Al Perez

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Al Perez
Born (1957-07-23) July 23, 1957 (age 67)
Tampa, Florida, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Al Perez
Latin Heartthrob
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Billed weight 245 lb (108 kg)[1]
Trained by Boris Malenko[1]
Steve Keirn
Debut 1982[1]
Retired 2002[1]

Al Perez (born July 23, 1960) is a retired American professional wrestler.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Perez began wrestling as an amateur in high school and was one of the top athletes in his home state of Florida.[1] He started professional wrestling in 1982. He wrestled in Southwest Championship Wrestling in Texas and formed a team in ICW with Joe Savoldi known as the "New York Rockers". He then worked for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico where he teamed a lot with Joe Savoldi and later feuded with Invader l.

Mid South and World Class

In 1986 Perez wrestled for Bill Watt's Mid- South Wrestling, and teamed with "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley and defeated the team of Steve" Dr. Death" Williams and Bruiser Bob Sweetan for the Mid- South Tag Team Championship. Sweetan was substituting for Ted Dibiase while Dibiase was touring the Orient. Perez went on to make a name for himself as "The Latin Heartthrob" in World Class Championship Wrestling[1] in 1987, where he was the top heel for several months. He was managed by Gary Hart and feuded with Kevin Von Erich, Kerry Von Erich and Dingo Warrior.

Jim Crockett Promotions (NWA) and PWF

In 1988, Perez moved to the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions with Hart and teamed with Larry Zbyszko along with feuding with Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes. In 1989 he wrestled for Dusty Rhodes' Professional Wrestling Federation based in Florida. He won the PWF Florida Heavyweight Title, defeating Mike Graham for the title. He would the lose the title to Dustin Rhodes.[2] In September 1990, Perez competed as The Black Scorpion, wrestling Sting in a losing effort at Clash of Champions XII. According to Ric Flair, Perez was always meant to be The Black Scorpion but quit after finding out he was going to lose.[3]

World Wrestling Federation

Al Perez signed with WWF in January 1989 and wrestled primarily in the undercard. While Perez did not appear on WWF Television a lot, he scored a great many victories at house shows. Despite losses to the likes of Hercules and Tito Santana, Perez had many wins over wrestlers such as Paul Roma, Jim Powers, The Red Rooster, Koko B. Ware, "Bullet" Bob Bradley, Paul Diamond/Kato, Jim Brunzell, and others. By the end of 1989 however, Perez had left WWF.[4]

Later career

Over the next several years, Perez competed in several independent promotions around the United States, including a return to Liberty All-Star Wrestling (LAW) in 2001 Where he beat Jimmy Jannetty for the LAW Heavyweight title, before retiring from the business in 2002.[1]

Championships and accomplishments

  • Supreme Wrestling Federation
  • Texas Wrestling Federation
    • TWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[5]

References

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External links

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