Halloween (wrestler)

Halloween
Ring name(s) Rocky Boy[1]
Ciclope[1]
Cyclope[1]
Halloween[1]
Elvis González[1]
Billed height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Billed weight 94 kg (210 lb)[2]
Born May 22, 1971 (1971-05-22) (age 40)[1]
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico[1]
Billed from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico[2]
Trained by Rey Misterio, Sr.
Fobia
Debut 1990

Manuel Ortiz Partida (born May 22, 1971 in Tijuana, Baja California) is a professional wrestler who is currently wrestling the independent circuit in Mexico, particularly in the Tijuana area. He is better known by his stage name Halloween but is also known in the United States as Ciclope, a character he portrayed in World Championship Wrestling.

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Professional wrestling career

Manuel Ortiz Partida, debut in the pros in 1990, spent his time in the Independent Circuit. He wrestled as "Halloween" for most of his career.[1] In 1996, Ortiz joined WCW where he took the name "Ciclope."[3] His biggest moment in wrestling was part of the feud between Chris Jericho and Dean Malenko. Malenko, who had been inactive for a few months prior, dressed up as Ciclope to win a Cruiserweight battle royale to determine the number one contendership to Chris Jericho's Cruiserweight Title. Jericho had been refusing to grant Malenko contendership, making the disguise necessary.[3]

After his time there was over, he lost the Ciclope mask to Antifaz del Norte early in 1999.[3] He quickly reverted back to his Halloween character but lost his mask again on December 24, 1999 in a match against Super Parka.[4] He has wrestled in many United States promotions over the years including for USA Pro Wrestling, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) and Luchamania. In 2002 he along with La Familia de Tijuana (a group consisting of himself, Damián 666, Nicho el Millonario, Rey Misterio, Sr. and their valet Lady Victoria. although Rey did not come for the tour) came to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico City. The trio won the National Trios title but Nicho had a falling out with management and La Familia soon left entirely.[5] They continued to work for independent promoters until CMLL called them back in 2005 to wrestle against Negro Casas, Heavy Metal and Felino on a show celebrating Negro's 25 years of wrestling. Perro Aguayo, Jr. recruited him and Damián for his Los Perros del Mal group.[6] However, Halloween suffered a leg injury and his role was minimalized. After Universo 2000 used the illegal martinete on Damián 666, Halloween challenged Univeso to a hair vs. hair match on the December 2 show. After losing the match and his hair, Halloween underwent knee surgery that put him out of action for several months after which he was released from CMLL. In 2009 Halloween joined Aguayo's Perros del Mal Producciones, where he reunited with Damián 666.[7] In June 2010, Halloween became a major part of a storyline, where Los Perros del Mal invaded Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).[8] On June 18, 2011, at TripleManía XIX, Halloween, Damián 666 and X-Fly defeated Los Psycho Circus in a tournament final to become the first ever AAA World Trios Champions.[9] On July 31 at Verano de Escándalo, Los Perros del Mal faced Los Psycho Circus in a steel cage match, where the last person left in the cage would lose either his hair or mask. The match ended with Psycho Clown escaping the cage, leaving X-Fly inside and forcing him to have his hair shaved off.[10] On October 9 at Héroes Inmortales, Los Perros del Mal and Los Psycho Circus ended their year long rivalry, when Halloween, Damián 666 and Nicho el Millonario were defeated in a Masks vs. Hairs steel cage match and were all shaved bald.[11]

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
  • Signature moves

Championships and accomplishments

  • NGX World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Damián 666
  • PWI ranked him # 89 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2006.[15]
  • Revolution Pro World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Damián 666[12][16]
  • WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[1]
  • WWO Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Damián 666
  • XLAW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Damián 666
  • LAWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)
  • WWEA Extreme Championship (1 time)

