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The first match was between Tito Santana and The Executioner . Santana won the match after applying a figure four leglock on The Executioner, which was a shot at current Intercontinental Champion Greg Valentine, as the figure four was his finishing move as the first WrestleMania match ended in submission.
The first version of Executioners was founded by Executioner #1, who was a masked wrestler, wrestling for World Wide Wrestling Federation. In 1976 he trained Executioner #2, and the two became a tag team in WWWF. Together, the Executioners captured the WWWF Tag Team Championship on May 11, 1976 by defeating Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi.
Merced Solis (born May 10, 1953), better known by the ring name Tito Santana, is an American retired professional wrestler, trainer, and retired school teacher. [2] [4]Solis has stayed a babyface character his entire career [5] [6] and is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation between 1979 and 1993 (missing part of 1980 and returning in 1983) [7] where he was a two ...
Ivan Putski and Tito Santana: 1: 173 30 The Executioners (Executioner #1 and Executioner #2) 1: 168 31 The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) 1: 155 32 Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson: 1: 154 33 Kane and Big Show: 1: 153 34 Strike Force (Rick Martel and Tito Santana) 1: 152 35 The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) 6: 151 36 The Yukon ...
Martel returned to the WWF in January 1989 at the Royal Rumble. Sometime later, Santana and Martel reunited, taking on The Brain Busters at WrestleMania V. [6] After Santana accidentally knocked Martel out with a flying forearm, Martel left Santana alone in the ring to fend for himself, thus turning heel. Martel later stated that he felt ...
He was later put under a mask as "The Executioner", losing to Tito Santana in the opening match of the inaugural WrestleMania. [ 13 ] [ 6 ] [ 2 ] This would be his last match, as he departed once more for the PNW.
After Volkoff's team defeated Slaughter's team at the 1990 Survivor Series (Tito Santana was the sole survivor), Volkoff left the WWF at the end of 1990. He made a brief return to compete in the 1992 Royal Rumble match, as well as to face Hercules in a house show match on January 29 in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Prior to creation of the Dream Team, Greg Valentine, managed by Captain Lou Albano, had won the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Tito Santana [3] and was in the middle of a brutal feud with Santana. [4] In the midst of that feud Jimmy Hart took over Albano's managing duties while Valentine was still the champion. Brutus Beefcake had ...