American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent
Lince Dorado
Dorado in 2016
Birth name
José Rafael Cordero
Born
(1987-05-11) May 11, 1987 (age 37)[1] Carolina, Puerto Rico[2]
Website
luchalit.com
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Balam[3] Lince Dorado[4][5]
Billed height
5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m)[4][5]
Billed weight
181 lb (82 kg)[6]
Billed from
Camden, New Jersey San Juan, Puerto Rico Chihuahua, Juárez, Mexico[4][7]
Trained by
Mike Quackenbush[4][2][7] Chris Hero[4][2][7] Claudio Castagnoli[4][2] Skayde[2] El Pantera[2]
Debut
February 17, 2007[4][7]
José Rafael Cordero (born May 11, 1987), better known by the ring name Lince Dorado (Spanish for Golden Lynx), [1] is an American professional wrestler of Puerto Rican descent currently performing on the independent circuit. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he was a member of Lucha House Party.
Cordero began his career in 2007, working for several independent promotions in Puerto Rico and United States, most notably the Philadelphia-based Chikara, where he won the 2008 edition of the King of Trios, a tournament between trios along with El Pantera and Incognito. He was contacted by WWE in 2016 to be part of the Cruiserweight Classic, a tournament between several cruiserweight wrestlers. He was eliminated in the second round, but WWE offered him a contract. He was paired with masked wrestlers Kalisto and Gran Metalik to form a stable called Lucha House Party. In 2023, Cordero re-joined WWE as a trainer in the WWE Performance Center.
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José Rafael Cordero (born May 11, 1987), better known by the ring name LinceDorado (Spanish for Golden Lynx), is an American professional wrestler of Puerto...
Kalisto, Gran Metalik and LinceDorado. It was originally formed as a trio consisting of cruiserweights Kalisto, Metalik and Dorado on the 205 Live brand...
Other uses Lince District, a district of Lima LinceDorado, a Puerto Rican professional wrestler Lince Railway, short for Linhe–Ceke Railway in China's...
team consisting only of masked wrestlers (Equinox, Las Chivas Rayadas, LinceDorado, Los Ice Creams and Magno). The team lost to The Kings of Wrestling....
title to The Young Bucks. On June 11, 2016, at Evolve 63, Nese defeated LinceDorado, Drew Gulak, Johnny Gargano and T. J. Perkins to qualify for WWE's Cruiserweight...
Puerto Rican representative LinceDorado in the first round. Ali appeared on the October 26 episode of NXT, where he and Dorado entered the Dusty Rhodes...
Cruiserweight Classic. At an independent show in Orlando, Florida on April 2, LinceDorado joined the series. On April 24 at Progress Wrestling Chapter 29, Sabre...
September 26 episode of Raw, Gulak made his main roster debut, teaming with LinceDorado in a losing effort to Cedric Alexander and Rich Swann. On the Hell in...
Alexander would get his first win, teaming with Rich Swann to defeat LinceDorado and Drew Gulak. On the December 6 episode of 205 Live, Alexander started...
King of Trios, LinceDorado. Kingston defeated Dorado in back-to-back singles matches on July 13 and August 10, but both times Dorado refused to stay...
assigned to their brand 205 Live, he has since teamed with Kalisto and LinceDorado as part of Lucha House Party. They were promoted to the Raw brand in...
Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker), Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik and LinceDorado) and Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode in a tag team Elimination Chamber...
with Tony Nese and Drew Gulak in a losing effort to Cedric Alexander, LinceDorado and Sin Cara. On the Survivor Series pre-show, Daivari, Nese and Gulak...
16, 2010, Swann won his first professional wrestling title, defeating LinceDorado to become the inaugural Real Championship Wrestling (RCW) Cruiserweight...
released included Eva Marie and Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik and LinceDorado). Several NXT wrestlers were also released, including Franky Monet, Oney...
in the Best of the Best 11 tournament. After wins over A. C. H. and LinceDorado in a three-way match, and Samuray del Sol in a semifinal match, Fox was...
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