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Ciclon Negro

Height: 6'1

Weight: 250 lbs.

From: San Filipe, Venezuela

Birthday: Apr 7th

Pro Debut: 1956

Aliases: Caripus Hurricane, Cyclone Negro, Lalo Rodriguez, Chief Guaconopoulos , Punchy Pinero, Cylcops, Mr. Uganda, Ciclon Venezuelan

Feds Worked For: TSW, Florida, All-Japan, Southwest Championship Wrestling (TX), Los Angeles, NWA, Capitol Sports (NY), Europe

Finisher: Jumping Piledriver

Career Highlights: -AJPW All-Asian Tag Team Champion (w/ Gene Kiniski)
-Amarillo Brass Knucks Champion (2x)
-AWA (California) World Tag Team Champion (w/ The Mongolian Stomper)
-IWA (Australia) Tag Team Champion (w/ Mikel Scicluna)
-NWA Americas Champion
-NWA Florida Champion (2x)
-NWA Florida Brass Knucks Champion (2x)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (5x, 2 w/ Omar Negro, 1 each w/ Pak Song, Sam Steamboat & Jack Brisco)
-NWA Hollywood Brass Knucks Champion
-NWA International Champion (4x)
-NWA International Tag Team Champion (w/ Karl Kox)
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Brass Knucks Champion
-NWA Texas Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Torbellino Blanco)
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (3x, 1 each w/ Dory Dixon, Oscar Salazar & Ricki Starr)
-NWA Texas Champion
-NWA Western States Champion (5x)
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (w/ Karl Von Steiger)
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Dr. X)
-World Brass Knucks Champion
-WWC Carribbean Champion
-WWC North American Tag Team Champion (w/ Hurricane Castillo)

Affiliates: Sonny King

Notable Feuds: Dory Funk Sr., Terry Funk , Dory Funk Jr., Ricky Romero, Jerry & Nick Kozak, Dusty Rhodes

Other Facts: -Real name was Ramon Eduardo Rodriguez
-Billed as the brother of professional wrestler Omar Atlas
-Sometimes billed from Caracas, Venezuela
-Was an amateur boxer before becoming a professional wrestler.
-Would do stunts to show how hard his head was, breaking boards over it and things even worse
-Fought Floyd Patterson in the first Pan American Games held in Argentina.
-Began his career in Caracas. 2 years later, he went to Europe and spent 6 years wrestling in France, Belgium, Spain, England, Germany and Italy. He finally came to America in 1960.
-Appeared on a show called "Lie Detector" hosted by F.Lee Bailey and was asked if wrestling was fake. Negro said NO. So F.Lee.Bailey read the results. and said evidently you've been lying and Cyclone fussed and stormed out.
-Competed in Florida as "Mr Uganda". He was unmasked at some point.
-Retired with The World's Brass Knuckles Championship belt to a small town in Florida living the quiet life.
-Passed away in February 20, 2013 at the age of 80.