text: máscara dorada máscara dorada ( born november 3 , 1988 ) is a mexican luchador enmascarado , currently signed to wwe and best known for his decade long stint in consejo mundial de lucha libre . máscara dorada 's real name has not been officially documented , a tradition in mexican lucha libre where masked wrestler 's real names often are not a matter of public record . the wrestler currently known as máscara dorada made his debut in 2005 and has worked under other names , but achieved most success as máscara dorada . his ring name is spanish for " golden mask " . at one time , máscara dorada was a quadruple cmll champion , holding the mexican national trios championship , the cmll world trios championship , the cmll world super lightweight championship and the cmll world welterweight championship at the same time . he is also the wrestler who has held the cmll world welterweight championship , having held it four times in total . after a decade of working for cmll in his native mexico , dorada signed with the japanese promotion new japan pro wrestling ( njpw ) in january 2015 . after a year with njpw , dorada returned to cmll in january 2016 . he made his in ring debut in 2005 , originally using the masked persona plata ii and later on would use the ring name " " where he held the local occidente welterweight championship , but abandoned it when he was given the máscara dorada character . the " máscara dorada " was the first instance of a regular luchador being given a character based on a mini - estrella as he was introduced after cmll introduced mascarita dorada in 2007 . professional wrestling career consejo mundial de lucha libre ( 2005 – 2016 ) the luchador who would later be known as máscara dorada made his debut on july 14 , 2005 , after training with gran and el satánico . his initial ring persona was that of plata ii , a copy of the original plata that wrestled in the early to mid 1990s . his run at plata ii was short lived as he was quickly repackage as metalik , a variation of the " metal based " look that he also used as " plata ii " . as metalik he worked mainly for consejo mundial de lucha libre 's ( cmll ) guadalajara branch , getting experience while working on a local level . on april 13 , 2008 metalik defeated wrestler for the occidente welterweight championship , the local welterweight title . about a month later metalik won his first ever luchas de apuestas match , winning the hair of . the title win and hair win indicated that cmll had plans for metalik 's future . metalik was entered in the 2008 torneo gran alternativa , where a newcomer teams up with a veteran , metalik teamed up with dos caras , jr. and made it all the way to the finals before losing to último guerrero and dragón rojo , jr . in 2007 cmll signed mascarita sagrada 2000 , but were not allowed to call him that as a rival promotion owned the copyright to the name . instead cmll chose to repackage the mini luchador as mascarita dorada . the gimmick and the wrestler proved so successful , that in the fall of 2008 , cmll announced that they were creating a " large " version of mascarita dorada . traditionally the minis were often patterned after existing , but this time the mini was created before the " regular " . on november 7 , 2008 metalik was repackaged and made his debut as máscara dorada , helping his team defeat the trio of averno , mephisto and ephesto . máscara dorada kept working mid - card tag team matches throughout the spring of 2008 with general success . on april 4 , 2009 cmll announced that they had stripped rocky romero of the cmll world super lightweight championship and announced that a tournament to crown the new champion would take place on april 7 , 2009 , one of the announced participants was máscara dorada . on the night máscara dorada won a cibernetico outlasting nine other wrestlers to become the cmll super lightweight champion since he held a cmll title dorada was entered into cmll 's " universal championship " tournament , but was eliminated in the first round by black warrior . on december 19 , 2009 it was announced by the comisión de box y lucha libre mexico d.f. that poder mexica had been stripped of the mexican national trios championship title because black warrior had left cmll , breaking up the team . at the same time they announced an eight team tournament to crown a new trios champion . the top half of the bracket took place on december 22 , 2009 and the bottom half of the bracket took place on december 29 . in the top bracket máscara dorada teamed with stuka , jr. and metro for the first time ever and defeated los guerreros tuareg ( arkangel de la muerte , loco max and ) in the first round and los del infierno ( virus , euforia and pólvora ) in the second round to qualify for the finals . the bottom bracket took place on december 29 , 2009 and saw the team of poder mexica ( sangre azteca , dragón rojo , jr. and misterioso , jr . ) qualify for the final . on january 6 , 2010 máscara dorada , stuka , jr. and metro defeated poder mexica to become the new mexican national trios champions , making máscara dorada a double champion . on january 22 , 2010 máscara dorada teamed up with atlantis to participate in cmll 's torneo nacional de parejas increibles ( " national amazing pairs tournament " ) , a tournament where cmll teams up a tecnico ( dorada ) and a rudo ( atlantis ) for a tournament . the two defeated dragón rojo , and la sombra in the opening round , mr. niebla and máximo in the second round and místico and averno in the semi - final to earn a spot in the final of the tournament . during the tournament atlantis wore his old tecnico white mask , acting and wrestling a tecnico style . on february 5 , 2010 dorada and atlantis defeated negro casas and la máscara in the finals to win the tournament . on may 14 , 2010 