El Generico

Infobox Wrestler
name=El Generico


image_size=167
names=El Generico

height=180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
weight=82 kg (180 lb)
birth_date =July 12, 1984
death_date =
birth_place =
resides=Montreal, Canada
billed=Tijuana, Mexico

trainer=Patty the Kid
debut=2002|

"The Generic Luchador" El Generico is a Canadian professional wrestler, with the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico. His character's catch phrase, "Olé!", is particularly made popular by the opening vocals of his theme song, "Olé!" by The Bouncing Souls. He is currently one-half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions.

Career

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

Generico prominently made his name in the Canadian-based wrestling promotion, International Wrestling Syndicate. In 2004, members of the IWS started making regular appearances in the United States, which helped him get noticed by the popular independent company Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Since then, Generico has been a PWG regular. He has held the PWG World Tag Team Championship with three different partners: with Human Tornado as 2 Skinny Black Guys, Quicksilver as Cape Fear, and, most recently, Kevin Steen.

On February 24, 2007, Generico defeated former partner Tornado to win the PWG World Championship during his title run with Cape Fear. Later that year, while Generico was still World Champion, he and Steen defeated PAC and Roderick Strong for the belts, making Generico the only man in PWG history to hold both the World and World Tag Team Titles not once, but twice at the same time.

Ring of Honor

El Generico first wrestled for Ring Of Honor in 2005, earning a spot in a Four Corner Survival match at "Do Or Die IV". He teamed with the Ring Crew Express (Dunn and Marcos) in the "Trios Tournament 2005", losing to the Rottweilers. At "Stalemate", he lost to Roderick Strong, then teaming with Sal Rinauro against the Embassy at "New Frontiers" (and losing). He only received a few more matches, losing to Austin Aries at "Fate of an Angel" and getting his first win against fellow IWS alumnus Kevin Steen at "The Homecoming" (a match that didn't even make it to the event's DVD). His final ROH match of this run would be a loss to Homicide at "Dragon Gate Invasion".

It should be noted that both Generico and Steen would stop being used as part of the promotion at around the same time. The criticism of the wrestlers was especially critical by Ring of Honor fans, who did not think of either was worthy of being on the ROH roster. However, this wouldn't be either man's final appearance in the federation.

Generico returned to ROH in late 2006, making an appearance at "Dethroned", where he was defeated by the much larger Brent Albright. Following this, he took part in (and lost) a Four Corner Survival match to Jimmy Rave at "Final Battle 2006".

In 2007, El Generico formed a permanent team with Kevin Steen, taking on the Briscoe Brothers at the "Fifth Year Festival: Philly". Much like many previous matches, the would be defeated in this encounter, but the two men had a memorable showing that eventually earned them a full-time spot on the roster. Throughout 2007, the two teams feuded with one another, having several memorable matches including (but not limited to) a great match on the "Driven" pay-per-view, ROH's second-ever. Their feud would come to an end following a brutal Street Fight at "Death Before Dishonor V: Night 1", a Steel Cage match at "Caged Rage", a 2-Out-of-3 Falls match at "Manhattan Mayhem 2", and a ladder match advertised as a "Ladder War" at "Man Up". This final match became the Main Event of ROH's third pay-per-view.

Also during this time, Generico broke out as a singles competitor, having a strong run in the Race to the Top Tournament of 2007. He defeated (in order) Delirious, Chris Hero and Davey Richards, only to lose in the final match of the tournament to Claudio Castagnoli, who won.

After the feud with the Briscoes ended, Generico and Steen spent several months feuding with the Hangmen Three in an inconclusive feud that carried on into 2008.. They also worked through the tag ranks and attempted to win the tag titles, but came up short in a tag title tournament at Up For Grabs.

Generico took ROH World champion Nigel McGuinness to the limit at Age of Insanity, but eventually tapped out to the London Dungeon.

At the ROH PPV taping on September 19, 2008, Generico and Steen finally won the tag titles by beating The Age of the Fall.

Generico is scheduled to face ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness in a rematch at Glory By Honor VII, making it possible for him to become the first double champion in ROH history.

Dragon Gate

Generico travelled to Japan in late 2007, where he competed for the Dragon Gate promotion as the gaijin (foreign) representative of the New Hazard stable. He returned to the promotion in July 2008, where he was announced as Tozawa-juku's "foreign exchange student." His presence in the unit has seen their wins increase.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves:*"Brainbustaaaaahhhhh!!!!!" (Second rope brainbuster, driving the opponent's head into the top turnbuckle):*450° splash:*Cradle DDT:*Somersault corner–to–corner missile dropkick:*"Olé Kick" (Running arched big boot to standing opponent in corner):*Multiple moonsault variations::*Corkscrew::*Split–legged::*Standing::*Springboard:*Brainbuster:*Three–quarter nelson suplex:*Double pumphandle lifted into a guillotine choke lifted and finally dropped into a vertical suplex powerbomb:*Spin–out powerbomb:*Exploder suplex:*Slingshot crossbody:*Suicide dive into a tornado DDT onto an opponent outside the ring

*Entrance themes
**"¡Olé!" by The Bouncing Souls

Championships and accomplishments

*Association de Lutte Féminine:*Sherri Memorial Cup Tournament winner (2007) – with LuFisto
*Elite Wrestling Revolution:*2004 Elite 8 Tournament winner [cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/other/2004-11.html | title=Independent Wrestling Results - November 2004 | accessdate=2008-07-05|publisher=onlineworldofwrestling.com]
*International Wrestling Syndicate:*IWS Heavyweight Championship (2 time)
*Pro Wrestling Guerrilla:*PWG World Championship (1 time) [citeweb|url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/htpwg.html|accessdate=2008-07-27|last=Westcott|first=Brian|title=PWG - PRO WRESTLING GUERRILLA PWG HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY|publisher=Solie] :*PWG World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Human Tornado (1), Quicksilver (1) and Kevin Steen (2) [ [http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttpwg.html Solie's Title Histories: PWG ] ]

*Ring of Honor
**ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) with Kevin Steen

References

External links

* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/e/el-generico.html El Generico at the Online World of Wrestling]