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Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly (born April 30, 1984), is a Mexican
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. He is signed to
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, where he performs on the SmackDown
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under the
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Santos Escobar and is the leader of Legado Del Fantasma. He is a former member of the Latino World Order. He was also a former one-time NXT Cruiserweight Champion. Before his WWE career, Alcantar worked as El Hijo del Fantasma for
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(AAA) from 2013 to 2019. In AAA, he won the AAA Fusión Championship, the
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, the 2017 '' Copa Antonio Peña'', and was previously the longest-reigning AAA World Cruiserweight Champion in history. He previously worked for
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(CMLL) from 2008 to 2013. In CMLL, he held the
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, as well as the
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twice (with
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and La Máscara). Alcantar has also worked under the ring name King Cuerno for the U.S.-based ''
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'' promotion from 2014 to 2019. Through AAA's promotional partnerships, Alcantar also worked on several shows for
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, while under AAA contract. His father is ''luchador'' El Fantasma, who is the head of the Mexico City Boxing and Professional Wrestling commission. His cousin wrestles under the name "Fantasma Jr.", while his uncle worked under the name "Ángel de la Muerte".


Professional wrestling career


Early career (2000–2008)

Alcantar began his professional wrestling career in 2000, as the masked ring character "Top Secret". While working under the Top Secret name he wore a black mask with gold trim around the eye openings. In 2003, Alcantar adopted a new mask and name as he became "El Hijo del Fantasma" (), revealing to the wrestling world that he was the son of El Fantasma. After the name change he began wearing a mask that closely resembled that of the
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character
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, just like his father did before him. His first documented match as El Hijo del Fantasma saw him team up with his father and his cousin, who adopted the ring name "Fantasma Jr.". They defeated ''
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'' (Guardia, Oficial, and Vanguardia) at an
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(IWRG) show on December 14, 2003.


Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2008–2013)

Alcantar was brought to
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(CMLL) in 2008, after he left IWRG in 2004. During his time in CMLL, he won the
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on two occasions, teaming with
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and La Mascara. The three were first teamed up to participate in a tournament for the vacant CMLL World Trios Championship. Despite never having teamed before, the trio made it all the way to the finals, and then defeated
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, Dos Caras Jr., and
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in the finals to win the tournament and the championship. On August 5, 2008, they lost their title to
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,
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, and
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. They had a rematch where Garza, La Mascara, and Hijo del Fantasma regained their title on January 18, 2009. On July 21, 2009, Hijo del Fantasma defeated Averno to win the
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. After the match, Averno showed respect to Fantasma by congralutating him and celebrating the victory. On February 14, 2010, after only one successful title defense since July 2009, Hijo del Fantasma lost the Middleweight title to Negro Casas. In March 2010 signs of dissention amongst the Trios champions began showing as Garza walked out on the team during a trios match mistakenly thinking that one of his teammates had attacked him. Following the walk out Garza kept insincerely insisting that he was still a ''tecnico'' and that there was no tension on his team. Further doubts about Garza's allegiance arose when he teamed up with the ''Rúdo''
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to win the 2010 '' Gran Alternativa'' tournament. When Garza, La Máscara and Hijo del Fantasma were booked for a CMLL World Trios defense the following week, Garza complained that his partners agreed contesting to the match without asking him, but swore that he would still be professional about it. During the title defense on the May 7, 2010 Super Viernes Garza attacked both Hijo del Fantasma and La Máscara, allowing '' La Ola Amarilla'' (
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and
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) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship, turning full blown ''
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'' in the process. On October 28, 2012, Hijo del Fantasma unsuccessfully challenged
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for the
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. El Hijo del Fantasma was paired up with ''rudo''
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for the 2013 '' Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles'' ("National Incredible Pairs Tournament"), a tag team tournament teaming ''rudos'' with ''tecnicos''. The team lost to La Máscara and Averno in the first round despite Averno and La Máscara being longtime rivals.


Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2013–2019)

On October 18, 2013, El Hijo del Fantasma made a surprise jump to
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(AAA), debuting at the '' Héroes Inmortales VII'' event as the newest member of ''El Consejo'', a ''rudo'' stable made up of former CMLL wrestlers. In his debut, he made it to the finals of the '' Copa Antonio Peña'', before losing to
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. On December 8 at '' Guerra de Titanes'', Fantasma teamed with ''El Consejo'' stablemates Silver King and El Texano, Jr. to unsuccessfully challenge '' Los Psycho Circus'' ( Monster Clown, Murder Clown and
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) for the
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. On August 17, 2014, at Triplemanía XXII, El Hijo del Fantasma won a ten-way elimination match to unify the AAA Fusión and AAA Cruiserweight Championships, becoming the first AAA World Cruiserweight Champion. On September 20, 2015, Fantasma became the new leader of the '' La Sociedad'' stable. On March 19, 2017, El Hijo del Fantasma lost the World Cruiserweight Championship to Johnny Mundo. On October 1, 2017, at Héroes Inmortales XI, Fantasma won the 2017 ''Copa Antonio Peña'' tournament, which meant he also earned the vacant
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. He subsequently became involved in a long running storyline with Texano Jr., initially over the Latin American champions, with a
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at '' Guerra de Titanes'' that El Hijo del Fantasma won by disqualification. After the match, it was announced that the two would face off in a ''
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'' at the '' Rey de Reyes'' show. On March 4, 2018, at the ''Rey de Reyes'' show, El Hijo del Fantasma defeated Texano Jr., forcing the latter to have all his hair shaved off as a result. In the weeks following ''Rey de Reyes'' AAA announced that El Hijo del Fantasma, Psycho Clown, L.A. Park and Pentagón Jr. would all risk their masks in a ''Poker de Aces'' () match at Triplemanía XXVI.In the build-up to Triplemanía XXVI, El Hijo del Fantasma turned ''rudo'' once more, forming a faction known as '' Los Mercenarios'' ("The Mercenaries") with Texano Jr., Rey Escorpión, and La Máscara. At Triplemanía XXVI, held on August 26, 2018, L.A. Park defeated El Hijo del Fantasma in the ''Poker de Aces'' match. After his loss, El Hijo del Fantasma was forced to unmask and reveal his real name, Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly, to everyone watching. On December 12, 2018, El Hijo del Fantasma fought Drago in the AAA Latin American Championship. Drago defeated El Hijo del Fantasma to win the Championship in one of the featured matches of '' Guerra de Titanes''. On March 20, 2019, Fantasma announced his departure from AAA.


''Lucha Underground'' (2014–2019)

In September 2014, Hijo del Fantasma began working for ''
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'' under the ring name "King Cuerno" (Spanish for "King Antler" or "King Horn"), a "big game" hunter. King Cuerno started a feud with Drago and, on January 21, 2015, King Cuerno defeated Drago in a Last Man Standing match. On February 4, 2015, King Cuerno attacked Johnny Mundo, initiating a feud between them. The rivalry concluded on the March 11, 2015 episode when Mundo and King Cuerno wrestled in a steel cage match, which was won by Mundo. On November 14, 2015, King Cuerno defeated Fénix to win the Gift of the Gods Championship. He lost the title back to Fénix in a
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on November 21. At Ultima Lucha Dos, King Cuerno was defeated by Mil Muertes in a deathmatch. He was not seen in season three of the series until the finale Ultima Lucha Tres, where he attacked Mil Muertes and stole the gauntlet that was contested for by Muertes, Jeremiah Crane and
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Impact Wrestling (2017–2018)

On July 2, 2017, El Hijo del Fantasma and Drago represented AAA at
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's
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show; the team lost to
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( Santana and Ortiz), who successfully defended the
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and GFW Tag Team Championship in a match that also included the teams of
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with Garza Jr., and
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with
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. At Bound for Glory in 2017, Team AAA (El Hijo del Fantasma, Pagano and Texano) lost to Team Impact (
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, Eddie Edwards and
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) in a six-man tag team match. On November 6, 2017, Hijo del Fantasma unsuccessfully challenged Eddie Edwards for the
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. At Impact Wrestling Redemption, Fantasma competed in a
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which was won by
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WWE


Cruiserweight Champion (2019–2021)

