The Armenian Martín Karadagián had started at 15 years old practicing Greco-Roman wrestling in the :es:Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes|Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes. The following year he joined a troupe of wrestlers, with which he traveled to Europe. After returning to Argentina in 1947, Karadagián maintained a memorable fight at Luna Park against :es:Ivan Zelezniak|Ivan Zelezniak, El Hombre Montaña. After to give up the fight Zelezniak accidentally killed a rival during a fight. In 1961 Karadagián fought at Luna Park against Capitan Piluso, played by actor Alberto Olmedo. Following the success of combat was filmed the movie :es:Las aventuras del Capitán Piluso |Las aventuras del Capitán Piluso with Martín Karadagián in the role of villain.
Titanes en el Ring
Martín Karadagián creates Titans in the ring in 1962, the TV show airs on Canal 9 in live from Luna Park. Karadagian had hired great figures of wrestling as :es:Ivan Zelezniak|El Hombre Montaña, :es:Eduardo Alí Bargach|Eduardo "Alí" Bargach, :w:File:ALBERTO EIJOO.jpg|Alberto Eijo, :es:Pedro Goitía|Pedro Goitía, :Dakar |Dakar, :es:Katchik Yeladian|Ararat, :es:Elías Revoredo Aguilar|el Indio Comanche, :es:Germán Bermúdez Arancibia|Mister Chile, and :es:José Aguada |Hans Águila as referee. Karadagian himself appeared regularly in the show, in which he was regarded as the "World Champion". In 1964 :es:José Luis López |José Luis López joined in Titans, time after, Karadagiám hired the wrestlers Rubén Peucelleel Ancho, :es:Pedro Bocos|Pedro Bocos, Ulises, :es:Humberto Reynoso|Humberto Reynoso El Caballero Rojo and :es:Domingo Lucciarini|Domingo Lucciarini Pepino el Payaso. 1982 In the late 1960s Titanes en el Ring incorporates a fantastic wrestling match against El Hombre invicible. In 1967 Karadagián was starring in the science fiction classicEl hombre invisible ataca with :es:Gilda Lousek|Gilda Lousek, :es:Tristán |Tristán and Ricardo Passano.
In 1970s Titanes en el Ring moved to Canal 13, Karadagián incorporates fantastic and mythological characters as El Vikingo, Don Quijote y Sancho Panza, :w:File:Miguel Bermudez.jpg|D’Artagnan, el Mosquetero, El Acuanauta, Poseidon, El Cavernario, La Momia Negra and others. In 1972 Karadagián faces La Momia for the world championship. The evening was held at the Luna Park stadium, with a draw. Other classic wrestling battles included Peucelle vs :es:José Luis López |José Luis, :es:René Tenembaum|Tenembaum vs :es:Rafael Rojas |Tufic Memet, :es:Julio Purrán|El Coreano sun vs Silvio, Karadagián vs :es:Katchik Yeladian|Ararat el armenio, Karadagián vs :es:Benito Durante|Durante, :es:Luis Borges |Mercenario Joe vs el Vasco Guipúzcoa, :es:Juan Carlos Torres |Gitano Ivanoff vs David el Pastor, :es:Alfredo Giuffre|El Ejecutivo vs Ivanoff. And La Momia blanca vs La Momia negra. Titanes also had a cheater referee :es:Héctor Oscar Brea|William Boo. Other famous arbiters include :es:Alfredo Giardina|Alfredo Giardina, Albert Jaitt, El Conde Schiaffino, Professor Eduardo Davis and Johnny Well. Titanes en el Ring season of 1982 was one of the most successful, Karadagián incorporates new characters as :es:Alejandro Rodrigo|Mister Moto, el Pibe 10, :es:Adolfo Sánchez |Julio César, el Romano, El Diabolo, :es:Juan Domingo Vera|Nerón. The gang El Padrino, :es:Norberto Paterno|Long and :es:José Roca |Short. And the Brotherhood of Mongols :es:José Arevalo|Kanghai el Mongol and :es:Juan Levy Rodríguez|Genghis Khan. :es:Iván Kowalski|Iván Kowalski and :es:Juan Enrique Dos Santos|Juan Enrique Dos Santos, were the first wrestlers who had personified La Momia. :es:Juan Manuel Figueroa|Juan Manuel Figueroa was La Momia between 1975 and 1988. Titans in the Ring was narrated and commented by :es:Rodolfo Di Sarli|Rodolfo Di Sarli, and Jorge Bocacci was the responsible for the presentation ceremony. Originally focused on adult audience, during the years it was gradually adapted for targeting a younger audience. It enjoyed its peak popularity in the early 1970s; in 1972 a Titanes en el Ringmusic album, featuring the theme songs of the wrestlers, got a large commercial success, and from the same year tapes of the shows started being exported abroad. In 1973 a deal with the Felfort-brand of chocolate bonbons "Jack" also helped to popularize the program and its athletes. In the 1970s the show also did two large tours in Latin America. Two films based on the show were produced: :es:Titanes en el ring |Titanes en el ring, released in 1973, and :es:Titanes en el ring contraataca|Titanes en el ring contrataca, released in 1984. In the 1990s, Martín Karadagian's daughter tried to re-launch Titanes, but it lasted only a few months.
