Alejandro Cruz (wrestler)

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Alejandro Cruz Ortiz
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Ring name(s)	Black Shadow Alejandro Cruz Jungla Cruz
Born	May 3, 1921(1921-05-03) León, Guanajuato
Died	March 8, 2007 (aged 85) Mexico City
Trained by	Manuel Miranda El Enfermero
Debut	June 21, 1942

Alejandro Cruz Ortiz (May 3, 1921 - March 8, 2007) was a Mexican professional wrestler, known worldwide as Black Shadow.

1 Career
2 Championships and accomplishments
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

Cruz is best known for his Luchas de Apuestas, or mask vs. mask match, with Santo on November 7, 1953, a 70 minute match that is still heralded today as one of the most famous in Latin American history. It helped popularize the concept with mask matches still the biggest draws in Mexican wrestling to the modern day.^[1]

He was nicknamed El Hombre de Goma, translated as The Elastic Man, due to his elasticity and flexibility in the ring. Cruz also appeared in numerous Mexican wrestling films with Santo, mostly as "Black Shadow" though in two (Blue Demon en Noche de muerte and Santo y Blue Demon contra los monstruos) he played a clone or evil duplicate of Blue Demon.^[2]

Cruz died age 82 after suffering from pneumonia in Mexico City.^[1]