The World Wrestling Council is one of Puerto Rico's two main professional wrestling promotions, the other one being the International Wrestling Association. The organization is also known as "WWC". This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... International Wrestling Associations logo The International Wrestling Association (IWA) is a wrestling promotion in Puerto Rico. ...

WWC produces WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre weekly wrestling TV show, which airs every Saturday & Sunday at 11:00am-1:00pm AST on WAPA-TV and WAPA America, Saturday & Sunday 12:00-2:00pm EST on SuperCanal 33 in the Dominican Republic (until May, 2007) WAPA-TV is a full-power, independent television station located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 4, digital channel 27. ...

History

Capitol Sports Promotions

The World Wrestling Council was founded in 1973 as Capitol Sports Promotions, with Carlos Colon, Victor Jovica and Gorilla Monsoon as promoters/co-owners of the organization. WWC/Capitol Sports Promotions was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) until late 1988. For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Carlos Colon (born July 18, 1945 in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico) better known in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling circles as Carlitos Colon, is considered by many to be the greatest wrestler ever from Puerto Rico. ... Victor Jovica is a Croatian-born professional wrestler and promoter. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... National Wrestling Alliance logo The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA championships. ...

Capitol Sports Promotions gained fame in Puerto Rican homes soon after their TV show, Super Estrellas de la Lucha Libre, went on-air every weekend on channel 4, WAPA-TV. The taped show is still aired on weekends (both Saturday and Sunday for two hours). At one time it also had shows on Channel 11 (for "Telecadena Perez Perry" before the channel went off the air, and after the return of the same channel as "Teleonce"), on channel 7 on Sunday evenings at 6pm (after horse racing), and even had a show at one time on Telemundo channel 2 on Saturday mornings at 10am WAPA-TV is a full-power, independent television station located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 4, digital channel 27. ...

Capitol Sports Promotions began touring all over the island, and with the golden era of boxing in Puerto Rico limited only to Ponce and the metropolitan area of Puerto Rico, Capitol Sports Promotions took their shows to many, inner country towns where people were not used to seeing live in-ring sports events. As a result, Capitol's shows usually filled the smaller town arenas. For other senses of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer (disambiguation). ... Flag Seal Nickname: Gentilic: Ponceños Location Location of Ponce, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico Government Founded 1692 Mayor Francisco Zayas Seijo Political party PPD Senatorial district 5 - Ponce Representative district 24, 25 Geographical characteristics Area Total 501. ...

Early stars, apart from Colon, included Barrabas, El Tigre Perez, Hugo Savinovich, Gorilla Monsoon, Huracan Castillo and others. Famous wrestling tag-teams included Los Super Medicos, Los Invaders and others. Hugo Savinovich (born February 15, 1959 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a former professional wrestler and currently one half of the WWE Spanish announce team where he is the color commentator and his partner is Carlos Cabrera and occasionally Marcelo Rodriguez. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Many American stars came to Puerto Rico to wrestle for Capitol Sports Promotions during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Such were the cases of Randy Savage, Ric Flair, Bruiser Brody, Dory Funk, Jr. and others. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ric Flair (born February 25, 1949 [1] and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), is an iconic American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ... Frank Goodish (1946-1988) was a professional wrestler better known in the professional wrestling world as Bruiser Brody. ... Dory Funk, Jr. ...

In 1983, Rickin Sanchez had taken over as Capitol's main promoter, as well as becoming one of the organization's broadcasters on the television shows. He was joined by the already retired Savinovich, to form one of Puerto Rico's most famous broadcasting duos in history, which complemented the narrations of the matches by Joaquin Padin JR. Some time later, Rickin Sanchez (and his production company R & F Television) left the production of "Super Estrellas.." due to some disagreements with the ownership of WWC, and then Hugo Savinovich became the main host of the programs. Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...

Bruiser Brody Murder

In 1988, American star Bruiser Brody was murdered in a WWC Anniversary event in Bayamon. The alleged murderer was fellow wrestler Jose Huertas, known as Invader I. Apparently, the two men had a real-life feud that led to a confrontation in the locker room, that concluded with Brody receiving various stab wounds to his chest. It is said that a "witness" to the series of events that ended in the murder was Tony Atlas (even though he was not an eye-witness of the murder itself, it is said he saw both men enter an area of the locker room, and then Invader leaving alone... moments later Brody was found). Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Frank Goodish (June 18, 1946 - July 17, 1988) was a professional wrestler who garnered his greatest fame under the name Bruiser Brody. ... WWC Anniversary is an event that the World Wrestling Council hosts every year to mark its birthday since 1973. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jose Huertas Gonzalez better known as Invader #1 to the wrestling fans in Puerto Rico is a pro wrestler that wrestled in the United States for the WWE and around the world especially in Puerto Rico since 1973 for both the World Wrestling Council & the International Wrestling Association. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

After Brody's death, and the failed conviction of the suspected murderer, WWC went through some difficult years, due to the fact that the flow of wrestlers that came from the United States suddenly ended. In a crisis that the WWC never overcame, many wrestlers thought that the administration of the WWC actually helped Brody's murderer go free and actually allowed him to continue to wrestle after the events.

