Místico

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Místico
An image of Místico.
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Ring name(s) Místico (Mystic)
Dr. Karonte, Jr.
Komachi
Astro Boy
Billed height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Billed weight 75 kg (170 lb)
Born December 22, 1982 (1982-12-22) (age 25)
Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
Trained by Tony Salazar
Dr. Karonte
Debut April 30, 1998

Místico (Mystic) (born December 22, 1982), whose birth name is unknown, is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for the lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

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[edit] Career

Raised in the notorious Tepito district of Mexico City, he began his career wrestling under his father's name as Dr. Karonte, Jr. at the age of 13. In 2000, he adopted the name of Astro Boy and started getting noticed working undercards for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. In 2004, he was repackaged as "Místico" with a religious persona. He debuted in Arena México in June and spent much of the following months teaming with Volador, Jr. and Misterioso II in the second or third matches on the card. He participated in the 6th Annual Leyenda de Plata tournament but his push didn't take off until he won the Gran Alternativa tag team tournament with established star, El Hijo del Santo, claiming "Místico es chévere". Shortly afterwards, the bookers began teaming him with other established técnicos (faces) such as Negro Casas and Shocker against the big rudo (heel) groups, Los Guerreros del Infierno and La Furia del Norte. His stature made him an underdog and his high flying moves such as diving arm-drags made him popular with Mexico City crowds. Wrestling Observer voted Místico the 2006 "Performer of the Year", "Biggest Box Office Draw", and "Best Flying Wrestler" in their "Year-End Awards".[1] He was also ranked third in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's list of the top 500 wrestlers of 2007.[2]

In 2005, he continued working against Los Guerreros, winning important singles matches against Rey Bucanero, Mephisto and Tarzan Boy in CMLL's secondary arena, Arena Coliseo. He won his first title by defeating Guerreros member Averno for the NWA Middleweight championship on February 11. The match was well received by the audience in attendance and fans near the ring threw money into the ring as a sign of appreciation. Two weeks later, he participated in his first singles main event match when he faced Guerreros leader Último Guerrero in Arena México. He won the fall in two falls after Guerrero was disqualified in the first fall and was pinned in the second with a small package. The match sparked a program with the recently turned Dr. Wagner, Jr. teaming with Místico against Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero. After that program died down, Místico became involved in a feud with Perro Aguayo, Jr. and his Los Perros del Mal group. After defeating Aguayo in a singles match, the two exchanged hair vs. mask challenges so Místico was added to the already planned eight-man cage match where the last man in the cage lost his hair or mask. Místico joined Negro Casas, Heavy Metal, Universo 2000 and Máscara Mágica against Aguayo's group consisting of Damián 666, Halloween and Héctor Garza leading up to the match but neither Místico or Aguayo were involved in the finish of the match where Damián pinned Máscara Mágica.

In September, he reheated his feud with Último Guerrero with another singles match but in the third fall, he was attacked by Atlantis, turning Atlantis heel. Místico worked a short program with Atlantis but after he defeated Atlantis in a singles match in October, Atlantis focused more on former tag partner Blue Panther.

A wrestling match between Mistico and Mephisto
A wrestling match between Mistico and Mephisto

In 2006, Místico was the biggest star in Mexico. He main evented eighteen events during the year that drew more than ten thousand people. In the early part of the year, he teamed up with Black Warrior in two unsuccessful CMLL Tag Team Championship challenges. In the second one, Black Warrior turned on Místico and the two began a feud. While Black Warrior was wrestling in Japan, Místico and Negro Casas defeated Averno and Mephisto for the CMLL Tag titles on April 14. When Warrior returned, the feud picked up again and Black Warrior handed Místico his first major singles defeat when he pinned him and took his NWA Middleweight Championship on a May 12 Arena México show. On September 29, Místico defeated Black Warrior in a mask vs. mask match in the main event of the CMLL 73rd Anniversary show, his first major mask win.

After winning a singles match versus Averno, he won the right to fight him in a mask vs mask match. No date has been set yet.

On April 10, 2007, Místico defeated Mephisto to capture the CMLL World Welterweight Championship.

Capitalizing on Mistico's popularity, the CMLL created a comic book starring Mistico as an urban hero. The comic reached it's 50th issue in December 2007.

The Wrestling Observer is reporting that Mistico was injured September 28th during a match in Toluca, Mexico. He reportedly was coming off the top rope to the floor attempting a spinning head scissors, but his opponent slipped and Mistico landed on his head. He was rushed to the back, evaluated and then rushed to Mexico City for testing. It was ruled he had a contusion on his brain, while X-Rays have ruled out more serious injuries. He is said to be on medication right now to avoid further inflammation of the neck and spine

Sometime in 2007, WWE offered him a deal to sign with them but due to commitments with CMLL, he was unable to sign with them at the time. Reportedly, the likes of Dean Malenko, Paul London, and Rey Mysterio pushed WWE to offer him a deal in 2007-2008. In December 2007, the Mexico City newspaper The Record reported that WWE was back in talks with Mistico. In March 2008, it was reported that Mistico contacted TNA to see if they were interested in having him work for their promotion company. If TNA were to agree, Mistico would be featured as a special attraction due to his commitments with CMLL.[3]

[edit] In wrestling

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • PWI ranked him # 18 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2005.
    • PWI ranked him # 5 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2006.
    • PWI ranked him # 3 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2007.

1Despite CMLL still using the NWA initials for some of its titles, it is no longer an NWA affiliated promotion and hasn't been since the 1980s. As a result, the National Wrestling Alliance no longer recognizes or sanctions any CMLL championship still bearing the NWA initials.

[edit] References

  1. ^ TBLWrestling.com: The Best In Wrestling Since 1996!
  2. ^ Pro Wrestling Illustrated - Top 500 of 2007 «
  3. ^ 411mania.com: Wrestling - TNA News: TNA Live, Mistico to TNA and More

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