Early career (1979–1983) Fernandez was trained to wrestle by
Hiro Matsuda. This feud began because Race had an issue with
Oliver Humperdink's House of Humperdink stable, which Hernandez had become a part of soon after joining the promotion. Fernandez's run as one of the Assassins ended less than a year later, after he was unmasked by
Jimmy Valiant.
Mid-South Wrestling (1984–1985) After being unmasked, Fernandez moved on to
Bill Watts'
Mid-South promotion, where he once again donned a mask.
Mr. Wrestling II had recently
turned on his tag team partner
Magnum T. A. and become a
heel. Mr. Wrestling II renamed himself simply "Mr. Wrestling" and got a new protégé, "Mr. Wrestling II", who was Fernandez under a mask (referred to as "Mr. Wrestling III" in magazines to avoid confusing their readers). Mr. Wrestling II seconded Mr. Wrestling in his feud with Magnum T. A. Later on, Fernandez unmasked and competed once again as "Hercules Hernandez", and feuded with
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan under the tutelage of
Jim Cornette. Hercules soon joined
Skandor Akbar's
stable, Devastation Inc., alongside future WWF co-worker
Ted DiBiase. As part of Devastation Inc., Hercules feuded with the
Junkyard Dog and
Terry Taylor, before leaving for Florida. His first major national exposure came when he competed at
WrestleMania 2 in a losing effort against
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat at the
Sports Arena in the
Los Angeles part of the show. Blassie soon retired, as, in storyline, he sold his stable to
Slick and Fernandez soon found himself floundering in the WWF midcard. The feud culminated some weeks later in a chain match that saw Hercules as the victor. This led to their grudge match at
WrestleMania IV, which ended with Warrior pinning Hercules after pushing off from the turnbuckle while in Hercules' full nelson and landing on top of him before lifting his shoulder at the two count while referee
Dave Hebner continued to count Hercules. Hercules' career stalled following his feud with Haku. He was mainly used to help push the latest heels such as
The Earthquake, who
squashed him at
WrestleMania VI, At
WrestleMania VII, they lost to
The Legion of Doom in less than a minute.
Final appearances (1991–1992) After
SummerSlam 1991, Roma left the WWF. and beat
Marcus Bagwell in a
dark match before the
Great American Bash 1992. The highlight of his run as Super Invader was his appearance at
Clash of the Champions XX teaming with
Rick Rude,
Jake Roberts, and
Big Van Vader in an elimination tag team match against
Sting,
Nikita Koloff, and The
Steiner Brothers. Although Sting eliminated him early, Super Invader's team won the match. By the end of 1992, Fernandez had left WCW.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1993–1994) In March 1993, Fernandez debuted in
New Japan Pro-Wrestling where he appeared as "Hercules Hernandez" once more, mainly teaming with fellow powerhouse wrestler
Scott Norton to form the
Jurassic Powers.
Late career (1993–1999) In 1993, Hercules wrestled for
International World Class Championship Wrestling (IWCCW) and in 1994, he wrestled in the
American Wrestling Federation (AWF) promotion taking part in the tournament to crown the first AWF champion. In 1999, Ray Fernandez retired from wrestling after working for various independent promotions across the world. == Personal life ==