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{{short description|Mexican professional wrestler}}
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{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name= El Hijo del Santo
|image= El Santo.jpg
|name = El Hijo del Santo
|image = El Hijo del Santo by Gage Skidmore.jpg
|names= El Korak
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|height= 5'7" (1.69 m)
|caption = El Hijo del Santo at the 2023 [[WonderCon]]
|weight= 185 lbs. (85 kg.)
|birthname = Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.milenio.com/policia/Hijo_Santo_demanda_Corte-Hijo_Santo_Triple_AAA-demanda_Jorge_Ernesto_Guzman_0_722928009.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422105844/http://www.milenio.com/policia/Hijo_Santo_demanda_Corte-Hijo_Santo_Triple_AAA-demanda_Jorge_Ernesto_Guzman_0_722928009.html |title=El Hijo del Santo gana 'pelea' en la Corte contra Triple AAA |last=Mosso |first=Rubén |archive-date=2016-04-22 |date=2016-04-20 |access-date=2016-04-21 |work=[[Milenio]] |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|birthdate= [[August 2]], [[1963]]
|names = '''El Hijo del Santo'''<br />El Korak
|hometown= [[Mexico City]]
|height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="Almanac2008Stats">{{cite news|title=Statistics for Professional wrestlers|work=PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts|publisher=Kappa Publications|id=2008 Edition|pages=66–79}}</ref>
|trainer= Rafael Salamanca <BR> El Enfermero
|weight = {{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="Almanac2008Stats"/>
|debut= [[February 6]], [[1982]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|8|2|mf=y}}
|}}
|birth_place = [[Mexico City|Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal]], Mexico
|resides =
| children = Santo Jr.
| parents = [[El Santo]] (father)
| relatives = [[Black Guzmán]] (uncle)<br>Jesús Guzmán (uncle)<br>Jimmy Guzmán (uncle)<br>Axxel (nephew)<br>Rocker II (nephew)
|billed = [[Tulancingo]], Mexico<ref name="Almanac2008Stats"/>
|trainer = Rafael Salamanca<br />El Enfermero
|debut = February 6, 1982
|retired =
}}
'''Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez''' (born August 2, 1963), best known under his [[ring name]], '''El Hijo del Santo''' ([[English language|English]]: "The Son of the Saint"), is a Mexican ''[[Lucha Libre|luchador]] [[wrestling mask|enmascarado]]'' (or masked [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]) and political [[activist]]. He is the youngest child, out of eleven, of [[El Santo]]. Guzmán has also followed in his father's footsteps, as he has starred in several [[luchador film]]s.


He made his wrestling debut in February 1982 under the name '''El Korak''', but officially adopted his most famous ring name and silver mask in October 1982. During his career, Guzmán has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion including [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]], [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]], [[Universal Wrestling Association]] and [[World Wrestling Association]] as well as stints with the World Wrestling Federation (now [[WWE]]) in the United States as well as working in Japan for [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]], [[All Japan Pro-Wrestling]] and various other promotions. Early in his career, he formed a successful [[tag team]] with [[Eddie Guerrero]] called ''La Pareja Atomica'', inspired by their fathers (El Santo and [[Gory Guerrero]]) teaming up from the 1940s to the 1960s. From 1998 through 2006, he also formed a very successful team with [[Negro Casas]].


Over the span of his career, Guzmán has held various championships, most significantly the [[AAA World Tag Team Championship]], [[Mexican National Middleweight Championship]], [[Mexican National Trios Championship]], [[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]], [[CMLL World Tag Team Championship]], [[UWA World Lightweight Championship]], [[UWA World Welterweight Championship]], [[WWA Tag Team Championship (Mexico)|WWA Tag Team Championship]] and [[WWA World Welterweight Championship]] as well as an honorary championship awarded by the [[World Boxing Council]]. He has also won the ''[[Leyenda de Plata]]'' tournament (held in honor of his father), the 1995 version of the [[CMLL International Gran Prix]] tournament and the 2004 ''[[CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa#Gran Alternativa 2004|Gran Alternativa]]'' tournament. In 1997, he was voted into the [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame]].
'''El Hijo del Santo''' ("''The Son of the Saint''") is a [[Mexican]] [[professional wrestler]] and one of the most successful stars in [[Lucha Libre]]. He is the son of legendary wrestler/actor, [[El Santo]]


His son wrestles under the ring name Santo Jr., becoming the third-generation Guzmán to use the name "Santo". Guzmán's uncles, [[Black Guzmán]], Pantera Negra and Jimmy Guzmán were also wrestlers. His nephew Axxel originally wrestled as "El Nieto del Santo" ("The Grandson of El Santo"), but Guzmán owned the rights to the "Santo" name and objected.
==Career==
"Santito," as he is sometimes referred, was the only one out of El Santo's eleven 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 as per his father's request. He shared his father's look, the silver mask, tights and cape, and moveset 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.


==Professional wrestling career==
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 EMLL (the promotion that later became [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]]) in [[Arena Mexico]] in the summer of 1983. He also was voted 'Rookie of the Year."
[[File:El Hijo De Santo vs Blue Demon Jr.jpg|right|thumb|200 px|El Hijo del Santo (in front, in silver costume) in a match against [[Blue Demon Jr.]]]]
"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 at the [[Universidad Iberoamericana]] in Communication Science per his father's request. He shared his father's look, the silver mask, tights and cape, and moves but he is shorter than his father was and, although he would never become the same cultural icon, he has been said to be a better in-ring performer than his father.<ref name="LuchaLibre">{{cite book|title=Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling|publisher=Distributed Art Publishers Inc, New York|year=2005|pages=296–297|isbn=1-933045-05-1}}</ref><ref name="MondoLucha">{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha a Go-Go: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.|year=2007|pages=71–78 and 125–130|isbn=978-0-9698161-5-7}}</ref>


Early in his career, he 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 Empresa 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.<ref name="LuchaLibre"/>
He won his first title, the UWA World Lightweight title, on October [[1985]] and traded the title with Aristóteles. He next feuded with Espanto, Jr. (whose father feuded with the original El Santo) and Santo took his mask. Espanto took Santo's title but Santo regained it in [[1988]] and took Espanto's hair as well. 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.


He won his first title, the [[UWA World Lightweight Championship]], in October 1985 and traded the title with Aristóteles.<ref name="BookUWALight">{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|page=397|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref> He next feuded with Espanto Jr. (whose father feuded with the original El Santo) and Hijo del Santo took his mask. Espanto Jr. took Hijo del Santo's title but he regained it in 1988 and took Espanto Jr.'s hair as well after winning a [[Lucha Libre#Luchas de Apuestas|Luchas de Apuestas]] (Spanish for "Bet match").<ref name="BookUWALight"/> 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.<ref name=Victimas/>
In [[1990]], he debuted in Japan for Gran Hamada's [[Universal Lucha Libre]] promotion and moved up a weight class by winning the UWA Welterweight title as well as the WWA Welterweight title. 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]]. 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, [[Erick Casas| Heavy Metal]]. Heavy took Santo's WWA Welterweight title and won the National Welterweight title but Santo would come out on top of the feud and took both titles from Heavy before he lost them again to another young star, [[Dionicio Castellanos| Psicosis]].


