Jerry Estrada
Jerry Estrada | |
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Birth name | Gerardo Hernández Estrada |
Born | [1] Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico[1] | January 10, 1958
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
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Billed height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
Billed weight | 87 kg (192 lb) [1] |
Trained by |
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Debut | 1978[1] |
Retired | 2003 |
Jerry Estrada (full name, Gerardo Hernández Estrada; born January 10, 1958, Monclova, Coahuila) is a semi-retired
Estrada was a major star for
Over the years Estrada has held a number of championships for both AAA and CMLL, including the
Early life
Gerardo Hernández Estrada was born on January 10, 1958, in Monclova, part of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila.[1] As a teenager, two local transit agents, who also worked part-time as professional wrestlers, offered to train Estrada but ended up breaking Estrada's foot during their first session by accident.[4] While recovering Estrada worked to support himself by selling chewing gum, polishing shoes, driving tracks and working as a line chef.[5] During his various jobs, he met professional wrestler Herodes, who started to train him alongside notable wrestling trainer Alberto Moras.[3][5]
Professional wrestling career
After his initial training under Alberto Moras and Herodes, he would receive further training, early in his career by Rafael Salamanca, Gran Cochisse, Gori Medina Enrique Llanes, Ringo Mendoza, and Alfonso Dantés.[3][4][5] In an interview with Estrada from around his 2003 retirement, he revealed that he briefly wrestled under a masked identity, using either the name "Guardián Blanco" ("White Guardian") or "Halcón Blanco" ("White Falcon").[2]
After unmasking, Estrada began working under the name Jerry Estrada, the only name he has used since 1978. He slowly developed a "rock and roll" style in-ring character, inspired by various early to mid-1980s bands. Where most wrestlers at the time wore more traditional wrestling tights and trunks Estrada opted to wear black or dark colored spandex with bright colored tassels and bandanas, similar to the onstage outfit worn by glam rockers such as Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider.[2] Ricardo Vega, a magazine publisher, coined the nickname "El Puma" for Estrada, a nickname Estrada had throughout his career. It led Estrada to sporadically walk to the ring with a living Puma.[2]
EMLL/CMLL (1978–1992)
It was not long after making his in-ring debut that Jerry Estrada began working regularly for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), the world's oldest and one of Mexico's largest wrestling promotions.[2] The company decided to make Estrada the next Mexican National Middleweight Champion, which happened on March 4, 1984, when he defeated Ultraman.[6] Over the subsequent 273 days, he successfully defended the championship against Águila Solitaria, Cachorro Mendoza, Atlantis, and Mogur. Estrada was slated to wrestle at the EMLL 52nd Anniversary Show on September 20, but it was canceled due to the Mexico City earthquake the day before.[7] On November 30, 1984, Atlantis defeated Jerry Estrada to win the Mexican National Middleweight Championship.[6]
In 1986 EMLL decided to team Estrada up with Pirata Morgan and Hombre Bala to form a trio known as Los Bucaneros ("The Buccaneers") as part of its emerging Trios division. For his stint with Los Bucaneros, Estrada had his hair cut short and began wrestling wearing a faux eyepatch as part of the Pirate image.[2] Los Bucaneros went on to defeat the trio of Kiss, Ringo Mendoza, and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. to win the Mexican National Trios Championship on August 30, 1987.[8] Their reign ended when Los Destructores ("The Destroyers"; Tony Arce, Emilio Charles Jr., and Vulcano) were chosen by EMLL to become the next champions, taking the titles on January 31, 1988.[8] Estrada departed Los Bucaneros not long after the title loss, being replaced on the team with El Verdungo. Estrada left the team because he wanted to shed the pirate image and return to the wrestling style of his "El Puma" character.[2]
In 1990, EMLL created a Mini-Estrella ("Mini Star") division and several of the small-sized wrestlers were given ring characters matching the regular-sized wrestlers; one such wrestler was Jerrito Estrada (Spanish for "Little Jerry Estrada") who heavily physically resembled Estrada and had a similar wrestling style. While he was a smaller version of Jerry Estrada, EMLL's conservative booking style kept the regular-sized wrestlers and the Mini-Estrellas from appearing or wrestling together.[9]
By late 1991, EMLL changed their name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and created a number of "World" championships to help usher in the new name; one such title was the
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración / AAA (1992–1997)
In early 1992, then-CMLL booker
In 1994 Estrada became involved in a storyline feud with one of AAA's top tecnicos (good guys) Heavy Metal with the now veteran Estrada playing the role of the angry veteran wrestler who did not believe Heavy Metal was tough enough to be a top-level wrestler.[2] The storyline between the two became the background for the main event of AAA's Triplemanía II-A, where Heavy Metal and Estrada faced off in a Lucha de Apuesta, or bet match.[12] The original plan was for Heavy Metal to defeat Estrada at Triplemanía, but for unrevealed reasons Antonio Peña decided to change the finish of the match, booking Estrada to win instead. Estrada won the third fall of the match by disqualification as planned. Afterward, Heavy Metal got very emotional about the loss, the prospect of having his hair shaved off and his future in AAA, and started to cry and beg for the result to be nullified. At that point, Peña came to the ring to talk to Heavy Metal. At that point Peña had the match restarted and Heavy Metal won the final fall when Peña changed his mind on the outcome of the match. A visibly annoyed Estrada only had part of his hair cut off before he left the ring and went backstage.[2]
