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Gilbert Cosme Puerto Rico
Born (1975-05-25) May 25, 1975 (age 49)
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Asesor Cibernetica
Judas Mesias
El Mesias
Muerte Cibernetica
Ricky Banderas
Billed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight[undue weight? – discuss]
Billed fromThe Depths of Hell (as Judas Mesias)
Bayamón, Puerto Rico (as Ricky Banderas)
Debut1997

Ricky Banderas (born Gilbert Cosme on May 25, 1975) is a Puerto Rican wrestler who is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Judas Mesias, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración as El Mesias, and who was best known to be on the Wrestling Society X promotion, where he was the second and final WSX Champion.

Career

International Wrestling Association (1999-2006)

Cosme debuted in the International Wrestling Association in 1999. He was given the gimmick of "El Patriota" Ricky Banderas, a name that, according to Cosme, was created by fusing the artistic names of Latin musician Ricky Martín and actor Antonio Banderas.[1] Following a period of teaming with Los Boricuas, his character was teamed with Germán Figueroa under the gimmick of Gran Apolo and formed a tag team dubbed La Nueva Generacion, which won the IWA Tag Team Championship three times. On August 21, 2000, in a show in Levttown, Puerto Rico, Cosme's character turned on Gran Apolo. Following this, he joined the company's dominant heel stable, Los Intocables, along with Miguel Pérez and Jesús Castillo.

After the stable's dissolution, Cosme's character became darker, was renamed "El Mesias" Ricky Banderas, and was teamed up with Shane Sewell in a stable known as Los Hermanos en Dolor. He won the IWA heavyweight title for a third time on June 15, 2002, and remained champion until Ramón Gonzalez debuted with the company under the gimmick of "Rey Fenix", in a match that he describes as the best match he has wrestled to date.[2][3]

Cosme's gimmick underwent another change when it joined then-dominant heel stable "La Compania" lead by Savio Vega. This was followed by his fourth title run after he defeated Gran Apolo on January 6, 2003.[4] He was booked as a heel until October 9, 2003 when Vega's group turned on him. Following this, he feuded with Chris Kindred under his "Slash Venom" gimmick, which peaked when Ian Richard Hodgkinson was brought by the company to form a stable which feuded with Gran Apolo and Venom.

In 2004, he feuded with Hangman Hughes, Kasey James, El Diamante, and Bison Smith. In 2005, he turned heel again, this time leading a stable known as La Cruz del Diablo which feuded with other groups led by Savio Vega and Ray Gonzales.

Following an angle where he feuded over a number-one contender spot, Cosme departed from the company and signed a contract to wrestle in Mexico.

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (2006-Present)

Following the culmination of his contract with the International Wrestling Association, Cosme signed a contract with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. Where he debuted on March 12, 2006 as “Muerte Cibernetica” a heel enforcer supposedly brought to the company by Octavio López Arriola under his “Cibernetico” gimmick to feud with “La Parka”. This gimmick consisted of Cosme wearing a traditional Mexican wrestling mask, often a modified version of the one used by “La Parka”. This character was placed in a feud with “La Parka”, which lasted several months. This angle came to a conclusion at Triplemania XIV, where Cosme’s character was booked to lose a Mask vs. Mask match.[5]

Following a legitimate injury suffered by López, Cosme’s gimmick was slightly changed, being renamed “Asesor Cibernetica,” and entered an angle where he would pursue the leadership of Cibernetico’s stable, which then went by the name of La Secta Cibernetica. The character would be booked to be the leader of the stable after supposedly convincing several members of the group. The events of the angle were used to hype an eventual feud between López and Cosme’s characters that took place in January 2007. In the angle, “Asesor Cibernetica” would win the first encounter between the two with help of his stable. The angle culminated in a Casket Match between the two characters. Cibernetico was booked to win the match and subsequently “kill” his opponent by throwing him into the ocean.[6] This was used to explain Cosme’s absence when he departed from the company to wrestle in the International Wrestling Association.

