El hijo de dos caras5/22/2023 ![]() Mil Máscaras wrestling one of his greatest rivals, Canek, in 2009 During this time, he feuded with Superstar Billy Graham over the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. He performed at Madison Square Garden several times after a ban on masked wrestlers was lifted for him, making him the first masked wrestler in the Garden, he defeated The Spoiler (who was not permitted to wear his mask). Mil Máscaras appeared in World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now called WWE). He had major title defenses against competitors such as Ivan Koloff and Ernie Ladd. In 1974, Mil Máscaras was the World Champion of the short-lived International Wrestling Association promotion based in New York City. These feuds took place mostly in Mexico and the US and were broadcast on Spanish language stations in the USA, Mil Máscaras was also the heavyweight champion of the IWA wrestling promotion, which was founded by Eddie Einhorn, and still holds the title to this day. During the '70s, Mil Máscaras also had feuds with Mexican wrestlers such as TNT, Canek, El Halcon, and Angel Blanco. It was during this time that he had his best-known international feud with American masked wrestler The Destroyer. In his Japanese debut on February 19, 1971, he defeated Kantaro Hoshino in Tokyo. Mil Máscaras performed for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) during the '70s. Owing to the limited spread of news at the time, he repeated the feat in a Japanese ring, winning by submission. In Mexico City, he unmasked El Halcon in a triangular tournament that included Alfonso Dantés in the 1970s. Mil Máscaras made his international wrestling debut in 1968 at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, getting involved in rivalries against the likes of Ernie Ladd, John Tolos, Black Gordman and Goliath. This brought him international fame as one of the first high-flyers, something he was not considered in Mexico where he fell under the mat-power category. Mil Máscaras was also one of the first wrestlers to introduce the high-flying moves of lucha libre, such as the plancha and tope suicida, to Japanese fans. He rarely resorted to rule breaking, instead relying on his repertoire of moves and counter-moves. Mil Máscaras was one of the first masked luchadores outside of Mexico to play a non- heel role. ![]() It was also his size which permitted him to wrestle in the US and Japan under the heavyweight division. He became popular in Mexico for being one of the best conditioned luchadores in the heavyweight division, which was dominated by foreigners at the time. Mil Máscaras made his professional wrestling debut on Jin Pachuca. Pablo's son Aaron is better known as Sicodelico Jr. José's younger son Guillermo wrestles as El Hijo de Dos Caras. José's oldest son Alberto is a former WWE Champion and currently wrestles as Alberto El Patron. He is a member of one of Mexico's most prominent wrestling families his brothers José and Pablo respectively wrestle as Dos Caras and Sicodélico. Mil Máscaras was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010, and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012. His ring name is Spanish for "Thousand Masks". Although he has never been unmasked and his true identity is generally kept a secret out of respect for lucha libre traditions, his real name is known due to appearing in the credits of the films he has starred in. He is also an accomplished artist and cultural ambassador for his native country and has appeared on three of its postage stamps. Mil Máscaras is considered one of the most influential wrestlers of all time for enhancing and popularizing the lucha libre style around the world, both in the ring and as the star of 20 films. He is regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of the lucha libre tradition in Mexico – along with El Santo and Blue Demon – and has been described as the first international superstar of lucha libre. Mil Máscaras (born Aarón Rodríguez Arellano, July 15, 1942) is a Mexican luchador ( professional wrestler) and actor.
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