Carmelo Reyes González (born October 18, 1949) is a Mexican retired

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, better known by his ring name, Cien Caras ("Hundred Faces"). He is best known for his appearances with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.

Personal life

Carmelo Reyes González was born on October 18, 1949, in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico. His younger brothers, Andrés Reyes González (better known as

Universo 2000 Andrés Reyes González (April 18, 1963 – May 1, 2018) was a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, who was best known under the ring name Universo 2000. Reyes made his professional wrestling debut in 1985 and worked for Consejo Mundial de ...

) and Jesús Reyes González (known as

Máscara Año 2000 Jesús Reyes González (born 10 March 1958) is a Mexican '' Luchador'', or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Máscara Año 2000 or Máscara Año Dos Mil. His ring name is Spanish for "Mask of the year 2000", originally referr ...

) also followed Carmelo into professional wrestling. Two of Carmelo Reyes' sons also followed in his footsteps, known as the masked wrestlers, known as

El Cuatrero El Cuatrero (born 1996) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, where he is currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. Best known for his work for '' Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre'' (CMLL) based in Mexico Cit ...

and Sansón. His nephews are also professional wrestlers, known as

Forastero Forastero (born July 30, 1994) is the ring name of a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. He is known for his work for Mexico City-based ''Consejo Mundial de Lucha Lib ...

, Universo 2000 Jr. and

Máscara Año 2000 Jr. Ángel Omar Reyes Franco (born 16 January 1977) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador'' or professional wrestling, professional wrestler, better known as Máscara Año 2000 Jr. He is working for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), and International ...

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Cien Caras Jr. Cien Caras Jr. (born October 18, 1976) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) portraying a ''rudo'' ...

and

El Hijo de Cien Caras Eustacio Jiménez Ibarra (March 21, 1976 – November 29, 2010) was a Mexican '' Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler better known by the ring name of El Hijo de Cien Caras. The name is Spanish for "the Son of Cien Caras." ...

are not sons of Carlemo Reyes, while it is unclear if

Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 (born 1986) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a ''rudo'' ("Bad guy ...

is a blood relative or only fictional relatives. Reyes later stated that he allowed the "Cien Caras" name to be rented by other wrestlers as his sons were very young and the time and might not want to become professional wrestlers.

Professional wrestling career

After training under Diablo Velasco and Pantera Negra, Reyes debuted in 1974 under the ring name "Mil Caras", but due to the obvious confusion with

Mil Máscaras Mil Máscaras (born Aarón Rodríguez Arellano, July 15, 1942) is a Mexican luchador (professional wrestler) and actor. He is regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of the lucha libre tradition in Mexico – along with El Santo and Blue Demo ...

, he dropped 900 units to become "Cien Caras". Caras was initially a ''técnico'', but quickly developed a more violent wrestling style, and became a ''rudo''. On June 24, 1987 in Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico, Caras defeated MS-1 for the

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. He held the title until March 20, 1988, when he lost to Lizmark in

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. On September 21, 1990 he lost his

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in the culmination of a feud with Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. In late 1990, Caras was wrestling against Jalisco Jr. in a

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when a fan threw a peso coin that hit Caras in the eye. He missed over a month due to the eye injury, and there was concern at the time that his career might be over. On August 18, 1991 in Monterrey, Caras defeated Konnan el Barbaro to become the second ever CMLL World Heavyweight Champion. He held the title until leaving the CMLL in May 1992, vacating the title in the process. Caras followed Konnan to the newly formed

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre ( professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its ...

, where he continued his feud with Konnan. At the inaugural TripleMania event on April 30, 1993, Caras defeated Konnan in a two out of three falls

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match by count-out after

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interfered on his behalf. Caras remained in the AAA for several years before returning to the CMLL. In one of his last matches in the promotion, he teamed with Heavy Metal and

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in a championship tournament to crown the first

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and lost to Los Villanos (

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, IV and V) at the tournament finals in

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on March 8, 1996. In CMLL, Caras is a member of the stable ''Los Capos'' ("The Bosses") with his two younger brothers,

and

(''Los Hermanos Dinamita''—"The Dynamite Brothers"), and Apolo Dantes. In 2004, Caras and Mascara Año 2000 were defeated by Perro Aguayo, Jr. and

El Terrible Damián Gutiérrez Hernández (born April 12, 1976), better known by his ring name El Terrible, is a Mexican professional wrestler who currently works for the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays a ''r ...

in a hair versus hair tag team match at the annual '' Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth'' show with Caras and Mascara having their heads shaved as a result. Caras and Mascara fought Aguayo, Jr. and his father,

Perro Aguayo Pedro Aguayo Damián (18 January 1946 — 3 July 2019) better known as "(El) Perro Aguayo" (Aguayo the dog) and El Can de Nochistlan (The Nochistlan Dog) was a Mexican wrestler through the 1970s to the 1990s. Aguayo was the first person ever ...

, in a second hair versus hair match in February 2005, with Caras and Mascara losing once again. The match was billed as Caras's retirement match, but he continued to wrestle in secondary CMLL venues, making him semi-retired.

Championships and accomplishments

IWC World Heavyweight Championship The International Wrestling Council (IWC) World Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Completo de la IWC in Spanish) was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion, Luch ...

( 1 time) **

Mexican National Trios Championship The Mexican National Trios Championship (''Campeonato National Trios'' in Spanish) is a three-man tag team professional wrestling championship, sanctioned by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." (''Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling ...

( 1 time) - with Máscara Año 2000 and

* Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre **

CMLL World Heavyweight Championship The CMLL World Heavyweight Championship ( es, Campeonato Mundial de Peso Completo del CMLL) is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship established in 1991 and promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). CMLL introduced the ...

( 1 time) **

Mexican National Heavyweight Championship The Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (called the ''Campeonato Nacional Completo'' in Spanish) is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) championship created and sanctioned by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission (Span ...

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) **

Mexican National Tag Team Championship The Mexican National Tag Team Championship ''()'' is a national Mexican professional wrestling championship controlled by the (Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission) and competed for by two-man tag teams. The championship was created in ...

(

) - with

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(1) and

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( 1 time) - with Máscara Año 2000 and

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( 1 time) - with Victor Rivera *

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**PWI ranked him #158 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the

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in 1994 **PWI ranked him #120 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "

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" in 2003 * NWA Big Time Wrestling **

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship The WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship was the secondary professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area-based World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA). The championship was originally known as the NW ...

( 1 time) - with

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World Wrestling Association The World Wrestling Association (WWA) (Asociación Mundial de Lucha Libre in Spanish) is a lucha libre promotion based in the Tijuana-area of Mexico. It was founded in 1986 by Benjamin Mora Jr.. It featured some of Mexico's best ''luchadores'' a ...

WWA World Heavyweight Championship The World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in World Wrestling All-Stars. It was the primary championship in the WWA. The title was sanctioned by WWA as their world ...

( 1 time)

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

Footnotes

References

External links

Cien Caras at Bodyslamming.com

Cien Caras at OtherArena.com
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