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Excerpt from the "History of Pro Wrestling in
Spain" The top Spanish wrestlers of the era were Hercules Cortez, Oscar Verdu and Rafvela. Cortez (real name Alfonso Carlos Chicharro), was the World Heavyweight champion in 1964. After winning that title promoters from the whole Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada and the USA wanted him to wrestle for them. As a youngster he practiced athleticism, he was specially good throwing the javelin (he ranked second in Spain). He became pro wrestler in the mid '50s, as Pepe Cortes. He had an impressing intestinal fortitude and weighed about 310 pounds of pure muscle. He wasn't a technical wrestler, but a terrific brawler, and in the US scored impressive victories over legends "Killer" Kowalski and "Crippler" Ray Stevens. After these victories he signed with the AWA when he became tag team champion with the legendary Red Bastien, but destiny cut Hercules' path to glory, and he was killed in a fatal car accident. |