César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón (9 January 1968 – 11 May 2019) was a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' (masked

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) and

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. He was known best as Silver King, but also had an extensive stint as the third wrestler to portray the

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character. He was the son of luchador

Dr. Wagner Manuel González Rivera (April 13, 1936 – September 12, 2004) was a Mexican professional wrestler, or ''Luchador'' best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner. González made his professional wrestling debut in 1961 and worked the majority of ...

and the brother of

Dr. Wagner Jr. Juan Manuel González Barrón (born August 12, 1965) is a Mexican ''luchador'' (Spanish for "professional wrestler") who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner Jr., having used that name since 1987. He is the son of Manuel González Rivera ...

González worked for many years with

El Texano Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui (November 26, 1958 – January 15, 2006), better known by his ring name El Texano, was a Mexican '' Luchador'', or professional wrestler. From the early 1970s to the early 2000s, he wrestled under masked and unmask ...

as the

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"Los Cowboys," winning tag team championships in both Mexico and

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. González worked for the

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(UWA),

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(CMLL), Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA),

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(WCW),

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(AJPW),

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(NJPW) and various smaller federations all over the world. González also starred as the villain "Ramses" in the movie ''

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'', starring

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. In June 2010, González began using the ring name Silver Cain/Silver Kain when wrestling in

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as a way to be able to officially be allowed to wear his mask again. In 2020, he was posthumously inducted into the

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Personal life

César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón was born on 9 January 1968, son of Magdalena Barrón and her husband Manuel González Rivera, better known by his

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name,

. César had two older brothers, Óscar and Juan Manuel, and a younger sister, Mayra. Sometime during late 1980s or early 1990s, César González married Xóchitl Guadalupe Hamada Villarreal, who is also a professional wrestler under the name

Xóchitl Hamada is a Mexican semi-retired ''Luchadora'' or professional wrestler. She is the daughter of professional wrestler Gran Hamada, the sister of wrestler Ayako Hamada and the sister-in-law of Tiger Mask IV. Hamada was once married to Mexican wrestler ...

. In 2012, César González introduced a wrestler under the name "Silver King Jr.", a masked wrestler who was advertised as the son of González, but would later reveal that the first person to use the name Silver King Jr. was not his son, disassociating himself from the "fake" son. A second wrestler used the name Silver King Jr. in 2014 and 2015 until he was unmasked in a match on 11 October 2015, where he gave the name Felipe Garcia González. César González later introduced "El Hijo de Silver King" ("The Son of Silver King"), believed to be his real son, not a storyline. César González was the uncle of El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and El Galeno del Mal, sons of his older brother Juan Manuel, as well as the former brother-in-law of Rossy Moreno and the Moreno wrestling family until Juan Manuel and Moreno divorced.

Professional wrestling career

Early Career (1985–1990)

Both César González and his brother Juan Manuel began wrestling at an early age. César made his debut in November 1985 and initially used the name El Invasor (

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for "the Invader"). Within a year of his debut, he changed his name and started working as the Luchador Emmascadero (masked

) Silver King. Silver King started working for the

(UWA) in the lower matches on the cards. On 12 November 1987, Silver King wrestled in a

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(a "Bet" Match) where he put his mask on the line against

El Hijo del Santo Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez (born August 2, 1963) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler and political activist, best known under the ring name, El Hijo del Santo ("The Son of the Saint"). Guzmán is the you ...

's mask. When Silver King lost he was forced to unmask and in lucha tradition reveal his true name, it was here that it was first revealed that Silver King was one of Dr. Wagner's sons.

