Super Caló

For other people of the same name, see Rafael Garcia (disambiguation).
Rafael García
Ring name(s) Bello Greco, Jr.
El Hijo de Superzán
Super Caló
Love Warrior[1]
Jordy Stone
Billed height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Billed weight 89 kg (200 lb)[3]
Born February 22, 1971 (1971-02-22) (age 41)[1]
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Trained by Bello Greco[3]
Pepe Casas[3]
Debut 01990-08-05 August 5, 1990[1]

Rafael García (born February 22, 1971) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Super Caló. García is a long-time mainstay of Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), but is perhaps best known outside of Mexico for his stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) during the 1990s.

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Professional wrestling career

García made his debut in 1990 wrestling under the ring name "Bello Greco, Jr." after his father who had worked as Bello Greco for many years. He would later work under a mask as Hijo de Superzán ("Son of Superzan") as well.

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (1992-1995)

In 1992 Antonio Peña founded Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), with the express intention to feature young, high flying wrestlers. Peña signed Carcía to a contract and then together they created the ring character García would be best known under – Super Caló, named after the Mexican Rock band Caló. The character wore a very flashing silver mask with markings that looked like sunglasses and a back turned cap, giving Super Caló a Rapper character. He would regularly team with Winners, another young high flying wrestler who wore a silver and black mask similar to Super Caló's. The team began frequently teamed with Rey Misterio, Jr., fighting against the veteran rúdo (Bad guy) trio known as Los Diabólicos ("The Diabolical Ones", Ángel Mortan, Marabunta and Mr. Condor). The feud saw the técnico (good guy) faction unmask each Diabolical in turn through a series of Lucha de Apuesta, or bet matches, which Caló, Winners and Rey Misterio, Jr. won.[4] On June 30, 1995 at TripleMania III-C, Super Caló and Winners teamed up to participate in another "mask vs. mask" match. The duo lost the tag team match and were foced to wrestle each other with their mask on the line. The match saw Super Caló pin his Winners forcing him to unmask after the match.[5] Despite losing his mask to Super Caló the two continued to work together as a team for over a year after the mask loss.[6]

World Championship Wrestling

In 1996, Super Caló was one of the many AAA luchadors that started working for the American World Championship Wrestling (WCW) promotion.[1] He received his first title shot at Fall Brawl against WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio, Jr. but on the night Caló was unable to win the match.[1] Caló never achieved much success in WCW, opting to return to Mexico after working for the company off and on for a couple of years.[1]

Return to Asesoría y Administración

Super Caló returned to AAA in early-2007 to partner with Gran Apache against rivals Laredo Kid and Super Fly. The feud came to an end at TripleMania XV where the four met in a Relevos Suicidas tag team match which pitted Super Caló and Super Fly against El Gran Apache and Laredo Kid. Gran Apache and Laredo Kid defeated Super Caló and Super Fly and just at a previous TripleMania Super Caló had to wrestle his tag team partner with his mask on the line. On the night Super Fly gained the victory, unmasking Super Caló after 15 years under the mask.[7]

After the loss of his mask he revealed that his name was "Jordy Stone", while it was a ring name it did reveal that he was the brother of Alan and Chris Stone who were working for AAA at the time. The Stone Brothers were part of Guapos VIP, a group Jordy Stone also joined. The Stone brothers' allegiance to Guapos VIP was short lived as they turned on the group to form a técnico group called Los Bello Stones a group with a similar "metrosexual" gimmick as Guapos VIP. García reverted back to his Super Caló name at that point since that was the name he was most known under.[3] Los Guapos brought in Decnnis to even the sides between the two groups.[8] At Verano de Escandalo 2007 Guapos VIP defeated Los Bello Stones in one of the featured matches of the night.[9] The highlight of the feud between Guapos VIP and Los Bello Stone came at the 2007 Guerra de Titanes where the two groups clashed in a Steel Cage Match under Lucha de Apuesta rules that Guapos VIP leader Scorpio, Jr. lost and thus had to have his hair shaved off as a result of losing the match for Guapos VIP.[10] Not long after the cage match both Super Caló and his brother Chris left AAA, while Alan remained with the company.

