo del Santo's 25th Anniversay the World Boxing Council (WBC) named el Hijo del Santo their "WBC Wrestling Champion" compete with title belt due to his "Significant accomplishments in wrestling".^[17] While the title is technically an honorary championship el Hijo del Santo has been seen defending it several times in 2008.

In 2008, El Hijo del Santo began running shows in London, featuring independent talent from Mexico.

[edit] Outside wrestling

Like his father, el Hijo del Santo has also crossed over into other medias. He is the subject of a comic book published and appeared on the Mexican reality show Día de Perros. He was also the star of a 5 episode animated series on the Mexican version of Cartoon Network titled Santo Contra Los Clones (Santo Vs The Clones).

In the summer of 2007, he gained notoriety for his campaign to save sea turtles as the spokesperson for Wildcoast, an environmental non-profit organization, on the Gulf of Mexico from extinction. He has also been involved on gray whale campaigns as well as Tijuana clean ups on behalf of Wildcoast.^[18]

[edit] In films

Hijo del Santo has appeared in several films, first with his father and then on his own or with other famous luchadores. In 2000 he starred in the film Infraterrestre, which received positive reviews from critics such as the respected Mexican film critic, David Wilt.^[19] In 2007 he appeared in the film Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (also known as Mil Mascaras: Resurrection)^[20], which also received positive reviews.^[21]

[edit] In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • La de a Caballo (Camel clutch)^[22]
  • Topé de Cristo (Diving headbutt)

• Signature moves
  • Headscissors takedown
  • Suicide dive

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
  • AAA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Octagón^[23][24]
  • Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[25][26]
  • Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) - with Super Muñeco and Ángel Azteca^[27][28]
  • Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)^[10][11]
• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
  • CMLL World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Negro Casas^[14][15]
  • CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa (2004) - with Místico^[29]
  • International Gran Prix: 1995^[30]
  • Leyenda de Plata: 1999
• Universal Wrestling Association
  • UWA World Lightweight Championship (3 times)^[4][5]
  • UWA World Welterweight Championship (2 times)^[6][7]
• World Boxing Council
  • WBC Wrestling Championship (1 time, current)^[17]
• World Wrestling Association
  • WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Perro Aguayo, Jr.^[31][32]
  • WWA World Welterweight Championship (10 times, current)^[8][9]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him # 63 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003.
  • PWI ranked him # 26 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Octagon in 2003.
  • PWI ranked him # 14 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2003.
  • PWI ranked him # 14 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2004.
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Feud of the Year (1994) with Octagón vs. Eddy Guerrero and Art Barr
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1997)
  • 5 stars match Los Gringos Locos (Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr) vs. El Hijo del Santo & Octagón (hair vs. masks; 2-out-of-3 Falls under elimination rules for each fall) – November 6, 1994 AAA When Worlds Collide PPV