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]].<ref name="BookUWAWelter">{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will| title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|page=398|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref><ref name="BookWWAWelter">{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|page=400|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref> 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).<ref name="BookWWAWelter"/> 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 against Negro Casas' youngest brother, [[Erick Casas|Heavy Metal]]. Heavy Metal took Hijo del Santo's WWA Welterweight title and won the [[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]] but 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]].<ref name="BookUWAWelter"/><ref name="BookMexWelt">{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|pages=392–393|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
[[Image:Hijodelsanto_and_Bucanero.jpg||thumb||200px||Santito locks in his finishing hold [[Professional_wrestling_holds#Camel_clutch| ''La de a caballo'']] on Rey Bucanero]]His most memorable feud during his time with AAA was against the obnoxious American team, [[Los Gringos Locos]]. [[Eddie Guerrero| Eddie Guerrero's]] stiffer [[Japanese]] style offense, combined with [[Art Barr| Art Barr's]] cocky mannerisms made Los Gringos Locos a very exciting tag team. During the feud, the played up the old ''Pareja Atómica'' tag team which consisted of the orignal El Santo and Eddie's father, [[Gory Guerrero]]. Eddie turned on Santito, leading to a hair vs. hair challenge for the ''When Worlds Collide'' [[Pay-Per-View]]. The match was changed at the last minute when Art Barr pleaded with AAA officials to be included on the show which would be broadcasted in the United States. The new match was a double hair vs. double mask match with Santo teaming with Octagón against Los Gringos. Santo and Octagón were victorious in the critically acclaimed match but it was the last stand for Los Gringos Locos. Art Barr died shortly afterwards and 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]].


His most memorable feud during his time with AAA was against the American team, [[Los Gringos Locos]]. [[Eddie Guerrero|Eddy Guerrero]]'s stiffer [[puroresu|Japanese]] style offense, combined with "Love Machine" [[Art Barr]]'s cocky mannerisms made Los Gringos Locos a very exciting yet hated tag team.<ref name=EGBook94>{{cite book | last1=Guerrero | first1=Eddie | first2=Michael | last2=Krugman | title=Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story | page=[https://archive.org/details/cheatingdeathste00guer/page/94 94] | date=December 20, 2005 | publisher=Simon and Schuster | isbn=0-7434-9353-2 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/cheatingdeathste00guer/page/94 }}</ref> During the feud, they played up the old ''Pareja Atómica'' tag team which consisted of 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|When Worlds Collide]] [[pay-per-view]].<ref name=EGBook94/> 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.<ref name=EGBook94/> El Hijo del Santo and [[Octagón]] were victorious in the critically acclaimed match that would receive a 5-star rating from [[Dave Meltzer]] but it was the last stand for Los Gringos Locos as Barr died three weeks later. 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 Hijo del Santo jumped to CMLL in 1995.<ref name=LeyendaLuchaLibre>{{Cite news|title=Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero|work=El Hijo del Santo (1963)|location=Mexico|id=Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre|page=31|year=2008|language=es}}</ref>
The object of the jump was to revitalize his feud with Negro Casas. Santo lost a match to Casas at the CMLL 63th Anniversary show in September, [[1996]] via disqualification and took a brief hiatus. While gone, Negro Casas [[Turn (professional wrestling)| turned]] [[Face (professional wrestling)| ''técnico'' (face)]] and his former allies, Scorpio, Jr. and Bestia Salvaje said they had a suprise for Casas. In a shocking [[Angle (professional wrestling)| angle]], the long time babyface Santo turned [[Heel (professional wrestling)| ''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 is disguise.


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.<ref name="CMLL63">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/anniversary75.html#63|title=CMLL Anniversary 51-75|access-date=2009-02-21|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}}</ref> While gone, Negro Casas [[List of professional wrestling terms#T|turned]] [[Face (professional wrestling)|técnico (face)]] and his former allies, [[Scorpio Jr.]] and [[Bestia Salvaje]] said they had a surprise for Casas. The set-up was a trios match with Negro Casas, [[El Dandy]] and [[Héctor Garza]] on the ''técnico'' side with Scorpio Jr. and Bestia Salvaje on the ''rudo'' (or heel) side. El Hijo del Santo came down to the ring with Scorpio and Salvaje but was wearing a disguise and pretending to be [[El Felino]], the brother of Negro Casas. During the match, Scorpio and Salvaje began attacking Casas and the fans, unaware of the ruse, expected El Felino to save his brother from the beating. Once he entered the ring, Hijo del Santo removed the disguise and revealed himself as Scorpio and Salvaje's partner, thus turning ''rudo'' for the first time in his career.<ref name=LeyendaLuchaLibre/>
The fans were irate and fist fights broke out in the crowd as Santo attacked Casas. The feud helped ease sagging business caused by the split with AAA and made the feud one of the biggest drawing feuds of the era. The following week, the two trios had a rematch and both Dandy and 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 in September [[1997]] where Casas and Santo faced off in a dramatic hair vs. mask match. Santo won the match and Santo began a slow face turn.


The fans were irate and fistfights broke out in the crowd as Hijo del Santo attacked Casas. The feud helped ease sagging business caused by the split with AAA and the [[1994 economic crisis in Mexico|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 a sold-out crowd in Arena Mexico. The feud would continue until the 64th anniversary show on September 19, 1997, where Negro Casas and Hijo del Santo faced off in a dramatic hair vs. mask match.<ref name="CMLL64">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/anniversary75.html#64|title=CMLL Anniversary 51-75|access-date=2009-02-21|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}}</ref> 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, Santo continued to wrestle as a babyface throughout the country, even teaming with [[Oscar Gutierrez| Rey Mysterio]] in Tijuana. 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 Santo's partners, [[Villano III]] and Fuerza Guerrera turned on Santo. Scorpio, Jr. and Bestia Salvaje joined in on the beat down, leading Santo's next big feud.


Although the angle was very successful and drew a lot of money for CMLL, Hijo del Santo continued to wrestle as a babyface throughout the country, even teaming with [[Rey Mysterio Jr.|Rey Mysterio]] in Tijuana. 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 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.
Casas and Santo began teaming together and chased Scorpio and Salvaje's recently won CMLL Tag Team titles. Santo and Casas defeated Scorpio and Salvaje for the titles on [[February 5]], [[1999]] by disqualification but Santo and Casas refused to accept the titles. The big match in the feud was a mask/hair vs. mask/hair tag match between the two teams. Santo and Casas were victorious and eventually took the tag titles as well. Santo would have a brief falling out with management and the tag titles were vacated. He returned and won the tag titles with Casas from [[Guerreros Del Infierno| Los Guerreros del Infierno]] (Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero) but later lost them back to Los Guerreros in [[2002]]. 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 the rub to Místico 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 Santo retained and ended his tour with the company. Other than teaming with Místico and [[Yoshihiro Asai| Último Dragón]] for a few matches at the end of the year, Santo has continued wrestling as an independent.


Santo worked in the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] from 1998 to 1999 for Super Astros; Spanish-language television program.
Other than his work as a wrestler, he is the subject of a [[comic book]], starred in three films, the most recent being ''Infraterrestere'' in [[2003]], and appeared on the Mexican reality show [[Día de Perros]].


Negro Casas and Hijo del Santo began teaming together and chased Scorpio and Salvaje's recently won [[CMLL World Tag Team Championship]].<ref name="BookCMLLTag">{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|page=396|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref> They defeated Scorpio and Salvaje for the titles on February 5, 1999, by disqualification but 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 at CMLL's 1999 ''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (1999)|Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' show. Santo and Casas were victorious and took the tag titles as well.<ref name="BookCMLLTag"/> El Hijo del Santo had a brief falling out with CMLL management and the tag titles were vacated.<ref name="BookCMLLTag"/> He returned and won the tag titles again with Casas from ''[[Los Guerreros Laguneros|Los Guerreros del Infierno]]'' ([[Último Guerrero]] and [[Rey Bucanero]]) but later lost them back to Los Guerreros in 2002.<ref name="BookCMLLTag"/> 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 Aguayo and his ''[[Los Perros del Mal|La Furia del Norte]]'' group. After the feud ended, he had a program with young Guerreros recruit [[Averno (wrestler)|Averno]] and they had a WWA Welterweight title match on October 22 where Hijo del Santo retained and ended his tour with the company.<ref name=PWI500-2004>{{cite news|title=Pro Wrestling illustrated 500 - 2004 :14 El Hijo del Santo|work = Pro Wrestling Illustrated|publisher=Sports and Entertainment publications LLC|location=Blue Bell, [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States of America|USA]]|id=December 2004|page=22|date=October 2004}}</ref>
==Titles/Accomplishments==
*7-time WWA World Welterweight Champion
*2-time UWA Welterweight Champion
*3-time UWA World Lightweight Champion
*1-time Mexican National Middleweight Champion
*1-time Mexican National Middleweight Champion
*1-time AAA/IWC/PNW World Tag Team Champion (with Octagón)
*1-time Mexican National Trios Champion (with Super Muñeco & Ángel Azteca)
*2-time CMLL World Tag Team Champion (with Negro Casas)
*1-time WWA World Tag Team Champion (with Perro Aguayo, Jr.)


