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Jerry Estrada (full name, Gerardo Hernández Estrada; born January 10, 1958, Monclova, Coahuila) is a semi-retired Mexican ''
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'' (
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). For most of his career, he has portrayed a ''rudo'' (
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, those that portray the "bad guys") character, nicknamed "El Puma". His ''rudo'' persona was pattered on various
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bands, complete with colorful spandex and what was described as a "rock and roll" attitude in the ring. He was originally active from 1978 until 2003 when he was forced to retire due to chronic injures caused by his signature bumps outside the ring. Estrada began working select matches again in 2018. Estrada was a major star for
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(EMLL) during the 1980s but was one of the first wrestlers to leave EMLL to work for
Antonio Peña Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada (June 13, 1951 – October 5, 2006) was a Mexican professional wrestling promoter who founded the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion in 1992. Peña's promotion reached its height of popularit ...
's newly started
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(AAA) in 1992. He also had a brief run in the
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(WWF) in 1997 and 1998 when AAA and WWF had a working agreement. From 1991 to 2008
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Enrique del Rio worked under the
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Jerrito Estrada, a mini version of Jerry Estrada. Over the years Estrada has held a number of championships for both AAA and CMLL, including the
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, the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, the
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as well as the
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with Hombre Bala and
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, collectively known as ''Los Bucaneros''. He was in the main event of AAA's Triplemanía II-A show, losing a ''
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'', or bet match, to Heavy Metal and was forced to have all his hair shaved off as a result.


Early life

Gerardo Hernández Estrada was born on January 10, 1958, in Monclova, part of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. As a teenager, two local transit agents, who also worked part-time as
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, offered to train Estrada but ended up breaking Estrada's foot during their first session by accident. While recovering Estrada worked to support himself by selling chewing gum, polishing shoes, driving tracks and working as a line chef. During his various jobs, he met professional wrestler Herodes, who started to train him alongside notable wrestling trainer Alberto Moras.


Professional wrestling career

After his initial training under Alberto Moras and Herodes, he would receive further training, early in his career by Rafael Salamanca,
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, Gori Medina Enrique Llanes,
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, and Alfonso Dantés. In an interview with Estrada from around his 2003 retirement, he revealed that he briefly wrestled under a masked identity, using either the name "Guardián Blanco" ("White Guardian") or "Halcón Blanco" ("White Falcon"). After unmasking, Estrada began working under the name Jerry Estrada, the only name he has used since 1978. He slowly developed a "rock and roll" style in-ring character, inspired by various early to mid-1980s bands. Where most wrestlers at the time wore more traditional wrestling tights and trunks Estrada opted to wear black or dark colored spandex with bright colored tassels and bandanas, similar to the onstage outfit worn by
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ers such as
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frontman
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. Ricardo Vega, a magazine publisher, coined the nickname "El Puma" for Estrada, a nickname Estrada had throughout his career. It led Estrada to sporadically walk to the ring with a living Puma.


EMLL/CMLL (1978–1992)

It was not long after making his in-ring debut that Jerry Estrada began working regularly for
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(EMLL), the world's oldest and one of Mexico's largest wrestling promotions. The company decided to make Estrada the next Mexican National Middleweight Champion, which happened on March 4, 1984, when he defeated
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. Over the subsequent 273 days, he successfully defended the championship against
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, Cachorro Mendoza,
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, and Mogur. Estrada was slated to wrestle at the
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on September 20, but it was canceled due to the Mexico City earthquake the day before. On November 30, 1984, Atlantis defeated Jerry Estrada to win the Mexican National Middleweight Championship. In 1986 EMLL decided to team Estrada up with
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and
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to form a trio known as ''Los Bucaneros'' ("The Buccaneers") as part of its emerging Trios division. For his stint with ''Los Bucaneros'', Estrada had his hair cut short and began wrestling wearing a faux eyepatch as part of the Pirate image. ''Los Bucaneros'' went on to defeat the trio of Kiss,
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, and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. to win the
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on August 30, 1987. Their reign ended when '' Los Destructores'' ("The Destroyers"; Tony Arce, Emilio Charles Jr., and Vulcano) were chosen by EMLL to become the next champions, taking the titles on January 31, 1988. Estrada departed ''Los Bucaneros'' not long after the title loss, being replaced on the team with El Verdungo. Estrada left the team because he wanted to shed the pirate image and return to the wrestling style of his "El Puma" character. In 1990, EMLL created a ''
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'' ("Mini Star") division and several of the small-sized wrestlers were given ring characters matching the regular-sized wrestlers; one such wrestler was Jerrito Estrada (Spanish for "Little Jerry Estrada") who heavily physically resembled Estrada and had a similar wrestling style. While he was a smaller version of Jerry Estrada, EMLL's conservative booking style kept the regular-sized wrestlers and the ''Mini-Estrellas'' from appearing or wrestling together. By late 1991, EMLL changed their name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and created a number of "World" championships to help usher in the new name; one such title was the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship. CMLL held a tournament in late 1991 that saw Jerry Estrada defeat MS-1, Mascara Año 2000 and
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on his way to the finals, where he defeated
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to become the first champion. Estrada held the championship for 175 days until Pierroth Jr. won it from him.


