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By the late 1930s, Don Sebastian—billed as a "Basque wrestler," a "Portuguese-Spanish wrestler," and a "refugee from the Spanish wars"—was wrestling in Mexico and the United States.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/593908768/?terms=%22don+sebastian%22+wrestler|title=Basque Wrestler on Display|last=|first=|date=27 Apr 1939|website=Deseret News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-01}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/258861469/?terms=%22don+sebastian%22+wrestler|title=Don Sebastian to Show Here|last=|first=|date=23 Sep 1940|website=The Honolulu Advertiser|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-01}}] He actually got his start as a masked [[luchador]] in Mexico City.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/530165804/?terms=%22don+sebastian%22+wrestler|title=Masked Wrestlers Headline Mat Card|last=|first=|date=30 Nov 1938|website=Visalia Times-Delta|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-01}}] |
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By the late 1930s, Don Sebastian—billed as a "Basque wrestler," a "Portuguese-Spanish wrestler," and a "refugee from the Spanish wars"—was wrestling in Mexico and the United States.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/593908768/?terms=%22don+sebastian%22+wrestler|title=Basque Wrestler on Display|last=|first=|date=27 Apr 1939|website=Deseret News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-01}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/258861469/?terms=%22don+sebastian%22+wrestler|title=Don Sebastian to Show Here|last=|first=|date=23 Sep 1940|website=The Honolulu Advertiser|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-01}}] He actually got his start as a masked professional wrestler in Mexico City.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/530165804/?terms=%22don+sebastian%22+wrestler|title=Masked Wrestlers Headline Mat Card|last=|first=|date=30 Nov 1938|website=Visalia Times-Delta|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-01}}] |
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In the 1940s, he promoted wrestling in Santa Barbara County, California, where he resided at the time.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/447969039/?terms=%22don+sebastian%22+wrestler|title=Sebastian Takes Over Wrestling at Pismo Beach|last=|first=|date=4 Jun 1948|website=The Santa Maria Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-01}}] In the 1950s, he leased a space in San Bernardino, California, where he hosted wrestling events and amateur boxing.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/49234391/?terms=%22don+sebastian%22+wrestler|title=Wrestling Returns to S.B. Saturday|last=|first=|date=28 Feb 1954|website=The San Bernardino County Sun|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-01}}] |
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In the 1940s, he promoted wrestling in Santa Barbara County, California, where he resided at the time.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/447969039/?terms=%22don+sebastian%22+wrestler|title=Sebastian Takes Over Wrestling at Pismo Beach|last=|first=|date=4 Jun 1948|website=The Santa Maria Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-01}}] In the 1950s, he leased a space in San Bernardino, California, where he hosted wrestling events and amateur boxing.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/49234391/?terms=%22don+sebastian%22+wrestler|title=Wrestling Returns to S.B. Saturday|last=|first=|date=28 Feb 1954|website=The San Bernardino County Sun|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-01}}] |
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