Pedro Jacobo Contreras (born October 10, 1955) is a semi-retired
Mexican ''
Luchador
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'' or
professional wrestler
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best known under the
ring name Cachorro Mendoza. Cachorro Mendoza means "Cub Mendoza" in English and refers to the fact that he is the youngers of the Mendoza brothers
Ringo, Indio and Freddy all of whom are ''Luchadors''. Over the years he's worked extensively for
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
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(EMLL) and the
Universal Wrestling Association
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(UWA), often teaming with his brothers, especially Ringo Mendoza. The Mendoza brothers have held the
Mexican National Tag Team Championship
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on one occasion,
[ and he has also held the ]Mexican National Middleweight Championship
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, the NWA World Middleweight Championship
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and the UWA World Middleweight Championship
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during his career.[ Cotreras briefly worked as Máscara Sagrada on the Mexican ]Independent circuit
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, using the outfit and name of the original Máscara Sagrada
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without permission. He retired from professional wrestling in the late 1990s but returned to the ring in 2009 to team with his brother Ringo Mendoza on a series of shows promoted by International Wrestling Revolution Group
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(IWRG).
Championships and accomplishments
*Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
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**Mexican National Middleweight Championship
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( 1 time)
**Mexican National Tag Team Championship
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( 1 time) – with Ringo Mendoza
Genaro Jacobo Contreras is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, or '' Luchador'' in Spanish, and is a professional wrestling trainer for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Contreras is best known under the ring name Ringo Mendoza, which he ...
**NWA World Middleweight Championship
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( 1 time)
**Copa Arena Coliseo (1994) – with Bestia Salvaje
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*Universal Wrestling Association
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**UWA World Middleweight Championship
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( 1 time)
''Luchas de Apuestas'' record
Notes
References
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1955 births
Mexican male professional wrestlers
Professional wrestlers from Jalisco
Living people
Mexican National Middleweight Champions
Mexican National Tag Team Champions
20th-century professional wrestlers
21st-century professional wrestlers
NWA World Middleweight Champions
UWA World Middleweight Champions