El Faraón

Not to be confused with the Faraon de Reynosa unmasked by Aeroflash.
Nor with Faraón de la Muerte, trainer of SLP's La Yedra.

Profile

El Faraón (The Pharaoh)

Name El Faraón (The Pharaoh) Real name José Luis Barajas Fernández Nicknames El Rudo de los Ojos Esmeralda (The rudo with the emerald eyes) Name history El Faraón (debut - retirement) Family Maestro(s) Diablo Velazco, Antonio Cruz Birth date, location October 5, 1947 - Mexico City Obituary date Debut, location June 19, 1973 - Auditorio Olímpico - Tepic, Nayarit Lost mask to Fishman - April 23, 1976 - Arena México Height 5'11"/180 cms Weight 196 lbs/89 kg Signature moves Tope Suicida, Chops, Throwing a row of chairs over Sangre Chicana's head Titles: - NWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Title NWA World Light Heavyweight Title (2) NWA World Middleweight Title (3) National Middleweight Title Occident Middleweight Title Central America Continental Title 1985 Copa Ovaciones y Costalazos (w/ Perro Aguayo & Fishman) Homenaje a Dos Leyendas honoree (2015)

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
????/??/??	hair	Alfonso Dantés	El Faraón	Arena México - Mexico City
????/??/??	hair	El Faraón	Alfonso Dantés	Arena México - Mexico City
????/??/??	hair	El Ídolo	El Faraón	Arena Coliseo - Guadalajara, Jalisco
1976/02/27	hair	El Faraón	Bruno Victoria	Arena México - Mexico City
1976/04/09	hair	El Faraón	Tony Salazar	Arena México - Mexico City
1976/04/23	mask	Fishman	El Faraón	Arena México - Mexico City
1976/09/24	hair	El Faraón	Perro Aguayo	Arena México - Mexico City
1977/04/22	hair	Blue Demon & El Faraón	Gemelo Diablo I & Gemelo Diablo II	Arena México
1977/12/09	hairs	El Faraón & Ringo Mendoza	Perro Aguayo & Joe Polardi	Arena México - Mexico City
1978/04/21	hairs	El Faraón & Ringo Mendoza	Sangre Chicana & Alfonso Dantés	Arena Mexico
1978/11/10	hair	Sangre Chicana	El Faraon	Arena Mexico - Mexico City
1979/04/20	hair	Alfonso Dantés	El Faraón	Arena México - Mexico City
1979/11/16	hairs	El Faraón & Águila India	El Vikingo & Sangre Chicana	Arena México
1979/12/07	hairs	El Faraón & Águila India	Sangre Chicana & Tony Salazar	Arena México - Mexico City
1980/06/27	hair	El Faraón & Ringo Mendoza	Tony Benetto & Herodes	Arena México - Mexico City
1980/07/04	hair	El Faraón & Ringo Mendoza	El Nazi & Adorable Rubí	Arena México - Mexico City
1981/04/06	hair	El Solitario	El Faraón	Arena Coliseo - Guadalajara, Jalisco
1981/12/04	hair	Ringo Mendoza	El Faraón	Arena México - Mexico City
1982/10/20	hair	Lizmark	El Faraón	Arena Coliseo - Acapulco, Guerrero
1986/02/23	hair	El Faraón	La Fiera	Arena México - Mexico City
1986/03/07	hairs	Sangre Chicana	El Faraón	Arena México - Mexico City
1986/10/26	hair	El Faraón	Perro Aguayo	Monterrey, Nuevo León
1990/09/07	hair	El Faraón & Ringo Mendoza	MS-1 & Masakre	Arena México - Mexico City
1990/11/16	hair	El Faraón	Pirata Morgan	Arena México - Mexico City
1992/07/03	hair	El Faraón	MS-1	Arena México - Mexico City

Gallery

masked 1973-76

closeup

as NWA MIDDLE Champ

as NWA LH Champ

1983-85?

1986

1989

with Mascara Roja

His first mask design

Lucha Libre #808