ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti z, ɹˈɛsəlɪŋ wˈɜːld mˌæɡɐzˈiːn ɹˈoʊt ɐbˌaʊt ɹˈɑːmoʊz ɪn kˈeɪfeɪb, sˈeɪɪŋ ðæt ɹˈɑːmoʊz wʌz bˈɔːɹn ˈɪn “ɐn ɐdˈoʊbi hˈʌt ɔnðə sˌæn kˈɑːɹloʊ, nˈuː mˈɛksɪkˌoʊ, ˈɪndiən ɹˌɛzɚvˈeɪʃən” ænd wʌzɐ “ɹˈɛdskɪnd dˈaɪnɐmˌaɪt, dɹˈɛst ɪn ɐn ˈɪndiən vˈɛst ænd wˈɛɹɪŋ ɐn ˈɪndiən hˈɛdhænd.
In the 1970s, Wrestling World magazine wrote about Ramos in kayfabe, saying that Ramos was born in “an adobe hut on the San Carlo, New Mexico, Indian reservation” and was a “redskinned dynamite, dressed in an Indian vest and wearing an Indian headhand.