El Supremo (wrestler)

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El Supremo
Diablo Velazco[1][2]
Felipe Ham Lee[1]
DebutJuly 8, 1976[3]
Retired1995[1]

Salvador Cuevas Ramírez (July 8, 1942 – May 3, 2010) was a Mexican

Pierroth, Jr.

Biography

Salvador Cuevas was born and raised in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, in 1942. As a teenager he began working out in various gyms, developing his body for bodybuilding competitions. He would later travel to Guadalajara, Mexico and then to Mexico City during his body building career. At some point in the 1960s or 1970s he won both the "Mr. Western Mexico" and the "Mr. Mexico" bodybuilding competitions.[1]

Professional wrestling career

While in Guadalajara he began training for a professional wrestling career under legendary Mexican wrestling trainer

Catholics, but in the end he was allowed to use the name.[1] Early on in his career El Supremo formed a successful tag team with Espectro, Jr.[4] In late 1979 El Supremo teamed up with El Vikingo to face off against El Santo and Robot R-2 (A wrestler inspired by R2-D2 from the 1977 Star Wars movie) under Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask rules where the wrestler who was pinned had to unmask. In the end El Supremo pinned Robot R-2 to claim his first Apuesta victory.[1][4] On February 29, 1980, he continued his in-ring success as he unmasked a wrestler called Lawrence de Arabia following a Lucha de Apuesta match.[1][4] On May 4, 1980, El Supremo defeated Kato Kung Lee to win the NWA World Welterweight Championship, one of the most prestigious titles in Mexico at the time.[5] El Supremo only held the title for a month before losing it to Lizmark on June 6, 1980.[5] The following year El Supremo defeated Franco Columbo to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship on February 1, 1981.[6] El Supremo held the Mexican Welterweight title for 422 days, making several high-profile title defenses in some of Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre's (EMLL) major venues. On March 30, 1982 El Talismán defeated El Supremo to win the Welterweight title.[6]

El Supremo was booked for the main event of the

Pierroth, Jr. and was forced to unmask and reveal his real name after the match per Lucha Libre tradition.[4] At the time of his unmasking he announced that he was born in 1950, not 1942 to make himself appear younger than he actually was.[1]
Supremo and Supremo II teamed together until 1995 where El Supremo retired from wrestling and Supremo II changed his ring character to "Linx". After his retirement he moved back to Tijuana and worked for the local boxing and wrestling commission for a while. Cuevas's son currently wrestles as "El Supremo, Jr."

Death

Salvador Cuevas Ramírez died on May 3, 2010, from a heart attack.[1][8] Ramírez had been in fine health before his heart attack.[1]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
El Supremo (mask) Robot R-2 (mask) Mexico City Live event October 19, 1979 [Note 1][4]
El Supremo (mask) Lawrence de Arabia (mask) Mexico City Live event February 29, 1980 [4]
El Supremo (mask) Guerrero Azteca (mask) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event April 1987 [4]
Pierroth Jr. (mask) El Supremo (mask) Mexico City Juicio Final December 8, 1992 [4]

Notes

  1. ^ Supremo teamed with Vikingo against Robot R-2 and El Santo, person pinned was unmasked.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Banos, Tony (May 10, 2010). "Aquellos Luchadores, Aquellos Tiempos: Descanse en paz El Supremo". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). p. 29. issue 363.
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  3. ^ "Fallece en Tijuana ex luchador El Supremo" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 6 May 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Rey Cometa (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. October 2007. p. 63. Tomo IV.
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  7. ^ "52nd Anniversary show". Pro Wrestling History. September 20, 1985. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  8. ^ Ocampo, Ernesto (May 4, 2010). "Fallecio el Supremo". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  9. ^ "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). December 20, 2004. Especial 21.
  10. ^ Centinela, Teddy (May 4, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 2000: Fallece Sugi Sito… 1980: Canek vs. Ángel Blanco, máscara contra cabellera". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
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