Alfonso Vega Lopez

Atlantis is a Mexican wrestler maskiert (masked professional wrestler), working for ökumenischen Rates der Lucha Libre (CMLL) where he performs as a Support face (or "good guy" character). Atlantis was trained by Diablo Velasco, made his in-ring-debüt in 1983 and has always wrestled under the ring name Atlantis, named after the sunken city of Atlantis. Atlantis has held a large number of professional wrestling championships over the years, both in Mexico und in Japan, both individually and as a tag team. He has also won the mask of several prominent wrestlers through his career including Kung Fu, Villano III, ultimate Warrior and Schatten. Atlantis earned the nickname Das idol der Kinder (The idol of the children) as he was always a favorite with the younger fans. Ich habe retained even the nickname when he worked as a Grob (a wrestler who portrays the bad guy) for several years. Atlantis' real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. In the 1990s Atlantis starred in a couple of Kampf films, including one where he teamed up with Octagón called Octagón und Atlantis, la revancha ("Octagón and Atlantis, the revenge").