Bobby Bold Eagle

This article is about the 1970s World Wrestling Association wrestler. For the World Wrestling Association wrestler, see Bob Boyer (wrestler). For the 2001 All Star Wrestling wrestler, see Joe Gomez.
Bobby Bold Eagle
Birth name Robert Cortes
Born (1948-07-28) July 28, 1948[1]
Window Rock, Arizona[1]
Residence New York City, New York[1]
Website Bobby Bold Eagle on Myspace
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Bobby Bold Eagle[1]
Bobby White Feather[1]
Black Tiger[1]
Billed height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Billed weight 220 lb (100 kg)[1]
Trained by Argentina Rocca[1]
Ismael Gerena[1]
Debut September 1968
Retired 1991[1]

Robert Cortes[1] (born July 28, 1948)[1] is a retired American professional wrestler and trainer, known by his ring name Bobby Bold Eagle, who wrestled throughout the United States for the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wide Wrestling Federation during the late 1960s and 1970s.

Career

A protégé of Argentina Rocca, he made his WWWF debut in September 1968.[1]

Cortes wrestled throughout the world during his near 15-year career including countries such as Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Africa and most of Europe. While in Joint Promotions in the 1980s, he held the promotion's tag team championship as part of a kayfabe "brother" tag team with former student Al Bold Eagle.[2] He was also a sometimes ally of Big Daddy in his feud with Wild Angus Campbell and wrestled the likes of Pete LaPaque,[3] Rollerball Rocco,[4] Lucky Gordon, "Superstar" Mal Sanders, Dr. Death[5] and Skull Murphy.[6]

Retirement

After his retirement in 1991, following a tour of Spain and Germany, Cortes was the head trainer in the Lower East Side Wrestling School, owned and operated by Pete McKay in New York City, New York. Among his former students include Billy Firehawk, Tiger Khan (Marlon Kalkai), Peligro (Abe Guzman), Panther [7][8] Chris Kanyon,[9][10] Primo Carnera II and The Power Twins (Larry and David Sontag) as well as ECW alumni The Dirt Bike Kid, Rocco Rock,and Jason Knight

In wrestling

    • Billy Firehawk
    • Carmine Narducci (Angelo Megaro) trained in brooklyn's gym in mid 1980's
    • Chris Kanyon
    • Jason Knight
    • Primo Carnera II
    • Peligro (Abe Guzman)
    • The Power Twins (Larry and David Sontag)
    • Rocco Rock
    • Shark Attack Kid
    • Tiger Kahn (Marlon Kalkai)

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  2. ↑ "Bios: Al Farat". The Oklahoma Fan's Wrestling Resource Center. OklaFan.com. 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  3. ↑ Stewart, Carl and Tracy. "British Wrestling DVDs: Classic British Wrestling, Vol. 1". Carl and Tracy Stewart's British Wrestling DVDs. CarlandTracyStewart.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  4. ↑ Lister, John. "1987". ITV wrestling listings. JohnListerWriting.com. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  5. ↑ "1987 Bills & Results". British Wrestling Results & Bills. BritishWrestlingArchive.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  6. ↑ "Skull Murphy". Wrestlers Records. BritishWrestlingArchive.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  7. ↑ Oliver, Greg (2006-06-29). "SLAM! Wrestling: Stampede stars remember Tiger Khan". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  8. ↑ Chhibber, Ranjan (2009-01-20). "SLAM! Wrestling: Associate Producer of The Wrestler documents wrestling's killing fields". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  9. ↑ Mooneyham, Mike (2010-04-18). "Kanyon gave all to wrestling". Pro-Wrestling.com. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  10. ↑ Cauliflower Alley Club (2010). "2010 Finishes (RIP): Remembering those we have lost in 2010". CauliflowerAlleyClub.org. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  11. ↑ "West Virginia Heavyweight Championship". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved August 1, 2015.

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