The Most Famous
WRESTLERS from Mexico
Top 10
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Mexican Wrestlers of all time. This list of famous Mexican Wrestlers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Mexican Wrestlers.
1. El Santo (1917 - 1984)
With an HPI of 60.40, El Santo is the most famous Mexican Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.
Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (23 September 1917 – 5 February 1984), best known by his ring name El Santo (English: "The Saint"), was a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler), actor and folk hero. He is one of the most famous and iconic Mexican luchadores, and has been referred to as one of "the greatest legends in Mexican sports". His wrestling career spanned nearly five decades, during which he became a folk hero and a symbol of justice for the common man through his appearances in luchador films and comic books telling fictionalized stories of El Santo fighting for justice. He starred or co-starred in at least 53 movies between 1958 and 1982. During his career, he mainly wrestled for Mexican promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre, where he won the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Middleweight Championship, Mexican National Tag Team Championship with Rayo de Jalisco, Mexican National Welterweight Championship, NWA World Middleweight Championship and the NWA World Welterweight Championship. Early in his career, he worked under a variety of ring names and gimmicks both masked and unmasked, before becoming El Santo, El Enmascarado de Plata ("The Man in the Silver Mask"), in 1942. Santo's brothers were also luchadores, with Black Guzmán being the first to make his debut and later Pantera Negra and Jimmy Guzmán joining them in wrestling as well. Only one of his eleven children followed him into professional wrestling, El Hijo del Santo ("The Son of the Saint") making his debut in 1982. El Hijo del Santo's son made his debut as "Santo Jr." in 2016. Another grandson (not a son of El Hijo del Santo) originally wrestled as "El Nieto del Santo" ("The Grandson of Santo"), but now works under the name Axxel. Santo is said to have popularized professional wrestling in Mexico just as Rikidōzan did in Japan. He was buried in his silver mask, in one of the biggest funerals in Mexico. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre honors him with the annual Leyenda de Plata ("The Silver Legend") tournament. In 2018, WWE inducted Santo into their Hall of Fame's Legacy wing.
2. Alberto Del Rio (b. 1977)
With an HPI of 56.61, Alberto Del Rio is the 2nd most famous Mexican Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 35 different languages.
José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan (born 25 May 1977) is a Mexican professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter, sports commentator, and mixed martial artist. In professional wrestling, he is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Alberto Del Rio, and Impact Wrestling under the ring name Alberto El Patrón. Before working for WWE, Rodríguez used the ring name Dos Caras Jr. as both a mixed martial artist and luchador in mostly Mexico and Japan, achieving success in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) by winning the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship once. Rodríguez signed with WWE in 2009 and made his debut on their main roster the following year as Alberto Del Rio. In WWE, he became the first Mexico-born world champion in WWE history after he won the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship twice each. He also won the 2011 Royal Rumble and the 2011 Money in the Bank ladder match, making him the only professional wrestler to win both in the same calendar year. Rodríguez departed WWE in 2014 and wrestled as Alberto El Patrón in other promotions such as Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Ring of Honor (ROH), Lucha Underground, Japanese and Puerto Rican promotions, and various United States independent promotions. He returned to WWE in 2015, winning the United States Championship twice, before departing again in 2016. He subsequently signed with Impact Wrestling and won the Impact World Championship before departing in 2018. Rodríguez would return to AAA in 2023, where he would win the AAA Mega Championship for a second time.
3. Carístico (b. 1982)
With an HPI of 49.87, Carístico is the 3rd most famous Mexican Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 30 different languages.
Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde (born December 22, 1982), better known by his ring name Místico (Spanish for "Mystic"), is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler). He is signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He also makes appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Major League Wrestling (MLW), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Initially working as Místico, he later signed with WWE, where he was known under the name Sin Cara (Spanish for "Without Face" or "Faceless"). Upon his return to Mexico, he worked under the name Myzteziz in AAA, before settling on the ring name Carístico upon returning to CMLL in 2015. In 2021, he regained the Místico name, due to his successor and tag team partner Místico II leaving CMLL. From 2006 to 2011, Urive was the top técnico (those that portray the good guys) and was the biggest box office draw in Mexico for a number of years. Despite having worked under previous ring names, he gained popularity in CMLL as Místico, a religious character who was the storyline protégé of the wrestling priest Fray Tormenta. Between 2011 and 2014, he worked for WWE under the ring name Sin Cara (after which, his ring name was given to his storyline rival Hunico). Urive then worked for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), adopting the name Myzteziz, and returned to CMLL in 2015 under the name Carístico. On two occasions in 2008, Místico held five championships simultaneously and has won most major CMLL championships over the years as well as CMLL's Torneo Gran Alternativa and Leyenda de Plata tournaments on three occasions each. Urive is the son of Miguel Urive, who wrestled under the ring name Dr. Karonte, the brother of wrestlers Astro Boy, Argos, Argenis and Dr. Karonte Jr, the cousin of wrestlers Magnus and Ulises Jr. as well as the nephew of CMLL booker Tony Salazar.
