Luis Martinez

Last updated: July 13, 2015


Title History

  • (Arizona) Western States tag team titles w/ Tito Montez (September 1964);
  • WWA (Indianapolis) world tag team titles w/ Wilbur Snyder defeating Assassins (July 23, 1966);
  • (Arizona) Western States tag team titles w/ Don Kent defeating The Dupree’s (June 2, 1967);
  • NWF (National Wrestling Federation) world tag team titles w/Chief White Owl defeating The Mongols (August 1971);
  • NWF (National Wrestling Federation) world tag team titles w/Tony Parisi (December 1972);
  • NWA (Detroit) world tag team titles w/Fred Curry defeating Karl von Shotz and Kurt von Hess (April 1973);

Career Highlights

  • Luis Martinez worked in the midwest, southwest, Canada and briefly, deep south.
  • Luis Martinez is now in a nursing home and has lost all memory of his days in the wrestling business.
  • Luis Martinez died September 2013.

 

birthday: June 17, 1923
hometown: Mexico City, Mexico
height: 5'8"
weight: 236lbs
previous names: Apache Luis Martinez
finishing move(s): Mexican stump puller
favorite move(s): The Airplane Spin
The Cannonball
notable feuds: The Sheik
Scrapiron Scranton
Killer Brooks
The Comancharos
Eddie Sullivan
Don Arnold
Ben Justice
Duke Keomuka
Kabooki
Hans Schmidt
Mitsu Arakawa
Tor Kamata
Bull Curry
Bulldog Brower
Bill Miller
Waldo Von Erich
Dr Jerry Graham
Karl Von Brock
Marcel Firpo
Don Arnold
Pampero Firpo
Gorilla Marcos
Blas Corona
Ken Lucas

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