So, when settling on the west coast, it wasnt unexpected for Johnson-Morales, during some downtime, to venture out to local arenas for wrestling shows. | Funeral Home Website by Batesville Home | [84], His mother Teodora was a businesswoman, who continued to advise him on economic decisions throughout his life. He won his next match by defeating George Cannon, forming a brief partnership with Hahn Lee that only lasted for a month. [24] Morales recovered by winning a match over Mac MacFarland and teaming with Bing Ki Lee to win the Hawaii Tag Team Championship from Barend and Ripper Collins. Growing up in New York City, I attended my first live wrestling show in January 1972. The feud with The Moondogs resumed afterwards, with mixed results in tag team competition but another win over Moondog Rex. Slaughter, ending their respective storylines. [82], As a trainer, Morales was involved in the instruction of Dory Funk Jr., a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion who in 2009 was inducted into the Hall of Fame as part of The Funks. Pedro Antonio Morales (October 22, 1942 February 12, 2019) was a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. [17] He subsequently split results against Shereef, also besting Rip Miller and Austin on several occasions during November. After teaching for five years, up until 1970, and dating for nearly as long, it was clear to all that a wedding was in the picture. Next, along with my brother and his wife, I went to the matches at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.. Their series continued with the equitable results of one win, one loss and a draw. [70] WWE also included him in a compendium titled "Top 50 Good Guys in Wrestling History", which featured wrestlers that performed as fan favorites during their careers. [35] He followed this by entering a feud with Stasiak which featured mixed results, but concluded with him dropping the WWWF Heavyweight Championship on December 1, 1973. ], Pedro Morales at a fan fest in 2005. [22], Now a full-time performer for 50th State Big Time Wrestling in Hawaii, he quickly entered a successful run with victories over Dave Ruhl, Austin and Tank Morgan. An 11 p.m. curfew ordinance by the New York State Athletic Commission stopped the action. Returning to his former singles pace, Morales went on to immediately enter an undefeated streak over Bobby Jones, Moose Morowski, Buddy Wolff, Frankie Hill, Baron Von Raschke, Vito Martino, Ray Stevens, Pierre Poisson, Blackjack Lanza, Puppy Dog Peloquin, Rodeo Jones, Roger Kirby, Ray Stevens, Joe Carlos and Frankie Hill to close the year. Pedro was a magnanimous man, said Johnson-Morales during a recent telephone conversation with SlamWrestling.net from her home in Woodbridge, New Jersey. [60] May was marked by several unsuccessful matches that formed part of a rivalry with Ron Bass, but finished with a win over Lombardi. [53] The second half of the month brought wins in two matches along with Santana and singles success over opponents that he had previously wrestled. Morales then entered a double feud against Pedro Rodriguez and Gene Kiniski, dominating Rodriguez but losing to Kiniski. [39] During this time-frame, Morales also faced Superstar Billy Graham and Lars Anderson on a regular basis. The former WWWF champion was laid to rest at the Costello-Greiner Funeral Home in Woodbridge, predeceased by their son, Pedro Morales Jr., in 2014. [3][2] He was a member of a large family, with 85 cousins just on his mother's side. [11] Despite being a resident of this area, he continued to travel frequently to Puerto Rico, visiting the archipelago multiple times per year. [41], On May 5, 1978, Morales returned to Puerto Rico for one night and teamed with Rivera. [40] Afterwards, Koloff joined Mr. Saito as his main partner in the ongoing team feud, but both of the combinations with Johnson and Muraco were able to best them. [81] When compiling a list based on the "[wrestler's] impact on the [Puerto Rican] fanbase", Ral lzaga of Primera Hora listed him third overall. After defeating Rocky Montero and Gorilla Monsoon, Morales dropped the North American Championship to Curtis Iaukea on September 24, 1969. Meanwhile, his team with Hernandez won three consecutive matches against The Assassins by disqualification. He was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1995,[10] the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2015 and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2017. View Pedro Morales results in New Jersey (NJ) including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. On March 8, 1987, Morales teamed with Danny Spivey in the quarterfinals of a tournament for the World Tag Team Championship, but they were eliminated by Rick Martel and Tom Zenk. After defeating both Bence and Morgan, he returned to his feud with Barend dropping the North American Heavyweight Championship on February 7, 1970. [19] While individually, Morales