Rayo de Jalisco Sr.
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Máximino Linares Moreno (November 22, 1932 – July 19, 2018) was a Mexican luchador (professional wrestler) and lucha film star, better known under the ring name Rayo de Jalisco ("The Lightning Bolt from Jalisco"). He is considered to be one of the best wrestlers of his generation. Linares' son followed in his footsteps and is working under the name Rayo de Jalisco Jr., wearing the same distinctive black mask with silver lightning bolt on it when wrestling. One of Linares' grandsons is also a wrestler, known as "Rayman".
Rayo de Jalisco Sr. | |
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Birth name | Máximino Linares Moreno |
Born | November 22, 1932 Mexico City, Mexico[1] |
Died | July 19, 2018(2018-07-19) (aged 85)[2] Guadalajara, Mexico |
Family | Rayo de Jalisco Jr. (son)[3] |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Águila Negra Dr. Curtis El Rayo Mr. Misterio Rayo de Jalisco Tony Curtis |
Billed height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
Billed weight | 93 kg (205 lb)[1] |
Billed from | Jalisco, Mexico |
Trained by | Tony Sugar (brother) |
Debut | February 1950[1] |
Retired | 1993 |
During his career, Linares held the NWA World Middleweight Championship on three occasions as well as the Mexican National Tag Team Championship with lucha libre icon El Santo. He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996 and the AAA Hall of Fame in 2014. Linares worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre for a large part of his career and was honored by them in 2013 as part of their annual Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show.