The Lucha Dragons

The Lucha Dragons

Kalisto (front) and Sin Cara (back), The Lucha Dragons, in March 2015.
Tag team
Members Kalisto
Sin Cara
Name(s) The Lucha Dragons
Heights Sin Cara:
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Kalisto:
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Combined
weight		 370 lb (170 kg)[1][2]
Debut July 20, 2014
Years active 2014–present
Promotions WWE
NXT

The Lucha Dragons is a Mexican-American professional wrestling tag team working for WWE consisting of current WWE United States Champion Kalisto and Sin Cara. They previously wrestled in WWE's developmental territory NXT, where they were one-time NXT Tag Team Champions. Their name is a reference to their lucha libre style of wrestling. They won the NXT Tag Team Championships after defeating then champions The Ascension on September 11, 2014, at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way.[3]

History

NXT (2014–2015)

Jorge Arias reprised his Sin Cara character towards the end of 2013. After a brief winning streak, as 2014 progressed, Sin Cara was unsuccessful in winning four battle royals: the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania XXX,[4] a battle royal for the WWE United States Championship in May,[5] a Money in the Bank qualifying battle royal in June, and a battle royal for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at Battleground.[6][7]

Meanwhile, on the July 24 episode of NXT, after failing to win the NXT Tag Team Championship from The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) with his former partner El Local at NXT TakeOver on May 29, Kalisto announced he and El Local had parted ways and revealed Sin Cara as his new partner.[8][9]

Over the next weeks, Kalisto and Sin Cara won a tournament to become the number one contenders to the NXT Tag Team Championship.[10] On September 11 at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, Kalisto and Sin Cara, now billed together as "The Lucha Dragons", defeated The Ascension to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions, their first WWE titles.[3] They successfully defended their titles in a rematch against The Ascension two weeks later on the September 25th episode of NXT, winning the match after Hideo Itami distracted The Ascension.

They then began a rivalry with The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch), which culminated in a title match at NXT TakeOver: R Evolution in which the Lucha Dragons retained. The Lucha Dragons lost the championship to Buddy Murphy and Wesley Blake on the January 15, 2015 episode of NXT. They then lost a rematch to Blake and Murphy at NXT TakeOver: Rival[11] The duo then began to appear less frequently on NXT, losing a number one contenders tag-team match to Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady on the March 11 episode.[12] During this period they also began to appear off-and-on on WWE's main roster show Main Event, winning matches against the likes of The Ascension. The Lucha Dragons made their return to NXT for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but lost to Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe in the first round. [13]

Main roster (2015–present)

The Lucha Dragons made their official main roster debut on the March 30, 2015 episode of Raw, the night after WrestleMania 31. They teamed with The New Day to defeat the team of The Ascension, Cesaro and Tyson Kidd in an 8-man tag-team match, with Kalisto scoring the pinfall. On the April 20th episode of Raw, the Lucha Dragons lost to The New Day in a number one contender's match for the WWE Tag Team Championship.[14][15] The Lucha Dragons participated in the first-ever WWE Tag Team Championship Elimination Chamber match, against The Ascension, the winners of the match The New Day, Tyson Kidd and Cesaro, Los Matadores, and Prime Time Players, and were eliminated second by The Ascension. On the July 30 episode of SmackDown, they won 8-man tag team match with Los Matadores against The Ascension and The New Day. The Lucha Dragons received another title shot in a four-way match on August 23 at SummerSlam, but again failed to capture the title. On the September 4 episode of Superstars, The Lucha Dragons teamed up with Neville to defeat Stardust and the Ascension, collectively known as Cosmic Wasteland. At Night of Champions (2015), The Lucha Dragons would once again team up with Neville, to face the Cosmic Wasteland, however they would go on to lose that match. On September 21, 2015, The Lucha Dragons and Neville would win against the Cosmic Wasteland, with Kalisto scoring the pin. Lucha Dragons teamed up with The Usos and Ryback to defeat The New Day, King Barrett and Sheamus in Survivor Series 2015 in the five on five traditional tag team match held in every Survivor Series. At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs The Lucha Dragons once again failed to win the tag team championship from The New Day in a Triple Threat Ladder Match that also involved The Usos and again lost to The New Day for the titles on the December 22 SuperSmackDown special.

After Sin Cara had been sidelined with a shoulder injury,[16] Kalisto defeated WWE United States Champion Alberto Del Rio in a non-title match with John Cena in his corner on the January 7 SmackDown.[17] Four days later on Raw, Kalisto defeated Del Rio in a rematch to win the WWE United States Championship, his first championship on the main roster and his first singles title in WWE.[18] However, he dropped the title to Del Rio on the January 14 episode of SmackDown.[19] At Royal Rumble, Kalisto reclaimed the title. Kalisto ended his feud with Alberto Del Rio when he defeated him 2-1 in a 2 out of 3 falls match at Fastlane. .[20] Kalisto defeated Ryback to defend his United States Championship at Wrestlemania 32, whereas Sin Cara competed in a 7 man ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship at the time held by Kevin Owens.

In wrestling

Kalisto performing the Salida del Sol on Viktor

Championships and accomplishments

Kalisto is a two-time and current WWE United States Champion

References

  1. 1 2 "Sin Cara's WWE bio". WWE. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Kalisto's WWE bio". WWE. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Meltzer, Dave (September 11, 2014). "WWE NXT Takeover live results: Tyson Kidd vs. Sami Zayn vs. Adrian Neville vs. Tyler Breeze". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Andre the Giant memorial battle royal". Wrestleview. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
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  15. ↑ Tylwak, Nick (March 30, 2015). "Raw: Lesnar runs wild, as does the crowd". Canoe - SLAM! Sports. Retrieved April 13, 2015. during the match fans were chanting their signature lucha chant
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  20. ↑ Caldwell, James. "1/24 WWE Royal Rumble PPV Results – CALDWELL’S Complete Live PPV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
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