Apolo Dantés

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José Luis Amezcua Muñoz
An image of José Luis Amezcua Muñoz.
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Ring name(s)
Billed height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Billed weight 105 kg (230 lb)
Born September 28, 1968 (1968-09-28) (age 39)
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Trained by Alfonso Dantés
Diablo Velasco
Alberto Muñoz
Debut December 4, 1988

Jose Munoz, known by his ringname Apolo Dantes, is a Mexican professional wrestler who has been a longtime mainstay of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre throughout the 1990s. The son of Alfonso Dantés, himself a legenday luchador during the 1960s and 70s, Munoz has toured Japan and often teamed with El Hijo del Santo and Dr. Wagner, Jr. in six-man tag team matches against The Headhunters during the late 1990s. He has also appeared on WWF Super Astros.

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  • PWI ranked him # 229 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1998.
  • PWI ranked him # 204 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the P Signature moves:

Flying Splash, Apollo 13 (Nudo), Northern Lights Suplex WI 500 in 2003.

1Despite its use of the NWA for some of its championships, CMLL is not an NWA affiliated promotion and hasn't been since the 1980s. As a result, the National Wrestling Alliance no longer sanctions or recognizes any of those championships.

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