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LONDON (AP) – A well-known Mexican wrestler who co-starred in the comedy "Nacho Libre" died in London after collapsing during a match described by a witness as being so painstakingly staged that it was not obvious that something was really not going. .
Cesar Cuauhtemoc Gonzalez Barron, who wrestled with the ring name Silver King, was one of the featured wrestlers of "Lucha Libre's Biggest Show" Saturday night. The Roundhouse, the north London showroom, tweeted shortly after 12:30 pm on Sunday that the 51-year-old had "sadly lost his life" during the event.
Lucha Libre World, who promoted the Roundhouse event, said in a statement that the star of Lucha Libre "suffered what we believe to be a cardiac arrest during the show and unfortunately passed away".
Gonzalez appeared as a wrestling champion and a nasty villain in the 2006 movie "Nacho Libre", in which Jack Black played the role of a monk who wants to be a masked luchador. Free lucha is a form of popular struggle in Mexico characterized by colorful masks, elaborate costumes and acrobatic techniques.
The description of the show on the Roundhouse website indicated that the "impressive and huge silver king" would be in the ring "describing his villainous character, the naughty rudo Ramses of his role" in the film.
The British Press Association reported that Gonzalez's opponent Juventud Guerrera (Spanish for "Youth Warrior") hit him twice.
Gonzalez was struggling to get up from the first floor when another shot from Juventud Guerrera sent him back first, the press association said. The victorious young warrior pinned Silver King and began celebrating his victory, the news agency said.
Assistant Roberto Carrera Maldonado told the BBC that the condition of the wrestler was staged early in the fight, before efforts were made to revive him and the public was cleared of the venue.
"We were all really shocked. We did not know what was going on, "said Maldonado." I had the impression that they did not know what to do. "
The ambulance service in London said the doctors arrived five minutes after their call to the Roundhouse on Saturday, but the patient was declared dead at the scene.
Gonzalez was the son of the famous Mexican wrestler who played Dr. Wagner. One of his brothers is the luchador, Dr. Wagner Jr. He made his professional debut in the mid-1980s and worked for promoters in Mexico and Japan.
In 1994, he won the world heavyweight title of the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Gonzalez competed in the wrestling world championship between 1997 and 2000 and, from 2001 to 2006, used the ring name Black Tiger III. He became Silver King again after being unmasked during a match in 2006.
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