El Sagrado

This article is about the Mexican professional wrestler. For the Italian municipality, see Sagrado.
El Sagrado
Born (1980-06-19) June 19, 1980 (age 44)[1]
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico[2]
Professional wrestling career
Billed height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[3]
Billed weight90 kg (198 lb)[3]
Billed fromMonterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico[4]
Trained byChucho Villa, Flash I[1]
Diablo Velazco[4]
Satánico[1]
DebutJune 8, 2003[4]

El Sagrado (born June 19, 1980) is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). His ring name is Spanish for "The Sacred One". Working as "Sagrado" won the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship with Misterioso, Jr. as well as having formerly held the Mexican National Trios Championship twice, with different partners as well as the Occidente Light Heavyweight Championship on one occasion.

Like many children in Mexico, El Sagrado grew up idolizing Lucha libre (professional wrestling), especially El Santo.[2] At the age of 12 he told his parents he wanted to become a professional wrestler, something his parents opposed. The young Sagrado found a way to train to become a professional wrestler without his parents knowing it, his brothers covered for him by telling his parents that he was at football practice instead.[2] One of his younger brothers became a professional wrestler as well, using the ring name "Metatron".[5]

Besides wrestling Sagrado also studied religion, urged by his mother to seek the priesthood when he was old enough. According to Sagrado he met Fray Tormenta, the famous Mexican wrestling priest who told him to follow his own desires, which in turn led him to become a wrestler. Whether this is actually true or part of the storyline build up around the "El Sagrado" character is not known, but Sagrado has stated that he met Fray Tormenta in several interviews.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Tecnicos - Sagrado" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2009". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). January 8, 2010. 348.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. pp. 66–79. 2008 Edition.
  4. ^ a b c Enciclopedia staff (October 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". El Sagrado (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. pp. 23–24. Tomo IV.
  5. ^ Neri, Jorge (October 2009). "Sagrado, fiel creyente". Récord Luchas (in Spanish). Año 2, No. 17.