Manny Fernandez (wrestler)
| Manny Fernandez | |
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Fernandez in September 2013
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| Birth name | Emanuel Fernandez |
| Born |
July 27, 1954 El Paso, Texas, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Manny Fernandez |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg; 17 st) |
| Trained by | Terry Funk |
| Debut | 1977 |
Emanuel "Manny" Fernandez (born July 27, 1954) is an American professional wrestler for different independent promotions. He is best known by his ring name "The Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez.
Fernandez had success in 1979, becoming Florida Heavyweight Champion after a feud with Terry Funk. He also formed a tag team with Dusty Rhodes, and they won the NWA World tag team title from Ivan Koloff and Don Kernodle. They feuded with them and Ivan's "nephew" Nikita Koloff until losing the title to the Koloffs in early 1985.
Fernandez soon became involved in a feud with Arn Anderson after being attacked by Anderson and laid out. He teamed with Thunderbolt Patterson to feud with Arn and Ole Anderson.
In late 1985, he started helping Jimmy Valiant in his war against Paul Jones and his "Army". He formed a team with Valiant called the "B and B Connection" ("Boogie Woogie" and "Bull"). He had some matches against Abdullah the Butcher and The Barbarian. He also formed a tag team with Hector Guerrero in 1986 called The Latin Connection. In the summer of 1986, Fernandez accepted Jones' money and turned on Valiant starting a feud between the two. Later in the year, Jones also brought in Rick Rude. Pairing Fernandez and Rude together, the duo defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express for the NWA World tag team title. They feuded with the Express and kept the titles until June 1987 when Rude left the promotion, which was resolved with a "phantom title change". Fernandez & Chavo Guerrero came to CWA in Memphis in 1987.
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