Super Muñeco

Super Muñeco (Super Doll) (10 April 1952 – 9 February 2022) was a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. Super Muñeco is Spanish for "Super Doll", a comedic ring character based on a clown. Super Muñeco is best known for having the second highest number of Luchas de Apuestas "bet match" wins, having won the mask or hair of over 100 wrestlers. Per the tradition of masked wrestlers in Mexico, Super's real name and identity have not yet been revealed to the public.

Super Muñeco
Super Muñeco in 2018
Birth nameHebert Palafox
Born(1952-04-10)10 April 1952[1]
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
Died9 February 2022(2022-02-09) (aged 69)
Mexico City, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)El Sanguinario Jr.
Super Muñeco
Billed height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Billed weight98 kg (216 lb)[1]
Trained byEl Sanguinario[1]
DebutMarch 22, 1982[1]

Super Muñeco was the son of professional wrestler El Sanguinario (The Bloodthirsty) and initially worked as Sanguinario Jr. before changing his ring persona to Super Muñeco. Muñeco's brothers wrestle or have wrestled as Sanguianrio, Jr. and Sanguinario, Jr. III, while a third brother wrestles as "Super Muñeco, Jr.". Super Muñeco was one third of the team Trío Fantasía (Fantasy Trio) along with Super Ratón and Super Pinocho, a trio with ring personas geared towards the kids in the crowd.

Professional wrestling career

Muñeco made his professional wrestling debut on March 22, 1982, working under the name "Sanguinario, Jr." named after his father "El Sanguinario". Initially he teamed with his father, but did not make much headway under the "Sanguinario, Jr." name. One day in late 1983 Muñeco's girlfriend commented that it was odd he played a bloodthirsty Rudo (a villainous character or Heel) when it was so unlike who he really was. The comment set off an idea, based on a famous Mexican "Tramp Clown" called "El Tramposo", he developed a "wrestling clown" ring character called "Super Muñeco" (Super Doll in Spanish), complete with a mask that looked like a smiling clown face.[2] With the Super Muñeco character he quickly became a Tecnico (a good guy or Face), especially popular with children.[2] Initially, other wrestlers did not like the comedic persona nor did they like to work with and lose to "a clown" causing them to work "stiff", by actually punching him or twisting joints a bit harder than necessary to show their displeasure.[3] In the mid-1980s Super Muñeco worked mainly at "Pavillón Azteca" and became one of the main attractions on their weekly shows. He became one of the first television stars when Lucha Libre returned to regular television in the 1980s, helping the show Super Lunes (Super Monday) attract good ratings and drawing a full crowd whenever he was on the Pavillón Azteca shows.[3]

Super Muñeco teamed up with Super Ráton (a wrestler using a Mighty Mouse ring persona) and Super Pinocho (Based on the character Pinocchio) to form Trio Fantasia, a comedy trio that became popular with fans.[2] Together Trio Fantasia won the Distrito Federal Trios Championship and the AWWA Trios Championship.[4] The team also worked against other teams with similar kid-oriented comedy themes, drawing full houses for their storyline feud with Los Tortugas Ninja (four men wearing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costumes), the storyline even saw Trio Fantasia team up with the promising local "Coliseo 2000" to defeat Los Tortugas in a Luchas de Apuestas, mask vs. mask, match.[3] Trio Fantasia would also unmask Los Thundercats (a trio wrestling as Leono, Panthro and Tigro from the ThunderCats cartoon).[3] In the early 1990s Trio Fantasia began working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), a professional wrestling promotion with a reputation of using ring personas that were more child-friendly, such as "Los Power Raiders" (A group of Power Rangers imitators). In AAA Super Pinocho intentionally unmasked La Parka so that a photographer could get a picture of his face; This action caused him to be very unpopular with both wrestlers and promoters and he retired from wrestling. Super Ráton left AAA not long after leaving Super Muñeco as a singles competitor.[3]

