Guillermo Rodríguez Chucuan (born April 26, 1988) is a Mexican ''

luchador Lucha libre (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term used in Latin America for professional wrestling. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has developed into a unique form ...

enmascarado'', or masked

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currently working for the Mexican

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International Wrestling Revolution Group International Wrestling Revolution Group (Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish; the Spanish name is used for the promotion while the English initials are used for the title governing body) is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, Sta ...

(IWRG) portraying a '' tecnico'' ("Good guy") wrestling character. He is best known under his current

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El Hijo de Dos Caras, Spanish for "The son of Two Face", a reference to the fact that Rodríguez is the son of ''luchador'' José Luis Rodríguez, better known as

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 1980s ...

. He has previously worked for

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, on their

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brand as Memo Montenegro. He is a two-time, former IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, former IWRG Rey del Ring Champion and current IWRG ''Junior de Juniors'' Champion.

Early life

Guillermo Rodríguez was born on June 26, 1988 in San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, son of José Luis Rodríguez Arellano, a Mexican ''

'', or professional wrestler best known under the

. He is the younger brother of José Alberto Rodríguez, better known under the ring names Dos Caras Jr.,

Alberto Del Rio José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan (born 25 May 1977) is a Mexican-American professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter, sports commentator, and mixed martial artist, currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as a c ...

, and most recently Alberto El Patrón. He is the nephew of famed ''luchador''

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 Demon ...

and Sicodelico and the cousin of

Sicodelico Jr. Aaron Rodríguez (born June 13, 1976) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Sicodelico Jr. Rodríguez is the son of Sicodelico and the nephew of Mil Máscaras and Dos Caras, and the cousin of Alberto Del Rio (Dos Car ...

and Hijo de Sicodelico. While there are instances of wrestlers paying to be a "junior" in ''Lucha Libre'', Rodríguez is the son of Dos Caras, a fact that has been confirmed early on in his career.

Professional wrestling career

Rodríguez initially worked as an '' enmascarado'', or masked wrestler, known as "Dark Phoenix", wearing a modified version of his father's two-headed eagle mask. In ''Lucha Libre'' it is traditional to keep the true identify of a

masked wrestler A wrestling mask is a fabric-based mask that some Professional wrestling, professional wrestlers wear as part of their in-ring persona or gimmick (professional wrestling), gimmick. Professional wrestlers have been using masks as far back as 1915 ...

a secret, not revealing their real names and oftentimes not revealing what previous

s they have competed under, which make it possible that Rodríguez made his debut prior to 2012 under a different ring name.

Memo Montenegro (2012–2013)

In 2012 it was announced that Rodríguez had signed with

, joining his other brother Alberto as he began training in

. He was given the ring name "Memo Montenegro" and worked unmasked. He made his in-ring debut on episode 21 of ''

'' from

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, losing in just 21 seconds to

Big E Langston Ettore Ewen (born March 1, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and former powerlifter. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Big E, but is currently inactive due to a broken neck. In ...

. Three episodes later Montenegro lost to

Xavier Woods Austin Watson (born September 4, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Xavier Woods. He appeared on WWE's NXT brand as one-half of the current NXT Tag T ...

in short order once again. He remained with NXT until early 2013 when he was released from his contract at his own request.

Hijo de Dos Caras (2013–present)

Upon his return to Mexico he began working as "El Hijo de Dos Caras" ("The Son of Dos Caras"), wearing a mask that closely resembled the mask his father has work through his entire career. His first appearances in Mexico saw him working for the

World Wrestling League La Liga Wrestling (formerly World Wrestling League or Liga Mundial de Lucha), was a wrestling promotion company based out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2012 by businessman Richard Negrín with the cooperation of established wrestling figur ...

(WWL), teaming with his uncle Mil Máscaras and his cousin Sicodelico Jr. to defeat the trio of

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'' ...

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 referri ...