Los Cowboys (1990–1998)

Shortly after being unmasked Silver King formed a team with

that would become known as "The Cowboys"/"Los Cowboys". In 1991 the team won their first tag team championship winning a tournament to become the first ever

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World Tag Team Champions. On 19 January 1992, they added the

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to their collection when they defeated

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and Kendo for the title in

and brought the titles back to Mexico. Their run with the UWA World Tag Team titles saw them work a storyline with the Can-Am Express (initially masked and just designated "I" and "II" but later revealed to be

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and

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). The storyline saw Los Cowboys lose the UWA World Tag Team title on 28 June 1992, but gain a measure of revenge less than a month later when Los Cowboys beat the Can-Am Express in a "Lucha de Apuestas" match and forced Furnas and Kroffat to unmask and reveal their true identities. During their time as double champions, Los Cowboys were invited to participante in a tournament to crown new

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(NWA) World Tag Team Champions hosted by

(WCW). The team competed at

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and lost in a first-round match to

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. On 7 July 1993, Los Cowboys lost the WWA World Tag team titles to

El Dandy Roberto Gutiérrez Frías (born October 2, 1962) is a Mexican former professional wrestler and wrestling trainer, best known under the ring name El Dandy. He is the cousin of professional wrestler Juan Conrado Aguilar, known as El Texano, and th ...

and Corazon de Leon but regained them two months later. Their second run with the WWA World Tag Team title only lasted a month as

Villano IV Tomás Díaz Mendoza (born April 9, 1965) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Villano IV (''Villano Cuarto''). Within the stable Los Villanos, he has wrestled for Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), AAA, and W ...

and

Villano V Raymundo Díaz Mendoza Jr. (born March 22, 1960) is a Mexican professional wrestler, who has performed under the name Villano V (Villano Quinto, which means "Fifth Villain") until he was unmasked on March 20, 2009, after which he became known a ...

took the title from them on 10 October 1993. On 31 October, only 21 days after losing the tag team titles Silver King won his first singles title when he defeated his partner El Texano for the

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. Despite having defeated his own partner Los Cowboys did not turn on each other but kept on working together. In early 1994 Los Cowboys ended their relationship with the UWA and began working for

(CMLL). Silver King defeated

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for the

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on 28 July 1994. Not content to work in the singles' division Los Cowboys won the

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(while Silver King still held the singles world title) on 16 December 1994, by unseating long time champions

El Canek Felipe Estrada (born June 19, 1952), known as El Canek or simply Canek, is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' or masked professional wrestler best known for the 20 years he worked for the Universal Wrestling Association where he held the UWA Wo ...

and Silver King's brother Dr. Wagner Jr. As if being a double champion was not enough Silver King teamed up with Shocker to win the 1995 Gran Alternativa tournament. During 1995 Los Cowboys began working for the Japanese-based

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where they won the IWA World Tag Team Championship from Los Headhunters on 3 March 1995, in

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, Japan. The duo lost the tag team title on 20 August the same year on the undercard of the IWA's "King of Deathmatches" show. Silver King would also lose the CMLL World title and the tag team title in 1995 being defeated by

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and the team of Los Headhunters respectively. In February 1996 he teamed up with his brother and defeated

Dos Caras José Luis Rodríguez Arellano (born February 21, 1951) is a Mexican '' Luchador Enmascarado'' (masked professional wrestler) who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras (Spanish for "two faces"). His most active years were in the 1970s and 1980 ...

and

Último Dragón (born December 12, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor, better known as . In addition to having trained in Japan, Asai learned to wrestle in the lucha libre style while working in Mexico. He is credited with popularizing the " A ...

to win the vacant CMLL World Tag Team Championship. When WCW started signing Luchadors in 1997, Silver King joined the North American promotion and vacated the title that he and his brother still held at the time.

World Championship Wrestling

Cruiserweight division (1997–1998)

Silver King joined World Championship Wrestling as a full-time wrestler in 1997 as one of the many luchadors that worked for the company in that time period. He made his WCW debut on the June 9 episode of ''

Monday Nitro ''WCW Monday Nitro'', also known as ''WCW Nitro'' or simply ''Nitro'', is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and broadcast weekly every Monday night on TNT in the United ...

'' by teaming with

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and

La Parka Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra (November 14, 1965) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' ( masked professional wrestler), who currently performs as L. A. Park for Major League Wrestling in the United States, where he is a former MLW World Tag ...

against Juventud Guerrera, Super Calo and

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in a six-man tag team match, which King's team lost. This marked his first appearance in the promotion since 1992. On the June 14 episode of '' Saturday Night'', King received his first win in WCW as he teamed with

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and Psychosis to defeat Guerrera, Calo and Dragon in a six-man tag team match. At

Clash of the Champions XXXV ''Clash of the Champions'' is an American series of professional wrestling television specials that were produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) in conjunction with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). T ...

