Mario Lopez, of Mexican descent, was born in San Diego, California in 1973 to Elvia, a telephone clerk, and Mario Sr., who worked for the municipality of National City. Mario Lopez graduated Chula Vista High School in 1991, he wrestled for Chula Vista at the weight class of 160 lbs placing 2nd in the San Diego Section and 7th in the state of California in 1991 as well. Mario Lopez was raised in a large Catholic family, of Mexican descent (from Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico).
