Francisco Flores | |
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Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Francisco Flores Blue Scorpion El Torro Mexican Angel El Ángel Mexicano Golden Falcon Yaki Joe The Avenger |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
Billed weight | 163 lb (74 kg) |
Francisco Flores (date of birth unknown) is a former Mexican professional wrestling promoter who is most known for his part in creating and running the Universal Wrestling Association from the mid-1970s until the 1990s when it closed down. At one point in time the UWA's shows as the Toreo de Quatro Caminos arena were the biggest drawing shows in all of Mexico, putting the UWA in contention for being the biggest wrestling promotion in Mexico at the time. As a promoter Flores helped make such wrestlers as El Canek and El Hijo del Santo world-renowned wrestlers.