Former WWWF Champion Pedro Morales, the first man to accomplish the WWF Championship Triple Crown and hold the WWWF title, the WWF Intercontinental and the WWF Tag Team Championship, has passed away at the age of 76.
Morales passing was first announced by former WWF announcer Hugo Savinovich.
Morales had been battling Parkinson's disease in recent years.
Morales, an extremely popular competitor, was such a beloved babyface that there was a legitimate sense of fear the audience would riot when he lost the WWWF title to Stan Stasiak in Philadelphia, the ring announcer simply said, "Let's hear it for Pedro Morales" and then the next day, the title change was reporting in newspapers. On another occasion, a fan stabbed Blackjack Mulligan in the back with a butcher knife as he was on his way to the ring to challenge Morales for the title in Boston. His bond with the audience, especially Latin fans, was massive.
Morales was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1995.
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