| Ramón Álvarez | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | El Bronco I El Solitario |
| Born | Dominican Republic |
| Debut | 1983 |
Ramón Álvarez is a Dominican wrestler also known as El Bronco No. 1. Bronco's career reached the highest level both in his native Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, accumulating a resume in the ring that extends to a total of twenty-eight years. El Bronco has held championship titles in the World Wrestling Council (WWC),[1] World Wrestling Association (WWA), and National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).[2]
He debuted in 1983.[3] In 1984, he started reaching higher levels in Dominicana de Espectaculos, a promotion in the Dominican Republic which was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance. He was a tag team champion together with El Bronco No. 2 called "Los Hermanos Broncos". In 1988, El Bronco No. 3 joined the team. In 1989, "Los Hermanos Broncos", together with Relampago Hernandez, Johnny Gomez, Super Star, Thunderman and others left Dominicana de Espectaculos and founded a new promotion: the Dominican Wrestling Federation, which signed a strategic alliance with the World Wrestling Council (WWC), based in Puerto Rico.
At the beginning of 1990, El Bronco No. 1 defeated Huracan Castillo, Jr. in the Dominican Republic for the WWC Latin American Championship, receiving from WWC an offer to work in Puerto Rico. That same year, El Bronco moved to Puerto Rico.
That same year, El Bronco formed together with Invader I. Bronco and Invader defeated the Texas Hangmen for the WWC Tag Team Championship and held successful defenses against teams like the Samoan Swat Team and the Caribbean Express (Huracan Castillo Jr. and Miguelito Perez).
Between 1993 and 1995, El Bronco held the WWC Tag Team Championship together with Ciclon Salvadoreño and Ray Gonzalez. However, his main goal was the WWC Universal Championship, held by Carlos Colon and while a member of the Justice Army, the team led by Colon, he was not going to be able to gain the title. That is when he decided to betray his partners and started challenging Colon for the Universal Championship. In that feud, El Bronco lost his mask, having worn it for 14 years. A one year long feud culminated on July 14, 1996, when they faced each other at Anniversary 1996 main event, El Bronco being beaten by Colon and having to quit WWC. In 1998, he returned to WWC as El Solitario, a masked wrestler, revealing his identity when Colon took him his mask. He has fought for the last 12 years for WWC, mainly as a heel, and has been the Universal Champion three times. El Bronco later became the WWC Universal Champion and he is now heading to WWE to become WWE champion.
El Bronco will be working for IWA, the competition for WWC in Puerto Rico. He will be a special referee in a match between Savio Vega and Joe Bravo, which will be held on July 17, 2010.