Jorge Estrada
Encyclopedia
Jorge Moraza is an American
professional wrestler, better known by his ring name
Jorge Estrada. He is a former National Wrestling Alliance
North American Heavyweight
champion and participated in the first televised match of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
.
and debuted in 1999 as Jorge Estrada. He wrestled in Georgia's NWA Wildside
as well as Rhodes's Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling, winning the TCW Tag Team Championship with Glacier (Ray Lloyd)
. Estrada also wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling
during 2000, including a match against Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger in their first appearance as a team.http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=8911
Moraza's biggest exposure came in the early days of the Total Nonstop Action (TNA) wrestling promotion
. From the first TNA event in June 2002, he wrestled with the gimmick of an Elvis impersonator
as part of The Flying Elvises trio until that group disbanded in October.
Estrada continued to wear the Elvis jumpsuit
as a solo wrestler, and took a valet named Priscilla. During this time, he won the NWA North American Championship from Paul Atlas at the National Wrestling Alliance
54th Anniversary Show on October 26 in Texas
. Curiously, his status as champion was never mentioned on TNA programming, even though TNA was the flagship promotion of the NWA at the time and the North American Championship was ostensibly the second-highest in status behind the World Heavyweight Championship
. Estrada never appeared on-camera with the belt, as TNA's agreement with NWA only extended to the World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships.
Instead, Estrada was booked as an underdog
face
against the heel
group Sports Entertainment Xtreme
(SEX). After he rejected their offer to join them, members of the group physically stripped Estrada of his costume during an assault. The leaders of SEX then debuted an overweight wrestler with the name Disgraceland
to taunt Estrada, wearing his costume.
Estrada defeated Disgraceland on the March 5, 2003 TNA pay-per-view
and disappeared from TNA shortly after. He returned to the independent circuit, including some matches with IWA Mid-South. Estrada lost the North American Championship on May 3, 2003 to Hotstuff Hernandez in NWA Wildside.
According to his former teammate Jimmy Yang, Moraza was involved in legal trouble after leaving TNA.
United States
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professional wrestler, better known by his ring name
Ring name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...
Jorge Estrada. He is a former 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...
North American Heavyweight
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship
The NWA North American Heavyweight Championship is the second most prestigious title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was created in 1994 after World Championship Wrestling withdrew from the NWA. There were other versions of this title before this one was created...
champion and participated in the first televised match of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
.
Professional wrestling career
Moraza was trained by Dusty RhodesDusty Rhodes (wrestler)
Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr. , better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler currently working for WWE...
and debuted in 1999 as Jorge Estrada. He wrestled in Georgia's NWA Wildside
NWA Wildside
NWA Wildside was an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cornelia, Georgia, with an office in Atlanta, Georgia, operating between September 1999 and April 2005....
as well as Rhodes's Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling, winning the TCW Tag Team Championship with Glacier (Ray Lloyd)
Ray Lloyd
Raymond M. Lloyd is an American martial artist, professional wrestler, and actor. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s under the ring name Glacier.-Early life:...
. Estrada also wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...
during 2000, including a match against Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger in their first appearance as a team.http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=8911
Moraza's biggest exposure came in the early days of the Total Nonstop Action (TNA) wrestling promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
. From the first TNA event in June 2002, he wrestled with the gimmick of an Elvis impersonator
Elvis impersonator
An Elvis impersonator is someone who impersonates or copies famed American musician Elvis Presley. Professional Elvis impersonators can work all over the world as entertainers, and such tribute acts are in great demand due to the unique iconic status of Elvis...
as part of The Flying Elvises trio until that group disbanded in October.
Estrada continued to wear the Elvis jumpsuit
Jumpsuit
Jumpsuit originally referred to the utilitarian one-piece garments used by parachuters/skydivers, but has come to be used as a common term for any one-piece garment with sleeves and legs.-Use:...
as a solo wrestler, and took a valet named Priscilla. During this time, he won the NWA North American Championship from Paul Atlas at 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...
