- Martin Casaus
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Martin Casaus 
Ring name(s) Tristan Gallo
Martin CasausBilled height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Billed weight 220 lb (100 kg; 16 st) Born March 5, 1985
West Jordan, UtahResides Saratoga Springs, Utah Trained by Steve Nielson
Derrick Jannetty
Bill DeMottDebut 2003 Martin Casaus (born March 5, 1985) is an American professional wrestler of Mexican American descent from West Jordan, Utah. He was a contestant on WWE Tough Enough.
In his career, Casaus has been a three time UCW Heavyweight Champion, seven time UCW Ultra X Champion, four time UCW Tag Team Champion,[1] and ACW Midwest Champion.
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Career
Wrestling training
Casaus first started training to become a wrestler in 2003 at the Utah-based Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero (UCW). He was trained mainly by Derrick Jannetty and Steve Nielson. Adopting the ring name "Tristan Gallo", he was placed in Stevie Slick's faction, "The Dynasty", as an arrogant heel and cronie to Slick. He made his debut in a singles match against Mochi Pedro in October 2003 at "Hallowicked". Setting up a tag team with Justin Wilde called Double Cross and beginning a feud against the masked group Los Mochis.
2004
Gallo teamed with UCW-Zero wrestler Khan Kussion to win his first wrestling title, the UCW-Zero Tag Team titles. He won them against the same Los Mochis, Mochi Paco and Mochi Damien. He lost them to the Mochis again in a rematch the next show. After Khan Kussion was fired from UCW; Tristan teamed with cousin, GQ Gallo, to win the UCW Tag Team titles a second time from the Mochis. He Won the first ever UCW Ultra X title match in a four way elimination match with Derrick Jannetty, Mochi Paco, and Nature Boy X. This began a lasting feud against Mochi Paco.
2005
Tristan Gallo had his first Heavyweight Title Match against trainer Derrick Jannetty. He was unsuccessful even with the help of CEO Stevie Slick. Tristan Gallo and GQ Gallo won back the UCW Tag Team Titles from the Mochis once more only to lose them from the team of Tyson Ferrari and JMB. Tristan Gallo wrestles in American Championship Wrestling feuding with Jaden and won the ACW Midwest title. He won match of the year when he fought Jaden and Navajo Warrior. Due to booking issues, Tristan Gallo was unable to compete in a title defense and lost the Midwest title
2006
In 2006, Tristan Gallo got his second chance to win the UCW heavyweight title against JMB. He once more fell short. Tristan set his sights back on the heavyweight title. It was now on his former trainer Derrick Jannetty. On his third attempt he won the UCW heavyweight Title at "Survival Quest" on July 28, 2006. At the rematch for the title Tristan was successful once again with the help of Stevie Slick. After his partner GQ Gallo and former partner Khan Kussion began a feud, he found a new tag team partner in Devon Payne. They won the UCW Tag Titles for Tristan's fourth time. They teamed up to form the team "Total Control" because they were holding 3 0f the 4 belts in UCW. They began a feud with Derrick Jannetty and Radical Ricky, the team called themselves "High Risk". High risk ended up winning the tag titles on "Season Beatings 5" December 2, 2006 in a 30 minute tag team iron man match. Tensions built between Devon Payne and Tristan Gallo.
2007
On January 20, 2007 Tristan Gallo faced David Young of TNA in his first title defense. Tristan Gallo was pushed into Young's spinebuster by Devon Payne and lost the Heavyweight Title.[2] The tensions in Stevie slicks Dynasty grew when at Stevie slick hit Tristan with a chair in a match vs Jean Martell. Tristan soon began getting mixed reactions from fans because of the tension between him and his colleagues, Devon Payne and Stevie Slick. Devon Payne won the UCW heavyweight match at "Ring of Rage" on February 17, 2007 against David Young. The match was a lumberjack match with only high risk as David Young's lumberjacks.
On March 24, High risk (Radical Ricky and Derrick Jannetty) teamed with former World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Marty Jannetty to take on Total Control (Tristan Gallo and Devon Payne) and Validus. The team lost to a superkick by Marty Jannetty and challenged High risk to a TLC match for the tag titles. On April 14, 2007 at "TLC Carnage" High Risk retained their tag titles when Devon Payne blatantly turned on Tristan Gallo pushing him off of a 12 foot ladder to the floor. Tristan Gallo was formally kicked out of the Dynasty when Devon Payne, Magnus, Validus, and Stevie Slick pummeled him after the match. David Young, Derrick Jannetty, and Radical Ricky made the save. Tristan was granted a title shot at Revenge with a match choice Tristan said he would have the fans choose.
On May 12, 2007 at "Revenge" Gallo faced Payne in a fan picked "no dq, no holds barred, last man standing match". Tristan with the help of Derrick Jannetty and Radical Ricky fought back every member of Stevie Slicks dynasty to win the UCW heavyweight championship back for the second time. Devon Payne was unable to get up to a 10 count from a "Perfector" from the top rope through a table. At "Summer Assault" Tristan was hit with the UCW heavyweight title y Validus and lost the belt. He was granted a rematch and won the UCW Heavyweight title for the third time by defeating Validus at "Survival Quest".
Tristan Gallo faced one of his toughest title defenses against former Wrestling Society X star Kaos was hired as a hitman by Stevie Slick to end Tristan Gallo's career. Tristan was preparing to face Devon Payne and Stevie Slick in a cage match with Commissioner Mike at "Incarceration" when Commissioner Mike passed. "Incarceration" was dedicated to the memory of Commissioner Mike. Tristan Gallo teamed with Jeff Orcut and wore a symbolic pink strip in his hair to honor his fallen friend. The team was successful e scaping the cage and sending Stevie Slick to the hospital for stitches.
2008
In 2008, Tristan Gallo has been wrestling in Las Vegas for the National Wrestling Alliance. He made his NWA "Showcase" debut on episode 6 when he was successful in pinning Brandon Gatson with the "Perfector".[3] In the summer of 2008, he was involved in a innatural force of relations with a friend of several years. Although he is not considered to be a man of any reputation, this forceable act thus enforced his ill-natured reputation as any sort of of a man. He wrestled TJ Perkins on Episode 7 of the NWA Showcase but was pinned with a 450 splash by Perkins. On March 15, Tristan Gallo teamed with Navajo Warrior to take on Misterioso and Super Parka in ACW, only to have the match thrown out due to the teams fighting their teammates.
From July 7 through the 11, Tristan was sent to Florida Championship Wrestling to train at World Wrestling Entertainment developmental for a tryout.
2011
Gallo was announced as a competitor on the revival of WWE Tough Enough which began airing on April 4, 2011. He was forced to leave due to injury close to the end of the competition.[4]
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Perfector (Spinning TKO)
- Sharpshooter
- Spear
- Signature moves
- Managers
- Stevie Slick
- Nicknames
- "The Reflection of Perfection"
- "The man men want to be and women want to be with"
- "The Halfbreed Heart Throb"
Championships and accomplishments
- Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero
- UCW-Zero Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
- UCW-Zero Tag Team Championship (3 times) with Justin Wilde (1), G.Q. Gallo (1), Devan Payne (1)
- UCW-Zero Ultra-X Championship (1 time)
- American Championship Wrestling
- ACW Midwest Championship (1 time)
- ACW Match of the Year 2005
References
External links
Categories:- 1985 births
- American professional wrestlers
- Living people
- People from West Jordan, Utah
- Participants in American reality television series
- Finishing and signature moves
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