Manuel Alejandro Saez Palominos, better known simply as Alejandro Saez, is a Chilean professional wrestler currently competing for various professional wrestling promotions on the independent circuit.
19 Facts About Alejandro Saez
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Alejandro Saez is known by the ring name Xtra Large on the independent scene.
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In 2016, Saez was a participant in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, where he was eliminated in the first round.
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Alejandro Saez was born and raised in Chile, of South America.
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Alejandro Saez grew up as a fan of professional wrestling citing Shane McMahon as one of his favourite wrestlers.
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In 2006, Alejandro Saez began wrestling for Revolucion Lucha Libre under the ring name as Xtra Large.
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Alejandro Saez would compete on the lower card in singles competition, but eventually formed a tag team with Bunny.
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In XNL, Alejandro Saez defeated Giger to win the XNL World championship after feuding with Giger on previous shows.
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Alejandro Saez was defeated in the first round by Pro Wrestling Noah's Takeshi Morishima.
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On March 5,2017 at a CNL Chile event, Alejandro Saez defeated Engranaje Jack for his first and only CNL Metropolitan Championship in the promotion.
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Alejandro Saez made his Japanese debut on January 15,2014, as XL, where he was defeated by Akitoshi Saito.
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Alejandro Saez returned to the promotion as part of the 2016 Global League, finishing the tournament with a total of six points scored after competing against Masa Kitamiya, Muhammad Yone, Davey Boy Smith Jr.
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On November 3,2016, Alejandro Saez defeated Davey Boy Smith, and on January 7,2017, Alejandro Saez defeated Hi69.
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Alejandro Saez was the first Chilean wrestler to compete in WWE.
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Alejandro Saez was the heaviest wrestler in the tournament, at 205 pounds, which is the weight limit of a cruiserweight.
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Alejandro Saez stated that this took him 2 weeks to accomplish.
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In 2018, Alejandro Saez announced that had been selected among the 45 selected from all Latin America to participate in the first Tryout of Latin Americans of the WWE, which were done from 2 to 4 December in Santiago.
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In 2017, Alejandro Saez returned to Santiago de Chile to wrestle in the independent scene of the country.
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Alejandro Saez started to run his own promotion and wrestling training center called "5 Luchas Clandestino".