Los Conquistadores

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Los Conquistadores is the name of a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Entertainment, the team consisted of two masked jobbers; Uno and Dos. Many wrestlers have played the part of a conquistador, though the costumes of the tag team has varied from an anonymous gold featureless masks and spandex body suits to blue and gold Japanese style wrestling masks and elaborate shoulder pads.

[edit] Instances of Los Conquistadors

• José Luis Rivera and José Estrada were the original Conquistadores appearing in late 80's. Their only major match was a 20-man elimination match at Survivor Series 1988 (as "The Conquistadors").

• Aaron Aguilera & Christopher Daniels frequently jobbed in WWF as Los Conquistadores around the yer 2000.

• Edge and Christian assumed the role of Los Conquistadores after (kayfabe) being told they would not receive another shot at the Hardy Boyz World Tag Team Championship. Posing as Los Conquistadores they went on to win the titles at the October 2000 No Mercy event.

• The night after Edge and Christian won the tag titles as Los Conquistadors, Matt and Jeff Hardy donned the gold costumes on an episode of WWE RAW and defeated Edge in a handicap match.

• Rob Conway and Nick Dinsmore assumed the roles in a match taped for the July 17, 2003 edition of Friday Night SmackDown! where they were beaten by Rey Mysterio & Billy Kidman.

Unlike previous versions of Los Conquistadores, Conway and Dinsmore wore blue and gold masks with exposed mouths, similar to the mask of Ultimo Dragon, along with blue shoulder pads.

• Rob Conway and Johnny Jeter wrestled as the Conquistadores at the APA Invitational Barroom Brawl Match during the July 2003 Vengeance, pay per view.