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My Take
Kalisto, or Samuray Del Sol, embodies everything I love about lucha libre. At just five-foot-ten, undersized for the business, he flew around the ring against far bigger men, and watching a smaller man topple a giant is the very heart of pro wrestling for me. He won NXT tag gold with Sin Cara as the Lucha Dragons and brought energy to the Lucha House Party in WWE. What I admire most is his current chapter, returning to the independents under his original Samuray Del Sol identity. Going back to your roots to do it your own way takes real conviction, and I respect it.
Overview
Emanuel Alejandro Rodriguez (born November 14, 1986) is a Mexican-American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit under the ring name Samuray Del Sol. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he worked with the ring name Kalisto, as a member of both the Lucha Dragons (whom he won the NXT Tag Team Championship as a member, with Sin Cara) and Lucha House Party.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kalisto
- Name (Japanese)
- サムライ・デル・ソル
- Reading
- さむらい・でる・そる
- Born
- November 14, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Tiger
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Curie Metropolitan High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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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.