Tito Santana

|
Tito Santana is one of the greatest,
and hardest working, pro wrestlers of the modern era in the WWF. Tito
came to
|
|
prominence in the WWF between 1983
to 1986, which he held numerous championships, including the prestigious
WWF
|
|
Intercontinental Championship,
and was part of some of the most exciting matches of the WWF at that time.
Tito reminds me
|
|
of Paul
Orndorff, in that he never really got the recognition he deserved,
least of which, on the Internet.
|
|
Jesse
"The Body" Ventura used to take a jab at him by calling
him "Chico", however I understand he actually liked and
|
|
respected Santana, so Jesse was
actually doing Tito a favor!
|
|
Other Facts: Carried Hulk
Hogan to a decent match at Madison Square
Garden in the late 70s
|
Pay-Per-Views
- AWA Comiskey Park (July 14, '80) Santana fought to a Draw with Paul Christy.
Later in the night, Santana competed in a Battle Royal, which was won by Jerry
Blackwell.
- GCW Omni Thanksgiving Tag-Team Tournament '82 Santana & Brad Armstrong
defeated Hiro Matsuda & the Great Yatsu, then were beaten by the eventual
winners, the Moondogs.
- WWF Wrestlemania I ('85) Santana forced the Executioner to submit.
- WWF King of the Ring Tournament (July 8, '85) Santana defeated Terry Funk
and Jim Brunzell before losing to the Iron Sheik. Don Muraco won the tournament.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #3 (October 31, '85) Santana lost, via countout,
to Randy Savage. Santana retained the Intercontinental Title.
- WWF The Wrestling Classic (November 7, '85) Santana pinned Don Muraco. Later
in the night, Santana fought to a double countout with Paul Orndorff. The Junkyard
Dog went on to win the Wrestling Classic tournament.
- WWF Wrestlemania II ('86) Santana & The Junkyard Dog fell to Terry &
Dory Funk.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #10 (February 21, '87) Santana & Danny
Spivey were beaten by the WWF Tag Champs, the Hart Foundation.
- WWF King of the Ring Tournament (September 7, '87) Santana lost in the first
round to Danny Davis. Randy Savage won the tournament.
- WWF Survivor Series '87 Strikeforce (Santana & Rick Martel), the Rougeau
Brothers, the Young Stallions, The British Bulldogs & the Killer Bees competed
in a "Tag-Team Elimination" Match against the Hart Foundation, the
Islanders, Demolition, the Russians & Dino Bravo & Greg Valentine. Strikeforce
was eliminated when Jim Neidhart pinned Santana. The Killer Bees & the Young
Stallions 'survived'.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #14 (December 7, '87) Strikeforce retained
the Tag Titles, winning over the Russians.
- WWF Royal Rumble '88 = Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Jim
Duggan.
- WWF The Main Event (February 5, '88) Strikeforce stayed the Tag Champs, beating
the Hart Foundation.
- WWF Wrestlemania IV ('88) Strikeforce lost the Tag-Team Titles to Demolition.
- WWF Survivor Series '88 Santana, Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Scott Casey &
Ken Patera fought in an "Elimination" Match against Andre the Giant,
Mr. Perfect, Rick Rude, Harley Race & Dino Bravo. Santana was eliminated
by Andre the Giant. Mr. Perfect & Dino Bravo were the 'survivors'.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #19 (December 7, '88) Santana took down the
Red Rooster.
- WWF Royal Rumble '89 Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Big
John Studd.
- WWF Wrestlemania V ('89) Strikeforce lost to the Brain Busters.
- WWF Summerslam '89 Santana & the Rockers were beaten by Rick Martel &
the Rougeau Brothers.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #23 (September 21, '89) Santana fought to
a Double Disqualification with Rick Martel.
- WWF King of the Ring Tournament (October 14, '89) = Santana defeated Bad News
Brown, the Warlord, Akeem and Rick Martel to win the tournament.
- WWF Survivor Series '89 Santana, Dusty Rhodes, Brutus Beefcake & the Red
Rooster fought in an "Elimination" Match with Rick Martel, Bad News
Brown, the Big Boss Man & the Honky Tonk Man. Santana was eliminated by
Martel. Rhodes & Beefcake 'survived'.
- WWF Royal Rumble '90 Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Hulk
Hogan.
- WWF Wrestlemania VI ('90) Santana was pinned by the Barbarian.
- WWF Intercontinental Title Tournament (April '90) Santana defeated the One
Man Gang, then lost to Mr. Perfect in the finals.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #27 (July 16, '90) Santana lost to the IC
Champion, Mr. Perfect.
- WWF Summerslam '90 Santana fell to the Warlord.
- WWF The Main Event IV (October 30, '90) Santana was forced to submit to Rick
Martel.
- WWF Survivor Series '90 Santana, Nikolai Volkoff & the Bushwhackers fought
in an "Elimination" Match against Sgt. Slaughter, Boris Zukoff &
the Orient Express. Santana was the sole 'survivor'. Later in the night, Santana
competed in the "Winners Elimination" Match along with Hulk Hogan
& the Ultimate Warrior against Rick Martel, the Warlord, Ted DiBiase &
Power & Glory. Santana was eliminated by DiBiase. Hogan & the Warrior
'survived'.
- WWF Royal Rumble '91 Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Hulk
Hogan.
- WWF Wrestlemania VII ('91) Santana was quickly beaten by the Mountie.
- WWF Royal Albert Hall (October 3, '91) Santana fell to Ric Flair. Later that
night, Santana competed in a "Battle Royal", which was won by the
British Bulldog.
- WWF Survivor Series '91 Santana, Sgt. Slaughter, Kerry von Erich & Jim
Duggan fought in an "Elimination" Match with Col Mustafa, Hercules,
Skinner & the Berserker. Santana's entire team 'survived'.
- WWF Tuesday In Texas (December '91) Santana & Virgil were beaten by Ted
DiBiase & the Repoman.
- WWF Royal Rumble '92 Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Ric
Flair.
- WWF Wrestlemania VIII ('92) Santana was taken down by Shawn Michaels.
- WWF Summerslam '92 In a dark match, Santana was beaten by Papa Shango.
- WWF Royal Rumble '93 Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Yokozuna.
- WWF Wrestlemania IX ('93) In a dark match, Santana won over Papa Shango.
Title Summary:
- NWA Western States Tag-Team Champion w/Ted DiBiase (79 - 2/15/79)
- WWF World Tag-Team Champion w/ Ivan Putski (10/22/79 - 4/12/80)
- WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion (2/11/84 - 9/24/84)
- WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion(2) (7/06/85 - 2/08/86)
- WWF World Tag-Team Champion(2) w/ Rick Martel (10/27/87 - 3/27/88)
- ECW World Heavyweight Champion (8/08/93 - 9/09/93)
- AWF Heavyweight Champion (97)
- RWA Heavyweight Champion (6/18/98 - 6/19/98)
PWI Achievement Awards: (1 win, 0 1st RUs,
1 2nd RU, 2 3rd RUs)
- 1979 Tag-Team of the Year (Santana & Ivan Putski)
- 1981 Most Inspirational Wrestler, 2nd Runner-Up
- 1981 Most Improved Wrestler, 3rd Runner-Up
- 1985 Most Popular Wrestler, 3rd Runner-Up
Links