Sugi Sito

Sugi Sito
Birth nameFrancisco Javier Mar Hernández
Born(1926-12-04)December 4, 1926
León, Guanajuato, Mexico
DiedMay 4, 2000(2000-05-04) (aged 73)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Sugi Sito
Dragon de Oro
Trained byRolando Vera
Debut1943

Francisco Javier Mar Hernández (December 4, 1926 – May 4, 2000) was a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter, known by the ring name "El Orgullo de Oriente" ("The pride of the Orient") Sugi Sito. He was born in Guanajuato to a Mexican mother and Chinese father. In the 1950s, Sito left Mexico and gained a measure of great success wrestling in the United States, especially the Houston, Texas area. In the early 1970s, Sugi Sito and Chin Lee worked for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling as a tag team. Sito later returned to Mexico where he became a wrestling promoter.