Ray Richard

Ray Richard

Name Ray Richard Real name Andrés Solano Vazquez Nicknames Chicanita, El Chacal Veracruzano, El Sangre Chicana del Toreo Name history Saeta Jalisciense (debut), Chamaco Richardi, Ray Richard, Zeus, Oriental (FULL, 1993) Family Maestro(s) Hércules Poblano Birth date, location November 1, 1950- Puebla, Puebla Obituary date Debut, location January 6, 1970 Lost mask to Transformer - May 28, 1992 - Pista Arena Revolución, Mexico City Height 171 cm/5'7" Weight 78 kgs/172 lbs Signature moves Titles: UWA World Welterweight Championship

Notes

Veteran luchador rudo, he was born in Puebla, Puebla; but he is mistakenly billed from Orizaba Veracruz. He had no interest at first in lucha libre, he was more into boxing; however he was invited to see a local show in Puebla. He saw Hércules Poblano and Andres was so impressed that he decided to practice lucha libre. Hércules became his trainer and after two years he made he became professional.

Debuted on January 6, 1970 as Saeta Jalisciense. In a local show Chamaco Richard could not attend the event. The promoter saw a resemblance between the young Andres Solano and Richard. For that reason the promoter told him to take that missing spot as Chamaco Richard. On the following date he was renamed as Chamaco Richardi, a name that he would keep for about 12 years.

He was thinking on changing his ring name, because sooner or later he would not be a chamaco (boy) for life. He was looking for something more appropiate. One day he asked advise from Ray Mendoza who sugggested the name of Ray Richard. Nicknamed "Chicanita" by Rene Guajardo and Karloff Lagarde due to his resemblance with Sangre Chicana.

The first Zeus gave permission to Ray Richard to become the second to don the mask of Zeus. Richard portrayed the new Zeus for three years until his mask loss against Transformer.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
1970/05/28	hair	Lalo Cortes	Chamaco Richardi	Atlixco, Puebla
1972/04/16	hair	Chamaco Richard	Tony Cruz	Arena Ecatepec
1977/08/20	hair	Estrella Blanca	Chamaco Richard	Atlixco, Puebla
1978/11/12	hair	Bobby Charles & Bull Santana	Chamaco Richard & Gran Sabú	Cuernavaca
??/??/??	hair	Chamaco Valaguez	Ray Richard	Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos
??/??/??	hair	Pánico	Ray Richard	Puebla, Puebla
??/??/??	hair	Ray Richard	Black Terry	El Toreo
??/??/??	hair	El Vagabundo	Ray Richard	Arena San Juan - Mérida, Yucatán
1985/03/17	hair	El Hijo del Santo	Ray Richard	El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State
1987/05/23	hair	El Hijo del Santo	Ray Richard	Auditorio Municipal - Morelia, Michoacán
92/05/28	mask	Transformer	Zeus	Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City

Gallery

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As Zeus

As Zeus

As Zeus

Source

• Lucha Libre El Arte de Gotch