sin cara

Luis Ignascio Urive Alvirde^[1] (born December 22, 1982) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, signed with WWE and appearing under the ring name Sin Cara (Spanish for "Without Face" or "Faceless").^[3] He is best known for his time in the lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the ring name Místico, where since 2006 he was the main técnico (face/storyline hero) in CMLL and the biggest box office draw in all of Mexico. Místico is Spanish for "Mystic", a religious ring character who is thestoryline protégé of the wrestling priest Fray Tormenta. Upon signing with WWE in January 2011 Urive was repackaged as Sin Cara.

Urive is the son of Manuel Almanza, who wrestled under the ring name "Dr. Karonte", the brother of wrestlers Astro Boy, Argos, Argenis and an unspecified member of Los Mini Psycho Circus, the cousin of wrestler Magnus and the nephew of CMLL booker Tony Salazar.^[9]

In wrestling[edit]

Sin Cara trampolining into the ring.

• Finishing moves
  • As Sin Cara
    • Tilt-a-whirl headscissors transitioned into a single arm DDT or facebuster, sometimes floated over into a Fujiwara armbar^{[56][75][104]}
    • Moonsault side slam^[50][54]
    • Senton bomb, sometimes while springboarding^[72][105]
    • Hurricanrana driver^[106]
  • As Místico
    • La Mística (Tilt-a-whirl headscissors transitioned into a single arm DDT floated over into a Fujiwara armbar)^[107]
• Signature moves
  • Asai DDT^[108]
  • Corkscrew plancha^[109]
  • Diving crossbody^[108]
  • Handspring back elbow^[54][110]
  • Hurricanrana,^[109] sometimes while springboarding^[111][112]
  • Multiple arm drag variations
    • Japanese^[108]
    • Springboard^[113]
    • Tilt-a-whirl^[108]
    • Top rope or preceded by a tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown^[2]
  • Multiple kick variations
    • Back heel^[108]
    • Drop, sometimes from the top rope^[108]
    • Enzuigiri from the apron^[114][115]
    • Super^[108]
    • Tiger feint^[109]
  • Springboard moonsault,^[2] sometimes while diving^[108]
  • Suicide dive^[108]
  • Tornado DDT,^[116][117] sometimes while standing^[118]

• Nicknames
  • "El Príncipe de Plata y Oro"^[119] (Spanish for "The Prince of Silver and Gold") (as Místico)
  • "The International Sensation"^[120] (as Sin Cara)

• Entrance themes
  • "Me Muero" by La 5ª Estación (CMLL)
  • "Ameno" by Era (CMLL / NJPW)
  • "Ancient Spirit" by Jim Johnston^[121] (WWE; April 4, 2011–present)

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
  • CMLL World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Negro Casas (2) and Héctor Garza (2)^{[17][18][122][123]}
  • CMLL World Welterweight Championship (1 time)^[15]
  • Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[124]
  • NWA World Middleweight Championship (2 times)^{[13][125][Note 1]}
  • Torneo Gran Alternativa (2004) – with El Hijo del Santo^[12]
  • Torneo Gran Alternativa (2007) – with La Sombra^[126]
  • Leyenda de Plata (2006, 2007, 2008)^{[8][127][128][129]}

• Festival Mundial de Lucha Libre
  • FMLL World Championship (1 time)^[23]

• International Wrestling Revolution Group
  • IWRG Intercontinental Super Welterweight Championship (1 time)^[130]

• Michinoku Pro Wrestling
  • Michinoku Trios League (2003) – with Hayate and Yamabiko^[131]

• New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[38]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #3 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2007^[132]

• Toryumon Mexico
  • Sofia Cup (2005)^[133]

• Universal Wrestling Entertainment
  • Trofeo Bicentenario (2010)^[134]

• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • Slammy Award for Double Vision Moment of the Year (2011) – with Sin Cara Negro^[135]

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Best Box Office Draw (2006)
  • Best Box Office Draw of the Decade (2000–2009)^[136]
  • Best Flying Wrestler (2006–2007)^[137]
  • Wrestler of the Year (2006)^[137]

Luchas de Apuestas record[edit]

See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date	Notes
Hair	Místico and Volador Jr.	Antrax and Ébola	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico	October 17, 2004	[8]
Mask	Místico	Black Warrior	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	September 29, 2006	CMLL 73rd Anniversary Show[14]
Mask	Místico	El Hijo del Diablo	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	December 1, 2006	[138]
Mask	Místico	Sepulturero	Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico State, Mexico	January 27, 2007	[138]
Mask	Místico	Skayde	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	April 1, 2007	[138]
Hair	Místico	Misterioso	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	October 7, 2007	[8]
Hair	Místico	Negro Casas	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	September 18, 2009	CMLL 76th Anniversary Show[22]
Mask	Místico	El Oriental	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas	July 12, 2010	Promociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show[Note 2][31]
Mask	Sin Cara Azul	Sin Cara Negro	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	October 21, 2011	[74]