King 1

== Early Life==
Marco Morales was born to parents that he never knew. Marco was taken to City of Angles Children's Home in Tijuana, Mexico shortly after he was born. Marco grew up as a street brawler, with no care in the world except for fighting. When Marco wasn't fighting, he could usually be found in his room at the orphanage watching Animal Planet. Marco especially loved to watch the Big Cats. his favorite of all the Big Cats however, was the Jaguar. He grew to love the Jaguar not only because it looked cool, but because he considered them the most overlooked of the Big Cats. This resonated with him because everybody loves the Lions, Tigers, and Cheetahs; but the overlook the greatness of the Jaguar, just like everybody overlooks him as nothing more than a street fighting orphan who would never make anything of his life. Marco was determined to prove these people wrong. His mission to prove people wrong got off to a very rough start; as Marco flunked out of high school at 15. Marco was a helper at the orphanage until he reached the age of 18; where he was kicked out of the orphanage to start his life as a man, no longer being a child. Marco lived on the streets; competing in street fights to make ends meet. Marco was an exceptionally good street fighter; never losing a fight for money. This was surprising to many as Marco, who didn't have any martial arts training, was taking on and defeating many fighters who were respected as well trained martial artist. 
== Supreme Fighting Circuit-(20-21) ==
=== K.O.F-20 ===
A promoter for one of the illegal street fights Marco was participating in approached a group of fighters, including Marco, and asked if they wanted an opportunity to make more money by competing in an underground fighting tournament in Japan. Marco, who had been living day to day for 2 years, jumped at the opportunity and accepted the promoters offer. The promoter paid for the fighters' flights to Japan and once stepping foot off the airplane, the fighters are transported to the underground Korakuen Arena located beneath the Tokyo Dome. As it turns out, the tournament marked the grand opening of the arena and would crown the first ever Supreme Fighting Tournament Champion. The owner of the Supreme Fighting Circuit and funder behind the construction of the grand Korakuen Arena, Mitsunari Tokugawa, came to each fighter and shook their hand before the tournament commenced. In a shocking turn of events, young Marco won the tournament in a classic fight against 6'8", 330 lb Paul Varelans. Marco celebrated his victory as he was named 1st ever SFC Champion and Anointed by Tokugawa as the "King of Fighters" in front of the thousands in attendance. Marco then decided to stay in Japan; loving the rush of fighting in front of thousands of people and making enough money to live a stable life. Marco's first title defense was against Sambo fighter and Judo expert Oleg Taktarov. Taktarov's fighting style surprised the street brawling Marco Morales and Taktarov dominated Marco cruising his way to the SFC Championship. A very disappointed Tokugawa then went to his former champ and threatened to exile him from the SFC if he didn't learn some basic form of Martial Arts; telling Marco that he embarrassed with Marco's performance. 
=== Becoming a Martial Artist-21 ===
Marco then used his money to travel to Thailand and Brazil; where he learned a little bit of 4 different Martial Arts: Muay Thai, Luta Livre, Brazilian Jujitsu, and Capoeira before traveling back to Japan to learn a bit of Judo. When Marco completed his Judo training, a rematch was scheduled between he and Oleg Taktarov for the SFC Championship. All of Marco's training came in handy as he was able to stay competitive against Taktarov, who dominated in their last fight, for the duration of the bout. Marco morphed his new found techniques with is street brawling devil may care constant pressure to sap Taktarov's energy over the course of the match. The fight ended when Oleg Taktarov quit due to exhaustion and Marco became a 2x SFC Champion much to the joy of Tokugawa; who was pleased Marco took his advice to heart. In Marco's 1st title defense of his second reign, he faced off against Jujutsu expert Izo Motobe. Marco seemed to have the fight well in hand until he made a rookie mistake which Motobe capitalized on; breaking Marco's left leg. Without the ability to put any weight on his left leg, Marco had no choice but to forfeit the match; making Izo Motobe the new SFC Champion. Marco was feeling homesick and wanted to recover at home in Mexico. Marco informed Tokugawa that he would be taking an extended leave of absence and going back to his home country. Tokugawa thanked him for his contributions to the SFC and told him he's welcome back whenever he wants. 
