El Hijo del Santo retires and cedes the silver mask to his heir

The Palacio de los Deportes experienced an unrepeatable evening: the farewell of El Hijo del Santo after more than four decades of career. The venue cheered for him from his entrance to the last second of his final fight, where the legendary wrestler symbolically passed the torch to his heir, Santo Jr.

For his last battle, El Plateado teamed up with Último Dragón and LA Park, facing off against Hijo de Fishman, Texano Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. The combination of experience, technique, and charisma of the técnicos allowed the fight to flow with a festive, emotional, and even comedic tone. In a memorable moment, the referee went from supporting the rudos to aligning with the técnicos, even going as far as pinning Wagner Jr. in a fictitious count celebrated by LA Park.

In the final moments, Último Dragón applied a tablita marina, while El Hijo del Santo secured the victory with a classic de a Caballo on Hijo de Fishman. A farewell worthy of his legend.

The relay: Santo Jr. surpasses his first major test

Before the main event, Santo Jr. faced one of the biggest challenges of his career: betting his mask against the hair of Ángel Blanco Jr., one of his father's most traditional enemies. The encounter was tense. The young heir ended up with a broken mask and a marked face, but he was able to overcome his rival's experience.

The victory consecrates him as the next bearer of the legacy of the Enmascarado de Plata in a night that will be forever engraved in the history of Mexican wrestling.

After the final fight, wrestlers, personalities from the Council, and El Fantasma himself, commissioner of wrestling in CDMX, climbed into the ring to pay tribute to El Hijo del Santo. There, he received two commemorative championships for his 42-year career, in a deeply emotional moment that sealed his definitive farewell.

A retirement parallel to John Cena's, two icons bidding farewell on the same night

Coincidentally, the farewell of El Hijo del Santo almost coincided minute by minute with John Cena's retirement in the United States, creating a strange parallelism between two figures from different generations but with equally influential legacies. Both left accompanied by ovations and surrounded by respect, in ceremonies that symbolized the end of an era for their respective fans. While Cena delivered his last fight against Gunther, El Hijo del Santo officially passed on his lineage in a Mexican wrestling ring.