Jerry Estrada

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Estrada.

Jerry Estrada
Estrada in 2018, applying a hold on El Felino (masked)
Birth nameGerardo Hernández Estrada
Born (1958-01-10) January 10, 1958 (age 66)[1]
Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Jerry Estrada
  • Guardián Blanco or Halcón Blanco[2]
Billed height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Billed weight87 kg (192 lb) [1]
Trained by
Debut1978[1]
Retired2003

Jerry Estrada (full name, Gerardo Hernández Estrada; born January 10, 1958, Monclova, Coahuila) is a semi-retired Mexican luchador (professional wrestler). For most of his career, he has portrayed a rudo (heel, those that portray the "bad guys") character, nicknamed "El Puma". His rudo persona was pattered on various Glam Rock bands, complete with colorful spandex and what was described as a "rock and roll" attitude in the ring. He was originally active from 1978 until 2003 when he was forced to retire due to chronic injures caused by his signature bumps outside the ring. Estrada began working select matches again in 2018.

Estrada was a major star for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) during the 1980s but was one of the first wrestlers to leave EMLL to work for Antonio Peña's newly started Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1992. He also had a brief run in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1997 and 1998 when AAA and WWF had a working agreement. From 1991 to 2008 Mini-Estrella Enrique del Rio worked under the ring name Jerrito Estrada, a mini version of Jerry Estrada.

Over the years Estrada has held a number of championships for both AAA and CMLL, including the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, the Mexican National Middleweight Championship as well as the Mexican National Trios Championship with Hombre Bala and Pirata Morgan, collectively known as Los Bucaneros. He was in the main event of AAA's Triplemanía II-A show, losing a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match, to Heavy Metal and was forced to have all his hair shaved off as a result.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 – 1991 :110: Jerry Estrada". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC. August 1991. p. 32. October 1991.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ByL226 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Angelita (October 6, 2013). "Muere Alberto Mora, Maestro de Leyendas" [Alberto Mora, master of legends, dies]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Magadan, Leobardo (December 23, 2018). "2018 Año de emociones Jerry Estrada regresa a la Arena Mexico despues de 26 añnos" [2018 year of emotions Jerry Estrada returns to Arena Mexico after 26 years]. Estrellas Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 17, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.