Pedro Morales

Pedro Morales (October 22, 1942 – February 12, 2019) was a Puerto Rican retired professional wrestler. He competed in many different National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliates, Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA), and the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF).

While he was in the WWWF, Morales was the first male wrestler in wrestling history to win all three of the major men's titles in the company. He won the WWWF Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, and the WWF World Tag Team Championship. When he won the WWWF United States Championship, Morales became the first wrestler to hold four different titles within the promotion, a distinction which would later became known as a Grand Slam Championship.

Death
Morales died of complications from Parkinson's disease at his Perth Amboy, New Jersey home on February 12, 2019, aged 76.WWE Hall Of Famer Pedro Morales has passed away

Championships
American Wrestling Alliance
AWA San Francisco World Tag Team Championship (2 times) (with Pepper Gomez)
Cauliflower Alley Club
Other honoree (1994)
Championship Wrestling from Florida
NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) (with Rocky Johnson)
NWA Florida Television Championship (1 time)
NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (1 time)
NWA Mid-Pacific Promotions
NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (3 times) (with Bing Ki Lee (1) and Ed Francis (2))
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Hawaii version) (3 times)
NWA San Francisco
NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (1 time) (with Pat Patterson)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Wrestler of the Year (1972)
He was ranked #111 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003.
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
Class of 2015
Worldwide Wrestling Associates
WWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
WWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) (with Luis Hernandez (1), Mark Lewin (1), Ricky Romero (1), and Victor Rivera (1))
World Wrestling Council
WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
WWC World Tag Team Championship (1 time) (with Carlos Colón, Sr.)
World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation/WWE
WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) (with Bob Backlund)
WWWF United States Championship (1 time)
WWWF Championship (1 time)
First Triple Crown Champion
WWF/E Hall of Fame (Class of 1995)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Most Overrated (1981, 1982)

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