Career
Madril began his wrestling career in 1970. During the first half of the decade, he competed in Pacific Northwest Wrestling, the Portland, Oregon-based division of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). While there, he formed a tag team known as The Compadres with Jose Gonzales and won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship on July 2, 1973. Wrestling under the ring name Leo Madril, he also competed in the Vancouver, British Columbia-based NWA All-Star Wrestling. He held the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship twice, teaming with Flash Gordon for the first win and Dan Kroffat for the second.
Madril, competing once again under his real name, moved to Texas to continue his career. In 1975, he won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship on three occasions, defeating El Gran Marcus for the first and John Tolos for the others. He also teamed with Jose Lothario that year to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship twice.
Late in his career, Madril was a traveling partner of Shawn Michaels. Michaels credits Madril with helping him develop an appreciation for the music of Elvis Presley. Michaels went on to host an interview segment in the World Wrestling Federation named the Heartbreak Hotel after one of Presley's songs. Madril competed until the 1990s but now reportedly refuses to admit that he was once a professional wrestler.
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