Arkangel de la Muerte

Alfredo Pasillas made his professional wrestling debut in 1985, using the ring name "Mr. Cid", an enmascarado (masked) character partially inspired by El Cid, an 11th-century Castilian nobleman. On June 8, 1988, Mr. Cid teamed with Pantera II to win the Naucalpan Tag Team Championship in a tournament final against Convoy and Perverso. The team did not last long, with a storyline break up that led to a feud between the two men. On September 4, 1988, Pantera II defeated Mr. Cid in a Luchas de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match, forcing Mr. Cid to unmask. A week later Pantera II and Carnelo Casas defeated Mr. Cid and Bestia Verde in another Luchas de Apuesta match, this time with Mr. Cid and Bestia Verde having their hair shaved off after the loss. In 1990 Mr. Cid teamed with Canelo Casas to win the Naucalpan Tag Team Championship once more, holding it until 1991.

In June 1991 Mr. Cid changed ring characters, becoming Arkangel de la Muerte, a rudo (heel or "bad guy") character with religious undertones. As Arkangel, he won the Naucalpan Tag Team Championship for a third time, this time while teaming with Guerrero de la Muerte, who became a regular partner for Arkangel in the following years. The team also held the Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship at some point in the first half of the 1990s. They would also team with El Felino to hold the Distrito Federal Trios Title in 1991, losing the title to Los Metalicos (Oro, Plata and Bronce). By the mind 1990s, the "de la Muerte" tag team had broken up, as Arkangel decided to focus on singles competition instead. On September 25, 1998, Arkangel defeated El Torero for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship, bringing the title back to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) for the first time in five years. Over the next 178 days, Arkangel successfully defended the title against Máscara Mágica, El Torero, Astro Rey Jr. and Pantera before losing the title to Astro Rey Jr. on March 22, 1999.{{cite news|title=Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales | trans-title=The Kings of Mexico: The history of the national championships|work=Lucha 2000|id=Especial 21|date=December 20, 2004|language=es}} Five months later, Arkangel won the CMLL World Welterweight Championship from Super Delfin on a show in Kawasaki, Japan. Arkangel defended the title several times, both in Mexico and Japan before losing the belt to Nosawa in January 2001, ending his title reign after at least 875 days.{{cite news|title=2001: Los Campeones|work=Box y Lucha Magazine|pages=15–17|id=2540|date=January 13, 2002|language=es}}

When CMLL celebrated their 70th anniversary in 2003, Arkangel de la Muerte was booked in a Luchas de Apuestas match versus Ángel Azteca. Arkangel won and unmasked Azteca, in what was Ángel Azteca's last high publicity match.

In 2004, Arkangel held the Distrito Federal Welterweight Championship for a short period of time before losing the title to Ludwig Star.{{cite news|title=Número Especial – Lo mejor de la mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana durante el 2004|work=Súper Luchas|id=issue 91|date=January 24, 2005|language=es}}

In 2004, Arkangel de la Muerte became one of the founding members of a group called Pandilla Guerrera (Spanish for "Warring Gang"), a sub group of the top rudo group in CMLL, Los Guerreros del Infierno (Spanish for "the Warriors of Hell"). The Pandilla Guerrera group consisted of undercard wrestlers, teaming together in the hopes of improving their position on the card. When the group only saw limited success by the association with Los Guerreros del Infierno, they decided to break away from them in 2007. Arkangel, along with Nitro, Doctor X, Hooligan, Loco Max and Skándalo, formed a group called Rebeldes del Desierto (Rebels of the Desert), later renamed Los Guerreros Tuareg (Tuareg warriors). Arkangel was the co-leader of the group along with Nitro. On October 18, 2009, Arkangel was one of 12 wrestlers who put his mask on the line in a 12-man Luchas de Apuestas cage match. He was the ninth person to escape the cage and keep his mask safe.{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/cmll-12-mascaras-en-juego-en-jaula-resultados-18-octubre-2009-cartel-completo-strongman-vs-ultimo-guerrero-en-mano-a-mano/#more-43361|title=CMLL- 12 Máscaras en juego en jaula (Resultados 18 octubre 2009) – Tigre Blanco pierde la máscara, dice llamarse Sergio Guzmán|date=October 18, 2009|access-date=October 19, 2009|author=Marquina, Alva|work=Súper Luchas|language=es}}

In the mid-2000s Pasillas began working as a trainer for CMLL's lucha libre school, helping train young men and women for a wrestling career as well as providing additional training for lower ranked wrestlers. As part of his role Arkangel transitioned into working in the second or third match of the card against younger wrestlers to give them more experience and further their training. In the latter half of the 2010s Pasillas became the head coach of the CMLL lucha libre school,{{cite news |date=June 13, 2018 |title=CMLL Informa 13 de Junio 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTN0tWrYGrwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTN0tWrYGrw |language=es |publisher=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |location= Mexico City | access-date= June 13, 2018 | work=CMLL Informa | author=VideosOficialesCMLL}} a position he was first introduced as when CMLL presented Generación 2011, a group of trainees under Arkangel's supervision that included Magnus, Dragon Lee (who later became known as "Místico"), Enrique Vera Jr., Hombre Bala Jr., Super Halcón Jr., El Hijo del Signo and Boby Zavala.{{cite web | url=https://superluchas.com/estos-son-los-integrantes-de-la-generacion-2011-del-cmll/ | title=Estos son los integrantes de la "Generación 2011 del CMLL" | first=Alex | last=Ruizg | date=January 13, 2011 | access-date=June 13, 2018 | language=es | work=Súper Luchas magazine}}