El Hijo del Santo has continued wrestling as an independent worker doing shows all over Mexico. He even started his own promotion called ''Todo x el Todo''. The promotion's main show so far was a "25 Year Anniversary Show" shown by [[Televisa]], a testament to Hijo del Santo's appeal as Televisa rarely show independent promotions. The show featured a ''[[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Parejas Suicidas|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 lose three times during the tournament.<ref name="Todo">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/misc/todo.html|title=Todo X el Todo|access-date=2009-02-21|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}}</ref> Around the time of Hijo del Santo's 25th Anniversary, the [[World Boxing Council]] (WBC) named him their "WBC World Wrestling Champion" complete with title belt due to his "significant accomplishments in wrestling".<ref name="WBC">{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/?p=1242|title=El Hijo del Santo recibe el cinturón del CMB|access-date=2009-02-21|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|date=4 December 2007 |language=es}}</ref> While the title is technically an honorary championship Hijo del Santo defended it several times in 2008. In 2008, Hijo del Santo began running shows in [[London]], England featuring independent talent from Mexico.
==Lucha de Apuestas record==


On May 11, 2013, Hijo del Santo and his rival, Blue Demon Jr., joined forces to win the Pro Wrestling Revolution Tag Team Championship from [[Brian Cage]] and Derek Sanders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/elhijodelsanto-y-bluedemonjr-son-los-nuevos-campeones-en-pareja-de-pwrrevolution/|title=¡@ElHijodelSanto y @BlueDemonjr son los Nuevos Campeones en Pareja de @PWRevolution!|first=William|last=Beltrán|date=12 May 2013}}</ref>
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<caption>'''Luchas de Apuestas'''</caption>
On November 25, 2013, Santo announced a break to repair damage in his spinal area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=81808|title=HUGE LUCHA STAR TAKING TIME OFF DUE TO INJURY - PWInsider.com|website=www.pwinsider.com}}</ref> After successful rehabilitation returned to the ring, teaming with his son El Santo Jr. at a Lucha Ilimitado card in Yakima, Washington on October 12, 2016, and closing out 2016 with two matches alongside his son in Tijuana on December 16 and in Ciudad Juarez on December 18.
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<th>Wager lost/won</th><th>Winner</th><th>Loser</th><th>Where</th><th>Date</th><th>Note</th>
==Outside wrestling==
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Like his father, Hijo del Santo has also crossed over into other media. 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 vs The Clones]]''. In 2007, he became a spokesperson for [[Wildcoast]], an environmental non-profit organization, and campaigned to save sea turtles on the Gulf of Mexico from extinction. He has also been involved in [[gray whale]] campaigns and Tijuana clean-ups on behalf of Wildcoast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6900000/newsid_6909700/6909720.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6#|title=BBC News Player - Mexican Wrestler's turtle bid|access-date=2009-02-21|work=BBC News|date=2007-07-21}}</ref>
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<td>Mask</td>
===Films===
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
Hijo del Santo has appeared in several films, first with his father and then on his own or with other famous luchadores. In 2001 he starred in the film ''Infraterrestre'', which received positive reviews from critics such as the respected Mexican film critic, David Wilt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~dwilt/infra.htm|title=Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata: Infraterrestre|access-date=2009-02-21|publisher=Dave Wilt}}</ref> In 2007 he appeared in the film ''[[Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy]]'' (also known as ''Mil Mascaras: Resurrection''),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmvsam.com/|title=Mill Mascaras versus the Aztec Mummy's official website|access-date=2009-02-21|publisher=Osmium Entertainment|archive-date=2018-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805082414/http://mmvsam.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> which also received positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/milmascarasresurrection.html |title=Mill Mascaras: Resurrection - MJSimpson.co.uk |access-date=2009-02-21 |publisher=www.mjsimpson.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123115026/http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/milmascarasresurrection.html |archive-date=2009-01-23 }}</ref>
<td>El Pierroth</td>

<td>[[Veracruz, Veracruz]]</td>
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
<td>10/31/82</td>
!scope="col"|Year
<td>-</td>
!scope="col" style="width: 15em;"|Title
</tr>
!scope="col" style="width: 15em;"|Role
<tr align="center">
!scope="col" style="width: 15em;"|Notes
<td>Mask</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|1968
<td>El Buitre</td>
|''Santo contra Capulina''<br><small>("Santo vs. Capulina")</small>
<td>[[Pachuca]], [[Hidalgo]]</td>
|Jorge
<td>7/28/83</td>
|
<td>-</td>
|-
</tr>
|1970
<tr align="center">
|''Santo en la venganza de la momia''<br><small>("Santo in The Mummy's Revenge")</small>
<td>Hair</td>
|Agapito
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|Credited as Niño Jorgito
<td>Lobo Rubio</td>
|-
<td>Veracruz, Veracruz</td>
|1974
<td>10/28/83</td>
|''Santo en la venganza de la llorona''<br><small>("Santo in The Revenge of the Crying Woman")</small>
<td>-</td>
|Carlitos
</tr>
|
<tr align="center">
|-
<td>Mask</td>
|1981
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|''Chanoc y el hijo del Santo contra los vampiros asesinos''<br><small>("Chanoc and the Son of Santo vs. the Killer Vampires")</small>
<td>El Galáctico</td>
|rowspan=4|El Hijo del Santo
<td>Pachuca, Hidalgo</td>
|
<td>2/26/84</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|1983
</tr>
|''Frontera sin ley''<br><small>("The Lawless Border")</small>
<tr align="center">
|
<td>Hair</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|1991
<td>Chamaco Castro</td>
|''El poder de Omnicron''<br><small>("The Power of Omnicron")</small>
<td>[[Panama City]], [[Panama]]</td>
|The film was never released
<td>9/4/84</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|1992
</tr>
|''La fuerza de un ídolo''<br><small>("The Strength of an Idol")</small>
<tr align="center">
|Direct-to-video
<td>Hair</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|1993
<td>El Guerrero</td>
|''Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata''<br><small>("Santo: The Legend of the Man in the Silver Mask")</small>
<td>[[Acapulco]], [[Guerrero]]</td>
|El Santo/Hombre Rojo
<td>1/27/85</td>
|
<td>-</td>
|-
</tr>
|2001
<tr align="center">
|''Infraterrestre''<br><small>("Infraterrestrial")</small>
<td>Hair</td>
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|rowspan=2|El Santo
|-
<td>El Porro</td>
|2006
<td>[[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]</td>
|''¡Esta máscara es mía! o Santo contra los burócratas''<br><small>("This Mask is Mine! Or Santo against the Bureaucrats")</small>
<td>2/26/85</td>
|Short film
<td>-</td>
|-
</tr>
|2007
<tr align="center">
|''[[Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy]]''
<td>Hair</td>
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo
|Also known as ''Mil Mascaras: Resurrection''
<td>Ray Richard</td>
|-
<td>[[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]</td>
|2008
<td>3/17/85</td>
|''El Hijo del Santo''<br><small>("The Son of the Saint")</small>
<td>-</td>
|rowspan=2|El Santo
</tr>
|rowspan=2|Short film
<tr align="center">
|-
<td>Mask</td>
|2016
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|''Santo, El Enmascarado de Plata''<br><small>("Santo, The Man in the Silver Mask")</small>
<td>El Diluvio</td>
|-
<td>[[Texcoco]], Mexico State</td>
|2020
<td>3/23/85</td>
|''[[El camino de Xico]]''<br><small>("Xico's Journey")</small>
<td>-</td>
|Mr. Brown
</tr>
|Voice role
<tr align="center">
|-
<td>Mask</td>
|2022
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|''Demogorgon vs. El Santo''
<td>Cosmonauta</td>
|El Santo
<td>[[Apatlaco]], Mexico State</td>
|Short film<br>''[[Stranger Things]]'' tie-in
<td>3/30/85</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|2023
</tr>
|''[[Cassandro (film)|Cassandro]]''
<tr align="center">
|El Hijo del Santo
<td>Mask</td>
|
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|}
<td>Aristóteles I</td>

