Ari Romero

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Ari Romero

Name	Ari Romero
Real name	José Luis Arias Romero
Nicknames	Gato (Cat), El Rey De las Cadenas (king of the bull terrier match), El Rey Del Tenedor (king of the fork), El Diablo, El General, Padre de los Guerreros
Name history	El Gato (1969 - 1975), Arias Romero (1976 - 1977), Ari "Gato" Romero (1977 - ), Hussein El Gran Sheik/Gran Sheik (09/90 - 09/94), Shadow V (Big Japan), Karma (IWRG, 2002)
Family	Ari Romero Jr. (son)
Maestro(s)	Lou Thesz
Birth date, location	December 20, 1951 - Querétaro, Querétaro
Obituary date
Debut, location	October 1967
Lost mask to	Blue Demon Jr. - November 1994 - Arena Coliseo (as Gran Sheik)
Height	5'7"/171 cms
Weight	218 lbs/99 kg
Signature moves	Gori Special, Flying Splash
Titles:	Queretaro Welterweight Championship, Northern Tag Team Championship (2, w/Flama Roja & Crazy 33), Pacific Islands Tag Team Championship (w/Chief Peter Mavia) WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
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	El Paso, Texas, USA
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

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,

Ari 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 Romero is also a musician in his spare time.