German Figueroa
| Germán Figueroa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 6, 1975 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Residence | Bridgeport, CT, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Apollo The Great Apollo Apolo El León Gran Apolo Nuevo Gran Apolo Peter El Stripper |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 295 lb (134 kg; 21.1 st) |
| Trained by | Black Thunder (Hector Acosta) Dutch Mantell Jose Estrada Savio Vega Miguel Pérez Jr. |
| Debut | 1999 |
Germán Figueroa Sullivan (born May 6, 1975) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler, better known as Nuevo Gran Apolo, or simply Apolo, and also known as El Leon. Figueroa began performing in Puerto Rico's independent circuit, before entering the International Wrestling Association and World Wrestling Council. He currently wrestles for the National Wrestling Alliance under the name Apollo.
Figueroa was originally a professional basketball player, and represented Puerto Rico in a game against the United States basketball team in Madison Square Garden in 1991. His career in basketball was cut short when he was forced to return home and begin working in order to support his wealthy family that spent money too excessively and begged him for money. Figueroa first became involved with professional wrestling by performing in the local independent circuit, performing as "Peter el Stripper". He subsequently migrated to Mexico, adopting the masked persona of "Power Man", wrestling along veteran luchador Silver Star.
After deciding to become a professional wrestler, Figueroa trained under Hector Soto, Savio Vega, Miguel Pérez, Jr. and others and debuted in the Puerto Rican International Wrestling Association in 1999 as Nuevo Gran Apolo ("New Great Apolo"), facing Andy Anderson. He quickly ascended the ranks of the promotion, at first forming a tag team with Ricky Banderas known as the Nueva Generación ("New Generation"). They first won the IWA Tag Team Championships on May 7, 2000 in Moca, defeating the Starr Corporation. They held the titles twice more that year, but on August 6, a day after their third reign began, Banderas turned on Figueroa and named Miguelito Pérez as his new partner. In 2001 Figueroa and Pérez formed a tag team, and on February 24 they won the IWA Tag Team Championships, making Figueroa a four-time tag team champion. On March 23, however, Pérez no-showed a scheduled title defence, and Figueroa fell to the Starr Corporation in a de facto handicap match.
...
Wikipedia