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Ari Romero has had a long career, often wrestling in northern Mexico with runs in Mexico City and Japan. He was also well known for using a fork as a weapon to make his adversaries bleed on every match, and was feared in chain matches. He had he nickname "El Rey del Tenedor" for a long time, | Ari Romero has had a long career, often wrestling in northern Mexico with runs in Mexico City and Japan. He was also well known for using a fork as a weapon to make his adversaries bleed on every match, and was feared in chain matches. He had he nickname "El Rey del Tenedor" for a long time, was probably best known for wrestling in Ciudad Juarez where he was the top rudo for many years feuding with the Guerrero family. | ||
Most fans in the United States are probably more familiar with him wrestling in California appearing early in his career at the L.A. Olympic Auditorium shows were he wrestled as a more technical babyface and later being part of the WIN promotion as one of the top rudos in the group and also occasional heel announcer. He wrestled for years in CMLL in Mexico City and for other promoters throughout Mexico who were affiliated with CMLL. In Juarez, as a rudo he was known for having bloody battles and he gained a number of nicknames besides the one he was most commonly known as “El Gato”. | |||
Ari "el Gato" (The Cat) Romero was part of El Kux Kux Klan along with [[Flama Roja]], and [[El Legionario]] in Juarez. (They are not the Kux Kux Klan that was numbered I, II, III - this group just used it as a name for their group, but kept their usual identities.) | Ari "el Gato" (The Cat) Romero was part of El Kux Kux Klan along with [[Flama Roja]], and [[El Legionario]] in Juarez. (They are not the Kux Kux Klan that was numbered I, II, III - this group just used it as a name for their group, but kept their usual identities.) | ||
Romero has had notables feuds Mil Mascaras, Flama Roja, Tinieblas, Rey Misterio, Konnan, Rocky Star, Cinta de Oro, The Guerrero Family, Blue Demon Junior. and El Halcón | |||
Ari Romero is also a musician in his spare time. Romero not only stuck to Mexico and the Southwest of the US, but traveled the world touring Japan several times, he has competed in several countries like El Salvador, Panama, Corea, England, Filipinas, Malasia Hong Kong, Rusia, Singapur. | |||
He has defeated great wrestlers (in Mexico, USA, an Japan) such as Colosso Colesetti, La Fiera, Super Delfin, Peter Maivia Jr., Black Magic, Alfonso Dantes, Chavo Guerrero, Mando Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, Gory Guerrero, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Misterio (SR), El Cobarde, Fishman, Konnan, Rocky Star, Tigre de Bengala, Pantera Asesina, Mil Mascaras, Blue Demon Jr., an others. | He has defeated great wrestlers (in Mexico, USA, an Japan) such as Colosso Colesetti, La Fiera, Super Delfin, Peter Maivia Jr., Black Magic, Alfonso Dantes, Chavo Guerrero, Mando Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, Gory Guerrero, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Misterio (SR), El Cobarde, Fishman, Konnan, Rocky Star, Tigre de Bengala, Pantera Asesina, Mil Mascaras, Blue Demon Jr., an others. | ||
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Profile
Ari Romero has had a long career, often wrestling in northern Mexico with runs in Mexico City and Japan. He was also well known for using a fork as a weapon to make his adversaries bleed on every match, and was feared in chain matches. He had he nickname "El Rey del Tenedor" for a long time, was probably best known for wrestling in Ciudad Juarez where he was the top rudo for many years feuding with the Guerrero family.
Most fans in the United States are probably more familiar with him wrestling in California appearing early in his career at the L.A. Olympic Auditorium shows were he wrestled as a more technical babyface and later being part of the WIN promotion as one of the top rudos in the group and also occasional heel announcer. He wrestled for years in CMLL in Mexico City and for other promoters throughout Mexico who were affiliated with CMLL. In Juarez, as a rudo he was known for having bloody battles and he gained a number of nicknames besides the one he was most commonly known as “El Gato”.
Ari "el Gato" (The Cat) Romero was part of El Kux Kux Klan along with Flama Roja, and El Legionario in Juarez. (They are not the Kux Kux Klan that was numbered I, II, III - this group just used it as a name for their group, but kept their usual identities.)
Romero has had notables feuds Mil Mascaras, Flama Roja, Tinieblas, Rey Misterio, Konnan, Rocky Star, Cinta de Oro, The Guerrero Family, Blue Demon Junior. and El Halcón
Ari Romero is also a musician in his spare time. Romero not only stuck to Mexico and the Southwest of the US, but traveled the world touring Japan several times, he has competed in several countries like El Salvador, Panama, Corea, England, Filipinas, Malasia Hong Kong, Rusia, Singapur.
He has defeated great wrestlers (in Mexico, USA, an Japan) such as Colosso Colesetti, La Fiera, Super Delfin, Peter Maivia Jr., Black Magic, Alfonso Dantes, Chavo Guerrero, Mando Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, Gory Guerrero, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Misterio (SR), El Cobarde, Fishman, Konnan, Rocky Star, Tigre de Bengala, Pantera Asesina, Mil Mascaras, Blue Demon Jr., an others.
Also Romero won three hairs (in lucha de apuestas) followed in a week. No one has succeeded repeat this world record of pro wrestling
Source
Luchas de apuestas record
| Date | Apuesta | Winner(s) | Loser(s) | Arena and/or Place |
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| 73/??/?? | hair | El Gato | Diamante Azul | Queretaro] |
| 1975 | mask | Halcon Dorado | El Gato | Mexico City |
| 82/06/19 | mask/hair | Águila Solitaria & Franco Colombo | Cid Campeador & Ari Romero | Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City |
| 84/08/18 | hair | Ari Romero | Doberman | Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City |
| 84/08/26 | hairs | Ari Romero & Franco Colombo | Vulcano & Tony Arce | Arena México - Mexico City |
| 87/??/?? | hair | Eddy Guerrero | Ari Romero | Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| 94/11/?? | mask | Blue Demon Jr. | Gran Sheik | Arena Coliseo - Mexico City |
| 95/02/09 | hair | Silver King | Ari Romero | Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City |
| 02/10/31 | mask (1) | Mega | Karma | Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State |
| (1) Castillo de la muerte 10 men cage match | ||||
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