Cien Caras
{{Short description|Mexican professional wrestler}}
{{About|the original Cien Caras}}
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{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name = Cien Caras
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|names = Cien Caras
Mil Caras
Sanson
|height = {{convert|1.91|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite news|title=Statistics for Professional wrestlers|work=PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts|publisher=Kappa Publications|id=2008 Edition|pages=66–79}}
|weight = {{convert|110|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|5|11|mf=y}}
|birth_place = Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico
|birthname = J. Carmelo Reyes González
|children = {{Unbulleted list|El Cuatrero (son)|Sansón (son)}}
|relatives = {{Unbulleted list|Máscara Año 2000 (brother)|Universo 2000 (brother)|Forastero (nephew)|Universo 2000 Jr. (nephew)|Máscara Año 2000 Jr. (nephew)}}
Cien Caras Místico (adopted son)
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|billed = Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco
|trainer = {{Unbulleted list|Diablo Velasco{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publisher|year=2007|chapter=Dorada de lucha libre: Las Leyendas, las peleas, los fósforos del resentimiento (the golden age of lucha libre: the legends, the feuds, the grudge matches): Diablo Velasco|pages=203–205|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}|Pantera Negra}}
|debut = 1974
|retired = 2018
}}
J. Carmelo Reyes González (born May 11, 1949) is a Mexican retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Cien Caras ("Hundred Faces"). He is best known for his appearances with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.
Personal life
J. Carmelo Reyes González was born on May 11, 1949, in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico. His younger brothers, Andrés Reyes González (better known as Universo 2000) and Jesús Reyes González (known as Máscara Año 2000) also followed Carmelo into professional wrestling. Three of J. Carmen Reyes' sons also followed in his footsteps, known as the masked wrestlers, known as El Cuatrero and Sansón and
Cien Caras Místico.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz7nTR_jZSE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/Uz7nTR_jZSE |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live| title=Divinas de la lucha Cuatrero y Sansón | date=March 5, 2017 | access-date=February 16, 2017 | first=Elisa | last=Tudón | work=Divinas de la Luchas | language=es | trans-title=Divine fighters Cuatrero and Sanson}}{{cbignore}} His nephews are also professional wrestlers, known as Forastero, Universo 2000 Jr. and Máscara Año 2000 Jr.{{cite web | url= http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2012/08/05/wagner-destapo-a-mascara-2000-jr | title= Wagner destapó a Máscara 2000 Jr. | last=Rodríguez | first=Alejandro | date=August 5, 2012 | access-date=February 19, 2013 | work=Medio Tiempo | language=es | trans-title=Wagner unmasks Máscara 2000 Jr.}}
In Mexican wrestling there is a long tradition of wrestlers paying for the rights to use a ring name and be portrayed as a second or third-generation wrestler without actually being related.{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2007|chapter=A family affair|pages = 128–132|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}} It has been confirmed that wrestlers Cien Caras Jr. and El Hijo de Cien Caras are not sons of Carlemo Reyes, while it is unclear if Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 is a blood relative or only fictional relatives.{{cite web|url=http://www.record.com.mx/blog/el-hijo-del-santo/2010-12-02/el-adios-del-hijo-de-cien-caras |title=El adiós del Hijo de Cien Caras |author=El Hijo del Santo |author-link=El Hijo del Santo |date=December 2, 2010 |access-date=February 19, 2013 |publisher=Récord.com |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204113931/http://www.record.com.mx/blog/el-hijo-del-santo/2010-12-02/el-adios-del-hijo-de-cien-caras |archive-date=December 4, 2010 |trans-title=Goodbye to El Hijo de Cien Caras}} Reyes later stated that he allowed the "Cien Caras" name to be rented by other wrestlers as his sons were very young and the time and might not want to become professional wrestlers.{{cite web | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2015/12/01/herederos-de-cien-caras-cerca-de-debut-en-arena-mexico | title=Herederos de Cien Caras cerca de debut en Arena México | date=December 1, 2015 | access-date=February 16, 2018 | language=es | publisher=MSN| work=MedioTiempo | first=Apolo | last=Valdés | trans-title=The successors to Cien Casas make their debut in Arena Mexico}}
Professional wrestling career
After training under Diablo Velasco and Pantera Negra, Reyes debuted in 1974 under the ring name "Mil Caras", but due to the obvious confusion with Mil Máscaras, he dropped 900 units to become "Cien Caras". Caras was initially a técnico, but quickly developed a more violent wrestling style, and became a rudo. On June 24, 1987 in Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico, Caras defeated MS-1 for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship. He held the title until March 20, 1988, when he lost to Lizmark in Mexico City, Mexican Federal District. On September 21, 1990 he lost his mask in the culmination of a feud with Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. In late 1990, Caras was wrestling against Jalisco Jr. in a steel cage match when a fan threw a peso coin that hit Caras in the eye. He missed over a month due to the eye injury, and there was concern at the time that his career might be over.{{cite web|url=https://members.f4wonline.com/wrestling-observer-newsletter/january-14-1991-wrestling-observer-newsletter-purchase-uwa-falls-apart|title=January 14, 1991 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Purchase of UWA Falls Apart, more news|author=Observer Staff|publisher=Wrestling Observer Newsletter|website=F4WOnline.com|date=January 14, 1991|access-date=August 29, 2019}} {{subscription required}}
On August 18, 1991 in Monterrey, Caras defeated Konnan el Barbaro to become the second ever CMLL World Heavyweight Champion. He held the title until leaving the CMLL in May 1992, vacating the title in the process. Caras followed Konnan to the newly formed Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where he continued his feud with Konnan. At the inaugural TripleMania event on April 30, 1993, Caras defeated Konnan in a two out of three falls retirement match by count-out after Jake "The Snake" Roberts interfered on his behalf. Caras remained in the AAA for several years before returning to the CMLL. In one of his last matches in the promotion, he teamed with Heavy Metal and Latin Lover in a championship tournament to crown the first AAA Americas Trios Championship and lost to Los Villanos (Villano III, IV and V) at the tournament finals in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl on March 8, 1996.
