1. Alejandro Munoz Moreno, better known by the ring name Blue Demon, was a Mexican film actor and luchador enmascarado.
19 Facts About Blue Demon
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Blue Demon is considered a legend of lucha libre, partially from starring in a series of Lucha films between 1961 and 1979, often alongside in-ring rival El Santo.
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Blue Demon's in-ring career began in 1948 and stretched for 41 years until his retirement in 1989.
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Blue Demon won the hair of Cavernario Galindo and the masks of Espectro II, Matematico, and most notably, the mask of Rayo de Jalisco.
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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre honors the legacy of Blue Demon by holding the Leyenda de Azul tournament at irregular intervals.
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Blue Demon was voted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996 as part of the inaugural HOF selection.
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Blue Demon was the child of farmers and was the fifth of twelve children.
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Blue Demon began wrestling without a mask in Laredo, Texas.
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Blue Demon began his career in the ring as a rudo.
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The storyline feud between the two culminated with Blue Demon defeating El Santo in a well-publicized series of matches in 1952 and 1953.
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In 1953, Blue Demon won the NWA World Welterweight Championship from Santo, and held it until 1958.
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In 1988, the year he retired, Blue Demon defeated Jalisco in a mask vs mask match, taking the mask of another of Mexico's wrestling legends.
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Blue Demon retired from the ring in 1989, aged 67, at the Monterrey Arena, where he appeared in a final match, teaming up with his adoptive son, Blue Demon Jr.
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The plots of the Blue Demon films are thought to be extremely similar to those of Santo's films.
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In three of his films, Blue Demon starred as the leader of a squadron of masked superheroes known as Los Campeones Justicieros.
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In 1989, Blue Demon was the subject of a feature-length Mexican documentary entitled Blue Demon, the Champion.
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Blue Demon was buried wearing his trademark blue mask, which was never removed in public as he always kept his true identity a secret.
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Blue Demon is considered one of the biggest legends of lucha libre second only to El Santo in terms of popularity and influence both in and outside of Mexico.
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In 2002, Blue Demon was ranked at 28 of the greatest professional wrestler of all time in the book The Top 100 Wrestlers of All Time by John Molinaro, edited by Dave Meltzer and Jeff Marek.