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Aaron Rodríguez (born July 15, 1942), best known as Mil Máscaras (meaning "Man of a Thousand Masks" in Spanish), is a Mexican professional wrestler. He was born in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí. He is also an actor.

Máscaras made his wrestling debut in April 1965 in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

In his Japanese debut on February 19, 1971, Máscaras defeated Kantaro Hoshino in Tokyo under the name Kamen Kizoku, meaning "The Masked Noble". His first movie was Milmáscaras, released a year after his wrestling debut. Máscaras has been wrestling in lucha libre for many years, for now he is in his early 60s. He was then inducted into the Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002.

Filmography

• La Llave Mortal (The Mortal Hold) (1990)
• La Verdad de la Lucha Libre (The Truth about Wrestling) (1988)
• Frontera Sin Ley (Frontier Without Law) (1983)
• Misterio en las Bermudas (Mystery in Bermuda) (1977)
• El Poder Negro (The Black Power) (1973)
• Las Momias de San Ángel (The Mummies of San Ángel) (1973)
• Los Vampiros de Coyoacán (The Vampires of Coyoacán) (1973)
• Leyendas Macabras de la Colonia (Macabre Legends of the Colony) (1973)
• Una Rosa sobre el Ring (A Rose on a Ring) (1972)
• El Robo de las Momias de Guanajuato (The Theft of the Mummies of Guanajuato) (1972)
• Vuelven los Campeones Justicieros (The Champions of Justice Return) (1972)
• Las Momias de Guanajuato (The Mummies of Guanajuato) (1970)
• Los Campeones Justicieros (The Champions of Justice) (1970)
• Las Vampiras (The Vampire Girls) (1968)
• Enigma de Muerte (Secret of Death) (1968)
• Los Canallas (The Swine) (1966)
• Milmáscaras (1966)

Pro Wrestling Championships

• 1-Time WWA Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time ALLL Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time WCCW Tag Team Champion (with Jeff Jarrett)
• 2-Time Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time HWP American Champion
• 1-Time IWA Heavyweight Champion
• 4-Time NWA America's Heavyweight Champion
• 3-Time NWA American Tag Team Champion (with Alfonso Dantes, Rey Mendoza and Jose Lothario)
• 1-Time NWA Texas Tag Team Champion (with Jose Lothario)

Pro Wrestling Awards

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 94 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. Máscaras also won the 1975 PWI Most Popular Wrestler Award.

Trivia

• Máscaras has two brothers who wrestled, Dos Caras and El Sicodélico.
• Máscaras wrestled as Ricardo Durán in his early days.
• Máscaras was trained to wrestle by Diablo Velasco

Mácaras also once appeared in the World Wrestling Federation, competing as one of the 30 entrants in the 1997 Royal Rumble match. He was eliminated after eliminating himself, diving off the top rope to an opponent on the floor that he himself had just eliminated.

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