Robert Cortes is a retired American

United States

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 professional wrestler and trainer

Personal trainer

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, known by his ringname Bobby Bold Eagle, who wrestled throughout the United States for the National Wrestling Alliance

National Wrestling Alliance

The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...

 and the World Wide Wrestling Federation during the late 1960s and 1970s.

Career

A protege of Argentina Rocca, he made his WWWF debut in September 1968.

In 1981, he held the NWA

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship and secondary title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was for the lighter wrestlers. It started in 1945 and still exists today. The title was unified with the National Boxing/Wrestling Association's...

 and WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship

WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship

The WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship is a former championship recognized by the World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro Wrestling for wrestlers of smaller size. The title existed from 1967 through 1985.-Title history:-External links:*...

s simultaneously for around three weeks. In late-1989, he was featured in a cover story

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 for Newsday

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.

Cortes wrestled throughout the world during his near 15-year career including countries such as Guatemala

Guatemala

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, Mexico

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, Puerto Rico

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, Japan

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, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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, Africa

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 and most of Europe

Europe

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. While in Joint Promotions in the 1980s, he held the promotion's tag team championship as part of a kayfabe

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 "brother" tag team with former student Al Bold Eagle. He was also a sometimes ally of Big Daddy

Shirley Crabtree

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 in his feud with Wild Angus Campbell

Frank Hoy

Frances "Frank" Patrick Hoy was a Scottish professional wrestler who wrestled variously as Wild Angus, Angus Campbell, Black Angus Campbell or Rasputin...

 and wrestled the likes of Pete LaPaque, Rollerball Rocco

Mark Rocco

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, Lucky Gordon, "Superstar" Mal Sanders, Dr. Death and Skull Murphy

Skull Murphy

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.

Retirement

After his retirement in 1991, following a tour of Spain

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 and Germany

Germany

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, Cortes opened the Bobby Bold Eagle Wrestling Academy in New York City, New York

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. Among his former students include Billy Firehawk, Tiger Khan-(marlon kalkai),peligro (abe guzman), Panther Chris Kanyon

Chris Kanyon

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, Primo Carnera II and The Power Twins (Larry and David Sontag) as well as ECW alumni The Dirt Bike Kid, Rocco Rock

Rocco Rock

Theodore James Petty was an American professional wrestler better known as "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, one half of The Public Enemy.-Career:...

,and Jason Knight

Jason Knight

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In wrestling

• Signature moves

• • Flying backwards headbutt

• Wrestlers trained

  Billy Firehawk Rocco Rock Rocco Rock Theodore James Petty was an American professional wrestler better known as "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, one half of The Public Enemy.-Career:... Shark Attack Kid Tiger Kahn (Marlon Kalkai) Chris Kanyon Chris Kanyon Christopher Klucsarits was an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation, under the ring names Chris Kanyon and Mortis.-Early career:After college, he began training under Pete McKay Gonzalez, Ismael Gerena and Bobby... Jason Knight Jason Knight Ronald Jason Knight is an American professional wrestler and manager. He is best known for his stints in Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was a one time World Television Champion.-World Wrestling Federation :... Primo Carnera II Peligro (Abe Guzman) The Power Twins (Larry and David Sontag)

• Carmine Narducci (Angelo Megaro)

Championships and accomplishments

• Joint Promotions
• Joint Promotions Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Al Bold Eagle

• National Wrestling Alliance
  National Wrestling Alliance
  The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
  
  

National

• NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
  NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
  The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship and secondary title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was for the lighter wrestlers. It started in 1945 and still exists today. The title was unified with the National Boxing/Wrestling Association's...
  
   (1 time)
• NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship
  NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship
  The NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship started in 1979. It was formed by a split in lineage from the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship caused by the first retirement of champion Nelson Royal the same year. The first champion, Steve Keirn, was recognized as World champion only...
  
   (1 time)

• World Wrestling Federation
• WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
  WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
  The WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship is a former championship recognized by the World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro Wrestling for wrestlers of smaller size. The title existed from 1967 through 1985.-Title history:-External links:*...
  
   (1 time)

• Other titles
• AAW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• CCW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

External links

• Bobby Bold Eagle at OnlineWorldofWrestling.com