<td>Naucalpan, Mexico State</td>
==Personal life==
<td>7/28/85</td>
[[File:National Sports and Sports Merit Awards - 2018 (26723606377).jpg|right|thumb|El Hijo del Santo embracing Mexican President [[Enrique Peña Nieto]], as Santo Jr. looks on, April 2018]]
<td>-</td>
In March 2013, it was announced that one of Hijo del Santo's sons was going to travel to Japan to train in [[Pro Wrestling Noah]] wrestling school to prepare him for his wrestling debut under the ring name "El Nieto del Santo" ("The Grandson of El Santo"). The training started in May 2013 and he was set to return to Mexico three months later for his official in-ring debut. El Nieto del Santo was the first masked wrestler to attend the wrestling school, in honor of the ''lucha libre'' traditions and anonymity of their ''enmascarados''.<ref name=NietoAnnounced>{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/pro-wrestling-noah-se-anuncia-la-llegada-de-el-nieto-del-santo/|title=Pro Wrestling Noah: Se anuncia la llegada de El Nieto del Santo|date=March 7, 2013|access-date=March 7, 2013|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|language=es}}</ref> He made his wrestling debut in 2015, working under the name "Tempestad",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2016/02/06/leyenda-del-santo-tendria-tercera-generacion|title=Leyenda del Santo tendría tercera generación|date=February 6, 2016|access-date=July 4, 2016|work=MedioTiempo|language=es}}</ref> before adopting the name "El Santo Jr." in July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/lucha-libre/2016/07/02/debuto-el-santo-jr-en-londres|title=Debutó el Santo Jr. en Londres|date=July 2, 2016|access-date=July 4, 2016|work=MedioTiempo|language=es}}</ref>
</tr>

<tr align="center">
==Championships and accomplishments==
<td>Hair</td>
*'''[[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]]'''
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
**[[AAA World Tag Team Championship|AAA/IWC World Tag Team Championship]] ([[AAA World Tag Team Championship#Title History|1 time]]) – with [[Octagón]]<ref name="BookWWATag">{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|page=401|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
<td>Tornado Negro</td>
**[[Mexican National Middleweight Championship]] ([[Mexican National Middleweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref name="BookMexMiddle">{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|page=392|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
<td>Tijuana, Baja California</td>
**[[Mexican National Trios Championship]] ([[Mexican National Trios Championship#Title History|1 time]]) – with [[Super Muñeco]] and [[Ángel Azteca]]<ref name="BookMexTrio">{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|page=394|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
<td>8/9/85</td>
**[[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]] ([[Mexican National Welterweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref name="BookMexWelt"/>
<td>-</td>
*'''[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]]'''
</tr>
**[[CMLL World Tag Team Championship]] ([[CMLL World Tag Team Championship#Title History|3 times]]) – with [[Negro Casas]]<ref name="BookCMLLTag"/>
<tr align="center">
**[[CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa]] ([[CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa#Gran Alternativa 2004|2004]]) – with [[Místico]]<ref name="Alternativa2005">{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/historico-de-ganadores-del-torneo-la-gran-alternativa|title=Histórico de ganadores del torneo: La Gran Alternativa|author=Flores, Manuel|date=July 18, 2008|access-date=September 5, 2009|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|language=es}}</ref>
<td>Mask</td>
**[[CMLL International Gran Prix|International Gran Prix]]: [[CMLL International Gran Prix#International Gran Prix 1996|1996]]<ref name=PWHGP1996>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/g-prix.html#1996|title=Gran Prix Tournament 1996|date=July 5, 1996|access-date=August 30, 2009|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}}</ref>
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
**[[Leyenda de Plata]]: [[Leyenda de Plata#Leyenda de Plata 1999|1999]]
<td>Aristóteles II</td>
*'''Pro Wrestling Revolution'''
<td>Acapulco, Guerrero</td>
**PWR Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with [[Blue Demon Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=867|title=PWR Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|website=www.cagematch.net}}</ref>
<td>11/27/85</td>
*'''[[Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame]]'''
<td>-</td>
**Class of 2005
</tr>
*'''IWC Legacy'''
<tr align="center">
**IWC Universal Champion (1 time, current)<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/D3X99dpubkg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210326035511/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3X99dpubkg Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3X99dpubkg| title = El Hijo del Santo retó máscara contra máscara al Rey León en IWC Legacy | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
<td>Mask</td>
*'''[[Universal Wrestling Association]]'''
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
**[[UWA World Lightweight Championship]] ([[UWA World Lightweight Championship#Title history|3 times]])<ref name="BookUWALight"/>
<td>El Ninja</td>
**[[UWA World Welterweight Championship]] ([[UWA World Welterweight Championship#Title History|2 times]])<ref name="BookUWAWelter"/>
<td>Tijuana, Baja California</td>
*'''[[World Boxing Council]]'''
<td>12/13/85</td>
**WBC World Wrestling Championship (1 time, current)<ref name="WBC"/>
<td>-</td>
*'''[[World Wrestling Association]]'''
</tr>
**[[WWA Tag Team Championship (Mexico)|WWA World Tag Team Championship]] ([[WWA Tag Team Championship (Mexico)#Title history|1 time]]) – with [[Perro Aguayo, Jr.]]<ref name="BookWWATag"/>
<tr align="center">
**[[WWA World Welterweight Championship]] ([[WWA World Welterweight Championship#Title history|10 times]])<ref name="BookWWAWelter"/>
<td>Hair</td>
*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
**PWI ranked him # '''63''' of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the [[PWI Years]] in 2003.
<td>Ray Tony</td>
**PWI ranked him # '''26''' of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Octagon in 2003.
<td>Veracruz, Veracruz</td>
**PWI ranked him # '''14''' of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2003 and 2004<ref name=PWI500-2004/>
<td>12/18/85</td>
*[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards|'''''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' awards''']]
<td>-</td>
**[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame]] ([[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame#Inductees|Class of 1997]])
</tr>

