Jesse Hernandez

Jesse Lizarraga (born August 25, 1950), known by the ring name Jesse Hernandez, is an American professional wrestler, referee, trainer, and actor. He is the owner of the independent wrestling organization Empire Wrestling Federation, based in San Bernardino, California. He has trained or helped train wrestlers such as Melina Perez, Rico Constantino, Rocky Romero, Ricky Reyes, Alex Koslov, Kia "Awesome Kong" Stevens, Lena Yada and Layla El. He formed the School of Hard Knocks training facility with Bill Anderson, who left to form his own training camp. In 2006, he was inducted into the Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame.

For other people named Jesse Hernandez, see Jesse Hernandez (disambiguation).
Jesse Hernandez
Birth nameJesse Lizarraga
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Jesse Hernandez
El Fraile[1]
Friar #1[1]
Jesse Cortez[1]
The Intruder[1]
Billed fromSan Bernardino, California, U.S.[1]
Trained byGreat Goliath[1]
Debut1981[1]

Lizarraga has refereed for promotions including WWF/World Wrestling Entertainment, National Wrestling Alliance, L.P.W.A. Ladies Professional Wrestling Association, Universal Wrestling Federation, and Women Of Wrestling, Paul Alperstein's American Wrestling Federation.

Acting roles for Lizarraga include the films Grunt: The Wrestling Movie, Bad Guys, Frontera Sin Ley, Ed Wood, Body Slam, and the TV series Mad About You.

Championships and accomplishments

References
  1. "Wrestler Profiles: Jesse Hernandez". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  2. "Honorees". Cauliflower Alley Club. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
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