Ricky Romero (wrestler)
| Ricky Romero | |
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| Birth name | Henry Romero |
| Born | May 24, 1931 San Bernardino, California, United States |
| Died | January 15, 2006 |
| Children |
Chris Youngblood Jay Youngblood Mark Youngblood |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ricky Romero Rapid Rick Romero Mexico Grand |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
| Billed from | Amarillo, Texas |
| Trained by |
Bob Geigel Dory Funk Michael DiBiase |
| Debut | 1955 |
Henry Romero (May 24, 1931 – January 15, 2006) was an American professional wrestler better known as "Rapid" Ricky Romero. Romero was best known for being a huge drawing card in the U.S. state of Texas during the 1970s.
He wrestled in every major market between 1955 into the 1980s. Ricky tagged with the likes of Pedro Morales in the World Wrestling Association (WWA), Terry Funk and Nick Bockwinkel in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and Rito Romero in the WWF. He got his huge break, when Dory Funk Sr. brought him into the Amarillo, Texas area during a time of segregation between races. Ricky Romero was the first Hispanic wrestler in the area and gained a fan given nickname "SuperMex".
In 1972 he beat Terry Funk in a most popular wrestler contest in Amarillo, was a top draw for Gory Guerrero in El Paso, Texas as well as for Fritz Von Erich in Dallas, Texas, and Paul Boesch in Houston, Texas. He was such a top draw in the Rocky Mountain area Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, that Dory Sr. invented the Rocky Mountain Title just for Ricky which he retired in the early 80s.
Ricky Romero as a singles wrestler, went up against the likes of Lou Thesz, Gorgeous George, Wild Red Berry, and Jack Brisco. Romero was also one of the first pioneers to work for Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki in Japan, wearing a mask as Mexico Grand' as a heel. Ricky Romero retired as a professional wrestler in the early 1980s.
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