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Panzagón
Sign in to saveAlso known as Panzagon El Amo De Los 8 Colesteroles, Amenaza Elegante, Juan Escalera, Tragón Dorado, La Amenaza Elefante, Panzagon, El hechenle aire, el original
Octagón (born March 27, 1961) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler). He is best known for working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), having worked for the company since it was founded in 1992. In 2011 he was inducted into the promotion's Hall of Fame. Octagón formed a tag team with El Hijo Del Santo to take on Los Gringos Locos (Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr) in a double mask versus hair match on the first pay-per-view put on by a Mexican wrestling promotion to air in the United States. Over the years the Octagón gimmick has spawned a Mascot called Octagon
Film & TV
Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
A masked mexican wrestler whose name is unknown. A black belt in Shotokan Karate, Octagón started in CMLL as La Amenaza Elegante before creating the Octagón name and look along with then CMLL booker Antonio Peña. The name Octagón was inspired by the Chuck Norris movie Octagon while the look was inspired by Kung Fu & Kato Kung Lee. When Peña left CMLL to create AAA, Octagón went with him. After…
Known for
- CMLL 90 Aniversario2023
- AAA Triplemania VIII2000
- Octagon and Atlantis, the rematch — Himself1992
- Octagon and Mascara Sagrada in Fight to the Death — Himself1992
- La fuerza bruta1991
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Xalapa
- Occupation
- television actor
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- Octagón.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1961-03-27
- pseudonym
- Octagón
- start of work period
- 1981-12-06
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- Octagón (wrestler)
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Professional wrestling career
- Creating Octagón
- Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
- Working with Los Gringos Locos
- Octagon clones
- Rudo turn
- Storyline with Octagón Jr.
- Post-AAA
- Return to CMLL
- Filmography
- Personal life
- Championships and accomplishments
- ''Luchas de Apuestas'' record
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Octagón (born March 27, 1961) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler). He is best known for working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), having worked for the company since it was founded in 1992. In 2011 he was inducted into the promotion's Hall of Fame. Octagón formed a tag team with El Hijo Del Santo to take on Los Gringos Locos (Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr) in a double mask versus hair match on the first pay-per-view put on by a Mexican wrestling promotion to air in the United States. Over the years the Octagón gimmick has spawned a Mascot called Octagoncito and an "Evil clone" known as Pentagón. In 2014, Escalera quit AAA.
==Professional wrestling career== Growing up, Octagón was mainly interested in Martial Arts and earned a black belt in Shotokan Karate. He viewed Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) only as a hobby. This changed when he met Raúl Reyes, a former professional wrestler from the Veracruz area. Reyes convinced Octagón that his martial art skills could help him earn a living as a professional wrestler. After learning the basics, he made his debut in December 1981 as "Dragón Dorado" (Spanish for "Golden Dragon"). Not long after, he changed gimmicks (in-ring persona) and became known as "La Amenaza Elegante" (Spanish for "the Elegant Threat") in 1982. He was not very successful as La Amenaza Elegante, although he did manage to obtain a contract with Mexico's largest, and the world's oldest, wrestling promotion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
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