On Friday, Mexican Luchador enmascarado El Santo was immortalized by the World Wrestling Entertainment among other legendary wrestlers from the 20th Century in the pro-wrestling most esteemed Hall of Fame.
The Mexican legend was inducted in the Hall of Fame Legacy Wing along with wrestling legends such as Cora Combs , Rufus R. Jones , Boris Malenko , Stan "The Man" Staslak , Hiro Matsuda , Jim Londos , Sputnik Monroe , and Dara Singh.
“In the early 1940s , El Santo first entered the squared circle donning the silver mask and cape that turned him into a real-life superhero and became his trademark across a four-decade career. The grappler known as “ El Enmascarado de Plata ” (The Man in The Silver Mask) engaged in legendary rivalries with luchadors like Blue Demon , thrilling fans around Mexico with his larger than life presence. Santo was no stranger to the tag team ranks, either. He joined forces with Gory Guerrero , Eddie’s father, to form La Pareja Atomica , a team that never lost a match,” the WWE wrote regarding the Mexican icon on the WWE Hall of Fame Legacy inductee list .
El Santo joins Mil Máscaras as the only two Mexican wrestlers inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Legacy Wing.
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