Mocho Cota

{{Short description|Mexican professional wrestler (1954 – 2016)}}

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|birthname = Manuel Cota Soto

|names = Mocho Cota

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|weight = {{convert|84|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|1954|6|5}}

|birth_place = Municipio del Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico

|death_date = {{death date and age|2016|12|22|1954|6|5}}

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|trainer = Releves López

|debut = 1979

|retired = 2007

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Manuel Cota Soto (June 5, 1954 – December 22, 2016) was a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Mocho Cota. "Mocho" is Spanish for "mutilated", and Cota had lost two fingers. In his career, which began in 1979, he held both the Mexican National Welterweight Championship and the NWA World Welterweight Championship. He worked mainly for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (EMLL / CMLL) throughout his career.

Professional wrestling career

Manuel Cota made his professional wrestling debut in 1979, choosing to wrestle under the ring name "Mocho Cota", a name he would use for his entire career. On November 12, 1982, he won the Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) promoted Mexican National Welterweight Championship by defeating Talismán. The title change set off a long running storyline feud between them that saw both men win Luchas de Apuestas against each other, seeing their opponents shaved bald after the matches.{{cite news|title=Enciclopedia de las Mascaras|work=Talismán|location=Mexico City, Mexico|id=Tomo V|pages=12|date=November 2007|language=es}} Cota's Mexican Welterweight title reign lasted for 265 days until he lost to Chamaco Valaguez on August 4, 1983. On January 27, 1984, he defeated Américo Rocca to win the NWA World Welterweight Championship. He lost the title to Valaguez on July 26, 1984. He died on December 22, 2016, aged 62.{{cite web | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/lucha-libre/2016/12/22/fallecio-el-luchador-mocho-cota | title=Falleció el luchador Mocho Cota | work=MedioTiempo | publisher=MSN | language=es}}

Personal life

According to his son, "Mocho" earned his nickname by being amputated, losing two fingers and the top of another one, after an accident at a "Maquiladora" (a textile plant) working with a chopper before becoming a full-time wrestler. His brother wrestles as Guero Cota. One of his sons has become an established name of the Mexican Wrestling Company AAA taking up his famous father's name "Mocho Cota Jr." In February 2018, he and two partners: "Tito Santana (formerly known as Soul Rocker") and "Carta Brava Jr." known as "Poder del Norte" became champions of "Tercias (three wrestlers) of AAA.{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/fin-de-semana-tragico-para-la-lucha-libre-mexicana-mueren-flor-de-loto-y-zayko/|title=Fin de semana trágico para la lucha libre mexicana: mueren Flor de Loto y Zayko|first=Carlos|last=Acosta|date=13 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://deportes.televisa.com/lucha-libre/videos-lucha-libre/poder-del-norte-campeones-tercias/|title=Poder del Norte, campeones de tercias|last=Redacción|date=10 February 2018}}

Championships and accomplishments

Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time){{cite book|author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|chapter=Mexico: National Welterweight Title|page=392|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}{{cite news|title=Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales|work=Lucha 2000|id=Especial 21|date=December 20, 2004|language=es}}
NWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time){{cite book|author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will|title=Wrestling Title Histories|chapter=Mexico: EMLL NWA Welterweight Title|page=390|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2006|edition=4th|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

{{See also|Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|l1=Luchas de Apuestas}}

class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style="text-align: center" !width=20% scope="col"\|Winner (wager) !width=20% scope="col"\|Loser (wager) !width=20% scope="col"\|Location !width=20% scope="col"\|Event !width=15% scope="col"\|Date !class="unsortable" width=5% scope="col"\|Notes
Mocho Cota (hair)	Chamaco Valaguez (hair)	Cuernavaca, Morelos	Live event	N/A
El Satánico (hair)	Mocho Cota (hair)	Mexico City	EMLL 47th Anniversary Show	{{dts\|1980\|09\|26}}	{{cite web\|url=http://superluchas.com/2010/09/07/cmll-77-historias-77-aniversario-las-77-luchas-estelares/\|title=CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares\|first=Alex\|last=Ruiz Glez\|date=September 7, 2010\|access-date=October 20, 2012\|work=Súper Luchas\|language=es}}
Chamaco Valaguez (hair)	Mocho Cota (hair)	Cuernavaca, Morelos	Live event	{{dts\|1982\|07\|29}}
Gran Cochisse (hair)	Mocho Cota (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	{{dts\|1983\|03\|25}}
La Fiera and Mocho Cota (hair)	Ringo and Cachorro Mendoza (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	{{dts\|1983\|07\|01}}
Gran Cochisse (hair)	Mocho Cota (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	{{dts\|1983\|09\|09}}
Mocho Cota (hair)	Chamaco Valaguez (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	{{dts\|1984\|09\|07}}
Mocho Cota (hair)	El Talismán (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	{{dts\|1986\|03\|07}}
Sangre Chicana and Mocho Cota (hair)	El Faraón and Talismán (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	{{dts\|1986\|03\|07}}
Mocho Cota (hair)	Kato Kung Lee (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	{{dts\|1993\|12\|10}}
Mocho Cota (hair)	Chamaco Valaguez (hair)	Cuernavaca, Morelos	Live event	{{dts\|1994\|03\|29}}
Negro Casas (hair)	Mocho Cota (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	{{dts\|1994\|09\|23}}

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