El Generico

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El Generico


Statistics
Ring name(s)	El Generico
Billed height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Billed weight	82 kg (180 lb)
Born	July 12, 1984
Resides	Montreal, Canada
Billed from	Tijuana, Mexico
Trained by	Patty the Kid
Debut	2002

"The Generic Luchador" El Generico is a Canadian professional wrestler, with the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico. His character's catch phrase is "Olé!", particularly made popular by the opening vocals of his theme song, "Olé!" by The Bouncing Souls.

1 Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
2 Ring of Honor
3 In wrestling
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

Generico prominently made his name in the Canadian-based wrestling promotion, International Wrestling Syndicate. In 2004, members of the IWS started making regular appearances in the United States, which helped him get noticed by the popular independent company Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Since then, Generico has been a PWG regular. He has held the PWG World Tag Team Championship with three different partners: with Human Tornado as 2 Skinny Black Guys, Quicksilver as Cape Fear, and, most recently, Kevin Steen.

On February 24, 2007, Generico defeated former partner Tornado to win the PWG World Championship during his title run with Cape Fear. Later that year, while Generico was still World Champion, he and Steen defeated PAC and Roderick Strong for the belts, making Generico the only man in PWG history to hold both the World and World Tag Team Titles not once, but twice at the same time.

[edit] Ring of Honor

El Generico first wrestled for Ring Of Honor in 2005, earning a spot in a Four Corner Survival match at Do Or Die IV. He teamed with the Ring Crew Express (Dunn and Marcos) in the Trios Tournament 2005, losing to the Rottweilers. At Stalemate, he lost to Roderick Strong, then teaming with Sal Rinauro against the Embassy at New Frontiers (and losing). He only received a few more matches, losing to Austin Aries at Fate of an Angel and getting his first win against fellow IWS alumnus Kevin Steen at The Homecoming (a match that didn't even make it to the event's DVD). His final ROH match of this run would be a loss to Homicide at Dragon Gate Invasion.

It should be noted that both Generico and Steen would stop being used as part of the promotion at around the same time. The criticism of the wrestlers was especially critical by Ring of Honor fans, who did not think of either was worthy of being on the ROH roster. However, this wouldn't be either man's final appearance in the federation.

Generico returned to ROH in late 2006, making an appearance at Dethroned, where he was defeated by the much larger Brent Albright. Following this, he took part in (and lost) a Four Corner Survival match to Jimmy Rave at Final Battle 2006.

In 2007, El Generico formed a permanent team with Kevin Steen, taking on the Briscoe Brothers at the Fifth Year Festival: Philly. Much like many previous matches, the would be defeated in this encounter, but the two men had a memorable showing that eventually earned them a full-time spot on the roster. Throughout 2007, the two teams feuded with one another, having several memorable matches including (but not limited to) a great match on the Driven pay-per-view, ROH's second-ever. Their feud would come to an end following a brutal Street Fight at Death Before Dishonor V: Night 1, a Steel Cage match at Caged Rage, a 2-Out-of-3 Falls match at Manhattan Mayhem 2, and a ladder match advertised as a "Ladder War" at Man Up. This final match became the Main Event of ROH's third pay-per-view.

Also during this time, Generico broke out as a singles competitor, having a strong run in the Race to the Top Tournament of 2007. He defeated (in order) Delirious, Chris Hero and Davey Richards, only to lose in the final match of the tournament to Claudio Castagnoli, who won.

In late 2007, Generico traveled to Japan, where he competed for the Dragon Gate promotion as a "gaijin" ("foreign") member of the New Hazard faction.