NWA Legend elected to Southern California Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame

NWA Legend Enrique Torres has been elected to the Southern California Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in its class for 2010.
Enrique Torres was voted in by a special committee to look at pre-1980 wrestlers, Enrique Torres was one of the biggest stars in Southern California in the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Santa Ana in 1922, he held the Los Angeles version of the World Title almost nonstop between 1946 and 1950. During that time he had two of the biggest feuds of the era with Gorgeous George and later Baron Michele Leone. He retired from wrestling in 1968, and passed away in 2007 at the age of 85.
After leaving the Los Angeles Area, Torres went up to San Francisco. There he won the NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title 4 times, NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Title 7 times, and the NWA World Tag Team Title 8 times. Torres also won the NWA Texas Tag Team Title, NWA Central States Heavyweight Title 2 times, NWA United States Heavyweight Title in Central States area once, NWA Southern Tag Team Title in the Carolinas once and the NWA Canadian Tag Team Title in Vancouver once.
Torres finally ended his career in Georgia with his brothers; Ramon and Alberto. In Georgia, Enrique won the NWA World Tag Team Title 5 times (2 with Alberto & 3 with Ramon), and the NWA Southern Tag Team Title 9 times (5 with Alberto & 4 with Ramon)

Below is the entire NWA title history of Enrique Torres.

NWA World Tag Team Title (San Francisco Version)
05/06/53 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Leo Nomellini
07/28/55 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Johnny Barend
07/13/56 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Bobo Brazil
12/22/56 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Ronnie Etchison
/ /57 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Leo Nomellini [2]
05/28/57 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Bobo Brazil [2]
10/ /59 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Rip Miller
08/08/61 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Reggie Parks

NWA World Tag Team Title (Georgia Version)
06/17/66 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Alberto Torres
08/19/66 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Alberto Torres [2]
10/ /66 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Ramon Torres
02/03/67 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Ramon Torres [2]
05/12/67 NWA World Tag Team Title w/ Ramon Torres [3]

NWA Southern Tag Team Title (Georgia Version)
05/06/66 NWA Southern Tag Team Title w/ Alberto Torres
10/21/66 NWA Southern Tag Team Title w/ Ramon Torres
11/16/66 NWA Southern Tag Team Title w/ Ramon Torres [2]
04/11/67 NWA Southern Tag Team Title w/ Ramon Torres [3]
05/12/67 NWA Southern Tag Team Title w/ Ramon Torres [4]
09/05/67 NWA Southern Tag Team Title w/ Alberto Torres [2]
01/05/68 NWA Southern Tag Team Title w/ Alberto Torres [3]
03/08/68 NWA Southern Tag Team Title w/ Alberto Torres [4]
05/31/68 NWA Southern Tag Team Title w/ Alberto Torres [5]

NWA Southern Tag Team Title (Carolinas Version)
11/23/59 NWA Southern Tag Team Title w/ George Becker

NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title (San Francisco Version)
/ /52 NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title
02/07/53 NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title [2]
07/09/53 NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title [3]
04/10/60 NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title [4]

NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Title (San Francisco Version)
09/ /52 NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Title w/ Gino Garibaldi
04/ /53 NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Title w/ Leo Nomellini
09/19/53 NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Title w/ Ramon Torres
12/12/53 NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Title w/ Ron Etchison
05/12/54 NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Title w/ Ron Etchison [2]
10/06/54 NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Title w/ Jess Ortega
/ /56 NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Title w/ Sander Kovacs

NWA Canadian Tag Team Title (Vancouver Version)
04/13/64 NWA Canadian Tag Team Title w/ Bearcat Wright

NWA United States Heavyweight Title (Central States Version)
12/13/63 NWA United States Heavyweight Title
NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
02/28/52 NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
12/20/63 NWA Central States Heavyweight Title [2]
NWA Texas Tag Team Title
02/27/58 NWA Texas Tag Team Title w/ Alberto Torres

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