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El Ligero (Simon Musk) is a professional wrestler based in the United Kingdom. He has been regarded as one of the top wrestlers currently wrestling in Europe |
El Ligero (Simon Musk{{fact}}) is a professional wrestler based in the United Kingdom. He has been regarded as one of the top wrestlers currently wrestling in Europe. |
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==Professional wrestling career== |
==Professional wrestling career== |
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El Ligero |
El Ligero has been a professional wrestler since 2001. He has wrestled in the [[United States|USA]], [[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. |
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Some of the more prominent companies he has worked for include: Pro Wrestling Noah (on their 2008 UK tour), 1PW, Grand Pro Wrestling, All-Star Wrestling, FWA, 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. |
Some of the more prominent companies he has worked for include: Pro Wrestling Noah (on their 2008 UK tour), 1PW, Grand Pro Wrestling, All-Star Wrestling, FWA, 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. |
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He used to wrestle as one half of the tag team '''Hubba-Bubba Lucha''' alongside [[Phil Blitz|Bubblegum]] until his retirement from pro wrestling. |
He used to wrestle as one half of the tag team '''Hubba-Bubba Lucha''' alongside [[Phil Blitz|Bubblegum]] until his retirement from pro wrestling. |
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In the [[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]], El Ligero |
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. |
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He was a former referee for Revolution British Wrestling. |
He was a former referee for Revolution British Wrestling. |
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In his spare time he can be found apple bobbing, pushing stuck cars out the mud, digging & clay pit diving. |
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At a recent wrestling event he caused controversy by obtaining the phone number of a fan's girlfriend and texting her "sexy" messages. |
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===Pro Wrestling Noah=== |
===Pro Wrestling Noah=== |
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On June 21, 2008, El Ligero |
On June 21, 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. The match was voted UK Match Of The Year 2008 by renowned British forum, the UKFF, and received rave reviews in publications such as Fighting Spirit Magazine. |
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==In wrestling== |
==In wrestling== |
Revision as of 10:36, 20 October 2010
El Ligero (Simon Musk[citation needed]) is a professional wrestler based in the United Kingdom. He has been regarded as one of the top wrestlers currently wrestling in Europe.
Professional wrestling career
El Ligero has been a professional wrestler since 2001. He has wrestled in the USA, 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.
Some of the more prominent companies he has worked for include: Pro Wrestling Noah (on their 2008 UK tour), 1PW, Grand Pro Wrestling, All-Star Wrestling, FWA, 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, Little Guido/Nunzio, Doug Basham, Jimmy Rave, Doug Williams, El Generico, Delirious, Martin Stone, Tracy Smothers, Jonny Storm, Jody Fleisch, Nathan Cruz and many many more, including the best the UK has to offer. He has also teamed with Nova (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.
Pro Wrestling Noah
On June 21, 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. The match was voted UK Match Of The Year 2008 by renowned British forum, the UKFF, and received rave reviews in publications such as Fighting Spirit Magazine.
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
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
- 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
Notes
- ^ "Anglian Championship Wrestling Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ "1-Pro Wrestling 2007 Results". 1pwonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- ^ "X Wrestling Alliance Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 2008-07-11.