A second-generation lucha libre legend who combined his father's technical skill with genuine athletic conditioning, Canek won the UWA World Heavyweight Championship a record seven times and defeated André the Giant — at the time considered the greatest giant in wrestling history — in a series of matches that still define the concept of the giant-killer narrative in lucha libre storytelling.
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