Mano Negra Jesús Reza Rosales ( January 15 , 1959 ) is a Mexican " Luchador " , or professional wrestler , best known under the ring name Mano Negra . Mano Negra is Spanish for " The Black Hand " and is taken from the Spanish anarchist organisation " La Mano Negra " . Rosales is a former two time holder of the NWA World Welterweight Championship , two time holder of the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship , and the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship while working for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ( EMLL ) . He also worked for the Universal Wrestling Association ( UWA ) where he held the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship and for the World Wrestling Association ( WWA ) where he held the WWA Lightweight Championship . Mano Negra was originally an " Enmascarado " , or masked wrestler , but lost a " Lucha de Apuesta " , bet match , to Atlantis in the main event of CMLL ' s 60th Anniversary Show and was forced to unmask . Professional wrestling career . Jesús Rosales trained under world renowned " Lucha libre " trainer Diablo Velazco as well as his father , " Luchador " El Rebelde as well as Rafael Salamanca and Rolando Vera before making his professional wrestling debut in 1971 . Upon his debut he adopted the ring name " Mano Negra " ( " The Black Hand " ) and was inspired by the Spanish anarchist organisation " La Mano Negra " . Rosales adopted a black mask with blue trim , a black and blue outfit and a black glove for his " black hand " . On December 14 , 1973 , just three years after his debut he won the NWA World Welterweight Championship by defeating Karloff Lagarde in the finals of an Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ( EMLL ) held tournament for the vacant title . Mano Negra held the title for 562 days , regularly defending it on EMLL ' s main shows in " Arena México " , before losing the championship to Blue Demon on June 29 , 1975 . It would take over a year before Mano Negra was able to regain the championship , pinning Fishman for the championship on November 19 , 1976 . His second reign with the welterweight title lasted for 892 days in total , one of the longest reigns in the history of the title , ending on April 30 , 1979 when he lost to Américo Rocca . In the early 1980s Mano Negra moved from the Welterweight division ( with an upper limit of 170 lbs ( 78 kg ) to the Light Heavyweight division ( with an upper limit of 210 lbs ( 97 kg ) ) when he defeated Babe Face to win the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship on July 30 , 1983 . The reign lasted exactly 400 days before Valente Férnandez won the title from him on September 2 , 1984 . The following year Mano Negra won the Universal Wrestling Association ' s UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship , defeating Negro Navarro for the championship . The following year Mano Negra began a long - term storyline feud with El Cobarde II , a feud that saw Cobarde II win the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship from Mano Negra in late 1985 , but saw Mano Negra gain the ultimate measure of revenge when he defeated El Cobarde II in a " Lucha de Apuesta " , mask vs . mask match on August 10 , 1986 and forced Cobarde II to unmask after the match . In the early 1990s Mano Negra ' s career saw a resurgence as he began a feud with the very popular Atlantis . The storyline started out with Mano Negra defeating Atlantis for the NWA World Middleweight Championship on March 3 , 1993 . Mano Negra was in turn defeated by Oro only two months later , but regained the middleweight title on July 3 , 1993 . In September 1993 , at CMLL ' s 60th Anniversary Show , Atlantis and Mano Negra faced off in the main event of the evening with both wrestlers putting their mask on the line in a " Lucha de Apuesta " match . After three highly competitive falls Atlantis defeated Mano Negra . After the match Mano Negra was unmasked for the first time and had to reveal that his real name was Jesús Reza Rosales , which is tradition after a " Lucha de Apuesta " loss . On December 7 , 1993 Mano Negra ' s last title run came to an end when he lost to Corazón de León . Mano Negra worked for CMLLuntil around 1996 when he began working on the Mexican independent circuit . In 2009 he made a series of appearances for International Wrestling Revolution Group ( IWRG ) . Personal life . Jesús Rosales is the son of " Luchador " El Rebelde and his son is in turn also a " Luchador " , using the ring name Mano Negra , Jr . and wearing a mask that is very similar to the mask his father used to wear . His daughter is married to Black Warrior .