Gallo Tapado

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Gallo Tapado (Covered Rooster)

Name Gallo Tapado (Covered Rooster) Real name Rosalío Hernández Márquez Nicknames none Name history El Caballero Tigre II (debut - 72), Gallo Tapado (72 - retirement) Family El Caballero Tigre (father), Gallo Tapado Jr. (son); El Hijo Del Gallo Tapado Jr. (grandson) Maestro(s) David Cervantes Birth date, location March 24, 1942 - Pachuca, Hidalgo Obituary date Debut, location 1962 - Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Lost mask to Fuerza Guerrera - March 8, 1991 - Arena México Height 5'5"/166 cms Weight 176 lbs/80 kg Signature moves Somersault Kick, Getting hit with a chicken by Fuerza Guerrera Titles: Distrito Federal Welterweight Title, Mexico State Lightweight Championship

Biography

For new generations, perhaps this name and custom is strange, but this wrestler, El Gallo Tapado, was one of the sucsseful characters of Valente Perez, el rey midas de la lucha libre, due very thing he touched was converted in gold. From tiger to rooster this character was the second of rosalio hernandez, he was son on the wrestler caballero tigre( don pedro bolanos who stared in lates 50's)rosalio used the name of caballero tigre II in lates 60, but he wanted to make his own history besides his father was in the retirement, he went to asks valente in 1972 for a character that could in accord with this wrestler.After think a bout, Valente the choice was done,: Rosalio would be EL GALLO TAPADO, his custom would be pink and his mask a rooster's spur around the eyes and i line crossing the mounth like to feing a belt from the charro's hat whom made fight roosters in los palenques, making him an excellent character, due sometimes in the ring el Rosalio jumped joinig his ankles like sharping his knives as roosters do in a fight.

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Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
??/??/??	mask	Gallo Tapado	Mr. Galaxia	unknown
??/??/??	mask	Gallo Tapado	Médico I	unknown
??/??/??	mask	Gallo Tapado	Rey Saúl	unknown
??/??/??	masks	Rocky Star & Gallo Tapado	Scorpio I & Scorpio II	Cd Juarez, Mexico
75/05/18	mask	Gallo Tapado	Centella de Oro	unknown
75/10/11	masks (1)	As Charro & Gallo Tapado	Chicano Power & Sangre Fría	Plaza México - Mexico City
77/06/26	hairs	Gallo Tapado, Estrella Blanca & Máscara Roja	Babe Sharon, Bello Greco & Sergio el Hermoso	Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City
78/04/16	hair	Gallo Tapado	Judas (Ciudad Juarez)	Ciudad Juarez
78/02/19	mask	Gallo Tapado	Rey Saul	Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
80/10/19	mask	Gallo Tapado & Químico	Atomus & Centella Blanca	Carpa Astros
83/01/30	hair	Gallo Tapado	Osito Panda	Auditorio Municipal - Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua
91/03/08	mask	Fuerza Guerrera	Gallo Tapado	Arena México - Mexico City
(1) 16 men tag team Torneo de la Muerte

Gallery

As Caballero Tigre II

As Caballero Tigre II

late 70's

Gallo vs Mr Tempestad

1981 ¡Los Gallos Tapados!

Unmasked Gallo Tapado

Unmasked Gallo Tapado

January 1973

January 1973