Al Madril
| Al Madril | |
|---|---|
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| Birth name | Alberto Madril |
| Born | March 15, 1950 San Bernardino, California,United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Al Madril Leo Madril |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
| Debut | 1970 |
| Retired | 1993 |
Alberto "Al" Madril(born March 20, 1950) is an American retiredprofessional wrestler.
Professional wrestling career
[edit]Madril began his wrestling career in 1970.[1]During the first half of the decade, he competed inPacific Northwest Wrestling,thePortland, Oregon-based division of theNational Wrestling Alliance(NWA). While there, he formed atag teamknown as The Compadres withJosé Gonzálezand won theNWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championshipon July 2, 1973.[1][2]Wrestling under the ring name Leo Madril, he also competed in theVancouver,British Columbia-basedNWA All-Star Wrestling.He held the Vancouver version of theNWA Canadian Tag Team Championshiptwice, teaming withFlash Gordonfor the first win, andDan Kroffatfor the second.[1][3]
Competing once again under his real name, Madril then moved to Texas to continue his career.[4]In 1975, he won theNWA Texas Heavyweight Championshipon three occasions, defeating El Gran Marcus for the first andJohn Tolosfor the others.[1][5]He also teamed withJose Lothariothat year to win theNWA Texas Tag Team Championshiptwice.[6]
Late in his career, Madril was a traveling partner ofShawn Michaels,who was trained by his former tag team partner Lothario. Michaels credits Madril with helping him develop an appreciation for the music ofElvis Presley.[7]After adopting his "Heartbreak Kid" gimmick in the early 1990s, Michaels went on to host an interview segment in theWorld Wrestling Federationnamed theHeartbreak Hotel,after one of Presley's songs.[8]
Madril was involved in a rather high-profile feud with the Von Erich family in late 1986 and much of 1987, when he formed a tag team sometimes referred to as the "Duo of Doom" withBrian Adias,who turned heel after accusing the Von Erichs of holding him back and preventing him from succeeding on his own merits. During one especially memorable incident,Kerry Von Erich,who was Brian's high school classmate in real life, confronted him regarding his actions. Still on crutches following his June 1986 motorcycle accident, Kerry was attacked by Madril, with Adias standing aside and allowing Madril to hit Kerry with one of the crutches several times before ring announcerMarc Lowrancefinally managed to get Kerry out of the ring. Afterwards,Kevin Von Erichran in and launched an attack on Madril. Adias and Madril would go on to win theWorld Class Tag Team Championship,while continuing to feud with the Von Erichs through the summer of 1987.
Madril competed until his retirement in 1993.[1][9]He is currently working as a security guard for a hospital in Los Angeles.[10]
Championships and accomplishments
[edit]- Big Time Wrestling(San Francisco)
- NWA All-Star Wrestling
- NWA Big Time Wrestling/World Class Wrestling Association
- NWA American Tag Team Championship(2 times) - withBrian Blair(1) andKerry Von Erich(1)[12][13]
- NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship(5 times)[14][15][5]
- NWA Texas Tag Team Championship(3 times) - withJose Lothario[6]
- NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship(1 time)[16]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship(2 times) - with Kerry Von Erich[17][18][19]
- WCCW Television Championship(1 time)[20][21]
- WCWA World Tag Team Championship(1 time) - withBrian Adias[22]
- NWA Hollywood Wrestling
- NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship(1 time)[23]
- NWA Americas Tag Team Championship(4 times) - withChavo Guerrero Sr.(1),Mando Guerrero(1), andTom Prichard(2)[24]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship(Los Angeles version)(1 time) - with Walter Johnson[25]
- Pacific Northwest Wrestling
- Southwest Championship Wrestling/ Texas All-Star Wrestling
- SCW Television Championship(1 time)[27]
- TASW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[28]
- TASW Texas Tag Team Championship(3 times) - withChavo Guerrero, Sr.(1), Magnificent Zulu (1), and Mike Golden (1)[29]
References
[edit]- ^abcde"Wrestler Profiles: Al Madril".Online World of Wrestling.Archivedfrom the original on 12 December 2008.Retrieved2009-01-08.
- ^ab"NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title".Wrestling Titles.Archivedfrom the original on 22 December 2008.Retrieved2009-01-08.
- ^ab"NWA Canadian Tag Team Title (Vancouver)".Wrestling Titles.Archivedfrom the original on 22 December 2008.Retrieved2009-01-08.
- ^"The Shawn T. Malone Films - Madril vs. Matsuda Wrestling Match (1975".Texas Archive of the Moving Image.RetrievedDecember 8,2019.
- ^ab"Texas Heavyweight Title".Wrestling Titles.Archivedfrom the original on 30 December 2008.Retrieved2009-01-08.
- ^ab"Texas Tag Team Title".Wrestling Titles.Archivedfrom the original on 30 December 2008.Retrieved2009-01-08.
- ^Michaels, Shawn; Aaron Feigenbaum (2005).Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story.Simon & Schuster. p.84.ISBN0-7434-9380-X.
- ^Michaels, Shawn; Aaron Feigenbaum (2005).Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story.Simon & Schuster. p.190.ISBN0-7434-9380-X.
- ^Petersen, Steve."Pacific Northwest #22, Page 2".Kayfabe Memories.Retrieved2009-01-08.
- ^"World Class Memories: FAQ: Current Whereabouts and Final Resting Places".Archived fromthe originalon February 4, 2015.RetrievedFebruary 4,2015.
- ^NWA World Tag Team Title (San Francisco) historyAt wrestling-titles.com
- ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "(Dallas) Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [Fritz Von Erich]".Wrestling Title Histories.Archeus Communications.ISBN978-0-9698161-5-7.
- ^"N.W.A. American Tag Team Title".Wrestling-Titles.com.RetrievedJanuary 19,2020.
- ^Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "Texas: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title [Von Erich]".Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present.Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. pp. 268–269.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
- ^"NWA Texas Heavyweight Title".Wrestling-Titles.RetrievedMarch 30,2017.
- ^NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title historyAt wrestling-titles.com
- ^NWA World Tag Team Title (Texas version) historyAt wrestling-titles.com
- ^Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Texas: NWA World Tag Team Title [Siegel, Boesch and McLemore]".Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present.Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
- ^"National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Title [E. Texas]".Wrestling-Titles.RetrievedFebruary 21,2017.
- ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Texas: WCWA Television Title".Wrestling Title Histories.Archeus Communications. p. 396.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
- ^"World Class Television Title".Wrestling-titles.com.RetrievedNovember 19,2016.
- ^WCWA World Tag Team Title historyAt wrestling-titles.com
- ^NWA Americas Heavyweight Title historyAt wrestling-titles.com
- ^NWA American Tag Team Title NWA Americas Tag Team Title historyAt wrestling-titles.com
- ^NWA World Tag Team Title (Los Angeles) historyAt wrestling-titles.com
- ^NWA Pacific Northwest Television Title historyAt wrestling-titles.com
- ^SCW Southwest Heavyweight/Television Title historyAt wrestling-titles.com
- ^TASW Heavyweight Title historyAt wrestling-titles.com
- ^SCW Southwest Tag Team Title historyAt wrestling-titles.com
- 1950 births
- 20th-century male professional wrestlers
- American male professional wrestlers
- Living people
- Professional wrestlers from California
- Sportspeople from San Bernardino, California
- NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champions
- NWA Americas Tag Team Champions
- NWA Americas Heavyweight Champions
- NWA Texas Heavyweight Champions
- NWA World Tag Team Champions (Texas version)
- WCWA Television Champions
- WCWA World Tag Team Champions