Ringo Mendoza

Genaro Jacobo Contreras is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador. Contreras is best known under the ring name Ringo Mendoza, which he has used since his debut in 1968. Contreras has two brothers who were also professional wrestlers, Pedro Jacobo Contreras who worked as Cachorro Mendoza ("Puppy Mendoza") and his other brother who wrestled as Indio Mendoza. Over the course of his career Ringo Mendoza held several Middleweight championships, including five NWA World Middleweight Championships, two Mexican National Middleweight Championships, one CMLL World Middleweight Championship and one Occidente Middleweight Championship.
==Professional wrestling career==
Genaro Contreras made his professional wrestling debut in 1968, after training under renowned Mexican wrestling trainer Diablo Velazco, under the ring name "Ringo Mendoza", adopting a Native American persona complete with feathered headdress. Contreras would later be joined by his brothers who wrestled as Cachorro Mendoza and Indio Mendoza. Mendoza won his first wrestling championship on November 29, 1974 when he defeated Aníbal to win the Mexican National Middleweight Championship. Mendoza would go on to hold the title for 822 days, over two years, before losing the title to Perro Aguayo on February 28, 1977. During the 822 day reign Ringo Mendoza defended the title against opponents such as Tony Salazar and Perro Aguayo. On July 3, 1977 Mendoza got a measure of revenge for his title loss as he defeated Perro Aguayo to win the NWA World Middleweight Championship, capturing the top title in this middleweight division. Ringo Mendoza would become synonymous with the NWA Middleweight Title as he captured it five times between 1977 and 1981 defeating such wrestlers as El Faraón, Perro Aguayo, Tony Salazar and Sangre Chicana. On June 6, 1980 Mendoza defeated Satánico to win his second Mexican National Middleweight Championship, holding it for 182 days before dropping it to El Faraón. In the 1980s Ringo began teaming more regularly with his brother Cachorro Mendoza, defeating Satánico and Espectro, Jr. in a tournament final to win the vacant Mexican National Tag Team Championship. On January 15, 1983 Ringo Mendoza became a double champion as he defeated El Faraón to win the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship. On July 28, 1983 Satánico won the NWA Light Heavyweight Title from Ringo Mendoza but quickly lost it back to Mendoza. The Mendozas held the tag team title for a full 1,029 days before losing to Sangre Chicana and Cien Caras on April 12, 1985. A month later Ringo Mendoza lost the NWA World Light Heavyweight title to MS-1 on February 13, 1985. On November 28, 1986 Ringo Mendoza teamed up with Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. and Kiss to defeat Los Brazos (El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata) to win the Mexican National Trios Championship. The team held the title for 275 days before being defeated by Hombre Bala, Jerry Estrada and Pirata Morgan on August 30, 1987. In the late 1980s Ringo Mendoza began working for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) where he defeated Gran Cochisse to win the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship on April 29, 1989. Over a year later, on June 29, 1990 he lost the UWA title to long-time rival Perro Aguayo. From the early 1990s on Ringo Mendoza began focusing part of his time on training wrestlers, mainly working with young wrestlers on Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)'s roster. Mendoza' last wrestling related highlight came on March 7, 1999 when he defeated Emilio Charles, Jr. to win the CMLL World Middleweight Championship, making him one of a very few wrestler to have won the Mexican, NWA World and CMLL World Middleweight championship to date. Mendoza defended the championship on at least 10 occasions over the 742 days his reign lasted, defeating wrestlers such as Blue Panther, Scorpio, Jr., Rey Bucanero, Zumbido, Apolo Dantés, Black Warrior, Villaño III and Mano Negra before losing the title back to Emilio Charles on March 18, 2001. Since losing the title Mendoza has focused on training wrestlers at CMLL's Mexico City and Guadalajara, Jalisco based wrestling schools.
==In wrestling==
*Finishing moves
**La Ringuina (Side Russian legsweep into a Mexican Stretch)
*Signature moves
**La Filomena (Spin kick)
*Nicknames
**El Indio Grande (Spanish for "The big indian")
==Championships and accomplishments==
*Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
**CMLL World Middleweight Championship (1 time)
**Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time)
**Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cachorro Mendoza
**Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) – with Kiss and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.
**NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
**NWA World Middleweight Championship (5 times)
**Salvador Lutteroth Tag Tournament:1999 - with Super Astro
*Universal Wrestling Association
**UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
===Lucha de Apuesta record===
Wager	Winner 	Loser 	Location 	Date 	Notes
Hair 	Luis Mariscal 	Ringo Mendoza 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Asesino Negro 	Mexico City, Mexico 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Black Killer 	Guadalajara, Jalisco 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Brazo de Oro 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Brazo de Plata 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Bruno Estrada 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Bruno Victoria 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Coloso Colosetti 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	El Brazo 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	El Nazi 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Espanto II 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Espanto III 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Pérez Mosqueda 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Satánico 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Vick Amezcua 	Unknown 	Unknown 	 
Hair 	Idolo 	Ringo Mendoza 	Guadalajara, Jalisco 	1970s 	 
Hairs	Ray Mendoza and Ringo Mendoza 	Ángel Blanco and Kim Chul Won 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Gemelo Diablo II 	Ringo Mendoza 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Perro Aguayo 	Ringo Mendoza 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Perro Aguayo 	Guadalajara, Jalisco 	 	
Hairs	Ringo Mendoza and Carlos Plata 	Los Gemelos Diablo 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hairs	El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza 	Perro Aguayo and Joe Polardi 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Hairs	El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza 	Sangre Chicana and Alfonso Dantés 	Unknown 	 	 
Hairs	Ringo Mendoza and Cachorro Mendoza 	Adorable Rubí and Divino Roy 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza 	El Nazi and Adorable Rubí 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza 	Tony Benetto and Herodes 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	El Faraón 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Sangre Chicana and Satánico 	Ringo Mendoza and Cachorro Mendoza 	Unknown 	May 1982 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza, César Curiel and Rey Salomón 	Tony Benetto, Herodes and Adorable Rubí	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hairs	La Fiera and Mocho Cota 	Ringo Mendoza and Cachorro Mendoza 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Tony Benetto 	Mexico City, Mexico 	September 1984	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza, Américo Rocca and Tony Salazar	El Signo, El Texano and Negro Navarro 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	El Macho 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Scorpio 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza 	MS-1 and Masakre 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Fabuloso Blondy 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Luis Mariscal 	Mezcala 	 	 
Masks	Perro Aguayo and Ringo Mendoza 	Texas Rangers 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Ranger 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Bestia Salvaje 	Ringo Mendoza 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Javier Cruz 	Ringo Mendoza 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	Match also included Mogur
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Luis Mariscal 	Naucalpan, Mexico State	 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Hombre Bala 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Américo Rocca 	Ringo Mendoza 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hairs	Ringo Mendoza and Tajiri 	Chicago Express and Mogur 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	El Signo 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hairs	Ringo Mendoza and Campesino del Valle 	Indio Loco and El Mohicano I 	Xochimilco, Mexico City	 	 
Hair 	Emilio Charles Jr. 	Ringo Mendoza 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Guerrero Del Futuro 	Mexico City, Mexico 	 	 
Hair 	Ringo Mendoza 	Mohicano I 	Cholula, Puebla 	 	 
==External links==
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