World Wrestling Council

World Wrestling Council
Founded September 13, 1973 (1973-09-13)
Headquarters Puerto Rico
Founder(s) Carlos Colón Sr.
Victor Jovica
Gorilla Monsoon
Owner(s) Victor Jovica
Carlos Colón, Sr.
Formerly Capitol Sports Promotions
Website wwcpr.net

The World Wrestling Council (WWC) is Puerto Rico's main professional wrestling promotion. It was originally established as Capitol Sports Promotions in 1973 by Carlos Colón Sr., Victor Jovica, and Gorilla Monsoon. It was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance until 1988. By the mid-1990s, the promotion had changed its name to the World Wrestling Council.

History

The two versions of the Capitol Sports Promotions logo.

Capitol Sports Promotions, with Carlos Colón, Victor Jovica and Gorilla Monsoon as promoters/co-owners of the organization, was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) until late 1988, when Gorilla Monsoon left. The company then went bankrupt (as confirmed by Victor Quiñones in an interview with prwrestling.com). Following this, Thomas Collado became the owner in 1976, before Carlos Colon and Victor Jovica.

Capitol Sports Promotions gained fame in Puerto Rican homes soon after their TV show, Super Estrellas de la Lucha Libre, went on-air every weekend on channel 4, WAPA-TV. The taped show is still aired on weekends (both Saturday and Sunday for two hours until March 2008 when it was reduced to one hour on both Saturdays and Sundays due to declining ratings). From 1973 to 1980 it aired on channel 11 ( "Telecadena Perez Perry", then on "Teleonce" after the before mentioned went off the air), on channel 7 on Sunday evenings at 6pm and on "Telemundo" on Saturday mornings at 10am.

Capitol Sports Promotions began touring all over the island, and with the golden era of boxing in Puerto Rico limited only to Ponce and the metropolitan area of Puerto Rico, Capitol Sports Promotions took their shows to many, inner country towns where people were not used to seeing live in-ring sports events. As a result, Capitol's shows usually filled the smaller town arenas.

In 1983, Rickin Sanchez had taken over as Capitol's main promoter, as well as becoming one of the organization's broadcasters on the television shows. He was joined by the already retired Savinovich. Some time later, Sanchez (and his production company R & F Television) left the production of "Super Estrellas" due to some disagreements with the ownership of WWC. After these events, Savinovich became the main host of the programs.

By the mid 1990s, the organization changed its official name to World Wrestling Council. Women also began to have an ever-increasing presence in the organization during that decade.

With the turn of the century came some changes that almost destroyed the franchise. A small promotion called International Wrestling Association (IWA), promoted by Victor Quinones, became WWC's biggest competitor when it made an alliance with wrestling giant the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) which in turn brought American superstars to IWA.

Roster

Heavyweight wrestlers

Ring name Notes
Carlito
Chicano
Diabólico
Gilbert
La Revolución WWC World Tag Team Champions. A masked trio whose members are not identified
Mighty Ursus
Ray González WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion
Thunder
Xix Xavant

Junior heavyweight wrestlers

Ring name Notes
Angel Cotto
Anthony Roberts
"El Hombre Bestia" Enyel
OT Fernandez
Peter The Bad Romance WWC Junior Heavyweight Champion
Rey Gonzalez Jr
Rikochet

Others

Ring name Notes
El Wizard Color commentator
Juan Manuel Ortega Manager of "Mighty Ursus"
Orlando Toledo Manager of "La Revolución"
Primo Occasional wrestler
Now under contract to WWE
Epico Occasional wrestler
Now under contract to WWE
Willie Urbina Top commentator

Referees

Ring name Notes
Cesar Artache
Javier Torres
Pelayito Vazquez Also occasional wrestler
Francisco

Main Wrestling Events

Event name Last held Location
Euphoria January 7, 2017[1] Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Camino a la Gloria April 16, 2017[2] Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Summer Madness August 5, 2017[3] Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Championships

Current

Championship: Current champion(s) Date won Reign Days held
WWC Universal Championship Ray Gonzalez May 27, 2017 21 76
WWC Puerto Rico Championship Gilbert August 5, 2017 7 6
WWC World Tag Team Championship La Revolución July 15, 2017 7 27
WWC Junior Heavyweight Championship Peter The Bad Romance August 5, 2017 4 6

Defunct and inactive

Championship: Final champion(s): Date won: Notes:
Trinidad & Tobago Heavyweight Championship Ray Apollon December 1981 Abandoned 1982 (When TTWA breaks affiliation with WWC)[4]
Trinidad & Tobago Tag Team Championship Gama Singh & Victor Jovica May 1982 Abandoned 1982 (When TTWA breaks affiliation with WWC)[5]
WWC North American Heavyweight Championship Manny Fernandez September 1991 Abandoned October 1991
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Puerto Rico/WWC version) The Hunters
(Bob Brown and Dale Veasey)		 June 20, 1987 Abandoned August 26, 1987
WWC Latin American Heavyweight Championship El Bronco February 1990 Abandoned June 1990 (This title was created for an interpromotional show on Dominican Republic with DWF vs WWC was billed to Huracan Castillo and then lost against Bronco on DR)[6]
WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship The Latin Connection
(Ray Gonzalez and Ricky Santana)		 September 28, 1991 Abandoned December 1, 1991
WWC Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship Pierroth, Jr. April 3, 1999 Abandoned December 13, 1999
WWC Dominican Republic Heavyweight Championship El Bronco September 22, 2001 Abandoned October 2001
WWC Hardcore Championship Sabu December 20, 2003 Abandoned 2005
WWC Television Championship Chris Joel May 10, 2008 Abandoned July 11, 2008
WWC Women's Championship Black Rose September 24, 2011 Abandoned December 31, 2011
WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship El Sensacional Carlitos March 17, 2012 Abandoned May 1, 2012

See also

References

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