World Wrestling Council

By the middle 1990s, the organization changed its official name to the World Wrestling Council. Women also began to have an ever increasing presence in the organization during that decade, with La Tigresa leading the way. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

With the turn of the century came a turn of events for the WWC that almost destroyed the franchise. A small promotion, called International Wrestling Association, promoted by Victor Quinones, became a big competitor when it made an alliance with giant WWF and started featuring American superstars. Suddenly, WWC had to change its ways and realize that they were not the only game in town. International Wrestling Associations logo The International Wrestling Association (IWA) is a wrestling promotion in Puerto Rico. ... Victor Quiñones (died 2006) was the founder and owner of International Wrestling Association. ...

Since then, Puerto Rican wrestling talent has jumped from the WWC to the IWA, and vice-versa. But, in the last months of 2004, Carly Colon ("Carlito") was signed to WWE. International Wrestling Associations logo The International Wrestling Association (IWA) is a wrestling promotion in Puerto Rico. ... Carlos (Carly) Colón, Jr. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ...

2007: WWC breakout

Everything began to change in WWC on March 3 when IWA main star, former World Champion and TNA Tag Team Champion El Leon Apollo (German Figueroa) made his debut at Ponce, Puerto Rico. German Figueroa left IWA after having many disagreements with IWA owners. Its new name became Apollo (with two “l”) instead of Apolo (his original name). He feuded Joe Don Smith for several weeks in an action of getting him to respect his city (Ponce) and his fans. He then feuded Bronco and beat Alofa to become the new WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion. Apollo gained a lot of respect by his new fans. Another hit happened when WWC former Tag Team Champions Thunder and Lightning made a comeback on May 24. They feuded La Amenaza de la Destrucción (Madness of Destruction), formed by La Amenaza Bryan and Black Pain, both of them former Universal Heavyweight Champions. IWA official booker and TNA spanish commentator Hector Melendez signed a contract with WWC to perform similar tasks. WWC’s biggest moment was on July 13 in the 34th Anniversary of the company, taking place in Coliseo de Puerto Rico. The main event was Carlito Caribbean Cool vs Scott Hall, because Scott Hall had been said a lot of times in interviews that Carlito is just a “Mini Razor”. Bruiser Brody’s Cup match was another great match whose winner would win the prestigious cup and get a shot for any title. The winners were Cuban Connection Ricky Santana and Fidel Sierra but a new tag team called Legion of Armageddon appeared and won the match and a shot for the Tag Team Championships. Legendary manager Profe made his comeback to WWC and became the manager of this tag team. After 34th Anniversary, WWC has grown in all aspects and many other IWA superstars debuted in WWC forming a very controversial group of masked wrestlers called Encapuchados (that is like “masked men”), formed by Biggie, Jeffrey and then Stefano and Niche joined to the group. The popularity of this group grew up too fast that IWA created a similar group with a similar name in a desperate effort to stop losing fans. IWA superstar Joe Bravo also signed with WWC and appeared on an event called Guerra en el Norte (War in North) celebrated at Vega Baja. At this moment, WWC has good relationships with wrestling companies in Japan and the United States. Carlos Colon has been in conversations with WWE executives in order to evaluate the possibility of WWC becoming once again in a WWE development territory for new wrestling superstars. 66.98.44.208 05:17, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Roster

See: World Wrestling Council roster This is a list of professional wrestlers who wrestle at World Wrestling Council. ...

Championships

Current

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Defunct and inactive

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See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans-Sports
• Sports in Puerto Rico

This list of Puerto Ricans includes people who were born in Puerto Rico, people who are of Puerto Rican ancestry, and many long-term residents and/or immigrants whove made Puerto Rico their home, who are significantly notable for their life and/or work. ... Sports in Puerto Rico can be traced from the ceremonial competitions amongst the pre-Columbian Native Americans of the Arawak also known as Taíno tribes which inhabited the island to the modern era in which sports activities consist of an organized physical activity or skill carried out with a...

External links

• Official Site (in Spanish)
• WWC Title Histories