4. Perro Aguayo Jr. (1979 - 2015)
With an HPI of 46.96, Perro Aguayo Jr. is the 4th most famous Mexican Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Pedro Aguayo Ramírez (July 23, 1979 – March 21, 2015) was a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in wrestling as Perro Aguayo Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo ("The Son of Perro Aguayo"). He was the real-life son of lucha libre legend Perro Aguayo and not a storyline "Junior". Aguayo was best known as the leader of the Los Perros del Mal stable, which he started in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in mid-2004. The stable became a significant draw in Mexican professional wrestling, peaking during Aguayo's storyline rivalries with Místico and Héctor Garza. In October 2008, Aguayo left CMLL to start his own independent professional wrestling promotion Perros del Mal Producciones, built around members of his Los Perros del Mal stable. In June 2010, Aguayo returned to AAA after a seven-year absence to start an invasion storyline involving his stable. While performing in a wrestling match on March 20, 2015, Aguayo died almost instantly from cardiac arrest after fracturing three vertebrae. Following his death, Aguayo was inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.
5. Andrade Cien Almas (b. 1989)
With an HPI of 46.51, Andrade Cien Almas is the 5th most famous Mexican Wrestler. Her biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza (born November 3, 1989) is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Andrade El Idolo (also stylized as Andrade "El Ídolo") and is a member of the Don Callis Family. A third-generation professional wrestler, Andrade made his debut a month before his 14th birthday and worked under the name Brillante Jr. in reference to his father, who wrestled as Brillante. He spent eight years wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the name La Sombra (Spanish for "The Shadow"), where he won the 2007 Torneo Gran Alternativa tournament and the 2011 Universal Championship, as well as simultaneously holding the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, Mexican National Trios Championship, and NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. He was one of the founding members of the Los Ingobernables ("the Ungovernables") stable, and won the masks of El Felino, Olímpico, and Volador Jr. by defeating them in Lucha de Apuestas matches before losing his own mask to Atlantis. While working for CMLL, Andrade also made appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling as part of a working agreement between CMLL and NJPW, winning the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. After close to a decade with CMLL, Andrade joined WWE in 2015. He initially wrestled for its NXT brand under the ring name Andrade "Cien" Almas, winning the NXT Championship. In April 2018, he joined WWE's main roster where his ring name was shorted to simply Andrade. Andrade held the WWE United States Championship for several months in 2019-2020. He departed WWE in March 2021, debuting in AEW that July as Andrade El Idolo. Andrade departed AEW in December 2023 and returned to WWE the following month at the Royal Rumble, winning the WWE Speed Championship in June 2024. He departed WWE for a second time in September 2025, making his return to AEW that October.
6. Pentagón Jr. (b. 1985)
With an HPI of 44.70, Pentagón Jr. is the 6th most famous Mexican Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Pentagón Jr. (born February 26, 1985) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler). He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Penta. He is best known for his tenure in Mexican promotions Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (CMLL) and American promotions Lucha Underground, Impact Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling (AEW)/Ring of Honor (ROH). He is the elder brother of Rey Fénix, working together as The Lucha Bros. Pentagón's career started in México in 2007. In 2010, he began to work with AAA, where he is a former Latin American Champion, Mixed Tag Team Champion, World Tag Team Championship and the 2016 Rey de Reyes. From 2014 to 2018, he starred in Lucha Underground, a professional wrestling TV series where he is a former Gift of The Gods Champion and Lucha Underground Champion. This led to him and his brother to work for more promotions in the United States. The following year, they worked for Impact, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Major League Wrestling among other promotions, winning several tag team titles. He also won the Impact World Championship and the Lucha Underground Championship. From 2019 to 2024, Pentagón worked with AEW with his brother also as part of the Death Triangle stable with Pac. He became AEW World Trios Champion, AEW World Tag Team Champion, and ROH World Tag Team Champion.
7. Ayako Hamada (b. 1981)
With an HPI of 41.61, Ayako Hamada is the 7th most famous Mexican Wrestler. Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Ayako Valentina Hamada Villarreal (アヤコ・バレンティナ・ハマダ・ビジャレアル, Ayako Barentina Hamada Bijarearu; ring name: 浜田 文子; born February 14, 1981) is a Mexican Japanese professional wrestler. During her 20-year career, Hamada wrestled for various promotions, including All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, Gaea Japan and Pro Wrestling Wave in Japan, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide in Mexico and Shimmer Women Athletes and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the United States. She is the daughter of Japanese professional wrestler Gran Hamada and the younger sister of fellow Mexican wrestler Xóchitl Hamada. Hamada has won several titles in women's pro wrestling, including the WWWA World Single Championship and the AAAW Single Championship during the early 2000s and the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship two times during her time with TNA. She is also a former AAA Reina de Reinas Champion.
