Místico

Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde (born December 22, 1982), better known by his ring name Místico (Spanish for "Mystic"), is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler), who currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is the current NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion, in his first reign.

He also makes appearances for partner promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is the current MLW World Middleweight Champion, in his first reign.

Initially working as Místico, he later signed with WWE, where he was known under the name Sin Cara (Spanish for "Without Face" or "Faceless").

Urive was born on December 22, 1982, in Mexico City, Mexico, son of Miguel Urive.

Urive was a professional wrestler known under the name "Dr. Karonte".

He is one of at least five of Miguel Urive's sons to become a professional wrestler, His older brother worked under the name "Astro Boy" until his death in the late 1990s, his younger brothers work as the masked wrestlers Argos, Argenis, and Karonte Jr. Urive's uncle, Tony Salazar, is a retired wrestler who ended up working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as both a trainer and a booker, Salazar's son Magnus also works for CMLL.

Urive was trained for his professional wrestling debut by his father and his uncle Tony Salazar.

Místico made his debut on April 30, 1998, working as "Dr. Karonte, Jr."

at the age of 15.

In 2000, he changed his ring name to "Astro Boy" in honor of his older brother who had died months earlier, who had worked as the original Astro Boy.

Later on, he was joined by another brother who worked as "Astro Boy II" to form a tag team.

In 2003, Místico traveled to Japan to work for Michinoku Pro Wrestling where he was billed as "Komachi", a ring persona he took over from fellow luchador Volador Jr.. who had played the part for about a year.

In 2004, Urive was repackaged as Místico and given an elaborate backstory to go with his new ring persona.

Místico (the character) was an orphan taken in by the wrestling priest Fray Tormenta and taught to wrestle by him before making his debut for CMLL in 2004.

CMLL had tried to use the storyline previously with El Sagrado, but it had failed to take off.

Following his debut as Místico, he began teaming with Volador Jr.. and Misterioso II, working the second or third match of the card.

He participated in the 6th Annual Leyenda de Plata tournament but did not make it past the first round.

He had more success in the 2004 Gran Alternativa tag team tournament, which he won with established star El Hijo del Santo.

After winning the Gran Alternativa, Místico was nicknamed El Principe de Plata y Oro (the Prince of Silver and Gold), after the main colors of his outfits.

Shortly afterward, the bookers began teaming him with other established técnicos (faces), such as Negro Casas and Shocker, against the top rudo (heel) groups, Los Guerreros del Infierno and La Furia del Norte.

His stature made him an underdog and his high-flying moves, such as diving arm-drags, made him popular with Mexico City crowds.

In 2005, he continued working against Los Guerreros, winning important singles matches against Rey Bucanero, Mephisto and Tarzan Boy in CMLL's secondary arena, Arena Coliseo.

He won his first title by defeating Guerreros member Averno for the NWA World Middleweight Championship on February 11.

The match was well received by the audience in attendance and fans near the ring threw money into the ring as a sign of appreciation.

Two weeks later, he participated in his first singles main event match when he faced Los Guerreros del Infierno leader Último Guerrero in Arena México.

He won the fall in two falls after Guerrero was disqualified in the first fall and was pinned in the second with a small package.

The match sparked a program with the recently turned Dr. Wagner Jr. teaming with Místico against Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero.

After that program died down, Místico became involved in a feud with Perro Aguayo Jr.. and his Los Perros del Mal group.

After defeating Aguayo in a singles match, the two exchanged hair versus mask challenges so Místico was added to the already planned eight-man cage match where the last man in the cage lost his hair or mask.

From 2006 to 2011, Urive was the top técnico (those that portray the good guys) and was the biggest box office draw in Mexico for a number of years.

Despite having worked under previous ring names, he gained popularity in CMLL as Místico, a religious character who was the storyline protégé of the wrestling priest Fray Tormenta.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter voted Místico the 2006 "Performer of the Year", "Biggest Box Office Draw", and "Best Flying Wrestler" in their "Year-End Awards".

He was also ranked third in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's list of the top 500 wrestlers of 2007.

On two occasions in 2008, Místico held five championships simultaneously and has won most major CMLL championships over the years as well as CMLL's Torneo Gran Alternativa and Leyenda de Plata tournaments on three occasions each.

Urive is the son of Miguel Urive, who wrestled under the ring name Dr. Karonte, the brother of wrestlers Astro Boy, Argos, Argenis and Dr. Karonte Jr, the cousin of wrestlers Magnus and Ulises Jr. as well as the nephew of CMLL booker Tony Salazar.

Between 2011 and 2014, he worked for WWE under the ring name Sin Cara (after which, his ring name was given to his storyline rival Hunico).

While most masked luchadors do not reveal their real name unless they are unmasked in a Lucha de Apuestas match, Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde's full name was revealed by WWE when they released Urive from his contract in 2014.

Upon his return to Mexico, he worked under the name Myzteziz in AAA, before settling on the ring name Carístico upon returning to CMLL in 2015.

In 2021, he regained the Místico name, due to his successor and tag team partner Místico II leaving CMLL.

Urive then worked for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), adopting the name Myzteziz, and returned to CMLL in 2015 under the name Carístico.