Muñeco began working a storyline against Los Payasos (the clowns), a group of Rudo clowns that were the complete opposite of everything Super Muñeco stood for. On May 22, 1994, Muñeco, Ángel Azteca, and El Hijo del Santo teamed up to win the Mexican National Trios Championship from Los Payasos.[5] The makeshift trio held the title for four months before losing it to Los Payasos.[5] On April 15, 1995, Super Muñeco, Rey Misterio, Jr., and Octagón defeated Los Destructores (Tony Arce, Vulcano, and Rocco Valente) to win the Mexican National Trios Title. They held it for three months before losing the championship to Fuerza Guerrera, Psicosis, and Blue Panther.[5] After losing the Trios title Muñeco worked more as a singles wrestler, focusing on winning Luchas de Apuestas, adding mask and hair wins to his already then impressive list of wins. He worked on the Mexican Independent circuit, making appearances for various smaller promotions. Over the years he has won over 100 Luchas de Apuestas with over 80 mask wins; the most notable being the masks of rivals Coco Rojo and Coco Negro and Coco Verde of Los Payasos (although all of three may have not been the originals), Medico Asesino, Jr. and one of the numerous Hijo del Huracan Ramírez.[1] Super Muñeco's Apuesta record is only surpassed by Estrella Blanca who has over 200 confirmed Luchas de Apuestas wins.[6]

Personal life and death

Super Muñeco was the son of Hebert Alejandro Palafox Montiel, who wrestled as El Sanguinario. One of his brothers works as Sanguinario Jr., the third to actually use the name; another brother used the name as well but now works as "El Tramposo", a "clown tramp" gimmick. The wrestler working as "Super Muñeco Jr." is not, as the name would otherwise suggest Muñeco's son, but a third brother who uses the name. Muñeco was married for over 20 years. It was his wife's suggestion that sparked the idea for Super Muñeco. Together the couple had at least one child.[3]