== A New Man ==
Marco then boarded an airplane back to Mexico. Marco bought an apartment in Mexico City. 1 month into living in the city, Marco still in a cast; went out for a night on the town. Before he was able to hit up the local bar however, he witnessed a woman getting mugged in an ally by men who were speaking to each other about how they were going rape the helpless woman. Marco decided to intervene and fought of the woman's attackers; enough at least for the woman to escape and run away. The gang of men were furious at Marco for "interfering in their business" and they circled Marco; pulling out knives. The men then attacked Marco at once and stabbed him over 20 times, along with breaking his leg cast; leaving him for dead. Marco survived however, and even though he was badly injured; Marco refused to go to the hospital. instead, Marco just walked aimlessly until he collapsed in front of the Santa Teresa la Antigua monastery. The Marquez priests saved Marco from death. After recovering, Marco, although happy he saved the woman from being ravaged, realized the error of his street fighting ways and resolved to start a new life. Marco became a Catholic priest and renounced his former life. Marco then became a man with a mission; he dreamed of building an orphanage for street children, hoping to save them from becoming the kind of fighter he used to be.
== Lucha Libre-(22-28) ==
Though he became a priest, Marco couldn’t completely stay away from fighting. So Marco decided to try to make money off of his passion the right way; be declaring to become a Professional Wrestler. Marco then trained for a year under retired Luchadores Barba Roja and Gran Cochisse. Marco became fully engulfed in his new character and totally surrendered himself into his own work. Marco used the mask of his favorite animal, the Jaguar, looking to strike fear into his opponents; while also determined to elevate himself and the Jaguar to new heights. When it came to a ring name, Marco could think of only one. He decided to give himself the name that was anointed to him by the very man who challenged him to settle for something more than mediocrity. Marco decided to transform himself into King. Marco became Priest by day and King by night. Over 5 years, King became a superstar in Mexico working for Mexican professional wrestling promotions: Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) from age 23-24 (becoming a 4x Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion, former CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion, former CMLL World Trios Champion, former Mexican National Heavyweight Champion, former Mexican National Tag Team Champion, and a Copa de Oro winner), Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) at 25 (becoming a former AAA Campeon de Campeones Champion and former Mexican National Atómicos Champion), and the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) at 26 (becoming a former IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion). During his time in Mexico, King became such a transcending figure among wrestling fans that another wrestler from rival promotions started using the King name by adding his own twist to it calling himself Armor King. King was furious because the thought the "pretender" was trying to steal his likeness. During a chance encounter, the two Kings ran into each other outside of the ring. King confronted Armor King demanding that he change his name. An argument and fist fight ensued; embarrassing both Kings. Armor King, taking responsibility for escalating the situation, apologizes to King and offers to buy him a drink. King accepts the offer and a budding friendship is sparked. King would later give Armor King permission to use his likeness with the conditions that he continues to provide his own take to the character and they stay in separate promotions, so they could compete for the fans affection as well as not have to battle each other for the top spot; they had a plan to spark a great debate that they planned to leave unanswered of which King was better. Having conquered Mexico, King spent the next 2 years in the Puerto Rican based World Wrestling Council (WWC) winning the WWC Intercontinental Heavyweight championship 4 times as well as the WWC Universal Championship. 
