El Halcón
José Luis Melchor Ortiz (born July 23, 1947 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican retired Luchador (Professional Wrestler) best known by his ring name El Halcón. During his career, which spanned over five decades, he competed throughout the United States and Mexico. In America, he is perhaps best known for his tenure with Fritz Von Erich's Big Time Wrestling (World Class Championship Wrestling), where he is a former four time NWA Americas Tag Team Champion and two time NWA American Heavyweight Champion.
| El Halcón | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | José Luis Melchor Ortiz |
| Born | July 23, 1947 Federal District, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | El Halcón Argos Bengala Danny Ortiz Halcón Dorado Halcón Ortiz Horus El Super Halcon Super Halcón |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
| Debut | 1968 |
In Mexico, Melchor is perhaps best known for his tenure with CMLL, where he is a former five time Mexican National Heavyweight Champion. A popular competitor throughout the 1970s and 80s as both a técnico and rudo, his real name was not a matter of public record (as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico) until the 29th of July 1977, when he lost his mask in a match against Mil Mascaras at Arena Mexico.
Melchor is also known as Super Halcón and (after unmasking) Danny Ortiz and Halcón Ortiz. His son, Super Halcón Jr. is also a professional wrestler who currently competes in CMLL.