8. Gran Metalik (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 41.59, Gran Metalik is the 8th most famous Mexican Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Metalik (born November 3, 1988) is the ring name of a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler). He is working on the independent circuit. He is best known for his time in WWE 2016–2021 where he performed under the ring name Gran Metalik, as a member of Lucha House Party, as well as for his time in CMLL where he performed under the ring name Máscara Dorada from 2008 to 2016. His real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican lucha libre where masked wrestlers' real names often are not a matter of public record. In Mexico and Japan, he is best known for his decade-long stint in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name "Máscara Dorada". He made his debut in 2005, originally using the masked persona Plata II. He later used the ring name Metalik, holding the local Occidente Welterweight Championship, but abandoned the championship when he adopted the Máscara Dorada character. The "Máscara Dorada" character was the first instance of a regular-sized luchador being given a character based on a Mini-Estrella as he was introduced after CMLL introduced Mascarita Dorada in 2007. At one time, Dorada was a quadruple CMLL champion, holding the Mexican National Trios Championship, the CMLL World Trios Championship, the CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship, and the CMLL World Welterweight Championship at the same time. He has held the CMLL World Welterweight Championship four times. After a decade of working for CMLL in his native Mexico, Dorada worked full-time for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from January 2015 until returning to CMLL a year later in February 2016. In the summer of 2016, he competed in the American promotion WWE's Cruiserweight Classic tournament. After the tournament, he signed with WWE and was assigned to their brand 205 Live, he has since teamed with Kalisto and Lince Dorado as part of Lucha House Party. They were promoted to the Raw brand in November 2018, but was moved to the SmackDown brand in October 2019. He would depart WWE in November 2021 after requesting his release and subsequently returned to the independent circuit.
9. Rey Fénix (b. 1990)
With an HPI of 36.12, Rey Fénix is the 9th most famous Mexican Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Rey Fénix (born December 30, 1990) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler). He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. He is also known for his tenure in Mexican promotions Lucha Libre AAA , Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre and American promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Ring of Honor (ROH), Major League Wrestling (MLW), Impact Wrestling, AAW Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), as well as being one-half of the Lucha Brothers tag team with his elder brother, Penta. He is also known for his tenure in Impact Wrestling, where the Lucha Bros are former Impact World Tag Team Champions. He also works on the side for various American and Mexican independent promotions, most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) in the U.S., where he is a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion with his brother, and The Crash Lucha Libre in Mexico. After originally starting his career on the Mexican independent circuit in 2005, Fénix signed with AAA in January 2011, where he became the inaugural AAA Fusión Champion in March 2013. Through AAA, Fénix where he became the AAA Mega Champion, Latin American and World Cruiserweight Champion, and also began working for Lucha Underground in late 2014, becoming the inaugural Gift of the Gods Champion in April 2015 and winning the promotion's top title, the Lucha Underground Championship, the following November. Fénix has also held the Lucha Underground Trios Championship, making him the first wrestler in Lucha Underground to have won all three championships. He has also wrestled in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Wave. After leaving AAA in September 2016, Fénix changed his ring name first to Fénix el Rey ("Phoenix the King") and then to Rey Fénix ("King Phoenix"). In AEW, he was a member of Death Triangle, and is a one-time AEW International Champion, one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion, and one-time AEW World Trios Champion. His real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico, where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.
10. Humberto Carrillo (b. 1995)
With an HPI of 34.97, Humberto Carrillo is the 10th most famous Mexican Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Humberto Garza Carrillo (born October 20, 1995) is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Berto (shortened from his previous ring name Humberto Carrillo). He is one-half of Los Garza with his cousin Angel. He is also a member of Legado Del Fantasma. He previously worked under the ring name Último Ninja while wrestling in Mexico. He is a third-generation luchador, being the son of Humberto Garza Jr., the grandson of Humberto Garza, as well as the nephew of Hector Garza.
People
Pantheon has 11 people classified as Mexican wrestlers born between 1917 and 2003. Of these 11, 9 (81.82%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Mexican wrestlers include Alberto Del Rio, Carístico, and Andrade Cien Almas. The most famous deceased Mexican wrestlers include El Santo, and Perro Aguayo Jr.. As of April 2024, 4 new Mexican wrestlers have been added to Pantheon including Pentagón Jr., Ayako Hamada, and Rey Fénix.
Living Mexican Wrestlers
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Alberto Del Rio
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Carístico
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Andrade Cien Almas
1989 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Pentagón Jr.
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.70
Ayako Hamada
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Gran Metalik
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.59
Rey Fénix
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.12
Humberto Carrillo
1995 - Present
HPI: 34.97
Giorgi Sardalashvili
2003 - Present
HPI: 32.11
Deceased Mexican Wrestlers
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Go to all RankingsPentagón Jr.
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.70
Ayako Hamada
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rey Fénix
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.12
Humberto Carrillo
1995 - Present
HPI: 34.97
