Gran Metalik is best known for his time in WWE where he performed under the ring name Gran Metalik, as a member of Lucha House Party.
23 Facts About Gran Metalik
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Gran Metalik made his debut in 2005, originally using the masked persona Plata II.
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Gran Metalik later used the ring name Metalik, holding the local Occidente Welterweight Championship, but abandoned the championship when he adopted the Mascara Dorada character.
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Gran Metalik has held the CMLL World Welterweight Championship four times.
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Gran Metalik would depart WWE in November 2021 after requesting his release and subsequently returned to the independent circuit.
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Gran Metalik was born on November 3,1988, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
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Gran Metalik made his professional wrestling debut on July 14,2005, after training with Gran Cochisse and El Satanico.
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Gran Metalik's run as Plata II was brief as he was repackaged as Metalik, a variation of the "metal-based" look that he had used as "Plata II".
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About a month later, Gran Metalik won his first-ever Luchas de Apuestas match, winning the hair of Jeque.
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On November 7,2008, Gran Metalik was repackaged and made his debut as Mascara Dorada, helping his team defeat the trio of Averno, Mephisto, and Ephesto.
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Gran Metalik was the first wrestler eliminated in the seeding battle royal and then defeated his Mexican National Trios Championship partner Stuka Jr.
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Gran Metalik returned to CMLL and had his first match in Mexico in over a year in February 2016.
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Gran Metalik received his title shot at Invasion Attack 2015 but was defeated by Omega.
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Gran Metalik finished third in his block with a record of five wins and two losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament.
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Gran Metalik regained the title from Bushi on January 22,2016, at Fantastica Mania 2016.
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In early 2018, WWE held a tournament for the vacant WWE Cruiserweight Championship, where Gran Metalik was eliminated in the opening round by eventual tournament winner Cedric Alexander.
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Gran Metalik issued a challenge to NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar following the match.
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On January 13, it was announced that Dorado and Gran Metalik would be competing in the 2021 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
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On 19 September 2022, Gran Metalik appeared on AEW Dark Elevation where he defeated Serpentico in a singles match.
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Gran Metalik is known for performing a high-risk, high-flying version of lucha libre, exemplified by his frequent use of dives out of the wrestling ring.
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One such dive is the Brillo Gran Metalik, which is a somersault suicide senton, where he leaps through the top rope and flips onto an opponent on the floor.
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Gran Metalik has relatives living in Los Angeles, California while Dorada himself lived in Mexico City.
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Gran Metalik welcomed his third daughter on November 5,2018.