== World Wide Wrestling Federation-(29-33) ==
Wrestling in Puerto Rico allowed King to catch the eye of American wrestling scouts. King recieved offers to compete in all of the top American promotions such as: the World Wrestling Association, American Wrestling Association, World Wide Wrestling Federation, and the National Wrestling Alliance. King couldn't pass on the opportunity to wrestle in America and eventually signed a contract to wrestle in the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
=== 29 ===
King made his first appearance for the World Wide Wrestling Federation on November 21st, by teaming with Chief Jay Strongbow in a draw against The Mongols, Newton Tattrie and Josip Peruzovic. King then joined Gorilla Monsoon the following month, scoring a win in a three-fall rematch. In his singles debut, King defeated Joe Turco. This was followed by wins over The Black Demon, "The Wolfman" Willie Farkas and Bulldog Brower during the following month. On January 7th, King won the vacant WWWF United States Championship by defeating Freddie Blassie in a tournament final. A team-up with Gorilla Monsoon also took place in two draws involving The Mongols. On February 8th, King defeated Victor Zangief to win the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship only a month after winning his first individual title within the promotion. The move also vacated the United States Championship. This ignited a series of wins over the likes of Jack Evans and his previous opponents The Black Demon and Bulldog Brower. Subsequently, a series of victories in tag team matches involving Blackjack Mulligan evolved into a feud of single encounters, in which King won half a dozen events, before scoring two more team victories along Moonson. Meanwhile, The Wolfman and Bulldog Brower became recurrent enhancement talents during this run. King also scored wins over the likes of Beautiful Bobby and Tarzan Tyler, who eventually teamed up with Luke Graham, which turned into a double feud against both. Tyler, The Black Demon, Graham and The Beautiful Bobby were the opponents faced by him during a winning streak that extended throughout the summer. Different tag teams along Monsoon, Jay Strongbow and Manuel Soto experienced similar success. During August, King scored several victories over Graham and Tyler, also besting them as a tag team and in a 3-on-3 match that included Lou Albano. However, in his final contest of the month he suffered a loss to Stan Stasiak. In September, Tyler and Graham brought in Jimmy Valiant as a teammate, which led to a series of matches including a win over him in a steel cage. On October 25TH, King defeated Stasiak in a Texas Death Match. The following month brought wins over Tyler and Valiant, but also included an encounter where he bested Freddie Blassie and a continuation of the feud against Stasiak during the second half of the year. During this timeframe, Armor King joined King in the WWWF, becoming part of his usual partners along Monsoon and Strongbow. He closed the year by defeating Blassie in a “Roman Gladiator” match, Ray Stevens, Stan Stasiak twice and The Rugged Russians along Armor King.
=== 30 ===
First contender Blassie and Stasiak remained King's main rivals in the first two months of the year, against whom he scored several draws and some wins. Graham, Valiant and Toru Tanaka served as enhancement talents. On February 18th, King and Armor King defeated The Rugged Russians, continuing this parallel rivalry. March featured several different matchups, in which he emerged victorious against "Baron" Mikel Scicluna, Smasher Sloan and Rugged Russian #2, while consistently teaming with Armor King against Curtis Iaukea & Scicluna, both of whom he defeated individually throughout April. The following month feuds ended in King earning several victories over Pampero Firpo, Tanaka, Iaukea and Albano. After disposing of Valiant, Graham, Scicluna and Graham again, the feud against Albano continued with wins in regular and steel cage matches. During June, King also bested other notable opponents, including Nikita Mulkovitch, Blue Demon and Ernie Ladd. To continue this run, he defeated George Steele in New York. Following wins three wins over Tanaka and more against Firpo, King teamed with Prince Kamehame on July 18th to face Tanaka and Mr. Fuji. The match featured the two most popular wrestlers of the era, but finished in a no contest with both of them involved in a confrontation after Mr. Fuji threw salt in both of their faces, sparking a fight. A rematch took place, this time in a team with Monsoon, but finished in a draw. King defeated both Tanaka and Mr. Fuji by countout and won the following two tag team matches. This was followed by a series involving Steele, Fuji, Ernie Ladd, Chuck O'Connor and "The Spoiler" Don Jardine, none of whom were able to gain an upper hand against him. On September 30th, King faced Prince Kamehame in the first-ever match featuring two fan favorite, technical wrestlers. The crowd favored King, despite Kamehame's large fan base in the city of New York. After 75 minutes of wrestling featuring several near-falls, the contest ended in a draw, when the city's curfew entered in effect. Subsequently, both performers embraced, signifying the end of their rivalry and the reformation of the tag team. However, the lack of a resolution was not well received, the fans were noticeably angry, and some jumped into the dugouts to shake their fists at the wrestlers. The main event of the Showdown at Shea later became known as "The Match of the Century" and is still regarded as one of the best events in the history of professional wrestling. After scoring a win over The Spoiler, King joined Prince Kamehame in a rematch against Tanaka and Mr. Fuji, this time emerging victorious in a three-fall contest. This was followed with a rematch, this time King teamed with Apollo the Giant. The Spoiler remained King’s most common adversary during the following months, which resulted in wins over him and his partner, Buddy Wolfe. Other wrestlers to fail their attempts were Ernie Ladd, Sheik and Ray Stevens. To close the year, King defeated Tanaka individually and in tag team action, before going on to defeat Wolfe on several occasions. On December 2nd, King rejoined Armor King in a win. 