He died in Mexico City on 9 February 2022, at the age of 69, from COVID-19, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[7][8]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Super Muñeco (mask)Intocable (mask)Mexico CityLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Hombre Lobo (mask)Mexico CityLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Maya Azteca (mask)Mexico CityLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Extravagante (mask)Mexico CityLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Dr. Tortura (mask)Cuautla, MorelosLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Maquina Asesina (mask)Mexico CityLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)El Guarura (mask)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Rayos X (mask)Oaxaca, OaxacaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Mago Blink (mask)Mexico CityLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Angel o Demonio(mask)Acapulco, GuerreroLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Toro Salvaje (mask)Xalapa, VeracruzLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Angel de la Muerte (mask)Mexico CityLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Fantasma Asesino (mask)Camargo, ChihuahuaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Germano (mask)Los Reyes Acaquilpan, Mexico StateLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Kid Bravo (mask)Alvarado, VeracruzLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Astro Azul (mask)San Felipe, Baja CaliforniaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Caballero de la Muerte (mask)Martínez de la Torre, VeracruzLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Mr. Atomo (mask)Mexico CityLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Enigma Dorado (mask)Puebla, PueblaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Dr. Asesino (mask)Puebla, PueblaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Galactus (mask)Toluca, Mexico StateLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Destroyer (mask)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Black Star (mask)Puebla, PueblaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Angel de Puebla (mask)Puebla, PueblaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Cuervo (mask)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Caballero Imperial (mask)Parral, ChihuahuaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Super Camaro (mask)Tampico, TamaulipasLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Capitan Furia (mask)Nogales, SonoraLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Emperador Azteca (mask)Culiacán, SinaloaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)The Police (mask)Celaya, GuanajuatoLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Leon de Oro (mask)Guanajuato, GuanajuatoLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Magnum (mask)Irapuato, GuanajuatoLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Guardia Imperial (mask)Martínez de la Torre, VeracruzLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Killer Rock (mask)Manzanillo, ColimaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Venganza India (mask)Teziutlán, PueblaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Zafiro Imperial (mask)Poza Rica, VeracruzLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Kamikaze Ninja (mask)Culiacán, SinaloaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Poder Galactico (mask)Iguala, GuerreroLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Diabolico X (mask)Tehuacán, PueblaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Saturno(mask)Isla Mujeres, Quintana RooLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Tigre del Ring (mask)Tampico, TamaulipasLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Star Golden Falcon(mask)Los Angeles, CaliforniaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Espantapajaros (mask)Atlixco, PueblaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Tigre Negro (mask)Los Mochis, SinaloaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Trueno Negro (mask)San Francisco del Rincon, GuanajuatoLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Kaiser (mask)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Principe Zaku (mask)Oaxaca, OaxacaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Aguila Roja (mask)Minatitlan, VeracruzLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Batman (mask)Tepic, NayaritLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Zodiaco (mask)Cocoyoc, MorelosLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Huron (mask)Ciudad Constitucion, Baja California SurLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)It (mask)Villahermosa, TabascoLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Soldado Nazi (mask)Tepeji del Rio, QuerétaroLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Sin Cara (mask)San Juan de los Lagos, JaliscoLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Mancha Negra(mask)Tuxtla Gutierrez, ChiapasLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)El Zar de la Muerte (mask)Mexicali, Baja CaliforniaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Mr. Kramer (mask)Iguala, GuerreroLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Las Momias del Perú I and II (mask)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Mr. Kramer (mask)Iguala, GuerreroLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Hijo de Black Shadow (mask)Ciudad Juárez, ChihuahuaLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Condor de Plata (mask)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)La Hormiga Azul (mask)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Chacal (hair)Los Reyes Acaquilpan, Mexico StateLive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Zafiro (hair)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Oso Vikingo (hair)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Rey Vudu (hair)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Yoyo Garduño (hair)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Rey America(hair)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Adorable Rubí (hair)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Principe Odin (hair)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Comanche (hair)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Carlos Plata (hair)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Ray Richard (hair)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Mohak (hair)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Leon Rojo (mask)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Barba Negra (mask)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Dino Curtis (mask)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco, Super Pinocho and Super Raton (masks)Angel Mortal, El Bucles and ?? (masks)N/ALive eventN/A 
Super Muñeco (mask)Killer Dog (mask)Mexico CityLive eventJune 14, 1984 
Super Muñeco (mask)Conquistador (mask)Mexico CityLive eventMay 13, 1985 
Super Muñeco (mask)Mazinger Z (mask)Puebla, PueblaLive eventFebruary 26, 1988 
Super Muñeco (mask)Azote Negro (mask)Mexico CityLive eventJune 20, 1986 
Super Muñeco (mask)Nahur Kaliff (hair)N/ALive eventJune 26, 1988 
Super Muñeco, Super Pinocho, Super Raton and Coliseo 2000 (masks) Tortugas Ninja (I, II, III and IV) (mask)Mexico CityLive eventDecember 2, 1990 
Super Muñeco (mask)Espanto, Jr. (hair)Torreón, CoahuilaLive eventJune 2, 1991 
Super Muñeco (mask)Popitekus (hair)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive eventJune 21, 1991 
Super Muñeco, Super Pinocho and Super Raton (mask)Los Thundercats (mask)
(Leono, Panthro and Tigro)
Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive eventDecember 8, 1991 
Super Muñeco (mask)Ultra Tiger (mask)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive eventApril 1992 
Super Muñeco (mask)Tornado Negro II (mask)Huntington Park, CaliforniaLive eventDecember 26, 1994[Note 1]
Super Muñeco (mask)Asesino Negro (mask)N/ALive eventJune 4, 1995 
Super Muñeco (mask)Medico Asesino Jr. (mask)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive eventDecember 25, 1997 
Super Muñeco (mask)Medico Asesino Jr. (hair)Salem, OregonLive eventApril 11, 1998 
Super Muñeco (mask)El Hijo del Huracán Ramírez (mask)Mexicali, Baja CaliforniaLive eventOctober 31, 1999 
Halloween (hair)Super Muñeco (hair)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive eventNovember 26, 1999[Note 2]
Super Muñeco (mask)Mancha Negra (mask)San Cristóbal de las Casas, ChiapasLive eventJune 17, 2000 
Super Muñeco (mask)Escorpión Dorado (mask)Poza Rica, VeracruzLive eventMarch 16, 2003 
Super Muñeco, Super Pinocho and Super Raton (mask)Los Black Hunters (I/II/III) (mask)CancúnLive eventMay 7, 2004 
Super Muñeco (mask)Cadaver I (mask)TabascoLive eventJuly 1, 2004 
Super Muñeco (mask)Fuerza Boricua (hair)Mérida, YucatánLive eventMay 14, 2006[Note 3]
Super Muñeco (mask)Coco Negro (mask)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive eventJanuary 19, 2007 
Super Muñeco (mask)Halcon Rojo (mask)Mérida, YucatánLive eventMarch 4, 2007 
Super Muñeco (mask)Coco Rojo (mask)Mexico CityLive eventMarch 10, 2007 
Super Muñeco (mask)Bronco (hair)Tampico, TamaulipasLive eventApril 26, 2007 
Super Muñeco (mask)Ku Klux Klan I (mask)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive eventJune 1, 2007[Note 4]
Super Muñeco (mask)King Tiger (mask)Unidad Agustin Millan, TolucaLive eventJune 28, 2007 
Super Muñeco and Super Pinocho (mask)Coco Rojo and El Pandita (hair)Manzanillo, Colima]Live eventApril 11, 2009[Note 5]
Super Muñeco and Axxel (mask)Payaso Coco Verde and Payaso Cocolores (mask)
(maybe not the originals!)
Guadalajara, JaliscoLive eventDecember 12, 2009[10]
Súper Muñeco (mask)Scorpio, Jr. (hair)Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico StateLive eventOctober 6, 2012[Note 6][11]

