Mark Romero (born July 21, 1963) is an American former second generation

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better known by his

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Mark Youngblood.

Professional wrestling career

Mark Romero is the son of

Ricky Romero Ricardo Romero Jr. (born November 6, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays. Prep career After spending three years at Garfield High School, Romero graduate ...

. He started wrestling as Mark Youngblood in 1980 and worked for the

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Jim Crockett Promotions Jim Crockett Promotions, at times branded as Eastern States Championship Wrestling and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, is a Family business, family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United Sta ...

as a tag team with

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. He wrestled in

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in 1985 with his brother

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and formed a tag team with his younger brother Chris Romero in 1986 following Jay's death. The Romeros achieved some success in the

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and later in the

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and the

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as "The Tribal Nation". They also had a brief stint in

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as " The Renegade Warriors". Mark retired from wrestling in 1999. In early 2006, he wrestled at the

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, based indy-wrestling company West Texas Wrestling Legends ran by his brother Chris. He made several appearances for the company before going back into retirement in July 2006. On January 13, 2007, he resurfaced in WTWL and defeated the WTWL Champion Thunder to win the championship. After the match, WTWL wrestlers "Hobo" Hank, Mike DiBiase, Dice Murdock, nephew "Radical" Ricky Romero III and Mark's brother Chris Romero came down to celebrate the win with the new champion. Romero explained that his return was for one night only and he later vacated the WTWL Championship.

Championships and accomplishments

Youngblood as the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version), NWA United States Tag Team Champion, , thumb *

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**Family Wrestling Award (2015) – with

Chris Youngblood Christopher Romero (February 10, 1966 – July 7, 2021) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Youngblood. A second generation wrestler, he was the son of Ricky Romero and the brother of Mark and Jay Youngblo ...

Jay Youngblood Steven Nicolas Romero (June 21, 1955 – September 2, 1985) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Jay Youngblood. He wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions in a tag team with Ricky Ste ...

and

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(

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) – with Mike George **

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** NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' (

) – with

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( 1 time) – with

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( 1 time) ** NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'' (

) – with

*''

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'' **PWI ranked him #321 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 1991 **PWI ranked him # 100 of the 100 best tag teams of the

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with Chris Youngblood in 2003. *Southern Championship Wrestling **SCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

*West Texas Wrestling Legends **WTWL Championship (1 time) *

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( 1 time) *

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( 3 times) – with Chris Youngblood **

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( 6 times) – with Chris Youngblood

References

External links

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