1. El Oriental is the son of wrestler and promoter Alfonso "Acorazado" Moreno and has worked over 70 tours of Japan.
24 Facts About El Oriental
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The person who would later become known as El Oriental was born on December 6,1972, son of Mexican luchador and wrestling promoter Alfonso Moreno.
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El Oriental made his debut on October 23,1992, in Arena Azteca Budokan, the arena his father operated at the time.
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El Oriental adopted the ring name upon making his debut and has competed exclusively under that name since then.
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El Oriental has made frequent tours of Japan, over 70 tours so far.
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El Oriental made his first tour of Japan early in his career as he worked for W*ING in 1995.
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El Oriental continued to work tours for Osaka Pro even after his association with CMLL ended.
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On December 24,2000, El Oriental won Osaka Pro's Hirapar Cup, when he won a 13-man battle royal.
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In 2005 El Oriental began working for Pro Wrestling NOAH as a result of a developing working relationship between NOAH and Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion which resulted in several extended tours of Japan.
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On most nights El Oriental teamed with Laredo Kid against Histeria and Antifaz, sometimes in six man matches teaming with Ricky Marvin while Histeria and Antifaz teamed with Rocky Romero.
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El Oriental teamed up with Pimpinela Escarlata and Chikayo Nagashima to defeat Cassandro, Takashi Sugiura and Faby Apache.
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El Oriental has not worked in Japan since September, 2007.
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On September 18,1998, El Oriental wrestled on CMLL's biggest show of the year, the CMLL 65th Anniversary Show where he teamed up with Sendero only to lose to the team of Virus and Halcon Negro Jr.
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El Oriental left CMLL not long after the Ruleta de la Muerte show, seeking better opportunities elsewhere.
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In June 2000 Oriental teamed with his sister Esther for Triplemania VIII, which took place in Tokyo, Japan.
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El Oriental held the title until early 2001 when he was forced to vacate the title after being injured during a match.
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El Oriental represented referee Hijo del Tirantes in the match, but was not involved in the finish of the match as Heavy Metal pinned Sangre Chicana.
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Between late 2002 and mid-2003 El Oriental suffered various injuries that kept him out of the ring for long stretches of time.
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The Dinastia Moreno's second reign with the tag team titles turned out to be as active as their first, in fact El Oriental once claimed they defended the titles around 150 times, although records do not support such a claim.
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El Oriental had toured the United States on more than one occasion.
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Mistico and El Oriental ended up being the last team and were forced to wrestle for their masks.
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El Oriental announced that his real name was Noe Astro Moreno Leon, that he was 37 years old and had been wrestling for 18 years at that point in time.
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El Oriental is the former brother-in-law of Dr Wagner Jr.
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El Oriental is not related to the Moreno family that founded and promotes the International Wrestling Revolution Group promotion.