Professional Wrestling Career
The wrestler who would become known as Fuerza Guerra trained for his professional wrestling career under Dick Angelo, he would later receive further training from Gallo Tapado, Raul Reyes, El Solar, El Espectro and Ángel Blanco. He made his professional wrestling debut in 1977 under the ring name Cachorro González (Spanish for "Cub González"). in his debut match he faced, and lost to, Rokambole (later Villaño V) and Leopardo Negro (Villaño IV) in San Pedro, Puebla. After wrestling as Chachorro González for over a year González wanted to adopt an enmascarado character by the name of "Star Wars", but the local promoter, Señor Barradas, did not want wrestlers with English names. Instead he adopted the name "Fuerza Guerrera", a name he came up with inspired by the Aztec warriors of Latin America. Fuerza Guerrera also adopted a black mask with red and blue markings – red representing passion and blue representing peace, a mask that quickly became his trademark. He made his in ring debut as Fuerza Guerrera on December 19, 1979 in Arena Naucalpan. Since his debut Guerrera has almost always worked as a Rudo, a "bad guy" or "Heel" character, a choice he took early on as it fit with both his personality and his wrestling style.
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