Primo (wrestler)

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Eddie Colon Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
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Data
Surname Edwin Carlos Colon
Ring name Diego
Eddie Colon
El Joven Maravilla
Primo
Primo Colon
height 178 cm
Fighting weight 99 kg
birth December 21, 1982
San Juan , Puerto Rico
Announced from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Trained by Carlos Colón, Sr.
debut 1999

Edwin Carlos "Eddie" Colón (born December 21, 1982 in San Juan ), better known by his ring name Primo , is a Puerto Rican wrestler . He is currently under contract with the WWE .

Colón is the youngest child of wrestling legend Carlos Colón and has six siblings. Including Carlito , who also works as a wrestler.

His greatest achievement so far is winning the WWE Tag Team Championship twice .

Career

World Wrestling Council

Colon made his debut in 1999 at the Promotion World Wrestling Council , where he competed in the cruiserweight division . He won his first title on February 10, 2001 when he defeated Damian Steele for the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Champion title.

In 2002, Colón and his brother Carlito held the regional tag team title at short notice . After the departure of his brother, Colón was allowed to hold the highest title at WWC five times after several feud programs .

WWE

Primo (left) and Epico (right) as WWE Tag Team Champions with Rosa Mendes

In late 2006, Colon signed a development contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and joined the Florida Championship Wrestling Farm League .

Since February 23, 2008 Colón and Eric Perez formed the tag team The Puerto Rican Nightmares . Between February and July both won the FCW Florida Tag Team title three times .

On August 25, 2008 Colón made his official WWE debut at RAW , where he was allowed to defeat Charlie Haas .

After Colón was only used in one match at RAW, he switched to SmackDown! -Roster, where he merged with his brother Carlito to form The Colòns Tag Team . In their first match, which took place on September 12, both of the WWE Tag Team Champions Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder were allowed to defeat and two weeks later Colón and his brother were allowed to win the titles.

In 2009, the Colòns were involved in a feud program with World Tag Team Champions John Morrison & The Miz , which ended at WrestleMania 25 . This match was won by the Colóns, who officially became the first Unified WWE Tag Team Champions in WWE history.

On April 15, 2009, the Colons were switched to RAW as part of the WWE Draft . On June 28, 2009 they had to surrender their title in a triple threat match to Chris Jericho & Edge at PPV The Bash , in which Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase were also involved. After a lost rematch, both brothers were involved in a mutual feud program, the outcome of which was decided in favor of Colón.

As of September 2010, Colón appeared as a pro on NXT for AJ, which took third place.

Since November 8th, 2011 he has been forming a tag team with his cousin Orlando Colón, who appears as Epico, with Rosa Mendes at her side. On January 15, 2012 at a house show the RAW roster, they won by Air Boom ( Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne the WWE Tag Team Championship). They lost the title at RAW on April 30, 2012 to R-Truth and Kofi Kingston.

Los Matadores with El Torito (middle)

On September 30, 2013, he and his tag team partner Epico got new gimmicks. He was renamed Diego while his tag team partner was renamed Fernando. Together they competed as the Los Matadores , while El Torito was their mascot. They fought several times for the WWE Tag Team Championship , but couldn't get the title. On September 7, 2015, they split from El Torito after losing to the Dudley Boyz . After Wrestlemania 31 , they were no longer used on TV.

On May 4th, 2016 they got their old ring names back, so that he appears again as Primo and his cousin as Epico. They got new gimmicks and performed as The Shining Stars . They made their return to the ring on the May 16, 2016 edition of Raw when they defeated two local jobbers Scott Jackson and Brian Kennedy. They later changed their name to The Colons. Since then, however, they have hardly been featured in the shows.

In 2019, Primo was banned for 30 days for violating anti-doping guidelines. Due to a wave of layoffs, he was released from the WWE on April 15, 2020.

Primo (left) and Carlito as Tag Team Champions.

Achievements and Awards

  • 5 × WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Champion
  • 6 × WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion
  • 5 × WWC World Junior Heavyweight Champion
  • 1 × WWC World Tag Team Champion (with Carlito )
  • ! Bang!
  • 1 ×! Bang! Television Tag Team Champion (with Carlos Colòn)
  • PWI voted him # 163/500 best wrestler (2009)

Web links

Commons : Eddie Colón  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WWE suspends Roode and Primo
personal data
SURNAME Primo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Colón, Edwin Carlos (real name); Colón, Eddie (nickname); Colon, Primo; Primo; El Joven Maravilla; Diego
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH San Juan , Puerto Rico