Pedro Morales
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Pedro Morales (born October 22, 1942 at Culebra, Puerto Rico) is a professional wrestler. He began his wrestling career as a teenager in 1959 and continued through the mid-1980s.
Pedro Morales became the first hispanic to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) Heavyweight Champion from February 8, 1971 until December 1, 1973. He also held the World Wrestling Association Championship in California circa 1965, the WWF Intercontinental Championship on two occasions, and the WWF [WWE] World Tag Team Title with Bob Backlund. Until the 1990s he was the only man to have held all three major WWF [WWE] Championships.
Pedro Morales was the first hispanic and the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the WWE (formerly the WWF) Hall of Fame in 1995.
See also
Championships/Accomplishments
World Wrestling Federation
- 1-Time WWWF World Heavyweight Champion
- 2-Time WWF Intercontinental Champion
- 1-Time WWF World Tag Team Champion (with Bob Backlund)
Florida Championship Wrestling
- 1-Time Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time Florida Television Champion
- 1-Time Florida Tag Team Champion (with Rocky Johnson)
Other Titles
- 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (San Francisco version) (with Pat Patterson)
- 3-Time NWA Hawaiian Tag Team Champion (with Bing Ki Lee once & Ed Francis twice)
- 2-Time WWA Heavyweight Champion
- 4-Time WWA Tag Team Champion (with Luis Hernandez, Mark Lewin, Ricky Romero and Victor Rivera)
- 1-Time WWC Tag Team Champion (with Carlitos Colon)
- 2-time WWC North American Champion
- Member WWE Hall of Fame (inducted in 1995)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 111 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
- Morales won the PWI Wrestler of the Year Award in 1972.
| Preceded by: Ivan Koloff | WWE Champions | Succeeded by: Stan Stasiak |