Victor Rivera
| Victor Rivera | |
|---|---|
| Billed weight | 236 lb (107 kg) |
| Billed from | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico |
Victor Rivera was a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. Between 1967 and 1981, he held the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship 12 times, the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship five times, the WWF International Tag Team Championship, and numerous other titles.
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[edit] Professional wrestling career
In the late 1960s, Rivera wrestling in Los Angeles' World Wrestling Association, where he won the WWA World Tag Team Championship with Pedro Morales.
In December 1969, Rivera teamed with Tony Marino at Madison Square Garden to win the WWWF International Tag Team Championship in 2 straight falls from Professor Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa. Rivera and Marino defended the belts successfully against teams like Killer Kowalski & Waldo Von Erich, as well as Kowalski & Krippler Karl Kovacs. They lost the championship against another undefeated team, The Mongols (Bepo and Geto Mongol) on June 15, 1970, 2 falls to 1 at Madison Square Garden. On May 13, 1975, Rivera and Dominic DeNucci won the WWWF World Tag Team Championship from The Valiant Brothers.[1] That same year, he also teamed with a rookie Dino Bravo to challenge The Mongols (Geto & Bolo Mongol) for the IWA World Tag Team Championship.
After leaving the WWF, he feuded with Pedro Morales in Hawaii and California.[2] In 1978 Rivera returned to the WWWF as a heel for a very short time under manager "Classy" Freddie Blassie. In 1980, Rivera was once again wrestling in Los Angeles. In the National Wrestling Alliance, he won the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Enforcer Lusciano.
[edit] In wrestling
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- All-California Championship Wrestling
- ACCW Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[3]
- California Pro Wrestling
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version) (1 time) - with Enforcer Lusciano
- NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
- NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (12 times)
- Western States Alliance
- WSA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[3]
- WSA Beat The Champ Championship (1 time)[3]
- WSA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with John Tolos[3]
- World Wrestling Association (Los Angeles)
- WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Pedro Morales
- World Wrestling Federation
- WWF International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tony Marino
- WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dominic DeNucci
[edit] References
- ^ "World Tag Team Championship official title history". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ^ "Hall of Fame: High Chief Peter Maivia". WWE.com. February 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080302035544/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/petermaivia/bio/. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ a b c d e f Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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