Bobby Bonales

Roberto Aceves, , better known under the ring name Bobby Bonales, was a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler who was active during the early days of Lucha Libre in Mexico, making his debut in 1934. Aceves son Daniel Aceves is an Olympic medal winner in GrecoRoman wrestling. As Bonales Aceves held several championships including the NWA World Welterweight Championship, the Mexican National Middleweight Championship and the Mexican National Lightweight Championship. In recent years Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre has honored Bonales on several occasions. Known as La Maravilla Moreliana Bonales innovated the Top Suicida wrestling moves.

Roberto Aceves was born in Morelia, Michoacn, Mexico but at the age ofhis family moved to Mexico City. By the age ofAceves began training to become a professional wrestler and made his debut in 1934. Adopting the ring name Bobby Bonales he began working for promoter Salvador Lutteroth and his newly founded Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre during the early days of Lucha libre in Mexico. On September 27, 1936 Bonales lost to Chong Yip on the undercard of the EMLL 3rd Anniversary Show. During the following years Bonales worked his way up the ranks and on May 5, 1940 he defeated Jack OBrien to win the Mexican National Lightweight Championship. He later lost the championship to Dientes Hernandez. On April 6, 1941 Lobo Negro defeated Bonales in a match for the vacant Mexican National Welterweight Championship. Bonales became one of the first wrestlers to train under Diablo Velasco, during which time he developed a new move called a Top Suicida, a move where he would dive through the r

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