On August 14, 2019, Alcantar signed a contract with
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. During one of the first weeks while training at the
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, Alcantar suffered a knee injury that prevented him from wrestling for several months. He made his in-ring debut under his real name for NXT on February 15, 2020, teaming with Raul Mendoza to defeat Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker on a show in
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. On April 12, 2020, Alcantar was announced as a participant in the interim Cruiserweight Title tournament under his El Hijo del Fantasma ring name representing Group B in the tournament. He lost to Isaiah "Swerve" Scott but defeated Jack Gallagher and
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thus making it to the finals. In the finals, Fantasma defeated
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to become Cruiserweight Champion for the first time, as well as winning his first championship in WWE. The following week, Fantasma joined forces with the masked men, who had previously attacked him during the tournament and who revealed themselves to be Raul Mendoza and
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. The group (later named Legado Del Fantasma) would attack Maverick, leading to Fantasma unmasking himself and adopting the new ring name of Santos Escobar, establishing himself as a heel in the process. Escobar then began feuding with Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, facing him on the August 26 episode of ''NXT'' and
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, retaining the title both times. At NXT: Halloween Havoc, Escobar would defeat
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in a non-title match. At NXT: New Years Evil, Escobar would defeat Gran Metalik to retain his Cruiserweight Title. Escobar would then face Curt Stallion on the February 3 episode of ''NXT'' for the Cruiserweight Title and Escobar would win the match. Escobar would then enter a brief feud with Karrion Kross which came to a head on the February 24 episode of ''NXT'' in a
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in which Escobar would lose. On March 10, it was announced that
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, the original Cruiserweight Champion, who was unable to defend his title due to the COVID-19 pandemic, would appear on NXT the following week to challenge Santos Escobar, deciding who was the undisputed Cruiserweight Champion in the process. This culminated on April 8, when Escobar defeated Devlin in a ladder match at NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver. On the April 13 episode of ''NXT'', he issued an open challenge, where he lost his title to Kushida, ending his reign at 321 days. Escobar failed to regain his title from Kushida in a
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on the May 11 episode of ''NXT.


Legado Del Fantasma (2021–2022)

In the summer of 2021, Escobar and the other members of Legado Del Fantasma would begin feuding with NXT North American Champion, Bronson Reed and NXT Tag Team champions, MSK which would lead to a winners take all six man tag team match at NXT Takeover: In Your House where Legado del Fantasma would be unsuccessful in winning the titles. Shortly after, Escobar would then start feuding with Hit Row and on the August 24 episode of ''NXT'', Legado Del Fantasma would defeat Hit Row in a six man tag team match with the help of a debuting Elektra Lopez. On the October 12 episode of ''NXT 2.0'', Escobar would face Scott for the NXT North American title, but would be unsuccessful. After the match,
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would cash in his NXT Breakout Tournament opportunity and win the North American title from Scott., In early 2022, Escobar would feud with the NXT Champion
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unsuccessfully challenging him for the NXT Championship at Vengeance Day despite interference from Dolph Ziggler. At NXT Stand & Deliver, Escobar would fail to win the NXT North American Championship in a ladder match. Shortly after Stand & Deliver, Legado del Fantasma would feud with Tony D'Angelo, the self proclaimed "Don of NXT" and his "family". After multiple meetings and kidnappings, Escobar would defeat D'Angelo on the May 17 episode of ''NXT''. However at NXT In Your House, Legado del Fantasma lost to the D'Angelo Family (Tony D'Angelo, Stacks and Two Dimes) with the losers having to join the other person's family. With Legado joining the D'Angelo Family, they would accompany each other during matches with them usually losing. On the June 21 episode of ''NXT'', Escobar would cost D'Angelo his title match against NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes. At NXT: The Great American Bash, it was revealed that Escobar was hospitalized and the other members of Legado began working with the D'Angelo Family. On the August 2 episode of ''NXT'', Escobar would return and cost D'Angelo and Stacks their title match against
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signaling that their alliance has come to an end. On the August 16 edition of NXT Heatwave, Escobar lost the Street Fight match to D'Angelo, thus banning him from NXT.


