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{{Short description|Mexican professional wrestler}}
{{Hatnote|For his son, who wrestled as Dos Caras, Jr., see [[Alberto Del Rio]]}}
{{family name hatnote|Rodriguez|Arellano|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
| name           = Dos Caras
| image          = Dos Caras in 1984 (cropped).png
| image_size     = 
| alt            =
| caption        = Dos Caras, {{circa|1984}}
| names          = '''Dos Caras'''
| height         = 1.80 m<ref name="FigurasDosCaras"/><!-- In Mexico they measure height in meters so that should be first -->
| weight         = 96 kg<ref name="FigurasDosCaras"/><!--In Mexico they measure weight in kilograms so that should be first -->
| birthname      = José Luis Rodríguez Arellano
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1951|2|21}}<ref name="FigurasDosCaras"/>
| birth_place    = [[San Luis Potosí City]], Mexico<ref name="FigurasDosCaras"/>
| billed         = [[San Luis Potosí City]]<ref name="FigurasDosCaras"/>
| trainer        = Rafael Salamanca<br>Gory Medina
| debut          = {{start date and age|1970|01|06}}<ref name="FigurasDosCaras"/>
| retired        =
| children       = [[Alberto Del Rio]] (son)<br>[[El Hijo de Dos Caras]] (son)
| family         = [[Mil Máscaras]] (brother)<br>Sicodélico (brother)<br>[[Sicodelico Jr.]] (nephew)<br>Hijo de Sicodelico (nephew)
}}
'''José Luis Rodríguez Arellano''' (born February 21, 1951) is a Mexican ''[[Lucha libre|Luchador]] [[Wrestling mask|Enmascarado]]'' (masked [[professional wrestler]]) who wrestles under the [[ring name]] '''Dos Caras''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "two faces"). His most active years were in the 1970s and 1980s, and he achieved his greatest success in Mexico's [[Universal Wrestling Association|Universal Wrestling Alliance]] (UWA), where he won the [[UWA World Heavyweight Championship]] three times. He has been called "the greatest heavyweight ever to come out of Mexico".<ref name=Book>{{cite book |author=Molinaro, John F. |title=Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time |publisher=Winding Stair Press |page=193 |year=2002}}</ref><ref name="FigurasDosCaras">{{cite news | author = Enciclopedia staff | title = Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre | work = Dos Caras | location = Portales, Mexico | id = 17 | page = 17 | date = November 2008|language = es}}</ref> He is the creator of the ''Dos Caras Clutch'', a [[Professional wrestling holds#Hammerlock|hammerlock]] [[Professional wrestling holds#Headscissors|head scissors]] [[Pin (professional wrestling)|pinning combination]].

==Professional wrestling career==
Rodríguez made his debut on January 6, 1970, at the age of 18 after training under Rafael Salamanca and Gory Medina.<ref name="FigurasDosCaras"/> He adopted the [[ring name]] ''Dos Caras'' upon his debut, wearing a colorful mask with a figure of a two headed eagle on it to reflect his name.<ref name="FigurasDosCaras"/> Rodríguez later stated that the name and mask was not inspired by the [[Two-Face]] comic book character but as a "two faced cheater" character (called a ''Rudo'' or [[Heel (professional wrestling)|Heel]] in pro wrestling).<ref name="FigurasDosCaras"/> Through connections with his older brother who had been wrestling as [[Mil Mascaras]] for some years when Dos Caras made his debut he quickly landed a regular job with the [[professional wrestling promotion]] [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre|Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre]] (EMLL), the world's oldest and Mexico's largest promotion. In the early years he often teamed with another brother who wrestles under the name [[Sicodelico|Sicodélico]] in low card matches while gaining experience.

[[File:Dos Caras.jpg|thumb|Dos Caras (left) facing off against [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]] (right) as [[Mil Mascaras]] and [[Canek (wrestler)|Canek]] look on.]]

