Piratita Morgan

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Piratita Morgan
Birth nameRaymundo Rodríguez
Tlaxcala City, Mexico[1]
FamilyEspantito (brother)[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Battalion
Coquito Rojo
Payasito Rojo
Piratita Morgan[1]
Billed height140 cm (4 ft 7 in)
Billed weight80 kg (180 lb)
DebutSeptember 22, 1989

Raymundo Rodríguez (15 March 1969 – 8 July 2018) was a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Piratita Morgan. He also worked as an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, under the names Battalion, Payasito Rojo and Coquito Rojo. Rodríguez was one of the first wrestlers to compete in the Mini-Estrella ("Mini Star) division in Mexico, a division for both dwarf wrestlers and wrestlers of short stature, often portraying a smaller version of a regular-sized wrestler. Rodríguez performed as a shorter version of Pirata Morgan from the beginning of his career to his death. Rodríguez's brother was also a Mini-Estrella, known under the ring name Espantito. He is not related to the wrestler known as Piratita Morgan Jr.

For the majority of his career, Rodríguez worked as a rudo, or

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
in the US, as well as for promotions in Japan and Puerto Rico.

Professional wrestling career

Piratita Morgan (1989-1994)

In 1989 Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), Mexico's oldest wrestling promotion, created a new concept, the Mini-Estrella division. The division was created by Antonio Peña who worked for EMLL, who came up with the idea of using both little people and short wrestlers together and to have the Mini-Estrellas work as smaller versions of popular wrestlers of the time. Rodríguez was one of the first wave of Mini-Estrellas that Peña hired, giving him the ring name "Piratita Morgan", patterning him after Pirata Morgan who worked for EMLL.[2][3] Rodríguez, like his larger counterpart Piratita Morgan was a rudo, or heel (those that portray "the bad guy" in wrestling) and would often accompany the regular-sized Pirata Morgan to matches and at times help Pirata Morgan cheat.[4] Pirata Morgan wore an eyepatch as part of his wrestling outfit because he had lost an eye early in his career, but Rodríguez wore the eyepatch only during his wrestling appearances in order to mimmick Pirata Morgan.[4]

One of his first major matches as Piratita Morgan took place on September 22, 1989, at the

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Most of the Minis division left with Peña including Rodríguez.[2]

He worked his first AAA show on July 3, 1992, teaming with Jerrito Estrada and Picudito as they lost to the team of Angelito Azteca, Mascarita Sagrada and Octagoncito.[9] The match ended in a count out a Jerrito Estrada and Piratita Morgan started to fight with each other instead of their opponents, as the start of a storyline feud between the two. The storyline led to Piratita Morgan defeating Jerrito Estrada in a Lucha de Apuestas match on July 31, which Estrada was booked to win, forcing Piratita Morgan to have all his hair shaved off. The match would later be televised on August 9.[10] The same result would happen in late1993, where Piratita Morgan was once again shaved bald after losing a Lucha de Apuestas match to Jerrito Estrada.[11]

Payasito Rojo Rojo (1994-1995)

In 1994 Peña, based on the success of a trio of

Steel cage match where the last wrestler in the cage would be forced to unmask. After Bandita, Espectrito I, Espectrito II, Jerrito Estrada, Fuercita Guerrera, Mascarita Sagrada, Mini Calo, Octagoncito, La Parkita, Payasito Azul and Torerito all left the cage it was down to Super Muñequito and Payasito Rojo in the cage, with Super Muñequito winning the mask, forcing Payasito to unmask and reveal that it was Raymundo Rodríguez under the mask.[14] Rodríguez only worked one more match under the Payasito Rojo name, a loss on August 7, 1995.[13]

Piratita Morgan (1996-1997)

Rodríguez left AAA in 1995 and resurfaced in 1996, once again working as "Piratita Morgan", working a series of shows for WWC in Puerto Rico. He would later work for PROMELL in Mexico, through which he was able to work in the United States, working two matches for

Monday Nitro where the outcome was the same.[15]

Battalion (1997-1999)

In 1997 the U.S. based

Sunday Night Heat on July 11, 1999, where he, Tarantula, Max Mini and Nova worked against Al Snow in a 4-on-1 handicap tag team match that ended in a "no contest".[19]

Piratita Morgan (2000-2018)

After his stint in the WWF ended, Rodríguez returned to Mexico to work on the independent circuit, once again competing as Piratita Morgan. Records are unclear on how Piratita Morgan became the holder of the WWA World Minis Championship, the first records of his reign was on May 4, 2000, when he defended the championship against Octagoncito on an International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) show.[20][21] In late 2000 he reprised his "clown" character, working as the masked "Coquito Rojo" leading up to a Lucha de Apuestas mask loss to Mascarita Sagrada on December 21, 2000.[12]

