El Coyote (born November 1, 1997, in Villa Mainero, Tamaulipas[2]) 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") wrestling character. His real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.[1]
| El Coyote | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Unrevealed[1] |
| Born | November 1, 1997 Villa Mainero, Tamaulipas |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Antaris El Coyote |
| Billed height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| Trained by | Mr. Lince Tony Salazar Arkángel de la Muerte Demus 3:16 Chacho Herodes |
| Debut | 2010 |
His ring name, El Coyote, is inspired by an incident when he was a kid, when at his grandparents' ranch, he witnessed a coyote ate his grandmother's chickens.[3][4]
Career
editBorn in Villa Mainero, close to Ciudad Madero in northeastern Mexico, Coyote started his wrestling career in 2010, at 12 years old.[5] As a kid, he also played football, basketball and volleyball and describes himself as a very restless, mischievous kid.[4] Initially when he got in through wrestling, through his first professor Mr. Lince, he was working under the ring name Antaris, as a tecnico ("Good guy") character[2][5] in Monterrey, Nuevo León where his trainer was based, as well as in his home state of Tamaulipas.[3] He knew from the beginning that he wanted to perform as a heel, and thus switched his ring name to El Coyote during 2012.[6] In 2013, he left for Mexico City to pursue his dream of becoming a professional. In interviews he stated he initially didn't know anyone and spent several days staying overnight outside the subway and not having money to eat.[3]
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2016–present)
editEventually he would start training at Arena Mexico under Tony Salazar and Arkángel de la Muerte.[3][4] He graduated from the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre school on a Sunday show August 2016[7] and started working regularly for the promotion in the opening matches.[2][8] Right after his debut, he suffered a serious forearm injury, that kept him out of wrestling for most of late 2016 and early 2017.[3][8] During late 2020 and 2021 he rose up in the rankings from an opening match wrestler to a midcard performer.[8]
On Christmas Day 2021, El Coyote together with Euforia won the CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa, an annual tag team-tournament where a rookie teams up with a more experienced wrestler. In the finals, they defeated Atlantis Jr. and Sangre Imperial to claim the trophy.[9][10]
In 2023, he forms part of the group Los Chacales Del Ring with Pólvora and Shigeo Okumura with the ambition of challenging for the Mexican National Trios Championship.[11] He has also worked singles matches with the likes of Audaz, Magia Blanca and Fuego to name a few.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ a b c "El Coytote". CMLL ::: La Mejor Lucha Libre del Mundo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ a b c d e Guerra, Tonatiuh (2023-04-23). "Coyote, el luchador que durmió afuera del Metro y pasó hambre". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ a b c Mojica, Rodrigo (2023-04-19). "El Coyote, el luchador que personifica la venganza de su abuela". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ a b El Coyotoe En CMLL Informa – 20 de Enero 2021, retrieved 2023-10-14
- ^ "CMLL: Coyote sube al ring con la inspiración de la rudeza y la habilidad para la trampa". Record.com.mx (in Spanish). 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ Rebollo, Mauricio. "El Coyote, la fiera del CMLL". RdeRudo (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ a b c d "El Coyote". Cagematch. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ^ "El Coyote aúlla fuerte y se lleva la 'Gran Alternativa'". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "CMLL Sábados Arena México (25. Dezember 2021)". genickbruch.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "CMLL - Arena México: Okumura y Los Chacales sumaron un triunfo valioso rumbo a sus aspiraciones estelares". Mundo Deportivo USA (in Spanish). 2023-06-21. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
