1. Ephesto was born on July 10,1965 and is a Mexican luchador enmascarado.
19 Facts About Ephesto
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The wrestler currently known as Ephesto made his debut in 1982 and worked for almost 20 years as Pantera del Ring with limited success.
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Ephesto later worked under the name Safari where he won the Mexican National Trios Championship on two occasions.
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Ephesto is a founding member of the stable Los Hijos del Infierno with Averno and Mephisto.
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Ephesto is a former CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion, Mexican National Trios Champion, and CMLL World Trios Champion.
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The wrestler later known as Ephesto made his debut in 1982 at the age of 16, after being trained by Halco Suriano, Asterion, El Satanico and Blue Panther.
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Ephesto won the tournament to crown the first ever Aztecas Middleweight Champion defeating Angel Azteca and Black Dragon in the finals.
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Ephesto eventually lost the title but kept working for Promo Azteca as an upper card worker until Promo Azteca folded in the late 1990s.
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Ephesto joined forces with Averno and Mephisto to form the stable La Triada del Terror, and although he was considered the low man in the group associating with two of CMLL's top Rudo acts meant he got more exposure as Ephesto than he ever did as Safari or El Hombre Sin Nombre.
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In late 2008, Ephesto received a couple of shots at La Sombra's NWA World Welterweight Championship, his first chance at a singles title in CMLL.
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In mid-2009 Ephesto began targeting rival Rey Bucanero, challenging him for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship.
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At first the storyline between the two saw Rey Bucanero turn down the challenge, only to later accept after Ephesto brought a ringside ticket for a show where Bucanero was in the main event and interfered in the match.
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Ephesto was part of "Block A" that competed on the July 30,2010, Super Viernes show.
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Ephesto was the third man to leave the steel cage as all three members of Los Hijos del Averno quickly left the cage keeping their masks safe.
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On February 22,2011, Ephesto lost the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship to Rush, ending his reign at 637 days.
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In March 2013, Ephesto was paired up with tecnic wrestler Angel de Oro for the 2013 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles a tag team tournament where the concept was that rivals would be forced to work together to win the tournament.
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In late 2016 Ephesto started a storyline rivalry with Guerrero Maya Jr.
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In January 2017, Ephesto made his Japanese debut by taking part in Fantastica Mania 2017, the annual tour co-produced by CMLL and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
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Ephesto's nephew made his CMLL debut in 2014 under the name "El Rebelde".