Our Calendar | > Photo Galleries During the following month, Afa and Kamata served as enhancement talent, while Morales also participated in a battle royale. Officially, it was a draw. After defeating Barend in a stretcher match, Morales defeated Les Roberts and advanced to the second round of the Strelich Tournament, a single-knockdown competition for the Strelich Perpetual Trophy, with a win over Woody Farmer. A feud with Mayne went on to include a steel cage match. Later in the year, he formed a recurrent tag team with Perez and feuded with Pedro Rodriguez. [86][11] The couple had a son, Pedro Morales Jr. born in 1974. Morales went on to win a series against Lanza and a Texas Death Match involving Stasiak, before having Fuji serve as enhancement talent for the following weeks. Morales and Muraco went on to exchange results, but neither one was able to dominate cleanly, with most wins being consequence of count outs and disqualifications. [17] During this run, he teamed with Arman Hussein, Lewin, Wilbur Snyder, Lonnie Mayne & Billy Two, among others, with the results being divided inequitable manner between wins, losses and draws. [63] Despite living a low profile life following his retirement, he was the inspiration for homages and mentions throughout the decades which followed. [53] October began with a winning streak which featured Les Thornton and Matt Borne along with enhancement talent, until this victory spree was halted by The Missing Link. [73] In reality, Konnan credits him with "[teaching] a lot" about the politics of wrestling and "the things you need to do in the ring to be a success in this business" during his time in WCW. In October, he toured Germany, with a win over Amet Chong and losses to Kublai Khan. [41] This was followed by three new partners, Tiger Conway, Jr., with whom he won four consecutive bouts, Joe Azzari, which led to two losses, and Jerry Brisco, who wrestled with him in two draws. Morales finished the year by teaming with Prez, earning three victories over the Fabulous Kangaroos. [84], His mother Teodora was a businesswoman, who continued to advise him on economic decisions throughout his life. After defeating Rocky Montero and Gorilla Monsoon, Morales dropped the North American Championship to Curtis Iaukea on September 24, 1969. [55] On May 17, 1986, Morales defeated The Iron Sheik in a WWF return to California. Born in Manhattan, NY; He resided in Woodbridge most of his life. Its a good story, explained Johnson-Morales of the road that led to her meeting the man of her dreams. Please join us in Loving, Sharing and Memorializing Pedro Morales on this permanent online memorial. [17] After a win over Art Mahalik, Morales wrestled Hernandez to a three-fall draw. He has reported on professional wrestling, baseball, boxing, and hockey for print and radio since the 1970s. [68] In a similar discussion held at Slam! After scoring a win over The Spoiler, Morales joined Sammartino in a rematch against Tanaka and Mr. Fuji, this time emerging victorious in a three-fall contest. So, when settling on the west coast, it wasnt unexpected for Johnson-Morales, during some downtime, to venture out to local arenas for wrestling shows. Sunnyside Gardens, located at the corner of 45th Street and Queens Boulevard, was a quick ride for me on the Triboro bus, and $3.00 was the cost of my general admission ticket. After successfully teaming with Bing Ki Lee on three consecutive cards, Morales recovered the North American belt from Iaukea on November 5, 1969. [17] Morales continued this run by defeating Michiaki Yoshimura, Yoshino Sato, Mr. Moto, Mitsu Hirai, Umanosuke Ueda, tying against Kim Il in all of their encounters and losing only to Giant Baba by countout in singles. [52], On April 23, 1983, Morales began a tour in his native Puerto Rico performing for Capitol Sports Promotions (CSP), now known as the World Wrestling Council, challenging Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in his first appearance. Pedro Morales Jr. Memorial Baseball Class: Senior Baseball Boys Bowling Football. He was then involved in a series of matches involving John Tolos, whom he defeated in a tag team competition but lost in singles. SHARE. A feud with Killer Karl Kox ended in individual and team losses, a streak which ended costing them the titles. Afterwards, he went on to defeat several adversaries, including Larry Zbyszko, Scicluna, Afa, Rodz and The Hangman. A rivalry with Nick Bockwinkel also took place in parallel, recording a no contest and a victory. At the time, we lived in Jackson Heights, Queens, right near the elevated 7 train line.. [23] During this timeframe he also teamed with several wrestlers, including Gomez, Don Leo Jonathon, Dory Dixon and Ed Francis. But, for Johnson-Morales, her interest in wrestling originated in her home