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 ...

on two WWL shows In early 2014 he began working for

(IWRG) as a '' tecnico'', or a "good guy" character. On February 2, 2014 he teamed up with Centvrión for IWRG's annual '' El Protector'', but lost in the first round to the team of Anubis Black and

Pirata Morgan Pedro Ortiz Villanueva (born July 29, 1962) is a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, and wrestling trainer who is best known under the ring name Pirata Morgan. Ortiz made his professional wrestling debut in 1979 and has in the last 20 ye ...

. His next major appearance was at the 2014 '' Rebelión de los Juniors'', where he was eliminated in the main event by eventual tournament winner

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. During the summer of 2014 Hijo de Dos Caras began a feud with

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 ...

, initially over the

IWRG Rey del Ring Championship The IWRG Rey del Ring (Spanish for "King of the Ring") refers both to an annual tournament and a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha libre professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group ( ...

, which Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 successfully defended on July 6. A few weeks later, Hijo de Dos Caras faced off against Demon Clown,

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 ...

L.A. Park 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 ...

Máscara Sagrada Máscara Sagrada (born November 6, 1959) is a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler) who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is ...

and

in a

Ladder match A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling, most commonly one in which an item (usually a title belt) is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item. The ladder itself becom ...

for the vacant

IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship The IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (''Campeon Intercontinental Peso Completo IWRG'' in Spanish) is a singles Championship in the Mexican ''lucha libre'' (Professional wrestling) promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group ( ...

. During the match the actual ladder broke, forcing Máscara Sagrada to improvise by holding a different ladder stable so El Hijo de Dos Caras could climb the ladder to win the match and the championship. The following month, he challenged Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 for the Rey del Ring Championship, but Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 was able to win the match once again. On August 31, 2014, IWRG held a major show called '' La Isla'' ("The Island") with Hijo de Dos Caras, Demon Clown,

Oficial AK-47 Mario Pardo Villagómez (born February 14, 1984) is a Mexican ''luchador'', best known under the ring name Oficial AK-47. As Oficial AK-47 he is part of a group called ''Los Oficiales'' that has worked for International Wrestling Revolution Group ...

, Dr. Wagner Jr., Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, L.A Park,

Trauma I Trauma I (born March 27, 1985) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, working on the Mexican independent circuit and as a freelance wrestler for promotions such as International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), ...

and Veneno, competing in a ladder match where the prize, according to the storyline, was 50,000

Mexican pesos The Mexican peso (symbol: $; code: MXN) is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 16th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The current ISO 4217 code for the peso ...

in a bag. During the match, Demon Clown attacked Hijo de Dos Caras with the ladder on several occasions until Demon Clown was able to climb the ladder and grab the bag of money. Following the ladder match, Hijo de Dos Caras successfully defended the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship against Demon Clown only a week after ''La Isla''. On October 5, 2015 Hijo de Dos Casas finally won the IWRG Rey del Ring Championship, defeating Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 in a championship vs. championship match. At the 2014 '' El Castillo del Terror'' ("The Castle of Fear") show Hijo de Dos Caras successfully defended the Heavyweight Championship against

, the regular

tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establish ...

partner of Hijo de Máscara Año 2000. His run as a double IWRG champion ended on January 11, 2015 when Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 regained the title in a match where only the IWRG Rey del Ring Championship was on the line. While he worked for IWRG on a regular basis, he was not exclusively signed to the company, working several shows on the

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in Mexico, including an appearance for Universal Wrestling Entertainment (UWE). At a UWE show on January 31, 2015, Hijo de Dos Caras and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Hijo de L.A. Park and

El Hijo de Pirata Morgan Antheus Ortiz Chávez, better known under the ring name Hijo de Pirata Morgan (born February 28, 1992 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion In ...

and ''

Los Traumas ''Los Traumas'' or ''Los Hermanos Trauma'' (Spanish for "The Trauma Brothers") is the name of a Mexican professional wrestling tag team consisting of the '' enmascarado'' (masked) brothers Trauma I and Trauma II. Los Traumas' real names are not a ...

