Gran Cochisse

Juan José Barrón Medina (September 22, 1952) is a retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, under the ring name Gran Cochisse. Barrón has been 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 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 September 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 has been 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 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.
*Acertijo
*Perro Aguayo, Jr.
*Angel de Oro
*Angel de Plata
*Azazel
*Casanova
*Drago
*El Gallo
*Frail de la Muerte
*Guero Loco
*Hierro
*Horus
*Idolo
*Katana
*Leon Blanco
*Malefico
*Mascara Dorada
*Metatron
*Meteoro
*Nube Roja
*Palacio Negro
*Pequeño Black Warrior
*Pierroth, Jr.
*Relampago Azul
*Saturno
*Silueta
*Thunder Boy
*Ultimo Dragoncito
*Valentine Mayo
*Virgo
==Personal life==
Barrón is married to retired professional wrestler La Magnífica and together they have at least four children. One daughter wrestled as the next version of La Magnífica while another daughter wrestled under the name Súper Estrella. Their son is Saturno. Barrón 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.
==In wrestling==
*Finishing moves
:*Indian Deathlock
*Nicknames
:*"El Indio Bravo"
==Championships and accomplishments==
*Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
:*NWA World Middleweight Championship (3 times)
*Universal Wrestling Association
:*UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*Western Mexico
:*Occidente Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Águila India
==Lucha de Apuesta record==
Wager	Winner 	Loser 	Location 	Date 	Notes
Hair 	Comando Ruso 	Gran Cochisse 	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Unknown	 
Hair 	Calavera I 	Gran Cochisse 	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Unknown	 
Hair 	Gran Cochisse 	Manuel Robles 	Mexico City, Mexico 	Unknown	 
Hair 	Gran Cochisse 	Bruno Victoria 	Mexico City, Mexico 	Unknown	 
Hair 	Gran Cochisse 	El Nazi 	Mexico City, Mexico 	Unknown	 
Hair 	Gran Cochisse 	Franco Colombo 	Mexico City, Mexico 	Unknown	 
Hairs	Calavera I and Calavera II 	Gran Cochisse and Águila India 	Guadalajara, Jalisco	 	 
Hair 	Gran Cochisse 	Américo Rocca 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Hair 	Sangre Chicana 	Gran Cochisse 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hairs	Américo Rocca and Divino Roy 	Gran Cochisse and Águila India 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Chamaco Valaguez 	Gran Cochisse 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Gran Cochisse 	Leo López 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Gran Cochisse 	Mocho Cota 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Águila India 	Gran Cochisse 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Gran Cochisse 	Mocho Cota 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Enfermero Jr. 	Gran Cochisse 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hairs	Américo Rocca and Gran Cochisse	Comando Ruso I and Comando Ruso II	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	El Dandy 	Gran Cochisse 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Remo Banda 	Gran Cochisse 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
==External links==
* Profile
* Profile
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