, King teamed with Psychosis,

and

to defeat the team of Hector Garza, Guerrera, Calo and

Lizmark Jr. Juan Carlos Baños (born October 16, 1972) is a Mexican professional wrestler or "Luchador" known as Lizmark Jr. or El Hijo de Lizmark (The Son of Lizmark). Baños previously worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and AAA. Lizmark Jr. works as ...

in an eight-man tag team match. He mostly found himself usually working multiple tag team, six-man and eight-man tag team matches by teaming with fellow luchadors such as Psychosis, La Parka, Villano IV and Villano V and competed against various luchadors. King's first singles match in WCW took place on the August 25 episode of ''Monday Nitro'' against Ultimo Dragon, which he lost. He made his first appearance at a pay-per-view event for WCW at World War 3, where he participated in the namesake battle royal for a future

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title shot but failed to win. King won his first match in singles competition on the January 24, 1998 episode of ''

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'' by defeating Lizmark, Jr. At

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, King teamed with

, La Parka and Psychosis against Chavo Guerrero Jr., Juventud Guerrera, Lizmark Jr. and Super Calo in a losing effort in an eight-man tag team match. At

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, King participated in a battle royal for an immediate Cruiserweight Championship title opportunity but failed to win. On the June 4 episode of ''

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'', King received his first title shot in WCW against

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for the Cruiserweight Championship but the match ended in a no contest due to interference by

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. King received another title shot for the Cruiserweight Championship against Juventud Guerrera on the September 10 episode of ''Thunder'', which he lost via disqualification after using a chair. This led to a rematch between the two for the title at

Fall Brawl Fall Brawl was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and was held in September from 1993 through 2000. The name was derived from the fall edition of ''Clash of the Champions'', ca ...

, which King lost. At World War 3, King participated in the namesake battle royal for a future World Heavyweight Championship opportunity but failed to win.

Latino World Order and Los Fabulosos (1998–2000)

At a

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on December 5, King turned on his tag team partner Lizmark, Jr. during a tag team match against

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members Ciclope and Damien. After the match, King was offered a spot in LWO and he accepted, thus joining

Eddie Guerrero Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005) was an American professional wrestler. He was a prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family, being the son of first-generation wrestler Gory Guerrero. Eddie Guerrero i ...

's group which was made up of the luchadors who had always been held back in WCW. However, the group disbanded the following month as Guerrero was injured in a car accident and all the members quit the group to accept

Ric Flair Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler. Regarded by multiple peers and journalists as the greatest professional wrestler of all time, Flair has had a career spanni ...

's offer of fighting for WCW and being promised of a better treatment than

Eric Bischoff Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1955) is an American television producer, professional wrestling booker, and performer. He is best known for serving as Executive Producer and later Senior Vice President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and ...

. Following the dissolution of LWO, King resumed teaming with and competing against various luchadors in the lower mid-card whilst also serving as an

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to upper mid-card wrestlers. He made his only pay-per-view appearance in 1999 at Bash at the Beach by participated in a Junkyard Invitational but did not receive any success. On the November 13 episode of ''Saturday Night'', King teamed with El Dandy as they unsuccessfully challenged

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and

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for the

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. King frequently began teaming with Dandy as the two received another tag team title shot on the March 11, 2000 episode of ''Worldwide'' against

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(

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and

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). On the March 15 episode of ''Thunder'', King and Dandy began receiving a new

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when they forced the ring announcer

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to call their team "Los Fabulosos" before their match against Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and La Parka. Los Fabulosos lost the match but they received a new

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in Miss Hancock, who provided them with a new outfit and some guidance. Los Fabulosos won a few tag team matches including their last televised match in WCW on the April 1 episode of ''Saturday Night'' where they defeated Jeremy Lopez and Tommy Rogers. Their last match in WCW was a loss to Harlem Heat 2000 ( Big T and

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) at a live event on April 1. King was released by his WCW contract on May 5.

