Epico
Nov 14, 2011 - by Steve Gerweck
Real name: Orlando Colón
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 203 lbs.
From: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Date of birth: March 24, 1982
Pro debut: 2005
Trained by: Carlos Colón, Sr.
Finishing move: Tilt-a-whirl DDT
Biography
- In March 2006, Colón began wrestling for the family-owned WWC promotion under the ‘Fireblaze’ persona
- On August 19, 2006, Fireblaze defeated WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Champion Alex Montalvo by DQ
- On September 9, 2006, Fireblaze defeated Alex Montalvo by DQ. As per the match stipulation, Fireblaze won the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title
- On October 28, 2006, Fireblaze defeated Alex Montalvo & Barrabas Jr in a 3-Way Match to retain the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title
- On December 17, 2006, Fireblaze & Montalvo defeated Barrabas Jr & Rico Suave. Fireblaze scored the pin to win the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title and force Suave to retire
- On February 10, 2007, Fireblaze defeated Alex Montalvo to win the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title for a third time
- On February 24, 2007, Fireblaze defeated The Voodoo Man to retain the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title
- On March 3, 2007, Fireblaze defeated Huracan Castillo to retain the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title
- On April 7, 2007, Fireblaze defeated Ash Rubinsky in a Title On A Pole Match to win his 4th WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title in just 7 months
- On April 27, 2007, Fireblaze defeated El Bronco & Huracan Castillo in a 3-Way Match to retain the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title
- On July 13, 2007, Fireblaze lost his mask in a Title vs Mask Match to El Bronco. He soon began competing as Orlando Colón
- On July 19, 2008, Colón reached the final of the tournament to crown the first WWC Universal Champion, but lost to Noriega
- In March 2009, Colón made his first tour of Japan with Zero-1
- The next month, Colón began wrestling under a mask again, as ‘La Pesadilla’
- On July 11, 2009, La Pesadilla lost his mask to Ray Gonzalez in a Hair vs Mask Match, with Felix Trinidad as special guest referee
- On September 26, 2009, Colón defeated Shane Sewell to win the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title
- In December 2009, Colón signed a WWE developmental contract and was assigned to FCW
- On February 13, 2010, Colón defeated Black Pain to retain the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title
- On March 11, 2010, Colón made his FCW debut, teaming with Incognito & Johnny Prime to defeat Derrick Bateman, Tyler Reks & Vance Archer. The following week, he would be competing as Tito Nieves
- In April 2010, Colón changed his ring name again, becoming ‘Tito Colón’
- On May 6, 2010, Team FCW (Colón, Alex Riley, Bo Rotundo, Eli Cottonwood, Hunico, Joe Hennig & Leo Kruger) defeated Team NXT (Curt Hawkins, Darren Young, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Michael Tarver, Skip Sheffield & Wade Barrett)
- In late-May, Colón became the masked ‘Dos Equis’
- On June 3, 2010, Los Aviadores (Equis & Hunico) defeated The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Titles
- In June 2010, Colón was renamed twice, first to ‘Dynamico’ and then ‘Epico’
- On June 11, 2010, Los Aviadores defeated The Colossal Connection (Donny Marlow & Brodus Clay) to retain the FCW Florida Tag Team Titles
- On July 2, 2010, Los Aviadores defeated The Handsome Man Express (Derrick Bateman & Leo Kruger) to retain the FCW Florida Tag Team Titles
- On July 8, 2010, Los Aviadores defeated Leo Kruger & Tyler Reks to retain the FCW Florida Tag Team Titles
- On July 11, 2010, Colón defeated El Sensacional Carlitos to win his sixth and final WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title
- On July 16, 2010, Los Aviadores defeated Michael McGillicutty & Kaval to regain the FCW Florida Tag Team Titles, having lost them only the day before
- On August 6, 2010, Los Aviadores defeated The Usos, The Colossal Connection & The Dudebusters (Caylen Croft & Trent Barreta) in a 4-Way Elimination Match to retain the FCW Florida Tag Team Titles
- On November 4, 2011, Epico debuted on the main Smackdown roster
- At Tribute To The Troops 2011, Primo & Epico defeated Air Boom (Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston)
- On January 15, 2012, at a house show in Oakland, CA, Primo & Epico defeated Air Boom to win the WWE Tag Team Titles
- On February 27, 2012, Primo & Epico defeated Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger and Kofi Kingston & R-Truth in a Triple Threat Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
- On the WrestleMania 28 pre-show, Primo & Epico defeated The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) and Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd in a Triple Threat Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
- At Money in the Bank ’12, Primo and Epico defeated Titus O’Neil and Darren Young



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