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Mil Máscaras

Name	Mil Máscaras
Real name	unrevealed
Nicknames	The Man of 1,000 masks, Mr. Personalidad (Mr. Personality)
Name history	Mil Máscaras (07/65 - )
Family	Dos Caras and Sicodelico (brothers), El Hijo de Dos Caras, Dos Caras Jr., Sicodelico Jr. and Hijo Del Sicodelico (nephews)
Maestro(s)	"El Turco" José Hérmes, Diablo Velasco
Birth date, location	July 15, 1942 - San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
Obituary date
Debut, location	July 16, 1965 - Arena México, D.F.
Lost mask to
Height	5'11"/180 cms
Weight	231 lbs/105 kg
Signature moves	Plancha, Plancha suicida, Flying double chest chop, Bearhug
Titles:	National Light Heavyweight Title (2), Georgia: IWA World Heavyweight Title, Los Angeles: Continental Title, NWA Americas Heavyweight Title (2), NWA Americas Tag Team Titles (2, w/ Alfonso Dantes, w/ Ray Mendoza), Dallas: World Class American Tag Team Titles (w/ Jose Lothario), World Class Texas Tag Team Titles (w/ Jose Lothario), WCWA World Tag Team Titles (w/ Jeff Jarrett), Guatemala: ALLL World Heavyweight Title, Japan: PWF United States Heavyweight Title, WWA World Heavyweight Title Tokyo World Tag Team Title (w/ Dos Caras)

Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame Member

Biography

Usually called La Leyenda Viviente(the living legend), Mil was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Some bios list his birth year 1938, 1941 or 1942 or even 1944, but the most common date is 1942.

The character of Mil Mascaras was announced before his debut. The gimmick is a creation of "El Rey Midas de la Lucha Libre", Valente Perez, and in fact, the first appearances of Mil Mascaras were not by the current (and long time) man under the mask. Valente came up with the idea of of Mil wearing a different mask for each presentation, and this has sometime expanded to him wearing two masks for matches, throwing one to the crowd.

Mil made his debut as Ricardo Duran, and was trained by Diablo Velasco. He was the first Mexican and the first masked man who appeared in the Madison Square Garden, and he's famous in Japan.

One of Mil's first feud matches was against Benny Galant, who Mil beat for his hair. Mil has had notables feuds Canek, Gran Markus Jr. and El Halcón. Mil's popularity has also increased due to his movies.

In the US, most infamous for protecting his image by refusing outright to lose to anyone. His appearance in the 1997 WWF Royal Rumble saw him eliminate himself; the commentators tried to explain this as a mistake based on Mexico's tradition of moves over the top rope, but really it was just his way of not giving anyone the rub of eliminating him. "No yob" (job) has become a bit of a meme around him thanks to Bruce Prichard's podcast.

He's still wrestling today.

Mil's real name has appeared in the credits of movies he's produced, and is not a great secret. However, as he's not lost his mask, we've chosen not to list it here.

Filmography

Mil Máscaras (1966), 1st appearance and origin of Mil Mascaras (the only B&W film in the series)
Los Canallas (1966) (The Scoundrels aka The Swine), co-stars Regina Torne
Enigma de Muerte (1968) (Enigma of Death), with John Carradine
Las Vampiras (1968) (The Vampire Girls), with John Carradine
Los Campeones Justicieros (1970) (The Champions of Justice), with Blue Demon, Tinieblas, el Medico Asesino and la Sombra Vengadora
Las Momias de Guanajuato (1970) (The Mummies of Guanajuato), with Santo and Blue Demon
Vuelven Los Campeones Justicieros (1972) (The Champions of Justice Return), with Blue Demon, el Fantasma Blanco, el Rayo de Jalisco and el Avispon Escarlata
El Robo de las Momias de Guanajuato (1972) (The Theft of the Mummies of Guanajuato), with the Blue Angel and el Rayo de Jalisco
Una Rosa sobre el Ring (1972) (A Rose in the Ring)
Leyendas Macabras de la Colonia (1973) (Macabre Legends of the Colony), with el Fantasma Blanco and Tinieblas
Los Vampiros de Coyoacán (1973) (The Vampires of Coyoacán), with Superzan
Las Momias de San Ángel (1973) (The Mummies of San Ángel), with el Fantasma Blanco and Tinieblas
El Poder Negro (1973) (Black Power), with Sergio Oliva
Misterio en las Bermudas (1977) (Mystery in Bermuda), with Santo and Blue Demon
el Hijo del Santo en la Frontera Sin Ley (1983) (Son of Santo in the Lawless Frontier), with el Hijo del Santo
La Verdad de la Lucha Libre (1988) (The Truth about Wrestling)
La Llave Mortal (1990) (The Deadly Hold)
Wrestling Women vs. the Brainiac (2007) (post-production)

