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Cyclone Negro

Title History

  • NWA Texas Tag Team titles w/ Torbellino Blanco defeating Danny McShain and Tony Borne (September 1960);
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight title defeating Torbellino Blanco (September 1960);
  • NWA Texas Tag Team titles w/ Torbellino Blanco defeating Paul and Maurice Vachon (November 15, 1960);
  • NWA (Texas) World Tag Team titles w/Dory Dixon defeating Jim and Jack Dalton (April 27, 1962);
  • NWA (Texas) World Tag Team titles w/Oscar Salazar defeating Taro Miyake and Duke Keomuka (November 2, 1962);
  • NWA (Texas) World Tag Team titles w/Rikki Starr defeating Jim and Jack Dalton (August 15, 1963);
  • All Asia Tag Team titles w/Gene Kiniski defeating Michiaki Yoshimura and Toyonobori (May 14, 1964);
  • IWA (Australia) World Tag Team titles w/Baron Mikel Sciculna defeating Mario Milano and Dominic DeNucci (July 6, 1968);
  • NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Hans Mortier (April 15, 1969);
  • NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/ Jack Brisco defeating Missouri Mauler and Hiro Matsuda (July 22, 1969);
  • NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Sam Steamboat defeating Missouri Mauler and Hiro Matsuda (September 3, 1969);
  • NWA Florida Brass Knuckles title defeating Tarzan Tyler (January 30, 1971);
  • NWA Western States Heavyweight title defeating Terry Funk (August 26, 1971);
  • NWA Western States Heavyweight title defeating Alfred Hayes ( 1972);
  • NWA Western States Tag Team titles w/ Karl Von Steiger defeating Moose Morowski and Nick Kozak ( 1972);
  • NWA Western States Heavyweight title defeating Alfred Hayes (June 29, 1972);
  • NWA Western States Heavyweight title defeating Curtis Iaukea (1973);
  • NWA (Amarillo) Brass Knuckles title defeating [INSERT] (February 1973);
  • NWA (Amarillo) International Tag Team titles w/Killer Karl Kox defeating Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. (August 26, 1973);
  • NWA (Amarillo) International Heavyweight title Awarded (1974);
  • NWA (Los Angeles) Brass Knuckles title defeating [INSERT] ( 1975);
  • NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Omar Negro defeating J.J Dillon and Roger Kirby (1975);
  • NWA (Amarillo) International Heavyweight title defeating Dick Murdoch (June 1975);
  • NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Omar Negro defeating Roger Kirby and Harley Race (September 1975);
  • NWA (Amarillo) Brass Knuckles title defeating [INSERT] (March 1977);
  • NWA (Amarillo) International Heavyweight title defeating Reggie Parks (April 1977);
  • NWA (Tri State) United States Tag Team titles w/Dr. X defeating Ray Candy and Porkchop Cash (October 27, 1977);
  • NWA (Amarillo) International Heavyweight title won a tournament (May 1978);
  • NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Dusty Rhodes (December 12, 1978);
  • WWC North American Tag Team titles w/Hurricane Castillo defeating Mitsu Ishikawa and Haru Sonada (November 17, 1979);
  • WWC Caribbean Heavyweight title defeating Dick Steinborn (December 29, 1979);
  • NWA Florida Brass Knuckles title defeating [INSERT] (May 1982);
  • NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Heavyweight title defeating El Monarca (November 12, 1982);

Career Highlights

  • Cylone Negro was an amatuer boxer before becoming a professional wrestler.
  • Cylone Negro fought Floyd Patterson in the first Pan American Games held in Argentina.
  • 1956: Cylone Negro started wrestling in Caracas (Ciclon Venezuelano).
  • 1958: Cylone Negro went to Europe and spent 6 years wrestling in France, Belgium, Spain, England, Germany and Italy.
  • 1960: Cylone Negro came to America and wrestled in numerous territories from coast to coast.
  • Cyclone Negro wrestled as Lalo Rodriguez, which is sort of his real name, in the Capitol territory around 1960.
  • 1977-78: Cyclone Negro worked in Florida under a mask as “Mr. Uganda” and was managed by Sonny King.
  • Cylone Negro appeared on a show called “Lie Detector” hosted by F.Lee Bailey and was asked if wrestling was fake.
  • ~~~Negro said NO. So F.Lee.Bailey read the results. and said evidently you’ve been lying and Cyclone fussed and stormed out.
  • Cylone Negro made 23 trips to Japan, and held the Asian Tag Team titles with Gene Kiniski.
  • Cylone Negro made 20 trips to Australia.
  • Cylone Negro retired with The World’s Brass Knuckles Championship belt.
  • Cylone Negro retired to a small town in Florida living the quiet life, he still works out daily.
  • Cyclone Negro passed away on February 20, 2013 from natural causes.
  • I would like to thank Sherri Rodriguez-Jones (Cylone’s daughter) for supplying us with information for this profile.

 

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Debut

Birthday

April 7, 1932

Hometown

San Felipe, Venezuela
Retired to Florida

Gender

Height

6'1"

Weight

250 lbs

Finishing Move(s)

Jumping Piledriver

Favorite Move(s)

Notable Feuds

Dory Funk Sr.
Terry Funk
Dory Funk Jr.
Ricky Romero
Jerry & Nick Kozak

Status