Gran Cochisse
Birth nameJuan José Barrón Medina
Born (1952-09-22) September 22, 1952
Teocuitatlán de Corona, Jalisco, Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Espectro de Ultratumba
Gran Cochisse
Billed height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Billed weight90 kg (198 lb)
Trained byDiablo Velazco
DebutOctober 2, 1966

Juan José Barrón Medina (born September 22, 1952) is a retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, under the ring name Gran Cochisse. Barrón is currently working as one of the head trainers at the Gimnasio del Diablo Velazco wrestling school in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The school is one of the wrestling schools for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). While wrestling he used the ring character Gran Cochisse, a Native American character that incorporated traditional Native American imagery including the feathered headdresses and facepaint. He was nicknamed El Indio Bravo ("The brave Indian") and is named after the Apache chief Cochise. Early in his career he often teamed with Águila India (Indian Eagle) to form a successful tag team. During his wrestling career Barrón held the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship one time and the NWA World Middleweight Championship three times.

Professional wrestling career

Juan Barrón made his professional wrestling debut on October 2, 1966, at only 14 years of age, after training under Mexico's most renowned wrestling trainer Diablo Velazco. Barrón adopted a Native American character while wrestling called "Gran Cochisse" ("The Great Cochise") named after the Apache chief Cochise. Gran Cochisse wore the traditional feathered headdresses, facepaint and often carried a tomahawk with him to the ring to support the character.[1] Gran Cochisse formed a regular tag team with Aguila India ("Indian Eagle"), to form a very popular and successful tag team. Together the team held the Occidente (western) Tag Team Championship at least once.

It was not until 1984, a full 18 years after his debut that Gran Cochisse won his first major singles title when he defeated El Satánico on AUgust 18, 1984 to win the NWA World Middleweight Championship.[2] His first reign with the title only lasted 27 days, as he lost it to Satánico on September 14 that same year as part of a long running feud between the two. Cochisse regained the title from Satánico only a few weeks later on September 30, 1984, and held it until November 18, 1984, before losing it to Gran Hamada[2] Gran Cochisse's third and final run with the NWA World Middleweight Championship began on May 18, 1986, when he defeated Chamaco Valaguez to win the title and lasted 152 days, longer than his previous two reigns combined, until he was pinned by Kung Fu on October 17, 1986, and lost the belt.[2] In the latter years of the 1980s Gran Cochisse began working for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) where he became the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Champion on September 16, 1988, by defeating Blue Panther.[3] His run with the UWA title lasted for 225 days in total, until April 29, 1989, when he was beaten by Ringo Mendoza.[3] In the early part of the 1990s Barrón worked as an enmascarado, or masked, character called Espectro de Ultratumba ("The Ghost from beyond the grave") but by then it was obvious that his career as an active wrestler was winding down. In the late 1990s Gran Cochisse greatly reduced his schedule and began working full-time training wrestlers.

Wrestlers trained

Gran Cochisse is one of the trainers for CMLL's wrestling school in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and thus has been involved in training a lot of the wrestlers CMLL currently employs as well as students who have gone on to work for other promotions around the world. The following is a list of some of the wrestlers Gran Cochisse has trained.

Personal life

Barrón is married to retired professional wrestler La Magnífica and together they have at least four children. One their daughter wrestles as the current version of La Magnífica while another daughter wrestles under the name Super Estrella. Their son wrestles as Saturno who is under a CMLL contract. He is the father-in-law of CMLL wrestler El Sagrado who is married to one of Barrón's daughters that is not involved in professional wrestling.[33]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Comando Ruso (hair)Gran Cochisse (hair)Guadalajara, JaliscoLive eventUnknown 
Calavera I (hair)Gran Cochisse (hair)Guadalajara, JaliscoLive eventUnknown 
Gran Cochisse (hair)Manuel Robles (hair)Mexico CityLive eventUnknown 
Gran Cochisse (hair)Bruno Victoria (hair)Mexico CityLive eventUnknown 
Gran Cochisse (hair)El Nazi (hair)Mexico CityLive eventUnknown 
Gran Cochisse (hair)Franco Colombo (hair)Mexico CityLive eventUnknown 
Calavera I and Calavera II (hair)Gran Cochisse and Águila India (hair)Guadalajara, JaliscoLive event1979 
Gran Cochisse (hair)Américo Rocca (hair)Mexico CityEMLL 46th Anniversary ShowSeptember 21, 1979[Note 1][34]
Sangre Chicana (hair)Gran Cochisse (hair)Mexico CityLive eventOctober 19, 1979 
Américo Rocca and Divino Roy (hair)Gran Cochisse and Águila India (hair)Mexico City25. Aniversario de Arena MéxicoApril 3, 1981[35][36]
Chamaco Valaguez (hair)Gran Cochisse (hair)Mexico CityLive eventJuly 1981 
Gran Cochisse (hair)Leo López (hair)Mexico CityLive eventJanuary 30, 1983 
Gran Cochisse (hair)Mocho Cota (hair)Mexico CityLive eventMarch 25, 1983 
Águila India (hair)Gran Cochisse (hair)Mexico CityLive eventJuly 30, 1983 
Gran Cochisse (hair)Mocho Cota (hair)Mexico CityLive eventSeptember 9, 1983 
Enfermero Jr. (hair)Gran Cochisse (hair)Mexico CityLive eventSeptember 30, 1983 
Américo Rocca and Gran Cochisse (hair)Comando Ruso I and Comando Ruso II (hair)Mexico CityLive eventJuly 17, 1984 
El Dandy (hair)Gran Cochisse (hair)Mexico CityLive eventDecember 1985 
Remo Banda (hair)Gran Cochisse (hair)Mexico CityLive eventMay 5, 1990 

Notes

  1. ↑ Tag team match between Rocca and Sangre Chicana against Gran Cochisse and Águila India where the loser of the fall would have his hair shaved off.

References

  1. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "what's in a name". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 209–211. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "EMLL NWA World Middlweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 389–390. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  3. 1 2 3 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: Universal Wrestling Federation Junior Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 397. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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  12. ↑ "Rudos - El Güero Loco" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Tecnicos - Hierro" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
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  18. ↑ "Rudos - Maléfico" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
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  20. ↑ "Tecnicos - Metatron" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  21. ↑ "Tecnicos - Meteoro" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
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  27. ↑ "Tecnicos - Saturno" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  28. ↑ "Tecnicos - Silueta" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  29. ↑ "Tecnicos - Thunder Boy" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  30. ↑ "Tecnicos - Tarzan Boy" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  31. ↑ "Rudos - Valentín Mayo" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  32. ↑ "Tecnicos - Virgo" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
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  35. ↑ Centela, Trddy (April 4, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 1981: Sangriento choque Villano III-Kuniaki Kobayashi — Águila India y Gran Cochisse, rapados". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  36. ↑ Lucha 2000 Staff (April 2006). "Arena México: 50 anos de Lucha Libre". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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