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Lomelí suggested three names, "El Santo" ("The Saint"), "El Diablo" ("The Devil") or "El Angel" ("The Angel"), and Guzmán chose the first one. On 26 July, [4] aged 24, he wrestled at the Arena México for the first time as El Santo, although he later was known simply as "Santo". Under this new name he quickly found his style.
El Santo, real name Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (September 23, 1917 – February 5, 1984), was an active wrestler from 1934 until 1982, who also starred in over 50 lucha films between 1958 and 1982. Through his popularity and the roles he played in his films, El Santo became a Mexican folk hero and became a symbol of Mexican wrestling across the world.
El Santo (right) with Mantequilla Nápoles during the filming of Santo en la venganza de la Llorona (1974). 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.
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Xanto: Novelucha libre is a novel written by Mexican writer José Luis Zárate and published in 1994. It is Zárate's first work published and also the first novel of his trilogy Las fases del mito (The phases of the myth), in which he reinvents a part of the life of some characters: El Santo, a Mexican wrestler, Dracula and Superman.
Teaming with El Santo was part of a storyline where Espanto I and II would attack El Santo after a match, turning Santo to the tecnico side (those that portray the "good guys") in the process. On Jun 22, 1963, Espanto I, II and El Santo lost a match to Rito Romero , Rayo de Jalisco , and Henry Pilusso.
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Santo en el tesoro de Drácula (English: Santo in Dracula's Treasure) (aka El vampiro y el sexo, in a separate uncensored version) is a 1968 Mexican film starring El Santo and directed by Rene Cardona. [1] Vampire and Sex was shot as a separate adult version for European distribution. [2] A less explicit, kid-friendly version was distributed in ...