Title History

• NWA Texas Tag Team titles w/Torbellino Blanco defeating Danny McShain & Tony Borne (September ??, 1960);
• NWA Texas Heavyweight title defeating Torbellino Blanco (September ??, 1960);
• NWA Texas Tag Team titles w/Torbellino Blanco defeating Paul & Maurice Vachon (November 15, 1960);
• NWA (Texas) World Tag Team titles w/Dory Dixon defeating Jim & Jack Dalton (April 27, 1962);
• NWA (Texas) World Tag Team titles w/Oscar Salazar defeating Taro Miyake & Duke Keomuka (November 2, 1962);
• NWA (Texas) World Tag Team titles w/Rikki Starr defeating Jim & Jack Dalton (August 15, 1963);
• All Asia Tag Team titles w/Gene Kiniski defeating Michiaki Yoshimura & Toyonobori (May 14, 1964);
• IWA (Australia) World Tag Team titles w/Baron Mikel Sciculna defeating Mario Milano & Dominic DeNucci (July 6, 1968);
• NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Hans Mortier (April 15, 1969);
• NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Jack Brisco defeating Missouri Mauler & Hiro Matsuda (July 22, 1969);
• NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Sam Steamboat defeating Missouri Mauler & Hiro Matsuda (September 3, 1969);
• NWA Florida Brass Knuckles title defeating Tarzan Tyler (January 30, 1971);
• NWA Western States Heavyweight title defeating Terry Funk (August 26, 1971);
• NWA Western States Heavyweight title defeating Alfred Hayes (????, 1972);
• NWA Western States Tag Team titles w/Karl Von Steiger defeating Moose Morowski & Nick Kozak (????, 1972);
• NWA Western States Heavyweight title defeating Alfred Hayes (June 29, 1972);
• NWA Western States Heavyweight title defeating Curtis Iaukea (????, 1973);
• NWA (Amarillo) Brass Knuckles title defeating ????????? (Febuary ??, 1973);
• NWA (Amarillo) International Tag Team titles w/Killer Karl Kox defeating Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. (August 26, 1973);
• NWA (Amarillo) International Heavyweight title Awarded (????, 1974);
• NWA (Los Angeles) Brass Knuckles title defeating ???????? (????, 1975);
• NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Omar Negro defeating J.J Dillon & Roger Kirby (????, 1975);
• NWA (Amarillo) International Heavyweight title defeating Dick Murdoch (June ??, 1975);
• NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Omar Negro defeating Roger Kirby & Harley Race (September ??, 1975);
• NWA (Amarillo) Brass Knuckles title defeating ???????? (March ??, 1977);
• NWA (Amarillo) International Heavyweight title defeating Reggie Parks (April ??, 1977);
• NWA (Tri State) United States Tag Team titles w/Dr. X defeating Ray Candy & Porkchop Cash (October 27, 1977);
• NWA (Amarillo) International Heavyweight title won a tournament (May ??, 1978);
• NWA Florida Heavyweight title defeating Dusty Rhodes (December 12, 1978);
• WWC North American Tag Team titles w/Hurricane Castillo defeating Mitsu Ishikawa & Haru Sonada (November 17, 1979);
• WWC Caribbean Heavyweight title defeating Dick Steinborn (December 29, 1979);
• NWA Florida Brass Knuckles title defating ?????????? (May ??, 1982);
• NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Heavyweight title defeating El Monarca (November 12, 1982);

Career Highlights

• Cylone Negro was an amatuer boxer before becoming a professional wrestler..
• Cylone Negro fought Floyd Patterson in the first Pan American Games held in Argentina..
• 1956: Cylone Negro started wrestling in Caracas (Ciclon Venezuelano)..
• 1958: Cylone Negro went to Europe and spent 6 years wrestling in France, Belgium, Spain, England, Germany and Italy..
• 1960: Cylone Negro came to America and wrestled in numerous territories from coast to coast..
• Cyclone Negro wrestled as Lalo Rodriguez, which is sort of his real name, in the Capitol territory around 1960..
• 1977-78: Cyclone Negro worked in Florida under a mask as “Mr. Uganda” and was managed by Sonny King..
• Cylone Negro appeared on a show called “Lie Detector” hosted by F.Lee Bailey and was asked if wrestling was fake..
• ~~~Negro said NO. So F.Lee.Bailey read the results. and said evidently you’ve been lying and Cyclone fussed and stormed out..
• Cylone Negro made 23 trips to Japan, and held the Asian Tag Team titles with Gene Kiniski..
• Cylone Negro made 20 trips to Australia..
• Cylone Negro retired with The World’s Brass Knuckles Championship belt..
• Cylone Negro retired to a small town in Florida living the quiet life, he still works out daily..
• I would like to thank Sherri Rodriguez-Jones (Cylone’s daughter) for supplying us with information for this profile..