Dos Caras

Dos Caras
Dos Caras, c. 1984
Birth nameJosé Luis Rodríguez Arellano
Born (1951-02-21) February 21, 1951 (age 73)[1]
San Luis Potosí City, Mexico[1]
ChildrenAlberto Del Rio (son)
El Hijo de Dos Caras (son)
FamilyMil Máscaras (brother)
Sicodélico (brother)
Sicodelico Jr. (nephew)
Hijo de Sicodelico (nephew)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Dos Caras
Billed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Billed weight96 kg (212 lb)[1]
Billed fromSan Luis Potosí City[1]
Trained byRafael Salamanca
Gory Medina
DebutJanuary 6, 1970; 54 years ago (1970-01-06)[1]

José Luis Rodríguez Arellano (born February 21, 1951) is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras (Spanish for "two faces"). His most active years were in the 1970s and 1980s, and he achieved his greatest success in Mexico's Universal Wrestling Alliance (UWA), where he won the UWA World Heavyweight Championship three times. He has been called "the greatest heavyweight ever to come out of Mexico".[2][1] He is the creator of the Dos Caras Clutch, a hammerlock head scissors pinning combination.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Enciclopedia staff (November 2008). "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". Dos Caras (in Spanish). Portales, Mexico. p. 17. 17.
  2. ^ Molinaro, John F. (2002). Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time. Winding Stair Press. p. 193.