Victor Rivera

Victor Rivera was a professional wrestler. Between 1967 and 1981, he held the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship 12 times, the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship five times, the WWF International Tag Team Championship, and numerous other titles.

[edit] Professional wrestling career

In the late 1960s, Rivera wrestling in Los Angeles' World Wrestling Association, where he won the WWA World Tag Team Championship with Pedro Morales.

In December 1969, Rivera teamed with Tony Marino at Madison Square Garden to win the WWWF International Tagteam Championship in 2 straight falls from Professor Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa. Rivera and Marino defended the belts successfully against teams like Killer Kowalski & Waldo Von Erich, as well as Kowalski & Krippler Karl Kovacs. They lost the championship against another undefeated team,The Mongols (Bepo and Geto Mongol) on June 15, 1970, 2 falls to 1 at Madison Square Garden. On May 13, 1975, Rivera and Dominic DeNucci won the WWWF World Tag Team Championship from The Valiant Brothers.^[1]

After leaving the WWF, he feuded with Pedro Morales in Hawaii and California.^[2] In 1980, Rivera was once again wrestling in Los Angeles. In the National Wrestling Alliance, he won the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Enforcer Lusciano.

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version) (1 time) - with Enforcer Lusciano
  • NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
  • NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (12 times)

• World Wrestling Association (Los Angeles)
  • WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Pedro Morales

• World Wrestling Federation
  • WWF International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tony Marino
  • WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dominic DeNucci

[edit] References

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