máscara dorada teamed up with la sombra and la máscara to defeat the then cmll world trios champions la ola amarilla ( hiroshi tanahashi , okumura and taichi ) in a non - title match to earn a shot at the titles the following week . one week later the trio defeated ola amarilla again , ending the japanese trios title reign after just two weeks . by virtue of holding three cmll championships máscara dorada participated in the 2010 universal championship tournament . stuka , jr. was part of " block a " that competed on the july 30 , 2010 super viernes show . he was the first wrestler eliminated in the seeding battle royal and then defeated his mexican national trios championship partner stuka , jr. in the first round of the actual tournament . máscara dorada was eliminated in the second round , losing to último guerrero . on september 7 , 2010 máscara dorada defeated negro casas to win the cmll world welterweight championship , making him a quadruple cmll champion , the first ever in the history of the promotion . on november 18 , 2010 , dorada announced that he was relinquishing his hold of the mexican national trios championship , which metro and stuka , jr. will continue to hold with a new partner . on january 22 , 2011 , dorada lost the cmll world welterweight championship to ryusuke taguchi at fantastica mania 2011 , a cmll and new japan pro wrestling co – promoted event in tokyo , japan . on february 25 , 2011 , máscara dorada and atlantis defeated blue panther and dragón rojo , jr. in the finals to win the torneo nacional de parejas increibles for the second year in a row . on april 7 dorada vacated the cmll world super lightweight championship , stating that he was moving up to the middleweight division . after dorada returned from japan with the cmll world welterweight championship , la generación dorada lost the cmll world trios championship to los hijos del averno ( averno , ephesto and mephisto ) on july 15 , 2011 . on november 11 , 2012 , dorada lost the cmll world welterweight championship to pólvora during cmll 's sunday night event in arena mexico . on june 2 , 2013 , dorada defeated negro casas to win the nwa world historic welterweight championship for the first time . on june 16 , dorada and his new los del aire ( " air " ) stable , formed with místico and valiente , won the cmll world trios championship . on november 19 , dorada lost the nwa world historic welterweight championship to volador jr . on march 28 , 2014 , los del aire also lost the cmll world trios championship . on january 2 , 2015 , dorada defeated negro casas in the finals of a tournament to win the cmll world welterweight championship for the third time . later in the month , through cmll 's relationship with njpw , dorada signed a one - year contract with njpw , leaving his mexican home promotion . he returned to cmll and hand his first match in mexico for over a year on february 1 , 2016 . on may 3 , 2016 his fourth reign as the cmll world welterweight champion was ended as mephisto defeated him for the championship . new japan pro wrestling ( 2010 – 2016 ) in april 2010 it was announced that máscara dorada and valiente would travel to japan in early may to participate in new japan pro wrestling 's first ever super j tag team tournament . in the first round of the tournament they lost to former iwgp junior heavyweight tag team champions ryusuke taguchi and prince devitt in just under eight minutes . in november 2010 máscara dorada and la sombra took part in new japan 's five - day - long super j tag league . after winning two out of their four matches in the group stage , sombra and dorada finished third in their block , missing the finals of the tournament . dorada and sombra returned to new japan on january 4 , 2011 , at wrestle kingdom v in tokyo dome , where they defeated jushin thunder liger and héctor garza in a tag team match . dorada returned to new japan on april 16 , teaming with tama tonga to defeat liger and king fale in a tag team match . dorada worked a majority of the tour as a rudo , teaming with members of the chaos stable . on may 3 at wrestling dontaku 2011 , dorada unsuccessfully challenged liger for the cmll world middleweight championship . dorada 's extended tour of new japan also included participation in the 2011 best of the super juniors tournament in late may - early june . dorada managed to win four out of his eight matches in the round robin stage of the tournament , which included wins over liger and cmll world welterweight champion ryusuke taguchi , and finished sixth out of the nine wrestlers in his block . on june 18 at new japan 's dominion 6 . 18 show , dorada defeated taguchi to regain the cmll world welterweight championship . three days later dorada entered the j sports crown openweight 6 man tag tournament , teaming with iwgp heavyweight champion hiroshi tanahashi and kushida , with the team defeating brian kendrick , gedo and jado in their first round match . the following day the trio was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by giant bernard , jushin thunder liger and karl anderson . dorada 's tour of new japan ended the following day , when he , tanahashi , hiroyoshi , tiger mask and wataru inoue were defeated in a ten man tag team match by chaos ( dick togo , gedo , jado , masato tanaka and yujiro takahashi ) . on january 4 , 2012 , dorada returned to new japan at wrestle kingdom vi in tokyo dome , where he teamed with jushin thunder liger , kushida and tiger mask to defeat atlantis , taichi , taka michinoku and valiente in an eight man tag team match . dorada returned to japan on january 21 to take part in the fantastica mania 2012 events , teaming with rush losing to the team of hirooki goto and kushida on the first night . the second night , dorada successfully defended the cmll world welterweight