My Take
Dos Caras is one of those wrestlers where the ring name does all the heavy lifting — "two faces" for a masked luchador is almost too perfect. Born in San Luis Potosí in 1951, he came up through the golden era of lucha libre and made his biggest mark in the Universal Wrestling Alliance, where he captured the UWA World Heavyweight Championship three times. Three-time world champion is no small thing, and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame induction confirms what Mexican wrestling fans already knew: this guy was the real deal. What I find genuinely cool is that he didn't stay ringside his whole career — he crossed over into acting and film, which honestly fits the "two faces" brand better than any marketing team could have planned. A legitimate legend of Mexican wrestling who earned his reputation the hard way.
Overview
José Luis Rodríguez Arellano (born February 21, 1951) is a Mexican professional wrestler, who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras (Spanish for "two faces"). His most active years were in the 1970s and 1980s, and he achieved his greatest success in Mexico's Universal Wrestling Alliance (UWA), where he won the UWA World Heavyweight Championship three times.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dos Caras
- Name (Japanese)
- ドス・カラス
- Reading
- どす・からす
- Born
- February 20, 1951 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rabbit
- Origin
- San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / professional wrestler / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.