Black Tiger (2001–2006)

After leaving WCW, he returned to CMLL and began wrestling for CMLL's Japanese affiliate,

(NJPW). In 2001, he adopted the

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, previously used by

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and Eddie Guerrero, making him the third person to appear under the mask, which is why he's unofficially referred to as Black Tiger III in printed sources. As Black Tiger, he wrestled several tours with New Japan starting out working a series of matches with the storyline opponent of the Black Tiger,

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– in this case,

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. Together with his brother Dr. Wagner Jr., he had an unsuccessful

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challenge against the team of

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and

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in 2001. During 2003 NJPW began to phase out most of the Luchadors they had employed over the years and thus Black Tiger began working regularly in Mexico for CMLL, this marked the first time the gimmick was used for a longer period of time outside of NJPW. Since the storyline in Mexico was that Black Tiger was Japanese they could not acknowledge the fact that he and Dr. Wagner Jr. were brothers (in Japan Black Tiger had always been portrayed by a foreigner). He usually ended up as Dr. Wagner Jr.'s back-up but on 31 March 2001, Black Tiger, Dr. Wagner Jr., and

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 ...

won the

CMLL World Trios Championship The CMLL World Trios Championship (Spanish: "''Campeonato Mundial de Trios''") is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico. The title has existed since 1991 and is contested for by teams ...

from

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, Black Warrior, and

Mr. Niebla Efrén Tiburcio Márquez (February 22, 1973 – December 23, 2019), known under the ring name Mr. Niebla, was a Mexican luchador enmascarado ( Spanish for masked professional wrestler) who worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). "Ni ...

. The team would hold the Trios title for over a year until being unseated on 9 July 2004, by Black Warrior, El Canek, and

Rayo de Jalisco Jr. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. (Spanish for "Lightning Bolt from Jalisco Jr."; born January 1, 1960) is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions. Ray ...

When their father (Dr. Wagner) died on 12 September 2004, Dr. Wagner Jr. was turned ''tecnicó'' (

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) by sympathy but since González was working as Black Tiger and not publicly acknowledged as the son of Dr. Wagner he remained a ''rudó'' (

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). Dr. Wagner Jr.'s turn meant that Black Tiger did not have a partner or a direction, he began working for CMLL's associate

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(IWRG) and some smaller CMLL shows, basically in a holding pattern. González kept working as Black Tiger even when NJPW introduced

Rocky Romero John R. Rivera (born October 28, 1982) is a Puerto Rican-American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is currently signed non-exclusively to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), better known by his ring name Rocky Romero (ロッ ...

as the latest Black Tiger (Black Tiger IV) but due to their working relationship with NJPW, CMLL decided that when González worked for them he needed a different "persona". He was repackaged as "El Bronco" complete with a new mask and promoted as someone new to CMLL. González made his debut as "El Bronco" teaming up with

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(who had just jumped from

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to CMLL) and L.A. Park against the original members of

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(

Último Guerrero José Gutiérrez Hernández (born March 1, 1972), better known by his ring name Último Guerrero (Spanish for ''Last Warrior''), is a Mexico, Mexican (or Professional wrestling, professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Li ...

Rey Bucanero Arturo García Ortiz (born July 19, 1974) is a Mexican '' luchador'' or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Rey Bucanero. Ortiz, as Rey Bucanero, has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1996. His ring name is ...

, and

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). The match was seen as a letdown as the crowd did not appreciate Elektro and did not buy into the "El Bronco" gimmick and the scheduled rematch was rebooked with Hijo de Lizmark and

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taking over their roles in the match and González as El Bronco replacing Lizmark Jr. in the 2005 Gran Alternativa tournament where his team lost in the first round. After the Gran Alternativa González only made sporadic CMLL appearances as González. González continued wrestling as Black Tiger in IWRG and in other independent Mexican wrestling promotions. On 4 February 2006, González finally gave up the Black Tiger name as he lost a "Lucha de Apuestas" to L.A. Park and was unmasked. After losing his mask González went back to working as Silver King.

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2007–2008)

In late 2007, Silver King started working for

(AJPW) where he became masked once again. In a break from tradition. Silver King did not change gimmicks but remasked under the same gimmick he was unmasked as in 1987. Silver King won the World Junior Heavyweight Championship on 1 March 2008, by defeating

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. He held the title for under two months as he lost it to

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on 29 April 2008.

Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (2008–2014, 2017–2018)

On 13 June 2008, Silver King made his debut with AAA, teaming with

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and Chessman to face La Legion Extranjera (Electro Shock,

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, and

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) at AAA's Triplemania XVI show. Silver King participated in the second annual ''

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'' tournament

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. He was the eleventh entrant and lost to eventual winner

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. During a television taping on 7 February 2009, Silver King turned on his tag team partners La Parka (AAA) and

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to side with Konnan's La Legión Extranjera. After ''La Legión Extranjera'' was defeated in the main event of Triplemania XVII and Konnan lost control of AAA, Silver King went on to form the stable ''Los Wagnermaniacos'' with Dr. Wagner Jr., Electroshock, and Ultimo Gladiator. Following Electroshock's

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win at

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in March 2010, Silver King, Electroshock, and Ultimo Gladiator all turned on Dr. Wagner Jr. and adopted the new stable name ''Los Maniacos''. In the weeks leading up to Triplemania XVIII, it was announced that the winners of a tag team match between Silver King and Último Gladiador against ''La Hermandad 187'' (Nicho and

Joe Líder José de Jesús Álvarez Gutierrez (born June 2, 1978) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ringname Joe Líder. He currently competes in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He is known for being a former member of the tag tea ...

) would be given a chance to wrestle for the

AAA World Tag Team Championship The AAA World Tag Team Championship (''Campeonato en Parejas AAA'' in Spanish) is the main tag team title contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). In 1993 AAA created the first version of the AAA World ...

at Triplemania XVIII. The match between the two teams ended in a draw, leaving it undecided if both or neither teams will wrestle at Triplemania XVIII. On 6 June 2010, at Triplemania XVIII, Silver King was officially billed as "Silver Cain", both as a reference to the biblical Cain and Abel, as well as a way for AAA to get around him wearing a mask again. The Mexican Boxing and Wrestling Commission had been giving González problems due to the fact that he had previously lost his mask and this was a way to get around it since he was allowed to wear a mask under a new character. He would only have to use the new name when wrestling in

. On that night he and Último Gladiador outlasted three other teams, pinning James Storm of

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to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship, Silver King's first AAA title. Following the match, '' Los Junior Capos'' (

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 ...

and

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." ...

) from IWRG came to the ring to challenge the new champions for the title. On 26 June, Silver King defeated Máscara Año 2000 Jr. to win the

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in an AAA/IWRG inter-promotional match. Silver King went on to challenge Dr. Wagner Jr. for the AAA Mega Championship in a three-way match, which also included

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, on 15 August at Verano de Escandalo, but failed to win the title, when Wagner pinned Vampiro. After the match King played an audiotape, where the late father of the two brothers claimed that King was the more talented of the two of them. This revelation led to a match on 1 October at

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, where Wagner Jr. defeated Silver King in a singles match to retain the AAA Mega Championship. In September 2010 Silver King and Último Gladiador had announced they were joining ''

La Sociedad ''La Sociedad'' (later reformed as ''La Nueva Sociedad'' in 2013; Spanish for "The (New) Society") was a Mexican ''lucha libre'', or professional wrestling group, referred to as a stable in wrestling terms, that worked for Lucha Libre AAA World Wi ...

''. Initially, Electroshock made no official announcement on whether he would be following them but agreed to represent the group at '' Héroes Inmortales V'' in order to get his hands on Heavy Metal, with whom he had been feuding the past weeks. However, on 14 November he announced he was not part of ''La Sociedad'' and urged Silver King and Último Gladiador to leave the group. After Electroshock turned ''La Sociedad'' down for the second time on 18 November, Silver King and Último Gladiador turned on him and beat him down with ''La Milicia''. On 27 November Silver King officially kicked Electroshock out of ''Los Maniacos'', while also announcing his spot in the group would be taken by a new member. Silver King (Luchador)

On 5 December at ''

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'' Silver King and Último Gladiador successfully defended the AAA World Tag Team Championship in a three–way ladder match against ''La Hermandad 187'' and fellow ''La Sociedad'' members Hernandez and El Ilegal. On 21 March 2011, ''Los Maniacos'' lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship to

