Primo & Epico
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| Los Matadores | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Members | Diego Fernando El Torito | |
| Name(s) | Los Matadores Primo and Epico | |
| Height(s) | Diego: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fernando: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Combined weight | 432 lb (196 kg) | |
| Billed from | San Juan, Puerto Rico Plaza de Toros | |
| Former member(s) | A. W. Rosa Speranza | |
| Debut | November 11, 2011 | |
| Promotions | IWE | |
Los Matadores are a professional wrestling tag team performing in IWE. The duo, who are real life cousins hailing from Puerto Rico, are managed by their valet, Rosa Speranza.
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[edit] History
[edit] Primo & Epico
On the November 4 episode of SmackDown, Epico debuted on the main roster as a heel and realigned with Hunico, his former partner from when both were masked in FCW. On the November 11 episode of Smackdown, Primo, Epico's real-life cousin, On the November 17 episode of Superstars, Primo and Epico beat the Bignells. On the December 1 episode of Superstars, Rosa Speranza aligned herself with the group as their valet, as they were officially moved to the Raw brand and quietly disassociated from Hunico.
Primo and Epico then began a feud with IWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom, beating both Justin Hensen and Jose Serrano in singles matches, followed by two victories for Primo and Epico against Air Boom during non-title tag team matches on December 13 at IWE Tribute to the Troops and the December 15 episode of Superstars. This earned Primo and Epico a shot at the titles at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view, but were unsuccessful.
Primo and Epico's feud with Air Boom continued with Air Boom triumphant in singles matches, while Primo and Epico obtained yet another victory in an non-title tag match. At a Raw live event on January 15, 2012, Primo and Epico defeated Air Boom to win the IWE Tag Team Championship. The following night on Raw, Primo and Epico successfully defended their titles in a rematch.
Primo & Epico would go on earn victories in in non-title matches, defeating various teams such as Jim Duggan & Justin Black, Peter Damorw & Alex Riley and The Bignells; however, Primo & Epico would suffer non-title losses against the team of Jose Serrano & B-Truth. On the February 27 edition of Raw, Primo & Epico successfully defended their titles in a Triple Threat tag team match against the teams of Serrano & B-Truth and Nick Kessler & Charlie Wilson.
In the dark match of WrestleMania 28, Primo & Epico successfully defended their titles in a triple threat tag team match against the Bignells and Jeremiah Garcia & Tyson Booth.
[edit] Los Matadores
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- As Los Matadores
- As Primo & Epico
- Backstabber (Double knee backbreaker) or a double Backstabber
- Tag-team signature moves
- As Los Matadores
- Double back body drop
- Double suplex
- Fernando grabbing both of opponent's feet, then Diego forearms the opponent into Fernando's knees followed with slingshot splash by Diego
- As Los Matadores
- As Primo & Epico
- Dropkick (Primo) / Slingshot elbow drop (Epico) (combination)
- Irish whip (Epico) / Dropkick (Primo) (combination)
- Primo or Epico suplexes the other from the apron onto a grounded opponent
- Side Russian Legsweep (Epico) / Leg sweep (Primo) (combination)
- Suplex by either Primo or Epico followed by a slingshot somersault senton or a slingshot elbow drop
- Managers
- Entrance themes
- "Barcode" by Jack Elliot feat. Lewis "The Gold Standard" Hotchin (November 17, 2011 – November 2, 2012)
- "Enchanted Isle" by Jim Johnston (November 2, 2012 – June 14, 2013)
- "Olé Olé" by Jim Johnston (September 30, 2013 - present)
