German Figueroa has been signed to WWE and held an administrative role in World Warriors Wrestling.
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36 Facts About German Figueroa
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German Figueroa was originally a professional basketball player, and represented Puerto Rico in a game against the United States basketball team in Madison Square Garden in 1991.
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German Figueroa first became involved with professional wrestling by performing in the local independent circuit, performing as "Peter el Stripper".
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German Figueroa quickly ascended the ranks of the promotion, at first forming a tag team with Ricky Banderas known as the Nueva Generacion.
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German Figueroa's goal was swiftly realized; on June 16,2001 in Bayamon Figueroa defeating reigning champion Ricky Banderas and Tiger Ali Singh in a Three Way match to become IWA World Champion.
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German Figueroa immediately went after the vacant title, but lost a crowning match to Primo Carnero when IWA President Victor Quinones threw in a towel on his behalf.
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German Figueroa soon returned to the title pictures and won the IWA Heavyweight Championship three more times in 2002, and one in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
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German Figueroa shortened his name to Gran Apolo, then simply Apolo.
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German Figueroa left the IWA in 2006, returning on September 23,2007 at the Golpe de Estado event.
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German Figueroa joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in July 2002 as Apolo.
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On January 14,2004, German Figueroa returned to TNA under a mask as El Leon, attacking Jarrett.
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German Figueroa returned to TNA for a third run on March 4,2005, with Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes welcoming him as part of his "open door policy".
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German Figueroa was a participant in a TNA event that took place on June 3,2007 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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German Figueroa was booked to wrestle in a tag team match with Jeff Jarrett against Scott Steiner and James Storm, Figueroa's team won the match.
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German Figueroa's first appearance in the NWS was a spot where his characteristic music was played and he made the save by interfering in an assault on the face faction.
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However, since German Figueroa was still under contract with the IWA until March 2007 and had taken the case to the courts of Puerto Rico seeking a release, WWC decided not to air this segment in their television program, Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre.
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Still unable to wrestle under his character while it was under legal litigation, German Figueroa adopted a masked persona known as "El Rey Romano", though his actual identity was not denied or ignored.
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German Figueroa entered an angle against manager Angel "El Profe" Pantojas, who brought in Rein Stein, whom he defeated by disqualification.
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German Figueroa next focused on a new independent company founded in his native Ponce, the World Wrestling Revolutions, where he debuted on September 8,2006, using the ringname "El Leon Apolo" in a tag team match.
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German Figueroa was later involved in a visit that the WWR's CEO, Denys Negron, made to meet with TNA personnel.
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German Figueroa made two appearances for independent promotion WOA, losing a singles match and being disqualified in a tag team match.
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German Figueroa was first involved in an angle involving Bronco, in which he was accused of not fulfilling his obligations two years before when he has rumored to debut on WWC.
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On December 21,2007, the company announced that German Figueroa had signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, in this announcement they informed that German Figueroa would wrestle in Florida Championship Wrestling, one of the company's development territories before being promoted to one of the main rosters.
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German Figueroa returned to the International Wrestling Association after working several months in the World Wrestling Council and wrestled there during the final months of 2007.
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Subsequently, German Figueroa began competing for NWA On Fire, one of the independent promotions that form part of the National Wrestling Alliance.
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On December 27,2008, German Figueroa was booked to win the NWA On Fire Heavyweight Championship by defeating Danny Inferno.
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On May 2,2009, German Figueroa defeated Mike DiBiase II to win the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship, becoming a dual-champion within the NWA.
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On June 25,2013, German Figueroa defeated a masked luchador known as Apocalipsis to win the Maximum Heavyweight championship of the Peru-based Leader Wrestling Association.
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German Figueroa dropped the belt to Apocalipsis in the final event of this tour.
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On December 30,2013, German Figueroa filmed a promotional skit for a debuting independent promotion named Latin Wrestling Alliance appearing along his son, Alex German Figueroa, in the later's debut appearance in professional wrestling.
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On March 7,2014, German Figueroa returned to WWL winning a three-way match over Cien Caras Jr.
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On December 19,2019, Combate Americas announced that German Figueroa would be making his debut in a fight against John Calloway.
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German Figueroa is married to former professional wrestler Veronica Polera, known under her ring name Habana.
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German Figueroa has five children, a fifteen-year-old and eleven-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter with his current wife Havana and two other from a previous marriage.
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On November 16,2014 German introduced his son Alex Figueroa into the business at LWA.
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