<tr align="center">
==''Luchas de Apuestas'' record==
<td>Mask</td>
{{See also|Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|l1=Luchas de Apuestas}}
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="text-align: center"
<td>Skeletor</td>
!width=20% scope="col"|Winner (wager)
<td>[[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]]</td>
!width=20% scope="col"|Loser (wager)
<td>12/22/85</td>
!width=20% scope="col"|Location
<td>-</td>
!width=20% scope="col"|Event
</tr>
!width=15% scope="col"|Date
<tr align="center">
!class="unsortable" width=5% scope="col"|Notes
<td>Hair</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Pierroth (mask) || Veracruz, Veracruz || Live event || {{dts|1982|10|31}} || <ref name="LuchaLibre"/><ref name="MondoLucha"/>
<td>Aristóteles I</td>
|-
<td>[[Ciudad Juárez]], [[Chihuahua]]</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Buitre (mask) || Pachuca, Hidalgo || Live event || {{dts|1983|7|28}} || <ref name="LuchaLibre"/><ref name="MondoLucha"/>
<td>3/9/86</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Lobo Rubio (hair) || Veracruz, Veracruz || Live event || {{dts|1983|10|28}} || <ref name="LuchaLibre"/><ref name="MondoLucha"/>
</tr>
|-
<tr align="center">
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Galáctico (mask) || Pachuca, Hidalgo || Live event || {{dts|1984|2|26}} || <ref name="LuchaLibre"/><ref name="MondoLucha"/>
<td>Mask</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Chamaco Castro (hair) || Panama City, Panama || Live event || {{dts|1984|9|4}} || <ref name="LuchaLibre"/><ref name="MondoLucha"/>
<td>Espanto Jr.</td>
|-
<td>Monterrey, Nuevo León</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Guerrero (hair) || Acapulco, Guerrero || Live event || {{dts|1985|1|27}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas>{{cite news|title=Luchas 2000|work=El Hijo del Santo y sus Victimas|publisher=Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V.|location=[[Ciudad Juárez|Juárez]], Mexico|id=Especial 30 |pages=8–11|language=es}}</ref>
<td>8/31/86</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Porro (hair) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|1985|2|26}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
</tr>
|-
<tr align="center">
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Ray Richard (hair) || Naucalpan, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1985|3|17}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Mask</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Diluvio (mask) || Texcoco, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1985|3|23}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Kato Kung Lee</td>
|-
<td>Tijuana, Baja California</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Cosmonauta (mask) || Apatlaco, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1985|3|30}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>8/31/86</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Aristóteles I (mask) || Naucalpan, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1985|7|28}} || <ref name="EncyHijoSanto"/><ref name=DiaJuly28>{{cite web | url=http://superluchas.com/en-un-dia-como-hoy-1985-hijo-del-santo-desenmascara-a-aristoteles-1972-alfonso-dantes-retiene-el-campeonato-mundial-semicompleto-nwa-ante-ray-mendoza/ | title=En un día como hoy… 1985: Hijo del Santo desenmascara a Aristóteles… 1972: Alfonso Dantés retiene el Campeonato Mundial Semicompleto NWA ante Ray Mendoza | first=Teddy | last=Centinela | date=July 28, 2015 | access-date=July 29, 2015 | work=[[Súper Luchas]] | language=es}}</ref>
</tr>
|-
<tr align="center">
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Tornado Negro (hair) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|1985|8|9}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Hair</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Aristóteles II (mask) || Acapulco, Guerrero || Live event || {{dts|1985|11|27}} || <ref name=Victimas/><ref name="EncyHijoSanto"/>
<td>Flama Azul</td>
|-
<td>[[Nezahualcoyotl]], Mexico State</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Ninja (mask) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|1985|12|13}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>1/30/87</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Ray Tony (hair) || Veracruz, Veracruz || Live event || {{dts|1985|12|18}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
</tr>
|-
<tr align="center">
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Skeletor (mask) || Monterrey, Nuevo León || Live event || {{dts|1985|12|22}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Hair</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Aristóteles I (hair) || Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua || Live event || {{dts|1986|3|9}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Black Terry</td>
|-
<td>[[Iraputo]], [[Guanajuato]]</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Espanto Jr.]] (mask) || Monterrey, Nuevo León || Live event || {{dts|1986|8|31}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>3/9/87</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Kato Kung Lee (mask) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|1986|8|31}} || <ref name=Victimas/><ref>{{cite news|title=Enciclopedia de las Mascaras|work=Kato Kung Lee|location=Mexico|id=Tomo III|page=4|date=October 2007|language=es}}</ref>
</tr>
|-
<tr align="center">
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Flama Azul (hair) || Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1987|1|30}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Hair</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Black Terry]] (hair) || Irapuato, Guanajuato || Live event || {{dts|1987|3|9}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Ray Richard</td>
|-
<td>[[Morelia]], [[Michoacán]]</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Ray Richard (hair) || Morelia, Michoacán || Live event || {{dts|1987|4}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>4/??/87</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Lobo Rubio (hair) || Naucalpan, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1987|6|7}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
</tr>
|-
<tr align="center">
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Negro Casas]] (hair) || Los Angeles, California, United States || Live event || {{dts|1987|7|18}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Hair</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Espanto Jr.]] (hair) || Torreón, Coahuila || Live event || {{dts|1987|8|2}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Lobo Rubio</td>
|-
<td>Naucalpan, Mexico State</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Silver King (wrestler)|Silver King]] (mask) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|1987|11|13}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>6/7/87</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[L. A. Park|Principe Island]] (mask) || Apatlaco, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1987|11|21}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
</tr>
|-
<tr align="center">
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Estudiante (hair) || Mexicali, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|1988|3|28}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Hair</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Tarahumara (hair) || Saltillo, Coahuila ||| Live event || {{dts|1988|4|9}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Negro Casas</td>
|-
<td>[[Los Angeles, California]]</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Espanto Jr.]] (hair) || Monterrey, Nuevo León || Live event || {{dts|1988|5|8}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>7/18/87</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || León Chino (mask) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|1988|8|19}} || <ref name=Victimas/><ref>{{cite news|title=Enciclopedia de las Mascaras|work=León Chino|location=Mexico|id=Tomo III|page=15|date=October 2007|language=es}}</ref>
</tr>
|-
<tr align="center">
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Brujo (mask) || Teotihuacán, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1988|10|22}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Hair</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Cuchillo (mask) || Naucalpan, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1988|10|30}} || <ref name=Victimas/><ref>{{cite news|title=Enciclopedia de las Mascaras|work=Cuchillo|location=Mexico|id=Tomo I|page=61|date=July 2007|language=es}}</ref>
<td>Espanto Jr.</td>
|-
<td>[[Torreón]], [[Coahuila]]</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Brujo (hair) || Teotihuacán, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1988|11|26}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>8/2/87</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Starman (mask) || Cancún, Quintana Roo || Live event || {{dts|1988|12|2}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
</tr>
|-
<tr align="center">
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || La Momia (mask) || Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca || Live event || {{dts|1989|3|26}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Mask</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Masdek (mask) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|1989|5|19}} || <ref group=Note>This was a three-way match that also included León Chino.</ref><ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Silver King</td>
|-
<td>Tijuana, Baja California</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Espanto Jr.]] (hair) || Naucalpan, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1989|9|17}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>11/13/87</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || All Star (mask) || Mexico City || ''[[Juicio Final (1989)|Juicio Final]]'' || {{dts|1989|12|8}} || <ref group=Note>Three way match that also included [[Fuerza Guerrera]].</ref><ref name=Victimas/><ref>{{cite news|title=Enciclopedia de las Mascaras|work=All Star|location=Mexico|id=Tomo I|page=9|date=July 2007|language=es}}</ref>
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|-
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|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Tornado Negro (hair) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|1990|02|09}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Mask</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Brazo de Oro (wrestler)|Brazo de Oro]] (hair) || Naucalpan, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1991|01|13}} || <ref name="EncyHijoSanto"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Principe Island ([[Adolfo Tapia|La Parka]])</td>
|-
<td>Apatlaco, Mexico State</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Black Shadow Jr. (mask) || Monterrey, Nuevo León || Live event || {{dts|1991|12|15}} || <ref group=Note>''Relevos Suicidas'' match with Black Shadow, Jr. and El Hijo del Santo vs. [[Octagón]] and [[Fuerza Guerrera]].</ref><ref name=Victimas/><ref>{{cite news|title=Enciclopedia de las Mascaras|work=Black Shadow Jr.|location=Mexico|id=Tomo I|pages=33–34|date=July 2007|language=es}}</ref>
<td>11/21/87</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) and [[Octagón]] (mask) ||''[[Los Gringos Locos|La Pareja del Terror]]'' (hair)<br />([[Art Barr]] and [[Eddie Guerrero|Eddy Guerrero]]) || Los Angeles, California || [[AAA When Worlds Collide]] || {{dts|1994|11|06}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
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|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[El Dandy]] (hair) || Mexico City || Live event || {{dts|1996|12|06}} || <ref group=Note>This was a three-way match that also included [[Negro Casas]].</ref><ref name=Victimas/><ref name="EncyHijoSanto"/>
<td>Hair</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Negro Casas]] (hair) || Mexico City || [[CMLL 64th Anniversary Show]] || {{dts|1997|09|19}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name="CMLL64"/>
<td>El Estudiante</td>
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<td>[[Mexicali]], Baja California</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Guerrero del Futuro (mask) || Mexico City || ''[[Ruleta de la Muerte (1998)|Ruleta de la Muerte]]'' || {{dts|1998|07|17}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>3/28/88</td>
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<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Gacela del Ring (mask) || Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua || Live event || {{dts|1998|09|28}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
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|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Gacela del Ring (hair) || Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua || Live event || {{dts|1998|12|06}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Hair</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Asterisco (hair) || Reynosa, Tamaulipas || Live event || {{dts|1998|12|20}} || <ref group=Note>Three Way match that also included [[El Felino]].</ref><ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>El Tarahumara</td>
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<td>[[Saltillo]], Coahuila</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) and [[Negro Casas]] (hair) || [[Scorpio Jr.]] (mask) and [[Bestia Salvaje]] (hair) || Mexico City || ''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (1999)|Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' || {{dts|1999|03|19}} || <ref name=Victimas/><ref name="EncyHijoSanto"/>
<td>4/9/88</td>
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<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Misterioso (wrestler)|Misterioso]] (hair) || Anaheim, California || Live event || {{dts|1999|09|05}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
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|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Nuevo Huracán Ramírez Jr. (mask) || Celaya, Guanajuato || Live event || {{dts|2000|02|02}} || <ref group=Note>''Relevos Suicidas'' match with El Hijo del Santo and Huracán Ramírez Jr. vs. [[Blue Panther]] and [[Fuerza Guerrera]].</ref><ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Hair</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Dr. Cerebro]] (mask) || Naucalpan, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|2001|03|01}} || <ref name="EncyHijoSanto"/>
<td>Espanto Jr.</td>
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<td>Monterrey, Nuevo León</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Psicosis|Nicho "el Millonario"]] (hair) || Tijuana, Baja California || ''Destino Final'' || {{dts|2001|04|06}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>5/8/88</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Scorpio Jr.]] (hair) || Naucalpan, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|2002|12|19}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
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|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Super Parka]] (mask) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|2003|10|09}} || <ref name=Victimas/><ref name="EncyHijoSanto"/>
<td>Mask</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || El Hijo del Cobarde (mask) || Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua || Live event || {{dts|2004|02|29}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>León Chino</td>
|-
<td>Tijuana, Baja California</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[El Dandy]] (hair) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|2004|10|29}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>8/19/88</td>
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<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Scorpio, Jr.]] (hair) || Los Angeles, California || Live event || {{dts|2005|07|16}} || <ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
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|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Cyber Vikingo (mask) || Monterrey, Nuevo León || Live event || {{dts|2005|08|21}} || <ref group=Note>Six way cage match also featuring Centurion Negro, Diluvio Negro I, Gato Volador and Silver Star.</ref><ref name="MondoLucha"/><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>Mask</td>
|-
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Mano Negra (wrestler)|Mano Negra]] (hair) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|2006|11|26}} || <ref name=Victimas/><ref name="EncyHijoSanto">{{cite news|title=Enciclopedia de las Mascaras|work=Santo, Hijo|location=Mexico|id=Tomo IV|pages=31–32|date=October 2007|language=es}}</ref>
<td>El Brujo</td>
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<td>[[San Lorenzo]], Mexico State</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Cassandro]] (hair) || Los Angeles, California || Live event || {{dts|2007|07|14}} || <ref group=Note>[[Steel cage match]] with [[Rey Misterio, Sr.]], [[El Hijo de Rey Misterio]], [[L.A. Park]], [[Psicosis|Nicho]], [[Pentagon Black]] and [[Gran Hamada]].</ref><ref name=Victimas/>
<td>10/22/88</td>
|-
<td>-</td>
|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || [[Mano Negra (wrestler)|Mano Negra]] (hair) || Tijuana, Baja California || Live event || {{dts|2006|11|26}} || <ref group=Note>8 team losers advance tournament finals.</ref><ref name="Todo"/>
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|El Hijo del Santo (mask) || Ángel Blanco Jr (mask) || Mexico City || Live event || {{dts|2012|03|31}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1333311981 |title=Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly |work=WrestleView |last=Boutwell |first=Josh |date=2012-04-01 |access-date=2012-04-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402184019/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1333311981 |archive-date=2012-04-02 }}</ref>
<td>Mask</td>
|}
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>

