Editing Pedro Morales (section)

== Early life ==
Morales was born on October 22, 1942, in the municipality of [[Culebra, Puerto Rico|Culebra]], an island off the shore of Puerto Rico's main island.<ref name="WWEHOF"/><ref name="oww">{{cite web|title=Wrestler Profiles: Pedro Morales|work=Online World of Wrestling|url= http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/p/pedro-morales.html|access-date=October 2, 2007}}</ref> He was a member of a large family, with 85 cousins just on his mother's side.<ref name="jumpin' fish">{{cite news|url=http://www.thnt.com/thnt/story/0,21282,854390,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031118175543/http://www.thnt.com/thnt/story/0%2C21282%2C854390%2C00.html |title=Pro wrestler now grows tomatoes in Woodbridge |author=Michelle Sahn |newspaper=Home News Tribune |date=November 13, 2003 |archive-date=November 18, 2003 |access-date=July 26, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Morales once claimed that sixty five percent of Culebra's population had some bloodline connection to him.<ref name="jumpin' fish"/> He was raised in Culebra throughout his childhood and remained there until reaching his adolescence, when his mother sent him to live with an aunt in [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]], to finish his high school education.<ref name="jumpin' fish"/> It was there that one of his sister's friends introduced him to the members of a wrestling club which quickly earned his interest.<ref name="jumpin' fish"/> After practicing in his school and at a local [[YMCA]], Morales debuted as an amateur wrestler at the age of 13, competing in the 160&nbsp;lb division.<ref name="Slam">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/ResultsArchive/Wrestlers/morales.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919142121/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/ResultsArchive/Wrestlers/morales.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 19, 2015|title=Wrestlers Results Archive: Pedro Morales|publisher=[[Canoe.ca|Slam! Sports]]|access-date=September 7, 2013}}</ref> In New York, he also became a professional wrestling fan, witnessing the tag team of [[Miguel Pérez (wrestler)|Miguel Pérez, Sr.]] and [[Antonino Rocca]].<ref name="Slam"/> Morales also played baseball. When he was 16 years old, he was selected in the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico's (now known as [[Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente]]) first year draft by the [[Leones de Ponce (baseball)|Leones de Ponce]].<ref name="jumpin' fish"/><ref name="Slam"/> However, due to living outside of Puerto Rico, he declined the opportunity. Instead, Morales elected to train in order to become a professional wrestler, in the process gaining twenty pounds.<ref name="Slam"/> A year later, his father signed the documentation required by the [[New York State Athletic Commission]] in order to begin his career as an underage performer.<ref name="jumpin' fish"/>