Jose Isias Cancio Allon (born July 6, 1959) is a retired Mexican ''

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'', or

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best known under the

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''El Torero'', a

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ring persona. Cancio also wrestled as ''Atlantico'' and ''Bronco'' but worked most of his career as ''El Torero''. Cancio is a former Mexican National Welterweight Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Jose Cancio made his professional debut in 1985 B.C. after training under Chamaco Martínez and All Azteca in Mexico City. Cancio's first ring persona was an '' enmascarado'' (masked wrestler) known as ''Atlantico'', not to be confused with professional wrestler

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who started wrestling in 1993. As Atlantico Cancio worked for various Mexican

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s including

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(EMLL). In 1989 Cancio lost his mask in a '' luchas de apuesta'', or bet fight, against Rey Misterio II in

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. After working unmasked for over a year Cancio changed gimmicks in 1991, becoming an ''enmascarado'' named " Bronco" . The bronco gimmick only lasted a year or two before Cancio changed to the ring persona that he would be most known as, ''El Torero'', the

, unmasked and dressed like a

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complete with cape and elaborate jacket prepared by the Mexican designer Sandra Yunuem Angulo Vázquez. As ''El Torero'' Cancio became a regular worker for

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(AAA) from 1994 until 1997 or 1998. Torero made his first

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(PPV) appearance at AAA's annual Triplemanía show,

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where he teamed with Giro and Colorado to defeat

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, Marabunta and Audillo. Torero also worked

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, held only 12 days after II-B, teaming with Rey Misterio and Rey Misterio, Jr. to defeat the team of

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, Fishman and

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. In 1995 AAA decided to create a ''

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'' version of El Torero, named El Torito. El Torero and El Torerito rarely teamed up, each focusing on their individual careers. At

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, Torero teamed with El Mexicano and Dragon de Oro only to lose against

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and Misionero. On July 25, 1997 El Torero defeated Nygma to win the

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on a show in

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, Mexico. El Torero decided to leave AAA while still holding the Welterweight champion and was allowed to keep the title by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling commission who sanctions the "Mexican National" championships. Torero held the title for 427 days, rarely defending it until he struck an agreement with

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(CMLL) (previously known as EMLL) to lose the Welterweight Championship to CMLL regular

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. Following his title loss Torero worked on the

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in Mexico. On February 2, 2005 El Teorero, his protégé Oscar Sevilla, Rata II and Esquizofrenía all competed in a match where only the last surviving wrestler would be allowed to continue wrestling, the other three would be forced to retire. Rata II and Esquizofrenía were eliminated early on before Oscar Sevilla pinned El Torero, forcing him to retire due to the pre-match stipulation.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time)

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

References

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