state of Missouri. Next, along with my brother and his wife, I went to the matches at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.. [11], When he was 17 years old, Morales trained under Barba Roja to become a wrestler and participated on a card held in New York City in 1959, where he debuted by earning a victory over Howard LaVine, who performed under the pseudonym Buddy Gilbert, going on to participate in tag team matches and other stipulation matches throughout the tri state area the following year. [28] The following month brought wins over Tyler and Valiant, but also included an encounter where he bested Freddie Blassie and a continuation of the feud against Stasiak during the second half. His work has appeared on the web for the past two decades. > Canadian Hall of Fame This resulted in Morales defeating Curtis Iaukea for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship on May 21, 1969, and Kiniski for the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship less than a month afterwards. During the first months of 1973, Morales bested Mr. Fuji, Buddy Wolfe and Lonnie Mayne, as well as Hans Schmidt, Lonnie Mayne and Curtis Iaukea. Nate Scaccia, a contributor to the website Bleacher Report, considers Morales the best Intercontinental champion of all time, ranking first in the title's entry at the website's WWE Champion Series. This was followed by wins over The Black Demon, "The Wolfman" Willie Farkas and Bulldog Brower during the following month. After besting two jobbers, Morales teamed with Steve Gatorwolf to defeat Valentine and Beefcake. Slaughter, defeating him by disqualification. [85], For other people named Pedro Morales, see, Worldwide Wrestling Associates (19651968), 50th State Big Time Wrestling (19681970), World Wide Wrestling Federation (19701975), American Wrestling Association (19761977), Championship Wrestling from Florida (19771978), New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Canada (19781980). [44] Another figure who became a mainstay was Sgt. After a similar result in a short program with Hard Boiled Haggerty, he had two draws against Allan Garfield, before defeating him on July 16, 1962. Admin. He then entered a winning streak, during which he defeated The Black Demon twice, Jesse Ventura by countout, Adonis thrice, Fuji and Valentine four times, two of these being Brass Knuckles Matches and other a Street Fight. 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Woodbridge, New Jersey Pedro A Torres (age 46) is listed at 311 Campbell St Woodbridge, Nj 07095 and has no political party affiliation. On August 31, 2006, as part of a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling taping, Morales was mentioned by Konnan along fellow Hall of Famers Carlos Coln, Mil Mscaras and the Guerrero family, being acknowledged as Latinos that paved the way within the wrestling industry. [51] During the month of November, he divided honors with Graham, also scoring victories over Tony Russo and Fuji. After recovering with wins over Koloff and Saito, Morales and Johnson regained the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship on February 14, 1978. The promotion mentions being the first wrestler to win the title twice and holding it for a combined record of over 600 days, more than any other wrestler, as merits for this recognition. > WrestleMania, Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress, Behind the Gimmick Table: Karachi Vice, Stampede made an impact on Raj Singh. Meanwhile, his team with Hernandez won three consecutive matches against The Assassins by disqualification. His reign was featured in the independent film The Wrestler, where footage of him was shown while two characters remarked "C1: Morales Eastern league champion. Run a full background check on Pedro L Martinez. In September, Tyler and Graham brought in Jimmy Valiant as a teammate, which led to a series of matches including a win over him in a steel cage. Individually, Morales then entered a streak of draws, before rebounding with wins over Rick Renaldo, Rocky Montero, The Alaskan, Lou Anthony, Rocky Montero and The Masked Invader. [60] Morales made a final in-ring appearance as professional wrestler by participating in a battle royale held on November 16, 1987. Margarita Cardenas. [59] At 44 years old, Morales was entering his final year as an active wrestler, now being moved back in the card. [27] The move also vacated the United States Championship. Facebook. Stan Frazier and Tony Borne were the next opponents that he bested during the summer. [55] After four more wins over his regular opponents, he lost to Orton. [52], After a brief interruption where he bested Swede Hanson in a WWF card held at New York, Morales returned to CSP joining Carlos Coln, Sr. to win the CSP World Tag Team Championship over The