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Tito Santana

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Merced Solis (born May 10, 1953), better known by the ring name Tito Santana, is a Mexican American professional wrestler, trainer, and retired school teacher. Solis has stayed a babyface character his entire career and is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation between 1979 and 1993 (missing part of 1980 and returning in 1983) where he was a two-time WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion and a two-time WWF Tag Team Champion with Ivan Putski in his first individual reign, and most notably with Rick Martel in his second individual reign. He also won the 1989 King of the Ring tournament and wrestled and won the first WrestleMania match against The Executioner and competed in the first nine, as well as helping bridge the gap between the 1980s "Rock 'n Wrestling Connection" era to the 1990s "New Generation" era. Solis was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004 and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame class of 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Tito Santana is the 380th most popular wrestler (down from 296th in 2024), the 12,222nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,912th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular American Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Tito Santana ranks 380 out of 1,027. Before him are Neville, Frank Andersson, Alexander Munro, Dolph Ziggler, Xavier Woods, and Kerry Von Erich. After him are Jeff Jarrett, Brian Kendrick, Charalambos Cholidis, Santiago Lange, Dominik Mysterio, and Shota Khabareli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Tito Santana ranks 568. Before him are John Edwards, Luciana Lamorgese, Mahmoud Guendouz, Stephen Warbeck, Sangay Ngedup, and Carmen Posadas. After him are Krystyna Bochenek, Harald Nickel, Vasundhara Raje, Elfi Zinn, Walter Novellino, and Sayan Sanya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tito Santana ranks 12,225 out of 20,380. Before him are Ollan Cassell (1937), Maggie Siff (1974), Jack Harlow (1998), Michael Clarke (1946), Paul Sereno (1957), and Bill Lienhard (1930). After him are Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980), Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842), Dave Williams (1972), Gregory Harrison (1950), James Gentle (1904), and Lynne Cox (1957).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, Tito Santana ranks 162. Before him are Greg Valentine (1951), Brie Bella (1983), Dean Malenko (1960), Dolph Ziggler (1980), Xavier Woods (1986), and Kerry Von Erich (1960). After him are Jeff Jarrett (1967), Brian Kendrick (1979), Dominik Mysterio (1997), Mandy Rose (1990), Curt Hawkins (1985), and Karl Anderson (1980).

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