Místico

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Mistico
Statistics
Ring Names	Místico Dr. Karonte, Jr. Komachi Astro Boy HUSTLE Kamen Ranger Orange
Height	5'7 (170 m)
Weight	170 (75 kg)
Born	December 22, 1982
	Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
Died:
Resides
Billed from	Mexico City, Mexico
Trained by	Tony Salazar Dr. Karonte Fray Tormenta
Debut	April 30, 1998
Retired

Místico (born December 22 1982), whose birth name is unknown, is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for the lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

Contents 1 Career 2 In wrestling 3 Championships and accomplishments 3.1 Notes 3.2 Luchas de Apuestas record 4 References 5 External links

Career

Raised in the notorious Tepito district of Mexico City, he began his career wrestling under his father's name as Dr. Karonte, Jr. at the age of 13. In 2000, he adopted the name of Astro Boy and started getting noticed working undercards for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. In, 2001, he traveled to Japan and began wrestling as Komachi in Michinoku Pro before returning to CMLL. ^[1]

In 2004, he was repackaged as Místico with a religious persona. He debuted in Arena México in June and spent much of the following months teaming with Volador, Jr. and Misterioso II in the second or third matches on the card. He participated in the 6th Annual Leyenda de Plata tournament but his push didn't take off until he won the Gran Alternativa tag team tournament with established star, El Hijo del Santo, claiming "Místico es chévere". Shortly afterwards, the bookers began teaming him with other established técnicos (faces) such as Negro Casas and Shocker against the big rudo (heel) groups, Los Guerreros del Infierno and La Furia del Norte. His stature made him an underdog and his high flying moves such as diving arm-drags made him popular with Mexico City crowds. Wrestling Observer voted Místico the 2006 "Performer of the Year", "Biggest Box Office Draw", and "Best Flying Wrestler" in their "Year-End Awards".^[2] He was also ranked third in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's list of the top 500 wrestlers of 2007.^[3]

In 2005, he continued working against Los Guerreros, winning important singles matches against Rey Bucanero, Mephisto and Tarzan Boy in CMLL's secondary arena, Arena Coliseo. He won his first title by defeating Guerreros member Averno for the NWA Middleweight championship on February 11. The match was well received by the audience in attendance and fans near the ring threw money into the ring as a sign of appreciation. Two weeks later, he participated in his first singles main event match when he faced Guerreros leader Último Guerrero in Arena México. He won the fall in two falls after Guerrero was disqualified in the first fall and was pinned in the second with a small package. The match sparked a program with the recently turned Dr. Wagner, Jr. teaming with Místico against Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero. After that program died down, Místico became involved in a feud with Perro Aguayo, Jr. and his Los Perros del Mal group. After defeating Aguayo in a singles match, the two exchanged hair versus mask challenges so Místico was added to the already planned eight-man cage match where the last man in the cage lost his hair or mask. Místico joined Negro Casas, Heavy Metal, Universo 2000 and Máscara Mágica against Aguayo's group consisting of Damián 666, Halloween and Héctor Garza leading up to the match but neither Místico or Aguayo were involved in the finish of the match where Damián pinned Máscara Mágica.

In September, he reheated his feud with Último Guerrero with another singles match but in the third fall, he was attacked by Atlantis, turning Atlantis heel. Místico worked a short program with Atlantis but after he defeated Atlantis in a singles match in October, Atlantis focused more on former tag partner Blue Panther.

In 2006, Místico was the biggest star in Mexico. He main evented eighteen events during the year that drew more than ten thousand people. In the early part of the year, he teamed up with Black Warrior in two unsuccessful CMLL Tag Team Championship challenges. In the second one, Black Warrior turned on Místico and the two began a feud. While Black Warrior was wrestling in Japan, Místico and Negro Casas defeated Averno and Mephisto for the CMLL Tag titles on April 14. When Warrior returned, the feud picked up again and Black Warrior handed Místico his first major singles defeat when he pinned him and took his NWA Middleweight Championship on a May 12 Arena México show. On September 29, Místico defeated Black Warrior in a mask versus mask match in the main event of the CMLL 73rd Anniversary show, his first major mask win.^[4] On April 10, 2007, Místico defeated Mephisto to capture the CMLL World Welterweight Championship.

Capitalizing on Místico's popularity, the CMLL created a comic book starring Místico as an urban hero. The comic reached its 50th issue in December 2007.

