16 Purest Babyfaces In Wrestling History

2. El Santo

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If you like your babyfaces squeaky clean, well, El Santo was a literal saint. The legendary Silver Masked Man had a career that spanned five decades, and for that entire time he was nothing less than the prototypical tecnico. Santo's memetic good-guyness even transcended the wrestling business, and he wound up starring in his very own franchise of 52 action films.

In every media in which he appeared -- lucha libre, film, comics, and even as a general pop culture figure -- Santo was unfailingly humble, polite, and optimistic. The luchador was so legendarily good that his son and heir, El Hijo del Santo, caused fistfights and riots by turning heel in 1996.

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