Puerto Rico has produced a lot of international wrestling figures. The most known are Carlos Colón, Invader 1, Hércules Ayala, Pedro Morales and Víctor Rivera. These five guys have traveled the world but none has the physical power of Hércules Ayala.

Ayala was born as Rubén Cruz Ayala in July 14, 1950 at Bayamón, Puerto Rico, where he was raised by his parents. He traveled to the USA and there was he learned wrestling with Angelo Savoldi. He liked wrestling a lot and he was a fan of Huracán Castillo Sr.

His first match was against Tony Altimore in the old WWWF and he won the match. He was using the name Ruben Ayala, who for most of the people believed it was his real name. He competed as Hércules Ayala shortly after that and was known elsewhere with that name.

Ayala is one of the most international wrestlers that Puerto Rico has ever produced. He has wrestled in Germany, Canada, The United States, South Africa, and many others countries, but he was also famous in Puerto Rico.

Ayala is well known in Puerto Rico because he has an unconcluded feud with Carlos Colón (who else?). But let's see a brief of his career in Puerto Rico.

Ayala started in the USA in 1970. He later came to Puerto Rico and worked for the National Wrestling Association and the L&G Promotion, two promotions that were in Puerto Rico before and during the WWC first steps. He worked as a babyface and was one of the most loved wrestlers of the promotion that basically were wrestlers from NWA-Florida and local talent.