Merced Solis
Biography
Merced Solis, better known by the ring name Tito Santana, is an American professional wrestler and middle school teacher. Santana has stayed a babyface his entire career and he is best known for his appearances with WWE between 1979 and 1993 (missing part of 1980 and returning in 1983) where he was twice the WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion and twice held the WWE Tag Team Championship. He also won the 1989 King of the Ring tournament, and wrestled at all of the first nine WrestleMania events, as well as helping bridge the gap between the 1980s "Rock 'n Wrestling Connection" era to the 1990s "New Generation" era. Santana was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004. During his time in WWE, Santana, despite being born and raised in Texas, was billed from "Tocula, Mexico", which may be a misspelled reference to the city of Toluca. Santana still appears on the independent circuit.
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- Raw (1993) as El Matador
- WWE Pay Per View (1985)
- WWF Superstars (1986) as Tito Santana
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) as Tito Santana
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
- WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986) as Tito Santana
- Mid-South Wrestling (1981) as Tito Santana
- WWE Old School (1973) as Tito Santana
- WWE Old School (1973) as El Matador
- WWF All-Star Wrestling (1975) as Tito Santana
- WWE Backstage (2019) as Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat
- Tuesday Night Titans (1984) as Tito Santana
- WWF Championship Wrestling (1980) as Tito Santana
- AWA Arena Shows (1981) as Tito Santana
- WWF Prime Time Wrestling (1985) as Tito Santana
- WWE WrestleMania III (1987) as Tito Santana
- WrestleMania (1985) as Tito Santana
- AWF Warriors of Wrestling (1995) as Tito Santana
- WrestleMania II (1986) as Tito Santana
- WWE WrestleMania VIII (1992) as El Matador
- WWE WrestleMania IV (1988) as Tito Santana
- WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992) as El Matador
- WWE WrestleMania V (1989) as Tito Santana
- WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship (2008) as Tito Santana