'' (Trauma I and

Trauma II Trauma II (born December 12, 1982, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler working on the Mexican independent circuit and as a freelance wrestler for promotions such as International Wrestli ...

) to win the vacant UWE Tag Team Championship. On February 15, 2015 he competed in that year's version of the '' El Protector'' tournament, teaming up with rookie Emperador Azteca, only to lose in the first round to

and rookie Anubis Black. Two weeks later, he became the #1 contender for the IWRG ''Junior de Juniors'' Championship, as he outlasted Apolo Estrada Jr.,

Danny Casas Danny Casas (born July 13, 1986) is a third-generation professional wrestler from Mexico. His real name is Carlos Daniel Rodríguez Casas and his nickname is "El Hampon." His grandfather, Pepe Casas, started the Casas professional wrestling tradi ...

El Hijo del Diablo Juan Carlos Gonzales (born November 4, 1962 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico), better known under the ring name ''El Hijo del Diablo'' (Spanish for "The Son of the Devil"), is a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler currently working on th ...

Golden Magic Golden Magic (born July 18, 1990) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotions Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he is a former AAA World Trios Ch ...

, Hijo de Mascara Ano 2000,

Pirata Morgan Jr. Pirata Morgan Jr. (born January 23, 1981) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, who is working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) portraying a '' tec ...

, and Universo 2000 Jr. in the main event of the 2015 '' Rebelión de los Juniors'' show. On March 22 he successfully defended the heavyweight championship against Pirata Morgan. On April 12 he was once again successful in defending the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, this time defeating veteran wrestler

Negro Navarro Negro Navarro (born June 12, 1957) is the ring name of Miguel Calderón Navarro, a Mexican ''luchador'', or professional wrestler. Navarro works as a Freelancer on the Mexican independent circuit as well as making regular appearances for Inter ...

. The two would cross paths again during the main event of IWRG's '' Guerra Revolucionaria'' show, which was won by Hijo de Máscara Año 2000. After that match, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 laid out another challenge to Hijo de Dos Caras to put the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on the line against him, a challenge Hijo de Dos Caras did not respond to at the time. The two rivals faced off once again in the 2015 '' Guerra de Familias'' tournament on July 5, 2015, when the team of Hijo de Dos Caras and Super Nova defeated Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 and Universo 2000 Jr. The duo would lose in the second round to eventual tournament winners ''Los Crazy Americans'' (Coloso Chris and Principe Orion). On October 11, 2015, he lost the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship against

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 ...

However, he regained the title on November 1, 2015. On February 14, 2016 Hijo de Dos Caras lost the Heavyweight championship to

in a match that also included

Herodes Jr. Herodes Jr. (born September 18, 1990) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador'', or professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known for working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portrayi ...

In the summer of 2016, July 17, El Hijo de Dos Caras defeated Danny Casas to win the IWRG ''Junior de Juniors'' championship.

Global Force Wrestling (2017)

El Hijo del Dos Caras, along with his father, appeared at

Impact Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...

's Slammiversary XV event in the corner of Alberto El Patron, as Alberto defeated

Bobby Lashley Franklin Roberto Lashley (born July 16, 1976) is an American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and bodybuilder. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. He is an eight-time world champion, having been a two-t ...

to unify the

Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship The Impact World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It is the promotion's principal championship. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result o ...

and GFW Global Championship.

Championships and accomplishments

(

2 times "2 Times" is a song co-written and recorded by British Italian-based singer Ann Lee. It was released in 1999 as the lead single from her debut album, ''Dreams'' (1999). The single entered and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Outside ...

) ** IWRG ''Junior de Juniors'' Championship ( 1 time) ** IWRG ''Rey del Ring'' Championship (1 time) **'' Rebelion De Los Juniors'' Tournament: 2015 *Univerasal Wrestling Entertainment **UWE World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. *Wrestling Martin Calderon **WMC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with El Hijo del Fishman

''Lucha de Apuesta'' record

Footnotes

References

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