Tito Santana

Tito Santana is one of the greatest, and hardest working, pro wrestlers of the modern era in the WWF. Tito came to
prominence in the WWF between 1983 to 1986, which he held numerous championships, including the prestigious WWF
Intercontinental Championship, and was part of some of the most exciting matches of the WWF at that time. Tito reminds me
of Paul Orndorff, in that he never really got the recognition he deserved, least of which, on the Internet.
Jesse "The Body" Ventura used to take a jab at him by calling him "Chico", however I understand he actually liked and
respected Santana, so Jesse was actually doing Tito a favor!
Best Feuds: Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Randy "Machoman" Savage, Paul Orndorff
Other Facts: Carried Hulk Hogan to a decent match at Madison Square Garden in the late 70s

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- AWA Comiskey Park (July 14, '80) Santana fought to a Draw with Paul Christy. Later in the night, Santana competed in a Battle Royal, which was won by Jerry Blackwell.
- GCW Omni Thanksgiving Tag-Team Tournament '82 Santana & Brad Armstrong defeated Hiro Matsuda & the Great Yatsu, then were beaten by the eventual winners, the Moondogs.
- WWF Wrestlemania I ('85) Santana forced the Executioner to submit.
- WWF King of the Ring Tournament (July 8, '85) Santana defeated Terry Funk and Jim Brunzell before losing to the Iron Sheik. Don Muraco won the tournament.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #3 (October 31, '85) Santana lost, via countout, to Randy Savage. Santana retained the Intercontinental Title.
- WWF The Wrestling Classic (November 7, '85) Santana pinned Don Muraco. Later in the night, Santana fought to a double countout with Paul Orndorff. The Junkyard Dog went on to win the Wrestling Classic tournament.
- WWF Wrestlemania II ('86) Santana & The Junkyard Dog fell to Terry & Dory Funk.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #10 (February 21, '87) Santana & Danny Spivey were beaten by the WWF Tag Champs, the Hart Foundation.
- WWF King of the Ring Tournament (September 7, '87) Santana lost in the first round to Danny Davis. Randy Savage won the tournament.
- WWF Survivor Series '87 Strikeforce (Santana & Rick Martel), the Rougeau Brothers, the Young Stallions, The British Bulldogs & the Killer Bees competed in a "Tag-Team Elimination" Match against the Hart Foundation, the Islanders, Demolition, the Russians & Dino Bravo & Greg Valentine. Strikeforce was eliminated when Jim Neidhart pinned Santana. The Killer Bees & the Young Stallions 'survived'.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #14 (December 7, '87) Strikeforce retained the Tag Titles, winning over the Russians.
- WWF Royal Rumble '88 = Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Jim Duggan.
- WWF The Main Event (February 5, '88) Strikeforce stayed the Tag Champs, beating the Hart Foundation.
- WWF Wrestlemania IV ('88) Strikeforce lost the Tag-Team Titles to Demolition.
- WWF Survivor Series '88 Santana, Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Scott Casey & Ken Patera fought in an "Elimination" Match against Andre the Giant, Mr. Perfect, Rick Rude, Harley Race & Dino Bravo. Santana was eliminated by Andre the Giant. Mr. Perfect & Dino Bravo were the 'survivors'.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #19 (December 7, '88) Santana took down the Red Rooster.
- WWF Royal Rumble '89 Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Big John Studd.
- WWF Wrestlemania V ('89) Strikeforce lost to the Brain Busters.
- WWF Summerslam '89 Santana & the Rockers were beaten by Rick Martel & the Rougeau Brothers.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #23 (September 21, '89) Santana fought to a Double Disqualification with Rick Martel.
- WWF King of the Ring Tournament (October 14, '89) = Santana defeated Bad News Brown, the Warlord, Akeem and Rick Martel to win the tournament.
- WWF Survivor Series '89 Santana, Dusty Rhodes, Brutus Beefcake & the Red Rooster fought in an "Elimination" Match with Rick Martel, Bad News Brown, the Big Boss Man & the Honky Tonk Man. Santana was eliminated by Martel. Rhodes & Beefcake 'survived'.
- WWF Royal Rumble '90 Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Hulk Hogan.
- WWF Wrestlemania VI ('90) Santana was pinned by the Barbarian.
- WWF Intercontinental Title Tournament (April '90) Santana defeated the One Man Gang, then lost to Mr. Perfect in the finals.
- WWF Saturday Night's Main Event #27 (July 16, '90) Santana lost to the IC Champion, Mr. Perfect.
- WWF Summerslam '90 Santana fell to the Warlord.
- WWF The Main Event IV (October 30, '90) Santana was forced to submit to Rick Martel.
- WWF Survivor Series '90 Santana, Nikolai Volkoff & the Bushwhackers fought in an "Elimination" Match against Sgt. Slaughter, Boris Zukoff & the Orient Express. Santana was the sole 'survivor'. Later in the night, Santana competed in the "Winners Elimination" Match along with Hulk Hogan & the Ultimate Warrior against Rick Martel, the Warlord, Ted DiBiase & Power & Glory. Santana was eliminated by DiBiase. Hogan & the Warrior 'survived'.
- WWF Royal Rumble '91 Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Hulk Hogan.
- WWF Wrestlemania VII ('91) Santana was quickly beaten by the Mountie.
- WWF Royal Albert Hall (October 3, '91) Santana fell to Ric Flair. Later that night, Santana competed in a "Battle Royal", which was won by the British Bulldog.
- WWF Survivor Series '91 Santana, Sgt. Slaughter, Kerry von Erich & Jim Duggan fought in an "Elimination" Match with Col Mustafa, Hercules, Skinner & the Berserker. Santana's entire team 'survived'.
- WWF Tuesday In Texas (December '91) Santana & Virgil were beaten by Ted DiBiase & the Repoman.
- WWF Royal Rumble '92 Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Ric Flair.
- WWF Wrestlemania VIII ('92) Santana was taken down by Shawn Michaels.
- WWF Summerslam '92 In a dark match, Santana was beaten by Papa Shango.
- WWF Royal Rumble '93 Santana competed in the Rumble, which was won by Yokozuna.
- WWF Wrestlemania IX ('93) In a dark match, Santana won over Papa Shango.

Title Summary:
- NWA Western States Tag-Team Champion w/Ted DiBiase (79 - 2/15/79)
- WWF World Tag-Team Champion w/ Ivan Putski (10/22/79 - 4/12/80)
- WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion (2/11/84 - 9/24/84)
- WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion(2) (7/06/85 - 2/08/86)
- WWF World Tag-Team Champion(2) w/ Rick Martel (10/27/87 - 3/27/88)
- ECW World Heavyweight Champion (8/08/93 - 9/09/93)
- AWF Heavyweight Champion (97)
- RWA Heavyweight Champion (6/18/98 - 6/19/98)

PWI Achievement Awards: (1 win, 0 1st RUs, 1 2nd RU, 2 3rd RUs)
- 1979 Tag-Team of the Year (Santana & Ivan Putski)
- 1981 Most Inspirational Wrestler, 2nd Runner-Up
- 1981 Most Improved Wrestler, 3rd Runner-Up
- 1985 Most Popular Wrestler, 3rd Runner-Up

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