Medics. In what marked the final stage of this AWA run, Morales continued defeating jobbers Mike York, Kenny Jay and The Strangler, but began losing more often to talent that he had bested earlier including Nick Bockwinkel and others such as Angelo Mosca. [11] However, when his son was about to start kindergarten, the family bought a house in central New Jersey. [85] Morales died on February 12, 2019, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey at the age of 76. Thanks to the stocks, bonds, and properties purchased by her late husband through the years of traveling the globe for wrestling, Johnson-Morales now is able to live a comfortable life in her later years. [25] During his final months in the West Coast, he defeated Karl Heisinger and Billy Graham, also participating in several tag team matches along Rocca and Ray Mendoza. [11] It was there that one of his sister's friends introduced him to the members of a wrestling club which quickly earned his interest. [57] On September 20, 1986, Morales defeated Jake Roberts. Morales' team with Santana suffered the same fate, losing twice and participating in a double count out draw. WWWF champion Pedro Morales. Individually, Morales went on to defeat Mr.X several times, Gibbs, Lombardi and Barry O twice, Rene Goulet four times and Tiger Chung Lee. Whitemarsh Jr. High School - May 25, 1983 The scheduled Eddie Gilbert vs. Johnny Rodz match was cancelled Pete Doherty (sub. However, it was wrestling that brought them together in California decades ago. He was a 1992 graduate of Woodbridge High School whre he played football. [11][12] However, due to living outside of Puerto Rico, he declined the opportunity. When I knew it was time for me get out on my own, I was offered a teaching job in Garden Grove (California).. Along Prez, he retook their feud with the Grahams, picking a second victory. [34] During the month of September 1973, he was placed over Ib Solvang Hansen, McCord, Steele and Fuji. After his 1987 retirement, Morales remained active in wrestling as a road agent and a Spanish-language commentator. After briefly teaming with Peter Maivia, Morales defeated Armando Rodriguez and entered a series against Alfred Hayes, which ended with a balance of five wins, two losses and two draws. [74] From 2003 onwards, the World Wrestling Council approached Morales and offered holding an Aniversario event in his honor, but he declined the invitations for ten years. There are tights, boots, and ring jackets still in the Woodbridge home that remind Johnson-Morales of her late husbands professional success. [13], Morales opened 1965 by moving to Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA) in California, an organization that had been created as a mirror to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he engaged in multiple concurrent feuds, defeating "The Executioner" in his first match, before going on to defeat several wrestlers with similar characters by winning against "The Axeman" twice, "El Verdugo" and "The Hangman" on several occasions during the first three months of the year. [22] However, in his following appearance he recovered the Hawaii Tag Team titles with Francis. [37] Morales remained successful as a singles wrestler, gathering wins over Fuji, Eddie Sullivan, Otto Von Heller, Johnny Rodz and Black Gordman during the first half of 1974. In his next appearance, he joined Sam Steamboat and Hahn Lee in a win over Barend, Killer Karl Kox and Ripper Collins. On May 27, 1966, Morales returned to California and went on another winning streak over Ray Shields, Jack Lanza, El Mongol, Stan Neilson, Baby Destroyer and Fritz Von Goering, before entering a series against Buddy Austin, losing the first three encounters and dropping the WWA World Heavyweight Championship to him on August 5, 1966, before winning the fourth match. View Pedro Morales results in New Jersey (NJ) including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. You can listen to the show via Facebook and on his YouTube channel. > Gaming The feud with The Moondogs resumed afterwards, with mixed results in tag team competition but another win over Moondog Rex. He liked to workout at a YMCA in Brooklyn or go to Puerto Rico to visit family. Subsequently, a series of victories in tag team matches involving Blackjack Mulligan evolved into a feud of single encounters, in which Morales won half a dozen events, before scoring two more team victories along Moonson. During the early months of 1981, he continued defeating the likes of The Hangman, Ron Shaw, Jose Estrada and Zbyszko, but tied in contests against St. In mid-1996, Morales appeared at an event of the short lived American Wrestling Federation, in the championship match between Bob Orton, Jr. and Tito Santana, along with other superstars and legends like Sgt. [14] Morales