Cyclone Anaya Explained

Birth Name:	Jesús Becerra Valencia
Names:	Cyclone Anaya Cyclone Ayala Apollo Anaya Juan Hernandez
Birth Date:	August 1, 1917
Birth Place:	Venezuela
Height:	^[1]
Weight:	209lb
Debut:	1943
Retired:	1960
Death Date:	^[2]

Jesús Becerra Valencia (August 1, 1917 – January 4, 1999) was a Venezuelan-Mexican professional wrestler who was best known as Cyclone Anaya in Texas.

Professional wrestling career

Anaya made his professional wrestling debut in Mexico in 1943. In 1952, Anaya won his first title the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship defeating Duke Keomuka. Later on, he became a three-time NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Champion.^[3]

In 1960, Anaya retired from wrestling due to an injury.^[4]

Personal life

After retiring from wrestling, Anaya founded a chain of restaurants in 1966 in Houston called Cyclone Anaya's Tex-Mex Kitchen which serves Mexican food. The restaurant franchise still exists.^{[5] [6]}

Anaya passed away on January 4, 1999, at 81.^[7]

Championships and accomplishments

• NWA Mid-America
  • NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[8]
• NWA San Francisco
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (2 times)
• Southwest Sports, Inc.
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^{[9] [10]}
  • NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Pepper Gomez (1 time) and Gory Guerrero (1 time)^{[3] [11] [12]}
• Western States Sports
  • NWA Southwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Martindale (1)
  • NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Amarillo version) (7 times) – with Ricky Romero (1)
  • NWA Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

General

• Book: Hornbaker, Tim . 2017 . Legends of Pro Wrestling: 150 Years of Headlocks, Body Slams, and Piledrivers . https://books.google.com/books?id=4yNrCgAAQBAJ&q=Cyclone+Anaya&pg=PA238 . New York . Simon and Schuster . Cyclone Anaya . 978-1613218754.
• Web site: Cyclone Anaya Wrestling History . Hornbaker . Tim . LegacyOfWrestling.com . April 3, 2024 .

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cyclone Anaya « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database. Philip. Kreikenbohm.
2. Web site: Cyclone Anaya . Saalbach . Axel . WrestlingData.com . 2024-04-02.
3. Book: Lentz III, Harris M. . 2003 . Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling . 2 . McFarland . 12 . 0786417544 .
4. Web site: Retro Review: Gorgeous George vs. Cyclone Anaya . Morehouse . Timothy . February 14, 2022 . ProWrestlingMusings.com . April 3, 2024.
5. Web site: Our Story .
6. News: Lam . Cuc . November 23, 2016 . 50 years of Tradition, Family and Food at Cyclone Anaya's . . Houston, Texas .
7. News: Parsons . Ross . January 6, 1999 . Cyclone Anaya dead at 81 . 2 . . Del Rio, Texas .
8. Web site: NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title (Tennessee & Alabama). February 22, 2022. Wrestling Titles.
9. • Book: Will . Gary . Royal . Duncan . Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Archeus Communications . 2000 . Pennsylvania . Texas: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title [Von Erich] . 0-9698161-5-4 . 268–269.
10. Web site: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title . March 30, 2017 . Wrestling-Titles.
11. Book: Will . Gary . Royal . Duncan . Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present . Archeus Communications . 2000 . Pennsylvania . Texas: NWA Texas Tag Team Title [Von Erich] . 0-9698161-5-4 . 275–276.
12. Web site: NWA Texas Tag Team Title [E. Texas]]. December 27, 2019 . wrestling-titles.com.