Rocky Romero
John Rivera | |
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Rivera 2012 |
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Ring name | Black Tiger Black Tiger IV Rocky Romero Gray Shadow Black Emperor Azteko |
Additions to names | "Azucar" |
height | 170 cm |
Fighting weight | 82 kg |
birth |
October 28, 1982 Havana , Cuba |
Announced from | Havana , Cuba |
Trained by |
Antonio Inoki Bill Anderson Jesse Hernandez Negro Casas Togi Makabe |
debut | September 13, 1997 |
John Rivera (born October 28, 1982 in Havana ), better known by his ring name Rocky Romero , is a Cuban wrestler . He currently appears regularly at various independent promotions . One of his greatest successes to date was receiving the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times .
Career
Beginnings
Rivera trained in different countries. In the USA he trained under Jesse Hernandez at the School Of Hard Knocks in San Bernardino , California . In Japan he trained at the New Japan Dojo (the wrestling school of New Japan Pro-Wrestling ) under Antonio Inoki and Togi Makabe . Rivera also trained in Mexico with Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre under Negro Casas .
Independent
After completing his training, Rivera performed in various independent promotions . His first title, the EWF Tag Team Championship , he won with Ricky Reyes at the Empire Wrestling Federation . With this he formed a tag team for a long time .
From 2002 to 2004 Rivera appeared several times in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
On September 12, 2003 , Rivera won the newly introduced CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship at Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre .
In July 2004, Rivera made his debut with the Ring of Honor (ROH). There he formed the Tag Team The Havana Pitbulls with Ricky Reyes . On August 7, 2004 , they won the ROH World Tag Team Championship from The Second City Saints ( CM Punk and Colt Cabana ). In late 2004, Rivera and Reyes joined the stable The Rottweilers (consisting of Homicide , Julius Smokes and Low-Ki ). With this they feuded against Bryan Danielson . On February 19, 2005, Rivera and Reyes gave the ROH World Tag Team Championship to BJ Whitmer and Dan Maff . Rivera returned to NJPW in May 2005. There he appeared as a black tiger with a mask. At NJPW he won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship from Tiger Mask IV on October 8, 2005 .
In January 2006 Rivera took part in the 16 Carat Gold Tournament at Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) in Germany .
In March 2007 he signed a contract with ROH. There he joined "No Remorse Corps" ( Davey Richards and Roderick Strong ). These feuded Rivera against the Stable "Resilience" (consisting of Austin Aries , Matt Cross and Erick Stevens ). 26 January 2008 won Rivera with Davey Richards ROH World Tag Team Championship . They gave the title to The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) on April 12, 2008 .
In 2008 Rivera appeared several times at Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre as Gray Shadow . In October 2008 he formed the Tag Team Caribbean Syndicate with Negro Casas at NJPW . Together they participated in the G1 Tag League .
successes
- 3 × ROH World Tag Team Champion 1 × each with Ricky Reyes, Davey Richards and Alex Koslov ( current title holder )
- 1 × IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 2 × IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Davey Richards and Alex Koslov ( current title holder )
- 1 × NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion
- Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre
- 3 × CMLL World Super Lightweight Champion
- Empire Wrestling Federation
- 5 × EWF Tag Team Champion with Ricky Reyes
- Ultimate Pro Wrestling
- 1 × UPW Tag Team Champion with Ricky Reyes
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SURNAME | Romero, Rocky |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | John Rivera (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban wrestler |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Havana , Cuba |