Rayo de Jalisco Sr.

Máximino "Max" Linares Moreno (November 22, 1932 – July 19, 2018) was a Mexican luchador (professional wrestler). He was better known under the ring name Rayo de Jalisco ("The Lightning Bolt from Jalisco"). He was thought to be one of the best wrestlers of his generation.

During his career, Linares held the NWA World Middleweight Championship three times as well as the Mexican National Tag Team Championship with lucha libre icon El Santo. He was added into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996 and the AAA Hall of Fame in 2014.

Linares died of congestive heart failure in Mexico City on July 19, 2018, aged 85.

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