Bandido (wrestler)
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Bandido (wrestler)

Bandido (born April 17, 1995) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler). He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former AEW World Tag Team Champion with Brody King as Brodido, and Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is the reigning ROH World Champion. He is also known for his work in a range of promotions, such as promotions Lucha Libre Elite (LLE), The Crash Lucha Libre, Dragon Gate (DG), GLEAT, Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), Progress Wrestling, Major League Wrestling (MLW), Impact Wrestling (TNA), World Series Wrestling (WSW), Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), Over The Top Wrestling (OTT) and Jim Crockett Promotions.

Bandido is the cousin of Myzteziz Jr. and Magia Blanca. His younger brother Gravity is also a luchador. Bandido's real name is not publicly known, which is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico.

Bandido previously worked under the ring names "Magnífico II" and "Cielito" but since 2016, he has used the ring character Bandido, who wears a mask that incorporates a bandana covering the lower part of his face in the style of Wild West outlaw. Bandido regularly teamed with Flamita, forming a duo known as "Mexa Blood". Bandido is a one-time PWG World Champion, and with Flamita and Rey Horus he has held the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. Bandido has also achieved much success as a singles competitor, his feats including winning PWG's 2019 Battle of Los Angeles, and ROH's 2021 Survival of the Fittest tournaments. Bandido is a former world champion in the latter promotions, winning the PWG World Championship and Ring of Honor World Championship.

Bandido was born on April 17, 1995, in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. Bandido's cousin Magia Blanca is also a professional wrestler in the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre promotion. He is also related to Myzteziz Jr. who wrestles in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.

Bandido currently uses "Canción del Mariachi" as his theme song, as a tribute to the late Héctor Garza (who used this song as his entrance song throughout his professional wrestling career until 2012, when he was forced to retire due to advanced lung cancer).

The wrestler later known as Bandido began training in the wrestling school Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico City, where he was primarily trained by Franco Columbo, Hijo del Gladiador and Último Guerrero for his in-ring debut. Because Bandido has never been unmasked in the ring, his birth name is not a matter of public knowledge, a tradition in Mexico for masked wrestlers.

For his debut, Bandido adopted the ring name "Magnífico II" and formed a tag team known as Los Magníficos ("The Magnificent Ones") with his cousin, who worked as Magnífico I. The duo worked for various promotions on the Mexican independent circuit including Wrestling Martin Calderon (WMC), Cara Lucha and Lucha Memes. In 2015, Magnífico II traveled to England, where he worked a show that was promoted by El Hijo del Santo.

In mid-2015 Magnífico II began working for El Hijo del Santo's Todo x el Todo promotion, wrestling under the name "Cielito", named after the song Cielito Lindo. On October 5, 2015, Cielito unsuccessfully challenged Ángel Blanco Jr. for the WWA World Welterweight Championship.

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