Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 225 lbs.
From: Villalba, Puerto Rico
Birthday: Dec 2
Pro Debut: 1950s
Aliases: Jan Madrid, Gene Madrid, Aztec Joe
Feds worked for: TSW, All-Star Wrestling (TN), Central States Wrestling (KS/MO), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (AL/MS), International Championship Wrestling (TN), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC),
NWA Mid-America (TN), SMASH (Japan), Southern Wrestling Federation (TN), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Tennessee Wrestling Alliance (TN),
Career Highlights: -Alabama Champion
-AWA Southern Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Skull Murphy)
-Central States Tag Team Champion (w/
Mr. Pogo)
-Central States Television Champion
-Gulf Coast Champion
-ICW United States Tag Team Champion (w/
Tojo Yamamoto)
-NWA (Calgary) International Tag Team Champion (w/ Jim Wright)
-NWA (Gulf Coast) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/
Jack Curtis, Jr.)
-NWA Mid-American Tag Team Champion (7x; 3x w/
Tojo Yamamoto, 1 each w/ Leroy Rochester, Dutch
Mantel, Buzz Tyler and Buzz Tyler)
-NWA (Mid-Atlantic) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/
Louie Tillet)
-NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion
-SWF Hardcore Champion
-TSW Southwestern Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Louie Tillet)
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Louie Tillet)
-TWA Hardcore Champion (2x)
-West Virginia Champion (3x)
Affiliates: Jack Curtis, Jr., Louie Tillet
Other Facts: -Actually the second wrestler to use the name "
Gypsy Joe". The first one wrestled primarily in the northeast part of the country from the 1940's until 1970's.
-First wrestler to ever successfully jump off a steel cage onto an opponent.
-In April 2003, Joe was involved in a memorable hardcore match with New Jack in which, due to Joe no-selling throughout the match, New Jack legitimately attacked the sexagenarian with a chain, a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, and several other weapons.
-Believed to be oldest active wrestler on the circuit today.
