José González (wrestler)

For other people named José González, see José González (disambiguation).
José Huertas González
Ring name(s) Invader #1
El Jibarito de San Lorenzo
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight 255 lb (116 kg)
Resides San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Debut 1966
Retired 2006, 2011

José Huertas González, better known as Invader #1, is a former professional wrestler who wrestled in the United States and around the world, especially in Puerto Rico,[1] and the man who killed, allegedly in self-defense, Frank Goodish, also known as Bruiser Brody.

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Wrestling career

Since 1973, he has wrestled for both the World Wrestling Council and the International Wrestling Association. He held the Puerto Rico heavyweight title twelve times between 1977 and 2001,[2] and the WWC Television Title five times between 1986 and 1991.[3] He retired in 2006 to enter politics.[4]

Gonzalez began wrestling as The Prophet in Chicago. In 1972 he joined the WWWF.[1] When he returned to Puerto Rico to fight with Capitol Sport Promotion, he took on the masked persona of "The Invader" so his mother would not know he was a wrestler.[1] He fought on The Invaders tag team with Roberto Soto as Invader #2 and then Johnny Rivera as Invader #3.[1]

Death of Bruiser Brody

In July 1988, González stabbed professional wrestler Frank Donald Goodish, known as Bruiser Brody, to death during a wrestling event in Puerto Rico.[5] Gonzalez was acquitted in 1989 after a jury accepted that he was acting in self-defense.[6] Another wrestler, Tony Atlas, says he witnessed the stabbing in the locker room showers, but the knife used in the stabbing was not recovered and Atlas did not testify at the trial. The investigation was criticised in two books about Brody, Bruiser Brody (Crowbar Press) and Brody (ECW Press).[7][8]

Championships

References

  1. ^ a b c d McGyver. "WWC: Entrevista a El Invader #1" (in Spanish). PR Wrestling. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.prwrestling.com/entrevistas/invader.html. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
  2. ^ "Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Titles. 2009. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/pr-h.html. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
  3. ^ "World Wrestling Council Television Title". Wrestling Titles. 2008. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/wwc-tv.html. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
  4. ^ "Old Glory". Riverfront Times. 19 September 2007. http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2007-09-19/news/old-glory. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
  5. ^ Associated Press (21 July 1988). "Invader I faces charges". http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=SYoyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2414,4285630. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
  6. ^ "Famous Wrestling Deaths". Fox News. 26 June 2007. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286774,00.html. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
  7. ^ Mooneyham, Mike (13 May 2007). "Unique, controversial Brody still making a large impact". The Post and Courier (Charleston). http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=rUMzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6xMLAAAAIBAJ&pg=1295,5768126. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
  8. ^ Marvez, Alex (12 October 2007). "Life, death of a 'Bruiser'". Rocky Mountain News. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/other_spotlight/article/0,2777,DRMN_23960_5720185,00.html. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 

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