As Himself

AWS: Best of City of Industry 2003 (2003)
AWS: Legend vs. Legend (2004)
Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (2005)

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
66/04/22	hair	Mil Máscaras	Benny Galant	Arena México - Mexico City
69/09/19	hair	Mil Máscaras	Black Gordman	L.A. Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles, CA, USA
??/??/??	hair	Mil Máscaras	Ángel Blanco	??
??/??/??	hair	Mil Máscaras	Víctor Rivera	??
69/10/10	hair	Mil Máscaras	Bull Ramos	L.A. Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles, CA, USA
71/11/16	hair	Mil Máscaras	John Tolos	Devonshire, California
71/01/02	mask	Mil Máscaras	Barón Escarlata	unknown
74/09/29	hairs	Mil Máscaras & Flama Roja	Julio Quiroga & Tony Barbetta	Ciudad Juarez
74/??/??	mask (1)	Mil Máscaras	Frankenstein	Toreo de Tijuana, Baja California
75/08/29	hair	Mil Máscaras	Eric The Red	Memorial Coliseum - Winston, Salem
76/12/11	mask	Mil Máscaras	Super Scorpion	Strongbow Stadium - Bakersfield
77/02/22	hair	Mil Máscaras	Alfonso Dantes	Arena Mexico
77/04/16	mask	Mil Máscaras	Mr. Akanat	Strongbow Stadium - Bakersfield
77/07/29	mask	Mil Máscaras	El Halcón	Arena México - Mexico City
78/04/24	mask	Mil Máscaras	Golden Terror	Madison Square Garden, New York
78/09/13	mask	Mil Máscaras	El Halcón	Nagoya, Japan
??/??/??	mask	Mil Máscaras	El Halcón	Veracruz
78/12/29	mask	Mil Máscaras	Mr. X	Houston
81/07/08	mask	Mil Máscaras	Masked Man	Houston
79/??/??	hair	Mil Máscaras	John Tolos	Los Ángeles, California
81/04/03	hair	Mil Máscaras	Mike Masters	Los Ángeles, California
81/11/28	hair	Mil Máscaras	Timothy Flowers	Los Ángeles, California
84/10/07	mask	Mil Máscaras	Yuma	Reynosa
87/??/??	mask	Mil Máscaras	Rinoceronte	El Cortijo
??/??/??	mask	Mil Máscaras	Zorro	California
88/08/??	hair	Mil Máscaras	Popitekus	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
88/09/25	Mask	Mil Máscaras	Gran Titán	Arena Coliseo Reynosa Reynosa, Tamaulipas
89/06/11	hair	Mil Máscaras	Zar Rojo	Matamoros
05/04/30	mask (2)	Mil Máscaras	El Placa	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
94/11/20	hair	Mil Máscaras	Principe Battu	Gasto Avenue, Dallas Texas
97/06/29	mask (3)	Mil Máscaras	Gran Markus Jr.	El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State
07/03/17	mask	Mil Máscaras	Venom (Reynosa)	Arena Coliseo Reynosa
07/03/20	mask	Mil Máscaras	El Yuma	Palenque de la Feria, Reynosa
(1) Triangle match with Texas; (2) Triangle match with Tinieblas