=== 31 ===
During the first months of the New Year, King bested Mr. Fuji, Buddy Wolfe and Lonnie Mayne, as well as Hans Schmidt, Lonnie Mayne and Curtis Iaukea. He also teamed along Moonson, Bobo Brazil and Strongbow. A feud with Mayne went on to include a steel cage match. A series against Freddie Blassie concluded with three singles wins for King, also including a tag team contest. Throughout April and May, he successfully faced a number of recycled adversaries, including Mayne, Wolfe and Tanaka, along wins over new ones such as Don Leo Jonathan and Mike McCord. King also defeated Blassie twice, including a steel cage match. Throughout the summer, he performed mostly as a singles wrestler, gathering wins over Toru Tanaka, Paul Jones, Lonnie Mayne, Jonathan, McCord and George Steele facing them repeatedly in cyclical fashion. This trend was broken with the arrival of August, when King bested other figures including Blackjack Lanza and Stan Stasiak. During the month of September, he was placed over Ib Solvang Hansen, McCord, Steele and Fuji. King went on to win a series against Lanza and a Texas Death Match involving Stasiak, before having Fuji serve as enhancement talent for the following weeks. On November 2nd, King made an appearance in AWA, winning a three-fall contest over Ray Stevens. King worked an angle with the then-villain Larry Hennig, besting him in singles. He followed this by entering a feud with Stasiak which featured mixed results, but concluded with him dropping the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship on December 1st, King's title run lasted 1,027 days, remaining to this date the longest reign by any Latino and the fifth longest overall. Following this, he returned in two tag team matches, before defeating Stasiak twice in three rematches. One of these matches was promoted by Sponsham wrestling and held at Roberto Clemente Coliseum.
