Canek
Mexican professional wrestler
埃尔·卡内克 · エル・カネック
- Born
- 19 June 1954, Frontera
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Sport
- mixed martial arts
- Occupation
- professional wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter
- Height
- 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Felipe Estrada (born June 19, 1952), known as El Canek or simply Canek, is a Mexican professional wrestler, best known for the 20 years he worked for the Universal Wrestling Association where he held the UWA World Heavyweight Championship a total of 15 times. As the major heavyweight working for the Universal Wrestling Association promotion, he became one of Lucha Libre's biggest attractions during the 1980s especially through his high-profile matches against non-Mexicans that sold out numerous shows and led to the UWA using the same formula of "Canek vs. the foreigner" for over a decade. He made his debut in 1972 as "El Universitario" at the age of 18 and would later work under the name "Principe Azul" (Spanish for "The Blue Prince"). In 1973 he adopted the ring name El Canek, a name inspired by the Mayan Indian leader Jacinto Canek, that he has used ever since. While he has worked in Mexico for the majority of his career he has also made several, frequent, tours of Japan and has worked in the United States as well as Europe.
Awards and honours
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1438282 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.