Epico Colón

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Epico Colón
Carlos Colón Sr.
Dan Severn
Debut2005

Orlando Tito Colón Nieves (born March 24, 1982) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Epico Colón, or simply Epico. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Council (WWC) under his real name, where he is a former WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion.

Early life

Orlando Tito Colón Nieves was born on March 24, 1982, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He attended Western Michigan University, where he played baseball for the Western Michigan Broncos.[2] He graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2004–2006)

Colón began his training at Dan "The Beast" Severn's, Michigan Sports Camps and competing in Price of Glory Wrestling (Coldwater, MI) in 2004. Colón began wrestling in the independent circuit of the United States, performing in Hybrid Pro Wrestling, a promotion based in

Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South. Colón participated in the tournament to crown the first Hybrid Pro Wrestling Champion. In the first round, he was booked against CJ Otis, being eliminated after losing the contest by pinfall due to interference.[6] Subsequently, Colón created a tag team with independent wrestler Jack Thriller, from Honolulu, Hawaii. The team began a feud with Jayson Quick and Josh Abercrombie, which was scheduled to conclude at a special event titled Phase: One.[7] However, Colón was included in an angle where he provoked Quick, engaging in a public fight. As part of the storyline, Colón and Quick were banned from participating at Phase: One by the HPW Championship Committee.[7] He was said to be cleared to return, but as part of the angle Colón refused to wrestle in the promotion until the company compensated him.[7]
This storyline was used to explain Colón's departure from the company due to moving back to Puerto Rico.

World Wrestling Council (2006–2011)

In 2006, Colón joined the

WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship, being booked to defeat "El Bronco" Ramón Álvarez. During the following six months, Colón dropped and recovered the title twice, before dropping it a final time on March 24, 2007. He continued using the pseudonism and was included in a feud with Bronco. The storyline concluded at Aniversario 2007, where he dropped a retirement & mask vs. retirement match between them, revealing his identity. During the first half of 2008, WWC organized a tournament for the vacant WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship. The event presented a purported points system, in which Colón gained an early and decisive lead. Concurrent to this tournament, he entered in a feud with El Condor, a masked character played by Ray González. After defeating El Condor one week before Honor vs. Traicion, a stipulation match was scheduled for that event, in which El Condor would receive the same number of points held by Colón. At the event, Colón was booked to lose the match. The angle between both wrestlers continued, before serving as a transition to a feud between an unmasked González and the other members of the Colón family. Subsequently, Colón continued his involvement in the tournament, entering a feud with the second seed, Noriega. The finals were held at Aniversario 2008, with Noriega defeating Colón to win the Universal Heavyweight Championship. He continued performing in contests against both González and Noriega, who assaulted him in a backstage segment.[8][9] After Noriega abandoned the company, Colón moved on to feud with González, exchanging victories with him. On September 6, 2008, Colón defeated Steve Corino.[10] Following this, Colón suffered an injury that kept him out of being booked in matches, while participating in backstage segments.[11]

In December 2009, Colón appeared in a spot where he signed a legal document that allowed El Bronco to return to the promotion, in order to fight against González, who had now received a face persona. At Euphoria 2009, Colón returned as a masked heel wrestler, subsequently introduced as La Pesadilla, attacking González.

Chavo Guerrero
. In his last days with the company, Colón had a minor role as a booker.

Pro Wrestling Zero1 (2009)

On March 4, 2009, Pro Wrestling Zero1 based in Japan, announced that Colón would debut in the company.[16] His inclusion was as part of a heel faction named "Premium Wrestling Federation" or P.W.F., led by Steve Corino, which was "invading" the company. In his debut, he was teamed with Sonjay Dutt to perform against Shinjiro Otani and Ikuto Hidaka. The P.W.F. won this match-up at the 15:09 mark, when Colón utilized his finisher move, Orlando's Magic, on Hidaka to score a pinfall.[17] Subsequently, all members of the P.W.F. participated in a sketch that involved invading the residence of several young Pro Wrestling Zero1 performers.[17] In only his second appearance within the promotion, Colón was booked in a championship contest against Shinjiro Otani, for the World Heavyweight Championship. The match-up was won by Otani, who utilized his finisher, the Spiral Bomb, to score a pinfall.[17] Meanwhile, the WWC promoted his participation in Japan as a "test tryout". The company avoided mentioning Colón's heel character in Pro Wrestling Zero1, and continued booking him as a face until Camino a la Gloria 2009.

