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Bull Ramos

Nickname: Apache

Height: 6' 0"

Weight: 355 lbs

From: Houston, TX

Birthday: Aug 3rd

Pro Debut: 1956

Aliases: Manuel Ramos, Duke Ramos

Feds Worked For: TSW, MSW, WWWF, NWA, Los Angeles, PNW

Career Highlights: -Amarillo Brass Knucks Champion
-MSW Mississippi Champion
-NWA Texas Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Captain USA & Tiger Conway, Jr.)
-NWA Western States Champion (2x)
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (w/ The Beast)
-NWA Americas Champion
-NWA Americas Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Black Gordman)
-NWA Americas 6-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Mike Riker & Ray Gordon)
-NWA Rocky Mountain Champion
-NWA Pacific Northwest Champion (4x)
-NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (5x, 2 w/ Jesse Ventura, 1 each w/ Clay Spencer, Ripper Collins & The Iron Sheik)
-TSW North American Champion

Affiliates: Captain USA, Tiger Conway, Jr., The Beast, Black Gordman, Mike Riker, Ray Gordon, Red Berry

Notable Feuds: Bruno Sammartino, Dutch Savage, Terry Funk, Jimmy Snuka, Mil Mascaras

Other Facts: -Real name was Manuel Ramos
-Billed as growing up in an adobe hut on the San Carlo, New Mexico, Indian reservation. He actually was born in the Houston, TX area.
-Golden Gloves boxing champion in Texas
-When he first began wrestling, promoters wanted him to wrestle as an Italian named John Albano, but Ramos rejected the idea.
-1968: Wrestled Bruno Sammartino in the first main event to be held at the new Madison Square Garden Arena
-Lost a Hair vs. Mask match to Mil Mascaras, causing him to have his head shaved.
-While wrestling in Oregon, he broke Lonnie Mayne's arm, causing the bone to stick out of the skin.
-Credited with inventing the Texas Bullrope Match
-Was fluent in Spanish.
-After retiring, he ran a wrecking service in Houston. He learned about the business from fellow wrestler Nick Kozak.
-According to many reports, Bull Ramos had his leg amputated as a result of the effects of diabetes. This may not or may not be accurate, but it can be confirmed that his big toe was amputated after it became infected due to being punctured with a piece of glass.
-He was blind and living due to kidney dialysis three times per week during the last years of his life.
-Ranked #368 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Passed away on May 28th, 2006 at the age of 77 from a massive infection in his shoulder that poisoned his system.