Raul Molina Raul Molina ( April 7 , 1930 ) is a Mexican - born former professional wrestler better known by his ring name of El Mongol . He was most famous in the Georgia territory during the late 1960s and early ' 70s . Career . Molina trained in martial arts and boxing as well as wrestling at a young age , but ultimately chose professional wrestling as an occupation . He got his start wrestling throughout Mexico and the United States , and by January 1966 he was in the Los Angeles - based Worldwide Wrestling Associates ( WWA ) , where he captured the vacant World Tag Team Championship with partner Gorilla Monsoon . The duo held the belts for little more than two weeks , but El Mongol recaptured a share of the title on April 18 , 1966 with partner Buddy Austin , holding the championship for a further two months . By late 1966 El Mongol had moved on to Georgia Championship Wrestling ( GCW ) , where he would have his most lasting success . Under the tutelage of dapper manager Dandy Jack Crawford , El Mongol quickly became one of the promotion ' s top heels . Another gimmick in a long line of villanous Asian wrestling characters , El Mongol was a rulebreaking Mongol trained in martial arts , who punished opponents with karate - style chops and kicks . Molina completed the character ' s intimidating visual appearance with a Fu Manchu moustache , queue hairstyle and bare feet . The " Mongolian heel " gimmick would be used by other wrestlers in years to come , with Killer Khan probably the best known of them . On February 24 , 1967 , El Mongol won the Georgia Heavyweight Title for the first time , defeating Buddy Fuller . He lost it after a month to Nick Kozak , but took it back three weeks later . On April 28 El Mongol lost it back again to Fuller , but claimed the title for a third time on June 16 . This reign would last two months before the belt was traded with Mr . Wrestling and then Bobby Shane , making El Mongol a five - time champion in the space of one calendar year . In December 1967 , El Mongol was suspended by GCW promoter Paul Jones for getting himself disqualified too often so he could retain the title . Mr . Wrestling then defeated El Mongol again on April 12 to become GCW ' s undisputed Heavyweight Champion . El Mongol feuded with the Torres brothers throughout this time , and won the Southern Tag Team titles with partner Hans Schmidt from Enrique and Alberto Torres on April 26 before trading them back a month later . He also won the Atlanta version of the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship from Louie Tillet on June 29 , though the Atlanta lineage is not officially recognized . On July 6 , 1968 , El Mongol was partnered with stablemate Tarzan Tyler in a tag match against the Torres brothers . After losing the match , Tyler and Crawford attacked El Mongol , blaming him for the loss . El Mongol switched to a face as he feuded with his former manager Crawford and his stable . The feud only lasted a few weeks as El Mongol soon departed under the pretense that Crawford had sold El Mongol ' s contract to a Peruvian company . He returned to the Los Angeles territory and wrestled there from August – December 1968 . Again a heel , El Mongol became the WWA ' s last Heavyweight Champion before the WWA merged with the NWA . Upon going back to the GCW in January 1969 and resuming his feud with Crawford ' s stable , El Mongol was now billed as hailing from Lima , Peru . On February 7 , 1969 , El Mongol won the Heavyweight Title a sixth time , defeating Dale Lewis . After reaffirming his undisputed claim to the title following a controversial finish against Assassin # 1 , he dropped the belt to The Professional on May 16 . He won tag gold again with The Professional on June 27 but they lost the belts two weeks later . El Mongol departed the GCW for the second time after losing in a six - man tag team match on July 18 that carried the stipulation that the wrestler who lost the fall would have to leave the promotion . El Mongol wrestled in the Tampa region during the second half of 1969 before returning to the GCW for a third stint starting in January 1970 . He quickly re - entered the title picture and defeated Nick Bockwinkel for the Television Championship on March 7 before losing it back two weeks later . On April 3 he re - teamed with The Professional to once again briefly hold tag team gold . In October and November 1970 he teamed with Bobo Brazil in tag matches that were historically significant for their interracial composition : their success increased the confidence of Atlanta - region promoters to book more interracial matches in the future without fear of crowd problems . El Mongol held the GCW Heavyweight Title twice more during 1971 and 1972 , for a total of eight reigns over five years . He moved on to Ann Gunkel ' s short - lived All South Wrestling Alliance ( ASWA ) , where he co - held another Tag Team Championship with Ray Candy in 1973 . El Mongol proceeded to wrestle for another decade or so , briefly holding the AWA Southern Tag Team belts with Killer Karl Krupp during the summer of 1980 as a heel once again . He also made an appearance in the 1981 film Sharky ' s Machine playing a chauffer / bodyguard . Raul Molina retired from wrestling sometime in the 1980s . In the early 1970s Raul and his wife Maria opened a Mexican - style restaurant , Maria ' s Mexican Restaurant , in Griffin , Georgia . They sold the business sometime around the year 2000 and are now in retirement . They had five children together .