Latino World Order (2022–2023)

On the October 7 episode of '' SmackDown'', Escobar alongside Wilde and Del Toro would join
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attacking Hit Row during their entrance, marking the group's main roster debut. On the December 2 episode of ''SmackDown'', Escobar (the former King Cuerno) lost the SmackDown World Cup final to
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(the former Prince Puma) to determine the No. 1 contender for the Intercontinental Championship in what was their rematch when they last performed on Lucha Underground. At the
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on January 28, 2023, Escobar entered his first
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at #10 but was eliminated by
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. On the February 10 episode of ''SmackDown'', Escobar competed in a four-way match to determine the number one contender to the
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, which was won by Madcap Moss. After the match, during an off-air exclusive uploaded to WWE's
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channel, Escobar would approach fellow competitor,
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, after the match. Thanking Mysterio for inspiring him as a wrestler and gifting him a mask of his own, Escobar would also receive a mask from Mysterio in return, starting a
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turn for Escobar. Following this, Escobar would find himself involved in the feud between Rey and his son
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, assisting Rey in the feud against Dominik and
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as a result, continuing the face turn in the process. On the March 3 episode of ''SmackDown'', Escobar faced Dominik in a match and was defeated following interference from
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, after which Dominik tore up the mask Rey gave to Escobar, solidifying Escobar's face turn. On the 31 March episode of ''SmackDown'', Rey reformed the Latino World Order and invited Legado Del Fantasma to join as a token of appreciation for aiding him in his fight against Dominik and The Judgment Day. On the June 9 episode of ''SmackDown'', Escobar defeated
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to qualify for the men's Money in the Bank
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. Escobar and stablemate Vega failed to win their respective Money in the Bank ladder matches in the namesake event. Escobar and Rey faced each other in the United States Championship Invitational tournament finals on the July 28 episode of ''SmackDown'', and Escobar was due to face
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for the United States Championship after Rey suffered an injury during the tournament finals match. On the August 11 episode of ''SmackDown'', Escobar was taken out by Theory before the match has started. Due to Escobar's injury, WWE Official
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allowed Rey to take Escobar's place for the title match and he defeated Theory to become the new United States Champion.


New Legado Del Fantasma (2023–present)

At Crown Jewel, Escobar cost Rey Mysterio, the United States Championship after he snatched away a brass knuckles from a member of
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's entourage and left it on the ring while chasing Paul's entourage away only for Paul to use it on Rey to win the match. On the November 10 episode of ''SmackDown'', Escobar was accused by Carlito, who returned to WWE at Fastlane as a new LWO member, for leaving the brass knuckles at the side of the ring at Crown Jewel. After Carlito's match with
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, Escobar attacked Rey as Rey was checking on Carlito, turning heel and leaving the LWO in the process. On the following week's episode of ''SmackDown'', Escobar entered the arena using the Legado del Fantasma theme. He chastised Rey for not sticking with him while kicking Vega, Wilde and Del Toro from Legado del Fantasma. A match between Carlito and Escobar was announced for Survivor Series: WarGames. A day before the event, Escobar took out Carlito in the ring and backstage. Dragon Lee saved Carlito from Escobar and SmackDown General Manager
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allowed Lee to face Escobar as Carlito's replacement at Survivor Series: WarGames, which Escobar won. On the December 1 episode of ''SmackDown'', Escobar defeated Wilde and continued attacking him after the match, with Lee coming out to save Wilde. It was later announced that Lee will face Escobar in a United States Championship #1 Contender Tournament the following week, which was won by Escobar. In the semifinals, Escobar defeated
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after interference from Los Lotharios (
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and Angel Garza), with Escobar dubbing the group as the "Legado World Order". Escobar lost to
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in the finals at ''SmackDown'': New Year's Revolution on January 5, 2024. Two weeks later, the newly revived Legado Del Fantasma defeated Carlito, Wilde and Del Toro in a six-man tag team match. On the following week, Elektra Lopez reunited with Escobar and returned to Legado Del Fantasma. Escobar entered the Royal Rumble match at the titular event as the seventh entrant and was eliminated by Carlito. On March 1, Escobar would face Carlito in a one on one match but amidst the match Carillo and Garza would interfere causing the returning Rey Mysterio to distract Escobar and lose against him. On March 22, Escobar and Mysterio would face off against each other one on one with the stipulation being that both members of LWO and Legado Del Fantasma would be banned from ringside. Escobar won after interference from Dominik Mysterio. A week later Escobar thanks him for his help and strikes an alliance with Dominik. Rey announces that he will face both Dominik and Escobar in a tag match at WrestleMania XL alongside Dragon Lee, the newest member of LWO. A week later Escobar and Legado Del Fantasma arrive on Raw in the Judgement Day clubhouse unannounced thanks to Dominik and meet Andrade. On Smackdown, after Elektra Lopez wins her first match against a Zelina Vega, Escobar and Dominik attack Rey and try to get Andrade, who was with them at ringside to attack Rey with them but instead Andrade turns on Escobar and Dominik. After Dragon Lee is assaulted, Andrade becomes Rey's new partner to face Escobar and Dominik at Wrestlemania XL. At
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Night 1 on April 6, Santos teamed up with Dominik against Rey and
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in a losing effort after interference from
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and
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.


