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| Alfonso Dantés |
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| Name |
Alfonso Dantés |
| Real name |
José Luis Amezcua Díaz |
| Nicknames |
El Tanque (The Tank) |
| Name history |
Edmundo Dantés (debut - ??), Dantés, Alfonso Dantés (1963? - retirement) |
| Family |
Al Amezcua (father), César Dantés (son), Apolo Dantés (son), Septiembre Negro (brother), Indio Jerónimo (brother-in-law), Alberto Muñoz/White Man (brother-in-law) |
| Maestro(s) |
Diablo Velazco |
| Birth date, location |
April 13, 1943 - Guadalajara, Jalisco |
| Obituary date |
July 30, 2008 - Manzanillo, Colima |
| Debut, location |
1960 - Morelia, Michoacán |
| Lost mask to |
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| Height |
5'9"/176 cms |
| Weight |
220 lbs/101 kg |
| Signature moves |
No-hands tapatía, Gori Special, Backbreaker Submission, La Alteña |
| Titles: |
Occident Middleweight Title, National Light Heavyweight Title (3), NWA Americas Tag Team Titles (3, w/ Mil Máscaras, Francisco Flores, El Médico), NWA World Light Heavyweight Title (5), National Heavyweight Title (2) |
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| Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame Member
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One of the best luchadors in the history of Guadalajara, "the Tank" was a light heavyweight/heavyweight star of 60s, 70s and 80s. Believed to have run Arena Coliseo Guadalajara after his career came to an end. His sons Apolo Dantes & Cesar Dantes followed him into the lucha libre world.
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