Alejandro Saez

Manuel Alejandro Saez Palominos (born February 7, 1987), better known simply as Alejandro Saez, is a Chilean professional wrestler currently competing for various professional wrestling promotions on the independent circuit. In 2016, Saez was a participant in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, where he was eliminated in the first round. In addition to WWE, Saez has also toured with Pro Wrestling Noah, where he competed in the 2016 Global League.

Early life
Palominos was born and raised in Chile, of South America. He lives in Pudahuel.

Palominos grew up as a fan of professional wrestling citing Shane McMahon as one of his favourite wrestlers.

Independent circuit (2002 - present)
In 2006, Saez began wrestling for Revolucion Lucha Libre under the ring name as Xtra Large. He would compete on the lower card in singles competition, but eventually formed a tag team with Bunny. On April 30, 2006, XL and Bunny defeated Coyote 2.0 and Pensacola to win the RLL Tag Team Championships.

in XNL, Saez defeated Giger to win the XNL World championship after feuding with Giger on previous shows.

In 2015, Saez, along with Ariki Toa, Lenko Sins, Solar Sanchez, Domina and Sergio Catalan, formed a stable named L.A.D. within the Xtreme Latin American Wrestling promotion in Chile. The stable has disbanded as of 2016.

Pro Wrestling Noah (2014, 2016 - present)
Saez made his Japanese debut on January 15, 2014, as XL, where he was defeated by Akitoshi Saito. He would also briefly tag team with Bobby Fish. Saez returned to the promotion as part of the Global League, finishing the tournament with 6 points. On November 3, 2016, Saez defeated Davey Boy Smith, and on January 7, 2017, Saez defeated Hi69.

WWE Cruiserweight Classic (2016)
In June 2016, WWE announced Saez as one of the 32 participants in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic tournament. In the first round of the tournament, Saez was eliminated by Gran Metalik. Saez was the first and only Chilean wrestler to compete in WWE. Saez was the heaviest wrestler in the tournament, at 205 pounds, which is the weight limit of a cruiserweight. For Saez to make the tournament, he fasted and trained to shred 25 pounds, as before this he was 230 pounds. Alejandro stated that this took him 2 weeks to accomplish

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * From the End of the World (Corkscrew senton bomb)
 * Piledriver Xtra Large
 * Shooting star press (usually off the apron)
 * Signature moves
 * Dragon sleeper(with body scissors)
 * Figure four leg-lock
 * German suplex
 * Missile dropkick
 * Roundhouse kick
 * Shooting star plancha
 * Single-leg boston crab
 * Slingshot double foot stomp
 * Suicide dive
 * Suicide moonsault
 * Tope con giro
 * Xtra Large combination
 * Theme songs
 * "The Epic Metal Dubstep Orchestra" by Chris Hodges (WWE: CWC)
 * Nicknames
 * "El Flyte por Excelencia"
 * "El Suicida por Excelencia"
 * "XL"
 * Managers
 * Super Crazy

Championships and accomplishments

 * Brazilian Wrestling Federation
 * Torneo Latino americano de Lucha Libre 2014 winner
 * Leader Wrestling Association
 * LWA Maximo Championship (1 time)
 * LWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ariki Toa
 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * PWI ranked him No. 357 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
 * Revolucion Lucha Libre
 * RLL Absoluto Championship (1 time)
 * RLL Regional Championship (1 time)
 * RLL Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bunny
 * Xtreme Latin American Wrestling
 * X-LAW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Xplosion Nacional de Lucha Libre
 * XNL Lucha Clasificatoria TNT tournament
 * XNL National Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Fear
 * XNL World Championship (4 times)