El Hijo del Santo

Born: 1963-08-02

Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler and political activist, best known under the ring name, El Hijo del Santo ("The Son of the Saint"). Guzmán is the youngest child, out of eleven, of Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, better known as El Santo, a professional wrestler, film actor, and Mexican folk hero. Jorge Guzmán's son made his debut under the name "Santo Jr.", the third-generation Guzmán to use the name "Santo". Jorge Guzmán's uncles, Miguel "Black" Guzmán, Jesús Guzmán (Pantera Negra) and Jimmy Guzmán were also wrestlers. Axxel, Jorge Guzmán's nephew, originally wrestled as "El Nieto del Santo" ("The Grandson of El Santo") but Jorge Guzmán owned the rights to the "Santo" name and objected. Guzmán has also followed in his father's footsteps, as he has starred in several lucha films. He made his wrestling debut in February 1982 under the name El Korak, but officially adopted his most famous ring name and silver mask in October 1982. During his career as Guzmán has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion including Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, Universal Wrestling Association and World Wrestling Association as well as stints with WWE in the United States as well as working in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, All Japan Pro-Wrestling and various other promotions. Early in his career he formed a successful tag team with Eddie Guerrero called "La Pareja Atomica", inspired by their fathers (El Santo and Gory Guerrero) teaming up from the 1940s to the 1960s. From 1998 through 2006 he also formed a very successful team with Negro Casas. Over the span of his career Guzmán has held various championships, most significantly the AAA World Tag Team Championship, Mexican National Middleweight Championship, Mexican National Trios Championship, Mexican National Welterweight Championship, CMLL World Tag Team Championship, UWA World Lightweight Championship, UWA World Welterweight Championship, WWA Tag Team Championship and WWA World Welterweight Championship as well as an honorary championship awarded by the World Boxing Council. He's also won the Leyenda de Plata tournament (held in honor of his father), the 1995 version of the CMLL International Gran Prix tournament and the 2004 Gran Alternativa tournament. In 1997 he was voted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.


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Cassandro

as El Hijo del Santo
Released: 2023-09-14

The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to...

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Xico's Journey

as Mr. Brown (voice)
Released: 2020-11-12

The peace of a small town is endangered when a corporation wants to destroy the mountain that...

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La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano

as Hijo de Santo
Released: 2024-03-28

Lucha libre is part of Mexican culture, but how did something that was shown in circuses and...

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Santo vs. Capulina

as (as Jorge Guzmán)
Released: 1969-12-04

Calpuina is a night-watchman in a wharehouse, a perfect job for him. When some thieves break in...

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El hijo de Santo en frontera sin ley

as El Hijo del Santo
Released: 1983-05-15

Bad Italian guy is buying all the land in a Mexican border town, for some reason, and his...

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The Man Behind the Mask

as Himself
Released: 2013-10-22

The 70th anniversary of the birth of El Santo and the wrestling debut of his son mark the...

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WWE: Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story

as Himself
Released: 2004-05-26

Born into Mexico's first family of sports-entertainment, Eddie Guerrero's career choice was only...

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The Vengeance of the Crying Woman

as Carlitos (as Jorge Guzmán)
Released: 1974-08-29

Santo and Mantequilla Nápoles team up to end the curse of La Llorona by getting ahold of a...

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Chanoc and the Son of Santo vs. The Killer Vampires

as Hijo del Santo
Released: 1983-04-21

Chanoc fights alongside Santo's son against the Killer Vampires.

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Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy

as Self
Released: 2007-01-01

A resurrected Aztec mummy conspires to manipulate men of power for world domination. Whether Mil...

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Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy

as Agapito (as Niño Jorgito)
Released: 1971-12-09

When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find...

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The Son of Santo

as Santo
Released: 2008-10-01

This is the story of Juan, a boy who feels the opression of his social environment and the...

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World Wrestling Peace Festival

as uncredited
Released: 1996-06-01

The World Wrestling Peace Festival was a professional wrestling supercard event produced by...

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Santo: Infraterrestre

as Himself
Released: 2001-01-01

The Son of Santo must defeat aliens who have been hiding underground on Earth in preparation for...

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AAA TripleMania I

as uncredited
Released: 1993-04-30

AAA's first TripleMania event was held in Mexico City's La Plaza de Toros de Mexico City on...

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AAA When Worlds Collide

as El Hijo del Santo
Released: 1994-11-06

On Nov. 6, 1994, WCW produced an English-language broadcast of When Worlds Collide, a...

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