On November 7, 2004, Piratita Morgan lost to Mascarita Sagrada as part of

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) Victory Road PPV, his first and only appearance for TNA.[22] In 2005 WWE (formerly WWF) introduced a "Juniors division", which was composed of various Mexican Mini-Estrellas. Rodríguez was one of the workers hired by WWE, but unlike most of the Junior competitors he never wrestled for the company, only appearing in backstage segments.[23] On February 8, 2009, Piratita Morgan lost the WWA World Minis Championship to Octagoncito.[20] In subsequent years Rodríguez worked intermittendly on the Independent circuit in both Mexico and the United States, working for promotions such as IWRG, Perros del Mal Producciones, All Pro Wrestling and Lucha VaVoom. His last verified match was for a local AAA show in Texoco on September 9, 2017, where Piratita Morgan and Barbrita Negra defeated Coco Blanco and Payasito Coco Verde.[24]

Death

Rodríguez was admitted to hospital on July 6, 2018, after deteriorating health.[25][26] He died two days later on July 8.[8]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Mascarita Sagrada (mask) Piratita Morgan (hair) Mexico City Live event August 2, 1991 [28]
Jerrito Estrada
(hair)		 Piratita Morgan (hair) Monterrey, Nuevo León Live event July 31, 1992 [10]
Jerrito Estrada
(hair)		 Piratita Morgan (hair) Tonala, Jalisco Live event November 5, 1993 [11]
Super Muñequito (mask) Payasito Rojo (mask) Orizaba, Veracruz Triplemanía III-A June 10, 1995 [Note 1][14][29]
Mascarita Sagrada (mask) Piratita Morgan (hair) Cuautitlán, Mexico State Live event November 26, 1996 [28]
Mascarita Sagrada (mask) Coquito Rojo (mask) Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State Live event December 21, 2000 [12][28]
Mascarita Sagrada (mask) Piratita Morgan (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event November 23, 2001 [28]

Footnotes

  1. Steel cage match that also included Espectrito I, Espectrito II, Jerrito Estrada, Fuercita Guerrera, Mascarita Sagrada, Mini Calo, Ninjita, Octagoncito, La Parkita
    , Payasito Azul and Torerito.

References

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  2. ^
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  5. ^ "CMLL Anniversary Shows: #57". Pro Wrestling History. September 22, 1989. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  6. ^ "Piratita Morgan > Matches > vs. Mascarita Sagrada". Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  7. ^ "WWC Anniversary Shows: #17". Pro Wrestling History. July 7, 1990. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  8. ^ a b Acosta, Carlos (July 9, 2018). "El adiós al primer mini rudo ─ Piratita Morgan fallece". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  9. ^ "AAA". CageMatch (in German). July 3, 1992. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  10. ^ a b "AAA Sin Limite". CageMatch (in German). July 31, 1992. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  11. ^ a b "AAA". CageMatch. November 5, 1993. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  12. ^ a b c Enciclopedia staff (October 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Los Payasitos (Amarillo, Azul y Rojo) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. p. 52. Tomo III.
  13. ^ a b "Piratita Morgan > Matches > Payasito Rojo". CageMatch. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Asistencia Asesoría y Administración TripleManía". ProWrestlingHistory.com. June 10, 1995. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  15. ^ "Piratita Morgan >> Matches >> 1996". CageMatch. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
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  17. ^ a b "Piratita Morgan > Matches > As Battalion". CageMatch. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  18. ^ "Royal Rumble 1998 Results". WWE. Retrieved July 10, 2008.
  19. ^ "Piratita Morgan > WWF". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  20. ^ a b c "WWA World Minis Title (Mexico)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  21. ^ "IWRG TV". CageMatch. May 5, 2000. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  22. ^ Gartshore, Chris (November 8, 2004). "11/7 TNA Victory Road PPV review: Gartshore's "alt perspective" detailed report". PWTorch.com. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
  23. ISBN 978-1-4116-1210-5
    . The saddest thing about it is that two of the minis never actually wrestled on WWE television with Piratita Morgan and Super Porky having been restricted to backstage segments
  24. ^ "Piratita Morgan >> Matches". CageMatch. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  25. Planeta Wrestling
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  26. ^ "Pierde la vida el luchador Piratita Morgan". La Verdad Noticias (in Spanish). 8 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  27. ^ "WWA World Minis Championship « Titles Database". CageMatch (in German). Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  28. ^ a b c d "Enciclopedia de las Máscaras". Mascarita Sagrada (primera version) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. October 2007. p. 30. Tomo III.
  29. ^ Enciclopedia staff (December 1, 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Super Munequito (in Spanish). Mexico. p. 24. Tomo V.
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