In 1975, wrestling promoters [[Francisco Flores (wrestling promoter)|Francisco Flores]] and Benjamín Mora and wrestler/trainer [[Ray Mendoza]] decided to break away from EMLL's very rigid structure where young wrestlers "paid their dues" for many years before being given an opportunity and founded their own wrestling promotion, the [[Universal Wrestling Association]] (UWA), as a direct competition to EMLL.<ref name=Mondo>{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2007|chapter=Okay... what is Lucha Libre?|pages=29–40|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}</ref> Dos Caras was one of the young EMLL wrestlers who decided to follow Flores to the UWA, gaining the opportunity to work high up on the card. Dos Caras worked his way up the ranks and on June 20, 1978, he defeated [[Canek (wrestler)|Canek]] to win the [[Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship]], his first championship ever. Over the following 292 days Dos Caras defended the title several times, using it as a springboard up the rankings of the UWA. On April 8, 1979, Caras lost the belt to [[Astro Rey]].<ref name=MexLight/>

[[File:Dos Caras Top Rope Leap 1983.png|thumb|Dos Caras leaping from the top rope, circa 1983]]

Over the following years, Dos Caras developed both physically and style wise into a heavyweight wrestler, blending the ''Lucha libre'' style of wrestling with a more mat-based, United States style wrestling style. Years later author James Molinaro cites Caras' blend of several wrestling styles as one of the reasons he called him "the greatest heavyweight ever to come out of Mexico"<ref name=Book/> On February 2, 1984, Dos Caras won the highest title in the UWA as he won the [[UWA World Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating Enrique Vera in a tournament for the vacant title.<ref name=UWAWorld/> Dos Caras' first run as the headliner of the UWA lasted for 119 days, until June 24, 1984, when he lost the belt to Canek.<ref name=UWAWorld/> In the mid -1980s tension between EMLL and the UWA subsided and the two groups cooperated on a series of shows. This cooperation meant that Dos Caras worked EMLL shows for the first time in 10 years, teaming with [[Villano III]] and [[Villano V]] to win the [[Mexican National Trios Championship]] from ''Los Brazos'' ([[El Brazo]], [[Brazo de Oro (wrestler)|Brazo de Oro]] and [[Brazo de Plata]]).<ref name=MexTrios/> The title run only lasted 26 days as EMLL decided to take the belts off the UWA trio and have ''Los Brazos'' win them back on March 23, 1986.<ref name=MexTrios/> the EMLL/UWA cooperation ended not long after and Dos Caras once again focused on the UWA, defeating Canek to win his second UWA World title, a title he would hold until some time in 1987 where Canek won the title back.<ref name=UWAWorld/>

In the late 1980s, Dos Caras began wrestling for the Mexico-based [[World Wrestling Association]] (WWA) where he won the [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Mexico)|WWA World Heavyweight Championship]] in 1989. He would hold the title for approximately a year until losing the belt to [[Scorpio, Jr.]] on September 19, 1990.<ref name=UWAWorld/> in 1992 Dos Caras became a three time UWA World Champion when he defeated El Canek. Caras' third and final UWA title reign came to an end after 154 days when Canek regained the title in [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico]].<ref name=UWAWorld/> In 1994 the UWA closed, leaving Dos Caras free to work for other promotions, allowing him to work for EMLL (now renamed "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre"; CMLL) as well as various independent promotions. On March 22, 1996, Dos Caras teamed with [[Héctor Garza]] and [[La Fiera]] to win the [[CMLL World Trios Championship]] from [[Bestia Salvaje]], [[Emilio Charles, Jr.]] and [[Sangre Chicana]].<ref name=CMLLTrios/> The team held the title until early 1997 when Garza left CMLL and the title was vacated.<ref name=CMLLTrios/>

In the subsequent years, Dos Caras worked regularly for [[Lucha Libre AAA World Wide]] (AAA), being instrumental in the professional wrestling debut of his son [[Dos Caras, Jr.]] in AAA.<ref name="ArenaMexico">{{cite web |url=http://www.arenamexico.com.mx/texto.aspx?id_contenido=88 |title=Dos Casas, Jr. |access-date=June 13, 2009 |author= Arena Mexico Staff |publisher=ArenaMexico.com |language= es | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011145519/http://arenamexico.com.mx/wcb/CGIBIN/Dos_Caras_Jr..wcb |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref> He would also work for [[International Wrestling Revolution Group]] (IWRG) although he never won any championships in either promotion. Currently Dos Caras still wrestles, although on a reduced schedule, he mainly works for independent promotions, especially the UWE Legends shows. He has been vocal about not wanting to work for one of the "big two" promotions in Mexico (CMLL and AAA) as he did not feel either promotion treated a wrestler with his history and status with enough respect.<ref>{{cite news|author=Flores, Manuel|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|title=Dos Caras - el nuevo movimiento independiente y el ingreso de su hijo a WWE|id=17|pages=22–23|date=March 2009|language=es}}</ref>

On October 7, 2010, Dos Caras made a special appearance at a [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' live event in Mexico, where he was in his son Alberto Del Rio's corner in his match against [[Kofi Kingston]].

