1. Fuerza Guerrera was born on December 13,1953 and is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado who made his debut in 1978.
27 Facts About Fuerza Guerrera
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Fuerza Guerrera is Spanish for "Warrior Strength", not to be mistaken for the surname Guerrero.
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Fuerza Guerrera made his professional wrestling debut in 1977 under the ring name Cachorro Gonzalez.
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Fuerza Guerrera made his in-ring debut as Fuerza Guerrera on December 19,1979, in Arena Naucalpan.
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The combination of Fuerza Guerrera's in-ring skills, natural charisma and unique mask quickly landed him a regular job working for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre, Mexico's largest wrestling promotion.
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On September 25,1981, Fuerza Guerrera made his first appearance at a major EMLL show as he wrestled and defeated Negro Casas on EMLL's 48th Anniversary show.
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On November 6,1983, Fuerza Guerrera defeated Aguila Venezolana in a tournament final to win the vacant Mexican National Lightweight Championship, the first professional wrestling championships of his career.
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In May, 1984 Fuerza Guerrera vacated the title when he moved from the lightweight weight class and into the Welterweight weight class.
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On December 3,1985, Fuerza Guerrera captured the Mexican National Welterweight Championship when he defeated Javier Cruz.
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Fuerza Guerrera held the title for approximately 240 days before vacating the title as he left EMLL to work for other wrestling promotions in Mexico.
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Fuerza Guerrera would go on to make several successful title defenses until he lost to Aguila Solitaria on June 2,1980.
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Fuerza Guerrera regained the title three days later and went on to have an 808-day reign that included successful title defenses against Pantera II, Americo Rocca, his trainer Gallo Tapado, Misterioso and Octagon.
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In 1989 Fuerza Guerrera began working part-time in the Tijuana, Baja California based World Wrestling Association promotion, winning the WWA Welterweight Championship twice in 1989 and 1990.
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Fuerza Guerrera sat on the sideline and watched Octagon defeat Ramirez and unmask him after the match per Lucha Libre traditions.
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Fuerza Guerrera pinned El Hijo del Santo to keep both his and Octagon's mask safe, while Hijo del Santo would go on to unmask Black Shadow, Jr.
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On February 15,1992, Fuerza Guerrera became the first ever CMLL World Welterweight Champion when he defeated El Khalifa in the finals of a 4-man tournament.
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Fuerza Guerrera only held the title for 22 days before losing it to America.
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One of Pena's creations was the annual Triplemania event, starting with Triplemania I on March 30,1993, where Fuerza Guerrera teamed with Heavy Metal and Rambo in a loss to Octagon, El Hijo del Santo and Villano III.
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On November 6,1994, Fuerza Guerrera teamed with Madonna's Boyfriend, and Psicosis to defeat Rey Mysterio, Jr.
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On May 15,1997, Fuerza Guerrera teamed with Mosco de la Merced to win the Mexican National Tag Team title for a third time.
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In 2001 Fuerza Guerrera made his return to CMLL, initially to team with Blue Panther and El Signo to lose the Mexican National Trios title to Mr Niebla, Olimpico and Safari, handing the titles over to CMLL.
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Fuerza Guerrera teamed with Antifaz and Histeria, losing to the Mexican Powers in a match that involved El Elegido, KENTA and Taiji Ishimori.
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On May 5,2008, Fuerza Guerrera defeated Multifacetico to win the IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship.
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Besides working for IWRG Fuerza Guerrera worked on Blue Demon, Jr.
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On June 7,2008, Fuerza Guerrera lost the IWRG Welterweight title to Black Terry only to regain it on November 16,2008.
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On May 23,2010, Fuerza Guerrera lost the IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight championship to Dr Cerebro after holding the title for 553 days.
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Fuerza Guerrera is the father of professional wrestler Juventud Guerrera.