Training and early career (1998–2003) Urive was trained for his professional wrestling debut by his father and his uncle Tony Salazar. Místico made his debut on April 30, 1998, working as "Dr. Karonte, Jr." at the age of 15. In 2000, he changed his ring name to "Astro Boy" in honor of his older brother who had died months earlier, who had worked as the original Astro Boy. Later on, he was joined by another brother who worked as "Astro Boy II" to form a
tag team. In 2003, Místico traveled to Japan to work for
Michinoku Pro Wrestling, where he was billed as "Komachi", a ring persona he took over from fellow professional wrestler
Volador Jr., who had played the part for about a year.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2004–2011) Rise to stardom (2004–2009) In 2004, Urive was repackaged as Místico and given an elaborate backstory to go with his new
ring persona. Místico (the character) was an orphan taken in by the wrestling priest
Fray Tormenta and taught to wrestle by him before making his debut for CMLL in 2004. He began teaming with Volador Jr. and
Misterioso II, working the second or third match of the
card. He participated in the 6th Annual
Leyenda de Plata tournament, but did not make it past the first round. However, Místico won the 2004
Gran Alternativa tag team tournament with established star
El Hijo del Santo, In September, he reignited his feud with Último Guerrero with another singles match, however, in the third fall, he was attacked by
Atlantis, turning Atlantis heel. Místico worked a short program with Atlantis, but after defeating him in a singles match in October, Atlantis focused more on former tag partner
Blue Panther. On April 10, 2007, Místico defeated Mephisto to capture the
CMLL World Welterweight Championship. In March 2008, it was reported that Místico contacted
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to see if they were interested in having him work for their company, but once again Místico's CMLL commitment kept the parties from reaching a deal. On March 10, Místico and Héctor Garza defeated Averno and Mephisto for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. , his former
CMLL World Tag Team Championship partner After the team with Garza broke up, Místico began working a storyline feud against
La Peste Negra ("the Black Plague"), a group consisting of Negro Casas,
El Felino and
Mr. Niebla. On March 20, 2009, Místico lost his CMLL Welterweight Championship to Casas in one half of the main event of the 2009
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show. Subsequently, challenges were made for a
Lucha de Apuesta between Místico and either El Felino or Mr. Niebla, but those plans were soon replaced by an
Apuesta between Místico and Casas, as the main event of the
CMLL 76th Anniversary Show on September 18, 2009. Místico won the match two falls to one, resulting in Casas being shaved bald. After the match, Místico made an
Apuesta challenge to El Felino, Casas' cornerman. On December 11, Místico won a cage match against El Sagrado, Blue Panther,
El Terrible, El Felino,
El Texano Jr.,
Hijo del Fantasma and
Naito to win the
Festival Mundial de Lucha Libre (World Festival of Wrestling) championship. Further hints at Místico potentially turning
rudo came a few days later as Volador Jr. challenged Místico to a one on one match, a
Super Libre (match with no rules) match, if Místico would agree to it. The two met in the main event at a show in Arena México on February 5, where Místico was clearly a
rúdo, tearing so viciously at Volador's mask that a new mask had to be brought to the ring between falls. In the second fall, Místico pulled his mask off and threw it to Volador Jr. in an attempt to get Volador Jr. disqualified. The end came when Volador Jr. reversed Místico's
La Mística and won by applying the same move to Místico. On February 12, Místico lost the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship to Volador Jr., losing two falls to one. Místico, Volador Jr., La Sombra, and El Felino faced off in a four-way
Lucha de Apuesta main event at the
2010 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas on March 19. Místico was not one of the first two pinned, allowing him to keep his mask. Following the event, Místico announced that he was done being a
rúdo and returned to the
técnico side, although Volador Jr. remained suspicious of Místico. In late May 2010, Místico unsuccessfully challenged Volador Jr. for the Mexican Light Heavyweight Championship. At the 2010
Sin Salida event, the two were on opposite sides of a
Relevos incredibles; Místico teamed with Máscara Dorada and
Mr. Águila while Volador Jr. teamed with Averno and Negro Casas. Averno came to the ring wearing the same combined Averno/Místico mask he had worn for the
Parejas Incredibles tournament and tried to convince Místico to join the
rúdo side, only to turn around and reveal that both he and Volador Jr. were wearing a combined Averno/Volador Jr. mask underneath. Volador Jr. worked as a
