Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

..Ciclón Mackey pioneered the masked luchador in Mexico by becoming La Maravilla Enmascarada, and then Lutteroth began searching for more talent to put under masks..

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It was all an act; Gomez had lost his eye years before and was using a glass eye in order to make fans believe what Velázquez did was real. It worked;.

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the History of The Famed Mexican Promotion

..Ciclón Mackey pioneered the masked luchador in Mexico by becoming La Maravilla Enmascarada, and then Lutteroth began searching for more talent to put under masks..

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The legend is that Velázquez kicked Gomez so hard in the head that he wound up dislodging Gomez's eyeball, drawing audible gasps from the Arena Modelo crowd.

It was all an act; Gomez had lost his eye years before and was using a glass eye in order to make fans believe what Velázquez did was real. It worked;.

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Lucha Libre's First True Super Villian

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