Tarzán López
| Carlos Lopez Tovar | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 28, 1912 Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico |
| Died | August 28, 1975 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | El Tarzán Carlos Lopez Tarzan Lopez |
| Trained by | Diablo Velasco |
| Debut | 1934 |
Carlos Lόpez Tovar (August 28, 1912 - August 28, 1975), better known by the ring name Tarzán Lόpez was a luchador who was active in the 1930s and 1940s. He was known as "Tarzan" because of his bodybuilder's physique, Lopez held the Mexican national welterweight championship from 1936 through 1939. He also captured the NWA middleweight title several times and was named MVP in Mexico in 1940, 1944, and 1948.
Career
Tovar made his professional debut in 1934 under the name Carlos Lόpez, and was soon recruited by trainer Diablo Velasco. He was launched into his first feud against Salvador Flores, a feud that made the young Lόpez very popular. This popularity eventually resulted in Lόpez being signed to Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (EMLL), where he gained his first title, the National Welterweight Championship, which he won on March 11, 1936.
Lόpez was one of the most popular luchadores of his era, winning the title of Luchador of the Year in 1940, 1944, and 1948. [1]
Although still one of the most popular wrestlers in Mexico, Lόpez's career ended early over a monetary dispute with EMLL. Lόpez requested a loan with which he intended to help a friend who deperately needed the money. When the owners of EMLL refused, an angry Lόpez retired from the professional wrestling business and never looked back. [1]
In wrestling
- Finishing move
Championships and accomplishments
- Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre
- Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)
- Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time)
- Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Henry Pilusso
- NWA World Middleweight Championship (4 times)
- World Middleweight Championship (National Wrestling Association) (1 time) (Last)
Footnotes
- ^ a b Madigan, Dan, Mondo Lucha a Go-Go: The Bizarre & Honorable World of Wild Mexican Wrestling, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2007, ISBN 9780060855833 Cite error: The named reference "multiple" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Deceased Superstars - Tarzan Lopez