The Wrestling Observer is reporting that Místico was injured on September 28 during a match in Toluca, Mexico. He reportedly was coming off the top rope to the floor attempting a spinning head scissors, but his opponent slipped and Místico landed on his head. He was rushed to the back, evaluated and then rushed to Mexico City for testing. It was ruled he had a contusion on his brain, while X-Rays have ruled out more serious injuries. He is said to be on medication right now to avoid further inflammation of the neck and spine

Sometime in 2007, WWE offered him a deal to sign with them but due to commitments with CMLL, he was unable to sign with them at the time. Reportedly, the likes of Dean Malenko, Paul London, and Rey Mysterio pushed WWE to offer him a deal in 2007-2008. In December 2007, the Mexico City newspaper The Record reported that WWE was back in talks with Místico. In March 2008, it was reported that Místico contacted TNA to see if they were interested in having him work for their promotion company. If TNA were to agree, Mistico would be featured as a special attraction due to his commitments with CMLL. ^[5]

On March 10, 2008, Místico and Hector Garza became CMLL World Tag Team champions by defeating Averno and Mephisto. In April, the commission declared the title vacant after a match resulted in a double disqualification. Mistico and Garza reclaimed the tag team title by defeating Averno and Mephisto in a rematch. They eventually lost the title to Averno and Mephisto in December.^[6][7]

In July 2008, Místico travelled to China and participated in the second Beijing International Martial Arts Training Camp, organized by Belgium-based martial arts instructor Mike Martello. Throughout the training camp, Místico received instruction in Chinese traditional wrestling (shuaijiao) from Shuaijiao expert Yu Shaoyi (two times regional champion of Beijing) and joint-locking techniques (Qinna) from Mike Martello. The event was covered by Televisa, and was broadcast in a series of 16 clips during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

On January 4, 2009, Mistico made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling at Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome. Mistico wrestled in the opening match, teaming with Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi to defeat Averno, Gedo and Jado when Mistico made Averno submit using his trademark move "La Mística". After the match, Místico announced that he would like to return to New Japan Pro Wrestling and even stated he would like to challenge for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. ^[8] On February 15, 2009 Mistico successfully defended his CMLL Welterweight Championship against Mephisto on a NJPW Show in Sumo Hall, Tokyo. ^[9] Mistico injured his knee during the match, although he was back in action by the end of the week.^[10][11]

On March 20, 2009, Mistico lost his CMLL Welterweight Championship to Negro Casas in a title match.^[12]

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • La Mística (Spinning headscissors takedown twisted into a single arm DDT and from that into a Fujiwara armbar)
  • El Péndulo (Tiger feint kick)
  • Springboard moonsault
  • Superkick
  • Slingshot corkscrew crossbody
  • Diving arm drag
  • Diving hurricanrana
  • Tilt–a–whirl arm drag
  • Slingshot hurricanrana
  • Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb

• Theme music
  • "Me Muero" by La quinta estacion
  • "Ameno" by Era

Championships and accomplishments

• Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.
  • Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current) ^[13]

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
  • CMLL World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Negro Casas (2) and Héctor Garza (1) ^[14]
  • CMLL World Welterweight Championship (1 time) ^[15]
  • NWA World Middleweight Championship (2 times)^{1 [16]}
  • CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa (2004) – with El Hijo del Santo
  • CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa (2007) – with La Sombra
  • CMLL Leyenda de Plata (2006) vs. Atlantis
  • CMLL Leyenda de Plata (2007) vs. Mr. Águila
  • CMLL Leyenda de Plata (2008) vs. Perro Aguayo, Jr.

• International Wrestling Revolution Group
  • IWRG Intercontinental Super Welterweight Championship (1 time, current) ^[17]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him # 3 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2007.

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Best Box Office Draw (2006)
  • Best Flying Wrestler (2006, 2007)
  • Wrestler of the Year (2006)

Notes

¹Despite CMLL still using the NWA initials for some of its titles, it is no longer an NWA affiliated promotion and hasn't been since the 1980s. As a result, the National Wrestling Alliance no longer recognizes or sanctions any CMLL championship still bearing the NWA initials.

Luchas de Apuestas record

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date	Notes
Masks	Mistico & Volador Jr.	Anthrax & Èbola	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico	October 17, 2004
Mask	Mistico	Black Warrior	Mexico City, Mexico	September 29, 2006	[4]
Mask	Mistico	Hijo Del Diablo	Baja California, Mexico	December 1, 2006	[18]
Mask	Mistico	Sepulturero	Mexico State, Mexico	January 27, 2007	[18]
Mask	Mistico	Skayde	Mexico City, Mexico	April 1, 2007	[18]
Mask	Mistico	Misterioso	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	October 7, 2007

References

External links

• Luchawiki profile
• International Mistico Fan Club
• International Mistico Fan Club Blog, created by Mistico fans