Ricky Reyes
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| Ring name(s) | Ricky Reyes[1] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 192 lb (87 kg)[1] |
| Born | August 28, 1978 [1] Havana, Cuba[1] |
| Trained by | Antonio Inoki[1] Kevin Quinn[1] Shinya Makabe[1] Negro Casas[1] |
Ricky Reyes[1] (born August 28, 1978)[1] is a Cuban professional wrestler. Known for his appearances in Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and various other independent promotions, he is currently primarily working for the World Wrestling Council.
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[edit] Professional wrestling career
[edit] Havana Pitbulls
Reyes is one half of the Havana Pitbulls with Rocky Romero. At Ring of Honor (ROH)'s Reborn: Stage One, the Havana Pitbulls made their ROH debut against then tag champions The Briscoe Brothers in a non title match, which they lost. They later joined Homicide's alliance, The Rottweilers. The group also featured Julius Smokes, who would manage Reyes along with the rest of the members.
Reyes and Romero wrestled for the ROH Tag Team Championship at Testing The Limit against the champions CM Punk and Colt Cabana. They won the match and became the new champions.[2] They eventually lost the title to Maff and Whitmer.[2]
Reyes took part in the Trios Tournament in 2005 with partners Romero and Homicide. They won the tournament defeating Generation Next in the final match. The three winners of this tournament got to choose any match they wanted. While Homicide and Romero went after the World Title, Reyes wanted a tag title shot against Tony Mamaluke and Sal Rinauro. He picked Homicide as his partner, but they did not win.
In late 2005, Reyes began fighting students from the ROH Wrestling School. They were no challenge for him, and he defeated them all quickly. He claimed that no one could escape his Dragon Sleeper. These actions angered then head trainer Austin Aries of Generation Next.
At Hell Freezes Over, Austin Aries of Generation Next challenged Reyes to a match. After Aries pinned Reyes, Reyes would not release a sleeper hold and Roderick Strong, a fellow Generation Next member, came out to break things up. A return match was held at Best in the World. The feud came to an end at the 100th Show when Aries and Strong defeated Reyes and Homicide to retain the tag title.
[edit] Independent circuit
On September 9, 2006, Reyes debuted in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and joined The Blackout by helping Eddie Kingston win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship. Reyes left CZW on October 21, 2006 to join Pro Wrestling Unplugged, teaming with Joker at the Pitbull/Public Enemy Tag Team Memorial Cup.
Currently he is working in Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council (WWC). He has been having a feud with "Los Aerios".[3] He won the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship winning an X match against Hiram Tua, Tommy Diablo, Carlitos, Johnny Styles and Angel. He lost the title to Angel on April 18, 2009.
In Spring of 2010, Ricky Reyes became the head trainer of Victory Pro Wrestling's wrestling school[4], as well as, an active member of the roster. He soon formed a group with students of VPW, calling themselves "Conflux"; citing "You're either Conflux or you ***k suck."
In 2011, it was revealed that Reyes would take part in a new hiphop/pro wrestling collaboration, the Urban Wrestling Federation, with taping of the first event "First Blood" taking place on June 3.[5]
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Avalanche Brainbuster (Scoop brainbuster)
- Dragon sleeper with bodyscissors
- Signature moves
- Nicknames
- "The Havana Pitbull"
- "The Cuban Crippler"
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- 3KWrestling Fighting Athletes
- 3KWrestling Openweight Championship (1 time, current)[1]
- Shinya Hashimoto Memorial Tournament (2008)
- Blackball'd Wrestling Organization
- BWO Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Funkdafied Wrestling Federation
- FWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Gunn
- International Wrestling Cartel
- IWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
- National Championship Wrestling
- NCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Unplugged
- PWU Tag Team Championship (1 time)[1] – with Joker
- Ring of Honor
- ROH Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rocky Romero[2]
- Trios Tournament (2005) – with Rocky Romero and Homicide
- SoCal Uncensored
- Tag Team of the Year (2001) with Rocky Romero[8]
- Ultimate Pro Wrestling
- Victory Pro Wrestling
- VPW New York State Champion (1 time)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Ricky Reyes". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/ricky-reyes.html. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ a b c "Ring Of Honor Tag Team Championship". Ring of Honor. http://www.rohwrestling.com/rohworldtagteamtitles.php. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ^ http://www.superestrellaswwc.com/2007/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=175
- ^ http://www.victoryprowrestling.com/wrestling-school/
- ^ Martin, Adam (2011-05-06). "UWF roster update and hip hop stars involved". WrestleView. http://vip.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1304727945. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - September 2003". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/other/2003-09.html. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ Editors, PWI (August 2009). PWI 500. http://www.pwi-online.com.
- ^ "SoCal Uncensored Awards 2001". SoCal Uncensored. Archived from the original on 2005-02-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20050213053904/http://www.socaluncensored.com/titles/awards/scu01.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
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