12 Facts About Pepper Gomez

Pepper Gomez attended Los Angeles City College, where he played football as a fullback.

Pepper Gomez took part in a series of bodybuilding competitions over the next five years, winning the "Mr Muscle Beach" contest in Santa Monica, California in 1950.

Pepper Gomez debuted in January 1953 in El Paso, Texas.

Pepper Gomez held the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship on ten occasions between 1955 and 1961 and the Texas-version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship five times between 1958 and 1961.

In 1962, Pepper Gomez embarked on a heated feud with Ray Stevens.

Pepper Gomez won the vacant AWA United States Heavyweight Championship in July 1962, losing the championship to Stevens in February 1963.

Pepper Gomez held the AWA World Tag Team Championship on three occasions between 1963 and 1968 and the San Francisco version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship on seven occasions between 1963 and 1977.

Pepper Gomez began a heated feud with Killer Kowalski after Kowalski delivered a knee drop to his throat in an echo of the Ray Stevens angle.

Pepper Gomez held the championship until May 1976, when he was defeated by The Masked Strangler.

Pepper Gomez won the WWA World Tag Team Championship with Wilbur Snyder in 1974 and 1978.

Pepper Gomez went on to work as a maitre d' in a restaurant in Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco.

Pepper Gomez underwent surgery in April 2004 and was placed on life support.