Mocho Cota

Mocho Cota
Birth name Manuel Cota Soto
Born June 5, 1954
Municipio del Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico
Died December 22, 2016(2016-12-22) (aged 62)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Mocho Cota
Billed height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Billed weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Trained by Releves López
Debut 1979

Manuel Cota Soto (June 5, 1954 – December 22, 2016) was a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Mocho Cota. "Mocho" is Spanish for "mutilated", and Cota had lost two fingers. In his career, which began in 1979, he held both the Mexican National Welterweight Championship and the NWA World Welterweight Championship. He worked mainly for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (EMLL / CMLL) throughout his career.

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, he won the Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) promoted Mexican National Welterweight Championship by defeating Talismán.[1] The title change set off a long running storyline feud between them 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 reign lasted for 265 days until he lost to Chamaco Valaguez on August 4, 1983.[1] On January 27, 1984, he defeated Américo Rocca to win the NWA World Welterweight Championship.[3] He lost the title to Valaguez on July 26, 1984.[3] He died on December 22, 2016, aged 62.[4]

Personal life

According to his son, "Mocho" earned his nickname by being amputated, losing two fingers and the top of another one, after an accident at a "Maquiladora" (a textile plant) working with a chopper before becoming a full-time wrestler. His brother wrestles as Guero Cota. One of his sons has become an established name of the Mexican Wrestling Company AAA taking up his famous father's name "Mocho Cota Jr." On February of 2018, he and two partners: "Tito Santana (formerly known as Soul Rocker") and "Carta Brava Jr." known as "Poder del Norte" became champions of "Tercias (three wrestlers) of AAA. [5] [6]


Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Mocho Cota (hair)Chamaco Valaguez (hair)Cuernavaca, MorelosLive eventUnknown 
El Satánico (hair)Mocho Cota (hair)Mexico City, MexicoEMLL 47th Anniversary ShowSeptember 26, 1980[8]
Chamaco Valaguez (hair)Mocho Cota (hair)Cuernavaca, MorelosLive eventJuly 29, 1982 
Gran Cochisse (hair)Mocho Cota (hair)Mexico City, MexicoLive eventMarch 25, 1983 
La Fiera and Mocho Cota (hair)Ringo and Cachorro Mendoza (hair)Mexico City, MexicoLive eventJuly 1, 1983 
Gran Cochisse (hair)Mocho Cota (hair)Mexico City, MexicoLive eventSeptember 9, 1983 
Mocho Cota (hair)Chamaco Valaguez (hair)Mexico City, MexicoLive eventSeptember 7, 1984 
Mocho Cota (hair)El Talismán (hair)Mexico City, MexicoLive eventMarch 7, 1986[2]
Sangre Chicana and Mocho Cota (hair)El Faraón and Talismán (hair)Mexico City, MexicoLive eventMarch 7, 1986[2]
Mocho Cota (hair)Kato Kung Lee (hair)Mexico City, MexicoLive eventDecember 10, 1993 
Mocho Cota (hair)Chamaco Valaguez (hair)Cuernavaca, MorelosLive eventMarch 29, 1994 
Negro Casas (hair)Mocho Cota (hair)Mexico City, MexicoLive eventSeptember 23, 1994 

References

  1. 1 2 3 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. 1 2 3 "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Talismán (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. November 2007. p. 12. Tomo V.
  3. 1 2 3 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  4. ↑ "Falleció el luchador Mocho Cota". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN.
  5. ↑ https://superluchas.com/2016/06/13/fin-de-semana-tragico-para-la-lucha-libre-mexicana-mueren-flor-de-loto-y-zayko/
  6. ↑ http://deportes.televisa.com/lucha-libre/videos-lucha-libre/poder-del-norte-campeones-tercias/
  7. ↑ "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). December 20, 2004. Especial 21.
  8. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
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