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This article is about the original Psicosis. For The second wrestler to use the name, see Psicosis II.
Psicosis
Born (1971-05-19) May 19, 1971 (age 53)
Tijuana, Baja California , Mexico
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Psicosis[1]
Psychosis
El Salvaje
Nicho El Millonario[1]
Nicho
Psicosis the Millonaire
El Jet de Tijuana
El Millonario de Tijuana
Nicho El Millonario
Billed height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Billed weight91 kg (201 lb)[1]
Billed fromMexico City, Mexico
Trained byRey Misterio, Sr.[1]
DebutMarch 11, 1989

Dionicio Castellanos Torres[1] (born May 19, 1971) is a Mexican professional wrestler best known by the stage names Psychosis or Psicosis. He currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración under the ring name Nicho el Millonario. He has performed for World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and Xtreme Pro Wrestling as well as a variety of Mexican and American independent promotions. He was the shortest reigning WCW Cruiserweight Champion with a reign that lasted less than an hour. While he is best known as Psicosis he currently wrestles as Nicho el Millonario, as a New Psicosis took over the name.

Professional wrestling career

Castellanos debuted as "El Salvaje", after being trained by Rey Misterio, Sr. and his brother, Fobia. He often teamed with Fobia and wore face paint. He would begin wrestling as "Psicosis" for the local promotion in his native Baja California in March 1989, where some of his biggest feuds were with El Hijo del Santo and Rey Mysterio, Jr. (he would eventually wrestle Mysterio Jr. over 500 times throughout this career, according to Joey Styles at ECW One Night Stand 2005). He also frequently feuded with La Parka (although he would team with him later in WCW), Juventud Guerrera, and (Juvi's father) Fuerza Guerrera.

Psicosis first made a name for himself in the United States through the pay-per-view broadcast, When Worlds Collide, where he, Fuerza Guerrera, and Madonna's Boyfriend picked up a victory over the team of Heavy Metal, Latin Lover, and Rey Mysterio, Jr. He would also go on to work three acclaimed matches with Mysterio Jr. in Extreme Championship Wrestling throughout November 1995.

World Championship Wrestling

He signed with World Championship Wrestling in 1996, altering his name to "Psychosis".[1] His Nitro debut was on July 8, 1996 against Eddie Guerrero during WCW's tour of Disney MGM Studios. Through the early years, Psychosis would typically face other luchadores, frequently getting a spot during pay-per-view events.[1] He engaged in a feud with Último Dragón, first working as the fan favorite.[1] He was later signed by Dragon's former manager Sonny Onoo, turning into a villain in the process.[1] During the entire length of the feud he was unable to defeat the Dragon. He began teaming with La Parka under Onoo's tutelage. After Onoo dropped them in favor of Yuji Nagata, the team began to break up, with La Parka attacking Psychosis after the matches. He beat La Parka at Spring Stampede on April 19, 1998.[2]

In 1998, Psychosis joined Eddy Guerrero's Latino World Order (LWO).[1] The group, made up entirely of Mexican wrestlers, would be disbanded by Ric Flair on the January 11 edition of WCW Monday Nitro. During the April 19 edition of Nitro, Psychosis defeated Blitzkrieg, Juventud Guerrera, and Rey Mysterio in a 4-way bout to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship for the first time.[3] This reign would be short-lived, however, as he would lose it to Rey Mysterio one week later.[3]

Psychosis originally lost his mask to Rey Misterio, Sr. during a tour of Mexico, as he removed the mask and handed it to Mysterio Jr. while simultaneously covering his face with a towel. He would later go on to lose his mask to Billy Kidman on September 27 during an episode of Nitro. On occasion, he was also paired with Juventud Guerrera and when Guerrera won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title, Juventud was injured (in reality, Guerrera and Jerry Flynn were arrested for DUI) and the title was defended by Psychosis, who lost it to Jushin Liger (the previous champion); neither Juventud Guerrera's title win nor Psicosis' title defense are recognized by New Japan Pro Wrestling until 2007.

Psychosis had a second Cruiserweight Title reign in WCW shortly after unmasking, when the previous champion Lenny Lane (who portrayed a flamboyant homosexual on television) got WCW in hot water with GLAAD. As a result, Lane was pulled from television and Psychosis was given the belt to defend.[3] The WCW announcers claimed that he had won it at a house show. He would go on to lose it to Disco Inferno on an episode of Nitro, the same one where he first appeared with the title.[3] This earned him the dubious distinction of having lost two titles he never won.

