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Luis Mayo received such a strong push in the pioneering days of Lucha Libre in Mexico, and he appeared on cards in the United States as early as 1932. Born Luis Hector Monge-Tomayo on June 28, 1911, alongside his twin Don Luis in Ures, Sonora, Mexico, the first records of him as an active wrestler find him in the Southern California beginning in 1932. Most of his bookings over the next few years took place in that region, along with Arizona and John McIntosh’s El Paso territory.The highest peak in Mayo’s career came early in the game, when he was a frequent fixture on the dawning of Salvador Lutteroth’s EMLL. He headlined the main events at each of the promotion’s second anniversary shows in 1935. He wrestled both matches at Arena Nacional, going over Phil “Sanson” Gruber on September 19, and again scoring a win over Jack Howland on September 26. | Luis Mayo received such a strong push in the pioneering days of Lucha Libre in Mexico, and he appeared on cards in the United States as early as 1932. Born Luis Hector Monge-Tomayo on June 28, 1911, alongside his twin Don Luis in Ures, Sonora, Mexico, the first records of him as an active wrestler find him in the Southern California beginning in 1932. Most of his bookings over the next few years took place in that region, along with Arizona and John McIntosh’s El Paso territory.The highest peak in Mayo’s career came early in the game, when he was a frequent fixture on the dawning of Salvador Lutteroth’s EMLL. He headlined the main events at each of the promotion’s second anniversary shows in 1935. He wrestled both matches at Arena Nacional, going over Phil “Sanson” Gruber on September 19, and again scoring a win over Jack Howland on September 26. | ||
Part of his U.S. publicity lore was that he was a trained bullfighter, and while the claim that he was planning on becoming an opera star was obvious fluff, there must have been something to his singing talent, because newspapers would often compliment his tenor voice, which he apparently put to use on occasion before some of his matches. He reinvented himself as Don Sebastian in the late 1930s,and began promoting after retiring from active wrestling in 1941. He focused most of his promoting career in California from that point on. Mayo was married three times: to journalist Blanche Cordell Hicks from 1949 to 1958, then Lois Brooks in 1965, and finally to actress Lynne Roberts in 1971. In his later years he appeared in a few low budget films. | Part of his U.S. publicity lore was that he was a trained bullfighter, and while the claim that he was planning on becoming an opera star was obvious fluff, there must have been something to his singing talent, because newspapers would often compliment his tenor voice, which he apparently put to use on occasion before some of his matches. He reinvented himself as Don Sebastian in the late 1930s,and began promoting after retiring from active wrestling in 1941. He focused most of his promoting career in California from that point on. Mayo was married three times: to journalist Blanche Cordell Hicks from 1949 to 1958, then Lois Brooks in 1965, and finally to actress Lynne Roberts in 1971. In his later years he appeared in a few low budget films. | ||
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Luis Mayo received such a strong push in the pioneering days of Lucha Libre in Mexico, and he appeared on cards in the United States as early as 1932. Born Luis Hector Monge-Tomayo on June 28, 1911, alongside his twin Don Luis in Ures, Sonora, Mexico, the first records of him as an active wrestler find him in the Southern California beginning in 1932. Most of his bookings over the next few years took place in that region, along with Arizona and John McIntosh’s El Paso territory.The highest peak in Mayo’s career came early in the game, when he was a frequent fixture on the dawning of Salvador Lutteroth’s EMLL. He headlined the main events at each of the promotion’s second anniversary shows in 1935. He wrestled both matches at Arena Nacional, going over Phil “Sanson” Gruber on September 19, and again scoring a win over Jack Howland on September 26.
Part of his U.S. publicity lore was that he was a trained bullfighter, and while the claim that he was planning on becoming an opera star was obvious fluff, there must have been something to his singing talent, because newspapers would often compliment his tenor voice, which he apparently put to use on occasion before some of his matches. He reinvented himself as Don Sebastian in the late 1930s,and began promoting after retiring from active wrestling in 1941. He focused most of his promoting career in California from that point on. Mayo was married three times: to journalist Blanche Cordell Hicks from 1949 to 1958, then Lois Brooks in 1965, and finally to actress Lynne Roberts in 1971. In his later years he appeared in a few low budget films.
