César Curiel

César Curiel was a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler who was active in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Early in Curiel's career, on December 25, 1979, he was involved in the death of wrestler José Vincent Ramos Estrada, known to the wrestling world under the ring name Sangre India. Curiel was teaming with El Vengador while Sangre India was teaming with Leo Lopez. During the match Curiel executed a drop kick, a move that supposed to knocked Sangre India out of the ring to the floor. During the fall to the floor Estrada's head and neck struck the apron before he tumbled uncontrollably to the ground. Estrada died shortly after the fall. Subsequently, Lucha magazines ran a storyline that claimed that "it was dangerous to wrestle César Curiel", even though he was not at fault at all. In subsequent years magazines stopped claiming that Curiel was in any way responsible for the death. It took a couple of years after the death for Curiel to truly shake the image of being "the most dangerous luchador". On April 2, 1982 Curiel defeated El Faraón to win the NWA World Middleweight Championship. Curiel's reign with the title lasted until October 25, 1982 when he lost the title to El Satánico. In the mid-1980s Curiel began wrestling as the enmascarado (masked) character Quazar until June 24, 1988 when he lost a Lucha de Apuesta (bet match) to Mogur and had to unmask.
==Championships and accomplishments==
*Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
:*NWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)
==Lucha de Apuesta record==
Wager 	Winner 	Loser 	Location 	Date 	Notes
Hair 	Vick Amezcua 	César Curiel 	Mexico City, Mexico 	Unknown	 
Hair 	Calavera I 	César Curiel 	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Unknown	 
Hair 	César Curiel 	Pirata Morgan 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Mask/Hair	El Fantasma and César Curiel 	Rey Salomón and Índio Jerónimo 	Unknown 	 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza, César Curiel and Rey Salomón	Tony Benetto, Herodes and Adorable Rubí	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Pirata Morgan 	César Curiel 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Enfermero, Jr. 	César Curiel 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Mask 	Mogur 	Quasar 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Hair 	Remo Banda 	César Curiel 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
==External links==
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Category:1949 births
Category:1979 debuts
Category:Mexican wrestlers
Category:Male wrestlers
Category:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre alumni
Category:2011 deaths
Category:Wrestlers who have died
Category:Masked Wrestlers