Arturo Beristain Arturo Beristain ( September 5 , 1949 ) is a retired Mexican professional wrestler , or " Luchador " in Spanish , who currently works as a wrestling trainer at the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ' s ( CMLL ) gym in Mexico City , Mexico . Beristain is best known for working under two different ring name s , " Talismán " and " El Hijo del Gladiador " , both personas started out as " enmascarados " , or masked and Beristain lost both masks in " Luchas de Apuestas " , he lost the Talismán mask to Atlantis in 1984 and the Hijo del Gladiador mask to Rencor Latino in 2000 . As Talismán Beristain won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship twice , the Mexican National Middleweight Championship and the Mexican National Lightweight Championship . As el Hijo del Gladiador he has won the CMLL World Trios Championship with Gran Markus , Jr . and Dr . Wagner , Jr . and the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship . When Beristain lost the " Hijo del Gladiador " he was announced as " Arturo Beristain Ramírez " to further the storyline that he was actually the son of wrestler " El Gladiador " , but his last name is not actually Ramírez . Professional wrestling career . Arturo Beristain made his professional wrestling debut in 1971 at the age of 21 , wrestling under the ring name Santiago Ayala . A few years later Beristain adopted an " enmascarado " ( masked ) ring persona by the name of " Talismán " . The change to the Talismán character was so successful that Beristain began working for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ( EMLL ) , Mexico ' s largest wrestling promotion . On August 30 , 1978 , Talismán defeated Mario Valenzuela to win the Mexican National Lightweight Championship , his first professional wrestling championship . He held the title for 221 days before losing the title to Rodolfo Ruiz on April 8 , 1979 . It would be almost two years before Talismán won another title , defeating El Supremo for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship on March 30 , 1982 . Talismán successfully defended the title several times , including a rematch with the deposed champion , until losing it on November 12 , 1982 to Mocho Cota . In 1984 Talismán entered and won a tournament for the vacant Mexican National Welterweight Championship , defeating Américo Rocca in the finals . On September 21 , 1984 , Talismán lost a " Luchas de Apuesta " , bet match , to Atlantis and was forced to unmask after the match and reveal his real name per lucha libre traditions . Talismán held the Welterweight title for 222 days before Rocca finally managed to defeat Talismán . On March 2 , 1986 , Talismán gained a measure of revenge on Atlantis by defeating him for the Mexican National Middleweight Championship . He would successfully defend the title for 273 days before losing it to Mogur on November 30 , 1986 . In the late 1980s Beristain switched ring characters , becoming an " enmascarado " once more , using the name " El Hijo del Gladiador " ( Spanish for " The Son of the Gladiator " ) , using a storyline blood relation to deceased wrestler El Gladiador . Hijo del Gladiador began teaming with Dr . Wagner , Jr . and Gran Markus , Jr . to form the group " La Ola Blanca " , a group that continued the tradition started by Dr . Wagner , Jr ' s father Dr . Wagner and Ángel Blanco in the 1960s and 1970s . On April 22 , 1994 , " La Ola Blanca " defeated " Los Brazos " ( El Brazo , Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata ) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship ( EMLL had been renamed Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) in 1990 ) . The trio held the title for almost a year , 343 days in total , before losing the Trios title to Bestia Salvaje , Emilio Charles , Jr . and Sangre Chicana on March 31 , 1995 . On August 6 , 1996 , Hijo del Gladiador and Gran Markus , Jr . teamed up to defeat Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco , Jr . to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship . The team only held the title for 43 days before losing it to Atlantis and Lizmark on September 18 , 1996 . After the loss of the tag team title " La Ola Blanca " broke up with each wrestler going their separate ways . Due to the CMLL / International Wrestling Revolution Group ( IWRG ) talent - exchange agreement Hijo del Gladiador began working for IWRG in late 1997 , and in early 1998 he defeated El Pantera to win the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship . He defended it a couple of times in the following 186 days before losing the title to Magnum Tokyo on July 5 , 1998 . On August 4 , 2000 , El Hijo del Gladiador was one of the participants in a " Torneo cibernetico " , where the last man eliminated would be forced to unmask . On that night he was bested by Rencor Latino and forced to unmask as a consequence of his loss . Beristain announced that his full name was " Arturo Beristain Ramírez " to keep up the storyline that he really was the son of El Gladiador . It was later confirmed that his last name was not Ramirez . Arturo Beristain retired from wrestling in 2005 and became a full - time wrestling trainer for CMLL in their wrestling school in Mexico City , where he still works , training several of CMLL ' s rookie wrestlers .