Cassandro

Cassandro

Name Cassandro Real name Saul Armendariz Nicknames La Diva de Juarez Name history Mr. Romano (debut), Rosa Salvaje (80`s), Cassandro (1989- ), Cassandro El Exotico (TNA 2009), Andromeda (NWA Southwest) Family Maestro(s) Rey Misterio, Victor Ojeda Birth date, location May 20, 1970 - El Paso, Texas Obituary date Debut, location October 15, 1989 Lost mask to never lost mask just changed names from Mr. Romano to Cassandro Height 5'5" Weight 170lbs Signature moves Liplock(Big Kiss to in the Mouth His Opponents), Top Rope Wheelbarrow Victory Roll. Titles: UWA World Lightweight Championship, CHIKARA Lightweight Championship, NWA World Welterweight Championship, Kalaka Arena Master Championship(Cd Juarez)

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A veteran exotico who works all over the world. Began his career in the UWA as an undercard exotico teaming mainly with Pimpinela Escarlata. Got a Welterweight Title shot vs. El Hijo del Santo in 1992, which got about the level of nasty homophobic backlash you'd expect. He'd go on to win the Lightweight Title. After the UWA's closure he headed north and worked a lot of the border cities as well as in the United States. He struggled with addiction around this time, and the date he reached sobriety (June 4, 2003), is tattooed on his back to this day.

His return to mainstream Lucha Libre occured in 2006 when he began a feud with Pimpinela in AAA. The two seemed to be building to a hair match but a freak injury to Cassandro postponed it. The feud never got going even after his return and he soon left the promotion to return to the indy scene which included lots of dates with the touring Lucha VaVoom promotion.

Cassandro openly speaks of being gay and due to his ability to speak fluent English as well as Spanish he has made a name for himself all over the world after making appearences in various media outlets to promote things like Lucha VaVoom and Lucha Libre shows in France, England, etc.

Subject of the 2023 biopic Cassandro, starring Gael García Bernal in the title role.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
??/??/??	masks	Cassandro & Pimpinela Escarlata	Dragon Chino I & Dragon Chino II	?
??/??/??	hairs	Cassandro & Pimpinela Escarlata	Dragon Chino I & Dragon Chino II	?
??/??/??	mask	Cassandro	Profeta	?
??/??/??	hair	Cassandro	Profeta	?
??/??/??	hair	Cassandro	Halcon Dorado	?
??/??/??	hair	Cassandro	Misterioso	?
??/??/??	hair	Cassandro	Bello Armando	Cd. Juarez , Chih
??/??/??	hair	Cassandro	Peluchin	Cd. Juarez,Chih
??/??/??	hair	Cassandro	El Galáctico	Cd. Juarez,Chih
02/05/26	hair (1)	Lady Apache	Cassandro	Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua
06/06/22	hair (2)	Cassandro	Ruby Gardenia	The Mayan Theater - Los Angeles, California
07/07/14	hair (3)	El Hijo del Santo	Cassandro	L.A. Sports Arena - Los Angeles, California
13/03/16	hair	Villano IV & Villano V	Hijo de Pirata Morgan & Cassandro	Juan de la Barrera - Distrito Federal
16/02/14	Mask (4)	Cassandro	Último Samuray	Houchen Community Center - El Paso, Texas
16/04/24	Hair	Peluchín Maldad	Cassandro	Houchen Community Center - El Paso, Texas
(1) Cage match w/ Lady Apache/Tiffany/Yahaira vs Cassandro/Pimpinela Escarlata/May Flowers; (2) Lucha Va Voom; (3) Cage Match w/Rey Misterio Sr., Hijo de Rey Misterio, LA Park, Nicho, Pentagon Black, Gran Hamada; (4) Relevos Suicidas vs Impostor Jr. & Peluchín Maldad

Gallery

as Mr. Romano

with Oriental & the CHIKARA Lightweight Championship

in AAA