Mark Romero (born July 21, 1963) is a retired
American
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second generation
professional wrestler
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better known by his
ring name
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Mark Youngblood.
Professional wrestling career
Mark Romero is the son of
Ricky Romero
Ricardo Romero Jr. (born November 6, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Prep career
After spending three years at Garfield High School, Romero graduate ...
.
He started wrestling as Mark Youngblood in 1980 and worked for the
National Wrestling Alliance
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's
Jim Crockett Promotions
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as a tag team with
Wahoo McDaniel
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.
[ He wrestled in ]Florida Championship Wrestling
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in 1985 with his brother Jay
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and formed a tag team with his younger brother Chris Romero in 1986 following Jay's death.[
The Romeros achieved some success in the World Wrestling Council and later in the Global Wrestling Federation and the ]United States Wrestling Association
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as "The Tribal Nation".[ They also had a brief stint in ]World Championship Wrestling
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as "The Renegade Warriors
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Professional wrestling career
World Class Championship Wrestl ...
". Mark retired from wrestling in 1999.
In early 2006, he wrestled at the Amarillo, Texas
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, based indy-wrestling company West Texas Wrestling Legends ran by his brother Chris. He made several appearances for the company before going back into retirement in July 2006. On January 13, 2007, he resurfaced in WTWL and defeated the WTWL Champion Thunder to win the championship.[ After the match, WTWL wrestlers "Hobo" Hank, Mike DiBiase, Dice Murdock, nephew "Radical" Ricky Romero III and Mark's brother Chris Romero came down to celebrate the win with the new champion. Romero explained that his return was for one night only and he later vacated the WTWL Championship.
]
Championships and accomplishments
* Cauliflower Alley Club
:*Family Wrestling Award (2015) – with Chris Youngblood, Jay Youngblood
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and Ricky Romero
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Prep career
After spending three years at Garfield High School, Romero graduate ...
Central States Wrestling
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:* NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (2 times
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) – with Mike George2 times
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)Championship Wrestling from Florida
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:* NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' (2 times
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) – with Jay Youngblood
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NWA Television Championship
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( 1 time)2 times
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) – with Wahoo McDaniel
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PWI Years
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with Chris Youngblood in 2003.
*Southern Championship Wrestling
**SCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chris Youngblood[
* World Class Championship Wrestling
:* WCCW Television Championship ( 1 time)]
References
External links
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1963 births
American male professional wrestlers
Faux Native American professional wrestlers
Living people
NWA/WCW World Television Champions
Sportspeople from Amarillo, Texas
Professional wrestlers from Texas
20th-century professional wrestlers
NWA United States Tag Team Champions (Florida version)
WCW World Tag Team Champions