Fray Tormenta Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez ( May 29 , 1945 ) is a Mexican priest who supported an orphanage for 23 years as a lucha libre wrestler . While performing , he wore a red and yellow mask and used the ring name Fray Tormenta . He made only sporadic in - ring appearances in the 2000s before retiring completely from wrestling in July 2011 , but still wears his mask even in his duties as a priest . Fray Tormenta means " Friar Storm " in English . Biography . Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez was born to José Gutiérrez García and Emilia Benítez on February 5 , 1945 , in San Agustín Metzquititlán , Hidalgo as the sixteenth of their seventeen children . He had long been inspired to become a masked luchador after watching two 1963 Mexican films , " El Señor Tormenta " ( Mister Storm ) and " Tormenta En El Ring " ( Storm In The Ring ) both of which featured the story of a poor Mexican priest who supported the children of his orphanage by fighting as a lucha libre wrestler at night . At age 22 , Gutiérrez , at the time a drug addict and alcoholic , became interested in the priesthood and was inducted into the Piarists Order . His theological training took him to Rome , and then Spain , and for a while he taught philosophy and history at Roman Catholic universities in Mexico . He later became a secular priest in the Diocese of Texcoco , where he founded an orphanage named " La Casa Hogar de los Cachorros de Fray Tormenta " , which would serve as the home of 270 children . In need of money to take care of the children , the father became the masked wrestler known as Fray Tormenta . During that time he never let anyone know of his identity as a priest , explaining " " No one would have taken me seriously as a wrestler had they known I was a priest . " " In 1991 , French filmmakers made a movie loosely based on his life called " L ' Homme au masque d ' or " ( " The Man In The Golden Mask " ) starring Jean Reno . In 2006 , American film maker Jared Hess made another film loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta called " Nacho Libre " , starring Jack Black . In 2007 , Fray Tormenta appeared in the film " Padre Tormenta " as a priest who dons the luchador ' s mask and enters the ring to raise funds for the orphanage he directs . Currently , Fray Tormenta stars as a supporting character in the Mexican comic book series " Místico : El Principe de Plata y Oro " as a mentor to the lucha libre wrestler Místico . In real life , although Fray Tormenta is now retired from professional wrestling he still works at the orphanage as a priest , and has inspired one of his children to take up his mantle so that the legend of Fray Tormenta can live on . The masked wrestler , whose real name is unknown , calls himself Fray Tormenta Jr . Although semi - retired from wrestling since 2001 , he still wrestled occasionally and on January 11 , 2011 won his second " Lucha de Apuesta " , by defeating Bugambilia , Super Crazy , X - Fly , Bestia 666 and Boy Danger , to win Bugambilia ' s hair . On July 3 , 2011 , Tormenta teamed with El Pantera and Solar to defeat Black Terry , Negro Navarro and Scorpio , Jr . at International Wrestling Revolution Group ' s " Festival de las Mascaras " . After the match Gutiérrez announced that he had wrestled his final match . Characters based on Fray Tormenta . The videogame characters King from " Tekken " , Crasher Wake from " Pokémon " , Tizoc from " Fatal Fury " , Leon from " F - Zero " , and Greco from " Chrono Cross " were inspired by his story , as was the movie " Nacho Libre " .