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Mark Youngblood

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Mark Youngblood
Romero,c. 1983
Birth nameMark Romero
Born(1963-07-21)July 21, 1963(age 60)[1]
Amarillo, Texas
FamilyRicky Romero(father)
Chris Youngblood(brother)
Jay Youngblood(brother)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Mark Youngblood
Mark Romero[1]
Nikona[1]
Billed fromAmarillo, Texas
Trained byRicky Romero
Debut1980
Retired2019

Mark Romero(born July 21, 1963) is a retiredAmericansecond generationprofessional wrestlerbetter known by hisring nameMark Youngblood.

Professional wrestling career[edit]

Mark Romero is the son ofRicky Romero.[1]He started wrestling asMark Youngbloodin 1980 and worked for theNational Wrestling Alliance'sJim Crockett Promotionsas a tag team withWahoo McDaniel.[2]He wrestled inFlorida Championship Wrestlingin 1985 with his brotherJayand formed a tag team with his younger brotherChris Romeroin 1986 following Jay's death.[3]

The Romeros achieved some success in theWorld Wrestling Counciland later in theGlobal Wrestling Federationand theUnited States Wrestling Associationas "The Tribal Nation".[4][5][6]They also had a brief stint inWorld Championship Wrestlingas "The Renegade Warriors".[7]Mark retired from wrestling in 1999.

In early 2006, he wrestled at theAmarillo, Texas,based indy-wrestling company West Texas Wrestling Legends ran by his brother Chris. He made several appearances for the company before going back into retirement in July 2006. On January 13, 2007, he resurfaced in WTWL and defeated the WTWL Champion Thunder to win the championship.[1]After the match, WTWL wrestlers "Hobo" Hank,Mike DiBiase,Dice Murdock, nephew "Radical" Ricky Romero III and Mark's brother Chris Romero came down to celebrate the win with the new champion. Romero explained that his return was for one night only and he later vacated the WTWL Championship.

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

Youngblood (right) and Wahoo McDaniel (left) as NWA Tag Team Championsm, circa 1984
  • WTWL Championship (1 time)[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcdef"Wrestler profile: Mark Youngblood".Online World of Wrestling.RetrievedJanuary 30,2010.
  2. ^abRoyal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA World Tag Team Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 16–18.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  3. ^abRoyal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA United States Tag Team Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 163.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  4. ^abRoyal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "GWF Tag Team Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 280.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  5. ^abRoyal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "WWC Caribbean Tag Team Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 325.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  6. ^abRoyal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "WWC World Tag Team Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 324–325.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  7. ^"2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts".Wrestling’s Historical Cards: Halloween Havoc 1990.Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 135.
  8. ^Johnson, Steve (April 5, 2015)."Many years of hard work pay off for Dennis Brent with CAC's historian award".Slam Wrestling.RetrievedSeptember 27,2020.
  9. ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Central States Tag Team Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 254–255.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  10. ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Central States Television Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 255–256.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  11. ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "NWA Television Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 115–116.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  12. ^Hoops, Brian (March 7, 2020)."Daily Pro Wrestling history (03/07): Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba".Wrestling Observer Newsletter.RetrievedMarch 8,2020.
  13. ^"Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 - 1991".Wrestling Information Archive. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-06-07.Retrieved2008-07-14.
  14. ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "SCW Tag Team Title".Wrestling Title Histories(4th ed.). Archeus Communications.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  15. ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Texas: WCWA Television Title".Wrestling Title Histories.Archeus Communications. p. 396.ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
  16. ^"World Class Television Title".Wrestling-titles.com.RetrievedNovember 19,2016.

External links[edit]

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