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REAL NAME: FERNANDO GUZMAN

ELMWOOD PARK

“When I started at 36, my trainer told me, ‘You’re crazy. At your age, it’s suicide.’ Now, at 53, I’m nearing retiring. My knee is shot. But my dream of becoming a luchador came true. There have been times in my life I’ve been depressed, and the best medicine has been my work as a luchador. The moment you put on your shoes, you step in the ring, you get that first body slam — you forget everything

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