Dr. Wagner

Dr. Wagner
Dr. Wagner after winning the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship in 1973.
Birth nameManuel González Rivera
Born(1936-04-13)April 13, 1936[1]
Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico[1]
DiedSeptember 12, 2004(2004-09-12) (aged 68)[1]
Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico[1]
Cause of deathHeart attack
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Centella Negra[2]
Dr. Wagner[2]
Billed height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)[2]
Billed weight94 kg (207 lb)[2]
Trained byRoy Velasco[1]
DebutJuly 16, 1961[1]
RetiredApril 27, 1986[1]

Manuel González Rivera (April 13, 1936 – September 12, 2004) was a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner. González made his professional wrestling debut in 1961 and worked the majority of his career for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). As Dr. Wagner, he worked most of his career as an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, losing his mask to El Solitario in 1985. Along with Ángel Blanco, González formed one of the premier tag teams of the 1960s and 1970s called La Ola Blanca (Spanish for "the White Wave"). One of his sons works as a professional wrestler under the name Dr. Wagner Jr., and another son wrestled as Silver King until his death in 2019. One of his grandsons made his wrestling debut in 2009 under the name El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. or Dr. Wagner III.

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