Carístico

  This is the CMLL (and more famous) Mistico. See below for a full list of shared identities.

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Místico (Mystical)

Name Místico (Mystical) Nicknames El Principe De Plata y Oro (The Prince of Silver and Gold), El Seminarista de los Ojos Blancos. Name history Dr. Karonte Jr. (debut - 00), Astro Boy {II} (00 - 06/04), Komachi (MPW, '03), Místico (06/04 - ) Family Dr. Karonte (father), Tony Salazar (uncle), Astro Boy I (brother) Maestro(s) Fray Tormenta, Tony Salazar, Dr. Karonte Birth date December 22, 1982 - Mexico City Debut April 30, 1998 - Deportivo Kid Azteca - Mexico City Height 5'7"/169 cms Weight 165 lbs/75 kg Signature moves La Mistica, Huracarrana, 619, plancha suicida into armdrag, Asai Moonsault into opponent's feet, Ringpost armdrag Titles: NWA World Middleweight Championship (2), CMLL World Tag Team Championship (2 w/Negro Casas), Torneo la Gran Alternativa 2004 (w/ Hijo del Santo as a rookie) & 2007 (w/ La Sombra as a veteran), 8th & 9th Annual Leyenda de Plata Tournament, IWRG Intercontinental Super Welterweight Championship, CMLL World Welterweight Championship

Biography

Part of a wrestling family, but portrayed as an orphan who learned the sport from mentor Fray Tormenta, Mistico debuted in CMLL in 2004. Mistico rose to the top of the promotion at a record pace, and was arguably the top star in the promotion a year later.

Mistico is one of the biggest stars of the moment in lucha libre, if not the biggest. His name being part of a wrestling card can draw thousands of extra fans, regardless of the matchup. He's crossed over to Mexican popular culture and been featured on television shows and music videos.

Mistico is currently a CMLL wrestler, but has been offered a deal by WWE. At this time, it appears he's staying in CMLL, but the option to jump the United States promotion will likely always been available to him. CMLL claims to have Mistico under a solid contract, and owns the rights to name and image of Mistico.

Mistico is actually a man from a family of wrestlers, and is the nephew of CMLL official Tony Salazar. He'd been wrestling under different names since at least the beginning of the decades. Directly prior to being Mistico, he was Astro Boy (taking the name from a deceased brother), an spectacular undercard wrestler who also wrestled in Japan from time to time.

In 2003, CMLL's fans told the promotion that they wanted to see more new stars, and CMLL tried to fulfill the request with Sagrado, a devoutly religious young high flying babyface who was promoted as a trainee of famous wrestling priest Fray Tormenta. Sagrado flopped out of the gate, with the blame being shifted towards Sagrado's ringwork (he was nervous and he wasn't ready for that spot), CMLL decided to recycle the entire concept with a different wrestler.

A year later, Mistico debuted, which much the same back story, while Sagrado was downplayed to avoid focus on the similarities. Mistico might have previously been passed over for being a smaller wrestler, even by Mexico standards, but his spectacular moves (and his ability not to screw them up) made him the exactly exciting new young guy fans wanted.

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See Also

• Wikipeida

Shared Names

Every name Mistico's used, someone else has also used. It hasn't always been planned that way, but it can be a bit confusing.

• Mistico is the more famous man under the name; the Juarez wrestler using the same name is also known as Incognito in AAA.
• Mistico started out as the second Astro Boy; he was the brother of the first. See Astro Boy (disambugation) for a list of other Astro Boys
• Similarly, Mistico was one of a number of wrestlers who've used the name Dr. Karonte. See Dr. Karonte Jr. (disambugation) for the others
• Mistico wrestled as Komachi for Japan's Michinoku Pro Wrestling, replacing Volador Jr. in that identity.

Match History

See: Místico/Match History

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
2004/10/17	hairs	Volador Jr. & Místico	Antrax & Ébola	Arena Coliseo - Guadalajara, Jalisco
2006/09/29	mask	Místico	Black Warrior	Arena México - Mexico City
2006/12/01	mask	Místico	Hijo del Diablo	Auditorio de Tijuana - Baja California
2007/01/27	mask	Místico	Sepulturero	Arena Lopez Mateos - Estado de Mexico
2007/04/01	mask	Místico	Skayde	Plaza de Toros El Cortijo - Mexico City
2007/10/07	hair	Místico	Misterioso	Estadio Calimax, Tijuana, Baja California

Gallery

Astro Boy

Komachi (right)

early

Mistico

teaming with Santo

NWA Middleweight Champion

Mistico [leonguanajuato.com]

Arena Mexico

619 while wearing Mexican colors

Mistico flying

as IWRG Super Welter Champ

bloody Welter champ

NWA Welter Title Match Vs. Averno, Aug 30, 200/07

taking Misterioso's hair

V	National Wrestling Alliance Championships (with lucha libre history)	E
World Welter (Akantus), NWA-Mexico: Mexico Light (Skayde), Mexico Welter (Vaquero Fantasma)
Dragon Gym: International Junior Heavy (Último Dragón)
Defunct: Middle, Light Heavy, Americas Tag
Reference: Jr. Heavy, Heavy
CMLL established titles: Historic Welter (Volador Jr.), Historic Middle (Carístico), Historic LH (Stuka Jr.)

International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) Championships
Active: Light (Águila Roja), Welter (Dr. Cerebro Jr.), Middle (Noisy Boy), Heavy (DMT Azul) Tag Team (Cerebro Negro & Cerebro Negro Jr.), Trios (Arez, Látigo, Toxin) Mexico (Hellboy), Junior de Juniors (El Hijo de Fishman) Rey Del Aire (Noisy Boy), Women (Keyra)
Inactive: Super Welter
Tournaments: El Protector (El Hijo de Fishman & Tonalli), Rey del Ring (Vito Fratelli)
Related: Mexico State Trios Championship (Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan Jr.), WWS Welter (El Hijo del Diablo)