Ángel Acevedo
| Ángel Acevedo | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ángel Acevedo |
| Born |
January 27, 1945 San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Children | 2 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Angelo Castro Cuban Assassin Cuban Commando El Mercenario |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Billed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) to 250 lb (110 kg) |
| Billed from | Cuba |
| Debut | 1973 |
| Retired | 2004 |
Ángel Acevedo (born January 27, 1945) is a Puerto Rican retired professional wrestler known by his ring name The Cuban Assassin and for his appearances with Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, World Wrestling Council and Stampede Wrestling. Ángel Acevedo is a permanent resident of Canada and resides in Calgary, Alberta. Acevedo's son, Richie Acevedo, was also a wrestler for many years but retired in 2009. Acevedo allowed Fidel Sierra to use the Cuban Assassin name as well, as long as he did not use it in Japan, which has led to some mistakenly crediting Acevedo and Sierra with championships they did not win.
Ángel Acevedo was born on January 27, 1945 in Puerto Rico, son of a Puerto Rican mother and a Cuban father. They family moved to Cuba when Acevedo was seven months old. In school Acevedo competed in Amateur wrestling and later on took up boxing, even turning pro after graduating high school. He would later move to Florida and began training for a professional wrestling. Acevedo's first marriage produced two sons, one of which followed his father into professional wrestling as Richie Acevedo worked for many years as Cuban Assassin #2, then later Cuban Assassin Jr. for AGPW and later dropped the "Jr." to just be "Cuban Assassin". Acevedo later remarried after moving to Calgary, Alberta, Canada and has two children with his second wife.
Acevedo made his debut for Eddie Graham's Championship Wrestling from Florida in 1973 where he created the ring personal "The Cuban Assassin", playing off his heritage as well as his resemblance to Fidel Castro due to his beard and hair. The following year Acevedo began working in Canada, initially in and around Montreal, working for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling. In Stampede he was given a partner, a masked man known as the "Cuban Assassin #2", with whoom he won the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship in 1976. The duo won the championship from Ed and Jerry Morrow, Jerry Morrow would later go on to become a regular partner of Acevedo. The Cuban Assassins later lost the championship to Leo Burke and Stu Hart's son Keith Hart. In 1977 Acevedo was trusted enough by Stu Hart to be the opponent of his son Bret Hart in Bret's debut match. Later on he began splitting his time in Canada between Stampede Wrestling and Emile Dupree's Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling (AGPW) that he often toured with over the summers. The Cuban Assassin and a masked wrestler known as "The Carpetbagger" (Angelo Poffo) were the first recorded AGPW North American Tag Team Champions at some point in 1978. Later that same year Cuban Assassin teamed up with Norman Frederick Charles III to win the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship, defeating Jerry Morrow and George Wells, the run was short lived as Keith Hard and Huber Gallant won the titles before 1978 was over. Over the years the Cuban Assassin became a bit of a tag team specialist, winning the North American Tag Team titles with Goldie Rogers in 1976, then again with Bobby Bass in 1980. Later on Dupree decided to bill Acevedo as "Angel Castro", teaming him up with a wrestler billed as Raoul Castro to win the North American Tag Team titles.
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