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Edwin Carlos ColónCoates (born December 21, 1982)[1] is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring namePrimo Colón, or simply Primo.[2] He is currently signed to World Wrestling Council (WWC) under his real name, Eddie Colón.
He is the son of
WWE Tag Team Championship and World Tag Team Championship at the same time, making them the first Unified WWE Tag Team Champions.[3] After Carlito left the promotion, he began teaming with his cousin Orlando Colón
(best known in WWE as Epico), with whom he held the WWE Tag Team Championship once. After two years of inactivity, Colón left WWE in 2020.
Professional wrestling career
World Wrestling Council (1999–2016)
Colón debuted in 1999, wrestling in the cruiserweight division. He won the first title on February 10, 2001, when he defeated Damian Steele for the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[4] His feud with Steele continued for a month, during which he dropped and recovered the title on March 10, 2001.[4] He feuded over the title for six months, losing and winning it once. By autumn, Colón was involved in a storyline involving Justin McCully, continuing a similar pattern. In early 2002, Colón was involved in a storyline with Rey Mysterio Jr, who defeated Colón for the title on January 6, 2002.[4] Mysterio held the title for two months before dropping it back on April 6, 2002, which marked Colón's final Junior Championship reign. Following a long feud with Rico Casanova and then Kid Kash, the belt was held up and Colón ascended to the Heavyweight division.[4]
Shortly after Carly Colón signed with WWE, a tournament was organized to determine the new champion. Colón was considered an early favorite and reached the final, but lost.
Carlito‘s attitude and how he was nothing like him.[11] His in-ring wrestling debut on the Raw brand took place on August 25, when he defeated Charlie Haas, dressed as Carlito and named Charlito, in singles competition.[12]
After only one match on ‘’Raw’', Primo Colón, now billed as simply ‘’'Primo’'’, was moved to the
John Morrison and The Miz. On the WrestleMania 25 pre-show, The Colóns defeated John Morrison and The Miz in a tag team unification match, becoming the first team to hold the newly dubbed “Unified WWE Tag Team Championship”.[13] On the April 6 episode of Raw, they successfully defended their titles for the first time in a rematch.[14]
On April 15, both Primo and Carlito were drafted back to the Raw brand as part of the
R-Truth for Ted DiBiase, who paid them straight after the attack. The team was split up again after Carlito was released from his contract on May 21.[18]
In September, Primo was one of the WWE Pros for the third season of NXT, with AJ as his NXT rookie. On the November 23 episode of ‘’NXT’', A.J. was eliminated from the competition. Primo then mainly featured on Superstars.
On the November 11, 2011 episode of ‘’SmackDown’', Primo returned to the brand by accompanying
Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd in a triple threat tag team match.[32] On the April 30 episode of ‘’Raw’', Primo and Epico lost the tag team titles to Kofi Kingston and R-Truth.[33]
In May, Primo and Epico joined
Darren Young and Titus O'Neil).[35] The following night on ‘’Raw’', Primo and Epico defeated The Prime Time Players by count-out after Young and O’Neil walked out of the match.[36] The feud continued on ‘’Superstars’', where Epico lost to Young and Primo beat O’Neil in singles matches.[37][38] At Money in the Bank, Primo and Epico defeated Young and O’Neil.[39] The feud ended in August when A.W. was released from WWE.[40] At Survivor Series, Primo took part in a 10–man elimination tag team match, but was eliminated by Rey Mysterio.[41] Primo and Epico could not find any wins after August 2012, and by the first ‘’SmackDown’' of 2013, Primo was on a 20 match losing streak, and Epico was at 17.[42] On the January 9, 2013 episode of ‘’NXT’', Primo and Epico broke their losing streaks with a win over Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty.[43] However, Dallas and McGillicutty gained revenge by defeating Primo and Epico in the first round of the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament.[44]
On the August 19, 2013 episode of Raw, a vignette was aired introducing the debut of ‘’'Los Matadores’'’,
Jack Swagger) at Hell in a Cell.[48] Los Matadores’ winning streak was snapped on the January 24, 2014 episode of ‘’SmackDown’', courtesy of RybAxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel). On the WrestleMania XXX pre-show, Los Matadores received a WWE Tag Team Championship shot against The Usos, RybAxel and The Real Americans, in a Fatal Four-Way tag team elimination match, but lost after eliminated by The Real Americans. At Battleground, Diego competed in a battle royal for the vacant Intercontinental Championship, but was eliminated by Ryback. On March 29, 2015, at the WrestleMania 31 pre-show, Los Matadores were in a Fatal 4-way match for the WWE Tag Team Championship, but failed to win the titles. Diego participated in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal but was eliminated by Kane
. After months of chasing the WWE Tag Team Championship, Los Matadores fell out and seemingly broke up, as they no longer appeared 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
On April 11, 2017, they were traded to the SmackDown brand as part of the
Zack Ryder. At WrestleMania 34, Colón participated in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which he failed to win. Following this, the team rarely appeared on TV or at live events, virtually disappearing.[55] On December 10, 2019, Colón was suspended for 30 days, for violating of WWE's Wellness Policy.[56] Primo claimed that he didn't fail the test and was suspended due to missing the test, as he was in Puerto Rico at the time and stated that he plans to appeal the decision.[57] On April 15, 2020, Primo was released from his WWE contract due to the budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, ending his 13-year tenure with the company.[58]
Return to WWC (2019–2020)
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.[59] By the summer, Epico was harassed by a wrestler sporting his former mantle of La Pesadilla, but this did not prevent him from earning his first reign as Universal Heavyweight Champion.[60] Afterwards, a storyline began where both Primo and Carlito began pursuing the title.[61] In the first intrafamiliar match, Colón failed to capture the title at Septiembre Negro. At Noche de Campeones, all three cousins wrestled each other for the first time in their careers. Epico retained, but Colón turned on the family and rebranded himself Eddie "La Maravilla" Colón, forming a faction known as The Dynasty along Gilbert and Peter John Ramos. The three then began a campaign to dethrone the champion. In the process, Colón was faced with the new allies of his cousin, losing to a returning Apollo (part of the "Dream Team", along Ricky Banderas) when the rest of The Dynasty intervened.[62]