El Ligero
| El Ligero | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | El Ligero The Mexican Dragon The Mexican Sensation |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 167 lb (76 kg) |
| Born | 7 January 1985 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
| Resides | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
| Billed from | Los Sanchos, Mexico |
| Debut | 2001 |
Simon Musk (born 7 January 1985) is a British professional wrestler better known by his ring name El Ligero. He has been regarded as one of the top wrestlers currently wrestling in Europe. El Ligero is the current UKFF Number 1 ranked wrestler in the UK.
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[edit] Professional wrestling career
El Ligero has been a professional wrestler since 2001. He has wrestled in the United States, Italy, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium and many times in the UK, for over 100 different wrestling companies. He has also worked as a referee for Revolution British Wrestling, a ring announcer for Real Deal Wrestling, as well as a commentator for several other promotions in 2008 when he was out of action for nine months due to a serious shoulder injury.
Some of the more prominent companies he has worked for include: Pro Wrestling Noah (on their 2008 UK tour), 1PW, Grand Pro Wrestling, New Generation Wrestling, All Star Wrestling, Frontier Wrestling Alliance, WAW, IPW:UK, IWW (Ireland), NWA Wildside (USA), EWF (Italy), EWE (Spain), PBW (Scotland), 2FC (France), DCW (Holland), XWA, 3CW and over 75 other companies.
He has wrestled the likes of Ultimo Dragon, Nunzio, Doug Basham, Jimmy Rave, Doug Williams, El Generico, Delirious, Martin Stone, Tracy Smothers, Jonny Storm, Jody Fleisch, The Great Naga and many more, including the best the UK has to offer. He has also teamed with Simon Dean and The Sandman
He used to wrestle as one half of the tag team Hubba-Bubba Lucha alongside Bubblegum until his retirement from pro wrestling.
In the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, El Ligero has become a central part of the flyweight division and is among the contenders to win the ongoing Flyweight Title Round Robin Tournament. Since August 2009 he has been engaged in a bitter feud with Ross Jordan (aka RJ Singh), who dramatically sawed the horns off his mask during a memorable in-ring segment at "Hotwired" in November of that year.
He was a former referee for Revolution British Wrestling.
On 27 May 2011, El Ligero beat Martin Kirby to become the first ever North East Wrestling Society Brtish Heavyweight Champion.
[edit] Preston City Wrestling
On 26 August 2011, El Ligero wrestled on the inaugural card for PCW - Preston City Wrestling. He returned to the group on 28 October to take on Noam Dar in a submission match.
El Ligero next appeared for PCW on 3 December in a show starring Desmond Wolfe. In Ligeros match, he competed against Kris Travis, Martin Kirby, CJ Banks, Joey Hayes and Bubblegum with the winner getting a title shot any time in the next 12 months.
El Ligero will next be at PCW on March 3rd, taking part in a Cruiserweight 4-way against CJ Banks, Joey Hayes and Combat Zone Wrestlings Joanathan Gresham
[edit] Pro Wrestling Noah
On 21 June 2008, El Ligero took part in an exclusive British six-man tag team match, on the pre-show of Pro Wrestling Noah's UK event at the Coventry Skydome. The team of Hubba-Bubba Lucha (El Ligero and Bubblegum) along with Luke "Dragon" Phoenix defeated Zack Sabre Jr, Dave Moralez and Mark Haskins.
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- El Booto (Diving big boot)
- Mexican Splash (Diving splash)
- Mexican Wave (Springboard back flip three–quarter facelock diving inverted DDT)
- C4L (Springboard tornado DDT)
- Signature moves
- Air Carumba (Somersault plancha)
- El Booto Dos (Running low–angle dropkick to an opponent trapped in the tree of woe)
- High–angle senton bomb
- Sunset flip powerbomb
- Flips and spots and other non-sensical stuff.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- 3 Count Wrestling
- 3CW Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current)
- Anglian Championship Wrestling
- ACW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
- British Hybrid Wrestling
- BHW Championship (1 time)
- British Real Attitude Wrestling League
- BRAWL Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- Gerry Norton Promotions
- GNP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cameron Kraze
- North East Wrestling Society
- NEWS British Heavyweight Championship (2 Times, current)
- Northern Wrestling League
- NWL Elite Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bubblegum
- Norton British Wrestling
- NBW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- One Pro Wrestling
- 1PW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bubblegum[2]
- Power Trip Wrestling
- PTW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Real Deal Wrestling
- RDW European Championship (1 time, current)
- RDW Lightweight Championship (1 time, current)
- RDW Lincolnshire Regional Championship (1 time)
- RDW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Martin Kirby
- Blitz League (2008)
- Money in the Bank (2008)
- SAS Wrestling
- SAS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bubblegum
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Anglian Championship Wrestling Title Histories". titlehistories.com. http://www.titlehistories.com/Anglain_Championship_Wrestling.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ "1-Pro Wrestling 2007 Results". 1pwonline.co.uk. http://www.1pwonline.co.uk/results.php?year=2007. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- ^ "X Wrestling Alliance Title Histories". titlehistories.com. http://www.titlehistories.com/X_Wrestling_Alliance.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