<td>Cuchillo</td>
==Footnotes==
<td>Naucalpan, Mexico State</td>
{{Reflist|group=Note}}
<td>10/30/88</td>

<td>-</td>
==References==
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<td>Hair</td>
==External links==
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{{Commons category|Hijo del Santo}}
<td>El Brujo</td>
*{{Official website|http://www.elhijodelsanto.com.mx/}}
<td>San Lorenzo, Mexico State</td>

<td>11/26/88</td>
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<td>All Star</td>
<td>[[Mexico City]]</td>
<td>12/8/89</td>
<td>2</td>
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<td>Hair</td>
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>Tornado Negro</td>
<td>Tijuana, Baja California</td>
<td>2/9/90</td>
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<td>Hair</td>
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>Brazo de Oro</td>
<td>Naucalpan, Mexico State</td>
<td>1/13/91</td>
<td>-</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>Black Shadow Jr.</td>
<td>Monterrey, Nuevo León</td>
<td>12/15/91</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>Hairs</td>
<td>El Hijo del Santo & Octagón</td>
<td>Art Barr & Eddie Guerrero</td>
<td>Monterrey, Nuevo León</td>
<td>11/6/94</td>
<td>-</td>
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<td>Hair</td>
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>El Dandy</td>
<td>Mexico City</td>
<td>12/6/96</td>
<td>4</td>
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<td>Hair</td>
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>Negro Casas</td>
<td>Mexico City</td>
<td>9/19/97</td>
<td>-</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>Guerrero del Futuro</td>
<td>Mexico City</td>
<td>7/17/98</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>Gacela del Ring</td>
<td>Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua</td>
<td>9/28/98</td>
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<td>Hair</td>
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>Gacela del Ring</td>
<td>Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua</td>
<td>12/6/98</td>
<td>-</td>
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<td>Hair</td>
<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>Asterisco</td>
<td>[[Reynosa]], [[Tamaulipas]]</td>
<td>12/20/98</td>
<td>5</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas</td>
<td>Scorpio, Jr. & Bestia Salvaje</td>
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<td>3/19/99</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
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<td>[[Anaheim, California]]</td>
<td>9/5/99</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>El Nuevo Huracán Ramírez Jr.</td>
<td>[[Ceyala]], Guanajuato</td>
<td>2/2/00</td>
<td>6</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>Dr. Cerebro</td>
<td>Naucalpan, Mexico State</td>
<td>3/1/01</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>[[Dionicio Castellanos|Nicho el Millionario]]</td>
<td>Tijuana, Baja California</td>
<td>4/6/01</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
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<td>Naucalpan, Mexico State</td>
<td>12/19/02</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>Super Parka</td>
<td>Tijuana, Baja California</td>
<td>10/9/03</td>
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<td>El Hijo del Santo</td>
<td>El Hijo el Cobarde</td>
<td>Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua</td>
<td>2/29/04</td>
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<td>10/29/04</td>
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#Three way match with Fuerza Guerrera
#Relevos Suicidas match with Black Shadow and Santo vs. Octagón & Fuerza Guerrera
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#Three Way match with Felino
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El Hijo del Santo
El Hijo del Santo at the 2023 WonderCon
Birth nameJorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez[1]
Born (1963-08-02) August 2, 1963 (age 61)
Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
ChildrenSanto Jr.
Parent(s)El Santo (father)
RelativesBlack Guzmán (uncle)
Jesús Guzmán (uncle)
Jimmy Guzmán (uncle)
Axxel (nephew)
Rocker II (nephew)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)El Hijo del Santo
El Korak
Billed height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Billed weight82 kg (181 lb)[2]
Billed fromTulancingo, Mexico[2]
Trained byRafael Salamanca
El Enfermero
DebutFebruary 6, 1982

Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez (born August 2, 1963), best known under his ring name, El Hijo del Santo (English: "The Son of the Saint"), is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler) and political activist. He is the youngest child, out of eleven, of El Santo. Guzmán has also followed in his father's footsteps, as he has starred in several luchador films.

He made his wrestling debut in February 1982 under the name El Korak, but officially adopted his most famous ring name and silver mask in October 1982. During his career, Guzmán has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion including Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, Universal Wrestling Association and World Wrestling Association as well as stints with the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in the United States as well as working in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, All Japan Pro-Wrestling and various other promotions. Early in his career, he formed a successful tag team with Eddie Guerrero called La Pareja Atomica, inspired by their fathers (El Santo and Gory Guerrero) teaming up from the 1940s to the 1960s. From 1998 through 2006, he also formed a very successful team with Negro Casas.

Over the span of his career, Guzmán has held various championships, most significantly the AAA World Tag Team Championship, Mexican National Middleweight Championship, Mexican National Trios Championship, Mexican National Welterweight Championship, CMLL World Tag Team Championship, UWA World Lightweight Championship, UWA World Welterweight Championship, WWA Tag Team Championship and WWA World Welterweight Championship as well as an honorary championship awarded by the World Boxing Council. He has also won the Leyenda de Plata tournament (held in honor of his father), the 1995 version of the CMLL International Gran Prix tournament and the 2004 Gran Alternativa tournament. In 1997, he was voted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.

His son wrestles under the ring name Santo Jr., becoming the third-generation Guzmán to use the name "Santo". Guzmán's uncles, Black Guzmán, Pantera Negra and Jimmy Guzmán were also wrestlers. His nephew Axxel originally wrestled as "El Nieto del Santo" ("The Grandson of El Santo"), but Guzmán owned the rights to the "Santo" name and objected.

Professional wrestling career

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El Hijo del Santo (in front, in silver costume) in a match against Blue Demon Jr.

"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 at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Communication Science per his father's request. He shared his father's look, the silver mask, tights and cape, and moves but he is shorter than his father was and, although he would never become the same cultural icon, he has been said to be a better in-ring performer than his father.[3][4]

Early in his career, he 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 Empresa 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.[3]

He won his first title, the UWA World Lightweight Championship, in October 1985 and traded the title with Aristóteles.[5] He next feuded with Espanto Jr. (whose father feuded with the original El Santo) and Hijo del Santo took his mask. Espanto Jr. took Hijo del Santo's title but he regained it in 1988 and took Espanto Jr.'s hair as well after winning a Luchas de Apuestas (Spanish for "Bet match").[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.[6]

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.[7][8] 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] 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 against Negro Casas' youngest brother, Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal took Hijo del Santo's WWA Welterweight title and won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship but 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.[7][9]

His most memorable feud during his time with AAA was against the 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.[10] During the feud, they played up the old Pareja Atómica tag team which consisted of El Santo and Eddie's father, Gory Guerrero. Eddie turned on Santo, leading to a hair vs. mask challenge for the When Worlds Collide pay-per-view.[10] 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.[10] El Hijo del Santo and Octagón were victorious in the critically acclaimed match that would receive a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer but it was the last stand for Los Gringos Locos as Barr died three weeks later. 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 Hijo del Santo jumped to CMLL in 1995.[11]

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. The set-up was a trios match with Negro Casas, El Dandy and Héctor Garza on the técnico side with Scorpio Jr. and Bestia Salvaje on the rudo (or heel) side. El Hijo del Santo came down to the ring with Scorpio and Salvaje but was wearing a disguise and pretending to be El Felino, the brother of Negro Casas. During the match, Scorpio and Salvaje began attacking Casas and the fans, unaware of the ruse, expected El Felino to save his brother from the beating. Once he entered the ring, Hijo del Santo removed the disguise and revealed himself as Scorpio and Salvaje's partner, thus turning rudo for the first time in his career.[11]

The fans were irate and fistfights broke out in the crowd as 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 a sold-out crowd in Arena Mexico. The feud would continue until the 64th anniversary show on September 19, 1997, where Negro Casas and 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, Hijo del Santo continued to wrestle as a babyface throughout the country, even teaming with Rey Mysterio in Tijuana. 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 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.

Santo worked in the World Wrestling Federation from 1998 to 1999 for Super Astros; Spanish-language television program.

Negro Casas and Hijo del Santo began teaming together and chased Scorpio and Salvaje's recently won CMLL World Tag Team Championship.[14] They defeated Scorpio and Salvaje for the titles on February 5, 1999, by disqualification but 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 at CMLL's 1999 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show. Santo and Casas were victorious and took the tag titles as well.[14] El Hijo del Santo had a brief falling out with CMLL management and the tag titles were vacated.[14] 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] 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 Aguayo 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 Hijo del Santo retained and ended his tour with the company.[15]

El Hijo del Santo has continued wrestling as an independent worker doing shows all over Mexico. He even started his own promotion called Todo x el Todo. The promotion's main show so far was a "25 Year Anniversary Show" shown by Televisa, a testament to 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 lose three times during the tournament.[16] Around the time of Hijo del Santo's 25th Anniversary, the World Boxing Council (WBC) named him their "WBC World Wrestling Champion" complete with title belt due to his "significant accomplishments in wrestling".[17] While the title is technically an honorary championship Hijo del Santo defended it several times in 2008. In 2008, Hijo del Santo began running shows in London, England featuring independent talent from Mexico.

On May 11, 2013, Hijo del Santo and his rival, Blue Demon Jr., joined forces to win the Pro Wrestling Revolution Tag Team Championship from Brian Cage and Derek Sanders.[18]

On November 25, 2013, Santo announced a break to repair damage in his spinal area.[19] After successful rehabilitation returned to the ring, teaming with his son El Santo Jr. at a Lucha Ilimitado card in Yakima, Washington on October 12, 2016, and closing out 2016 with two matches alongside his son in Tijuana on December 16 and in Ciudad Juarez on December 18.