Other promotions

Psychosis was released from WCW in the Spring of 2000, which resulted in a brief return to Extreme Championship Wrestling that spanned July-November 2000. The highlight of his second run was a match with Yoshihiro Tajiri at the ECW Arena, as well as an appearance at the Heat Wave pay-per-view, competing in a five-way dance against Yoshihiro Tajiri, Mikey Whipwreck, Tony Mamaluke, and Little Guido.[4] He was also a part of the short-lived X Wrestling Federation and World Wrestling All-Stars promotions, and had a brief stint in All Japan Pro Wrestling.[1] Psicosis had a lengthy run in Xtreme Pro Wrestling, aligning himself with Konnan, Juventud Guerrera, Halloween, and Damien as "La Familia".

Psychosis also wrestled in the early days of the NWA-TNA weekly pay-per-views.[1] He also participate in the NWA Wrestling Showcase shows.[5]

Psychosis had a dispute with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in Mexico which held the rights to his ring name, so he switched it to "Nicho El Millonario" and continued to work in Mexico, mostly in Tijuana with occasional dates in the United States and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Psicosis made a few appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and wrestled at Victory Road 2004 as part of the 20 man international invitational, he was eliminated and the Tournament went on to be won by fellow luchadore and former lWo member Héctor Garza.[6]

In 2005, he returned to AAA to feud with a wrestler (that had previously worn the Leon Negro mask) who assumed the name "Psicosis" in September 1997 when he originally left the promotion. The two had a "name vs. name" ladder match at Triplemania XIII, but Histeria ran in and took the name for himself so the feud evolved into a three way feud.

World Wrestling Entertainment

Main article: The Mexicools

In 2005, Castellanos signed a contract with WWE. He appeared at the WWE-promoted ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view on June 12, losing to Rey Mysterio. His first WWE television appearance was on the June 18 airing of WWE Velocity, teaming with Super Crazy to defeat Akio and Billy Kidman.

Psicosis, Super Crazy, and Juventud would group together to form a faction known as The Mexicools. The group made their debut as heels on June 23 when all three members rode to the ring on a John Deere lawn mower, with the sticker saying Juan Deere to be more Mexican, wearing matching coveralls and attacked both Chavo Guerrero and Paul London during their WWE Cruiserweight Championship match.[7][8]

Juventud cut a promo questioning the lack of "true Mexican Luchadores" in the cruiserweight division, before going on to deride the current state of Mexican Americans in general. Psicosis dubbed the lawnmower they arrived on a "Mexican Limo 2005" and the group claimed that even Mexico's President mocks Mexicans in the United States (he was referring to Vicente Fox's controversial remark that Mexican immigrants do the jobs "not even the blacks want to do"). Juventud then stated that they were "no longer there to clean toilets and work for "them" (the "gringos") but "they" were going to be working for "us" (The Mexicools)", before dubbing the team "not Mexicans but Mexicools!" In the following weeks, they would continue to make run-ins in matches and mock the stereotypical image of Mexicans in the United States, even coming to the ring each with their own riding lawnmower.[7]

On July 24 at The Great American Bash in Buffalo, New York, they defeated the Blue World Order in a six-man tag match when Psicosis pinned Steven Richards to secure the Mexicools' first PPV win.[9] The trio then turned face by feuding with Nunzio and Vito. During the December 2 edition of SmackDown! Super Crazy and Psicosis won a battle royal with 5 other tag teams, earning a match against MNM at Armageddon 2005 for the WWE Tag Team Championship.[10] MNM lost the titles before their match, however, which meant that the Armageddon match was just a standard tag team match.[11] During the January 27, 2006 edition of SmackDown! Super Crazy and Psicosis defeated The Dicks (Chad Wicks and John Toland) and the F.B.I. in a three-way tag team match to win spots in the 2006 Royal Rumble match on January 29. Psicosis entered at Number 4 in the Royal Rumble match, but was quickly eliminated by old rival Rey Mysterio.[12]

During mid-2006 the ECW brand was revived and with this came the expectations that Super Crazy would leave Psicosis and SmackDown! for the new ECW. This was later fueled with a match that would see Yoshihiro Tajiri and Super Crazy team up and face the F.B.I. at One Night Stand.[13] At this time, Psicosis' partnership with Crazy began to crumble when Psicosis repeatedly abandoned Crazy during incidents with The Great Khali.[14][15] The team would soon split with Psicosis turning heel. Psicosis' match against Super Crazy on July 21 on SmackDown!, which he lost, would be his last televised WWE appearance.[16]

WWE.com officially confirmed Psicosis' release from his WWE contract on November 1, 2006 after he was arrested.[17]

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

Psicosis worked as "Nicho el Millonario" in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) up until 2007. At the end of 2006, he accidentally shattered his nose in a match against Hijo de Rey Misterio, and also got his head shaved. He was rushed to a nearby hospital to get his nose set following the match.

