El Mesías

El Mesías fascinates me as a wrestler who has lived multiple lives in one career. Born in Bayamón, he came up through Puerto Rico's IWA as Ricky Banderas, became the messianic El Mesías in Mexico's AAA, and reinvented himself again as the macabre Mil Muertes in Lucha Underground. That kind of total character transformation requires a performer's instinct as much as athletic skill. I'm drawn to talents who can carry entirely separate legends under different names, and his journey across Latin American and American promotions shows a rare adaptability that few in the business ever match.

Name (English)

El Mesías

Name (Japanese)

リッキー・バンデラス

Reading

りっきー・ばんでらす

Born

May 25, 1975 (age 51)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

Origin

Bayamón, United States

Occupation

professional wrestler

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kingmilmuertes/
• Xhttps://x.com/MilMuertes_LU
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Mes%C3%ADas
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132536

Tags

• professional wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.