▁Kar ad agi án ▁( o ften ▁miss pel led ▁Kar ad ij ian ). " ▁He ▁also ▁held ▁the ▁nick name ▁" the ▁wild ▁man ▁of ▁South ▁America ." ▁He ▁was ▁und efe ated ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁defe ating ▁men ▁like ▁Mar vin ▁Mer cer , ▁Mike ▁Cl ancy , ▁Steve ▁K arr as , ▁The ▁Golden ▁Super man , ▁and ▁Sam ▁Berg . ▁▁▁ ▁He ▁began ▁his ▁career ▁as ▁an ▁actor ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁drama ▁Re enc uent ro ▁con ▁la ▁gl oria ▁ ▁( Re enc ounter ▁with ▁Gl ory ), ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁played ▁a ▁f ighter ▁who ▁accident ally ▁k ills ▁his ▁oppon ent . ▁He ▁later ▁appeared ▁in ▁Alberto ▁Ol med o ' s ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁comedy , ▁Las ▁A vent uras ▁del ▁Capit án ▁Pil uso ▁en ▁el ▁cast illo ▁del ▁terror ▁( The ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁Captain ▁Pil uso ▁at ▁the ▁Castle ▁of ▁T error ). ▁ ▁Kar ad agi án ▁became ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁rec urr ing ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁wrest ling ▁television ▁show ▁T itan es ▁en ▁el ▁ring ▁( T it ans ▁in ▁the ▁ring ), ▁which ▁a ired ▁inter mitt ently ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁The ▁series ▁became ▁popular ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁Latin ▁America , ▁and ▁during ▁a ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁episode ▁fil med ▁in ▁Costa ▁Rica , ▁Kar ad agi án ▁reported ly ▁entered ▁into ▁a ▁bout ▁with ▁president ial ▁candidate ▁Ger