- Manuel Gonzalez

Well, no more rundown of  my problems and let's see what the year 1980 had for the WWC fans.   On January, Carlos Colón was looking for the Puerto Rican Title that Abdullah The Butcher had. The first match between that year was a barbedwired match. Abdullah won the title  in  December 1979 and that was a war that was on their beginning in Puerto Rico. By the way that match ended in such  a controversial way that the title was held up.  Anyway, Carlos won the title a week later in a street fight match.   Ciclón Negro, the venezuelan wrestler, had won the Caribbean Title, in  December 1979, his first defense was against a wrestling great, Dick Steinborn.   The tag team at the beginning of the year were The Invaders, Jose Huertas Gonzalez and Roberto Soto. Huertas, known as Invader 1, began 1980 as North American champion, but lost late in January it to Mr. Fuji. Other regulars were Jose Rivera and Huracan Castillo. Heels at the time were Al Costello, Roger Kirby, who did a 'Nature Boy' gimmick, Stan Morowski and the japanese star Mr. Fuji.   Kirby and Steinborn were the North American Title holders while Dory & Terry Funk were the Tag Team champions. European wrestler Eric Froelich came to a tour as well Japanese wrestlers Mitsu Ishikawa & Haru Sonoda.