| Ringo Mendoza | |
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| Birth name | Genaro Jacobo Contreras |
| Born | September 19, 1949 Mezcala de la Asunción, Jalisco, Mexico[1] |
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| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ringo Mendoza |
| Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Billed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) |
| Billed from | Mezcala de la Asunción, Jalisco, Mexico[1] |
| Trained by | Diablo Velazco |
| Debut | December 3, 1968[1] |
| Retired | 2011 |
Genaro Jacobo Contreras (born September 19, 1949), better known by his ring name Ringo Mendoza, is a Mexican professional wrestling trainer and retired luchador (or professional wrestler) for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Mendoza wrestled his last match in 2011, transitioning to being a full-time trainer instead.
Over the course of his career, Ringo Mendoza held several Middleweight championships, including the NWA World Middleweight Championship five times, Mexican National Middleweight Championship twice, the CMLL World Middleweight Championship, the Occidente Middleweight Championship and the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship. He also held the Mexican National Tag Team Championship with his brother Chachorro, and the Mexican National Trios Championship with Kiss and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. He also won the Salvador Lutteroth Tag Tournament in 1999 with Super Astro. Mendoza has three brothers who were also professional wrestlers, Cachorro Mendoza ("Cub Mendoza"), Indio Mendoza and Freddy Mendoza.
- ^ a b c "Ringo Mendoza de manteles largos". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). September 21, 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2009.