WWE (2010–2020)

Florida Championship Wrestling (2010–2011)

Colón debuted on March 11, 2010, teaming with Johnny Prime and

Kenneth Cameron
, and Raquel Diaz.

Teaming with Primo (2011–2020)

Main article: Primo and Epico
WWE Tag Team Champions, accompanied by Rosa Mendes
(center)

On the November 4 episode of

Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston), defeating them in tag team and singles matches.[25][26][27] On December 18 at Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Epico and Primo failed to capture the WWE Tag Team Championships from Air Boom.[28] Their feud with Air Boom continued in singles and non-title matches, with both teams trading victories.[29][30][31]

At a

NXT, Primo & Epico broke their losing streaks with a win over Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty.[46] However, Dallas & McGillicutty gained revenge by defeating Primo & Epico in the first round of the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champions.[47]

In August 2013, Primo & Epico changed their gimmick to Los Matadores

On the August 19, 2013 episode of Raw, a vignette was aired introducing a new tag team known as Los Matadores, which was Primo and Epico wrestling as masked matadors.[48] Later, on the September 30 edition of Raw, Primo and Epico debuted as Los Matadores, a

The Dudley Boyz
. The two ceased appearing on TV.

From April 4 to May 9, 2016, several videos aired on Raw promoted the return of Primo and Epico, who revived their Puerto Rican gimmick[52][53] under the new name The Shining Stars.[54] On the May 16 episode of Raw, The Shining Stars made their debut, defeating a team of local competitors.[55] On the November 7 edition of Raw, after R-Truth sold The Golden Truth's Survivor Series spot for a stay at a timeshare to The Shining Stars, both teams competed to qualify for the 10–on–10 Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination match, which Team Raw won. The Shining Stars were confirmed to be in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 33, however neither of them were successful in winning the royal. During the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, they were moved to SmackDown Live, reverting to the Colóns gimmick. Colón suffered a shoulder injury in November. He underwent surgery in January 2018.[56]

On the August 28, 2018 episode of SmackDown Live, Epico returned with Primo in a triple threat match involving

Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
, with a victory of The Bar.

On April 15, 2020, Epico was released along with Primo from his WWE contract due to the budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, ending his 10-year tenure with the company.[57]

Return to WWC (2019–2021)

While still part of WWE's roster (yet inactive), The Colóns returned to WWC, working in both administrative roles and as in-ring talent in 2019.

Eli Drake. Afterwards, a storyline began where both of his cousins began pursuing the title.[61] In the first intrafamiliar match, Colón retained against Primo at Septiembre Negro. At Noche de Campeones, all three cousins wrestled each other for the first time in their careers. Colón retained, but his tag team partner turned on the family and rebranded himself Eddie “La Maravilla” Colón, forming a faction known as The Dynasty. To close the season, he went over MechaWolf 450 in a titular match.[62] To open 2020, Colón defeated Texano Jr. to retain the Universal Heavyweight Championship.[63]

In other media

Video games

He made his first WWE

Primo's partner. He also appears in WWE 2K16 (as DLC) and WWE 2K17 under the name Fernando as a member of Los Matadores. He appears as Epico Cólon in WWE 2K18 and WWE 2K19
.

Movies

He himself played a role, together with

Diego, the three of them joined in the racing team Pamplona Especial in the animated movie Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
, they wore their green eye masks as well as the yellow hot pursuits because they were masked brothers and became a Spanish accent. El Torito himself wore a red, bull-like mask and the red, fluffy costume.

Championships and accomplishments

WWE Tag Team Champions

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
El Bronco (career)
Fire Blaze
(career & mask)		 San Juan, Puerto Rico WWC Aniversario 2007 July 13, 2007
Orlando Colón
(career)		 El Bronco (career) Ponce, Puerto Rico WWC show September 1, 2007  

See also

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