went on to defeat Graham in two more rematches, scoring victories over Ox Anderson, Bandito Lopez and Jack Allen as well. Slaughter and Stan Hansen. Coleman, Johnny Rodz and The Hangman. In another tour to California, Morales lost to Black Gordman by count out and defeated Don Serrano, also teaming with Rocky Johnson for the first time to wrestle the Great Kojika and John Tolos. His wife began working at Avenel Street Elementary School. [54] During this time-frame, Tito Santana became his occasional tag team partner. In his final two matches in the MPP, Morales bested Jack Armstrong in a three-fall match and lost a 4-on-4 against Collins, Barend and The Destroyer while teaming with Sam Steamboat, Billy Robinson, Frank Allman and Hahn Lee. He closed 1971 by defeating Blassie in a Roman Gladiator match, Ray Stevens, Stan Stasiak twice and The Rugged Russians along with Rivera. It was like fireworks went off for me. > Obituary Archive He was every bit a babyface. After pinning Valiant to successfully defend the title, ring announcer Mike Goldbergs was barely audible. Two babyfaces were in the main event, and, 75 minutes later, the timekeepers bell rang, ending the match. [9] As a traveling performer, he amassed mixed results, with most of his victories taking place in British Columbia, where Morales defeated Tarzan Potvin, Tony Nero, Bud Rattal, Tommy O'Toole and Johnny Demchuk in a two-month period, before losing three challenges to Oliver Winrush. [41] On November 11, 1978, Morales made a one night visit to California, teaming with Chavo Guerrero, Sr. in a win over Eddie Mansfield and The Grappler. He wrestled Valentine three more times, winning in a Brass Knuckles match and by countout. [57] However, his next series against Kamala saw him being counted out and pinned. Pedro MoralesWoodbridge - Pedro Morales of Woodbridge passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019. [31] The following month featured feuds which ended in Morales earning several victories over Pampero Firpo, Tanaka, Iaukea and Albano. In 1970, he joined the WWWF, winning its World Heavyweight Championship and United States Championship. [22], Now a full-time performer for 50th State Big Time Wrestling in Hawaii, he quickly entered a successful run with victories over Dave Ruhl, Austin and Tank Morgan. Find Pedro L Martinez's address, phone number, email, photos, and social media accounts. [13] Morales also experienced success in matches outside storyline, besting Jesse Rose, Charlie Kalani, Ruffy Colden, Billy Red Lyons, Kenny Yates, Don Savage, Luke Graham, Hard Boiled Haggerty, some of them more than two consecutive times. Owner. However, the lack of a resolution was not well received, the fans were noticeably angry, and some jumped into the dugouts to shake their fists at the wrestlers. Slaughter, Chris Adams, and special guest referee Jim Brunzell. [44] A series with Ken Patera intensified after a loss, with Morales recovering to defeat him to win the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on December 8, 1980. Largest Database of New Jersey Mugshots. Some of the local boys came out to pay their respects, including Bob Backlund and Davey OHannon. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. No question, he was beloved. As a 12-year-old, I saw first-hand just how special then the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) Heavyweight Champion was. Being the private person the future WWWF champ was, the wedding took place at Morales mothers home. When Morales made his way through the crowd of 2,500, his police escort struggled to get him past his adoring fans, and into the ring. On December 12, 1985, Goulet scored a rare win over him. [26] A team-up with Gorilla Monsoon also took place in two draws involving The Mongols. An 11 p.m. curfew ordinance by the New York State Athletic Commission stopped the action. Photo by Steve Johnson. Sadly, for me and countless others who found joy in wrestling, beginning back in the early 1970s, we lost our hero on February 11, 2019. It was cancer that took Morales from us. [50] This came to an end when Morales was disqualified against Jimmy Snuka. Pedro Antonio Morales (October 22, 1942 February 12, 2019) was a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. It seemed that the fans and everybody was crazy about him. The feud with Muraco continued and he earned two wins and a draw, leading to a titular rematch between them. In his singles debut, Morales defeated Joe Turco. PEDRO WAS THE BEST.A VERY CLASSY GUY.HE WAS MY CHAMP AS MUCH AS I LOVED BRUNO ALSO..I WAS AT SHEA THAT COLD RAINY NIGHT WHEN THEY FOUGHT TO THE TIME LIMIT.BEST MATCH I EVER SAWMY FIFST SHOW AT M.S.G .WAS PEDRO AGAINST TARZAN..MAY 1971, Your email address will not be published. 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