Hurcan Castillo
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pedro Castillo |
| Died | December 11, 1993[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Hurcan Castillo Fidel Castillo Joe Castro Cyclone Castro Hurcan Castillo Sr. |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) |
| Debut | 1967 |
| Retired | 1980s |
Pedro Castillo was a Cuban-Puerto Rican professional wrestler who was known as Hurcan Castillo and Fidel Castillo during the 1970s in Puerto Rico, Canada, United States and Japan.
Career
[edit ]Castillo made his professional wrestling debut in 1967 in Florida. In 1969, he made his debut in Montreal as Fidel Castillo where he teamed with Abdullah the Butcher. In 1970, he teamed with Michel DuBois in Montreal and later Atlanta in 1971. In 1972, he began teaming with his "brother" Raoul in Cleveland. They worked in Puerto Rico, Montreal, Calgary and Japan.
He retired from wrestling in the 1980s.
Personal Life
[edit ]Castillo's son Jesus Castillo wrestled for the WWE in the late 1990s as a member of the Los Boricuas.[2]
Castillo passed away on December 11, 1993, from a heart attack.
Championships and accomplishments
[edit ]- Stampede Wrestling
- Stampede International Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Raoul Castillo
- World Wrestling Council
- WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- WWC North American Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Carlos Colon (1), Cyclone Negro (1) and Raoul Castillo (1)
- WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[3]
- WWC World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Frenchy Martin
References
[edit ]General
- Nevada, Vance (2022). (Un)Controlled Chaos: Canada's Remarkable Professional Wrestling Legacy. FriesenPress. ISBN 9781039154797.
Specific
- ^ "Profile". Wrestlingdata. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Online World of Wrestling
- ^ Duncan, Royal; Gary Will (2000). "(Puerto Rico) Puerto Rico: WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title [Colon]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. London, ON: Archeus Communications. p. 327. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
External links
[edit ]- Cuban male professional wrestlers
- 1993 deaths
- Puerto Rican male professional wrestlers
- Puerto Rican people of Cuban descent
- 20th-century male professional wrestlers
- Stampede Wrestling alumni
- WWC Puerto Rico Champions
- WWC World Tag Team Champions
- Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Champions
- WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Champions