Torbellino Blanco

Torbellino Blanco (White Whirlwind)

Name Torbellino Blanco (White Whirlwind) Real name Mariano Yugueros Nicknames Name history Torbellino Blanco Family Maestro(s) Loco Hernandez Birth date, location 1923 - Spain Obituary date 1988 Debut, location 50's In Spain, 1964 - Tlanepantla Lost mask to Height 175 cm/5' 9" Weight 95 kg/209 lb Signature moves The shoulderbreaker Titles: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title, NWA World Tag Team Titles (Texas-Version - w/ Pepper Gómez), NWA Texas Tag Team Titles (3x - w/ Cyclone Negro)

BIO

One of the best spanish wrestlers to come through in Mexico and U.S.A territory in the mid-'60s was Torbellino Blanco. In 1959 the NWA considered Torbellino as the third best lightheavyweight wrestler of the world, after a long season in Mexico he moved to the south of the United States to wrestle.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
1958/05/02	hair	Torbellino Blanco	Sugi Sito	Arena Coliseo - Mexico City
1958/09/26	mask	Espectro I	Torbellino Blanco	Arena Mexico
1959?	hair	Cavernario Galindo	Torbellino Blanco	Arena México - Mexico City
1960/04/20	hair	Torbellino Blanco	Tonina	unknown
1960/04/26	mask (1)	Danny McShain	Torbellino Blanco	USA
1965/11/??	mask (2)	Torbellino Blanco	The Destroyer	Fort Worth, USA
1965/11/10	mask	The Destroyer	Torbellino Blanco	Fort Worth, USA
(1) No DQ/time-limit/blood-stoppage 2-out-of-3-falls match, possibly for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title instead; (2) The Destroyer's mask was pulled off and he lost on a countout going back to the dressing room to get another mask. There was a towel handy so the Destroyer was not identified. Two weeks later 2 out of 3 falls match Blanco lost his mask in the main event rematch which ended the feud.

Gallery

mask vs mask vs. Espectro I

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