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and Jack Evans. In IWRG, ''Los Maniacos'' was joined by Joe Líder, with whom Silver King and Último Gladiador held the

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from 3 March to 24 April when they lost them during IWRG's '' Guerra de Empresas'' show. After losing the title to ''

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'', King and Gladiador turned on Líder and kicked him out of the group. Shortly thereafter, King and Gladiador joined forces with Chessman to form ''La Maniarquía''. On 18 June at

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, ''La Maniarquía'' was defeated by Electroshock, Heavy Metal and Joe Líder in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. In April 2012, Silver King made peace with Dr. Wagner Jr. as the two came together to battle ''El Consejo'' stable. However, the alliance was short-lived as on 5 August during the main event of ''

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'', Silver King turned on Wagner Jr., who, despite the betrayal, managed to defeat Máscara Año 2000 Jr. in a Mask vs. Mask match. Afterward, Silver King revealed that he had been behind ''El Consejo'' from the beginning, revealing himself as the leader of the ''rudo'' stable. However, Silver King quickly began having problems with his new stablemates, with Máscara Año 2000 Jr. asking how they could trust a man who was capable of betraying his own brother. The storyline was dropped after both Máscara Año 2000 Jr. and Toscano left ''El Consejo''. On 8 December 2013, at ''

'', Silver King, El Texano Jr., and ''El Consejos newest member,

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, unsuccessfully challenged ''Los Psycho Circus'' for the

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. He left AAA in 2014. On 25 November 2017, King returned to AAA where he worked in a Bull Terrier Four Way match against Silver King Jr, La Parka Negra and

. His last match with AAA was on 29 December 2018 teaming with Dave the Clown losing to La Parka and Murder Clown.

Later Career (2014–2019)

After leaving AAA in 2014, Silver King worked in many

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Mexican promotions. On 27 June 2015 he lost to his brother

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at Lucha Libre Espectacular in Palmetto, Florida. He also worked in England in 2016 and 2017. On 14 March 2019, he returned to Japan where he participated in a shared event with

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and

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teaming with

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and Diamante losing to

and Shiryu.

''Nacho Libre''

In 2005, González was cast as the villain opposite

's character in the

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film ''

''. In the film, González wears a golden mask and outfit and plays the top luchador known as ''Ramses''. After the film premiered, González wore the golden outfit at least once during a defense of his

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Death

During a match in

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, against Juventud Guerrera on 11 May 2019, González collapsed in the ring and died a short time later, from a

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at the age of 51. Following his death, his body was delayed in being transported from London to Mexico. His body arrived in Mexico City on 19 May, and then it was moved to

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and later by land to Torreón, Coahuila, his native city. His funeral was held at the Funeraria Gayosso where fans were able to attend, and he was later buried at the Jardines del Tiempo in Torreón alongside his father. An

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confirmed that González 's cause of death was due to a

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and that there were no drugs or medications in his blood. After González's death, it was reported that Daniel "El Satanico" Lopez, who runs the commission in Zapopan in Guadalajara, decided that shows held in that state would need two ambulances on-site, one paramedic, one doctor, and referees trained in CPR.

Tributes and legacy

On 22 May 2019 a tribute in memory for González was held at the Arena Campeones de Torreón. On 3 August at

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, he was posthumously inducted into the

as part of the 2019 class.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time) – with

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(Class of 2019) *

** World Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) *

( 1 time) **

(

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) – with

(1) and

(1) **

( 1 time) with

and

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(

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) – with Shocker *

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(1 time) – with El Texano *

( 1 time) **

(

) – with

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and Pentagón Black (1) and

and Último Gladiador (1) **

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(2004) – with

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, GARUDA and

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(2010) *Llaves y Candados **LyC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dr. Wagner Jr *

( 1 time) **

( 1 time) – with El Texano *

**WWA World Tag Team championship (2 times) – with El Texano *''

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'' **Ranked No. 46 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the ''

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'' in 2001 **Ranked No. 228 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the "PWI Years" in 2003 **Ranked No. 68 of the top 100 tag teams in the "PWI Years" with El Texano in 2003

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

Footnotes

References

External links

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