Carlos Colón

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Carlos Colón Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
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Ring name Carlos Colon
Carlitos Colon
Prince Kukuya
Carlos Belafonte
birth July 18, 1948
Santa Isabel
Announced from Santa Isabel
debut February 16, 1966
retirement July 19, 2008
Carlos Colón

Carlos Colón (actually Carlos Edwin Colón Gonzalez , born July 18, 1948 in Santa Isabel , Puerto Rico ) is a Puerto Rican wrestling organizer and former wrestler.

Life

Colón grew up with 6 siblings in the rural south of Puerto Rico. In 1961 his family emigrated to the USA . In Brooklyn he began wrestling training and was allowed to play his first match in Boston against Bobo Brazil in February 1966 . Colón moved to Montreal and wrestled in the following years in the World-Wide Wrestling Federation (now WWE , then based in the northeastern United States), in Oregon and in Canada, where he was allowed to win titles for the first time at Stampede Wrestling .

World Wrestling Council

In 1973 Colón returned to Puerto Rico. Wrestling there was dominated at that time by the L&G promotion of the Florida promoter Clarence Luttrell , who worked almost exclusively with American wrestlers. Colón recognized the niche in the market presented by wrestling shows with local wrestlers and founded Capitol Sports Promotions with Victor Jovica and Robert James Marella , whom he knew from his time at WWWF . Under the name World Wrestling Council , they organized wrestling shows with Puerto Rican wrestlers such as José Miguel Pérez , Hércules Ayala and Colón himself, who with a total of 65 title wins became the absolute figurehead of the WWC. It also benefited from regular well-known guest stars such as Bruiser Brody , Abdullah the Butcher , Randy Savage and Harley Race , whose match against Colón in October 1983 attracted 32,000 spectators. Two months later he defeated Ric Flair in the fight for his NWA world title , which was not recognized outside the Caribbean, and was crowned universal champion . Colón became particularly famous for his matches with Abdullah the Butcher, which were among the bloodiest of the time. In total, he had over 70 scars. As a promoter, Colon got into trouble after Bruiser Brody was stabbed to death by booker José Gonzales as a result of a dispute and the WWC prevented the case from being investigated. After that, numerous US wrestlers avoided the league. However, the league managed to stabilize.

family

Colón's sons Carlos Edwin Jr. and Edwin Carlos , his daughter Stacy and his nephew Orlando all followed in his footsteps and also celebrated numerous titles with the World Wrestling Council. He himself ended his career with a ceremony at the anniversary event of the WWC on July 19, 2008.

successes

title

  • NWA International Tag Team Championship (Calgary version, with Gino Caruso)
  • WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (8 ×)
  • WWC North American Tag Team Championship (11 ×) with Miguel Perez (2), Jose Rivera (2), Gino Caruso (1), Bob Ellis (1), Victor Jovica (1), Chief Thunder Cloud (1), Huracán Castillo (1), Eric Froelich (1), Invader I (José Gonzalez) (1)
  • WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (9 ×)
  • WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (26 ×)
  • WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (2 ×)
  • WWC World Tag Team Championship (3 ×) - with Jose Rivera (1), Pedro Morales (1), Invader I (José Gonzalez) (1)
  • WWC World Television Championship (4 ×)

Others

  • Ring Cronicle Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • WWE Hall of Fame 2014

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Drake, Timothy: Who is this Carlos Colon, anyway? . In: The Wrestler / Inside Wrestling , Kappa Publications, June 2007, p. 67. Volume 15, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2007. 
  2. ↑ http://www.genickbruch.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=1550
  3. ↑ a b http://wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/carloscolon2.html
  4. ↑ a b http://www.genickbruch.com/index.php?befehl=einfluss&kapitel=84
  5. ↑ http://www.genickbruch.com/index.php?befehl=skandale&seite=2
  6. ↑ http://www.genickbruch.com/index.php?befehl=einfluss&kapitel=56
  7. ^ Lester Jiménez: A su última batalla Carlitos Colón ( Spanish ) Primera Hora . July 18, 2008. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Colon, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Colón Gonzalez, Carlos Edwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican wrestler and wrestling promoter
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Isabel , Puerto Rico