Outside wrestling

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Like his father, Hijo del Santo has also crossed over into other media. 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 vs The Clones. In 2007, he became a spokesperson for Wildcoast, an environmental non-profit organization, and campaigned to save sea turtles on the Gulf of Mexico from extinction. He has also been involved in gray whale campaigns and Tijuana clean-ups on behalf of Wildcoast.[20]

Films

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Hijo del Santo has appeared in several films, first with his father and then on his own or with other famous luchadores. In 2001 he starred in the film Infraterrestre, which received positive reviews from critics such as the respected Mexican film critic, David Wilt.[21] In 2007 he appeared in the film Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (also known as Mil Mascaras: Resurrection),[22] which also received positive reviews.[23]

Year Title Role Notes
1968 Santo contra Capulina
("Santo vs. Capulina") 		Jorge
1970 Santo en la venganza de la momia
("Santo in The Mummy's Revenge") 		Agapito Credited as Niño Jorgito
1974 Santo en la venganza de la llorona
("Santo in The Revenge of the Crying Woman") 		Carlitos
1981 Chanoc y el hijo del Santo contra los vampiros asesinos
("Chanoc and the Son of Santo vs. the Killer Vampires") 		El Hijo del Santo
1983 Frontera sin ley
("The Lawless Border")
1991 El poder de Omnicron
("The Power of Omnicron") 		The film was never released
1992 La fuerza de un ídolo
("The Strength of an Idol") 		Direct-to-video
1993 Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata
("Santo: The Legend of the Man in the Silver Mask") 		El Santo/Hombre Rojo
2001 Infraterrestre
("Infraterrestrial") 		El Santo
2006 ¡Esta máscara es mía! o Santo contra los burócratas
("This Mask is Mine! Or Santo against the Bureaucrats") 		Short film
2007 Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy El Hijo del Santo Also known as Mil Mascaras: Resurrection
2008 El Hijo del Santo
("The Son of the Saint") 		El Santo Short film
2016 Santo, El Enmascarado de Plata
("Santo, The Man in the Silver Mask")
2020 El camino de Xico
("Xico's Journey") 		Mr. Brown Voice role
2022 Demogorgon vs. El Santo El Santo Short film
Stranger Things tie-in
2023 Cassandro El Hijo del Santo

Personal life

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El Hijo del Santo embracing Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, as Santo Jr. looks on, April 2018

In March 2013, it was announced that one of Hijo del Santo's sons was going to travel to Japan to train in Pro Wrestling Noah wrestling school to prepare him for his wrestling debut under the ring name "El Nieto del Santo" ("The Grandson of El Santo"). The training started in May 2013 and he was set to return to Mexico three months later for his official in-ring debut. El Nieto del Santo was the first masked wrestler to attend the wrestling school, in honor of the lucha libre traditions and anonymity of their enmascarados.[24] He made his wrestling debut in 2015, working under the name "Tempestad",[25] before adopting the name "El Santo Jr." in July 2016.[26]

Championships and accomplishments

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Luchas de Apuestas record

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See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Pierroth (mask) Veracruz, Veracruz Live event October 31, 1982 [3][4]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Buitre (mask) Pachuca, Hidalgo Live event July 28, 1983 [3][4]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Lobo Rubio (hair) Veracruz, Veracruz Live event October 28, 1983 [3][4]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Galáctico (mask) Pachuca, Hidalgo Live event February 26, 1984 [3][4]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Chamaco Castro (hair) Panama City, Panama Live event September 4, 1984 [3][4]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Guerrero (hair) Acapulco, Guerrero Live event January 27, 1985 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Porro (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event February 26, 1985 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Ray Richard (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event March 17, 1985 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Diluvio (mask) Texcoco, Mexico State Live event March 23, 1985 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Cosmonauta (mask) Apatlaco, Mexico State Live event March 30, 1985 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Aristóteles I (mask) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event July 28, 1985 [34][35]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Tornado Negro (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event August 9, 1985 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Aristóteles II (mask) Acapulco, Guerrero Live event November 27, 1985 [6][34]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Ninja (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event December 13, 1985 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Ray Tony (hair) Veracruz, Veracruz Live event December 18, 1985 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Skeletor (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event December 22, 1985 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Aristóteles I (hair) Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Live event March 9, 1986 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto Jr. (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event August 31, 1986 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Kato Kung Lee (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event August 31, 1986 [6][36]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Flama Azul (hair) Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State Live event January 30, 1987 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Black Terry (hair) Irapuato, Guanajuato Live event March 9, 1987 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Ray Richard (hair) Morelia, Michoacán Live event April 1987 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Lobo Rubio (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event June 7, 1987 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Negro Casas (hair) Los Angeles, California, United States Live event July 18, 1987 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto Jr. (hair) Torreón, Coahuila Live event August 2, 1987 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Silver King (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event November 13, 1987 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Principe Island (mask) Apatlaco, Mexico State Live event November 21, 1987 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Estudiante (hair) Mexicali, Baja California Live event March 28, 1988 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Tarahumara (hair) Saltillo, Coahuila Live event April 9, 1988 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto Jr. (hair) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event May 8, 1988 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) León Chino (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event August 19, 1988 [6][37]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Brujo (mask) Teotihuacán, Mexico State Live event October 22, 1988 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Cuchillo (mask) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event October 30, 1988 [6][38]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Brujo (hair) Teotihuacán, Mexico State Live event November 26, 1988 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Starman (mask) Cancún, Quintana Roo Live event December 2, 1988 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) La Momia (mask) Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca Live event March 26, 1989 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Masdek (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event May 19, 1989 [Note 1][4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Espanto Jr. (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event September 17, 1989 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) All Star (mask) Mexico City Juicio Final December 8, 1989 [Note 2][6][39]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Tornado Negro (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event February 9, 1990 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Brazo de Oro (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event January 13, 1991 [34][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Black Shadow Jr. (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event December 15, 1991 [Note 3][6][40]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) and Octagón (mask) La Pareja del Terror (hair)
(Art Barr and Eddy Guerrero)		 Los Angeles, California AAA When Worlds Collide November 6, 1994 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Dandy (hair) Mexico City Live event December 6, 1996 [Note 4][6][34]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Negro Casas (hair) Mexico City CMLL 64th Anniversary Show September 19, 1997 [4][13]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Guerrero del Futuro (mask) Mexico City Ruleta de la Muerte July 17, 1998 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Gacela del Ring (mask) Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Live event September 28, 1998 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Gacela del Ring (hair) Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Live event December 6, 1998 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Asterisco (hair) Reynosa, Tamaulipas Live event December 20, 1998 [Note 5][4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) and Negro Casas (hair) Scorpio Jr. (mask) and Bestia Salvaje (hair) Mexico City Homenaje a Dos Leyendas March 19, 1999 [6][34]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Misterioso (hair) Anaheim, California Live event September 5, 1999 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Nuevo Huracán Ramírez Jr. (mask) Celaya, Guanajuato Live event February 2, 2000 [Note 6][4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Dr. Cerebro (mask) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event March 1, 2001 [34]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Nicho "el Millonario" (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Destino Final April 6, 2001 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Scorpio Jr. (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event December 19, 2002 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Super Parka (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event October 9, 2003 [6][34]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Hijo del Cobarde (mask) Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Live event February 29, 2004 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) El Dandy (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event October 29, 2004 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Scorpio, Jr. (hair) Los Angeles, California Live event July 16, 2005 [4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Cyber Vikingo (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event August 21, 2005 [Note 7][4][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Mano Negra (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event November 26, 2006 [6][34]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Cassandro (hair) Los Angeles, California Live event July 14, 2007 [Note 8][6]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Mano Negra (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event November 26, 2006 [Note 9][16]
El Hijo del Santo (mask) Ángel Blanco Jr (mask) Mexico City Live event March 31, 2012 [41]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ This was a three-way match that also included León Chino.
  2. ^ Three way match that also included Fuerza Guerrera.
  3. ^ Relevos Suicidas match with Black Shadow, Jr. and El Hijo del Santo vs. Octagón and Fuerza Guerrera.
  4. ^ This was a three-way match that also included Negro Casas.
  5. ^ Three Way match that also included El Felino.
  6. ^ Relevos Suicidas match with El Hijo del Santo and Huracán Ramírez Jr. vs. Blue Panther and Fuerza Guerrera.
  7. ^ Six way cage match also featuring Centurion Negro, Diluvio Negro I, Gato Volador and Silver Star.
  8. ^ Steel cage match with Rey Misterio, Sr., El Hijo de Rey Misterio, L.A. Park, Nicho, Pentagon Black and Gran Hamada.
  9. ^ 8 team losers advance tournament finals.

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