Ray Rosas
Ray Rosas | |
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Born | June 14, 1986 |
Residence | Los Angeles, California |
Website | www.rayrosas.com[1] |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Ray Rosas The Santino Kid Ray Rose El Galan Black Tiger VIII |
Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Billed weight | 169 lb (77 kg) |
Billed from |
Phoenix, Arizona San Luis Potosi, Mexico - as Black Tiger VIII |
Trained by | Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy[2] |
Debut | April 4, 2009 |
Ray Rosas is a Mexican-American professional wrestler, who is currently working for several independent wrestling promotions but is best known for his work with Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. He was trained at Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy and was the final EWF Cruiserweight Champion[3]
Professional Wrestling Career
Empire Wrestling Federation (2010-Present)
Singles Compitition (2010-2013)
Rosas made his Pro Wrestling debut in the Empire Wrestling Federation Where he was defeated by Orion.[4] On 13 June 2010, Rosas win his first Pro Wrestling Championship When he defeated Brandon Parker to Win the EWF Cruiserweight Championship.[5] On 23 July 2010, Rosas defeated Peter Avalon to retain the EWF Cruiserweight Championship.[6] On 13 March 2011, Ray Rosas lost the EWF Cruiserweight Title to Eddie Matson.[7] On 10 June 2011, Rosas was defeated by Little Friar.[8] On 6 July 2012, Rosas was defeated by Johny Paradise.[9]
PPRay (2013-Present)
On 1 November 2013, Rosas teamed with Peter Avalon Under the team Name PPRay Where they Unsuccessfully Challenged the EWF Tag Team Championship from The Von Dooms (Cyanide & The Vintage Dragon).[10] On 7 February 2014, Rosas and Avalon defeated B-Boy & Mondo Vega.[11]
Championship Wrestling From Hollywood (2010-Present)
Slump card status (2010-2013)
On 25 August 2010, Rosas made his Championship Wrestling From Hollywood Where he was defeated by Joey Kaos.[12] On 8 December 2010, Rosas was defeated by Famous B.[13] On 12 February 2011, Rosas was defeated by Ryan Taylor.[14] On 6 November 2011, Rosas defeated Ryan Taylor.[15] On 12 February 2012, Rosas was defeated by Terex in a Steel Cage Match.[16]
PPRay & Tag Team Championship (2013-Present)
On 21 July 2013, PPRay defeated Los Bandidos (Rico Dynamite & Tito Escondido) to win the CWFH Heritage tag team Championship.[17] On 26 January 2014, PPRay defeated The Revolution to retain the CWFH Heritage Tag Team Championship.[18]
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2011-2014)
On 22 October 2011, Rosas made his PWG debut Where he teamed with Peter Avalon & Freddy Bravo and were defeated by Candice LeRae, Chris Kadillak & Famous B.[19] On 10 December 2011, Rosas returned to PWG where he teamed with Peter Avalon & The Dynasty (Joey Ryan & Scorpio Sky Where they defeated B-Boy, Candice LeRae, Chris Kadillak & Famous B in 8 Man tag team Elimination Match.[20] On 17 March 2012, Rosas wrestled his first singles match for the promotion where he was defeated by Brian Cage.[21] On 19 October 2013, Rosas and Avalon defeated B-Boy & Willie Mack.[22] On 31 January 2014, Rosas paeticipated in DDT4 2014 with Peter Avalon where they were defeated by Unbreakable F'N Machines (Brian Cage & Michael Elgin.[23]
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- As Ray Rosas
- Rosas R Red (Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb)
- Bearded Wizard (Shining Wizard)
- As Black Tiger VIII
- Black Tiger Bomb (Sitout crucifix powerbomb)
- Kneeling belly to belly piledriver
- Tiger suplex
- As Black Tiger VIII
- Signature moves
- Double knee facebreaker
- STO backbreaker followed by a:
- Rosas Combo (Quick combination of shoot kicks to the legs and chest followed by a jumping rolling sole butt)
- Hesitation Dropkick (Running delayed low-angle dropkick)
- Diving crossbody
- Nicknames
- "Captain Fanny Pack
- "El Galán"
- "Romantic"
- "La Una Rosa Perfecta"
- "The Leader of the Groove Nation"
Championships and accomplishments
- Alternative Wrestling Show
- AWS Tag Team Championship (2 time) - with Peter Avalon[24]
- Race for the Ring Tag Team Tournament (2015) - with Peter Avalon.[25]
- BattleGround Pro Wrestling
- BPW Ring Warrior Championship (1 time)
- BPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Lucha Machine
- Championship Wrestling From Hollywood
- CWFH Heritage Tag Team Championship (3 time) - with Peter Avalon
- Empire Wrestling Federation
- EWF Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- Rookie of the Year (2010)
- Match of the Year (2010) vs. Jeremy Jaeger in TLC Match at Jingle Slam
- Insane Wrestling League
- IWL Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[26]
- IWL Anarchy Championship (1 time)
- New Wave Pro Wrestling
- NWPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Lucha Machine
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #385 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2013
- PWI ranked him #356 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2015
- Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy
- Santino Bros. Wrestling Championship (1 time)
- Student of the Year (2010)
- SoCal Uncensored
External links
References
- ↑ http://www.rayrosas.com
- ↑ http://www.santinobros.net
- ↑ http://www.empirewrestlingfederation.com/Superstars/Champs/EWFCruiser.htm
- ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=47115
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- ↑ http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=100290
- ↑ "2012 SoCal Year End Awards". SoCal Uncensored. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ "2013 SoCal Year End Awards". SoCal Uncensored. 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2015-08-07.