=== The Mighty Jaguar vs. The Tiger Slayer-32 ===
King remained successful as a singles wrestler, gathering wins over Fuji, Eddie Sullivan, Otto Von Heller, Johnny Rodz and Black Gordman during the first half of the year. King soon longed for the days of actual competition and asked the WWWF if he could have a couple months of vacation time. The WWWF reluctantly allowed their most popular wrestler a temporary leave of absence and King headed for Japan. King went to speak with his former boss Mitsunari Tokugawa about coming back for a one night only fight. Tokugawa was initially shocked that his first ever SFC Champion became such a huge star in Mexico and America, but he admitted to King that he was proud of what he became. The wheels then start turning in Tokugawa's head as he thinks up a dream match between the biggest wrestling star in America King against the biggest wrestling star in Japan Igari Kanji. King admitted that even though he was sure that match up would sell tickets, that wasn't the fight he wanted. Tokugawa then asked King which match he wanted and King said he wanted to fight the undefeated SFC Champion Doppo Orochi. Tokugawa vetoed Kings offered match saying that he has yet to earn a shot at the SFC Championship. King then exited Tokugawa's office without saying a word. A few weeks later, King started appearing on Mexican radio shows, television shows, news broadcasts, newspapers, and everything in between challenging Doppo Orochi to a fight. King even went as far as to go to the press in Tokyo to Challenge Orochi to do battle. Orochi finally accepted Kings challenge; with King earning Doppo's respect by "having the courage" to challenge him. Tokugawa was left no choice but to schedule a bout between the 2 fighters for the SFC Championship. King told all of the media outlets in Mexico to put the word out to all of his Mexican fans to come to Japan and meet him in front of the Tokyo Dome; where he would lead them to the location of the fight so they could give him the added power that he needed to beat Orochi, by cheering him on. The Mexican public listened to Kings plea and showed up in front of the Tokyo Dome in scores; where King lead them inside of the Korakuen Arena. The Mexican fans fiercely outnumbered the Japanese in the Arena and King walked into the fight the audible crowd favorite. During the fight, the crowd became a factor as King refused to lose in front of his contrymen despite all of the techniques and moves Doppo used on him. King started to gain the upper hand in the fight as it progressed when Doppo's stamina satrted to fail him. The arena noise became deafening as the crowd sensed their hero was close to victory. Doppo became desperate and put all of his energy into a technique he had never used before on an opponent in an attempt to defeat King. Doppo successfully performs the maneuver and it results in King getting knocked unconscious and losing the match. King was gracious in defeat and walked over to Doppo; raising his hand as a show of respect as both fighters are cheered by the Korakuen Arena crowd, Mexican and Japanese fans alike. After King healed from his injuries, he went back to work for the WWWF in America. During the second half of the year, King bested Nikolai Volkoff and Strong Kobayashi, before exchanging results in a long-running feud against Killer Kowalski. 
=== 33 ===
Wrestling his final match on March 1st, King was victorious over Butcher Vachon. King's contract with the WWWF then expired and even though the WWWF wanted to resign him; King was burnt out from the wrestling business and decided to officially retire from Professional Wrestling. 
== Tekken 1 ==
King then moved back to Mexico City and with the money he had; King opened up his own Orphanage for unwanted infants and street Children. Though King was a successful Luchador, the checks stopped coming in after he retired and King fell on hard times financially; investing all of his money into the kids and the orphanage. King was in need of money to fund the orphanage that he was taking care of. King then reads a small add in the newspaper looking for fighters to compete in Heihachi Mishima's King of Iron Fist Tournament; where the winner of the tournament receives the Mishima Zaibatsu fortune. With the little money he had left, King decided to enter The King of Iron Fist Tournament in the hopes of winning the prize money. King’s friendly rival in the pro wrestling/ Lucha Libre community Armor King decided to enter as well; so that King had a better chance of winning the prize money for his orphanage. In the race type tournament, King Defeated Gordon Liu in his first fight before facing off against Armor King in his second fight. During their fight, King accidentally permanently damaged Armor King's eye. Nonetheless, King emerged the victor over his friend and fought former U.S. Martial Arts Champion and Jeet Kune Do practitioner Forrest Masters in his third fight. Forrest ended up defeating King and eliminating him from the tournament. King is then placed in the 3rd place final bracket and had the unfortunate luck of being 1 of the 3 3rd place finalist to have to fight twice for the third place prize. in King's first fight of the 3rd place final, he fought Heihachi's step son Lee Chaolan. King Defeated Lee and became one step closer to earning some prize money for his orphanage. In the final fight of the 3rd place final, King fought Sumo wrestler Ganryu. King Defeated Ganryu and managed to secure third place in the King of Iron Fist Tournament, winning enough prize money for his orphanage.
=== Dark Depression ===
Shortly after winning 3rd place in the tournament, an orphan died within Kings Care. Depressed and enraged, King threw away his jaguar mask and ran away. Armor King was worried about his rival, and went in search of him. After a long and tiring day of finding clues as to where King would be, he found him in an alleyway behind a bar. Armor King saw how his friend's life was crumbling apart and convinced him to return to the orphanage in order to take care of the kids who were still in need of him. Armor King also convinced him to go back to training for The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2. 