Asistencia Asesoría y Administración / AAA (1992–1997)

In early 1992, then-CMLL booker
Antonio Peña Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada (June 13, 1951 – October 5, 2006) was a Mexican professional wrestling promoter who founded the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion in 1992. Peña's promotion reached its height of popularit ...
decided to leave the conservative CMLL to create his own wrestling promotion,
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, later known as "AAA". Estrada was one of the first CMLL wrestlers to leave to join AAA, causing an exodus of a large number of CMLL wrestlers to AAA at the time. In AAA Jerry and Jerrito Estrada teamed up on several occasions, including the first-ever
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show on April 30, 1993, where Jerry, Jerrito and
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lost to rivals
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,
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and Love Machine. In 1994 Estrada became involved in a storyline feud with one of AAA's top ''tecnicos'' ( good guys) Heavy Metal with the now veteran Estrada playing the role of the angry veteran wrestler who did not believe Heavy Metal was tough enough to be a top-level wrestler. The storyline between the two became the background for the main event of AAA's Triplemanía II-A, where Heavy Metal and Estrada faced off in a ''
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'', or bet match. The original plan was for Heavy Metal to defeat Estrada at Triplemanía, but for unrevealed reasons Antonio Peña decided to change the finish of the match, booking Estrada to win instead. Estrada won the third fall of the match by disqualification as planned. Afterward, Heavy Metal got very emotional about the loss, the prospect of having his hair shaved off and his future in AAA, and started to cry and beg for the result to be nullified. At that point, Peña came to the ring to talk to Heavy Metal. At that point Peña had the match restarted and Heavy Metal won the final fall when Peña changed his mind on the outcome of the match. A visibly annoyed Estrada only had part of his hair cut off before he left the ring and went backstage. Later that year Estrada represented AAA on the ''
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'' show, a joint AAA/
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(WCW)
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where he paired with
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and
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, losing to the team of The Pegasus Kid,
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, and
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. In March 1995 Estrada defeated La Parka to win the
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, holding it for 131 days before losing it back to La Parka. During his time as the champion, he successfully defended the title against Rey Misterio,
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, and
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. In 1995 he also worked at two of the three Triplemanía shows held that year, first at
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the team of
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,
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, La Parka and
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defeated
Cien Caras J. Carmelo Reyes González (born May 11, 1949) is a Mexican retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Cien Caras ("Hundred Faces"). He is best known for his appearances with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Personal life ...
,
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,
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and Jerry Estrada. Later on at
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Estrada got a small measure of revenge as he teamed up with Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000, and Fishman to defeat the team of Konnan, Perro Aguayo, Latin Lover, and Máscara Sagrada. The following year he worked all three Triplemanía shows; first teaming up with
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to defeat
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and Super Caló at
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, then Estrada, El Sanguinario, and Arandu lost to Latin Lover, Sergio Romo Jr., and Antifaz at
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and finally Estrada, Fishman,
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and May Flowers lost to La Parka,
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, Super Caló and El Mexicano on the
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of
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. In early 1997 AAA began a working relationship with the North American-based
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(WWF), with AAA sending several of their wrestlers to the US to work WWF shows. Estrada made his only WWF appearance when he worked a match at the 1997
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where he teamed up with
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and former rival Heavy Metal, losing to
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, Perro Aguayo, and El Canek. Estrada was also one of the first participants in AAA's ''
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'' ("King of Kings") which would become an annual tournament. In the first round, Latin Lover outlasted Estrada, Máscara Sagrada Jr., and The Killer. At
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Estrada teamed up with El Picudo to be one of four teams competing in a ''Luchas de Apuestas'' match. Estrada and his teammate survived the match without losing their hair, which ended with Leon Negro pinning Halcón Dorado Jr.


