Gran Cochisse Juan José Barrón Medina ( September 22 , 1952 ) is a retired Mexican " Luchador " , or professional wrestler , under the ring name Gran Cochisse . Barrón currently working as one of the head trainers at the " Gimnasio del Diablo Velazco " wrestling school in Guadalajara , Jalisco , Mexico . The school is one of the wrestling schools for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) . While wrestling he used the ring character Gran Cochisse , a Nativ American character that incorporated traditional Native American imagery including the feathered headdresses and facepaint . He was nicknamed " El Indio Bravo " ( " The brave Indian " ) and is named after the Apache chief Cochise . Early in his career he often teamed with " Águila India " ( Indian Eagle ) to form a successful tag team . During his wrestling career Barrón held the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship one time and the NWA World Middleweight Championship three times . Professional wrestling career . Juan Barrón made his professional wrestling debut on October 2 , 1966 at only 14 years of age , after training under Mexico ' s most renowned wrestling trainer Diablo Velazco . Barrón adopted a Nativ American character while wrestling called " Gran Cochisse " ( " The Great Cochise " ) named after the Apache chief Cochise . Gran Cochisse wore the traditional feathered headdresses , facepaint and often carried a tomahawk with him to the ring to support the character . Gran Cochisse formed a regular tag team with Aguila India ( " Indian Eagle " ) , to form a very popular and successful tag team . Together the team held the Occidente ( western ) Tag Team Championship at least once . It was not until 1984 , a full 18 years after his debut that Gran Cochisse won his first major singles title when he defeated El Satánico on AUgust 18 , 1984 to win the NWA World Middleweight Championship . His first reign with the title only lasted 27 days , as he lost it back to Satánico on September 14 that same year as part of a long running feud between the two . Cochisse regained the title from Satánico only a few weeks later on September 30 , 1984 and held it until November 18 , 1984 before losing it to Gran Hamada Gran Cochisse ' s third and final run with the NWA World Middleweight Championship began on May 18 , 1986 when he defeated Chamaco Valaguez to win the title and lasted 152 days , longer than his previous two reigns combined , until he was pinned by Kung Fu on October 17 , 1986 and lost the belt . In the latter years of the 1980s Gran Cochisse began working for the Universal Wrestling Association ( UWA ) where he became the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Champion on Seotember 16 , 1988 by defeating Blue Panther . His run with the UWA title lasted for 225 days in total , until April 29 , 1989 when he was beaten by Ringo Mendoza . In the early part of the 1990s Barrón worked as an " enmascarado " , or masked , character called " Espectro de Ultratumba " ( " The Ghost from beyond the grave " ) but by then it was obvious that his career as an active wrestler was winding down . In the late 1990s Gran Cochisse greatly reduced his schedule and began working full - time training wrestlers . Wrestling trainer . Gran Cochisse is one of the trainers for CMLL ' s wrestling school in Guadalajara , Jalisco , Mexico and thus has been involved in training a lot of the wrestlers CMLL currently employs as well as students who have gone on to work for other promotions around the world . The following is a list of some of the wrestlers Gran Cochisse has trained . Personal life . Barrón is married to retired professional wrestler La Magnífica and together they have at least four children . One their daughter wrestles as the current version of La Magnífica while another daughter wrestles under the name Super Estrella . Their son wrestles as Saturno who is under a CMLL contract . He is the father - in - law of CMLL wrestler El Sagrado who is married to one of Barrón ' s daughters that is not involved in professional wrestling .