Piratita Morgan worked as an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, under the names Battalion, Payasito Rojo and Coquito Rojo.
13 Facts About Piratita Morgan
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Piratita Morgan is not related to the wrestler known as Piratita Morgan Jr.
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Piratita Morgan had a long-running rivalry with Mascarita Sagrada in which the two competed in several Luchas de Apuestas throughout the years, each ending with a loss for Rodriguez.
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Rodriguez was one of the first wave of Mini-Estrellas that Pena hired, giving him the ring name "Piratita Morgan", patterning him after Pirata Morgan who worked for EMLL.
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Rodriguez, like his larger counterpart Piratita Morgan was a rudo, or heel and would often accompany the regular-sized Pirata Morgan to matches and at times help Pirata Morgan cheat.
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Pirata Piratita Morgan wore an eyepatch as part of his wrestling outfit because he had lost an eye early in his career, but Rodriguez wore the eyepatch only during his wrestling appearances in order to mimmick Pirata Piratita Morgan.
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One of his first major matches as Piratita Morgan took place on September 22,1989, at the EMLL 57th Anniversary Show.
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The match ended in a count out a Jerrito Estrada and Piratita Morgan started to fight with each other instead of their opponents, as the start of a storyline feud between the two.
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Piratita Morgan's first match was a dark match prior to the pay-per-view broadcast of Starrcade, where he and Jerrito Estrada lost to Mascarita Sagrada and Octagoncito, and again the following day on Monday Nitro where the outcome was the same.
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Piratita Morgan's last documented match for the WWF was on Sunday Night Heat on July 11,1999, where he, Tarantula, Max Mini and Nova worked against Al Snow in a 4-on-1 handicap tag team match that ended in a "no contest".
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Records are unclear on how Piratita Morgan became the holder of the WWA World Minis Championship, the first records of his reign was on May 4,2000, when he defended the championship against Octagoncito on an International Wrestling Revolution Group show.
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On November 7,2004, Piratita Morgan lost to Mascarita Sagrada as part of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Victory Road PPV, his first and only appearance for TNA.
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On February 8,2009, Piratita Morgan lost the WWA World Minis Championship to Octagoncito.