Bobby Bold Eagle

For the World Wrestling Association wrestler, see Bob Boyer (wrestler). For the All Star Wrestling wrestler, see Joe Gomez (wrestler).

Bobby Bold Eagle
Birth nameRobert Cortes
Born (1948-07-28) July 28, 1948 (age 76)[1]
Window Rock, Arizona, U.S.[1]
WebsiteBobby Bold Eagle on Myspace
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Bobby Bold Eagle[1]
Bobby White Feather[1]
Black Tiger[1]
Billed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Billed weight220 lb (100 kg)[1]
Billed fromWindow Rock, Arizona
Trained byArgentina Rocca[1]
Ismael Gerena[1]
DebutSeptember 1968
Retired1991[1]

Robert Cortes[1] (born July 28, 1948)[1] is a retired American professional wrestler and trainer, known by his ring name Bobby Bold Eagle, who wrestled throughout the United States for the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wide Wrestling Federation during the late 1960s and 1970s.

Career

A protégé of Argentina Rocca, he made his WWWF debut in September 1968.[1]

Cortes wrestled throughout the world during his near 15-year career including countries such as Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Africa and most of Europe. While in Joint Promotions in the 1980s, he held the promotion's tag team championship as part of a kayfabe "brother" tag team with former student Al Bold Eagle.[2] He was also a sometimes ally of Big Daddy in his feud with Wild Angus Campbell and wrestled the likes of Pete LaPaque,[3] Rollerball Rocco,[4] Lucky Gordon, "Superstar" Mal Sanders, Dr. Death[5] and Skull Murphy.[6]

Retirement

After his retirement in 1991, following a tour of Spain and Germany, Cortes was the head trainer in the Lower East Side Wrestling School, owned and operated by Pete McKay in New York City, New York. Among his former students include Billy Firehawk, Tiger Khan (Marlon Kalkai), Peligro (Abe Guzman), Panther [7][8] Chris Kanyon,[9][10] Primo Carnera II and The Power Twins (Larry and David Sontag) as well as ECW alumni The Dirt Bike Kid, Rocco Rock, and Jason Knight.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Joint Promotions
    • Joint Promotions Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Al Bold Eagle
  • Three Rivers Wrestling Association
    • West Virginia Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[11]
  • Other titles
    • AAW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    • CCW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    • Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  2. ^ "Bios: Al Farat". The Oklahoma Fan's Wrestling Resource Center. OklaFan.com. 2008. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  3. ^ Stewart, Carl and Tracy. "British Wrestling DVDs: Classic British Wrestling, Vol. 1". Carl and Tracy Stewart's British Wrestling DVDs. CarlandTracyStewart.co.uk. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  4. ^ Lister, John. "1987". ITV wrestling listings. JohnListerWriting.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  5. ^ "1987 Bills & Results". British Wrestling Results & Bills. BritishWrestlingArchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on April 5, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  6. ^ "Skull Murphy". Wrestlers Records. BritishWrestlingArchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  7. ^ Oliver, Greg (June 29, 2006). "SLAM! Wrestling: Stampede stars remember Tiger Khan". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  8. ^ Chhibber, Ranjan (January 20, 2009). "SLAM! Wrestling: Associate Producer of The Wrestler documents wrestling's killing fields". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  9. ^ Mooneyham, Mike (April 18, 2010). "Kanyon gave all to wrestling". Pro-Wrestling.com. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  10. ^ Cauliflower Alley Club (2010). "2010 Finishes (RIP): Remembering those we have lost in 2010". CauliflowerAlleyClub.org. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  11. ^ "West Virginia Heavyweight Championship". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved August 1, 2015.