Ray Mendoza

José Díaz Velazquez (July 6, 1929 – April 16, 2003) was a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Ray Mendoza. He was a five time NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion, as well as the first Mexican to hold the championship. In 1975, Diaz helped establish the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) with Francisco Flores and Benjamín Mora. During his many title reigns, Diaz faced many great stars such as Gran Hamada, Killer Kowalski, John Tolos, El Solitario, Fishman, René Guajardo, Gory Guerrero, El Santo, and Cavernario Galindo. After retiring, Diaz became an actor and appeared in several Mexican films. Mendoza was the father of Los Villanos; Villaño I, Villaño II. Villaño III, Villaño IV and Villaño V.

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See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date
Mask	Al Velasco	Gigantua	Unknown	01954-01-011954
Mask	Ray Mendoza	Sunny War Cloud	Unknown	Unknown
Hair	Ray Mendoza	El Audaz	Unknown	Unknown
Hair	Ray Mendoza	Karloff Lagarde	Mexico City, Mexico	01965-01-011965
Hair	René Guajardo	Ray Mendoza	Mexico City, Mexico	01965-08-01August 1965
Hair	Ray Mendoza	El Nazi	Mexico City, Mexico	01966-02-04February 4, 1966
Hairs	Black Shadow and Ray Mendoza	Los Hippies (Renato Torres and El Vikingo)	Mexico City, Mexico	01968-04-18April 18, 1968
Hair	El Solitario	Ray Mendoza	Mexico City, Mexico	01968-12-13December 13, 1968
Hairs	Ray Mendoza and Dory Dixon	Rene Guajardo and Shibata	Mexico City, Mexico	01971-10-06October 6, 1971
Hair	Ángel Blanco	Ray Mendoza	Mexico City, Mexico	01972-11-10November 10, 1972
Hairs	Ray Mendoza and Ringo Mendoza	Ángel Blanco and Kim Chul Won	Mexico City, Mexico	01973-09-21September 21, 1973
Hair	Ray Mendoza	Ángel Blanco	Mexico City, Mexico	01975-07-06July 6, 1975
Hair	Ray Mendoza	César Valentino	Mexico City, Mexico	01977-06-26June 26, 1977