| Thunder and Lightning[1] | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members | Thunder Lightning |
| Name(s) | Thunder and Lightning La Artilleria Pesada |
| Heights | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) (Thunder)[2] 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) (Lightning)[3] |
| Combined weight |
250 lb (110 kg) (Thunder)[2] 230 lb (100 kg) (Lightning)[3] |
| Debut | 2000[1] |
| Promotions | IWA WWC NPW |
| Trainer | Isaac Rosario |
Thunder and Lightning is a Puerto Rican professional wrestling tag team consisting of masked wrestlers Reynaldo Rodriguez (born December 3, 1972)[2] and Alex Cruz (born October 18, 1975)[3] under the ring names Thunder and Lightning respectively. They currently work for World Wrestling Council.
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Both members trained in various small independent Puerto Rico wrestling federations, before signing with Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council, the major wrestling federation on the island at the time, in April 2000 where the two men would join together under the "Thunder and Lightning" gimmick. They won 10 WWC Tag Team titles together from April 2000 to August 2003 when they left the company for the IWA.[1]
Lightning tried his hand in at a singles career and soon defeated Savio Vega for the IWA Heavyweight Championship on June 17, 2006, although he would only hold the title a few weeks before losing it to Mikael Judas. The pair held the IWA World Tag Team Title several times, the fourth reign was ended by defeat to Golden Boy and Noriega.[4]
Both men returned to WWC joined by their former manager Barabass on June 23, 2007 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.[5]
On January 21, 2011, IWA announced the official return of Thunder & Lightning. During the summer they left IWA.[6]
On October 01, 2011 both men made a surprise appearance at New Professional Wrestling "Genesis" Anniversary Show in Aquas Buenas, Puerto Rico. There they challenged the companies then Tag Team Champions Death & Nemesis. On November 17, 2011 at the NPW "November 2 Remember" show Thunder and Lightning were crowned new NPW Tag Team Champions in Gurabo, Puerto Rico.[7]
They returned to WWC at Aniversario 2011 and face Los Fugitivos de la Calle.