54th Anniversary Show on October 26 in Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. Curiously, his status as champion was never mentioned on TNA programming, even though TNA was the flagship promotion of the NWA at the time and the North American Championship was ostensibly the second-highest in status behind the World Heavyweight Championship
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
The National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the National Wrestling Alliance. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to Georg Hackenschmidt's 1905 title and...
. Estrada never appeared on-camera with the belt, as TNA's agreement with NWA only extended to the World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships.
Instead, Estrada was booked as an underdog
Underdog (competition)
An underdog is a person or group in a competition, frequently in electoral politics, sports and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose. The party, team or individual expected to win is called the favorite or top dog. In the rare case where an underdog wins, the outcome is an upset. These...
face
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
against the heel
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
group Sports Entertainment Xtreme
Sports Entertainment Xtreme
Sports Entertainment Xtreme was a heel professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, once led by Vince Russo. It debuted in December 2002, but disbanded in mid-2003.-History:...
(SEX). After he rejected their offer to join them, members of the group physically stripped Estrada of his costume during an assault. The leaders of SEX then debuted an overweight wrestler with the name Disgraceland
Luther Biggs
Luther Biggs is an American professional wrestler, also known by his ring name Disgraceland, who has competed in North American independent promotions including the United States Wrestling Association, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and had a short stint in World Championship Wrestling during the...
to taunt Estrada, wearing his costume.
Estrada defeated Disgraceland on the March 5, 2003 TNA pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
and disappeared from TNA shortly after. He returned to the independent circuit, including some matches with IWA Mid-South. Estrada lost the North American Championship on May 3, 2003 to Hotstuff Hernandez in NWA Wildside.
Personal life
Moraza has a university degree in Criminal Justice Administration.According to his former teammate Jimmy Yang, Moraza was involved in legal trouble after leaving TNA.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Greetings from Graceland
- Signature moves
- All Shook Up (Hiptoss transitioned into a neckbreakerNeckbreakerIn professional wrestling a neckbreaker is any throw or slam that focuses its attack on the opponent’s neck. One type of neckbreaker involves the wrestler slamming an opponent's neck against a part of the wrestler's body, usually the knee, head or shoulder...
) - Arabian Slash
- Asai moonsault
- Diving crossbody
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Love Me Tender (Super neckbreaker)
- Missile dropkick
- Sitout spinebuster
- Split-legged moonsault
- Standing moonsault
- Takin' Care of Business (Springboard somersault senton)
- Trip To Graceland (Forward fallaway roll slam)
- All Shook Up (Hiptoss transitioned into a neckbreaker
- Nicknames
- "Latin Heartthrob"
- "Flying Elvis"
- Entrance themesMusic in professional wrestlingMusic in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
- "Flyin' to GracelandNWA: TNA The Music, Vol. 1NWA: TNA The Music, Vol. 1 was the first of two CDs released from NWA: TNA, in early 2003. Because TNA were unable to make a deal with major distributors due to their lack of popularity and overall publicity at the time, these CDs were not available in stores and instead sold exclusively on their...
" by Dale Oliver (TNA) (used as part of The Flying Elvises)
- "Flyin' to Graceland
Championships and accomplishments
- Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling
- TCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ray LloydRay LloydRaymond M. Lloyd is an American martial artist, professional wrestler, and actor. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s under the ring name Glacier.-Early life:...
(1), Sonny SiakiSonny SiakiSonny Siaki is a retired American professional wrestler. Unlike many Samoans in professional wrestling, he is not part of the large Anoa'i or Fatu family.-Early life:...
(1)
- TCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ray Lloyd
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA North American Heavyweight ChampionshipNWA North American Heavyweight ChampionshipThe NWA North American Heavyweight Championship is the second most prestigious title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was created in 1994 after World Championship Wrestling withdrew from the NWA. There were other versions of this title before this one was created...
(1 time)
- NWA North American Heavyweight Championship
- Independent Wrestling Association
- IWA Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked him #182 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2003