Hercules Cortez competed in Spanish and other European and North American wrestling promotions including the American Wrestling Association and International Wrestling Alliance and at the time of his death was an incumbent co-holder of the AWA World Tag Team Championship.
14 Facts About Hercules Cortez
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Hercules Cortez traveled all over the world wrestling in many different venues and territories.
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Hercules Cortez acted in several films in his native Spain and in some Italian movies.
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Hercules Cortez's family suffered much tragedy due to the Spanish civil war including loss of several of his young siblings.
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Hercules Cortez decided to try it and found he enjoyed it, so he ventured out into the world of wrestling.
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Hercules Cortez was a beautiful young German woman named Waltraud who did not speak Spanish at that time.
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Hercules Cortez who was well educated and spoke several languages, was able to speak to her in her native tongue and soon they fell in love, got married and had three children together.
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Hercules Cortez's wife accompanied him in his travels to many places even bringing along his oldest son until his family grew.
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Hercules Cortez's wife was left a widow with three young children ages.
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Hercules Cortez's family has remained here in the US to this day.
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On July 24,1971, Hercules Cortez died of injuries suffered in a single-car accident early in the morning.
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Eye witnesses state that Hercules Cortez was driving well over 100 miles per hour down a highway near St Cloud, Minnesota.
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Hercules Cortez, had been scheduled to wrestle Nick Bockwinkel later that day.
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Hercules Cortez was still one-half of the AWA World Tag Team Champions with Red Bastien at the time of his death.