On December 4, 2013, Caras, along with Mil Máscaras, returned to Japan to take part in a [[Tokyo Gurentai]] event in Tokyo's [[Korakuen Hall]]. In the main event, the two defeated [[Kazuhiko Masada|Mazada]] and [[Kazushige Nosawa|Nosawa Rongai]] to win the [[Tokyo Gurentai#Championships promoted|Tokyo World Tag Team Championship]].<ref name=Gurentai120413>{{cite web|url=http://battle-news.com/battle/2013/12/002048.php|script-title=ja:マスカラス兄弟で日本最後の編隊飛行と思われたが、まさかのタッグ王座奪取! ドス・カラスは現役続行に意欲!?|date=December 4, 2013|access-date=December 4, 2013|work=Battle News|language=ja}}</ref>

On July 2, 2017, he appeared at Impact Wrestling's [[Slammiversary XV]] in the corner of Alberto El Patron, as Alberto defeated Bobby Lashley to unify the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship and GFW Global Championship.

==Personal life==
Rodríguez is the father of luchadors [[Alberto Del Rio]] (known as Dos Caras, Jr. while wrestling in Mexico) and Guillermo (now performing as [[El Hijo de Dos Caras]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/71131/wwe-signs-second-generation-star.html?p=1|title=WWE signs second-generation star|last=Fernandes|first=Steven|author2=Johnson, Mike|date=2012-08-15|access-date=2012-08-16|work=Pro Wrestling Insider}}</ref> and the brother of luchadors [[Mil Máscaras]] and [[Sicodélico]]. He has two nephews who wrestle under the names [[Sicodelico, Jr.]] and El Hijo del Sicodelico.

==In films==
In 2007 he appeared alongside his brother in the film ''[[Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mmvsam.com/ |title=''Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy'' Official Page |access-date=2008-12-23 |archive-date=2018-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805082414/http://mmvsam.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/mil-mascaras-resurrection|title=PopMatters review of ''Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy''}}</ref><ref name="mjsimpson">{{cite web|url=http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/milmascarasresurrection.html|title=M.J. Simpson review|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123115026/http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/milmascarasresurrection.html|archive-date=2009-01-23}}</ref>

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre|Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]]'''
**[[CMLL World Trios Championship]] ([[List of CMLL World Trios Champions|1 time]]) - with [[Héctor Garza]] and [[La Fiera]]<ref name=CMLLTrios>{{cite book |author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will |title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications |chapter = Mexico: EMLL CMLL Trios Title | page = 396 |year= 2000 |isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
**[[Mexican National Trios Championship]] ([[List of Mexican National Trios Champions|1 time]]) - with [[Villano III]] and [[Villano V]]<ref group=Note name=Mex/><ref name=MexTrios>{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | chapter = Mexico: National Trios Title | page = 393 | year= 2000 | isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
*'''[[Michinoku Pro Wrestling]]'''
**Fukumen World League (1995)
*'''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
**PWI ranked him #'''102''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "[[PWI Years]]" in 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi500yr.htm |title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 Wrestlers of the PWI Years |access-date=2010-09-15 |publisher=Wrestling Information Archive |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515112842/http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi500yr.htm |archive-date=2011-05-15 }}</ref>
*'''[[Tokyo Gurentai]]'''
**[[Tokyo Gurentai#Championships promoted|Tokyo World Tag Team Championship (1 time)]], current) – with Mil Máscaras<ref name=Gurentai120413/>
*'''[[Universal Wrestling Association]]'''
**[[Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship]] ([[Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref group=Note name=Mex>the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling commission sanctions the championship but it is promoted by CMLL</ref><ref name=MexLight>{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year= 2000 | isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
**[[UWA World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[UWA World Heavyweight Championship#Title history|3 times]])<ref name=UWAWorld>{{cite book|author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|chapter=MEXICO: Universal Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title|page=397|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
*'''[[World Wrestling Association]]'''
**[[WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Mexico)|WWA World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Mexico)#Title history|1 time]])<ref name=WWAHeavy>{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan and Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | chapter= Mexico: WWA World Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title (Benjamin Mora Jr.) | page= 400 | year= 2000 | isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards]]'''
**[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame]] ([[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame#1998 inductee(s)|Class of 1998]])

