Shawn Hernandez
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Hernandez in March 2011
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| Birth name | Shawn Hernandez |
| Born |
February 11, 1973 Houston, Texas |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Double Iron Sheik #2 Hernandez Hotstuff Hernandez Mr. Texas Shawn Hernandez The Masked Super Tex |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 285 lb (129 kg) |
| Billed from | Houston, Texas |
| Trained by | Tugboat Taylor Texas Wrestling Academy Rudy Boy Gonzalez |
| Debut | November 1996 |
Shawn Hernandez (born February 11, 1973) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Hernandez. He is an eight-time former world tag team champion, having held the TNA World Tag Team Championship five times, the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice and the IWA World Tag Team Championship once.
Hernandez is also the co-promoter of the Houston, Texas-based promotion Latino Wrestling Entertainment (LWE).
Following the end of his Arena Football career, Hernandez trained under Tugboat Taylor and later under Rudy Boy Gonzalez in the Texas Wrestling Academy. He debuted in Texas All-Star Wrestling in November 1996.
In 2000 and 2001 Hernandez worked for the World Wrestling Federation as a jobber, appearing on episodes of WWF Jakked and in dark matches. He also wrestled dark matches for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and competed for Texas All Star Wrestling, Extreme Texas Wrestling and NWA Southwest. He also toured Japan on numerous occasions and worked for Ring of Honor in 2003.
In 2001, Hernandez began wrestling for the National Wrestling Alliance. At the October 13, 2001 NWA Anniversary Show in St. Petersburg, Florida he defeated Kevin Northcutt to win the NWA National Heavyweight Championship. He held the title for over a year before losing to Ricky Murdock on January 11, 2003 in Greenville, Missouri. Hernandez defeated Jorge Estrada for the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship on May 3, 2003 in Cornelia, Georgia. On September 28, 2003 in Hawaii, he lost the title to J.T. Wolfen.
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