Mocho Cota

Mocho Cota
Ring name(s)	Mocho Cota
Billed height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Billed weight	84 kg (190 lb)
Born	01954-06-05 June 5, 1954 Municipio del Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico
Trained by	Releves López
Debut	1979

Manuel Cota Soto (born June 5, 1954) is a semi-retired Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Mocho Cota. Mocho is Spanish for "Blunt". In his career, that began in 1979, Cota has held both the Mexican National Welterweight Championship and the NWA World Welterweight Championship. Cota worked mainly for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (EMLL / CMLL) throughout his career. Cota's brother wrestles as Guero Cota and his two sons wrestle as Tigre Cota and Zayco.

Professional wrestling career

Manuel Cota made his professional wrestling debut in 1979, choosing to wrestle under the ring name "Mocho Cota", a name he would use for his entire career. On November 12, 1982 Cota won the Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) promoted Mexican National Welterweight Championship by defeating Talismán for the title.^[1] The title change set off a long running storyline feud between Mocho Cota and Talismán that saw both men win Luchas de Apuestas against each other, seeing their opponents shaved bald after the matches.^[2] Cota's Mexican Welterweight title rein lasted for 265 days until he lost the title to Chamaco Valaguez on August 4, 1983.^[1] On January 27, 1984 Mocho Coto defeated Américo Rocca to win the NWA World Welterweight Championship.^[3] Cota's title reign lasted until July 26, 1984 where he lost the title to Chamaco Valaguez.^[3]

In wrestling

• Finishing moves

• Backbreaker submission
• Bow and arrow Submission

• Signature moves

• Dropkick

Championships and accomplishments

• Empressa Mexican de Lucha Libre

• Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)^[1][4]
• NWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time)^[3]

Lucha de Apuesta record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date	Notes
Hair	Mocho Cota	Chamaco Valaguez	Cuernavaca, Morelos	Unknown
Hair	Satánico	Mocho Cota	Mexico City, Mexico	01980-09-26 September 26, 1980
Hair	Chamaco Valaguez	Mocho Cota	Cuernavaca, Morelos	01982-07-29 July 29, 1982
Hair	Gran Cochisse	Mocho Cota	Mexico City, Mexico	01983-03-25 March 25, 1983
Hairs	La Fiera and Mocho Cota	Ringo Mendoza and Cachorro Mendoza	Mexico City, Mexico	01983-07-01 July 1, 1983
Hair	Gran Cochisse	Mocho Cota	Mexico City, Mexico	01983-09-09 September 9, 1983
Hair	Mocho Cota	Chamaco Valaguez	Mexico City, Mexico	01984-09-07 September 7, 1984
Hair	Mocho Cota	El Talismán	Mexico City, Mexico	01986-03-07 March 7, 1986	[2]
Hairs	Sangre Chicana and Mocho Cota	El Faraón and Talismán	Mexico City, Mexico	01986-03-07 March 7, 1986	[2]
Hair	Mocho Cota	Kato Kung Lee	Mexico City, Mexico	01993-12-10 December 10, 1993
Hair	Mocho Cota	Chamaco Valaguez	Cuernavaca, Morelos	01994-03-29 March 29, 1994
Hair	Negro Casas	Mocho Cota	Mexico City, Mexico	01994-09-23 September 23, 1994

References

Professional wrestling portal

1. ^ ^{a b c} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Enciclopedia staff (November, 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras" (in Spanish). Talismán (Mexico City, Mexico): pp. 12. Tomo V. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
4. ^ Lucha 2000 Staff (December 20. 2004). "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales" (in Spanish). Lucha 2000. Especial 21. 

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Name	Cota, Mocho
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Date of birth	June 5, 1954
Place of birth	Municipio del Fuerte, Sonora, Mexico
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