 Oficial Fierro's real name was not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans, until he lost his mask in a match on November 1, 2012.Fernando Montes made his professional wrestling debut in 1997, although it has never been publicly acknowledge which ring name he used at the time.In Mexico it is not unusual for wrestlers to gain in-ring experience under a generic "enmascarado" (masked) character early in their careers.