rúdo throughout the match, losing the match for his team when he tried to cheat but was caught by the referee. On July 12, at the
Promociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show, Místico participated in a match where 10 men put their mask on the line in a match that featured five
pareja incredibles teams, with the losing team being forced to wrestle each other with their mask on the line. His partner in the match was
El Oriental, facing off against the teams of Atlantis and
Olímpico, La Sombra and
Histeria,
El Alebrije and Volador Jr., Último Guerrero and Averno. Místico and El Oriental was the last team, forcing them to face off in a one-on-one match; Místico won, forcing El Oriental to remove his mask and show his face. At the second show of the CMLL and
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) co-promoted show
Fantastica Mania 2011 on January 23, 2011, Místico defeated Averno in his final match for CMLL in his first tenure.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2009–2011) Místico made his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) on January 4, 2009, in the opening match at
Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome, teaming with
Prince Devitt and
Ryusuke Taguchi to defeat Averno,
Gedo and
Jado; Místico made Averno submit using his trademark move "La Mística". After the match, Místico said he would like to return to NJPW and challenge for the
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. On February 15, Místico successfully defended his CMLL Welterweight Championship against Mephisto in
Sumo Hall, Tokyo. Místico injured his knee during the match, although he was back in action by the end of the week. Místico, Misterioso Jr., and
Okumura were scheduled to work for NJPW in early May but the tour was canceled due to the outbreak of the
Swine flu pandemic. In August 2009, Místico completed his third tour with NJPW, accompanied by Okumura. On August 13, Místico and
Tiger Mask defeated Okumura and
Tomohiro Ishii. Two days later, Místico defeated Tiger Mask to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Upon his return to Mexico, Místico teamed with Tiger Mask and Shocker as they defeated Último Guerrero, Atlantis, and
Arkangel at
Dragomania IV. Místico had his first successful IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship defense on September 29, defeating
Jushin Thunder Liger. On November 8, at
Destruction '09, Mistíco lost the IWGP title back to Tiger Mask. Místico returned to Japan in January 2011, taking part in the CMLL and New Japan Pro-Wrestling co-promoted
Fantastica Mania 2011 shows. On the first show on January 22, Místico teamed with
IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt in a six-man tag team match, in which they were defeated by Averno,
Shinsuke Nakamura and Tetsuya Naito, after Averno pinned Místico.
WWE (2011–2014) Feud with Sin Cara Negro (2011–2012) at the WWE
Raw tapings on April 18, 2011, in London, England On February 24, 2011, WWE held a press conference in Mexico City to introduce Urive under his new name, Sin Cara, which translates to "Faceless". On March 25, Sin Cara made his WWE debut at a
Raw live event at
Assembly Hall in
Champaign, Illinois, defeating
Primo in a singles match. On the April 4 episode of
Raw, Sin Cara debuted, saving
Daniel Bryan from an attack by
WWE United States Champion Sheamus, and establishing himself as a face. On that week's
SmackDown, Sin Cara similarly appeared, this time attacking
Jack Swagger and cementing his face status. Sin Cara made his televised in-ring debut on April 11, defeating Primo. In the
2011 WWE draft, Sin Cara was drafted to SmackDown, making his first appearance as part of the roster on the April 29 episode with a win over Jack Swagger. Sin Cara then started a storyline feud with
Chavo Guerrero, who began guest commentating his matches and, much to Sin Cara's dismay, even helped him win matches by interfering on his behalf. Sin Cara made his
pay-per-view debut on May 22 at
Over the Limit, defeating Chavo Guerrero. Sin Cara's undefeated streak came to an end on the July 1 episode of
SmackDown, when he was defeated by
Christian. On July 17, Sin Cara participated in the SmackDown
Money in the Bank ladder match at the
eponymous pay-per-view but failed to earn a
World Heavyweight Championship match after being taken out of the match with a storyline injury. The following day, WWE announced that it had suspended Sin Cara for 30 days for his first violation of its
Wellness program. Urive later claimed in an interview that he did not know what he had tested positive for and that he had received a routine injection for an injured knee in Mexico. The Sin Cara character returned on the August 12 episode of
SmackDown, defeating
Tyson Kidd; however, with Urive still serving his suspension, for this appearance Sin Cara was portrayed by WWE developmental wrestler
Jorge Arriaga. After another week of Arriaga portraying Sin Cara, Urive returned under the mask on August 20 at a live event in
Tacoma, Washington. On August 26 it was reported that Urive had been sent home from the week's