Following a month of performing in Puerto Rico, Cosme returned to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in an annual event entitled Rey de Reyes under a new gimmick by the name of Mesias. And from then on he started to get a bigger push as main event Heel feuding with Cibernetico, and his stable "Hell brothers". During the feud Cosme was both leader of "La secta" and member of "La legion extranjera" The feud apparently was going to end in Triplemania XV where the Hell brothers (Cibernetico, Charly Manson, Chesman) had hair vs hair match, against Ricky Banderas, Sean Waltman, and Kenzo Susuki, in a match called "Domo de la muerte" something like a version of the extreme elimination chamber. The feud is still going and Cosme has taken both the IWC heavyweight championship from Cibernetico and the GPCW SUPER-X Monster Title from "La Parka".[7] As Mesias he became the first wrestler to win the AAA World Heavyweight Championship in AAA's pay-per-view event Verano de Escandalo after defeating Chessman by disqualification.[8]

Wrestling Society X (2006)

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Banderas sets Vampiro's face on fire

Cosme participated as "Banderas" in the Wrestling Society X television series (taped in Los Angeles, CA), with the gimmick of a disgruntled and Kayfabe disfigured man pursuing a feud with "Vampiro". The feud commenced after "Banderas" threw a fireball at Vampiro's face, which resulted in MTV pulling the episode from its original airdate, with concerns that viewers would try it at home. The episode later aired in edited form on February 27, 2007.[9]

The pursuit of Vampiro was explained in the following episode in a promo where Banderas claimed that Vampiro rigged a casket with explosives during a match, with the explosion resulting in the damage done to his face. On the 8th episode (which was taped on November 15, 2006) of the series, Banderas won the WSX Championship in his debut match for the promotion. Beforehand, he was involved in a series of brawls with Youth Suicide (who is believed to be an ally of Vampiro), as well as an allusion to a partnership with 6-Pac.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007-Present)

As noted on the "TNA Mobile" service, Cosme had signed a contract with TNA Wrestling. Cosme was billed as James Mitchell's (kayfabe) son. Beginning on July 1, 2007, vignettes began to air for this "monster-like" character. His name would eventually be billed as Judas Mesias.[10] At No Surrender, he pulled Abyss under the ring by cutting a hole through it, with a knife, and pulling him underneath.[11] On the September 13, 2007 edition of iMPACT, during a submission match between Abyss and Kurt Angle in the Six Sides of Steel, Cosme made his official debut, climbing up from underneath the ring and viciously attacked Abyss.[12] On the September 20, 2007 edition of iMPACT, Cosme defeated Eric Young in his debut match in TNA.[13] Later in the same show, he was seen choking Sting with a rope tied in a noose.

On September 21, 2007 it was reported that Cosme was suffering from sciatica and that the condition's treatment required several weeks of rest, followed by physical therapy to recover. This injury was the result of a fall from a ladder at a titular match at AAA's Verano de Escandalo pay per view, which also knocked him out.

In wrestling

  • Finishing and signature moves
  • Managers

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ "IWA: Entrevista a Ricky Banderas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-05-06.
  2. ^ "LLO NEWS #21: La lucha del milenio". Lucha Libre Online. 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  3. ^ "IWA:Ricky Banderas contesta sus preguntas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-06-07.
  4. ^ Michael Langan II. "IWA Total Impact TV report". Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  5. ^ "MEXICO: La Parka vence a Banderas en TripleManía". Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  6. ^ "AAA Guerra de Titanes report". Retrieved 2007-06-07.
  7. ^ "El Mesías, nuevo Campeón Completo IWC" (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-09-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Verano de Escandalo" (in Spanish). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  9. ^ "WSX pulled from MTV, future in question". Retrieved 2007-06-07.
  10. ^ "TNA: Nueva promo de la llegada de Banderas". Retrieved 2007-07-23.
  11. ^ Bill Banks (2007-09-09). "Official results from Sunday's No Surrender PPV". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-09-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Bill Banks (2007-09-13). "Angle vs. Sting announced for Bound for Glory, Judas Mesias debuts, TNA's women division and more". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-09-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Mike Kerrigan (2007-09-20). "Official "iMPACT!" results from thurdsay, September 20, 2007". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-09-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ Kris Zellner (2007-08-20). "Lucha Report for 8/20". Gerweck.com. Retrieved 2007-08-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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