In 1970, El Solitario won the NWA Light Heavyweight title by defeating Ray Mendoza. He continued wrestling as an individual during this time, and in 1969, won the NWA Middleweight world title by defeating El Rayo de Jalisco. It also started a legendary rivalry between himself, Wagner and Blanco. Wagner and Angel Blanco turned on him, he became one of the most popular tecnicos of his era. He was wrestling as a rudo at this time but when his partners Dr. Wagner and Angel Blanco the group was known as "La Ola Blanca" ( The White Wave). A few weeks later, he defeated another legend, Rene Guajardo, and also took his hair in another wager match.Įl Solitario formed a wrestling trio alongside Dr. He was catapulted into stardom within the lucha libre world when he defeated veteran Rey Mendoza in a mask vs hair match on December 13, 1968. He won his first world title when he defeated Occident Welterweight champion Luís González.Įl Solitario was now working for EMLL, Mexico's largest promotion company. In 1966, El Solitario defeated and unmasked Águila Tapatía, that was followed by a win over Mano Blanca. He would make his debut in Arena Coliseo Mexico City on September 6, 1966, when he defeated Tony Reyna. On November 16, 1965, El Solitario faced Panchito Ramirez in Arena Coliseo located in Guadalajara. After the change, promoters and fans took notice of the new dynamic wrestler. He also adopted his now trademark gold and black colored costume and golden mask with a fringe around the eyes representing the Lone Ranger's mask. He chose the name El Solitario, derived from the popular comic book character El Llanero Solitario (" The Lone Ranger"'). Cruz realized that in order to take his career to the next level, he would have to select a more crowd pleasing name and character. He continued working local arenas until he began making a name for himself as he grew physically and refined his wrestling skills. Roberto Gonzalez Cruz moved to Tijuana to pursue his career as a luchador but had a difficult time finding regular work as he was young and still small at the time. Roberto Gonzalez Cruz was initially billed his first name was El Zica II in honoring of his brother El Zica I he later changed his name to El Hijo Del Santo he is not the son of the legendary El Santo. He began training under the tutelage of Joe el Hermoso and made his wrestling debut in 1960 at the age of fourteen. In 1959, Gonzalez Cruz's brother was killed in the ring while wrestling as Othon Banzica, but rather than becoming deterred, Gonzalez Cruz drew inspiration from his death and dedicated himself to lucha libre. At the age of twelve, his older brother Jesús, who was also a professional wrestler, began teaching him basic wrestling moves. Roberto Gonzalez Cruz came from a working-class family and was the youngest of seven children. After achieving stardom in Mexico's oldest promotion, Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre, Gonzalez Cruz joined the breakaway promotion, the Universal Wrestling Association, where he held four more world championships in the early 1980s. During his career he held both the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Middleweight Championship. Roberto González Cruz (– April 6, 1986) was a Mexican professional wrestler who wrestled under the name El Solitario. El Solitario in 1983 with his trademark golden mask
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