[edit] Luchas de Apuestas record

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date	Notes
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	El Pierroth	Veracruz, Veracruz	01982-10-31 October 31, 1982	[2][3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	El Buitre	Pachuca, Hidalgo	01983-07-28 July 28, 1983	[2][3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Lobo Rubio	Veracruz, Veracruz	01983-10-28 October 28, 1983	[2][3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	El Galáctico	Pachuca, Hidalgo	01984-02-26 February 26, 1984	[2][3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Chamaco Castro	Panama City, Panama	01984-09-04 September 4, 1984	[2][3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	El Guerrero	Acapulco, Guerrero	01985-01-27 January 27, 1985	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	El Porro	Tijuana, Baja California	01985-02-26 February 26, 1985	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Ray Richard	Naucalpan, Mexico State	01985-03-17 March 17, 1985	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	El Diluvio	Texcoco, Mexico State	01985-03-23 March 23, 1985	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Cosmonauta	Apatlaco, Mexico State	01985-03-30 March 30, 1985	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Aristóteles I	Naucalpan, Mexico State	01985-07-28 July 28, 1985	[33]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Tornado Negro	Tijuana, Baja California	01985-08-09 August 9, 1985	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Aristóteles II	Acapulco, Guerrero	01985-11-27 November 27, 1985	[33]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	El Ninja	Tijuana, Baja California	01985-12-13 December 13, 1985	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Ray Tony	Veracruz, Veracruz	01985-12-18 December 18, 1985	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Skeletor	Monterrey, Nuevo León	01985-12-22 December 22, 1985	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Aristóteles I	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	01986-03-09 March 9, 1986	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Espanto Jr.	Monterrey, Nuevo León	01986-08-31 August 31, 1986	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Kato Kung Lee	Tijuana, Baja California	01986-08-31 August 31, 1986	[34]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Flama Azul	Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State	01987-01-30 January 30, 1987	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Black Terry	Irapuato, Guanajuato	01987-03-09 March 9, 1987	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Ray Richard	Morelia, Michoacán	Aril, 1987	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Lobo Rubio	Naucalpan, Mexico State	01987-06-07 June 7, 1987	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Negro Casas	Los Angeles, California	01987-07-18 July 18, 1987	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Espanto Jr.	Torreón, Coahuila	01987-08-02 August 2, 1987	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Silver King	Tijuana, Baja California	01987-11-13 November 13, 1987	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Principe Island (L.A. Park)	Apatlaco, Mexico State	01987-11-21 November 21, 1987	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	El Estudiante	Mexicali, Baja California	01988-03-28 March 28, 1988	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	El Tarahumara	Saltillo, Coahuila	01988-04-09 April 9, 1988	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Espanto, Jr.	Monterrey, Nuevo León	01988-05-08 May 8, 1988	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	León Chino	Tijuana, Baja California	01988-08-19 August 19, 1988	[35]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	El Brujo	San Lorenzo, Mexico State	01988-10-22 October 22, 1988	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Cuchillo	Naucalpan, Mexico State	01988-10-30 October 30, 1988	[36]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	El Brujo	San Lorenzo, Mexico State	01988-11-26 November 26, 1988	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Starman	Cancún, Quintana Roo	01988-12-02 December 2, 1988	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	La Momia	Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca	01989-03-26 March 26, 1989	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Masdek	Tijuana, Baja California	01989-05-19 May 19, 1989	Three way match with León Chino.[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Espanto Jr.	Naucalpan, Mexico State	01989-09-17 September 17, 1989	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	All Star	Mexico City	01989-12-08 December 8, 1989	Three way match with Fuerza Guerrera.[37]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Tornado Negro	Tijuana, Baja California	01990-02-09 February 9, 1990	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Brazo de Oro	Naucalpan, Mexico State	01991-01-13 January 13, 1991	[33]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Black Shadow Jr.	Monterrey, Nuevo León	01991-12-15 December 15, 1991	Relevos Suicidas match with Black Shadow and El Hijo del Santo vs. Octagón & Fuerza Guerrera.[38]
Hairs	El Hijo del Santo & Octagón	Los Gringos Locos Art Barr & Eddy Guerrero	Los Angeles, CA	01994-11-06 November 6, 1994	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	El Dandy	Mexico City	01996-12-06 December 6, 1996	Three way match with Negro Casas.[33]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Negro Casas	Mexico City	01997-09-19 September 19, 1997	[3][13]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Guerrero del Futuro	Mexico City	01998-07-17 July 17, 1998	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Gacela del Ring	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	01998-09-28 September 28, 1998	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Gacela del Ring	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	01998-12-06 December 6, 1998	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Asterisco	Reynosa, Tamaulipas	01998-12-20 December 20, 1998	Three Way match with El Felino.[3]
Mask & Hair	El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas	Scorpio, Jr. and Bestia Salvaje	Mexico City	01999-03-19 March 19, 1999	[33]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Misterioso	Anaheim, California	01999-09-05 September 5, 1999	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	El Nuevo Huracán Ramírez Jr.	Celaya, Guanajuato	02000-02-02 February 2, 2000	Relevos Suicidas match with El Hijo del Santo & Huracán Ramírez Jr. vs. Blue Panther & Fuerza Guerrera.[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Dr. Cerebro	Naucalpan, Mexico State	02001-03-01 March 1, 2001	[33]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Nicho "el Millionario"	Tijuana, Baja California	02001-04-06 April 6, 2001	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Scorpio, Jr.	Naucalpan, Mexico State	02002-12-19 December 19, 2002	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Super Parka	Tijuana, Baja California	02003-10-09 October 9, 2003	[33]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	El Hijo del Cobarde	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	02004-02-29 February 29, 2004	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	El Dandy	Tijuana, Baja California	02004-10-29 October 29, 2004	[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Scorpio, Jr.	Los Angeles, California	02005-07-16 July 16, 2005	[3]
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Cyber Vikingo	Monterrey, Nuevo León	02005-08-21 August 21, 2005	Six way cage match featuring Centurion Negro, Diluvio Negro I, Gato Volador and Silver Star.[3]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Mano Negra	Tijuana, Baja Caliornia	02006-11-26 November 26, 2006	[33]
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Cassandro	Los Angeles, CA	02007-07-14 July 14, 2007	Cage Match w/Rey Misterio Sr., Hijo de Rey Misterio, LA Park, Nicho, Pentagon Black, Gran Hamada.
Hair	El Hijo del Santo	Mano Negra	Tijuana, Baja Caliornia	02006-11-26 November 26, 2006	8 team losers advance tournament finals.[16]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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