Blue demon
Alejandro Muñoz Moreno | |
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Blue Demon mask |
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Ring name | Blue demon |
Additions to names | "El Manotas" "The Professor" |
birth | April 24, 1922 Rinconada, Nuevo León , Mexico |
death | December 16, 2000 |
Trained by | Rolando Vera |
debut | 1948 |
retirement | 1989 |
Alejandro Muñoz Moreno (born April 24, 1922 in Rinconada , Nuevo León , Mexico , † December 16, 2000 ), better known by his ring name Blue Demon ( Demonio Azul in Spanish ), was a Mexican luchador , wrestler and actor .
Career
Beginnings
Moreno was trained by Rolando Vera and made his debut on March 12, 1948 at a wrestling show in Laredo .
Mexico / World Wide Wrestling Federation
Moreno returned to Mexico and performed for the first time in Mexico City with a mask as the Blue Demon . From then on he appeared as a heel all over Mexico. Together with The Black Shadow , Moreno formed the Los Hermanos Shadow tag team . With him Moreno won the Mexican National Tag Team Championship . In 1953 Moreno won the NWA World Welterweight title from El Santo .
In 1972 Moreno appeared several times with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment).
In 1988 Moreno ended his career.
death
On December 16, 2000, Moreno died of a heart attack . Moreno was buried with his mask on.
title
- Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre
- 1 × Mexican National Tag Team Champion with Black Shadow
- 3 × Mexican National Welterweight Champion
- 2 × NWA World Welterweight Champion
Filmography
- 1964: Demonio Azul
- 1964: Blue Demon contra el poder satánico (With a cameo by El Santo )
- 1966: Blue Demon en la sombra del murciélago
- 1966: Blue Demon contra las aranas infernales
- 1966: Blue Demon contra cerebros infernales
- 1966: Blue Demon contra las diabólicas
- 1967: Blue Demon destructor de espías
- 1967: Blue Demon en pasaporte à la muerte
- 1968: Blue Demon contra las invasoras
- 1969: Santo versus Blue Demon en la Atlántida
- 1969: Santo el enmascarado de plata y Blue Demon contra los monstruos
- 1969: Santo y Blue Demon en "El Mundo de los Muertos"
- 1970: Los campeones justicieros
- 1970: Las momias de Guanajuato (together with El Santo and Mil Máscaras )
- 1971: Blue Demon y Zovek en "La invasión de los muertos"
- 1972: La noche de la muerte
- 1972: Blue Demon en la mafia amarilla
- 1972: Vuelven los campeones justicieros
- 1972: Santo and the blue demon contra Dracula and werewolf (Santo y Blue Demon contra Drácula y el Hombre Lobo)
- 1972: Santo y Blue Demon en "Las bestias del terror"
- 1973: El triunfo de los campeones justicieros
- 1973: Santo y Blue Demon contra el doctor Frankenstein
- 1974: "Blue Demon en" El hijo de Alma Grande "
- 1975: La mansion de las siete momias
- 1977: Misterio en las Bermudas (with El Santo and Mil Máscaras)
- 1989: Blue Demon, el campeón (documentation)
Web links
- Blue Demon in Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Blue demon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Muñoz Moreno, Alejandro (real name); Azul, Demonio (ring name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican luchador, wrestler and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1922 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rinconada , Nuevo León , Mexico |
DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 2000 |