Promo Azteca / World Wrestling Council (1997–1998)

Up until 1997 AAA and Promo Azteca had been working closely together but the two groups split in early 1997 with Estrada being one of the AAA wrestlers that chose to work exclusively for Promo Azteca at the time. While Promo Azteca had a working arrangement with WCW, Estrada never appeared on a WCW show. During this time he also worked several tours for the
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(WWC) where he was part of a group called ''La Invasión Azteca'' ("The Aztec Invasion") that also included Pierroth, Rico Suave and
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. In WWC he defeated
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on November 16, 1997, to win the WWC Junior Heavyweight Championship. 27 days later he lost the title to local wrestler La Ley but regained it on January 6, 1998. After 221 days as the Junior Heavyweight Champion Estrada lost the title to El Rockero, ending his time with WWC shortly afterward.


AAA (1998–2003)

Estrada returned to AAA in 1998, working with them especially when they toured through Monterrey. On December 8, 2000, Estrada teamed up with
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to wrestle on AAA's 2000 '' Guerra de Titans'' show. The trio lost to the veteran trio of El Canek,
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and Máscara Sagráda. A year later, on September 16, 2001, Estrada, Pirata Morgan,
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, and El Engendro lost to La Parka Jr.,
Máscara Sagrada Máscara Sagrada (born November 6, 1959) is a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler) who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is ...
,
Sangre Chicana Andrés Durán Reyes (born November 30, 1951) is a retired Mexican professional wrestler best known by his ring name Sangre Chicana (Spanish for "Chicano Blood"). He rose to prominence in a feud with El Cobarde and Fishman that led to a Lucha ...
, and
Octagón Octagón (born March 27, 1961) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler). He is best known for working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), having worked for the company since it was founded in 1992. In 2011 ...
on the undercard of the 2001 '' Verano de Escándalo'' show. On September 4, 2002, Estrada and Misterioso were teamed up for a storyline feud with Enfermero Jr. and
Pimpinela Escarlata Mario González Lozano (born April 18, 1969) is a Mexican '' luchador'', or professional wrestler, who works as an ''exótico'' for the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA World Wide promotion and Lucha Underground under the ring name Pimpinela Escarlata. ...
that led to Estrada and Misterioso having all their hair shaved off as a result of losing a ''Lucha de Apuestas'' match. A month later Estrada faced the masked Espectro Jr. in a ''Lucha de Apuestas'' match that Estrada won and, As a consequence, Espectro Jr. removed the wig instead of actually unmasking. His last match for AAA took place on March 23, 2003, and saw Estrada, Héctor Garza, and Pimpinela Escarlata lose to Dos Caras Jr., El Hijo del Solitario, and Perro Aguayo Jr.


Retirement and return (2003–present)