entered a brief period where he recorded more draws and losses than wins, his team with Rivera won their first five encounters, which also featured him besting DiBiase and Gotch in singles. [58] The following months brought mixed results, with wins over Muraco and Jim Neidhart but losses to Hercules and Adrian Adonis. In the final months of 1964, Morales also gained wins over Robert Duranton and Steve Stanlee. [87] By this point his health had deteriorated, with the emergence of cardiac afflictions and cancer as well. The Spoiler remained Morales most common adversary during the following months, which resulted in wins over him and his partner, Buddy Wolfe. [44] After defeating and drawing with St. Your email address will not be published. I arrived early to pick out a good view from the bleachers. In singles, he remained in the top of the card, defeating Paul Diamond, El Shereef, Killer Karl Kox, K.O. [39] Afterwards, he recorded mixed results in several contests against The Super Destroyer. His next two feuds featured him getting disqualified and defeated by Muraco, exchanging results with Hercules and dominating Moondog Rex. He has a weekly sports blog at WIBX950.com. PEDRO WAS THE BEST.A VERY CLASSY GUY.HE WAS MY CHAMP AS MUCH AS I LOVED BRUNO ALSO..I WAS AT SHEA THAT COLD RAINY NIGHT WHEN THEY FOUGHT TO THE TIME LIMIT.BEST MATCH I EVER SAWMY FIFST SHOW AT M.S.G .WAS PEDRO AGAINST TARZAN..MAY 1971, Your email address will not be published. At his first show in Tokyo, he had a draw against Don Lewin. By all accounts, the former WWWF champ always looked towards the future, knowing full well that the day will come when his boots would have to be hung up. [19] Concurrent to this, his team with Romero began experiencing more losses, while the one along Gomez remained consistently successful. Johnson-Morales voice is perky, and excited to go back in time, to tell how their love story began. [19] He made his first appearance in Hawaiian territory along Gomez on April 26, 1967. > Obituary Archive [74] From 2003 onwards, the World Wrestling Council approached Morales and offered holding an Aniversario event in his honor, but he declined the invitations for ten years. A second feud, this time with Don Muraco was not as successful and he experienced mixed results, but also winning more often than he lost. However, this streak was also ended in a count out loss to Snuka. "He was so good to me, and took care of me. Costello-Koyen Funeral Homes, Inc.. All Rights Reserved. [21] Antonio Pugliese reappeared on May 4, 1968, only to drop the WWA World Tag Team Championship to The Medics. This is when and where Cupids arrow struck. To close the year, Morales earned singles victories over Buddy Roberts and Tank Patton. [57] Two rivalries involving Hercules and Steve Lombardi ended with mixed results. In October, he toured Germany, with a win over Amet Chong and losses to Kublai Khan. Aug 5: WWE SummerSlam, > Archives katherine grainger gordonstoun. Admin. Pedro was a resident of Woodbridge, New Jersey at the time of passing. [40] This reign was short, lasting only two weeks before dropping them to Saito and Mr. Sato. Thanks to the stocks, bonds, and properties purchased by her late husband through the years of traveling the globe for wrestling, Johnson-Morales now is able to live a comfortable life in her later years. In his singles debut, Morales defeated Joe Turco. Margarita Cardenas. Individually, Morales defeated Chuck Martoni, Arnold Skaaland and Prince Nero on several occasions. Despite earning wins over several other teams, they were unable to best Blassie and Austin during this feud, only recording a single win. On August 5, 1970, Morales regained the North American Heavyweight Championship from Barend. [38] Immediately afterwards, they became involved in a series against Don Muraco and Mr. Saito that lasted for the remainder of the year and from which they emerged with the best balance. This was followed by a short feud against The Moondogs, which ended with singles wins over both members of the team. [51] Morales continued his feud with Buddy Rose, defeating him by disqualification. A feud with Mayne went on to include a steel cage match. Eventually, Jay Youngblood became Moraless main partner, recording a winning streak while he also teamed with several other wrestlers including Cocoa Samoa, Tiger Jeet Singh and Bob Marcus with similar success. > Collectibles Pedro is registered to vote in Middlesex County, New Jersey. [52] He held the belt until September 15, 1984, dropping it to Randy Savage during the final stage of his CSP stay. [45] Morales also feuded with Sgt. Stan Frazier and Tony Borne were the next opponents that he bested during the summer. He did so much for the Puerto-Rican people.. [31] The following month featured feuds which ended in Morales earning several victories over Pampero Firpo, Tanaka, Iaukea and Albano. Away from the squared circle, his widow, Karen Johnson-Morales, paints