El Dandy
| El Dandy | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Roberto Gutiérrez Frías |
| Born | October 2, 1962 [1] Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico[1] |
| Website | El Dandy on Myspace |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | El Dandy[1] El rudo de los ojos verdes[1] |
| Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 91 kg (201 lb)[1] |
| Trained by | Diablo Velasco[1][2] Pedro Anguiano[1] |
| Debut | 1981[1] |
| Retired | 2014 |
Roberto Gutiérrez Frías (born October 2, 1962) is a retired Mexican professional wrestler who has had most of his success in Lucha libre as El Dandy throughout the 1990s.[1]
Contents
Professional wrestling career
El Dandy was a mainstay with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, having feuds with major stars like Satánico, El Hijo del Santo, and Emilio Charles, Jr. He also had a run with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and, in the late 1990s, had a hand in training Amy Dumas, better known as Lita, of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) fame. Dumas also served as Dandy's manager for a time.
During the majority of his career in WCW, Dandy was a rather low-card performer, one of many luchadors hired by the company to add some variety to its programs. Prior to a cruiserweight battle royal at Slamboree '98, Chris Jericho famously insulted several contenders, stating that Dandy was the winner of Lou Ferrigno lookalike contest. Later that year, Dandy was a member of the Latino World Order, a group of Mexican wrestlers led by Eddie Guerrero. Shortly after Guerrero's real-life car accident on New Year's Day, however, the group was forced to disband by the reformed nWo.
On the spring break edition of WCW Monday Nitro on March 22, 1999, Dandy took part in an 8-man tag team bout. Later on in the night, WCW Champion Ric Flair held a random drawing to decide a challenger for his title for the main event. Dandy held the winning number but had a bandaged arm from his earlier match. He instead gave the title shot to a highly popular fellow luchador, Rey Mysterio, Jr., who came close to winning but lost via DQ due to a biased referee in Charles Robinson as well as interference from Arn Anderson.[3]
In 2000, Dandy briefly partnered with Silver King to form Los Fabulosos: the hottest men in Latin America. Stacy Keibler, having recently left Standards and Practices, managed the team and lead them to their first major victories in WCW.
Throughout his WCW career, however, Dandy was used as a preliminary wrestler and became somewhat of a cult figure after Bret Hart said "Who are you to doubt El Dandy?" during an interview where Gene Okerlund was asking about challengers for Hart's US Championship. Bret Hart has referred to El Dandy as "a jam up guy" and "a serious professional".
After leaving WCW, he went back to Mexico as part of Asistencia Asesoría y Administración but left a year later to work as an independent. In 2004, his match against L.A. Park was voted Box y Lucha's match of the year. El Dandy made a series of matches with his longtime rival El Satanico to celebrate his retirement from the wrestling circle in 2014.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Dandina[1] (Crucifix armbar with neckscissors)[4]
- Dandy Roll (La magistral)[4][5][6]
- Signature moves
Championships and accomplishments
- Comision National de Box y Lucha
- Mexican National Featherweight Championship (1 time)[1]
- Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[1]
- Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time)
- Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)[1]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #167 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1997
- World Wrestling Association
- WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1][14]
- WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Corazón de León[1]
Luchas de Apuestas record
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| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Dandy (hair) | César Dantés (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Apolo Dantés (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Apolo Dantés (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Pirata Morgan (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Pirata Morgan (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| El Dandy (hair) | El Satánico (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Caballero Rojo (mask) and Yanco (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | 1982 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Caballero Rojo (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | September 1982 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | El Guerrero (hair) | Acapulco, Guerrero | Live event | February 2, 1983 | |
| Draw | El Dandy (hair) / Dardo Aguilar (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | May 29, 1983 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Módulo (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | July 31, 1983 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Módulo (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | August 7, 1983 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Joel García (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | December 14, 1983 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Javier Cruz (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | October 26, 1984 | [Note 1] |
| Los Bravos (Fuerza Guerrera (mask), El Dandy (hair) and Talisman (hair) |
Los Destructores (Lemús II (mask), Tony Arce (hair) and Vulcano (hair)) |
Mexico City, Mexico | July 5, 1985 | [15][16] | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Gran Cochisse (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | December 1985 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Javier Cruz (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | August 31, 1986 | |
| Los Misioneros de la Muerte (hair) (El Signo, El Texano and Negro Navarro) |
El Dandy, Talismán and Jerry Estrada (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | September 5, 1986 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Aristóteles I (hair) | Acapulco, Guerrero | Live event | March 18, 1987 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Hombre Bala (hair) | Unknown | Live event | August 1987 | |
| El Satánico (hair) | El Dandy (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | October 1987 | |
| El Dandy and Javier Cruz (hair) | Rizado Ruiz and Rudy Reyna (hair) | Acapulco, Guerrero | Live event | May 4, 1988 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Bestia Salvaje (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | October 2, 1988 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Emilio Charles, Jr. (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | July 28, 989 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | El Satánico (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Juicio Final 1990 | December 14, 1990 | [17] |
| El Satánico (hair) | El Dandy (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | December 6, 1991 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | El Satánico (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | CMLL 59th Anniversary Show | September 18, 1992 | [18] |
| El Dandy (hair) | La Fiera (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | November 27, 1992 | |
| Emilio Charles, Jr. (hair) | El Dandy (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | October 29, 1993 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Babe Face (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | August 1, 1996 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | Chicago Express (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | September 3, 1996 | |
| El Hijo del Santo (hair) | El Dandy (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | December 6, 1996 | [Note 2] |
| Antifaz del Norte (mask) | El Dandy (hair) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Live event | September 17, 2000 | [19] |
| El Dandy (hair) | Brazo de Platino (hair) | Cuernavaca, Morelos | Live event | May 30, 2001 | |
| La Parka (mask) | El Dandy (hair) | Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas | Live event | April 6, 2001 | [Note 3] |
| El Dandy (hair) | Negro Navarro (hair) | Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico State | Live event | September 3, 2001 | |
| El Dandy (hair) | El Enterrador (hair) | Naucalpan, Mexico State | Live event | February 14, 2002 | [Note 4] |
| Perro Aguayo Jr. (hair) | El Dandy (hair) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Verano de Escándalo (2002) | September 16, 2002 | [Note 5] |
| El Hijo del Santo (mask) | El Dandy (hair) | Tijuana, Baja California | Live event | 2004 |
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