Tito Santana

Tito Santana: Biography in Details

Who is Tito Santana?

Tito Santana is an American Professional Wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the world wrestling Federation between 1979 and 1993 where he was a two-time Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion and two-times Tag Team Champion.

How old is Tito Santana?

The Wrestler was born on May 10, 1953, in Mission, Texas, United States. As of 2023, he is 69 years old. He holds an American nationality and belongs to the Mexican ethnicity. Currently, he lives in Roxbury Township, New Jersey.

He is better known by the ring name Tito Santana but his real name is Merced Solis. His Zodiac sign is Taurus. Details regarding his family member including his father, mother, and siblings are unavailable.

Talking about his academic background, he graduated from West Texas A&M University.

Tito Santana: Professional Life, Career

At Present, Tito Santana is a Spanish teacher and basketball coach at Eisenhower Middle School in Roxbury Township, New Jersey.

Also, he teaches wrestling classes at the New Jersey-based Independent Wrestling Federation and physical education for a smaller Elementary School in Bound Brook, New Jersey.

Tito Santana was first taught how to wrestle by Yasuhiro Kojima and Bob Ortonmade. He made his professional wrestling debut on February 23, 1977, for Championship Wrestling from Florida.

He also worked in Georgia Championship Wrestling from 1977-to 78. In 1979, he joined the world wrestling Federation defeating Mike Hall in his debut match in Championship Wrestling.

In the same year, he teamed with Ivan Putski to defeat John Valiant and Jerry Valiant for the world Tag Team Championship at Madison Square.

Later, he wrestled in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1980 to 1982. Santana formed the popular tag team Strike Force with Canadian Rick Martel in the late 1980s.

On February 11, 1984, he became the first Mexican American Wrestler to win the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight championship.

Santana wrestled at the first WrestleMania, in the opening match defeated a masked wrestler known as The Executioner at Madison Square Garden in March 1985.

On August 8, 1993, he won the ECW Heavyweight Championship by defeating former WWF rival, Don Muraco. On March 13, 2004, he was inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame, with an induction speech by his WrestleMania VIII opponent Shawn Michaels. Tito later appeared in the Legends Roll-On in November 2010

Championships and accomplishments

• Tito won NSWA Heavyweight Championship.
• On March 13, 2004, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004.
• In 1994, He won AWF Heavyweight Title Tournament.

Rumors, Controversy

To date, The Wrestler has maintained his profile clean throughout his career. So, he has not surrounded by any sorts of rumors and scandals that hamper his career and personal life

How much is the net worth of Tito Santana?

An American semi-retired professional wrestler’s estimated net worth is around $1- $5 million. However, no information is available regarding his annual salary.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

The Wrestler is 6 feet 2 inches tall approximately and his weight is around 106 kg. He has black hair color and eyes as well.

Furthermore, no details are available regarding his other body measurement.

Social Media

Tito Santana is active on Facebook with 7k followers. Furthermore, he is not active on other social media sites.

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