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

On the March 3, 2007 televised episode of AAA, Psicosis came as Nicho and started a fight with Cibernético. He had worn a La Parka mask, pretending to be him, in order to get La Parka expelled from AAA. Psicosis then joined Halloween's new version of La Familia de Tijuana, along with Extreme Tiger, in AAA under the ring name Nicho el Millonario. He returned after an absence from the company and joined Joe Lider's new rudo stable, while helping attack La Familia de Tijuana and the Mexican Powers.

On September 14, 2008 at Verano de Escandalo, Nicho and Joe Lider, known collectively as "La Hermandad Extrema" (the Extreme Brotherhood), won the AAA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Crazy Boy and Último Gladiador and The Hart Foundation 2.0 (Jack Evans and Teddy Hart) and champions Halloween and Extreme Tiger in a four-way ladder match. La Hermandad 187 are the longest reigning tag team champions, with a reign of 551 days. On March 19, 2010 they lost the championship to La Legión Extranjera representatives Taiji Ishimori and Takeshi Morishima.[18] On June 6, 2010, at TripleMania XVIII, La Hermandad 187 participated in a 4-Way elimination match for the AAA World Tag Team Championship. Lider eliminated the then reigning AAA World Tag Team Champions (Atsushi Aoki and Go Shiozaki) when he pinned Shiozaki. later on Lider was pinned by James Storm of Beer Money, Inc. after interference from Konnan, denying them the chance to regain the tag team championship. Later in the night La Hermandad helped Cibernético beat up almost all the members of La Legión.[19][20] Afterwards La Hermandad started feuding with La Sociedad, a superstable consisting of invaders from Los Perros del Mal and members of Los Maniacos, La Legión Extrangera and La Milicia, El Zorro and Hernandez in particular. La Hermandad received their rematch for the AAA World Tag Team Championship from Los Maniacos (Silver King and Último Gladiador) on September 19, 2010, but Lider was forced to enter the match without Nicho, who was taken out by El Zorro, Hernandez and La Legión the previous week, and was unable to regain the championship.[21][22] At Héroes Inmortales IV Nicho and Lider gained a measure of revenge on Konnan by defeating him and Perros del Mal members Damián 666 and Halloween in a three–on–two handicap hardcore match.[23] On October 30, 2010, El Zorro defeated Nicho in a Lucha de Apuesta to take his hair.[24]

Personal life

Marriage & Children

Torres is married to Beth Torres (born "Elizabeth Victoria Ricigliano" on January 4, 1987 in Manhattan, New York, United States). They were married on March 19, 2007 at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States.

The couple have one child. Their son, Dominick Christian Torres, was born on May 15, 2009 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

The family divides its time between their homes in Baja California, Mexico, New York, United States and California, United States.

Arrest in Mexico

Castellanos was arrested on October 9, 2006, the night after he allegedly stole a car from 23 year old Alexander Valencia Ramirez of Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, reports Mexican newspaper El Mexicano.[25] He asked to borrow Ramirez' car, Ramirez refused, leading Torres to pull out a gun on him and stealing it.[25] During a chase with police, Castellanos hit several cars.[25] After catching him, police found out that the gun that he had used earlier in the night was actually just a water gun.[25]

Other media

Torres appeared in the independent documentary, 101 Reasons Not To Become A Professional Wrestler.

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
  • Signature moves

Championships and accomplishments

  • PWI ranked him # 107 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003.
  • PWI ranked him # 39 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1996.
  • World Pro Wrestling
  • WPW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

Lucha de Apuesta record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Hair/Mask Colibri and ?? El Salvaje and Caballero de la Muerte Tijuana, Baja California 1991  
Mask Psicosis Ultraman 2000 Tijuana, Baja California March 16, 1996  
Mask Rey Misterio Psicosis Tijuana, Baja California August 26, 1999 [34]
Mask Billy Kidman Psicosis Atlanta, Georgia, USA September 27, 1999 [Note 1]
Hair Nicho el Millonario Rey Misterio Tijuana, Baja California May 12, 2000  
Hair Nicho el Millonario Fobia Tijuana, Baja California October 13, 2000  
Hair Nicho el Millonario Scorpio, Jr. Tijuana, Baja California December 22, 2000  
Hair El Hijo del Santo Nicho el Millonario Tijuana, Baja California April 6, 2001  
Hair L. A. Park Nicho el Millonario Tijuana, Baja California October 8, 2004  
Hair Rey Misterio Nicho el Millonario Tijuana, Baja California December 1, 2006 [Note 2]
Hair Nicho el Millonario Joe Lider Tijuana, Baja California August 15, 2010 [Note 3][35]
Hair El Zorro Nicho el Millonario Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua October 30, 2010 [Note 4][24]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Lost the same mask twice once in Mexico and once in the US.
  2. ^ Steel cage match that also included Hijo del Rey Misterio and Super Parka.
  3. ^ Relevos suicidas match: lost to Principe Arandu and TJ Boy and had to wrestle each other.
  4. ^ Weapons match.

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