Notes

  1. Relevos suicidas: Lost match against Piloto Suicida and Sangre Fría.
  2. Lucha del revels (Hair vs. Hair between two masked wrestlers).
  3. This was originally scheduled for "Mask vs. Mask", but Fuerza Boricua was forced to unmask before the match by the State Athletic commission.
  4. Relevos Suicidas: Lost to El Hijo de Rey Misterio and Ninja.
  5. The finals of a "Losers advance" tournament/
  6. Six-man tag team steel cage Masks vs. Hairs match, where Scorpio, Jr., Black Terry and Shu el Guerrero faced Súper Muñeco, Súper Pinocho and Súper Ratón.

References

General – Luchas de Apuestas record

  • "Luchas 2000". Super Muñeco y sus Victimas (in Spanish). Juárez, Mexico: Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V. May 2008. pp. 16–17. Especial 30.

Specific sources

  1. "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". Super Muñeco (in Spanish). Portales, Mexico. November 2008. p. 59. 17.
  2. "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". Yb muñeco poco tradicional (in Spanish). Portales, Mexico. November 2008. pp. 4–5. 17.
  3. "Luchas 2000". Super Muñeco y sus Victimas (in Spanish). Juárez, Mexico: Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V. May 2008. pp. 18–19. Especial 30.
  4. "Super Muñeco: Mascaras, Caballeras y Campeonatos". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). March 2001. p. 11.
  5. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Trios Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. "Luchas 2000". Estrella Blanca y sus Victimas (in Spanish). Juárez, Mexico: Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V. May 2008. pp. 4–5. Especial 30.
  7. "Covid acaba con la vida de 'Súper Muñeco', leyenda de la lucha libre mexicana". 9 February 2022.
  8. "Muere Súper Muñeco, legendario luchador mexicano". Milenio. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  9. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: WWA Middleweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 401. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  10. Ruiz Glez, Alex (December 13, 2009). "FMLL (resultados 12 de diciembre 2009) – Axel y Súper Muñeco ganan las Mascaras de los Payasos Coco Verde y Cocolores". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved December 13, 2009.
  11. Mr. Reyes (October 7, 2012). "Súper Muñeco se llevó la cabellera de Scorpio Jr". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved October 7, 2012.
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