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David Rodriguez: By the Numbers

Posted: May 27th 2024 By: CMBurnham

Oklafan recently acknowledged the death of pro wrestler David Rodriguez, who competed as Silento Rodriguez. Below is a complete retrospective of his career as far as Oklafan is able to document. We have included a complete listing of all the Oklahoma matches Rodriguez competed in, a win/loss record, a breakdown of singles and tag team matches, a year-by-year documentation of the number of matches he had.

We hope that this record serves as a small reminder of the legacy that Rodriguez left behind

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Name: David Rodriguez
Ring name(s): 1
Debut: 1951
Last Match: 1977
Oklahoma wrestling federations competed in: 1
Different titles held: 3
Total title reigns: 6
Win/Loss record: 19 wins/25 losses/23 non-decisions
Singles matches: 75
Tag Team matches: 4

Rodriguez's Complete match listing (Note: All matches took place in TSW):

--1961--

September 11 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Torbellino Blanco went to a draw
September 18 - Silento Rodriguez def. Ron Fargo
October 9 - Silento Rodriguez vs. TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion Corsica Joe went to a draw
October 16 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Oni Wiki Wiki went to a draw
October 23 - Red McKim def. Silento Rodriguez
November 3 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Alex Rodriguez is advertised. No result is known
November 20 - Silento Rodriguez def. Roberto de Paree by DQ
December 4 - Silento Rodriguez def. Mighty Yankee 1
December 11 - Silento Rodriguez def. Mighty Yankee 2
December 18 - Silento Rodriguez def. Hassan Bey by DQ
December 25 - Johnny Heidemann & Hassan Bey def. Silento Rodriguez & Oni Wiki Wiki

--1962--

January 1 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Jerry London went to a draw
January 15 - Jerry London def. Silento Rodriguez
February 5 - TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion Red McKim def. Silento Rodriguez
February 9 - Dick Beattie def. Silento Rodriguez

--1963--

January 14 - Silento Rodriguez def. Mario Galento
February 22 - Silento Rodriguez vs. P. Y. Chung is advertised. No result is known

--1971--

March 5 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Bill Howard went to a draw
March 7 - Chuck Karbo def. Silento Rodriguez
March 12 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Jean War Eagle went to a draw
March 15 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Tom Jones went to a draw
March 26 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Treacherous Phillips went to a draw
April 2 - Silento Rodriguez vs. George Grant went to a draw
April 5 - Apache Gringo def. Silento Rodriguez
April 9 - Roger Kirby def. Silento Rodriguez
April 16 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Apache Gringo went to a draw
April 19 - Silento Rodriguez def. Jerry Miller
April 23 - Chati Yokouchi def. Silento Rodriguez
April 26 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Yasu Fuji went to a draw
June 11 - Terry Garvin [1st] def. Silento Rodriguez
July 16 - The Great Mephisto def. Silento Rodriguez
July 23 - Silento Rodriguez vs. John Gagne went to a draw
July 30 - Chati Yokouchi def. Silento Rodriguez
August 16 - Bob Sweetan def. Silento Rodriguez
August 20 - Terry Garvin [1st] def. Silento Rodriguez
August 23 - Silento Rodriguez def. John Gagne
August 27 - Silento Rodriguez vs. John Gagne went to a draw
August 30 - Chris Markoff def. Silento Rodriguez
September 3 - Tom Bradley def. Silento Rodriguez
September 6 - Boris Malenko def. Silento Rodriguez
September 10 - Boris Malenko def. Silento Rodriguez
October 25 - Red McKim def. Silento Rodriguez
November 12 - Bob Ramstead def. Silento Rodriguez
November 15 - Silento Rodriguez vs. John Gagne went to a draw

--1972--

February 4 - Silento Rodriguez def. Buddy Rose
March 27 - TSW United States Tag Team Champions The Continental Warriors (Lorenzo Parente & Bobby Hart) def. Silento Rodriguez & Red McKim
April 14 - Silento Rodriguez def. Hernandez Bata
April 17 - Bruce Swayze def. Silento Rodriguez
May 14 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Don Duffy was advertised. No result known
May 15 - Silento Rodriguez def. Don Duffy
May 21 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Don Duffy advertised. No result known
May 22 - Silento Rodriguez def. Red McKim
May 29 - Bob Sweetan def. Silento Rodriguez
June 5 - Silento Rodriguez def. Bob Demon
June 12 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Dennis Stamp went to a draw
June 19 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Alex Perez went to a draw
July 3 - Silento Rodriguez def. Bob Boyer
July 7 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Treacherous Phillips is advertised. No result is known
July 10 - Silento Rodriguez def. Chuck Bowman
July 24 - Silento Rodriguez vs Treacherous Phillips went to a draw
July 28 - The Continental Warriors (Lorenzo Parente & Bobby Hart) def. Silento Rodriguez & Treacherous Phillips
July 31 - The Continental Warriors (Lorenzo Parente & Bobby Hart) def. Silento Rodriguez & Dennis Stamp
August 4 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Gypsy Joe Rosario went to a draw
August 7 - Silento Rodriguez def. The Mongol
August 11 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Chuck Bowman was advertised. No result known
August 14 - Silento Rodriguez def. Gypsy Joe Rosario
September 25 - Jerry Miller def. Silento Rodriguez
October 16 - Silento Rodriguez def. Treacherous Phillips by DQ
November 6 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Red McKim went to a draw

--1973--

February 19 - Mike George def. Silento Rodriguez
June 4 -Ali Vaziri def. Silento Rodriguez
July 9 - Silento Rodriguez def. El Gran Tapio
October 26 - Silento Rodriguez vs. El Gran Tapio went to a draw

--1975--

July 12 - Silento Rodriguez def. Ted Heath

--1976--

June 7 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Rick McGraw went to a draw
July 12 - Silento Rodriguez def. Ted Heath
July 19 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Ted Heath went to a draw
August 9 - Silento Rodriguez vs. Tony Russo advertised. No result known
August 23 - Silento Rodriguez def. Ted Heath