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Ringo Mendoza
Mexican professional wrestler
Mexican professional wrestler
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ringo Mendoza |
| birthname | Genaro Jacobo Contreras |
| names | Ringo Mendoza |
| height | |
| weight | 92 kg |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Mezcala de la Asunción, Jalisco, Mexico |
| relatives | |
| billed | Mezcala de la Asunción, Jalisco, Mexico |
| trainer | Diablo Velazco |
| debut | December 3, 1968 |
| retired | 2011 |
Genaro Jacobo Contreras (born September 19, 1949), better known by his ring name Ringo Mendoza, is a Mexican professional wrestling trainer and retired luchador (or professional wrestler) for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Mendoza wrestled his last match in 2011, transitioning to being a full-time trainer instead.
Over the course of his career, Ringo Mendoza held several Middleweight championships, including the NWA World Middleweight Championship five times, Mexican National Middleweight Championship twice, the CMLL World Middleweight Championship, the Occidente Middleweight Championship and the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship. He also held the Mexican National Tag Team Championship with his brother Chachorro, and the Mexican National Trios Championship with Kiss and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. He also won the Salvador Lutteroth Tag Tournament in 1999 with Super Astro. Mendoza has three brothers who were also professional wrestlers, Cachorro Mendoza ("Cub Mendoza"), Indio Mendoza and Freddy Mendoza.
Professional wrestling career
Genaro Contreras made his professional wrestling debut in 1968, after training under renowned Mexican wrestling trainer Diablo Velazco, under the ring name "Ringo Mendoza", adopting a Native American persona complete with feathered headdress. Contreras would later be joined by his brothers who wrestled as Cachorro Mendoza and Indio Mendoza. Mendoza won his first wrestling championship on November 29, 1974, when he defeated Aníbal to win the Mexican National Middleweight Championship. On July 3, 1977, Mendoza got a measure of revenge for his title loss as he defeated Perro Aguayo to win the NWA World Middleweight Championship, capturing the top title in this middleweight division. Mendoza would become synonymous with the NWA Middleweight Title as he captured it five times between 1977 and 1981 defeating such wrestlers as El Faraón, Perro Aguayo, Tony Salazar, and Sangre Chicana. On June 6, 1980, Mendoza defeated Satánico to win his second Mexican National Middleweight Championship, holding it for 182 days before dropping it to El Faraón. In the 1980s Mendoza began teaming more regularly with his brother Cachorro Mendoza, defeating Satánico and Espectro Jr. in a tournament final to win the vacant Mexican National Tag Team Championship.
On January 15, 1983, Mendoza became a double champion as he defeated El Faraón to win the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship. Since losing the title Mendoza has focused on training wrestlers at CMLL's Mexico City and Guadalajara, Jalisco based wrestling schools. In 2011 Mendoza wrestled his last match.
Championships and accomplishments
- Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- CMLL World Middleweight Championship (1 time)
- Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time)
- Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cachorro Mendoza
- Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) – with Kiss and Rayo de Jalisco Jr.
- NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- NWA World Middleweight Championship (5 times)
- Salvador Lutteroth Tag Tournament – with Super Astro
- Universal Wrestling Association
- UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
''Luchas de Apuestas'' record
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Mariscal (hair) | Ringo Mendoza (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Asesino Negro (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Black Killer (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Brazo de Oro (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Brazo de Plata (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Bruno Estrada (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Bruno Victoria (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Coloso Colosetti (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | El Brazo (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | El Nazi (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Espanto II (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Espanto III (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Pérez Mosqueda (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | El Satánico (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Vick Amezcua (hair) | N/A | Live event | N/A | ||||||||
| Idolo (hair) | Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | 1970s | ||||||||
| Ray and Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Ángel Blanco and Kim Chul Won (hair) | Mexico City | EMLL 40th Anniversary Show | url=http://www.cmll.com/aniversario_cmll.htm | title=Historia de Los Aniversarios | access-date=September 28, 2012 | publisher=Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | language=es | archive-date=October 31, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031211911/http://cmll.com/aniversario_cmll.htm}} | ||
| Gemelo Diablo II (hair) | Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Perro Aguayo (hair) | Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | title=Luchas 2000 | work=Perro Aguayo y sus Victimas | publisher=Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V. | location=Juárez, Mexico | id=Especial 30 | pages=12–15 | language=es}} | ||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Perro Aguayo (hair) | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza and Carlos Plata (hair) | Los Gemelos Diablo (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Perro Aguayo and Joe Polardi (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Sangre Chicana and Alfonso Dantés (hair) | Mexico City | 22. Aniversario de Arena México | 22. Aniversario de Arena México | ||||||||
| Ringo and Cachorro Mendoza (hair) | Adorable Rubí and Divino Roy (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | url=http://superluchas.com/en-un-dia-como-hoy-1979-alfonso-dantes-derrota-a-satoru-sayama-ringo-y-cachorro-mendoza-rapan-a-adorable-rubi-y-divino-roy/ | title=En un día como hoy… 1979: Alfonso Dantés derrota a Satoru Sayama… Ringo y Cachorro Mendoza rapan a Adorable Rubí y Divino Roy | first=Teddy | last=Centinela | date=June 22, 2015 | access-date=June 23, 2015 | work=Súper Luchas | language=es}} | |
| El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza (hair) | El Nazi and Adorable Rubí (hair) | Mexico City | 24. Aniversario de Arena México | author = Lucha 2000 Staff | title = Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre | work =Lucha 2000 | id = Especial 28 | date = April 2006 | language = es}} | |||
| El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Tony Benetto and Herodes (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | El Faraón (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Sangre Chicana and El Satánico (hair) | Ringo and Cachorro Mendoza (hair) | N/A | Live event | May 1982 | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza, César Curiel and Rey Salomón (hair) | Tony Benetto, Herodes and Adorable Rubí (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | url=http://superluchas.com/en-un-dia-como-hoy-satanico-y-sangre-chicana-empatan-en-lucha-de-cabelleras/ | title=En un día como hoy… Satánico y Sangre Chicana empatan en lucha de cabelleras | date=December 10, 2014 | access-date=June 29, 2015 | first=Teddy | last=Centinela | work=Súper Luchas | language=es}} | |
| La Fiera and Mocho Cota (hair) | Ringo and Cachorro Mendoza (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Tony Benetto (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | September 1984 | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza, Américo Rocca and Tony Salazar (hair) | Los Misioneros de la Muerte (hair) | |||||||||||
| (El Signo, El Texano and Negro Navarro) | Mexico City | EMLL 53rd Anniversary Show | ||||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | El Macho (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Scorpio (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza (hair) | MS-1 and Masakre (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Fabuloso Blondy (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Luis Mariscal (hair) | Mezcala | Live event | |||||||||
| Perro Aguayo and Ringo Mendoza (hair) | The Texas Rangers (masks) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Ranger (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Bestia Salvaje (hair) | Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Javier Cruz (hair) | Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | The match also included Mogur. | ||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Luis Mariscal (hair) | Naucalpan, State of Mexico | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Hombre Bala (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Américo Rocca (hair) | Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza and Tajiri (hair) | Chicago Express and Mogur (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | El Signo (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza and Campesino del Valle (hair) | Indio Loco and El Mohicano I (hair) | Xochimilco, Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Emilio Charles Jr. (hair) | Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Guerrero Del Futuro (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | |||||||||
| Ringo Mendoza (hair) | Mohicano I (hair) | Cholula, Puebla | Live event |
Notes
References
References
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