MEXICO CITY (AP) — The son of a Mexican wrestling legend died early Saturday from a blow suffered in the ring, the Baja California state prosecutor's office said. 
 
 In this April 13, 2007 photo, Mexican wrestler Pedro Aguayo Ramirez, known as Hijo del Perro Aguayo, top, tries to remove the mask of Mistico during a wrestling match in Mexico City. Ramirez, the son... (Associated Press) 
 
 In this May 27, 2010 photo, Mexican wrestler Pedro Aguayo Ramirez, known as Hijo del Perro Aguayo, poses for photographers at the start of a news conference in Mexico City. Ramirez, the son of a wrestling... (Associated Press) 
 
 Pedro Aguayo Ramirez, known as Hijo del Perro Aguayo, fell unconscious on the ropes, apparently after receiving a flying kick from fellow wrestler Oscar Gutierrez, known as Rey Mysterio Jr., according to video of the match in a municipal auditorium in Tijuana. 
 
 The match continued for almost two minutes before other participants and the referee realized Aguayo was seriously injured and tended to him. 
 
 He was taken to a hospital a block away and died about 1:30 a.m., prosecutor's spokesman Raul Gutierrez said. 
 
 "I have no words for this terrible news," Joaquin Roldan, director of the AAA wrestling federation, said through his Twitter account. "My sincerest condolences for the Aguayo Ramirez family." 
 
 The state prosecutor's office said the cause of death, based on the autopsy, was trauma to the neck and a cervical fracture. It has opened an investigation into possible manslaughter. 
 
 The company that reportedly organized the event, The Crash, couldn't be reached for comment. The Tijuana Boxing and Wrestling Commission called the death an unfortunate accident like those that occur in other high-risk sports. 
 
 Even though the match continued as Aguayo hung listless on the ropes, commission President Juan Carlos Pelayo said people moved immediately to check his condition. He said the doctor in charge was not at ringside because he was treating another injured wrestler, but paramedics and a doctor who was a spectator attended to Aguayo. 
 
 "The reaction for medical attention was quick, in my opinion," Pelayo said in a news conference Saturday. 
 
 Mexico is famous for its colorful characters and costumes in professional wrestling, popularly known as lucha libre, where fighters perform daring aerial maneuvers inside and outside the ring. 
 
 Aguayo, 35, had wrestled for 20 years and was the son of the legendary Pedro "Perro" Aguayo, now retired and a member of the Aztec lucha hall of fame. 
 
 The younger Aguayo was also popular and led a group called "Los Perros de Mal," or the bad dogs. He won numerous titles, including national pairs with his father, a national heavyweight championship and the Consejo Mundial Lucha Libre world trios championship. 
 
 "It makes me very sad because he was a professional colleague and I have great affection for his father," the wrestler Hijo del Santo said in a telephone interview. "I think the fans in Japan, the U.S. and Mexico, of course, where he was very popular, must be in mourning, especially because of his youth. He had much ahead of him." ||||| A Mexican wrestler died early Saturday from a blow suffered in the ring, the Baja California state prosecutor's office said. 
 
 Pedro Aguayo Ramirez, known as Hijo del Perro Aguayo, fell unconscious on the ropes, apparently after receiving a flying kick from fellow wrestler and former WWE star Oscar Gutierrez, known as Rey Mysterio Jr., according to video of the match in a municipal auditorium in Tijuana. 
 
 The match continued for almost two minutes before other participants and the referee realized Aguayo was seriously injured and tended to him. He was taken to a hospital a block away and died about 1:30 a.m. local time, prosecutor's spokesman Raul Gutierrez said. 
 
 Mexican wrestler Pedro Aguayo Ramirez, known as Hijo del Perro Aguayo, during a news conference in Mexico City on May 27, 2010. AP 
 
 The state prosecutor's office said it has opened an investigation into possible manslaughter. The company that reportedly organized the event, The Crash, couldn't be reached for comment. 
 
 Aguayo, 35, had wrestled for 20 years and was the son of Mexican wrestling legend Pedro "Perro" Aguayo, now retired and a member of the Aztec lucha hall of fame. 
 
 The younger Aguayo was also popular and led a group called "Los Perros de Mal," or the bad dogs. He won numerous titles, including national pairs with his father, a national heavyweight championship and the Consejo Mundial Lucha Libre world trios championship. 
 
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 Some don't get it that wrestlers put their lives on the line every time they step into the ring. RIP Perro Aguayo Jr. pic.twitter.com/ueDeytIwFt — Mike Mooneyham (@ByMikeMooneyham) March 21, 2015 
 
 RIP Perro Aguayo jr. Please honor his memory. We all risk our bodies & lives to entertain. Heartfelt sympathy to his family and Rey/Tigre/TJ — Magnus (@MagnusOfficial) March 21, 2015 
 
 Many of you will remember Perro Jr.'s dad from When Worlds Collide main event vs. Konnan. Stunning loss for entire Lucha community. — Mike Tenay (@RealMikeTenay) March 21, 2015 
 
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– A Mexican lucha libre wrestler died early yesterday from a flying kick he took inside the ring in a match that continued for almost two minutes before anyone realized he was injured. As NBC News reports, Pedro Aguayo Ramirez was rushed to a hospital a block away from the Tijuana match, but died at 1:30am local time. The state prosecutor's office says that it's opened a manslaughter investigation into his death; his cause of death is listed as "trauma to the neck and a cervical fracture," reports the AP. Aguayo Ramirez, the 35-year-old son of another revered wrestler, had competed in the sport for 20 years and went by Hijo de Perro Aguayo in the ring. "I have no words for this terrible news," said the director of the AAA wrestling federation.