Ari Romero

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Ari Romero
Ari Romero
Name Ari Romero
Real name José Luis Arias Romero
Nicknames Gato (Cat), El Rey De las Cadenas (king of the bull terrier match), El Rey Del Tenedor (king of the fork), El Diablo, El General, Padre de los Guerreros
Name history El Gato (1969 - 1975), Arias Romero (1976 - 1977), Ari "Gato" Romero (1977 - ), Hussein El Gran Sheik/Gran Sheik (09/90 - 09/94), Shadow V (Big Japan), Karma (IWRG, 2002)
Family Ari Romero Jr. (son)
Maestro(s) Lou Thesz
Birth date, location December 20, 1951 - Querétaro, Querétaro
Obituary date December 29, 2013
Debut, location October 1967
Lost mask to Blue Demon Jr. - November 1994 - Arena Coliseo (as Gran Sheik)
Height 5'7"/171 cms
Weight 218 lbs/99 kg
Signature moves Gori Special, Flying Splash
Titles: Queretaro Welterweight Championship, Northern Tag Team Championship (2, w/Flama Roja & Crazy 33), Pacific Islands Tag Team Championship (w/Chief Peter Mavia) WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title, AWWA World Middleweight Title (Pavillon Azteca)


Profile

Ari Romero has had a long career, often wrestling in northern Mexico with runs in Mexico City and Japan. He was also well known for using a fork as a weapon to make his adversaries bleed on every match, and was feared in chain matches. He had he nickname "El Rey del Tenedor" for a long time,

Ari "el Gato" (The Cat) Romero was part of El Kux Kux Klan along with Flama Roja, and El Legionario in Juarez. (They are not the Kux Kux Klan that was numbered I, II, III - this group just used it as a name for their group, but kept their usual identities.)

Ari Romero is also a musician in his spare time. In Wrestling he has competed in several countries like Japan, USA, Salvador, Panama, Corea, Inglaterra, Filipinas, Malasia Hong Kong, Rusia, Singapur.


He has defeated great wrestlers (in Mexico, USA, an Japan) such as Colosso Colesetti, La Fiera, Super Delfin, Peter Maivia Jr., Black Magic, Alfonso Dantes, Chavo Guerrero, Mando Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, Gory Guerrero, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Misterio (SR), El Cobarde, Fishman, Konnan, Rocky Star, Tigre de Bengala, Pantera Asesina, Mil Mascaras, Blue Demon Jr., an others.

Also Romero won three hairs (in lucha de apuestas) followed in a week. No one has succeeded repeat this world record of pro wrestling

Source

Luchas de apuestas record

Date Apuesta Winner(s) Loser(s) Arena and/or Place
73/??/?? hair El Gato Diamante Azul Queretaro]
1975 mask Halcon Dorado El Gato Mexico City
82/06/19 mask/hair Águila Solitaria & Franco Colombo Cid Campeador & Ari Romero Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
84/08/18 hair Ari Romero Doberman Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
84/08/26 hairs Ari Romero & Franco Colombo Vulcano & Tony Arce Arena México - Mexico City
87/??/?? hair Eddy Guerrero Ari Romero Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
94/11/?? mask Blue Demon Jr. Gran Sheik Arena Coliseo - Mexico City
95/02/09 hair Silver King Ari Romero Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
02/10/31 mask (1) Mega Karma Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State
(1) Castillo de la muerte 10 men cage match


Gallery

Masked as El Gran Sheik
beginnings as El Gato


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