Rayo de Jalisco Sr.

Máximino "Max" Linares Moreno (November 22, 1932 – July 19, 2018) was a Mexican luchador (professional wrestler). He was better known under the ring name Rayo de Jalisco ("The Lightning Bolt from Jalisco"). He was thought to be one of the best wrestlers of his generation.[3]

Rayo de Jalisco Sr.
Ring name(s)Águila Negra
Dr. Curtis
El Rayo
Mr. Misterio
Rayo de Jalisco
Tony Curtis
Billed height170 cm[1]
Billed weight93 kg[1]
BornNovember 22, 1932[1]
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
DiedJuly 19, 2018(2018-07-19) (aged 85)[2]
Mexico City, Mexico
Billed fromJalisco, Mexico
Trained byTony Sugar[1]
DebutFebruary 1950[1]
RetiredJuly 30, 1989[1]

During his career, Linares held the NWA World Middleweight Championship three times as well as the Mexican National Tag Team Championship with lucha libre icon El Santo. He was added into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996 and the AAA Hall of Fame in 2014.

Linares died of congestive heart failure in Mexico City on July 19, 2018, aged 85.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Fallece el legendario luchador Rayo de Jalisco". ESPN (in español). July 19, 2018. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. "Falleció El Rayo de Jalisco, legendario luchador mexicano". MedioTiempo (in español). MSN. July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  3. Madigan, Dan (2007). "A Family affair". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.