Black Gordman

Victor Manuel Barajas (born October 5, 1936) is a Mexican retired professional wrestler under the name Black Gordman. He teamed up with Great Goliath in Mexico and Los Angeles during most of his career. Gordman won the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship thirty-one times with ten different partners. His finishing move was the original DDT, later made famous by Jake "The Snake" Roberts.

Black Gordman
Birth name	Victor Manuel Barajas
Born	(1936-10-05)October 5, 1936[1] Mexico City, Mexico[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Black Gordman Victor Manuel Black Demon
Billed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight	231 lb (105 kg)
Debut	1953
Retired	1986

Professional wrestling career

Barajas made his professional wrestling debut in Mexico in 1953. In 1966, Gordman won his first title, the Mexican National Heavyweight. In 1969, Gordman made his debut in Los Angeles. A year later, in 1970 he teamed up with the Great Goliath as a heel tag team. He and Goliath won the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship twenty times from 1970 to 1982.^[3] They also worked in Texas, Japan, World Wide Wrestling Federation, San Francisco and Georgia.

Gordman on his own worked for Southwest Championship Wrestling in Houston, Houston Wrestling, and Mid-South Wrestling in the early 1980s. In 1983, he worked for the World Wrestling Federation. From 1984 to 1985, Gordman went to Puerto Rico where he won the WWC Puerto Rico Championship defeating Konga the Barbarian. He dropped the title to his tag partner Super Medico 1. He retired from wrestling in 1986.

Championships and accomplishments

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
  • Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Georgia Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Great Goliath^[4]
• NWA Hollywood Wrestling
  • NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
  • NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (31 times) – with Great Goliath (20), Bull Ramos (3), Pepper Gomez (1), Chris Markoff (1), Rocky Montero (1), Adrian Adonis (1), Chavo Guerrero Sr. (1), Hector Guerrero (1), Ryuma Go (1) and Master Lee (1)^[5]
  • NWA Beat The Champ Television Championship (3 times)
• Pacific Northwest Wrestling
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[6]
• Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2005
• World Class Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Great Goliath (1)
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC Puerto Rico Championship (1 time)
  • WWC World Tag Team Championship (7 times) - with Super Medico #1^[7][8]