Médico Asesino Explained

Médico Asesino
Birth Name:	Cesáreo Anselmo Manríquez González
Birth Date:	27 August 1920
Birth Place:	Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Death Place:	Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
Death Cause:	Cancer
Weight:	125kg (276lb)

Cesáreo Anselmo Manríquez González (August 27, 1920 – June 16, 1960), known by the ring names Médico Asesino and later El Médico, was a Mexican professional wrestler and actor who wrestled in Mexico and in the NWA territory of Texas. During his career, he most notably held the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship. He was also one of the first luchadores to act in films and TV series.

Professional wrestling career

In 1955, Médico Asesino won the Occidente Tag Team Championship and the Occidente Heavyweight Championship. The following year, he won the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, which he held at the time of his death.^[1]

In 1956, Médico Asesino joined the Dallas, Texas-based promotion Southwest Sports under the ring name El Medico, winning the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship four times. He also held the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship on three occasions as well as the Texas-version of the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship twice and the NWA World Tag Team Championship at once.^[2]

Acting career

In 1952, a superhero motion picture serial was made entitled The Man in the Silver Mask, which was supposed to star El Santo, but he declined to appear in it, because he thought it would fail commercially. Instead, Médico Asesino was cast in the lead role, wearing a white mask similar to Santo's silver one. A villain named "The Silver-Masked Man" was introduced into the plot at the last minute, thus the title of the film strangely became a reference to the villain, not the hero.^[3]

Personal life

Médico Asesino was the father of Médico Asesino Jr.^{[4] [5]}

Illness and death

Médico Asesino was diagnosed with cancer in 1958 and died on June 16, 1960.^[4]

Championships and accomplishments

• Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
  • Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1]
  • Occidente Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1]
  • Occidente Tag Team Championship (1 time)
• Southwest Sports
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (4 times)^{[6] [7]}
  • NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version) (2 times)^{[8] [9]}
  • NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Pepper Gomez (2 times), and The Amazing Zuma (1 time)^{[2] [10] [11]}
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (1 time) – with Pepper Gomez^{[12] [13]}
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame (class of 2020)^[14]

Filmography

Year	Original title	English title	Role	Notes
1952	El luchador fenómeno	The phenomenal wrestler	Luchador	^[15]
1953	La bestia magnífica	The Magnificent Beast
1953	Huracán Ramírez	Hurricane Ramirez	Luchador
1954	El enmascarado de plata	The Man in the Silver Mask	El Enmascarado de Plata
1971	Los Campeones Justicieros	The Champions of Justice	Himself

See also

• List of premature professional wrestling deaths

Notes and References

1. Book: Madigan, Dan . Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling . HarperCollins Publisher . 2007 . Médico Asesino . 114–117 . 978-0-06-085583-3.
2. Book: Harris M. Lentz III. Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling, 2d ed.. 1 January 2003. McFarland. 978-0-7864-1754-4. 232.
3. Book: Various . Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling . Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. . 2005 . the villain of the small screen . 150–183. 968-6842-48-9.
4. Web site: Médico Asesino. Luchawiki.
5. Web site: Wrestler Profile: Médico Asesino . WrestlingData . June 27, 2023.
6. • Book: Will . Gary . Royal . Duncan . Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Archeus Communications . 2000 . Pennsylvania . Texas: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title [Von Erich] . 0-9698161-5-4 . 268–269.
7. Web site: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title . March 30, 2017 . Wrestling-Titles.
8. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . (Texas) Dallas: NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Title . 271 . Archeus Communications . 2006. 4th . 0-9698161-5-4.
9. Web site: Texas Brass Knucks Title [East Texas] ]. December 22, 2019 . Wrestling-Titles.
10. Book: Will . Gary . Royal . Duncan . Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Archeus Communications . 2000 . Pennsylvania . Texas: NWA Texas Tag Team Title [Von Erich] . 0-9698161-5-4 . 275–276.
11. Web site: NWA Texas Tag Team Title [E. Texas]]. December 27, 2019 . wrestling-titles.com.
12. Book: Royal . Duncan . Gary . Will . Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Pennsylvania . 2000 . Archeus Communications . 0-9698161-5-4 . Texas: NWA World Tag Team Title [Siegel, Boesch and McLemore].
13. Web site: National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Title [E. Texas] ]. Wrestling-Titles . February 21, 2017.
14. Web site: NOVEMBER 16, 2020 OBSERVER NEWSLETTER: 2020 OBSERVER HALL OF FAME ISSUEs. Meltzer. Dave. Dave Meltzer. November 13, 2020. November 13, 2020. Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
15. Cotter, Robert Michael (April 21, 2008). "The Undercard: Second-banana Masked Men". The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmograph. pp. 152–174. .