Cast & creator
Ian Hodgkinson
Best known for JCW Lunacy, Lucha Underground, Lucha Underground
Ian Richard Hodgkinson, better known by his ring name Vampiro, is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler who most recently served as director of talent for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He also worked for Lucha Underground as a color commentator. Hodgkinson is also member of the citizen crime patrol organization Guardian Angels, acting as head of the group's chapter in Mexico City. His the current JCW Heavyweight Champion in his third reign. Hodgkinson has wrestled for various wrestling promotions. In the United States, he is best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling, where he held the WCW World Tag Team Championship with The Great Muta. However, his greatest success was achieved in Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre during the 1990s. In his professional wrestling career, Hodgkinson is a five-time World Champion having won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship once, the UWA World Heavyweight Championship once and the JCW Heavyweight Championship three times.
Also known as: Vampiro, Ian Hodgkinson, El Beamer, Gene Anderson, Ian Richards
40
film credits
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television credits
45
1993–2024 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (45)
Showing 45 of 45 credits
JCW Lunacy
Vampiro
2024
Lucha Underground
Vampiro
2014Lucha Underground
Himself
2014
WCW Thunder
Vampiro
1998
Wrestling Society X
2007
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
Vampiro
2015
WCW Road Wild 1999
Vampiro
1999
WCW New Blood Rising
Vampiro
2000
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
Vampiro
1999
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup - Guadalajara, MX
Vampiro
2023
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
Vampiro
2013
WCW Souled Out 2000
Vampiro
2000
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
Vampiro
2000
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
Vampiro
2000
Vampiro: Warrior of the Night
Vampiro Canadiense (as Vampire Casanova)
1993
WCW Spring Stampede 2000
Vampiro
2000
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion 2 - The Reunioning
Vampiro
2011
AAA TripleMania XXXII: Tijuana
Vampiro
2024
WCW Uncensored 2000
Vampiro
2000
WCW The Great American Bash 2000
Vampiro
2000
AAA Triplemania XXXII: Monterrey
Vampiro Canadiense
2024
WCW Starrcade 1999
Vampiro
1999
WCW Bash at the Beach 2000
Vampiro
2000
AAA Triplemania XXXI: Monterrey
Vampiro
2023
The Lost Episodes of the XWF
Vampiro
2005
101 Reasons Not To Be A Pro Wrestler
Himself (Vampiro)
2005
MLW King of Kings
Vampiro
2002
WCW Mayhem 1999
Vampiro
1999MLW Reloaded Tour Day 1
Vampiro
2004
WCW Slamboree 2000
Vampiro
2000
The Dead Sleep Easy
The Champ
2007
WCW SuperBrawl 2000
Vampiro
2000World Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion
Vampiro
2005MLW Genesis
Vampiro
2002A Hart Still Pounding
Self
2009MLW War Games
Vampiro
2003XPW Cold Day in Hell
2008
Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro
Himself
2019
YouShoot: Vampiro
Himself
2015
AAA Triplemania XXVII
Vampiro
2019
Vampiro: Angel, Devil, Hero
Himself
2008
JCW Bloodymania 6
Vampiro
2012
NWA Samhain
Vampiro
2023MLW Reloaded
Vampiro
2002
JCW Bloodymania 7
Vampiro
2013