Pagano (wrestler)

Pagano
Pagano wearing his clown facepaint in November 2017
Birth nameJosé Julio Pacheco Hernández
Born (1986-02-07) February 7, 1986 (age 38)
Websitewww.facebook.com/PaganoLuchador
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Pagano
Billed height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Billed weight106 kg (234 lb)
Trained byAspid
Babe Sharon
Curtis Hughes
Debut2008

José Julio Pacheco Hernández (born February 7, 1986), better known by his ring name Pagano, is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler working for the Mexican AAA promotion. He originally worked primarily in and around his hometown of Juárez, Chihuahua but in recent years has worked throughout Mexico on the Independent circuit before joining AAA in 2016. His ring name is Spanish for "Pagan".

As Pagano, he primarily works a Hardcore wrestling style, which often includes the use of weapons and one or both wrestlers in the match bleeding profusely. Because of his preference for these types of matches, he has been given the nickname El Rey Extremo or "The Extreme King". Pagano was an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, until 2011 where he was forced to unmask. His ring character is that of a psychotic clown, originally wearing a mask that resembled clown make-up and after the mask loss, he wears face paint that resembles that of a clown. In 2016 he rose to national and international attention with his feud with Psycho Clown, slated to be the main event of Triplemanía XXIV, AAA's biggest annual show.