SmackDown tapings, with Arriaga once again appearing on TV under the Sin Cara mask. During Urive's time away from WWE, the Sin Cara character seemingly turned heel by attacking Daniel Bryan. On
Raws September 19 episode, the original Sin Cara was booked to face
Cody Rhodes but was attacked by the impostor Sin Cara prior to the match starting. On the September 23 episode of
SmackDown, the impostor Sin Cara attacked the original version during his match with Daniel Bryan, then took his place in the match and pinned Bryan for the win. The following week, the impostor revealed new black attire to distinguish himself from the original version, while also explaining that he was going to steal the Sin Cara identity from Urive, just as Urive had stolen the Místico identity from him, leading to a match between the two Sin Caras at
Hell in a Cell. To further distinguish the two characters, WWE began referring to the original as Sin Cara "Azul" (Blue) and the impostor as Sin Cara "Negro" (Black). At the pay-per-view on October 2, Sin Cara Azul defeated Sin Cara Negro in a singles match. The rivalry culminated in a Mask vs. Mask match at the October 16 taping of
SmackDown in Mexico City, where Sin Cara Azul was victorious, unmasking Sin Cara Negro after the match. Afterward, the unmasked Sin Cara Negro changed his ring name to Hunico, aligned himself with
Camacho and continued his rivalry with Sin Cara. On November 20, at
Survivor Series, Sin Cara and Hunico were on opposite sides of a ten-man tag match. Sin Cara was eliminated after he suffered a legitimate
patellar tendon rupture while diving out of the ring. He underwent surgery and was unable to wrestle for over six months. Sin Cara returned on May 19, 2012, at a live event in
Florence, South Carolina, defeating Hunico in the opening match. On the June 1 episode of
SmackDown, Sin Cara returned to television in new red and white attire, defeating
Heath Slater. On the July 9 episode of
Raw, Sin Cara defeated Slater to qualify for the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank ladder match at the
Money in the Bank pay-per-view but was unsuccessful in the match itself, which was won by
Dolph Ziggler.
Teaming with Rey Mysterio (2012–2014) In August, Sin Cara rekindled a feud with Cody Rhodes, who claimed that he was wearing a mask to cover his ugly face. Sin Cara scored pinfall wins over Rhodes in consecutive matches on
SmackDown and
Raw, both times taking advantage of Rhodes trying to remove his mask. He then also saved fellow masked wrestler Rey Mysterio from being unmasked by Rhodes and afterward teamed up with Mysterio to put one of his masks on Rhodes. After defeating
WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz in a non-title match, Sin Cara was granted an opportunity to challenge for the title at
Night of Champions in a four-way match, which also included Rhodes and Mysterio. The storyline between Sin Cara, Rhodes and Rey Mysterio was furthered as The Miz retained the championship. The following day on
Raw, Sin Cara and Mysterio teamed up to defeat Epico and Primo in a tag team match. Sin Cara and Mysterio entered a tournament to determine the number one contenders to the
WWE Tag Team Championship, defeating
Primo & Epico and
The Prime Time Players (
Titus O'Neil and
Darren Young) to advance to the final. Sin Cara and Mysterio lost the final of the tournament to the Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and
Damien Sandow) on the October 22 episode of
Raw. At
Survivor Series on November 18, Sin Cara and Mysterio were victorious in a
10-man elimination tag team match alongside
Brodus Clay,
Justin Gabriel, and Tyson Kidd against the Prime Time Players, Epico, Primo, and
Tensai. On December 16 at
TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, Sin Cara and Mysterio were defeated by Team Rhodes Scholars in a number one contenders tables match for the WWE Tag Team Championship. Two days later on
SmackDown, Sin Cara suffered a legitimate knee injury and was written off television following an attack by
The Shield. Sin Cara returned on January 27, 2013, at the
Royal Rumble, entering the Royal Rumble at number twenty-nine but was eliminated by
Ryback. On the following episode of
SmackDown, Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio defeated WWE Tag Team Champions
Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and
Kane) in a non-title match. Sin Cara returned to television on the May 15 episode of
Main Event, defeating Intercontinental Champion
Wade Barrett in a non-title match. During the August 19 episode of
Raw, Sin Cara dislocated his ring finger during a match with
Alberto Del Rio. Urive's final match as Sin Cara was against Alberto Del Rio at a show in
Monterrey, Mexico on October 19. An interview of Urive that aired in late January saw Urive claim that while he had departed WWE, he still owned the Sin Cara character; Urive also blamed WWE for not allowing him to wrestle the style he used in Mexico. WWE stated on March 27 that they had released Urive on March 26.
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2014–2015) On February 19, 2014, the
Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Urive had signed with
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and would be making his debut two days later. At the end of AAA's February 21 event, AAA's main
rudo stable,
La Sociedad, attacked the promotion's top
tecnicos with help from the debuting Black Warrior. This led to AAA president Marisela Peña Roldán revealing her own surprise wrestler, Urive, who appeared on the darkened entrance stage but did not enter the ring or say anything. It was later reported that Urive was under a WWE non-compete clause until May and could therefore not show his mask. On May 17, Urive made another appearance, during which he was referred to only as a "mysterious wrestler", attacking
La Sociedad and targeting especially his old rival Averno, who was making his AAA debut. On May 28, AAA revealed promotional material, which suggested Urive would be returning to the Místico ring name, however, on June 5, the promotion revealed his new ring name as Myzteziz. The ring name is exclusive to AAA and Urive will continue to work as Sin Cara outside of the promotion. Myzteziz made his in-ring debut on June 7 at
Verano de Escándalo, where he,
Cibernético and
La Parka defeated Averno,
Chessman and El Hijo del Perro Aguayo in a six-man tag team main event, with Myzteziz submitting the
AAA Latin American Champion Chessman for the win. On August 17 at
Triplemanía XXII, Myzteziz took part in a four-way elimination main event for Copa Triplemanía XXII. In the end, Myzteziz lost the match, after taking a
low blow from the winner, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo. On October 12 at
Héroes Inmortales VIII, Myzteziz won a Royal Rumble Lumberjack match to win the
Copa Antonio Peña. On May 24, 2015, Myzteziz came together with two former WWE superstars
El Patrón Alberto and Rey Mysterio Jr. to form the "Dream Team" for AAA's
Lucha Libre World Cup. The trio eventually won the tournament, defeating
Johnny Mundo,
Matt Hardy, and
Mr. Anderson in the finals. On August 9 at
Triplemanía XXIII, Myzteziz was defeated by Mysterio in what was billed as a "dream match". Following the match, Myzteziz turned
rudo, attacking Mysterio and challenging him to a Mask vs. Mask rematch. After appearing at a CMLL event on October 9, Urive announced he was looking to return to the promotion after finishing his commitments with AAA. On October 12, AAA put out a press release, announcing that Urive was no longer part of the promotion.
Independent circuit (2015–present) Sin Cara's first post-WWE match took place at his self-produced independent event on February 1, which featured wrestlers from both AAA and CMLL. In the main event, Sin Cara teamed with his brother Argenis, and La Sombra to defeat another one of his brothers, Argos, Black Warrior and El Oriental, submitting Warrior for the win with
La Mística. On March 1, Sin Cara defeated Black Warrior to win the vacant Baja Star's Wrestling (BSW) Intercontinental Middleweight Championship. On October 16, 2015, upon joining the Lucha Libre Elite promotion, Urive announced his new ring name as Místic 2.0. However, on October 25, he announced he would instead be using the name "Carístico", a combination of the names Sin Cara and Místico. On May 21, 2016, Carístico became the inaugural Lucha Libre Elite Middleweight Champion. On August 21, 2016, Carístico returned to NJPW, teaming with
Titán and Volador Jr. in a six-man tag team match, where they defeated Euforia,
Gran Guerrero and Último Guerrero. On September 16, Carístico returned to Michinoku Pro Wrestling, entering the 2016 Fukumen World League and defeating Samba Rio de Janeiro in his first-round match. Over the next three days, Carístico defeated Jackie Lin,
Sugi and finally
Revolución to win the tournament and force Revolución to unmask. At ''Promocione El Cholo's
Christmas show Carístico defeated Histeria in a Luchas de Apuestas
match, forcing Histeria to unmask and reveal his real name, Alfonso Peña, per lucha libre'' traditions. Despite working under his CMLL character, his previous role as Sin Cara was emphasized during the reveal and the promotion for the event. Carístico defeated Bárbaro Cavernario and Emperado Azteca to become the first cruiserweight champion of the Monterrey, Nuevo León based KAOZ based promotion. In the finals Carístico finally wrestled against the man who had taken over the Místico character,
Místico II, falling to Místico and Mephisto in the finals as Carístico and Cibernético were unable to get along. On January 27, 2017, Carístico challenged for a CMLL championship for the first time since leaving CMLL in 2011 but was unable to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship from Mephisto. In June 2017 Carístico teamed up with
novato wrestler
Soberano for the 2017
Gran Alternativa ("Great Alternative") tournament. The duo defeated the teams of
Ángel de Oro and
Oro Jr.,
Flyer and Volador Jr.,
Canelo Casas and Negro Casas to qualify for the finals. On June 16 the two defeated
Sansón and Último Guerrero to win the 2017
Gran Alternativa tournament. Due to holding the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship Carístico qualified for the
Universal Championship tournament for the first time since the
2009 tournament. In the first round he defeated Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion
Bárbaro Cavernario, but lost to
CMLL World Lightweight Champion Dragon Lee to be eliminated from the tournament. At
Día de Muertos, Carístico joined Místico II as
Alianza de Plata y Oro (Gold and Silver Alliance) to win the CMLL World Tag Team Titles. They retained the belts until August 25, 2021, when Místico II was released from CMLL. That same day, the promotion announced Urive would use the name and mask of Místico again. On August 19, 2023, he won his first
International Gran Prix, defeating
Hiromu Takahashi, who was IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion at the time, with a
La Mistica during the final two. During the match, he eliminated
Kushida with a
springboard splash. This led to an eventual match on August 27, 2023 against Takahashi for Mistico's
NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship where they drew even after a
La Mistica finished the match. On October 31, 2024, Místico vacated the title. On March 16, 2025, at the 25th Ibero-American Festival of Musical Culture! Místico defeated
Titán to win the Vive Latino Championship. On September 19 at the
CMLL 92nd Aniversario, Místico defeated
MJF in a
Title vs. Mask match to win the
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, becoming a double champion.
