Rayo de Jalisco Sr.

Rayo de Jalisco Sr.
Rayo de Jalisco Sr.
Birth name	Maximino Linares Moreno
Born	November 22, 1932 ; Mexico City , Mexico
Died	July 19, 2018 (aged 85) ; Mexico City, Mexico
Family	Rayo de Jalisco Jr. (son) ; Rayman (granson) ; Mitzuki Wong (daughter-in-law) ; Tony Sugar (brother) ; Black Sugar (brother)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Aguila Negra ; Dr. Curtis ; El Rayo ; Mr. Misterio ; Rayo de Jalisco ; Tony Curtis
Billed height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Billed weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Billed from	Jalisco , Mexico
Trained by	Tony Sugar
Debut	February 1950
Retired	July 30, 1989

Maximino "Max" Linares Moreno (November 22, 1932 ? July 19, 2018) was a Mexican luchador ( professional wrestler ). He was better known under the ring name Rayo de Jalisco ("The Lightning Bolt from Jalisco "). He was thought to be one of the best wrestlers of his generation. ^[3]

During his career, Linares held the NWA World Middleweight Championship three times as well as the Mexican National Tag Team Championship with lucha libre icon El Santo . He was added into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996 and the AAA Hall of Fame in 2014.

Linares died of congestive heart failure in Mexico City on July 19, 2018, aged 85. ^[1]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 "Fallece el legendario luchador Rayo de Jalisco" . ESPN (in Spanish). July 19, 2018. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018 . Retrieved July 19, 2018 .
↑ "Fallecio El Rayo de Jalisco, legendario luchador mexicano" . MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN . July 19, 2018 . Retrieved July 19, 2018 .
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Madigan, Dan (2007). "A Family affair". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling . HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128?132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3 .

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[RayoLeyendas-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 "Fallece el legendario luchador Rayo de Jalisco" . ESPN (in Spanish). July 19, 2018. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018 . Retrieved July 19, 2018 .

[MedioObit-2] "Fallecio El Rayo de Jalisco, legendario luchador mexicano" . MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN . July 19, 2018 . Retrieved July 19, 2018 .

[MondoFamily-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Madigan, Dan (2007). "A Family affair". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling . HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128?132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3 .

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