Marcelo Andreani Marcelo Andreani ( February 8 , 1910 – September 24 , 1982 ) was an American - born Mexican professional wrestler best known under the ring name " Roughouse " Jack O ' Brien and worked mainly in Mexico for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre ( EMLL ) where he held the Mexican National Lightweight Championship , Mexican National Welterweight Championship and NWA World Welterweight Championship twice during his career that spanned from 1934 until 1956 . O ' Brien is credited with inventing the Abdominal Stretch , or " Tirabuzón " ( Spanish for " Corkscrew " ) . Biography . Marcelo Andreani was born on February 8 , 1910 in Houston , Texas , born into an Italian Mexican family . Andreani moved to Mexico to study dental surgery and played baseball in his free time . Andreani was also a talented pole vaulter and swimmer . Professional wrestling career . By 1934 Andreani had obtained Mexican citizenship and made his professional wrestling debut in 1934 , taking the ring name " Jack O ' Brien " . O ' Brien ' s athletic background and charisma quickly made him a very popular and successful wrestler , so successful that he became the first ever Mexican National Lightweight Champion by defeating Dientes Hernández in the final of a tournament . O ' Brien used a move called " Tirabuzón " , the Mexican version of the " Abdominal Stretch " which O ' Brien is credited with introducing to " Lucha libre " . O ' Brien held the Lightweight title from 1934 until June 28 , 1937 when Dientes Hernández defeated him to win the championship . The following May O ' Brian regained the Lightweight title and held it for two years before Bobby Bonales defeated him for the championship on May 5 , 1940 . After losing the lightweight championship O ' Brien moved into the Welterweight division , probably the most prestigious weight class in Mexico at the time . On November 23 , 1941 Jack O ' Brien defeated Lobo Negro to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship . O ' Brien held the title for just over four months before losing it to Ciclón Veloz . After the loss of the Welterweight title O ' Brien began a long running , very successful storyline feud El Santo and Gory Guerrero , the team known as " La Pareja Atómica " ( " The Atomic Pair " ) . On February 18 , 1944 O ' Brien defeated El Santo to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship , a rare loss for El Santo at the time . El Santo gained a measure of revenge on April 8 , that same year when he defeated Jack O ' Brien in a " Luchas de Apuesta " , hair vs . mask match , that forced Jack O ' Brien to have his head shaved bald per Lucha Libre traditions . On April 20 , 1945 Santo ' s partner Gory Guerrero defeated Jack O ' Brien to win the Mexican Welterweight title from him . O ' Brian participated in the tournament to crown the first ever World Welterweight Championship ( A title that would later be renamed the " NWA World Welterweight Championship " when EMLL joined the National Wrestling Alliance ) . O ' Brien lost to El Santo in the final , but managed to win the title from El Santo on February 14 , 1947 . O ' Brien held the World Welterweight title for over two years until losing it to Gory Guerrero on April 29 , 1949 . After losing the Welterweight title O ' Brien began teaming with Rito Romero , forming a team that would be named " La Pareja Perfecta " ( " The perfect team " ) by the fans and promoters alike for their smooth teamwork and timing . O ' Brien would also begin wrestling in Texas around the same time , working for various Texas promotions under the name " Roughhouse " Jack O ' Brien . In 1952 O ' Brien appeared in his first Lucha film as he both acted and wrestled in the movie " Huracán Ramírez " , he was also one of the men that found Daniel Garzia to fill the role of the title star . He also appeared in two more movies " El Enmascarado de Plata " and " La Bestia Maginfica " . Along with acting O ' Brian also tried his hand at promoting wrestling events in 1952 , funded by the Televicentro network O ' Brien and promoters Jesús Garza and Elías Krui were the first promoters to oppose Salvador Lutteroth ' s EMLL wrestling empire in Mexico . When funding for the promotion ran out O ' Brien made peace with the Lutteroth family , retired from active wrestling and started working as a local promoter for EMLL in Acapulco , Guerrero and Mexico City . He later retired from promotion when he was offered a government job in Cuernavaca , Morelos by the newly elected governor , who was a college friend . O ' Brien briefly returned to wrestling in the mid - 1960s working as the " enmascarado " ( masked ) character " Doctor O ' Brian " , teaming with Doctor O ' Borman . After his brief foray into wrestling he became the official doctor of the Ciudad Juarez , Chihuahua wrestling commission . O ' Brien died on September 14 , 1982 .