[38] Immediately afterwards, they became involved in a series against Don Muraco and Mr. Saito that lasted for the remainder of the year and from which they emerged with the best balance. This pattern was repeated once more, but this time Morales earned a disqualification victory over Orton after winning the first four contests. Returning to California, Morales began by defeating El Lobo on several encounters, also scoring wins over The Texan and John Tolos before losing the final of a one-night tournament for the NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship to Tony Rocca. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Find Pedro L Martinez's address, phone number, email, photos, and social media accounts. This ignited a series of wins over the likes of Jack Evans and his previous opponents The Black Demon and Bulldog Brower. On May 27, 1966, Morales returned to California and went on another winning streak over Ray Shields, Jack Lanza, El Mongol, Stan Neilson, Baby Destroyer and Fritz Von Goering, before entering a series against Buddy Austin, losing the first three encounters and dropping the WWA World Heavyweight Championship to him on August 5, 1966, before winning the fourth match. This reignited their feud in two encounters that favored Morales, who won a tag team match and tied in singles. Bill Barnwell of IGN Sports also included Morales in the site's list of Top Intercontinental Champions, placing him in the sixth slot. [62], Morales made few wrestling related appearances since his WCW days, with his last appearances being at autograph signings in fan conventions. A week later, Morales and Gomez also lost the AWA World Tag Team Championship to Kinji Shibuya & Masa Saito, but regained them on June 8, 1968. Woodbridge, NJ PEDRO MORALES OBITUARY Pedro Morales Woodbridge - Pedro Morales of Woodbridge passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019. His wife began working at Avenel Street Elementary School. The team went on to win almost a dozen matches, while he won contests against The Mighty Atlas, The Preacher and Mike DiBiase during the following months. [73] In reality, Konnan credits him with "[teaching] a lot" about the politics of wrestling and "the things you need to do in the ring to be a success in this business" during his time in WCW. [47] Morales entered the contest with wins over The Executioner and Greg Valentine, winning the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship back on November 23, 1981, in a Texas Death match. Name: Pedro Morales, Phone number: (732) 750-3959, State: NJ, City: Woodbridge, Zip Code: 7095 and more information Person Phone Address Enter a full name Enter a city and a state Log in Pedro Morales from Woodbridge, NJ Age:48 years old Also known as: Mr Pedro Morales,Pedro Morales View Full Report Mobile number View Current Number So, when settling on the west coast, it wasnt unexpected for Johnson-Morales, during some downtime, to venture out to local arenas for wrestling shows. When I saw there were going to be matches in Long Beach, I went, recalled Johnson-Morales. After recovering with wins over Koloff and Saito, Morales and Johnson regained the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship on February 14, 1978. [46], Jerry Johnson and Johnny Rodz served as jobbers during this run. A self-proclaimed "old school" wrestler, he was not interested in the overselling of gimmicks and spectacle that is seen in modern professional wrestling, despite admitting the economic success of the "sports entertainment" formula. Mr. Morales was employed as a salesman with P.C. [52] On September 10, 1983, The Medics recovered the titles from Morales and Coln. [20] To open 1968, he defeated The Preacher, The Rebel and Blassie, briefly rejoining Romero in a draw. Morales worked an angle with the then-villain Larry Hennig, besting him in singles. [24], He made a brief return to California, partnering with Freddie Blassie, but the team lost a series against Don Carson and the Great Kojika. Morales defeated both Tanaka and Mr. Fuji by countout and won the following two tag team matches. > Movies & TV Photo courtesy Chris Swisher. To close this run, he lost a contest to The Great Fuji by being counted out. Its a good story, explained Johnson-Morales of the road that led to her meeting the man of her dreams. Morales would be defending the heavyweight crown he won 12 miles to the west in Manhattan 19 months earlier. He was also successful in two team matches along Santana. His reign was featured in the independent film The Wrestler, where footage of him was shown while two characters remarked "C1: Morales Eastern league champion. [31] To continue this run, he defeated George Steele in New York. She talked of a husband who didnt bring his business home. [52], On April 23, 1983, Morales began a tour in his native Puerto Rico performing for Capitol Sports Promotions (CSP), now known as the World Wrestling Council, challenging Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in his first appearance. (Pedro) was a very smart businessman.. [42] On August 9, 1980, he won the WWF Tag Team Championship along with Backlund by besting Afa and Sika, the Wild Samoans, at the Showdown at Shea 1980. By all accounts, the former WWWF champ always looked towards the future, knowing full well that the day will come when his boots would have to be hung up. [11][12] However, due to living outside of Puerto Rico, he declined the opportunity. [33], This was followed with a rematch, this time teaming with Andr the Giant. He is survived by his parents Pedro and Karen Johnson Morales, as well as a host of family and dear friends, A Funeral serivce will take place on Friday, June 6, 2014 6:30 P.M. at Costello-Greiner Funeral Home 44 Green Street at Barron Avenue, Woodbridge. [74] From 2003 onwards, the World Wrestling Council approached Morales and offered holding an Aniversario event in his honor, but he declined the invitations for ten years. Cremation will be private. [42] He formed a tag team with Bob Backlund, which won its first two contests. [19] While individually, Morales entered a brief period where he recorded more draws and losses than wins, his team with Rivera won their first five encounters, which also featured him besting DiBiase and Gotch in singles. [14] Morales also won a battle royale held in Fort Worth, Texas and brought closure to his feud with El Mongol by besting him on February 13, 1966. To close the year, Morales defeated Tanaka individually and in tag team action, before going on to defeat Wolfe on several occasions. [53] Morales entered the 1985 King of the Ring tournament, besting