In CMLL, Caras is a member of the stable Los Capos ("The Bosses") with his two younger brothers, Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 (Los Hermanos Dinamita—"The Dynamite Brothers"), and Apolo Dantes. In 2004, Caras and Mascara Año 2000 were defeated by Perro Aguayo, Jr. and El Terrible in a hair versus hair tag team match at the annual Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth show with Caras and Mascara having their heads shaved as a result. Caras and Mascara fought Aguayo, Jr. and his father, Perro Aguayo, in a second hair versus hair match in February 2005, with Caras and Mascara losing once again. The match was billed as Caras's retirement match, but he continued to wrestle in secondary CMLL venues, making him semi-retired.
Championships and accomplishments
- Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
- IWC World Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{cite web | url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/iwc-h.html | title=International Wrestling Council World Heavyweight Title | access-date=January 20, 2020|publisher=Wrestling-Titles}}
- Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) - with Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000
- Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- CMLL World Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|chapter=Mexico: EMLL CMLL Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre heavyweight Title|page=395|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
- Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|chapter=Mexico: National Heavyweight Title|pages=390–391|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}{{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=2004-12-20|language=es}}
- Mexican National Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Sangre Chicana (1) and Máscara Año 2000 (1){{cite book|first1=Royal | last1=Duncan | first2=Gary | last2=Will | title=Wrestling title histories: pr | trans-title=The Kings of Mexico: The history of the national championshipsofessional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present | year=2000 | chapter= Mexico: National Tag Team Title| page=396 | publisher=Archeus Communications | location=Waterloo, ON | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}
- Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) - with Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will | title=Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present | publisher=Archeus Communications | chapter = Mexico: National Trios Title | page = 393 | year= 2000 | isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
- NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{Cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|chapter=Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title|page=389|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2006|edition=4th|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
- NWA Hollywood Wrestling
- NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Victor Rivera{{cite web | url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/wwa/wwa-t.html | title=WWA World Tag Team title history | work=wrestling-title | access-date=January 20, 2020}}
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #158 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1994{{cite news|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 – 1994 158) Cien Caras | work=Pro Wrestling Illustrated | publisher=Sports and Entertainment publications LLC | location=Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States | id=October 1994 | page=39 | date=August 1994}}
- PWI ranked him #120 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003{{cite web|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi500yr.htm |title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 Wrestlers of the PWI Years |access-date=September 15, 2010 |publisher=Wrestling Information Archive |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707054220/http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi500yr.htm |archive-date=July 7, 2011 }}
- NWA Big Time Wrestling
- NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jose Lothario{{cite book| last1=Will | first1=Gary | first2=Royal | last2= Duncan | title=Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2000 | location=Pennsylvania | chapter=Texas: NWA Texas Tag Team Title [Von Erich] | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 | pages=275–276}}{{cite web| url = http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tx/tx-t.html | title = NWA Texas Tag Team Title [E. Texas]| access-date = December 27, 2019 | work= wrestling-titles.com}}
- World Wrestling Association
- WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time){{cite book|first1=Royal | last1=Duncan | first2=Gary | last2=Will | title=Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present | year=2000 | publisher=Archeus Communications | location=Waterloo, ON | page=400 | chapter=Mexico: WWA World Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title [Benjamin Mora Jr.]| isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (2024) - with Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000{{cite web |title=November 18, 2024 Observer Newsletter: The 2024 Hall of Fame class |url=https://www.f4wonline.com/wrestling-observer-newsletter/november-18-2024-observer-newsletter-the-2024-hall-of-fame-class/ |website=Figure 4 Weekly |access-date=15 November 2024}}
''Luchas de Apuestas'' record
{{see also|Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|l1=Luchas de Apuestas}}
Footnotes
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References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050427144108/http://bodyslamming.com/other/ciencaras.html Cien Caras at Bodyslamming.com]}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060508033437/http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/biography.cgi?ciencara Cien Caras at OtherArena.com]}}
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