Ángel Blanco
| Ángel Blanco | |
|---|---|
An unmasked Ángel Blanco wearing a championship belt | |
| Birth name | José Ángel Vargas Sánchez |
| Born | August 2, 1938 Atoyac, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Died | April 26, 1986 (aged 47) Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Family | Ángel Blanco Jr. (son) El Hijo de Ángel Blanco I (son) El Hijo de Ángel Blanco II (son) Rey Horus |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ángel Blanco Cruz Diablo El Gato Negro El Ranchero Vargaz |
| Trained by | Diablo Velasco Miguel Navarrete |
| Debut | 1960 |
José Ángel Vargas Sánchez (August 2, 1938 – April 26, 1986) was a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Angel Blanco. Vargas is the father-in-law of the first Ángel Blanco Jr. and the father of the current Ángel Blanco Jr. and Hijo del Ángel Blanco I and II, as well as the grandfather of Horus. Vargas made his professional wrestling debut in 1958 and worked for the majority of his career for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). As Ángel Blanco he worked most of his career as an enmascarado, or masked wrestler until losing his mask to El Solitario 1972. Along with Dr. Wagner, Vargas formed one of the premier tag teams of the 1960s and 1970s called La Ola Blanca (Spanish for "the White Wave").