Estrella Blanca Estrella Blanca ( January 15 , 1938 ) is a Mexican " Luchador enmascarado " , or masked professional wrestler . Estrella Blanca is most known for his claim to have won more " Luchas de Apuestas " " bet matches " than anyone , winning more masks and hair than any other Luchador . Blanca claims to have been in 700 " Luchas de Apuestas " since making his wrestling debut in 1954 . " Estrella Blanca " is Spanish for " White Star " . Professional wrestling career . Estrella Blanca made his professional wrestling debut in 1954 , starting out as " Estrella Blanca " , an enmascarado , or masked wrestler , who wears a blue mask with white edge trim around the eye , nose and mouth opening and a white star on the forehead . Initially Estrella Blanca only wore the mask during matches and not backstage like most " Luchadors " do , it was not until he met El Santo backstage at a wrestling event that he learned the importance of always wearing the mask when in public , Santo taught him that it was a part of the " wrestling illusion " and that it allowed Estrella Blanca privacy when he needed it . By the early 1960s Estrella Blanca had already won several " Luchas de Apuestas " matches , a Lucha Libre match where the competitors " bet " their mask or hair . On August 20 , 1968 Estrella Blanca defeated Raul Guerrero to win the Mexican National Lightweight Championship . Over the next year Estrella Blanca defended the title on a couple of occasions , warting off the challenge of former champion Raul Guerrero . On September 20 , 1969 Estrella Blanca lost the Mexican National Lightweight Championship to Rodolfo Ruiz . Blanca would make several unsuccessful bids for the Lightweight title over the next couple of years until he finally unseated Rodolfo Ruiz on August 11 , 1971 . Over the next year and a half Blanca only made a limited number of defensese , including one against " Taro " in 1972 . On April 11 , 1993 Taro ended Estrella Blanca ' s second and final run with the Lightweight title . In subsequent years Estrella Blanca focused more on winning " Apuestas " matches , winning numerous masks and hairs throughout the decade . At some point in either the late 1970s or early 1980s Estrella Blanco began defending the AWA World Lightweight Championship , records are unclear on the lineage of the title although it is unlikely that it was sanctioned by the Minnesota - based American Wrestling Association . In later interviews Blanca would claim that he successfully defended the title over 50 times . By the early 1980s Estrella Blanca ' s " Apuestas " record had grown to over 200 confirmed wins and by the end of his career Blanca claimed to have won nearly 700 " Apuestas " matches , with just over 200 wins having been docuented . The just over 200 " Apuestas " wins is the most wins for any " luchador " . " Luchador " Super Muñeco claims to hold the record for the most " Apuestas " wins , but with just over 100 confirmed wins he is a close second . Blanca has stated that his most memorable " Luchas de Apuestas " match was a 1977 match where he teamed with Ultraman to defeat the team of Zeus and Pantera Azul . In the late 1980s Estrella Blanca ' s career slowed down significantly , before finally retiring . In the final years of his career Estrella Blanca was offered half a million pesos ( this was before the Pesos crashed in the mid - 1990s ) by World Wrestling Association promoter Benjamin Mora if he would lose his mask in a match , but Estrella Blanca turned him down , opting to retire without losing his mask . Since his retirement in the early 1990s Estrella Blanca has made a couple of " special appearances " , mainly teaming with " Estrella Blanca , Jr . " , who is his son as well as " Estrella Blanca II " or " Estrella Blanca III " ; Neither of whom are actually related to Estrella Blanca but has his permission to use the name and mask . During CMLL ' s 75th Anniversary celebration in 2008 Estrella Blanca was invited to make an appearance during a show in Mexico City and was one of the legends honored during the show along with Leon Negro , Tony Lopez , Saeta Azteca , and Manuel Robles . Personal life . Estrella Blanca is married to Teresa Flores Bocanegra , the daughter of his wrestling trainer " Sardo " Flores . The two were married in 1958 and together have a son who wrestles as " Estrella Blanca , Jr . " Early on in their marriage Blanca promised his wife to never be unmasked to ensure that the couple could move in public without attracting any unwarranted attention . Blanca has stated that the promise to never unmask was stronger than any monetary reward ever offered by a promoter . He has also stated that he wants to be buried with his mask on .