Rocky Romero
- January 5, 2024
- Wrestler
Quick Facts
Rocky Romero Biography
| Name | Rocky Romero |
| Birthday | Oct 28 |
| Birth Year | 1982 |
| Place Of Birth | Havana |
| Birth Country | Cuba |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Rocky Romero is one of the most popular and richest Wrestler who was born on October 28, 1982 in Havana, Cuba. He is the fourth iteration of Black Tiger, and is best known for his time in the Ring of Honor.
He has been tag team partners with Alex Koslov.
In late 2003, Romero began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, using the name “Havana Brother I, he would team up with Havana Brother II and Havana Brother III to form a three-man team known as Los Havana Brothers. A few months later Los Havana Brothers began working as Rocky Romero, Pinoy Boy and Bobby Quance respectively. On September 12, Romero became CMLL’s first-ever World Super Lightweight Champion after defeating Volador Jr. in a tournament final. On November 14, Virus defeated Romero to win the championship, signaling the exit of Los Havana Brothers for the time being. In late 2004 Romero made a surprise return to CMLL and defeated Virus to regain the championship. After the title win he left CMLL again, occasionally defending the championship in Southern California. In 2005, local wrestler Tommy Williams won the Super Lightweight Championship but Romero regained it in January 2006. At that point the championship became inactive, with no mention of it.
Romero’s main exposure in the United States came while he was one-half of the Havana Pitbulls tag team, with partner Ricky Reyes, in Ring of Honor where he and Reyes set a record for the longest reign as ROH Tag Team Champions at 196 days, a record they held until 2005 when it was eclipsed by the team of Austin Aries and Roderick Strong. While in ROH, he and Reyes were also members of Homicide’s stable, The Rottweilers. He left the company at the end of 2005 to focus on working in Japan.
He was born in Havana, Cuba.
Rocky Romero Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Wrestler |
| House | Living in own house. |
Rocky Romero is one of the richest Wrestler from Cuba. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rocky Romero 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He made his professional debut on September 13, 1997.
He has held the title as IWGP Junior Heavyweight and Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion.
John R. Rivera (born October 28, 1982) is a Cuban-American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist currently signed non-exclusively to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), better known by his ring name Rocky Romero. Rivera is known for his tenure as the fourth incarnation of Black Tiger and for his accomplishments as a tag team wrestler. He was member of tag teams like The Havana Pitbulls/Los Cubanitos, No Remorse Corps, Forever Hooligans, and Roppongi Vice. Rivera made his in-ring debut on September 13, 1997 and over the years portrayed several different characters, including the masked characters Havana Brother I, Black Tiger and Grey Shadow and has wrestled extensively in Mexico (for both Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Lucha Libre AAA World Wide). In the United States he is most known for his work with Ring of Honor and was one of the featured wrestlers for Lucha Libre USA.
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On October 10, 2011, at Destruction ’11, Romero and Richards defeated Devitt and Taguchi in a rematch to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the first time. Romero and Richards made their first successful title defense on November 12 at Power Struggle, defeating the team of Kushida and Tiger Mask. On December 23, Romero unsuccessfully challenged Prince Devitt for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. On January 4, 2012, at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, Romero and Richards lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship back to Devitt and Taguchi. No Remorse Corps regained the title from Apollo 55 on February 12 at The New Beginning. On May 2, Romero and Richards were stripped of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, after travel issues forced Richards to miss the following day’s Wrestling Dontaku 2012 event, where the two were scheduled to defend the title against Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask.
Facts & Trivia
Rocky Ranked on the list of most popular Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Cuba. Rocky Romero celebrates birthday on October 28 of every year.
Romero soon reunited with his former AAA partner Alex Koslov. On July 22, the team, dubbed “Forever Hooligans”, defeated Liger and Tiger Mask to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Romero and Koslov made their first successful title defense on August 26 at a Sacramento Wrestling Federation (SWF) event in Gridley, California, defeating the team of A.J. Kirsch and Alex Shelley. Forever Hooligans made their second successful title defense on October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling, defeating the Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida). On October 21, Forever Hooligans entered the 2012 Super Jr. Tag Tournament, defeating Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask in their first round match. On November 2, Romero and Koslov were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Apollo 55. On November 11 at Power Struggle, Forever Hooligans lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to the winners of the Super Jr. Tag Tournament, the Time Splitters, ending their reign at 112 days. On May 3, 2013, at Wrestling Dontaku 2013, Romero and Koslov regained the title from the Time Splitters. They lost the title to Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku) on October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling.