Epico and Hunico

Epico and Hunico
Tag team
Members	Epico Hunico
Name(s)	Epico and Hunico Los Aviadores
Combined weight	413 lb (187 kg)
Debut	March 11, 2010
Years active	2010-2010
Promotions	FCW WWE

Epico and Hunico are two professional wrestlers currently signed to WWE, who have formed a tag team in FCW and briefly teamed on WWE SmackDown.

History

World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE

Florida Championship Wrestling (2010–2011)

Colón debuted on March 11, 2010, teaming with Johnny Prime and Incognito and being booked to defeat Tyler Reks, Derrick Bateman and Vance Archer. The promotion's creative team gave him a new ring name "Tito Nieves", which was quickly changed to "Tito Colon". Subsequently, his character was revamped as a masked wrestler called "Dos Equis" (After the Dos Equis beer), while Incognito was renamed Hunico and their team was named Los Aviadores (Spanish for "The Aviators") On June 3, 2010 Los Aviadores defeated the Uso Brothers to win the Florida Tag Team Championship.^[1] Shortly after, Colon's character was renamed again, now being known as "Dynamico" and then "Epico". On July 15 Los Aviadores lost the tag team titles to Kaval and Michael McGillicutty,^[2] but regained the titles the following day in a rematch.^[3] On August 12, 2010, Epico and Hunico lost the tag team championship to Johnny Curtis and Derrick Bateman in a three-way match, also involving the team of Donny Marlow and Brodus Clay.^[4] Following this, his gimmick was changed back to Tito Colon. In mid-2011, he joined a stable known as The Ascension or La Ascención led by Ricardo Rodriguez, which also consists of Conor O'Brian, Kenneth Cameron, and Raquel Diaz.

Teaming on SmackDown (2011)

On the November 4 episode of SmackDown, Colón made his debut on the main roster as a heel, under the Epico name but without the mask, losing to Sin Cara by disqualification after interference by Hunico, who Sin Cara had recently unmasked.^[5] The following week, Epico and Hunico teamed up in a winning effort against the Usos, with Epico's cousin Primo in Los Aviadores' corner.^[6] Epico then began teaming with Primo, with Rosa Mendes as their manager.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Epico
    • Backstabber (Double knee backbreaker)^[7] — WWE; adopted from his cousin Primo
  • Hunico
    • Backbreaker rack lifted and spun into a Samoan drop,^[8][9] sometimes from the top rope^[10] – WWE; used as a signature move in FCW
    • Falling Star^[11] (High-angle senton bomb)^[12][13] – WWE
    • Hunico Special^[14] (Leglock)^[12] – FCW

Championships and accomplishments

• Florida Championship Wrestling
  • FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (2 times)^[1][3]

References

1. William, Beltrán (June 4, 2010). "Nuevos Campeones en parejas de FCW: Los Aviadores enmascarados, Hunico y Orlando Colón" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
2. Caldwell, James (2010-07-15). "WWE News: NXT Rookies win FCW tag titles at tonight's FCW TV taping". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
3. Beltrán, William (July 18, 2010). "l y Michael McGillicutty pierden los títulos – Los Aviadores siguen siendo los campeones en parejas de FCW" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
4. "August 12, 2010: Breaking news from FCW's latest TV Tapings". Florida Championship Wrestling. 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
5. Parks, Greg (2011-11-04). "Parks' WWE SmackDown report 11/4: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of the show, including Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes in a Street Fight". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
6. Tedesco, Mike. "Smackdown Results - 11/11/11". Wrestleview. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
8. Elusive, Marc (2011-12-15). "411's WWE Superstars Report 12.15.11". 411mania. Retrieved 2011-12-24. Hunico counters with the Argentine Samoan drop
9. Cupach, Mike (2011-11-19). "Cupach's WWE SmackDown report 11/18: Alt. perspective review of final WWE TV before Survivor Series, Mike's Reax to #overallshow". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
11. Namako, Jason (2011-12-16). "Superstars Results - 12/15/11". Wrestleview. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
12. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 - 2008: Pro Wrestling Illustrated". Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, USA: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC. p. 113. October 2008.
13. Tedesco, Mike (2011-11-26). "Smackdown Results - 11/25/11". Wrestleview. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
14. "Hunico". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-12-31.