In mid-2003, Estrada announced that his physical condition would force him to retire. Over the years Estrada had become known for a move known as ''Salida de Bandera'' ("the Exit Sign") where he would be thrown over the top rope with great height and crash to the floor. While professional wrestling is a staged event and his opponents would do their best to protect Estrada the years of hitting the floor took a toll on his body and he was forced to retire. On May 25, 2003, Jerry Estrada teamed up with former rival Pierroth and
Super Crazy Francisco Islas Rueda (born December 3, 1973), better known by his ring name Super Crazy, is a Mexican '' luchador'' (or professional wrestler). In Mexico, Islas has worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and made appearances ...
, losing his retirement match to the team of Perro Aguayo Jr.,
Tinieblas Manuel Leal (born June 8, 1939), better known as Tinieblas ("Darkness"), is a Mexican luchador. Professional wrestling career Tinieblas began as a body builder and stunt man who was spotted by luchadores Black Shadow and Dory Dixon. Impressed ...
and
Villano III Arturo Díaz Mendoza (March 23, 1952 – August 21, 2018), best known by his ring name Villano III (Spanish: "Villano Tercero"; English: "Villain the third"), was a Mexican '' luchador'' (or professional wrestler). A second-generation wrestler ...
. In mid-2009 the '' Perros del Mal'' wrestling promotion held a benefit show for Jerry Estrada, with a portion of the proceeds going to Estrada. It was later revealed that Estrada was confined to a wheelchair for years after his retirement due to compounding back and knee injuries. Later that year a Monterrey wrestling promotion known as ''Poder y Honor'' held a second benefit show to honor Jerry Estrada. In subsequent years Estrada improved his health through both rehabilitation and treatment enough to the point where he was able to participate in a match. On December 12, 2012, Estrada teamed up with Jerrito Estrada and a wrestler known as "Ricky Estrada" to defeat the team of longtime rival Stuka, Octagoncito, and La Parkita in what was billed as his "retirement match". On August 8, 2013, Jerry Estrada came out of retirement for one more match, headlining a show billed as "Jerry Estrada's Retirement Show". Jerry Estrada, Gato Fantasma, and Silencio defeated Memo, Rey Demonio Jr., and Stuka. By 2018 Estrada's health and mobility had improved to the point that he competed in a total of five matches that year, including his first match in Arena Mexico for 26 years as he teamed up with veteran wrestlers
Negro Casas José Casas Ruiz (born January 10, 1960) is a Mexican professional wrestler (called a ''Lucha libre, Luchador'' in Spanish language, Spanish) and professional wrestling trainer working for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) under the ring name Ne ...
and
Fuerza Guerrera Fuerza Guerrera (born December 13, 1953) is a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler) who made his debut in 1978. In his career Guerrera has worked for every major wrestling organization in Mexico including Consejo Mund ...
as the trio lost to
El Felino Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz (born March 22, 1964), better known by his ring name El Felino ("The Feline"), is a Mexican '' luchador'' (or professional wrestler) working for Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Casas start ...
, Mano Negra and El Solar on the Máscara Año 2000 40th Anniversary Show.


Championships and accomplishments

* Asistencia Asesoría y Administración / AAA **
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship The Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (''Campeonato Nacional Semicompleto'' in Spanish) is a national Mexican singles professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the ''Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.'' (''Mexico Ci ...
( 1 time) **IWAS World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with
Juventud Guerrera Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández (born November 23, 1974), better known by his ring name Juventud "Juvi" Guerrera, is a Mexican Professional wrestling, professional wrestler performing on the independent circuit. Guerrera is best known for ...
* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre / Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ** CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **
Mexican National Middleweight Championship The Mexican National Middleweight Championship ''()'' is a professional wrestling championship controlled by the ' (Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission). The official weight definition of the middleweight division in Mexico is from . The ...
( 1 time) **
Mexican National Trios Championship The Mexican National Trios Championship (''Campeonato Nacional de Tríos'' in Spanish) is a three-man tag team professional wrestling championship, sanctioned by the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." (''Mexico City Boxing and Wrestl ...
( 1 time) – with Hombre Bala and
Pirata Morgan Pedro Ortiz Villanueva (born July 29, 1962) is a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, and wrestling trainer who is best known under the ring name Pirata Morgan. Ortiz made his professional wrestling debut in 1979 and has in the last 20 ye ...
*International Wrestling All-Stars **IWAS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with
Juventud Guerrera Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández (born November 23, 1974), better known by his ring name Juventud "Juvi" Guerrera, is a Mexican Professional wrestling, professional wrestler performing on the independent circuit. Guerrera is best known for ...
*
World Wrestling Council The World Wrestling Council (WWC; Spanish: "Consejo Mundial de Lucha") is a professional wrestling promotion based in Puerto Rico. It was originally established as Capitol Sports Promotions in 1973 by Carlos Colón, Victor Jovica, and Goril ...
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WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship The WWC Junior Heavyweight Championship is a championship contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council. While weight classes are generally not strictly adhered to in professional wrestling today ...
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2 times "2 Times" is the debut single of English singer Ann Lee. It was released in Italy in December 1998 by X-Energy as the lead single from her debut album, ''Dreams'' (1999), and was issued worldwide the following year. The single peaked at number tw ...
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publishing Group. The maga ...
**PWI ranked him # 75 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1998.


''Luchas de Apuestas'' record


Footnotes


References

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