Throughout his career, El Halcón wrestled throughout Mexico and the United States, primarily in Los Angeles and Houston for
Fritz Von Erich's Big Time Wrestling (later renamed
World Class Championship Wrestling). He debuted in 1968 as Danny Ortiz and soon become a mainstay for
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). In 1973, he won a contest held by
El Halcon Magazine to become their official sponsored representative
luchador and adopt the namesake gimmick of "El Halcón". By the late 1970s, he was also wrestling for various promotions throughout the United States, including
NWA Hollywood,
Southwest Championship Wrestling,
Big Time Wrestling where he competed against the likes of
Roddy Piper and teamed regularly with
Chavo Guerrero in a rivalry with
Ron Bass and
Ron Starr. He and Chavo won the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship on February 24, 1978. He also had a stint with
All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he took his rivalry with
Mil Máscaras, competing against him at AJPW Summer Action Series II 1978. On July 29, 1977, he lost his mask in a bout against
Mil Mascaras at
Arena Mexico, after which he revealed his real name and reverted to "Danny" Ortiz within the promotion. Due to issues regarding the original magazine's rights to the name, other luchadors cropped up with variations on it, such as "Halcón 78" and "Falcón". As a
técnico (fan favourite) he competed unmasked under the ring name "Halcon Ortiz". He had a memorable feud with Herodes, winning the
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship form him in a hair vs. hair match. Halcón went on to lose a hair vs. hair match against
Cien Caras, which lead him to putting his mask back on and computing under a new ring name - Super Halcón. Later, he held both the National Championship and WWA World Heavyweight Championship together, he also competed in
AAA. On April 23, 1989, he lost his mask again in a mask vs. mask match against
Rayo de Jalisco Jr. A legend within CMLL, he has appeared sporadically on CMLL television with his son
Super Halcón Jr. who captured
La Copa Junior in 2014. ==Championships and accomplishments==