Pedro Morales
Born: 1942-10-22 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States
Died: 2019-02-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
Pedro Antonio Morales was a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the United States with Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA) and the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). Debuting in 1959, Morales originally came to prominence with WWA in the 1960s, where he held the World Heavyweight Championship and World Tag Team Championship. In 1970, he joined the WWWF, winning its World Heavyweight Championship and United States Championship. In a second run with the by-then World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the 1980s, he won the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship and Tag Team Championship, establishing himself as the promotion's first Triple Crown Champion. He retired from professional wrestling in 1987. A popular champion, Morales had particular appeal to his native Puerto Ricans and the wider Latino audience. The first Latino to hold a world heavyweight championship, his combined reign as WWWF Heavyweight Champion remains among the longest in history. He also holds the record for most days as Intercontinental Champion. He was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1995, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2015 and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2017.
Filmography
2013
- WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden as Himself
2008
2005
- Mis estimadas víctimas as Policia Puerta
2003
- Ivan Koloff the Most Hated Man in America as Himself
1995
- WWE Hall Of Fame 1995 as Pedro Morales (Archive footage)
1987
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 as Pedro Morales
- The Best of the WWF: volume 12 as Pedro Morales
1986
- WWF Wrestling Challenge as Pedro Morales
- WWF Superstars as Pedro Morales
- WrestleMania II as Pedro Morales
- Villains of the Squared Circle as Pedro Morales
- WWE The Big Event as Pedro Morales
- The Best of the WWF: volume 7 as Pedro Morales
- The Best of the WWF: volume 9 as Pedro Morales
- The Best of the WWF: volume 8 as Pedro Morales
1985
- The WWF's Amazing Managers as Pedro Morales
- The Best of the WWF: volume 4 as Pedro Morales
- Most Unusual Matches as Pedro Morales
- Best of the WWF Volume 2 as Pedro Morales
1984
- Tuesday Night Titans as Pedro Morales
1980
- WWF Championship Wrestling as Pedro Morales
- WWE Showdown at Shea '80 as Pedro Morales
1978
- The Super Bowl of Wrestling as Himself
1975
- WWF All-Star Wrestling as Pedro Morales
1973
- WWE Old School as Pedro Morales
- WWE at Madison Square Garden: June 30, 1973 as Pedro Morales