==''Luchas de Apuestas'' record==
{{see also|Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|l1=Luchas de Apuestas}}
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100%  style="text-align: center"
!width=20% scope="col"|Winner (wager)
!width=20% scope="col"|Loser (wager)
!width=20% scope="col"|Location
!width=20% scope="col"|Event
!width=15% scope="col"|Date
!class="unsortable" width=5% scope="col"|Notes
|-
|Dos Caras (mask) || [[Sugi Sito]] (hair) || N/A || Live event || N/A || <ref name="EncyDosCaras">{{cite news|title=Enciclopedia de las Mascaras|work=Dos Caras|location=[[Mexico City|Mexico City, Mexico]]|id=Tomo II|page=11|date=August 2007|language=es}}</ref>
|-
|Dos Caras (mask) || Ulises Onassis (hair) || San Juan Pantitlán || Live event || {{dts|1972|08|06}} || <ref name=DiaAugust6>{{cite web | url=http://superluchas.com//en-un-dia-como-hoy-1972-dos-caras-rapa-a-ulises-onassis-cinco-cabelleras-mas-caen-a-lo-largo-de-mexico/| title=En un día como hoy… 1972: Dos Caras rapa a Ulises Onassis… Cinco cabelleras más caen a lo largo de México| first=Teddy | last=Centinela | date=August 6, 2015 | access-date=August 11, 2015 | work=[[Súper Luchas]] | language=es}}</ref>
|-
|Dos Caras (mask) || Renato Torres (hair) || N/A || Live event || 1975 || &nbsp;
|-
|Dos Caras and El Cóndor (masks) || Juan Colorado and El Jíbaro (masks) || N/A || Live event || {{dts|1975|9|15}} || <ref group=Note>Finals of a ''ruleta de la muerte'' tag team tournament.</ref><ref name="EncyDosCaras"/>
|-
|Dos Caras (mask) || Mazambula El Brujo (mask) || Mexico City || Live event || {{dts|1975|12|10}} || &nbsp;
|-
|Dos Caras (mask) || [[Astro Rey]] (mask) || Naucalpan, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1979|4|22}} || <ref name=DiaApril22>{{cite web | url=https://superluchas.com/en-un-dia-como-hoy-1979-antonio-inoki-vs-canek-en-el-toreo-dos-caras-destapa-a-astro-rey/| title= En un día como hoy… 1979: Antonio Inoki vs. Canek en El Toreo — Dos Caras destapa a Astro Rey | first=Teddy | last=Centinela | date=April 22, 2015 | access-date=July 1, 2015 | work=[[Súper Luchas]] | language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Enciclopedia de las Mascaras|work=Astro Rey|location=[[Mexico]]|id=Tomo I|page=24|date=July 2007|language=es}}</ref>
|-
|Dos Caras (mask) || El Salvaje (mask) || N/A || Live event || 1982 || <ref name="EncyDosCaras"/>
|-
|Dos Caras (mask) || El Brillante (mask) || Mexico City || Live event || {{dts|1983|6|5}} || <ref group=Note>12 man ''Ruleta de la Muerte'' tournament.</ref><ref name="EncyDosCaras"/>
|-
|Dos Caras (mask) || La Pantera (mask) || N/A || Live event || 1985 || <ref name="EncyDosCaras"/>
|-
|Dos Caras (mask) || Scorpio (hair) || Ecatepec, Morelos || Live event || {{dts|1988|5|29}} || <ref name="EncyDosCaras"/>
|-
|Dos Caras (mask) || [[Kim Duk|YAMATO]] (mask) || Naucalpan, Mexico State || Live event || {{dts|1993|8|1}} || <ref group=Note>Triangle match with El Canek.</ref><ref name="EncyDosCaras"/>
|-
|Dos Caras (mask) || Black Man II (mask) || Iztacalco || Live event || {{dts|2006|6|18}} || <ref group=Note>Finals of an 8-man ''ruleta de la muerte'' tag team tournament.</ref><ref name="EncyDosCaras"/>
|}

==Footnotes==
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==References==
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