Independent circuit

After leaving AAA García announced that he was opening his own wrestling promotion and wrestling school called Free Style Wrestling: World League (FSW:WL, or FSW for short).[11] On August 31, 2009 he participated in a multi-man cage match under Lucha de Apuesta rules. The match came down to Super Caló and El Intocable and saw Intocable win.[12]

Personal life

García has two brothers name Alan and Chris Stone who also wrestle for the wrestling businesses. His father is a former wrestler who worked as the Exotico Bello Greco, and is currently retired.[13]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • PWI ranked him #273 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2003[2]
  • Aztecas Middleweight Championship (1 time)
  • Distrito Federal Trios Championship (1 time) - with Moto Cross and Alan Stone[1]
  • LAWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Hair Super Caló Bestia Negra III Mexico City, Mexico 01992-10-15 October 15, 1992  
Mask Super Caló Ángel Mortal Orizaba, Veracruz 01995-06-10 June 10, 1995 [15]
Mask Super Caló Winners Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 01995-06-30 June 30, 1995 At TripleMania III-C[5]
Hair Damián 666 Super Caló Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 02000-11-13 November 13, 2000 [Note 1]
Mask Super Fly Super Caló Mexico City, Mexico 02007-07-07 July 7, 2007 Took place at TripleMania XV[Note 2][7]
Hair El Intocable Super Caló Tutltitlan 02008-09-08 September 8, 2008 [Note 3][12]

Footnotes

  1. ^ The match was "Hair vs. Hair" even though Super Caló was masked.
  2. ^ Lost a Relevos Suicidas tag team match that also included Laredo Kid and Gran Apache.
  3. ^ Cage match that also inclided El Fantasma, El Hijo del Anibal, Máscara Año 2000 Jr., El Solar, Dr. Wagner Jr., Zumbido, Lizmark Jr. and Toscano

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Super Caló profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/super-Calo.html. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  2. ^ a b c d PWI Staff (August, 2003). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 - 2003 :273: Super Calo". Pro Wrestling Illustrated (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, USA: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC): p. 112. October 2003. 
  3. ^ a b c d e PWI StaffPWI Staff (August, 2008). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 - 2008: 493 Super Calo". Pro Wrestling Illustrated (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, USA: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC): p. 136. October 2008. 
  4. ^ Miguel G. Fonseca (March 24, 2009). "SE NOS ADELANTO EL REY DEL MARTINETE" (in Spanish). AAA. http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/tributo-abismo-negro.html. Retrieved July 16, 2009. 
  5. ^ a b AAA Staff (June 9, 2009). "La segunda TripleMania Sin Abismo Negro" (in Spanish). AAA. http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/segunda-triplemania-sin-abismo-negro.html. Retrieved July 16, 2009. 
  6. ^ "Recordando a Abismo Negro: Su vida y legado en los cuadriláteros" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas.net. March 23, 2009. http://superluchas.net/?p=19963. Retrieved March 24, 2009. 
  7. ^ a b "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion TripleMania". ProWrestlingHistory.com. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/triple.html#xv. Retrieved APril 19, 2010. 
  8. ^ "Resultados AAA 1-Sep-07 Decnis es el nuevo Guapo" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. September 1, 2007. http://superluchas.net/2007/09/01/resultados-aaa-1-sep-07-decnis-es-el-nuevo-guapo/. Retrieved April 8, 2010. 
  9. ^ Arturo Rivera (September 18, 2007). "Guácala de Pollo" (in Spanish). Ovaciones (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.): p. 20. Número 20988 Año LX. http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/18092007/2007091801/en/?page=20. Retrieved January 25, 2010. 
  10. ^ Ocampo, Jorge (December 2, 2007). "El Mesías continúa como campeón" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2007/12/02/el-mesias-continua-como-campeon/. Retrieved September 12, 2009. 
  11. ^ "FSWWL DIscurso de presentacion de la nueva empresa" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas' Magazine. July 9, 2009. http://superluchas.net/2009/07/09/fswwl-discurso-de-presentacion-de-la-nueva-empresa/. Retrieved April 19, 2010. 
  12. ^ a b "Intocable rapa a Supercalo en la Ruleta de la Merte de Tultitlan 31-08-2008" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2008/09/01/intocable-rapa-a-supercalo-en-la-ruleta-de-la-muerte-de-tultitlan-31-08-2008/. 
  13. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "A family affair". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 128–132. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. 
  14. ^ a b "Juventud Guerrera, Super Calo, Lizmark, Jr. & Chavo Guerrero, Jr. Vs Psicosis, La Parka, El Dandy & Silver King". World Championship Wrestling. WCW Souled Out. 1998-01-24.
  15. ^ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion TripleMania". ProWrestlingHistory.com. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/triple.html#iii-a. Retrieved 2009-02-19.