Later that year Estrada represented AAA on the
The following year he worked all three Triplemanía shows; first teaming up with Juventud Guerrera to defeat El Pantera and Super Caló at Triplemanía IV-A, then Estrada, El Sanguinario, and Arandu lost to Latin Lover, Sergio Romo Jr., and Antifaz at Triplemanía IV-B and finally Estrada, Fishman, Villano IV and May Flowers lost to La Parka, Winners, Super Caló and El Mexicano on the undercard of Triplemanía IV-C.[17][18][19]
In early 1997 AAA began a working relationship with the North American-based
Promo Azteca / World Wrestling Council (1997–1998)
Up until 1997 AAA and
AAA (1998–2003)
Estrada returned to AAA in 1998, working with them especially when they toured through Monterrey. On December 8, 2000, Estrada teamed up with
On September 4, 2002, Estrada and
Retirement and return (2003–present)
In mid-2003, Estrada announced that his physical condition would force him to retire. Over the years Estrada had become known for a move known as Salida de Bandera ("the Exit Sign") where he would be thrown over the top rope with great height and crash to the floor. While professional wrestling is a staged event and his opponents would do their best to protect Estrada the years of hitting the floor took a toll on his body and he was forced to retire. On May 25, 2003, Jerry Estrada teamed up with former rival Pierroth and Super Crazy, losing his retirement match to the team of Perro Aguayo Jr., Tinieblas and Villano III. In mid-2009 the Perros del Mal wrestling promotion held a benefit show for Jerry Estrada, with a portion of the proceeds going to Estrada.[29] It was later revealed that Estrada was confined to a wheelchair for years after his retirement due to compounding back and knee injuries.[4]
Later that year a Monterrey wrestling promotion known as Poder y Honor held a second benefit show to honor Jerry Estrada.
Championships and accomplishments
- Asistencia Asesoría y Administración / AAA
- Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[14][a]
- IWAS World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Juventud Guerrera[34]
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre / Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
- International Wrestling All-Stars
- IWAS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Juventud Guerrera[36]
- World Wrestling Council
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him # 75 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1998.[37]
Luchas de Apuestas record
Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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Jerry Estrada (hair) | Gran Cochisse | N/A | Live event | N/A | [2] |
Jerry Estrada (hair) | Cachorro Mendoza (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | Unknown | [2][38] |
Jerry Estrada (hair) | Tony Arce (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | February 28, 1982 | [1] |
Chamaco Valaguez (hair) | Jerry Estrada (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Domingos de Coliseo | January 23, 1983 | [39] |
Jerry Estrada (hair) | Franco Colombo (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Super Viernes | July 1, 1983 | [37][2] |
Jerry Estrada (hair) | Javier Llanes (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Super Viernes | August 12, 1983 | [40] |
Cachorro Mendoza (hair) | Jerry Estrada (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | September 25, 1983 | [38][40] |
) | El Dandy, Talismán and Jerry Estrada (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | September 5, 1986 | [41] |
Jerry Estrada (hair) | Ultraman (hair) | Unknown | Live event | 1988 | [2][37] |
Jerry Estrada (hair) | Kato Kung Lee (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | 1989 | [2][37] |
Jerry Estrada (hair) | Javier Cruz (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Super Viernes | October 20, 1989 | [42] |
El Satánico (hair) | Jerry Estrada (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | March 23, 1990 | [43] |
Jerry Estrada (hair) | La Fiera (hair) | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | September 8, 1991 | [2][37] |
Heavy Metal (hair) | Jerry Estrada (hair) | Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes | Triplemanía II-A | April 26, 1994 | [12] |
Jerry Estrada (hair) | Stuka (hair) | Monclova, Coahuila | AAA Sin Limite | October 30, 1994 | [2][44] |
Jerry Estrada (hair) | Stuka (hair) | Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas | Live event | June 19, 2000 | [45] |
Pimpinela Escarlata and Hijo del Enfermero (hair) | Jerry Estrada and Misterioso (hair) | Tijuana, Baja California | Live event | October 4, 2002 | [26] |
Jerry Estrada (hair) | Espectro Jr. (hair) | Monterrey, Nuevo León | AAA Sin Limite | November 3, 2002 | [27][d] |
Footnotes
- ^ the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship is sanctioned by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission, but promoted by AAA at the time.
- ^ The Mexican National Middleweight Championship was sanctioned by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission, but promoted by EMLL / CMLL at the time.
- ^ The Mexican National Trios Championship is sanctioned by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission, but promoted by EMLL / CMLL.
- ^ Espectro, Jr. removed the wig that was attached to his mask, not his actual hair.
References
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- ^ ISSN 2007-0896. 2776.
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1987 - Pirata Morgan & Jerry Estrada & Hombre Bala beat Ringo Mendoza & Kiss & Rayo de Jalisco Jr. in Mexico City to win the Mexican national trios titles
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