Black Man (wrestler)
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Álvaro Meléndez Tibanez (February 19, 1949 – February 28, 2022) was a Mexican (
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for
professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...
) better known as Black Man. He was considered a very talented wrestler, and innovative when it comes to high flying moves. Tibanez died on February 28, 2022, aged 73.


Professional wrestling career

He is most known for a being part of a
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, first with White Man, Alberto Muñoz, who formed a fan favorite tag team. The two teamed for a while but never won a tag team title, despite several chances at the Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship. By 1978 Muñoz dropped the "White Man" character as he was forced to work a reduced schedule due to age and injuries. Later, Black Man would form ''Los Fantasticos'' with
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and Kato Kung Lee, a very popular trios team from the early 1980s. Black Man would later try to reform ''Los Fantasticos'' with
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and Avispon Negro, but the trio was never as popular as the originals. He was once
El Santo Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (23 September 1917 – 5 February 1984), best known by his ring name El Santo (English language, English: "The Saint"), was a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador Wrestling mask, enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestlin ...
's high risk move double in a movie. Late in his career he worked under the
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Celestial, complete with a new mask and outfit to not reveal his real identity.


Championships and accomplishments

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** UWA World Lightweight Championship (1 time) **
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(1 time) – with
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and Kato Kung Lee ** UWA World Welterweight Championship (3 times)


''Luchas de Apuestas'' record


Footnotes


References

{{Authority control 1949 births 2022 deaths Mexican male professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Guadalajara, Jalisco 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century Mexican professional wrestlers UWA World Trios Champions UWA World Welterweight Champions UWA World Lightweight Champions