Rayo de Jalisco Sr.
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'''Máximino Linares Moreno''' (November 22, 1932 – July 19, 2018) was a [[Mexican people|Mexican]] |
'''Máximino Linares Moreno''' (November 22, 1932 – July 19, 2018) was a [[Mexican people|Mexican]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] and actor, better known under the [[ring name]] '''Rayo de Jalisco''' ("The Lightning Bolt from [[Jalisco]]"). He is considered to be one of the best professional wrestlers of his generation. Linares' son followed in his footsteps and is working under the name [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]], wearing the same distinctive black mask with silver lightning bolt on it when wrestling. One of Linares' grandsons is also a professional wrestler, known as "Rayman". |
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During his career, Linares held the [[NWA World Middleweight Championship]] on three occasions as well as the [[Mexican National Tag Team Championship]] with ''lucha libre'' icon [[El Santo]]. He was inducted into the [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame#Inductees|Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996]] and the [[AAA Hall of Fame]] in 2014. Linares worked for [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] for a large part of his career and was honored by them in 2013 as part of their annual ''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2013)|Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' show. |
During his career, Linares held the [[NWA World Middleweight Championship]] on three occasions as well as the [[Mexican National Tag Team Championship]] with ''lucha libre'' icon [[El Santo]]. He was inducted into the [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame#Inductees|Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996]] and the [[AAA Hall of Fame]] in 2014. Linares worked for [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] for a large part of his career and was honored by them in 2013 as part of their annual ''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2013)|Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' show. |
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