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Jose Luis Rivera
Birth nameMarcelino Rivera Alicea
Born(1960-08-06)August 6, 1960[1]
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Jose Luis Rivera
Mac Rivera
Black Demon
Red Demon
Conquistador Uno
Conquistador #1
Sultán Jose Luis Rivera
Shadow #2
Billed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Billed weight249 lb (113 kg)
Billed from"Somewhere in Latin America".
Puerto Rico.
Trained byDiablo Velasco
Debut1976
Retired2014

Marcelino Rivera Alicea (born August 6, 1960), better known as Jose Luis Rivera, is a retired Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is notable for his time in the

World Wrestling Federation (today known as WWE) where he was also known as Conquistador #1 or Conquistador Uno when he teamed with fellow Puerto Rican José Estrada Sr.

Professional wrestling career

National Wrestling Alliance (1976–1982)

Jose Luis Rivera started his professional wrestling career in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in the state of Florida. According to Rivera, he also wrestled amateur in the gyms before going professional and wrestling the likes of "Superstar" Billy Graham, Ox Baker, and Ivan Koloff.

World Wrestling Federation (1982–1991)

See also: Los Conquistadores

In 1982, Rivera went to the WWF. Rivera then changed his nickname to Mac Rivera and was mostly used as a

Bob Orton, Jr. in early 1986. Orton won the match by TKO. This was a "warmup" for Orton as he had an upcoming boxing match against Mr. T.[3]

On March 17, 1987, Rivera teamed with fellow preliminary wrestler

Jose Estrada, Sr. Rivera and Estrada's first match as a team was an untelevised match which seemed to be a one-time pairing between Estrada and Rivera against The Killer Bees on November 15. As usual, Rivera and Estrada were defeated.[2]

Rivera and Estrada debuted their "

Wrestling Challenge which aired June 30. He then departed after a full decade signing with the company.[4]

World Championship Wrestling (1991)

In 1991, Rivera signed a contract with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Rivera, nicknamed The Black Angel wrestled only three untelevised matches (all of which he lost).[5] During this time, Rivera also challenged champion Tom Zenk for the WCW World Television Title, but was unsuccessful.[5]

Puerto Rico (1991–1994, 2006–2007, 2014)

After leaving both the WWF and WCW, Rivera returned to his homeland,

Huracán Castillo, Jr. Rivera left the AWF and signed a contract with rival promotion World Wrestling Council
(WWC) and remained with promotion until 1994. On March 19, 1994, Rivera had what was considered at the time, his last match, facing and defeating local wrestler El Exotico.

In 2005, after an 11-year hiatus from wrestling, Rivera returned on November 11 to World Wrestling Council, now considered a legend to the promotion, he wrestled in a tag-team match teaming up with fellow local wrestler Dr. Cesar Vargas to defeat the team of Rivera's WWF partner and rival, Jose Estrada, Sr. and Rico Suave. In 2006, after a 12-year hiatus from wrestling, Rivera returned on January 8, where he was defeated by local wrestler Glamour Boy Shane. Rivera signed with an independent promotion named New Wrestling Stars (NWS) working as Sultán Jose Luis Rivera. Rivera had two matches, the aforementioned defeat against Boy Shane, and a second match where he teamed up with El Nene to defeat the team of Boy Shane and Huracán Castillo, Jr. On October 29, Rivera appeared at an independent local promotion, where he defeated local wrestler, Wizard. In 2007, Rivera had two appearances at another local promotion. On January 14, 2007, Rivera teamed with fellow local wrestlers Shijan Rek and Renegade to defeat the team of Van Axel, Stryder, El Assassin in an "Australian Rules" match. Then on February 13 that same year Rivera defeated El Profe by disqualification. On January 25, 2014, Rivera surprisingly reappeared in the APW "Wrestle-Reunion 3" at a Royal Rumble match won by local wrestler Shayne Hawke.

Personal life

On October 14, 2022, it was said that Rivera died. This confused some fans. It was not Rivera; it was Jose Rivera (Jose Santiago) who worked as El Invader and Hurricane Rivera in Puerto Rico, NWA and WWWF in the early 1970s.[6]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ Pro Wrestling Database. "Jose Luis Rivera".
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1492825975
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  3. ^ "Boxing match between Bob Orton and Jose Rivera on YouTube". YouTube.
  4. ^
    ASIN B00RWUNSRS
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  5. ^
    ISBN 978-1499656343
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  6. ^ Morales, AB (October 17, 2022). "Jose Rivera Passes Away, An Icon Of Puerto Rico". LWOS.
  7. ^ "AWF Title".
  8. ^ "PWF Tag Team Titles".

External links

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