Lucha de Apuesta record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Mask Halloween León Negro Tijuana, Baja California 01996-01-18 January 18, 1996 [4]
Mask Halloween León Negro San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora 01996-01-26 January 26, 1996 [Note 1][4]
Mask Halloween Thunderbird Tijuana, Baja California 01996-10-18 October 18, 1996 [4]
Mask Antifaz del Norte Ciclope Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 1999 [3]
Hair Halloween Super Parka Tijuana, Baja California 01999-10-15 October 15, 1999 [Note 2][4]
Hair Halloween Super Muñeco Tijuana, Baja California 01999-11-26 November 26, 1999 [Note 3][4]
Hair Halloween La Máscara[Note 4] Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 01999-12-06 December 6, 1999 [4]
Mask Super Parka Halloween Tijuana, Baja California 01999-12-24 December 24, 1999 [4]
Hair Damián 666 Halloween Tijuana, Baja California 02001-06-29 June 29, 2001  
Hair Halloween Bestia Salvaje Tijuana, Baja California 02002-03-15 March 15, 2002 [Note 5]
Hair Halloween Brazo de Plata Tijuana, Baja California 02004-06-25 June 25, 2004  
Hair Shocker Halloween Tijuana, Baja California 02004-09-10 September 10, 2004  
Hair Universo 2000 Halloween Mexico City, Mexico 02005-12-02 December 2, 2005  
Hair Super Nova Halloween Tijuana, Baja California 02010-05-05 May 5, 2010 [Note 6][17]
Hair Halloween Coco Rojo Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico 02011-07-10 July 10, 2011 [Note 7][18]
Hair Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown Halloween, Damián 666 and Nicho el Millonario Monterrey, Nuevo León 02011-10-09 October 9, 2011 Steel cage Masks vs. Hairs match.[11]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Triangle match that included Damián 666
  2. ^ Hair vs. hair between two masked wrestlers.
  3. ^ Hair vs. hair between two masked wrestlers
  4. ^ This was not the current La Máscara
  5. ^ Los Guapos vs. La Familia hair match.
  6. ^ Steel cage match that also included Damián 666, Lizmark, Jr., El Hijo de LA Park, Groon XXX and El Orientál
  7. ^ Steel cage match, where Los Perros del Mal (Halloween, Damián 666 and Ek Balam) faced Los Payasos Tricolor (Coco Rojo, Coco Azul and Coco Amarillo) and Los Psycho Circus (Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Wrestlers profile: Halloween". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/h/halloween.html. Retrieved February 6, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts (Kappa Publications): pp. 66–79. 2008 Edition. 
  3. ^ a b c d Enciclopedia staff (September, 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras" (in Spanish). Ciclope (Mexico City, Mexico): p. 53. Tomo II. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Enciclopedia staff (September, 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras" (in Spanish). Halloween (Mexico City, Mexico): p. 35. Tomo II. 
  5. ^ a b Lucha 2000 Staff (2004-12-20). "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales" (in Spanish). Lucha 2000. Especial 21. 
  6. ^ a b Arturo Rosas Plata (2007 -04-26). "Los Perros del campeones!" (in Spanish). Ovaciones (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.): p. 21. Número 20843 Año LX. http://www.ovaciones.com. Retrieved 2009-04-12. 
  7. ^ Ocampo, Jorge (February 18, 2009). "Halloween, Pequeño Halloween, Mr. Aguilita y Cosmico a los Perros del Mal" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas magazine. http://superluchas.net/?p=16282. Retrieved July 8, 2009. 
  8. ^ "Triplemanía XVIII: Fiesta de Fiestas" (in Spanish). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. June 7, 2010. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100815092851/http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/triplemaniaxviii.html. Retrieved November 6, 2010. 
  9. ^ a b Cano Vela, Eduardo (June 17, 2011). "Triplemania XIX (Cobertura y resultados 18 de Junio de 2011) – LA Park vs El Mesias Mascara vs Cabellera, TNA invade Triple A" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2011/06/17/triplemania-xix-cobertura-y-resultados-18-de-junio-de-2011-la-park-vs-el-mesias-mascara-vs-cabellera-tna-invade-triple-a/. Retrieved June 18, 2011. 
  10. ^ "X-Fly fue rapado en Verano de Escándalo" (in Spanish). Récord. June 31, 2011. http://www.record.com.mx/luchalibre/2011-07-31/x-fly-fue-rapado-en-verano-de-escandalo-0. Retrieved August 1, 2011. 
  11. ^ a b Cano Vela, Eduardo (October 9, 2011). "AAA Héroes Inmortales (Cobertura y resultados 9 de Octubre de 2011) – Mesias y Sting empatan y unen sus fuerzas contra Konnan, Jarrett y sus aliados, Wagner gana pero Octagón y La Parka lo traicionan, los perros pierden las cabelleras" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2011/10/09/aaa-heroes-inmortales-cobertura-y-resultados-9-de-octubre-de-2011-mesias-vs-sting/. Retrieved October 9, 2011. 
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Mexico's Most Wanted". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/mexicos-most-wanted.html. Retrieved 2009-07-07. 
  13. ^ "Esquina Ruda" (in Spanish). The Gladiatores Magazine. November 20, 2008. http://www.thegladiatores.com/?p=391. Retrieved November 24, 2010. 
  14. ^ SuperLuchas staff (January 6, 2008). "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 296. http://superluchas.net/?p=11145. Retrieved July 11, 2009. 
  15. ^ "The "PWI" 500". PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts (Kappa Publications): pp. 62–63. 2008 Edition. 
  16. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results – July 2003". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/other/2003-07.html. Retrieved 2008-07-05. 
  17. ^ Boutwell, Josh (May 7, 2010). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView.com. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1273244503. Retrieved May 8, 2010. 
  18. ^ "Halloween despeluca a Coco Rojo" (in Spanish). Récord. July 11, 2011. http://www.record.com.mx/luchalibre/2011-07-11/halloween-despeluca-coco-rojo. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 

The Original Ciclope was Tugboat Taylor! with AAA IN Mexico. He lost a one on one match mask vs mask match against Tiniablas Jr. Tugboat wrestled for WWF, WCW, GWF, USWA, NWA, WING, AAA.

External links

IWC
AAA
The Black Family (Dark Cuervo and Dark Ozz)  · The Mexican Powers (Crazy Boy and Joe Líder)  · La Familia de Tijuana (Halloween and Extreme Tiger)  · La Hermandad 187 (Joe Lider and Nicho El Millonario)  · La Legión Extranjera (Taiji Ishimori and Takeshi Morishima)  · Atsushi Aoki and Go Shiozaki  · Los Maniacos (Silver King and Último Gladiador)  · Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans  · La Legión Extranjera (Abyss and Chessman) (current)