:: Tito Santana ::
Official Website - www.titosantanawrestling.com
 Biography
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 234 lbs.
From: Tocula, Mexico
AKA: Richard Blood, El Madator
Favorite Finishing Moves: Flying Forearm, Figure Four
Few Superstars have ever enjoyed the kind of lengthy tenure in WWE that Tito Santana did. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Santana was one of the company’s top competitors. No matter how times changed, he always found a way to keep himself in the mix. He first made his name by winning the World Tag Team Championship with Hall of Famer Ivan Putski in 1979, but that was just the beginning. During WWE’s mainstream renaissance in the mid-1980s, Santana was right there as one of the company’s most popular Intercontinental Champions ever. In January 1984, he ended the yearlong reign of Don Muraco, and even managed to regain the gold from Greg Valentine after being dethroned later in the year.
Santana and Hogan are the only individuals to have competed at each of the first nine WrestleManias, and his battles included wars with the likes of the Funk Brothers, the Hart Foundation, Demolition, “The MountieEJacques Rougeau and Shawn Michaels. In 1987, he and Rick Martel teamed up to form Strike Force and win the World Tag Team Championship. At the beginning of the 1990s, he would breathe new life into his career by adopting the persona of “El Matador,Eentertaining a whole new generation of WWE fans. Whether it was WWE’s regional days in the Northeast, the “Rock ‘nEWrestling Era,Eor the E0s “New Generation,ETito Santana was there.
Credit: WWE.com
Championships
2-Time WWE Tag Team Champion
2-Time WWE Intercontinental Champion
NWA (Eastern Championship Wrestling) Heavyweight Champion
NWA (Amarillo) Western States Tag Team Champion
USA Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion
UWS (New York) Tag Team Champion
ICW (New England) Heavyweight Champion
NSWA (Michigan) Heavyweight Champion
Renegade Wrestling Alliance Champion
AWF (American Wrestling Federation) World Champion
UWF Americas Heavyweight Champion
PWI Rankings
1991 - 134
1992 - 65
1993 - 68
1994 - 90
1995 - 51
1996 - 188
1997 - 200
1998 - 340
Awards
WWE King of the Ring 1989
WWE Hall of Fame Inductee (2004)
PWI Tag-Team of the Year 1979
PWI Top 100 Tag Teams of the PWI Years (Strike Force - 70)
PWI Top 100 Tag Teams of the PWI Years (w/ Ivan Putski - 92)
PWI Top 500 of the PWI Years (93)
To book Tito Santana for events, personal appearances, autograph signings, or interviews please email:
matthewcampbell15@gmail.com
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