Coloso Colosetti

Coloso Colosetti
Ring name(s)	Coloso Colosetti Carlos Colosetti Tarzán El Apolo Argentino El Enterrador Batman Maskaraman El Internacional El Fantasma Blanco
Born	May 19, 1948 (1948-05-19) (age 63) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Retired	Late 1990s

Elio Carlo Colosetti Drazich (born May 15, 1948) is a retired Argentiniean professional wrestler who is primarily known under the ring name Coloso Colosetti. Colosetti wrestled primarily in Mexico and Southern California, but also worked in Texas, Asia and Europe. Colosetti retired in the late 1990s.

Professional wrestling career

Carlos Colosetti became a professional wrestler in his native Argentina before travelling north to Mexico in order to work full time as a wrestler. In Mexico he often competed under the ring name Coloso Colosetti (Spanish for "Colossal Colosetti") and was a regular on Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) shows. On December 19, 1968 Colosetti's singles career peaked when he defeated Ray Mendoza to win the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship, which at the time was considered the top ranked singles title in Mexico.^[1] His reign as the top champion lasted until March 20, 1970 when Ray Mendoza regained the championship.^[1] Later on Colosetti worked extensively in Southern California, primarily for the NWA Hollywood territory. While competing in NWA Hollywood Colosetti and Jonathan Boyd teamed up to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship from Hector Guerrero and Barry Orton on May 18, 1979 on a show in Los Angeles, California.^[2] The team only held the title for one day, losing it to a team known as The Twin Devils on the 19th.^[2] Colosetti remained active until the late 1990s, with his last national exposure being him losing a Lucha de Apuesta match to Perro Aguayo on June 26, 1991, and being forced to have his hair shaved off after the match per Lucha traditions.^[3]

Championships and accomplishments

• Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre

• NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1]

• NWA Los Angeles

• NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jonathan Boyd^[2]

Lucha de Apuesta record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date	Notes
Hair	El Canek	Coloso Colosetti	Unknown	Unknown
Hair	El Canek	Coloso Colosetti	Unknown	Unknown
Hair	El Solitario	Coloso Colosetti	Mexico City, Mexico	Unknown
Mask	El Tempestuoso	El Enterrador	Central America	Unknown
Hair	Rayo de Plata	Coloso Colosetti	San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi	Unknown
Hair	Ringo Mendoza	Coloso Colosetti	Unknown	Unknown
Mask	Tinieblas	El Internacional	Unknown	Unknown
Hair	Villaño III	Coloso Colosetti	Unknown	Unknown	[4]
Hair	Los Gemelos Diablo	Coloso Colosetti and Rubí Rubalcava	Unknown	01975 1975
Hair	Kobayashi and Saito	Coloso Colosetti and César Valentino	Naucalpan, Mexico State	01981-09-25 September 25, 1981
Hair	Tony Salazar	Coloso Colosetti	Mexico City, Mexico	01983-04-22 April 22, 1983
Hair	Perro Aguayo	Coloso Colosetti	Matamoros, Tamaulipas	01991-06-26 June 26, 1991	[3]
Hair	Coloso Colosetti	Trueno	Alfajayucan, Hidalgo	01998-10-31 October 31, 1998

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 389. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Americas Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 296–297. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Lucha 2000 staff (May, 2008). "Perro Aguayo y sus Victimas" (in Spanish). Lucha 2000 Magazine: pp. 12–15. Especial 30. 
4. ^ Lucha 2000 staff (May, 2008). "Villano III y sus Victimas" (in Spanish). Lucha 2000 Magazine: pp. 24–27. Especial 30. 

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Name	Colosetti, Coloso
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Date of birth	May 19, 1948
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
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