Wrestler Profile

Vampiro

Vampiro is lucha's gothic outsider — the Canadian punk who became a Mexican phenomenon, drawing teen-idol crowds to Arena México in the early 1990s as the face-painted Casanova of counterculture. His WCW run added American cult status through feuds with Sting and the Insane Clown Posse era.

Reinventions define him: deathmatch veteran, AAA authority figure, Lucha Underground's beloved commentator and the unhinged mentor of its Pentagon storyline — introducing him to a generation who never saw him wrestle prime matches.

Injuries and health battles ended full-time competition, but the paint and the aura remain touring-grade. WrestleRanks voters rank Vampiro on myth: wrestling's strangest true story, still being told.

Promotions

Vampiro is associated with AAA (2025–2026).

PWI rankings history

Vampiro has been ranked in the PWI 500 9 times, first at No. 119 in 1999 and most recently at No. 251 in 2011. The highest placement is No. 31, reached in 2000.

Placements by year: 1999 (No. 119), 2000 (No. 31), 2003 (No. 156), 2005 (No. 162), 2006 (No. 128), 2007 (No. 112), 2009 (No. 213), 2010 (No. 277), 2011 (No. 251).

Compiled from the annual rankings published by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. See the 2011 edition.

Vampiro in the WrestleRanks rankings

Vampiro is tracked as a lucha libre specialist on WrestleRanks. WrestleRanks standings are decided one week at a time, from fan voting and editor input. Read more about how our rankings work, or see the live, interactive profile with weekly rank history and voting on the Vampiro ranking page.

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