an even better picture of just how special of a man the champ was. [50] After being resumed, Morales won two more matches over Valentine, once again being disqualified in the third, before coming back to win in a Texas Death match. During the following month, Afa and Kamata served as enhancement talent, while Morales also participated in a battle royale. Toggle navigation. [42], On May 6, 1980, Morales returned to the renamed World Wrestling Federation, defeating Moose Monroe, Frank Savage, Mark Pole, Brute Bernard and Ben Alexander during the course of the following weeks. [4][5][6][7][8] The first Latino to hold a world heavyweight championship, his combined reign as WWWF Heavyweight Champion remains among the longest in history. Murphy and Johnny Vander, while wrestling Haggerty and The Mad Russian to draws. SHARE. During this stage, he also changed tag team partners frequently, teaming with Better Boucher, Ramon Torres and Billy Red Lyons among others, gathering mixed results. [88] He was survived by his wife, with their son predeceasing them in 2014. The popular Puerto Rican drew an incredible, lengthy roar from his fans. However, he was eliminated by Muraco in the semifinals. This was followed by a series of tag team matches along Santana and Danny Spivey, which ended with a 21 balance. To close this run, he lost a contest to The Great Fuji by being counted out. Morales worked an angle with the then-villain Larry Hennig, besting him in singles. Sammartino was Vince McMahon Sr.s top draw for more than seven years, until dropping the strap in the Garden to Koloff in January of 1971. [11] Due to working during a time where the ring featured no methods of protection, Morales suffered several injuries that continued to linger after his career was over, limiting the amount of physical exercise that he was capable of doing. [13] The team opened 1964 by feuding with Chris and John Tolos, losing the first two encounters but winning the three-fall rubber match. Informacin detallada del sitio web y la empresa: sogemat-service.com, +33160803636, +33160805500 Sogemat Service - fournitures htelires : vaisselle, matriel de cuisine, produits hygine et entretien, vtements professionnels, mobilier de restauration. Sunnyside Queens was a long way from Culebra (Puerto Rico). [41] On June 23, 1978, he made a tour to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, but only participated in tag matches. In his final matches for the WWA, Morales defeated The Raider and El Mongol twice. . Morales and Santana teamed twice more, but were unable to overtake the team of Haku and Tama, however, he subsequently joined Jim Brunzell, in emerging victorious over The Hart Foundation which in its original incarnation as cited here was made up of Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart. This led to a feud against Don Muraco, to whom Morales dropped the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on June 20, 1981. No question, he was beloved. > Movies & TV [60] Morales made a final in-ring appearance as professional wrestler by participating in a battle royale held on November 16, 1987. [85] Morales died on February 12, 2019, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey at the age of 76. Coleman, Johnny Rodz and The Hangman. His tag team with Santana remained successful, winning their contests throughout the summer. [24] In late May, Hard Boiled Haggerty arrived to the promotion. Name: Pedro Morales, Phone number: (732) 750-3959, State: NJ, City: Woodbridge, Zip Code: 7095 and more information Person Phone Address Enter a full name Enter a city and a state Log in Pedro Morales from Woodbridge, NJ Age:48 years old Also known as: Mr Pedro Morales,Pedro Morales View Full Report Mobile number View Current Number After briefly teaming with Peter Maivia, Morales defeated Armando Rodriguez and entered a series against Alfred Hayes, which ended with a balance of five wins, two losses and two draws. After wrestling Cyclon Negro in Trinidad and defeating Buddy Rose in a WWF event, Morales won a rematch against Siki, recovering the title. [39] To open 1977, he continued to trend in matches including Tom DeMarco, Mike Soma, Mad Dog Vachon, Baron Von Raschke, Poisson, Bobby Duncum, Moose Morowski and Jim Brunzell, also winning a battle royale and drawing in a series against The Super Destroyer. [86][11] The couple had a son, Pedro Morales Jr. born in 1974. He has reported on professional wrestling, baseball, boxing, and hockey for print and radio since the 1970s. [11], When he was 17 years old, Morales trained under Barba Roja to become a wrestler and participated on a card held in New York City in 1959, where he debuted by earning a victory over Howard LaVine, who performed under the pseudonym Buddy Gilbert, going on to participate in tag team matches and other stipulation matches throughout the tri state area the following year. 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