Omar Atlas
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Omar Mijares (born April 22, 1938), is a retired Venezuelan professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Omar Atlas, who competed in North American and international promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, Stampede Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation from the late 1950s until the early 1990s. A longtime ally of Venezuelan wrestler Cyclone Negro, he was often billed as his younger half-brother Omar Negro when teaming with him in NWA Southwest Sports during the 1960s and later in Championship Wrestling from Florida during the 1970s.[1]
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Omar Atlas | |
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Birth name | Omar Mijares |
Born | (1938-04-22) April 22, 1938 (age 86) Caracas, Venezuela |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Omar Atlas Buddy Moreno Buddy Marino Super Gladiator Buddy Silver Wolf Super Steele Omar Negro |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg) |
Trained by | Jene Howard |
Debut | 1958 |
Retired | 1993 |
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He was also a popular star in Latin America wrestling as Super Steele in Mexico and Super Gladiator in Puerto Rico as well as Buddy Moreno in the southwestern United States.