WWE has purchased the rights to the World Wrestling Council’s videotape library. According to a recent report from PW Insider, WWE closed the deal for the Puerto Rican promotion’s content last month.
There is currently no timetable for when the promotion will be added to the WWE Network, however.
World Wrestling Council
The WWC was created in 1973 by Carlos Colon Sr, Victor Jovica, and Gorilla Monsoon.
Unfortunately, the promotion is where Bruiser Brody was killed in 1988. Brody was stabbed in the showers by Jose Huertas Gonzalez, who wrestled under the name Invader #1. Gonzalez was later acquitted of murder charges after claiming self-defense.
In addition to running the promotion, Carlos Colon is one of the territory’s most successful wrestlers in history. Colon has somehow won the WWC Universal Championship (est 1982) on 26 occasions and held the belt for over 3000 combined days.
Carly Colon’s son, Carlito, has also been successful in the promotion. As with his father, Carlito has won the WWC Universal title numerous times. He is a 17x champion and has held the belt a total combined days of 1318. Ray Gonzalez has held the same title 21x for 1963 combined days. Other notable former champions include Abdullah the Butcher, Eddie Colon, Greg Valentine, Dory Funk, Sabu, Razor Ramon, and Dory Funk Jr.
Primo and Epico Colon still wrestle for the promotion occasionally even though they are under WWE contracts.
