Omar Atlas Omar Mijares is a retired Venezuelan professional wrestler , best known by his ring name Omar Atlas , who competed in North American and international promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance , Stampede Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation from the late 1950s until the early 1990s . A longtime ally of Mexican wrestler Cyclone Negro , he was often billed as his younger half - brother Omar Negro when teaming with him in NWA Southwest Sports during the 1960s and later in Championship Wrestling from Florida during the 1970s . He was also a popular star in Latin America wrestling as Super Steele in Mexico and Super Gladiator in Puerto Rico as well as Buddy Moreno in the southwestern United States . Career . Born in Caracas , Venezuela , Mijares became involved in amateur wrestling as a youth and later competed and won a silver medal at the Pan - American Games in 1958 . Traveling to Spain soon after , he began acting as a cornerman for friend and former olympian Cyclone Negro . Eventually persuaded by Negro to enter professional wrestling , he began training under Jene Howard in Barcelona before making his debut before the end of the year . Spending eight months in Spain , he eventually moved on to Colombia and spent the next four years wrestling throughout Latin America as well as returning to Spain from time to time . In 1962 , he was one of several South American wrestlers brought into Houston by Cyclone Negro and billed by promoter Morris Sigel as Cyclone Negro ' s storyline brother Omar Negro . NWA . Leaving Houston a year later Mijares toured the United States with the National Wrestling Alliance wrestling in numerous regional territories including for promoters such as Paul Boesch , Sam Muchnick , Nick Gulas , Eddie Graham , Jim Crockett , Vince McMahon , Sr . , Joe Blanchard and Carlos Colon . He would also become a leading star in San Francisco for Roy Shire , Don Owen ' s Pacific Northwest Wrestling and Bob Geigel ' s NWA Central States where he would remain one of the area ' s most popular stars throughout 1970s . Feuding with NWA North American Tag Team Champions Yasu Fuji & Chati Yokouchi during early 1972 , he and Danny Little Bear would twice capture the tag team titles before finally losing the titles to them in Wichita , Kansas on March 9 , 1972 . Several months later , he would also defeat Harley Race for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship in St . Joseph , Missouri on July 7 holding the title for half a year before losing to Roger Kirby in December . By the 1970s , Mijares began competing in Canada feuding with Abdullah the Butcher and Harley Race in Calgary - based Stampede Wrestling as well as eventually winning the Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship from Gil Hayes on November 9 , 1973 . Enjoying a close relationship with promoter Stu Hart and the Hart family , he would spend the next 12 years between the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico and promoter NWA Central States in Kansas City , Missouri winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Pat O ' Connor from The Interns ( Joe Turner & Bill Bowman ) in Kansas City , Kansas on August 29 , 1974 . He would also compete internationally , visiting Australia , Korea and Japan . While in the Kansas City - area during the late 1970s , he would face Jesse Ventura in his debut match in Wichita . According to his autobiography , Ventura claimed that if he had impressed the crowd during their match , Mijares had been instructed to allow Ventura to throw him over the top rope so as Ventura would receive a disqualification . If not , he was to injure Ventura in a legitimate " " shoot " " . WWF . Mijares joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1984 as it began its national expansion under Vince McMahon , Jr . Although facing many of the promotions top stars such as the British Bulldog , Randy Savage , Honky Tonk Man , Jake Roberts and Ted DiBiase , he would be used primarily as a preliminary wrestler during his career in the WWF . Retirement . In 1993 , Mijares retired from professional wrestling and eventually went into law enforcement as a probation officer . In recent years , Mijares works with convicts as a security monitor for the Bexar County Adult Probation Department in San Antonio , Texas . In 2004 , Mijares was honored by the Cauliflower Alley Club at their annual banquet in Las Vegas , Nevada .