Johnny V in the opening contest before receiving a bye during the quarterfinals. His work has appeared on the web for the past two decades. He then continued to team with Gomez and Romero, recording a successful run until they became part-time partners in July 1967, when he joined fellow Puerto Rican Jos Luis Rivera, immediately entering a long feud against Mike DiBiase, who teamed with a variety of wrestlers, but most frequently wrestled along Karl Gotch. [9] It was here where he first teamed with Miguel Prez, Sr. and Argentina Apollo, who were the first tag team champions recognized in the history of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now known as WWE). [39] To open 1977, he continued to trend in matches including Tom DeMarco, Mike Soma, Mad Dog Vachon, Baron Von Raschke, Poisson, Bobby Duncum, Moose Morowski and Jim Brunzell, also winning a battle royale and drawing in a series against The Super Destroyer. Born and raised in Culebra,. [9], In August, Morales traveled to Texas and was involved in a series of matches with Jack and Jim Dalton, facing them along multiple tag team partners. [24] Morales recovered by winning a match over Mac MacFarland and teaming with Bing Ki Lee to win the Hawaii Tag Team Championship from Barend and Ripper Collins. [41] In singles competition, Morales defeated Mr. X #1, Brute Bernard and Morowski. Johnson-Morales voice is perky, and excited to go back in time, to tell how their love story began. Morales also defeated Blassie twice, including a steel cage match. [19] After returning to California the following month, Morales entered a series against his former partner Mark Lewin, but lost both encounters. [17] He subsequently split results against Shereef, also besting Rip Miller and Austin on several occasions during November. He then entered a winning streak, during which he defeated The Black Demon twice, Jesse Ventura by countout, Adonis thrice, Fuji and Valentine four times, two of these being Brass Knuckles Matches and other a Street Fight. [19], Morales began 1967 by also teaming with Ricky Romero, Mr. Moto and Pepper Gomez, gathering victories along all of them. One of these matches was promoted by Sponsham wrestling and held at Roberto Clemente Coliseum. Some of the local boys came out to pay their respects, including Bob Backlund and Davey OHannon. [55] On May 17, 1986, Morales defeated The Iron Sheik in a WWF return to California. During the following months, Morales scored wins over Len Denton, Butch Cassidy, Rick Oliver and Sir Winston, but lost to Killer Karl Kox, Dick Slater and The Spoilers. He won his next match by defeating George Cannon, forming a brief partnership with Hahn Lee that only lasted for a month. At his first show in Tokyo, he had a draw against Don Lewin. In his singles debut, Morales defeated Joe Turco. He was then involved in a series of matches involving John Tolos, whom he defeated in a tag team competition but lost in singles. In the early 1960s, Johnson-Morales and her mom attended live wrestling shows in the Kansas City area, and regularly watched them on TV. In what marked the final stage of this AWA run, Morales continued defeating jobbers Mike York, Kenny Jay and The Strangler, but began losing more often to talent that he had bested earlier including Nick Bockwinkel and others such as Angelo Mosca. During the following two months, Morales recorded a series of draws in matches against Ripper Collins, Billy Robinson and Kinji Shibuya twice. In singles, he remained in the top of the card, defeating Paul Diamond, El Shereef, Killer Karl Kox, K.O. Morales wrestled Pat Patterson in two tag matches, losing along Rivera but winning with Gomez. Murphy and Johnny Vander, while wrestling Haggerty and The Mad Russian to draws. In March, he was involved in a program with Karl Von Stroheim, winning a series of matches against him and teaming with Mr. Moto and Luis Hernandez to win tag team matches that also included Kurt Von Stroheim. [57] However, his next series against Kamala saw him being counted out and pinned. [15][32] Subsequently, both performers embraced, signifying the end of their rivalry and the reformation of the tag team. [65] Terry Funk, Stan Hansen, Greg Valentine and Magnificent Muraco have expressed having enjoyed working matches with Morales. Despite gathering singles wins over the likes of El Mongol, Austin, Magnificent Maurice, Joe Flores and Frank Marconi, during the following months, Morales focused on the tag team division, earning eleven wins, seven draws and only one loss before dropping the titles to Hard Boiled Haggerty and El Shereef on October 28, 1966. Aug 5: WWE SummerSlam, > Archives On December 28, 1982, Morales wrestled Don Muraco to a double disqualification draw. [55] Contests including Moondog Spot, Thorton and Lee ended in the same fashion, with Morales going on to win a rematch over Orton. Slaughter, Chris Adams, and special guest referee Jim Brunzell. [44] A series with Ken Patera intensified after a loss, with Morales recovering to defeat him to win the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on December 8, 1980. He liked to workout at a YMCA in Brooklyn or go to Puerto Rico to visit family. Privacy | [13] The team opened 1964 by feuding with Chris and John Tolos, losing the first two encounters but winning the three-fall rubber match. Apr 1: WWE WrestleMania Meanwhile, his team with Hernandez won three consecutive matches against The Assassins by disqualification. [13] After this, Vittorio Apollo became his main stay tag team partner, along whom he challenged The Fabulous Kangaroos, Johnny Barend and Buddy Rogers on several dates. Run a full background check on Pedro L Martinez. [37] Morales remained successful as a singles wrestler, gathering wins over Fuji, Eddie Sullivan, Otto Von Heller, Johnny Rodz and Black Gordman during the first half of 1974. His streak continued the following month, this time over Bob Arnel and The Strangler, going on to include matchups against the opponents that he had already defeated. [86][11] The couple had a son, Pedro Morales Jr. born in 1974. [39] The feud with The Super Destroyer resumed shortly afterwards, this time ending with another draw and two wins for Morales. [41] On June 23, 1978, he made a tour to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, but only participated in tag matches. [25] During his final months in the West Coast, he defeated Karl Heisinger and Billy Graham, also participating in several tag team matches along Rocca and Ray Mendoza. Woodbridge passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019 at a in! 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