Lizmark

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Lizmark
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Ring name(s)	Lizmark
Billed height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Billed weight	93 kg (210 lb)
Born	September 18, 1949 (1949-09-18) (age 58) Llano Grande, Oaxaca
Trained by	Braulio Mendoza Abundio Radilla Hércules
Debut	March 14, 1976

Lizmark, (born September 18, 1949 in Oaxaca), is a Mexican professional wrestler. He grew up in Acapulco, and started a career in hotel management. He was trained to be a boxer by his uncle, and made his professional wrestling debut on March 14, 1976. He chose to wear a mask to hide his wrestling identity from his clients and co-workers at the Hilton Hotel. He named himself either after the German general Otto von Bismarck or after the warship of the same name. He is a multiple-time world champion. In the 1980s he was a main-event level star for the dominant Mexican promotion, Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), where he won championships from stars such as El Satánico and Cien Caras. In 1992, he jumped to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and had a long feud with La Parka. In 1995, however, he returned to EMLL and fought El Satánico once again. In 2001, Lizmark was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. His nickname is "El Geniecillo Azur", which means The Little Blue Genius. His son also wrestles, under the name Lizmark, Jr..

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Comision de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.

• Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Mexican National Middleweight Championship (2 times)
• Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

• CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Atlantis
• CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) - with Atlantis & Mr. Niebla
• NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
• NWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time)¹

• World Wrestling Association

• WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2001)

¹Despite its use of the NWA initials for some of its championships, CMLL is no longer an NWA affiliated promotion and hasn't been since the 1980s. As a result, the National Wrestling Alliance no longer recognizes or sanctions any CMLL title still bearing NWA initials.