Rocky Romero

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John Rivera
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Rocky Romero Black Tiger IV Mr Azucar
Billed height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Billed weight	175 lb (80 kg)
Born	March 25, 1982 Havana, Cuba
Resides	Los Angeles, California, USA
Trained by	Kevin Quinn, Jesse Hernandez, Bill Anderson, Antonio Inoki, Shinya Makabe, Negro Casas
Debut	September 13, 1997

John Rivera is an Cuban-American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Rocky Romero and as the fourth incarnation of Black Tiger. As Romero he is one half of the tag team The Havana Pitbulls (formerly Los Cubanitos), along with Ricky Reyes. His ringstyle as Romero is based around stiff shoot-style kicks and multiple armlock variations.

1 Career
2 Finishing and signature moves
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 Media
5 External links

[edit] Career

Romero debuted in 1997. He has received training in the New Japan Dojo in Los Angeles and for some time now has been a regular trainer there. His career has had a career that has taken him through promotions in the Southern California region to Mexico, where he competed succesfully for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (the country's longest-running promotion) and to the Far East where he has worked most notably in New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he was chosen to become the fourth incarnation of Black Tiger, the villainous gaijin opponent of Tiger Mask (in this case Tiger Mask IV).

Romero's main exposure in the United States came while he was a member of The Rottweilers in Ring of Honor where himself and Ricky Reyes set a record for the longest time as RoH tag-team champions. He left the company at the end of 2005 to focus on working in Japan, but returned on January 26, 2007 to defeat Davey Richards. The following evening Romero walked out on his long-term partner Reyes in the midst of a match against the Briscoe Brothers.

Romero made his debut in Pro Wrestling NOAH on March 4, 2007 versus Mushiking Terry, casting into doubt the future of the Black Tiger IV persona.