| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Victor Manuel Barajas (1936-10-05)October 5, 1936[1] Mexico City, Mexico[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Black Gordman Victor Manuel Black Demon |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Billed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
| Debut | 1953 |
| Retired | 1986 |
Victor Manuel Barajas (born October 5, 1936) is a Mexican retiredprofessional wrestler under the nameBlack Gordman. He teamed up withGreat Goliath as "the Red Devils" in Mexico andLos Angeles during most of his career. Gordman won theNWA Americas Tag Team Championship 31 times with ten different partners. His finishing move was theDDT, later made famous byJake "The Snake" Roberts.
Barajas made his professional wrestling debut in Mexico in 1953. In 1966, Gordman won his first title, the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship. In 1969, Gordman made his debut in Los Angeles.
In 1970, Gordman teamed up with theGreat Goliath as a heel tag team. He and Goliath won theNWA Americas Tag Team Championship twenty times from 1970 to 1982.[3] They also worked in Texas, Japan, theWorld Wide Wrestling Federation, San Francisco and Georgia.
Gordman on his own worked forSouthwest Championship Wrestling in Houston,Houston Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling andMid-South Wrestling in the early 1980s. In 1983, he worked for theWorld Wrestling Federation. From 1984 to 1985, Gordman went to Puerto Rico where he won theWWC Puerto Rico Championship defeatingKonga the Barbarian. He dropped the title to his tag partner Super Medico 1. He retired from wrestling in 1986.
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