Professional wrestling career Jose Luis Rivera

1 professional wrestling career

1.1 national wrestling alliance (1970s)
1.2 world wide wrestling federation/world wrestling federation (1975, 1982-1990, 1991)
1.3 world championship wrestling (1991)
1.4 return puerto rico (1991-1994, 2006-2007)

professional wrestling career
national wrestling alliance (1970s)

jose luis rivera started professional wrestling career in national wrestling alliance (nwa) in state of florida. according rivera, wrestled amateur in gyms before going professional , wrestling likes of superstar billy graham, ox baker, , ivan koloff.

world wide wrestling federation/world wrestling federation (1975, 1982-1990, 1991)

rivera signed on then-world wide wrestling federation (wwwf) , made debut on july 10, 1975 heel red demon fought , defeated pinfall preliminary wrestler mike conrad. according rivera, first match wwwf ivan koloff.

in 1982, rivera returned wwwf, time under new leadership vincent kennedy mcmahon had bought wwwf father vincent james mcmahon during time rivera absent, , changed name of company in 1979 world wrestling federation (wwf) rivera changed nickname mac rivera , used face preliminary wrestler wwf tv-tapings, excluding non-televised event in rivera participated in 22-men battle royal won bob orton jr. after losing streak during of 1982 , 1983, rivera broke losing streak defeating baron mikel scicluna on new york city @ madison square garden on march 20 in match scicluna believed win. rivera, unable step card , continued losing streak, jose luis rivera , mac rivera well, defeat scicluna again @ wwf untelevised event on may, 18. untelevised victories on fellow preliminary wrestlers rene goulet, butcher vachon, bob bradley follow, rivera ending 1983 in winning streak. rivera start 1984 continuing winning streak throughout january of year televised victories on fellow preliminary wrestlers tony colón, frankie williams, , israel matia, , untelevised victory on john callahan defeated preliminary wrestler, tiger chung lee. starting untelevised $20.000 battle royal won andré giant on january 21, rivera once again unable move card , found himself on losing end of many matches, losing more-established stars such sd jones, mr. fuji, , tony garea, although rivera come victorious in matches against less-established wrestlers such charlie fulton , fred marzino. 1 of rivera s highlights boxing match against boxing bob orton, jr. in 1986. orton win match tko. warn orton had upcoming boxing match against mr. t.

on march 17, 1987 rivera team fellow preliminary wrestler randy colley form team of shadows. colley known shadow #1 while rivera known shadow #2 , making debut team on same date defeating team of lanny poffo , nick kinishi. shadows success however, wouldn t last long, , start feud fellow preliminary team of paul roma , jim powers, known young stallions, rivera , colley lose every match had stallions through mid 1987, , although rivera able beat jim powers in house show-matches, wouldn t find such success in later months come, powers gaining victory on rivera in house-show match on october 1987. shadows have minor feud killer bees team composed of jumpin jim brunzell , b. brian blair , lose every match had bees. through 1987, rivera exclusively wrestled @ house shows , wouldn t appear on tv until november 17. rivera , colley quietly disbanded, , rivera started teaming fellow prelim. wrestler , puerto rican jose estrada, sr.. rivera , estrada s first match team untelevised match seemed one-time pairing between estrada , rivera against killer bees on november 15. usual, rivera , estrada defeated.

rivera , estrada debuted conquistador outfit , masks on same date rivera reappear on tv, time los conquistadores rivera , estrada wrestled in first match official team strike force, team composed of tito santana , rick martel. rivera , estrada usual, defeated. according rivera, both of them went vince mcmahon , told him idea of pairing, , according rivera, mcmahon liked idea.rivera , estrada end 1987 in losing streak, including losing 5 matches in row @ house show - matches against rougeau brothers, team composed of jacques rougeau , raymond rougeau. in 1988, rivera , estrada continued teaming together, on losing side of many of matches, such killer bees, british bulldogs (a team composed of dynamite kid , davey boy smith) , young stallions. however, rivera , estrada surprisingly scored victory (albeit untelevised) on rougeau brothers on january 10, become 1 of team s highlights. success team come again on february 15, rivera , estrada surprisingly defeated team of killer bees, albeit once again untelevised. on november 30, success team of rivera , estrada come defeat 1 of pushed tag-teams @ time, rockers, team composed shawn michaels , marty jannetty. conquistadors biggest highlight team came @ survivor series (1988) among final teams in ring alongside powers of pain. conquistadors came close winning, powers of pain won after manager mr. fuji. 1989, teaming of rivera , estrada become more , more infrequent, rivera starting use old ringname of jose luis rivera although continue appear conquistador #1 on tv-tapings, , time, turn face. on losing end of matches against established wrestlers such nikolai volkoff, , jim duggan, rivera gain victory on fellow preliminary wrestlers such steve lombardi , paul roma. rivera had opportunity face former partner on november 27, appearing jose luis rivera , estrada appearing conquistador #1 rivera come winner, defeating estrada. in 1990, estrada left wwf, , rivera continued appearing conquistador #1 rivera first , last victory in year come on january 15, defeated brian costello. on november 20, rivera team chris hawn face old rival , turned heel paul roma , hercules hernandez, known power , glory. rivera , hawn defeated.rivera leave in 1991 wcw, return 1 (and final) appearance wwf on april 22, defeated koko b. ware in untelevised event, depart after full decade signing company.

world championship wrestling (1991)

in 1991, rivera signed contract world championship wrestling. rivera, nicknamed angel wrestled 3 untelevised matches (all of lost) during time, rivera challenged champion tom zenk wcw world television title, unsuccessful.

return puerto rico (1991-1994, 2006-2007)

after leaving both wwf , wcw, rivera return homeland, puerto rico in late 1991. rivera signed local promotion, american wrestling federation (awf) challenging (and winning) awf americas title champion ricky sexton in debut company. on january 31, 1992, rivera dropped awf americas title jason terrible. rivera regain title on february 22, drop permanently huracán castillo, jr. rivera leave awf , sign contract rival promotion world wrestling council (wwc) , remain promotion until 1994. on march 19, 1994 rivera had considered @ time, last match, facing , defeating local wrestler el exotico.

in 2005, after 11-year hiatus wrestling, rivera returned on november 11 world wrestling council, considered legend promotion, wrestled in tag-team match teaming fellow local wrestler dr. cesar vargas defeat team of rivera s wwf partner , rival, jose estrada, sr. , rico suave. in 2006, after 12-year hiatus wrestling, rivera returned on january 8, defeated local wrestler glamour boy shane. rivera signed in independent promotion named new wrestling stars (nws) working sultán jose luis rivera rivera had 2 matches, aforementioned defeat against boy shane, , second match teamed el nene defeat team of boy shane , huracán castillo, jr. on october 29, rivera appeared @ independent local promotion, defeated local wrestler, wizard. in 2007, rivera had 2 appearances @ local promotion. on january 14, 2007 rivera teamed fellow local wrestlers shijan rek , renegade defeat team of van axel, stryder, el assassin in australian rules match. on february 13 same year rivera defeated el profe disqualification. on january 25, 2014, rivera surprisingly reappeared in apw wrestle-reunion 3 @ royal rumble match won local wrestler shayne hawke.