Black Guzmán Miguel Wenceslao Guzmán Huerta ( 1916 – December 1 , 1973 ) was a Mexican professional wrestler , or " Luchador " as they are known in Spanish , who worked under the ring name Miguel Guzmán and Black Guzmán , a nickname he had earned due to his dark skin . Guzmán was the brother of Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta , better known as the wrestling legend " El Santo " , as well as the brother of wrestlers Pantera Negra and Jimmy Guzmán . He was the uncle of El Hijo del Santo and the great uncle of Axxel . Guzmán style was centered around the headscissors , pioneering several variations of the Headscissors takedown and one of the first " Luchadors " to work a fast paced , aerial style . Guzmán was the first Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion , winning a tournament in 1943 . Guzmán also competed for Texas - based Southwest Sports , Inc . ( Later World Class Championship Wrestling ) for a number of years , including eight reigns as the NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion and one run with the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship alongside Rito Romero . Biography . Guzmán was born in 1916 in Tulancingo in the Mexican state of Hidalgo , to Jesús Guzmán Campuzano and Josefina Huerta ( Márquez ) de Guzmán as the fourth of seven children , the family moved to Mexico City in the 1920s in order go earn a living . When got old enough Miguel Guzmán began training for his professional wrestling career alongside his younger brother Rodolfo . Professional wrestling career . Guzmán made his professional wrestling debut in the early 1930s working under his real name . He quickly earned the nickname " Black Guzmán " , due to his dark skin . He also earned the nickname " Indio de Tulacingo " ( Spanish for " Idian from Tulacingo " ) . Black Guzmán was initially a bigger star than his younger brother Rodolfo as he pioneered a high flying , fast paced style of wrestling focused around the Headscissors takedown . Of course later on Rodolfo would adopt the name " El Santo " and become the biggest wrestling star Mexico has ever seen . On December 16 , 1941 Black Guzmán defeated Tarzán López to win the World Middleweight Championship , one of the top titles in Mexico at the time . Guzmán only held the title for 57 days before López regained it . Two years later Guzmán won a tournament to become the first ever Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship in March . Guzmán held the title until September 20 , 1944 when he lost the title to Gorilla Ramos . By the mid 1940s Guzmán started working across the border in Texas for Southwest Sports , Inc . ( Later World Class Championship Wrestling ) , run by Ed McLemore . In Texas he was billed as " Miguel Guzmán " and despite being a bit older and a bit slower than when he headlined in Mexico he still held several championships and headlined several cards throughout the 1940s and 1950s . He won his first Texas based title on August 1 , 1947 when he defeated Sonny Myers for the vacant Texas Heavyweight Championship . Guzmán would win the title an additional two times before Southwest Sports , Inc . joined the National Wrestling Alliance , renaming the title the " NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship " . Guzmán would win the title a total of eight times , defeating Yukon Eric , Danny McShain , Wild Red Berry , Sonny Myers , Danny Savish and Wayne Martin for the title . Guzmán vacated the title in 1951 due to injuries . Guzmán was also a successful tag team competitor , teaming with Rito Romero to win the Texas Tag Team Championship on three separate occasions . The team defeated Al Lovelock and Danny McShain to win the title the first time , losing them to Duke Keomuka and Danny Savich in November , 1950 . On February 1 , 1952 Guzmán teamed with Ray Gunkel to hold the Texas Tag Team title for three weeks . Guzmán and Romero would join up twice more to win the Tag Team title , defeating Duke Keomuka and Mr . Moto . The team ended their third and final run with the titles in May , 1954 when they lost to Ivan Kamlikoff and Karol Krauser . Guzmán ' s career slowed down by the mid - 1950s , retiring in the 1960s . On December 1 , 1973 Miguel Guzmán died . A famous Lucha family . Guzmán is part of an extende " Lucha Libre " family that includes some of the biggest stars ever to compete in Mexico ; Guzmán ' s brother Rodolfo is better known as the Mexican Icon " El Santo " and Rodolofo ' s son still wrestles as " El Hijo del Santo " . His brothers also wrestled as " Pantera Negra " and Jimmy GUzman . Miguel Guzmán is the great uncle of wrestlers Axxel and Rocker II .