Sugi Sito

Sugi Sito
Birth nameFrancisco Javier Mar Hernández
Born(1926-12-04)December 4, 1926[1]
León, Guanajuato, Mexico[1]
DiedMay 4, 2000(2000-05-04) (aged 73)[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Sugi Sito
Dragon de Oro
Trained byRolando Vera[1]
Debut1943[1]

Francisco Javier Mar Hernández (December 4, 1926 – May 4, 2000) was a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter, known by the ring name "El Orgullo de Oriente" ("The pride of the Orient") Sugi Sito. He was born in Guanajuato to a Mexican mother and Chinese father. In the 1950s, Sito left Mexico and gained a measure of great success wrestling in the United States, especially the Houston, Texas area. In the early 1970s, Sugi Sito and Chin Lee worked for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling as a tag team. Sito later returned to Mexico where he became a wrestling promoter.

  1. ^ a b c d e Enciclopedia staff (November 2008). "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". Sugi Sito (1926 - 2000) (in Spanish). Portales, Mexico. p. 56. 17.
  2. ^ Centinela, Teddy (May 4, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 2000: Fallece Sugi Sito… 1980: Canek vs. Ángel Blanco, máscara contra cabellera". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2015.