On January 1, 2011, Arkangel competed for the first and only time in CMLL's semi-regular Reyes del Aire ("Kings of the Air") tournament. The elimination match saw Arkangel and Ángel de Plata pin each other simultaneously thus eliminating both from the tournament.{{cite web | url=http://superluchas.com/arena-mexico-resultados-sabado-1-de-enero-2011-angel-de-oro-es-el-rey-del-aire-2011/ | title=Arena México (resultados sábado 1 de enero 2011) Ángel de Oro es el Rey del Aire 2011 | author= Ruiz Glez, Alex | date= January 2, 2011 | access-date= October 11, 2012| work=Súper Luchas Magazine | language= es}} In early 2011 Arkangel teamed up with Black Warrior to compete in a tournament to determine the first ever Universal Wrestling Entertainment (UWE) Tag Team Championship. The team lost to La Máscara and Latino in the first round.{{cite web | url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=60301 | title=UWE | date=February 16, 2011 | access-date=June 13, 2018 | work=CageMatch | language=de}} Arkangel would hold the Chilean-based Federacion Universitaria de Lucha Libre (FULL) world championship on two occasions between 2013 and 2015. He first won the championship on a FULL show in Chile and then brought the championship with him to Mexico where he lost it to El Gallo on January 14, 2014. He would later regain the championship from El Gallo and later lose it to Boby Zavala at some point in 2015.{{cite web | url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=2299 | title=FULL World Championship | access-date=June 13, 2018 | work=CageMatch}} In early 2016 Arkangel teamed up with his student El Hijo del Signo to compete in a tournament for the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship, the team ended up losing their first-round match to Disturbio and Virus.{{cite web | url=https://superluchas.com/virus-disturbio-segundos-finalistas-campeonato-parejas-la-coliseo/| title=Virus y Disturbio, segundos finalistas por el Campeonato de Parejas de la Coliseo | date=March 5, 2018 | access-date=March 11, 2018 | author=Dark Angelita | work=Súper Luchas | language=es}} Pasillas' final wrestling match was on June 9, 2018, and saw the team of Arkangel, Kwato-San and Sangre Azteca defeat the trio of Bengala, Eléctrico and Oro Jr. on the undercard of an Arena Coliseo show.{{cite web | title= Arkangel de la Muerte > Matches | url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=2&nr=4672&page=4 | access-date=June 13, 2018 | work=CageMatch}}

Pasillas was scheduled to wrestle on a CMLL show on June 12, 2018, but had informed the bookers that he was not feeling well and was replaced by El Hijo del Signo on the show. The following morning, June 13, his wife found him dead. It was reported that Pasillas died from cardiac arrest.{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/fallece-arkangel-de-la-muerte/|title=¡Fallece Arkángel de la Muerte!|work=Súper Luchas|last=Piñeiro|first=Anthony|access-date=June 13, 2018|date=June 13, 2018|language=es}}

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
• CMLL World Welterweight Championship (1 time){{cite book |author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|chapter=Mexico: EMLL CMLL Welterweight Title|page=396|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
• Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time){{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|chapter=Mexico: National Welterweight Title|page=392|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
• Comision de Box y Lucha Distrito Federal
• Distrito Federal Welterweight Championship{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|chapter=Mexico: Districto Federal Welterweight Title|page=399|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
• Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Guerrero de la Muerte{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|chapter=Mexico: Districto Federal Teg Team Title|page=399|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
• Distrito Federal Trios Championship (1 time) – with Guerrero de la Muerte and El Felino{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|chapter=Mexico: Districto Federal Trios Title|page=399|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
• Federación Universitaria de Lucha Libre
• FULL World Championship (2 times){{cite web | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2014/06/25/exotica-victoria-de-maximo-en-la-arena-mexico | title='Exótica' victoria de Máximo en la Arena México | date=June 25, 2014 | access-date=May 10, 2015 | publisher=MSN | work=MedipTiempo | language=es}}
• Regional Mexican Championships
• Acapulco Welterweight Championship (1 time)
• Guerrero Welterweight Championship (2 times)
• Naucalpan Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Pantera II (as Mr. Cid), with Canelo Casas (as Mr. Cid), with Guerrero de la Muerte (as Arkangel)
• Naucalpan Welterweight Championship (1 time) – as Mr. Cid

{{See also|Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|l1=Luchas de Apuestas}}

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