Mr. Cóndor

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Mr. Cóndor

Name	Mr. Cóndor
Real name	Vicente Cruz Hernández
Nicknames	none
Name history	Jose Cruz (debut), Ivanhoe II, Romano García (? - 92; 09 UWE), Sombra de Plata III, El Cóndor (92,), Mr. Cóndor (92 - ), Goyo (1st version, 12/96 - 97), Payaso Diabolico I, II or III (1998)
Family	none
Maestro(s)	Los Cadaveres, Villano I, Rafael Salamanca, Scaramouche, Tony López, Blue Demon, Rodolfo Ruiz, Leo López, Los Escorpiones
Birth date, location	July 26, 1958 - Mexico City ^[1]
Obituary date
Debut, location	August 20, 1975 - Arena Xalapa - Xalapa, Veracruz
Lost mask to	Rey Misterio Jr. - August 14, 1992 - Acapulco, Guerrero
Height	5'6"/168 cms
Weight	183 lbs/83 kg
Signature moves	Flying Senton, Power Bomb, Tirabuzón
Titles:	UWA World Featherweight Title (as Romano García), AULL Trios Championship w/ Rocky Santana & El Gallego, Naucalpan Lightweight Championship, Tlanepantla Tag Team Championship (w/Perro Sosa), Arena Lopez Mateos Tag Team Championship (w/Perro Sosa), Texcoco Lightweight Championship, Arena Lopez Mateos Lightweight Championship, Yucatan Welterweight Championship, Caribe Middleweight Championship, Chetumal Lightweight Championship, Northern Tag Team Championship (w/Perro Sosa), Center of Mexico Cruiserweight Championship, FDT Absolute Championship

Biography

In the beginning he was not really a Lucha Libre fan. He was just invited by one of his friends to train and he liked so much. Vicente was a fast learner and in a short period of time he wrestled against the same friend who invited him and won. The trainers were impressed for his progress and saw potential despite of his height and weight.

He spent about seven years training with Los Cadaveres, then he continued with Rafael Salamanca. He saw his potencial as well, but he adviced him to go to other places, because he could not get opportunities due to his size.

His debut was unmasked under the name of Jose Cruz. He used that name for a couple of times, however he was not really convinced. He found a book about the Romans and he liked that culture and finally he renamed as Romano Garcia. At some point of his career que wrestled as Sombra de Plata III.

His first matches were in Plaza de Toros Huamantla and Arena Xalapa. During those days he received advices from Los Escorpion I, Escorpion II, Leo Lopez, Bruno Victoria, and Dick Angelo.

When he joined to Los Diabolicos they became rivals of Los Arqueros del Espacio. From that trio he had a rivalry with Lasser. He belonged to LLI usually as an opener, and joined the El Toreo tribute group UWE in 2009.

He met the promoter Carlos Elizondo in Monterrey, who gave opportunities to Los Diabolicos in big events as openers like the masks vs masks between Los Brazos vs Villanos. He told Romano about changing his gimminck since Los Diabolicos disbanded. Elizondo came up with the idea of masking Romano as Mr. Cóndor.

When he went back to Mexico City, he was invited by Antonio Peña to his AAA which he was starting. Mr. Cóndor wrestled there from the start of the promotion thru 2008. Best known as Mr. Condor during that stretch, though likely worked under a number of identities when not in his usual spot as an solid opening card wrestler. Evolved into as a veteran who'd face young wrestlers just starting on television. His mask loss to Rey Misterio Jr. early in Misteiro's career is probably his most historically important match for whom Misterio would become.

Besides of his in ring career he is the head trainer in Gimnasio Hercules. He always saw Ray Mendoza and Rene Guajardo as his role models. Lucha Libre for him is life and his everything.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
??/??/??	mask	Romano Garcia	Black Bull	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
??/??/??	hair	Romano Garcia	Danny Boy	unknown
??/??/??	hair	Romano Garcia	Tigre Negro	unknown
78/03/29	hair	Romano Garcia	Rudy Santana	Mexico City
79/01/02	masks	Sombras de Plata I & II	Ivanhoe I & Ivanhoe II	Auditorio Benito Juarez - Mexico City
88/11/??	hair	El Hijo del Diablo	Romano García	Palenque de la Feria - Celaya, Guanajuato
1990/12/03	hair	El Pantera	Romano García	Arena Isabel - León, Guanajuato
92/03/15	mask	Mr. Cóndor	El Cholo	Arena Neza - Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State
92/08/14	mask	Rey Misterio Jr.	Mr. Cóndor	Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero
95/03/15	hair	Mr. Cóndor	Bronco	Arena Neza
95/03/17	mask	Mr. Cóndor	The Rose	Palenque de la Feria - Zacatecas, Zacatecas
95/04/30	masks	Karloff Lagarde Jr., Perro Silva & Mr. Cóndor	Zafiro, Brillante & Diamante	Auditorio Rio Nilo - Tonala, Jalisco
95/07/29	hairs	Marabunta, Mr. Cóndor & Angel Mortal	Zafiro, Brillante & Diamante	Torreón, Coahuila
96/04/05	hair	Mr. Cóndor	El Gallego	Arena Neza - Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State
01/05/26	hair	Mr. Cóndor	Marabunta	Arena Neza - Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State
02/01/20	hair (1)	Mr. Cóndor	Ángel Mortal	Gimnasio Lázaro Cárdenas - Salamanca, Gto.
02/07/05	mask (2)	Mr. Cóndor	Maniaco	Centro de Convenciones - Cd. Madero, Tamps.
09/03/18	hair	Romano Garcia	Danny Boy	Arena Lopez Mateos - Mexico State
2013/07/20	hair (3)	Romano Garcia	Gran Apache II	Arena Lopez Mateos
2014/04/06	hair	Marabunta	Romano García	Expo Reforma, Mexico State
2016/12/15	hair (4)	Kevin (DTU)	Mr. Condor	Arena Aficion
2019/12/25	hairs	Cerebro Negro & Dr. Cerebro	Romano Garcia & Gallego	Arena Neza
(1) Cage match with Gallego and Barrio Boys; (2) Diabolicos & Apache vs. Vipers cage match. Until this match happened, Maniaco wasn't considered to be a masked wrestler?; (3) Relevos Increibles con Final Suicida with Danny Boy & Rocky Santana; (4) Escape by Elimination with Jimmy & Gallego