Gran Metalik

This article is about the original Máscara Dorada. For the second performer under the ring name, see Máscara Dorada 2.0.
Gran Metalik
Metalik in 2010
Born (1988-11-03) November 3, 1988 (age 36)[1]
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico[1][2]
Children3[3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Gran Metalik[4]
Máscara Dorada
Metalik[5]
Plata II[6]
Billed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Billed weight189 lb (86 kg)[7]
Billed fromGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico[4]
Trained byGran Cochisse[2]
El Satánico[2]
DebutJuly 14, 2005[1]

Máscara Dorada (born November 3, 1988) is the ring name of a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) currently working for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and on the independent circuit. He also regularly performs on the weekly shows of Ring of Honor, AEW's sister promotion under the ring name Metalik. He is best known for his time in WWE where he performed under the ring name Gran Metalik, as a member of Lucha House Party.

His real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican lucha libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record. In Mexico and Japan, he is best known for his decade-long stint in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name "Máscara Dorada". He made his debut in 2005, originally using the masked persona Plata II. He later used the ring name Metalik, holding the local Occidente Welterweight Championship, but abandoned the championship when he adopted the Máscara Dorada character. The "Máscara Dorada" character was the first instance of a regular-sized luchador being given a character based on a Mini-Estrella as he was introduced after CMLL introduced Mascarita Dorada in 2007. At one time, Dorada was a quadruple CMLL champion, holding the Mexican National Trios Championship, the CMLL World Trios Championship, the CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship, and the CMLL World Welterweight Championship at the same time. He has held the CMLL World Welterweight Championship four times. After a decade of working for CMLL in his native Mexico, Dorada worked full-time for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from January 2015 until returning to CMLL a year later in February 2016.

In the summer of 2016, he competed in the American promotion WWE's Cruiserweight Classic tournament. After the tournament, he signed with WWE and was assigned to their brand 205 Live, he has since teamed with Kalisto and Lince Dorado as part of Lucha House Party. They were promoted to the Raw brand in November 2018, but was moved to the SmackDown brand in October 2019. He would depart WWE in November 2021 after requesting his release and subsequently returned to the independent circuit.

  1. ^ a b c d マスカラ・ドラダ [Golden Mask]. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Tecnicos - Máscara Dorada" [Faces - Máscara Dorada] (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LWInterview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Gran Metalik". WWE.com. WWE. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference EncilopediaMetalik was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference PlataII was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Gran Metalik CWC Biography". WWE. Retrieved July 24, 2016.