Career
A protégé of Argentina Rocca, he made his WWWF debut in September 1968. 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 First Rate (at Lloyd's) Bold Eagle.
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 New York
Among his former students include Billy Firehawk, Tiger Khan (Marlon Kalkai), Peligro (Abe Guzman), Panther Chris Kanyon, 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
Signature moves
Flying backwards headbutt
Wrestlers trained
Joint Promotions
Joint Promotions Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Bold Eagle
Three Rivers Wrestling Association
West Virginia Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Other titles
AAW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
CCW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time).