Films

El Hijo del Fantasma has appeared in the following films: *''El Fantasma Vs La Maldición de la Pirámide'' ("The Phantom Vs The Curse of the Pyramid") (2007) *''El Fantasma Vs La Aldea de los Zoombies'' ("The Phantom Vs The Village of the Zombies") (2007) *''El Fantasma Vs El Secreto de la Urna Maldita'' ("The phantom vs the secret of the cursed urn") (2008)


Personal life

Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly was born on April 30, 1984, in
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, Mexico. His father was a professional wrestler, known as the ''enmascarado'' "El Fantasma". His uncle was also a professional wrestler, known as Ángel de la Muerte () and his cousin has worked under the names Ángel de la Muerte Jr. and then Fantasma Jr. In 2007, it was revealed that Alcantar was a student at Universidad Anahuac, working on a degree in International Relations at that time. Alcantar was accompanied by his son for the Triplemanía XXVI match and was seen in the ring afterward as Alcantar was forced to remove his mask.


Lawsuit against ''Lucha Underground''

On February 6, 2019, it was reported that Alcantar had filed a lawsuit in California against
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and the production company Baba-G who were behind ''Lucha Underground''. The lawsuit claimed the ''Lucha Underground'' contract "Illegally restricted" wrestlers from working in their "lawful profession" by restricting them from working for other companies while under contract with ''Lucha Underground'', which only paid per match. Alcantar's lawyer also revealed that he had filed a class action lawsuit against ''Lucha Underground'' over the contracts that he claims are not legal under Californian law. The class action lawsuit also included
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, Joey Ryan and Melissa Cervantes looking to invalidate their contracts. The lawsuit led to Alcantar and others being released from their ''Lucha Underground'' contracts prior to it expiring.


Other media

Santos Escobar made his
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debut in '' WWE SuperCard'' and made appearances in ''
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'', '' WWE 2K23'' and '' WWE 2K24''.


Championships and accomplishments

*
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**
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(
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) – with
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and La Mascara **
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( 1 time) ** Torneo ''Generación 75'' ** CMLL World Trios Championship Tournament (2008) – with Hector Garza and La Mascara ** Torneo de Trios (2008) – with El Gallo and Stuka Jr. ** Torneo de Parejas (2011) – with
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**CMLL Trio of the year: 2009 (with Héctor Garza and La Máscara) *
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** AAA Fusión Championship ( 1 time) **
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( 1 time) ** AAA World Cruiserweight Championship ( 1 time) **'' Copa Antonio Peña'' (2017) **Copa La Polar (2017) *''
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'' ** Lucha Underground Gift of the Gods Championship ( 1 time) *''
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'' **PWI ranked him #63 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the
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in 2015 * Toryumon Mexico ** Yamaha Cup (2010) – with Angélico *
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**
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( 1 time) **Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship Tournament (2020) **
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Invitational (2023)


''Luchas de Apuestas'' record


References


External links

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