Return to NJPW (2019–present) In August 2019, Carístico returned to NJPW as a participant in the
Super J Cup, defeating
BUSHI and
El Soberano Jr in the first two rounds, but lost to
Dragon Lee in the semi-final. On the September 11, 2022 episode of
Strong, Urive, as Místico, teamed with
Alex Zayne to defeat
Blake Christian and
Mascara Dorada. Místico would continue to participate in the CMLL and NJPW co-promoted tour
Fantastica Mania. On Night 2 of
Wrestling Dontaku on May 4, 2026, Mistico and
El Desperado defeated
Ichiban Sweet Boys (
Robbie Eagles and
Kosei Fujita) to win the
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
All Elite Wrestling (2023–present) On October 20, 2023, Místico made his
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut on
AEW Rampage against
Rocky Romero, where he was victorious. In January 2024, it was announced the CMLL stars Místico,
Hechicero,
Máscara Dorada and
Volador Jr. would represent their home promotion, in American partner promotion
AEW, signalling Místico's return to the company. The four men appeared on the January 31 edition of
AEW Dynamite, appearing ringside during
Jon Moxley's singles match against
Jeff Hardy. After being taunted by Moxley during the match, the four men attacked him after his victory, before being chased off by members of the AEW roster. The four men made their AEW in-ring debut as a team, during the February 2 edition of
AEW Rampage, defeating
Christopher Daniels,
Matt Sydal,
Angelo Parker and Matt Menard, in an 8-man tag-team match. On the May 29 episode of
Dynamite, Místico participated in the
Casino Gauntlet match to earn a shot at the
AEW World Championship, but failed to win. On June 30 at
Forbidden Door Zero Hour, Místico teamed with
The Lucha Brothers (
Penta El Zero Miedo and
Rey Fénix) to defeat
Los Ingobernables de Japón (
Yota Tsuji,
Titan, and
Hiromu Takahashi). On June 11, 2025 at
Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster, Místico defeated
Blake Christian and was confronted by
MJF afterwards, leading to a match at
Grand Slam Mexico on June 18, where Místico defeated MJF by disqualification. After the match, MJF continued to attack Místico and unmasked him. On July 12 at
All In, Místico participated in the men's
Casino Gauntlet match, which was won by MJF. At
Revolution on March 15, 2026, Místico teamed with
JetSpeed (
Kevin Knight and
"Speedball" Mike Bailey) to win the
AEW World Trios Championship from the
Don Callis Family (
Kazuchika Okada,
Kyle Fletcher, and
Mark Davis), becoming a triple champion in both CMLL and AEW. After the match, it was announced that Místico had signed with AEW, while also keeping his contract with CMLL. On the April 8 tapings of
Collision (
aired on April 11), Místico and JetSpeed lost their titles to
The Dogs (
David Finlay,
Clark Connors, and
Gabe Kidd), ending their reign at 25 days (27 days as recognized by AEW).
Major League Wrestling (2024–present) On February 2, 2024, Místico made his
Major League Wrestling (MLW) debut at
SuperFight, defeating
Averno. At
Intimidation Games, he defeated
Rocky Romero to win the
MLW World Middleweight Championship. On April 5, 2025, Mistico vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division, ending his reign at 401 days. He won the 2025 Opera Cup. == In other media ==