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In 1942, Guzmán's manager, Don Jesús Lomelí, was putting together a new team of wrestlers, all dressed in silver, and wanted him to be a part of it. Lomelí suggested three names, "El Santo" ("The Saint"), "El Diablo" ("The Devil") or "El Angel" ("The Angel"), and Guzmán chose the first one.
El Santo is, perhaps, the most famous grappler in the history of lucha libre. WWE Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero once wrote that “Calling him a legend doesn’t even do justice to how big he was. In his heyday, Santo was bigger than Hulk Hogan and ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin combined.”.
Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, best known by his ring name El Santo, was a Mexican luchador enmascarado, actor and folk hero. He is one of the most famous and iconic Mexican luchadores, and has been referred to as one of "the greatest legends in Mexican sports".
El Santo filmography. El Santo ("The Saint") was a luchador enmascarado ("masked professional wrestler ") who portrayed a fictionalized version of himself in numerous luchador films from 1961 to 1984.
Sep 23, 2021 · Starting with 1958’s Santo contra el cerebro del mal (Santo vs. the Evil Brain), El Santo took on everyone and everything from grave robbers to martians and mafia killers to Dracula. These B...
Sep 29, 2022 · El Santo plays amazing, fictionalized versions of himself in these lucha libre films — he is everything from a pro wrestling superspy, to a pro wrestling crime fighter and police officer, to...
Aug 13, 2023 · El Santo, aka Rodolfo Guzman Huerta, was a real man of flesh and blood. He grew up like many kids wanting to be a star athlete, with interests in football and baseball (among other sports). He struggled in his early years to find his identity before donning that famous silver mask.
