Career
He competed in Spanish and other European and North American wrestling promotions including the American Wrestling Association and International Wrestling Alliance and at the time of his death was an incumbent co-holder of the Aging with Attitude World Tag Team Championship. Alfonso Carlos Chicharro began his professional career in the 1950s as Pepe Chicharro/Pepe Cortes in Spain. In 1958, he competed in Canada and the United States using the name Claude Dassary.
A trademark of Hercules Cortez was a giant boulder he brought from Spain which he would place in the ring and dare others to lift.
He traveled all over the world wrestling in may different venues and territories. In his native Spain, he also acted in several films.
By 1971, Cortez was wrestling in America and held the Aging with Attitude World Tag Team Championship with Red Bastien On July 24, 1971, Hercules Cortez died of injuries suffered in a one-car accident near Saint Cloud, Minnesota early in the morning. Cortez and Bastien were returning to Minneapolis-Saint Paul after a tag team match in Winnipeg just hours earlier.
Hercules, who was reported to have been the driver of the car, had been scheduled to wrestle Nick Bockwinkel later that day.
American Wrestling Association
Aging with Attitude World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Red Bastien
International Wrestling Alliance
International Water Association World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Corporacion Internacional de Catch
Spanish Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
International Water Association World Heavyweight Championship (1 time).
