El Cobarde

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El Cobarde (The Coward One)

Name El Cobarde (The Coward One) Real name Miguel Ángel Delgado Reyes Nicknames Name history El Cobarde (debut - death) Family Dr. X (father), El Cobarde II/Impostor Sr. (brother), Convoy/Legendario/El Cobarde Jr. (brother), El Hijo del Cobarde(nephew), El Cobarde Jr. (nephew), Impostor Jr. (nephew) Maestro(s) Dr. X, Gorila Ramos Birth date, location August 28, 1947 - Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Obituary date February 7, 1983 - Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Debut, location August 19, 1965 - Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua Lost mask to Fishman - September 30, 1977 - Arena Mexico Height 5'9"/176 cms Weight 203 lbs/92 kg Signature moves La Cerrajera, Bow-and-arrow Submission,Shoulderbreaker Titles: Ciudad Juarez Hall Of Fame (Class Of 2010), Northern Middleweight Title,Northern Tag Team Titles (w/Golden Boy)

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El Cobarde was born on August 28, 1947 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. He is the son of Dr. X and the brother of Impostor and Convoy. He began his career in 1965, alongside El Marquez and Fishman. The name "Cobarde" was not initially accepted by the Boxing and Wrestling Commission due to it sounding unsportsmanlike. He considered changing his name to "Blanco y Negro" but ended up sticking with El Cobarde. He became a local star in Ciudad Juarez and then branched out to the national scene. He started appearing in Arena Coliseo Guadalajara by 1970 in semi-main and main event roles. By 1972, he was wrestling in Arena Coliseo and Arena Mexico. He competed in the 1974 NWA Middleweight Title Tournament, defeating Septiembre Negro. He lost to Anibal in the finals in a match that Box y Lucha called the 1975 Match of the Year. He won the mask of Oro Negro on September 3rd, 1975 and later captured the hair of Tug Wilson on October 30th, 1976.

In September 1977, Cobarde found himself matched up in trios action with Fishman and Sangre Chicana. The three had trios matches against each other on September 9th and September 16th, 1977. Cobarde challenged both at the September 16th show and fought bought on September 23, 1977. He defeated both. The exact circumstances are unknown, but this lead to a Fishman vs Cobarde mask vs mask match on September 30, 1977. Cobarde lost the mask and turned technico soon after. He became more famous in Juarez after and later on would become a local lucha libre icon.

Cobarde started to become ill in the early 1980's. By 1982, he had stopped wrestling regularly and passed away on February 7th, 1983 at the age of 36. His death shocked lucha libre fans and got national coverage. The Cobarde name was then passed onto his brother, El Impostor. His nephew later took up the El Hijo del Cobarde name and Hijo del Impostor also later took up the El Hijo del Cobarde name. Cobarde was inducted into the Ciudad Juarez Hall Of Fame in 2010.

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Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
??/??/??	hair	El Cobarde	TNT	unknown
??/??/??	hair	El Cobarde	César Sando Jr.	unknown
??/??/??	hair	El Cobarde	Carlos Plata	unknown
??/??/??	hair	El Cobarde	Espectro II	unknown
??/??/??	hair	El Cobarde	Tug Wilson	unknown
??/??/??	hair	El Cobarde	Herodes	unknown
??/??/??	hair	El Cobarde	El Nazi	unknown
??/??/??	hair	Sangre Chicana	El Cobarde	unknown
1975/09/03	mask	El Cobarde	Oro Negro	Arena Coliseo Acapulco
1977/09/30	mask	Fishman	El Cobarde	Arena México
78/09/22	hair/mask	Sangre Chicana & Adorable Rubí	El Cobarde & Dragon Rojo	Arena Mexico
1979/06/09	hairs	Cobarde & TNT	Herodes & Carlos Plata	Arena Mexico - Mexico City
1980/09/21	hairs	El Cobarde & El Jalisco I	Leo Lopez & Manuel Robles	Arena Coliseo - Mexico City
80/10/24	hair	El Cobarde & El Jalisco	Carnicero Águilar & El Nazi	Arena Mexico
80/12/05	hair	Sangre Chicana & Alfonso Dantes	El Cobarde & El Jalisco I	Arena México - Mexico City

Gallery

1975

1975

1974

early mask design 1967

Cobarde vs Sangre Chicana

with Convoy

with Fishman

June 1974

w/El Marqués