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#3 Pedro Morales
Pedro Morales is known for his time with the Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA) and the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE). He achieved great success in both promotions, becoming the first Latino to hold a world heavyweight championship.
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In the 1960s, Morales defeated Dick Beyer to capture his first WWA World Heavyweight Championship and retained it against various opponents before finally dropping it to Luke Graham in 1965. After leaving the WWA in 1968, he joined Mid-Pacific Promotions in Hawaii as a full-time performer before signing with the WWWF in 1970.
The following year, he defeated Freddie Blassie to win the vacant WWWF United States Championship. In February 1971, a month after winning the US Title, Morales won the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Ivan Koloff, vacating the United States Championship in the process.
After leaving the company in 1975, Morales wrestled for various territories such as NWA San Francisco, American Wrestling Association, Championship Wrestling from Florida and New Japan Pro Wrestling until the 1980s. He returned to the WWF in 1980 and went on to win the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship and Tag Team Championship, making him the first Triple Crown Champion in WWE history.
