Espectro I

Professional wrestling career Hernández made his in-ring debut in 1951, using the ring name Tony Hernández as he worked for Vera's wrestling promotion in Nuevo León. Early on he worked mainly in the first or second match, not making much headway. In 1953 former referee Roberto Rangel showed a magazine he bought called Los Espectros de Ultratumba (Spanish for "The Spectres from Beyond the Grave)") to local promoter Jesús Garza Hernández. The two thought it would make for a great wrestling character and unbeknownst to Hernández the promoter had a green suit and mask created specifically for Hernández. While Hernández did not like to wrestle in a full body suit, he still went ahead with the character, wrestling as "Espectro de Ultratumba" from that point on. Working with the promoter Hernández began to develop the Espectro de Ultratumba character further, adding in a large degree of theatrics to his matches, including using an actual coffin as part of his entrance. Prior to his matches, he would be carried to the ring in the coffin, often by several hooded pallbearers or wrestlers dressed like ghosts, allowing Espectro to emerge from the coffin "like a ghost rising from the grave". The spectacle of the entrance combined with the showmanship of Hernández himself made the Espectro de Ultratumba character very popular with the locals. His third son is the enmascarado Espectro de Ultratumba, but since he has not been unmasked so his real name has not been confirmed. Hernández also trained his nephew Antonio Peña and allowed him to take the name "Espectro Jr." He also trained other wrestler such as Climax I and II, Voltio Negro, Guerrero de la Muerte and the original Máscara Sagrada, Espectro Jr. – Antonio Peña, played the part from 1974 until 1980. Also went by Espectro de Ultratumba (II) in 1985–1986. Espectro 2000 – Arturo Hernández, son of the original. possibly as early as 1985. Espectro III - wrestled on early 90s indies and/or late '00s AAA spot-shows. Might refer to other names listed here. Espectro II (II) - Tijuana-based luchador (originally from Mexico City) who has wrestled since 1989. Rey Espectro - Guillermo Arturo Ramírez Reyes, formerly wrestled as Hijo del Espectro Jr., was sold the name by Espectro Jr. (II), neglected to pay, and changed it in July 2022 amid the fallout. Hijo de Espectro Jr. - debuted on May 15, 2022 and wrestles around Guadalajara, seemingly having bought the rights to the name from Espectro Jr. (II) as a result of the Rey Espectro disagreement. Espectro de Ultratumba (III) – better known as Gran Cochisse, used name briefly in the 90s in a team with other namesakes. Cadaver de Ultratumba - A variation of the Espectro character, brother of the current Espectro Jr. Espectrito/Espectrito de Ultratumba – Mario Pérez Jiménez, a Mini-Estrella Espectrito II/Espectrito de Ultratumba II/Espectrito Jr. – Alejandro Pérez Jiménez, brother of Espectrito I, also a Mini-Estrella Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ray Mendoza Occidente Middleweight Championship (1 time)

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesEl Espectro (mask) Alex Romano (hair) Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event Sombra Vengador (mask) Espectro ($1,000) N/A live show Huracán Ramírez (mask) Espectro (hair) Pachuca, Hidalgo live show

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