championship against kushida . on september 7 , 2012 , dorada returned to japan for another two - week tour with new japan pro wrestling . in january 2013 , dorada returned to japan to take part in the three - day fantastica mania 2013 event . during the first night on january 18 , he teamed with la máscara and máximo in a six man tag team match , where they were defeated by taichi , taka michinoku and volador jr . the following night , dorada and diamante were defeated in a tag team match by mephisto and okumura . during the third and final night , dorada took part in a twelve - man torneo cibernetico , from which he was the eighth man eliminated by yoshi - hashi and which was eventually won by tomohiro ishii . dorada returned to new japan on september 23 , 2013 , working the entire tour opposite the bullet club stable , which also included his fellow cmll worker rey bucanero . dorada 's tour concluded on september 29 at the destruction pay - per - view , where he pinned bucanero in an eight - man tag team match , where he teamed with captain new japan , togi makabe and tomoaki honma against bucanero , bad luck fale , karl anderson and tama tonga . dorada returned to japan in january 2014 , when he took part in the five - day fantastica mania 2014 tour . the tour concluded on january 19 with a main event , where dorada unsuccessfully challenged volador jr. for the nwa world historic welterweight championship . from april to july 2014 , dorada worked an extended tour with new japan , which included a two - day tour of taiwan , the wrestling dontaku 2014 tour , the 2014 best of the super juniors , where he finished with a record of three wins and four losses and thus missed the semifinals of the tournament , and the kizuna road 2014 tour . on october 25 , 2014 , dorada returned to njpw , teaming up with bushi for the 2014 super junior tag tournament . the team lost to redragon ( bobby fish and kyle o 'reilly ) in the first round . dorada remained with njpw until november 8 . in january 2015 , dorada returned to japan to take part in the fantastica mania 2015 tour , during which he and atlantis won the fantastica mania 2015 tag tournament . dorada 's participation in the tour was built around a rivalry with la sombra , which culminated in a singles match between the two on january 19 , where la sombra was victorious . during the final event , dorada announced he had signed a one - year contract with njpw . after doing interviews suggesting the unification of his cmll world welterweight championship and the iwgp junior heavyweight championship , dorada entered the iwgp title picture by challenging reigning champion kenny omega on february 11 at the new beginning in osaka . he received his title shot on april 5 at invasion attack 2015 , but was defeated by omega . the following month , dorada entered the 2015 best of the super juniors . he finished third in his block with a record of five wins and two losses , failing to advance to the finals of the tournament . on december 19 , dorada lost the cmll world welterweight championship to bushi following outside interference from bushi 's los ingobernables de japón stablemate evil . he regained the title from bushi on january 22 , 2016 , at fantastica mania 2016 . dorada 's final match under his njpw contract took place two days later . wwe ( 2016 – present ) on june 13 , 2016 , wwe announced dorada , under the ring name " gran metalik " , as a participant in the upcoming cruiserweight classic tournament . in a subsequent interview he revealed that he was only working the cruiserweight classic matches with wwe and was still full time with cmll beyond that . he credited finn bálor , who worked as prince devitt in njpw as being the reason he was invited to the tournament . he wanted to use " metalik " as his ring name but wwe decided to go with " gran metalik " instead . the tournament kicked off on june 23 with metalik defeating alejandro in his first round match . on july 14 , metalik defeated tajiri in his second round match . the following day , it was reported that metalik had signed with wwe . personal life during a 2016 interview with lucha world , máscara dorada revealed that he was the father of two young girls . his immediate family still resides in guadalajara , jalisco . he has relatives living in los angeles , california while dorada himself lives in mexico city . in wrestling finishing moves corkscrew somersault senton bomb dorada screwdriver ( modified sitout scoop slam driver ) springboard signature moves brillo dorada ( topé con giro , after springboarding off the rope ) double jump springboard victory roll multiple hurricanrana variations dorada runs down the ramp , jumps over the ropes and executes a hurricanrana double jump springboard slingshot topé con giro sunset flip powerbomb nicknames " el maravilla " ( spanish for " the boy wonder " ) entrance themes " el son de la negra " by mariachi vargas de " tornado " by may 's championships and accomplishments consejo mundial de lucha libre cmll world super lightweight championship ( 1 time ) cmll world trios championship ( 2 times ) – with la sombra and la máscara ( 1 ) and místico and valiente ( 1 ) cmll world welterweight championship ( 4 times ) mexican national trios championship ( 1 time ) – with metro and stuka , jr . nwa world historic welterweight championship ( 1 time ) cmll torneo nacional de parejas increibles ( 2010 , 2011 ) – with atlantis torneo corona - with la sombra cmll trio of the year ( 2010 ) – with la sombra and la máscara cmll guadalajara occidente welterweight championship ( 1 time ) new japan pro wrestling fantastica mania tag tournament ( 2015 ) – with atlantis pro wrestling illustrated pwi ranked him # 152 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the pwi 500 in 2013 luchas de apuestas record