Ringo Mendoza Genaro Jacobo Contreras is a semi - retired Mexican professional wrestler , or " Luchador " in Spanish and currently a professional wrestling trainer for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) . Contreras is best known under the ring name Ringo Mendoza , which he has used since his debut in 1968 . Contreras has two brothers who were also professional wrestlers , Pedro Jacobo Contreras who worked as " Cachorro Mendoza " ( " Puppy Mendoza " ) and his other brother who wrestled as " Indio Mendoza " . Over the course of his career Ringo Mendoza held several Middleweight championships , including five NWA World Middleweight Championship s , two Mexican National Middleweight Championship s , one CMLL World Middleweight Championship and one Occidente Middleweight Championship . After almost 41 years in the wrestling business it has been reported that Ringo Mendoza is looking to wrestle his final match some time in 2009 . Professional wrestling career . Genaro Contreras made his professional wrestling debut in 1968 , after training under renowned Mexican wrestling trainer Diablo Velazco , under the ring name " Ringo Mendoza " , adopting a Native American persona complete with feathered headdress . Contreras would later be joined by his brothers who wrestled as Cachorro Mendoza and Indio Mendoza . Mendoza won his first wrestling championship on November 29 , 1974 when he defeated Aníbal to win the Mexican National Middleweight Championship . Mendoza would go on to hold the title for 822 days , over two years , before losing the title to Perro Aguayo on February 28 , 1977 . During the 822 day reign Ringo Mendoza defended the title against opponents such as Tony Salazar and Perro Aguayo . On July 3 , 1977 Mendoza got a measure of revenge for his title loss as he defeated Perro Aguayo to win the NWA World Middleweight Championship , capturing the top title in this middleweight division . Ringo Mendoza would become synonymous with the NWA Middleweight Title as he captured it five times between 1977 and 1981 defeating such wrestlers as El Faraón , Perro Aguayo , Tony Salazar and Sangre Chicana . On June 6 , 1980 Mendoza defeated Satánico to win his second Mexican National Middleweight Championship , holding it for 182 days before dropping it to El Faraón . In the 1980s Ringo began teaming more regularly with his brother Cachorro Mendoza , defeating Satánico and Espectro , Jr . in a tournament final to win the vacant Mexican National Tag Team Championship . On January 15 , 1983 Ringo Mendoza became a double champion as he defeated El Faraón to win the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship . On July 28 , 1983 Satánico won the NWA Light Heavyweight Title from Ringo Mendoza but quickly lost it back to Mendoza . The Mendozas held the tag team title for a full 1 , 029 days before losing to Sangre Chicana and Cien Caras on April 12 , 1985 . A month later Ringo Mendoza lost the NWA World Light Heavyweight title to MS - 1 on February 13 , 1985 . On November 28 , 1986 Ringo Mendoza teamed up with Rayo de Jalisco , Jr . and Kiss to defeat " Los Brazos " ( El Brazo , Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata ) to win the Mexican National Trios Championship . The team held the title for 275 days before being defeated by Hombre Bala , Jerry Estrada and Pirata Morgan on August 30 , 1987 . In the late 1980s Ringo Mendoza began working for the Universal Wrestling Association ( UWA ) where he defeated Gran Cochisse to win the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship on April 29 , 1989 . Over a year later , on June 29 , 1990 he lost the UWA title to long - time rival Perro Aguayo . From the early 1990s on Ringo Mendoza began focusing part of his time on training wrestlers , mainly working with young wrestlers on Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) ' s roster . Mendoza ' last wrestling related highlight came on March 7 , 1999 when he defeated Emilio Charles , Jr . to win the CMLL World Middleweight Championship , making him one of a very few wrestler to have won the Mexican , NWA World and CMLL World Middleweight championship to date . Mendoza defended the championship on at least 10 occasions over the 742 days his reign lasted , defeating wrestlers such as Blue Panther , Scorpio , Jr . , Rey Bucanero , Zumbido , Apolo Dantés , Black Warrior , Villaño III and Mano Negra before losing the title back to Emilio Charles on March 18 , 2001 . Since losing the title Mendoza has focused on training wrestlers at CMLL ' s Mexico City and Guadalajara , Jalisco based wrestling schools . After almost 41 years in the wrestling business it has been reported that Ringo Mendoza is looking to wrestle his final match some time in 2009 , officially retiring from the ring .