== Tekken 2-(33-35) ==
King, fully recovered from his depression and alcoholism, trained intensely for 2 years in order to enter the tournament with the intention of winning the first place prize money so that he wouldn't have to fight again to fund his orphanage. In the first round of the tournament, King defeated Karate Master Vic Moore. in the second round, King faced off against Sumo Champion Ganryu in a rematch to their 3rd place final match 2 years ago. King lost in their bout and was subsequently eliminated from the tournament with zero chance of attaining any prize money. King then returned to his orphanage in Mexico. King then began to teach the orphans his fighting style which he dubbed King Vale Tudo, as a means of self-defense. 
=== The Return of the King ===
Running out of opponents for his champion Doppo Orochi, Mitsunari Tokugawa offers King a shot at the SFC Championship; wanting to recapture the magic of the first fight. King still needing to find a way to fund his orphanage, jumped at the chance to win some money along with the championship belt that he hasn't worn in 14 years. In the rematch against the Tiger Slayer, King dominated his opponent with his relentless pace and unmatchable intangibles. King beat Doppo down until he was too tired to intelligently defend himself; at which point King landed a judo throw, which he turned into a back body drop, which he turned into a German suplex, which he turned into a power bomb, which he turned into a dizzying swing until he threw Doppo halfway across the arena. Doppo could not meet the referees 10 count and King was declared the winner of the match and new SFC Champion; winning the belt for the third time. King and the crowd were elated as King felt that he was finally back on top. King returned to the orphanage with enough money to fund it for a year and the SFC Championship belt. 
=== Final Fight ===
It seemed as if the good luck just kept coming King's way as shortly after he returned to Mexico, The World Wrestling Federation offered King a 7 figure contact to come back and wrestle for their organization. King, seeing this as his golden opportunity to set the orphanage up for the future, was ready to jump at the chance to wrestle for the American fans again. King signed his name on the dotted line and headed to the post office to deliver his contract to WWF headquarters in Stanford, Connecticut. On his way to the post office, King was intercepted by an ancient being that goes by the name of Ogre. Ogre challenged King to a fight and King knew in his heart that something felt wrong about Ogre. King accepted the fight knowing that Ogre would not leave until he got what he wanted. King was then Murdered by Ogre who proceeds to absorb King's ki and abilities into his own being. All that's left on the streets of Mexico City are Kings dead body and his signed WWF contract. 
== Legacy ==
When news of King's death reached Tokugawa, he was initially emotionally distraught; but when it was brought to his attention that King had intended to sign a long term contract with the WWF, Tokugawa felt betrayed and refused to donate any money to King's failing orphanage as punishment for the deceased Kings betrayal. Vince McMahon of the World Wrestling Federation had zero knowledge of Kings intent to sign their contract and as a result felt King spurned them for a second time. The WWF also declined to donate to Kings orphanage. As a pro wrestler, King was loved by millions in Mexico and America. King proved to be a popular champion like Prince Kamehame before him, King heavily appealed to a specific group, in his case, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Latinos/Hispanics in general. His WWWF reign also made him the first Latino in history to win a recognized world heavyweight championship, holding one of the era's "big three", a triad completed by the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. After the WWF learned of King's desire to come back to the company, they decided to commemerate King's legacy and all that he's done for their company by inducting him into the WWF Hall of Fame. As a fighter, King became a 3x Champion of the Underground Supreme Fighting Circuit where the only rule is there are no rules and is the first ever champion in the organizations history. By way of teaching King Vale Tudo to the orphans at his orphanage, King has unknowingly instructed future fighters such as Pedro Rizzo and Renato Sobral. Thank's to his best friend Armor King, King's legacy continued to live on for years to come; long after the death of Marco Morales.