Few have been the Mexican fighters who have guarded their identities with great suspicion, and one of them was exactly the Santo. The gladiator that marked an era in the sport of costalazos was always very careful and he did not show his faceHowever, few were able to uncover it for the public.
The first attempts at the Santo They took place in the 1980s, when his sports career was coming to an end. The gladiator flirted a few times (1982 and 1983) on the show “TodayWho was driving Guillermo Ochoa, quickly take the mask off and put it back on.
However, in 1984 the Santo attended the program “Counterpoint“Directed by Jacobo Zabludovsky, where he quickly showed his face for the third time, although everything was magnified when the communicator took the image of Rodolfo Guzman on his news broadcast “24 hours“, true froze the image and exposed the face of the historical gladiator.
Guillermo del Toro also put it on display
A year ago the Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro set up an exhibition called ‘At home with my monsterswhere he gave a sample of his cinematographic work, but not only that, but also dedicated a room for the saint, a character of which he is a loyal follower, as long as he has a collection of objects Rodolfo Guzman.
There, Del Toro took the cover of the ‘Silver Masked’ since he is the reference of the Santo that endorsed him as a member of the National Association of Actors, the same in which he appeared without a mask.
His grandson revealed his identity
He ‘Silver heir‘like the grandson of Rodolfo Guzman, published a photo a few months ago on his social networks, where you can see him as a child embraced by the saint without a mask, where the identity of the ‘Silver masked‘.
He brought me gifts from his travels, recorded my voice, made me recite, sing, announced me as ‘the star’ and asked for applause at family gatherings. He loved me very much and I loved him to me he was my grandfather, my adored Papi Rudy, to others he was’ Santo El Mascarado de Plata‘”wrote the’Silver heir‘to accompany the emotional photo.