Chicky Starr
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| Chicky Starr | |
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| Ring name(s) | Chicky Starr El Golden Boy T |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 218 lb (99 kg) |
| Born | June 24, 1958 Vega Baja, Puerto Rico |
| Resides | Puerto Rico |
| Billed from | Vega Baja, Puerto Rico |
| Debut | 1978 |
Jose Laureano (born June 24, 1958) is a semi retired Puerto Rican professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Chicky Starr.
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[edit] Career
Chicky Starr formed a tag team with Antonio Pantojas known as the Peron Brothers and wrestle as a face in the early 80's.
Starr had a run during form 1984 to mid 1985 at San Antonio's Southwest Championship Wrestling. On September 9, 1984 he and Brett Sawyer won the Southwest tag team title from The Fabulous Blond(Eric Embry & Dan Greer) but drop the belts back to The Fabulous Blonds (Eric Embry & Dan Greer) on October 9. 1984 in San Antonio, Texas.
In late 1985 Chicky Starr turn heel by attaking on his mentor El Invader #1 and became a manager through the eighties and early nineties. He managed Abdullah the Butcher, Sadistic Steve Strong, and Manny Fernandez in the World Wrestling Council (WWC). His biggest feud was with El Invader #1 and Carlos Colon.
Starr founded the Starr Corporation faction with Victor the Bodyguard and Angel Rodriguez. Starr and Victor were the first Tag Team Champions in the biggest two wrestling companies in Puerto Rico (WWC and IWA). He was with the Familia del Milenio at WWC in the late 1990s and early 2000s with Ray Gonzalez, Dutch Mantell, el Exotico, la Tigresa, Bruno and the Starr Corporation. In IWA, the Starr Corporation was composed of Pain, Shane The Glomour Boy, and AAA/TNA Mesias Ricky Banderas. He got feuds with Savio Vega, Los Malcriaos (Miguel Perez, Jr. and Huracan Castillo, Jr.).
Chicky Starr also was a Universal Champion when he defeated Carlito in Morovis, Puerto Rico in early 2003.
[edit] Cultural reference
Chicky Starr's name became a popular Puerto Rican cultural reference as the phrase "bregaste bien Chicky Starr" ("You very much handled this 'Chicky Starr style'") became popular in the mid-1980s. The phrase likened Starr's name with betrayal; Starr would earn a reputation for double-crossing some of the talent managed by him based on convenience. The phrase is still in common use in Puerto Rico.
[edit] Political campaign
Jose A. Laureano AKA Chicky Starr announced his campaign to run for a Representative At-Large seat for the Puerto Rico's House of Representative's at the 2012 elections.
[edit] In wrestling
- Wrestlers managed
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- International Wrestling Association
- IWA World Tag Team Championship (6 times) - with Victor the Bodyguard
- World Wrestling Council
- WWC North American Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Ron Starr
- WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- WWC World Tag Team Championship (7 times) - with Ron Starr (2), Victor the Bodyguard (2) and Huracan Castillo (3)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Profile at Online World Of Wrestling
