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Primo and Epico

January 01, 1970

This article is about the current professional wrestling tag team. For the former professional wrestling tag team known as The Colóns, see The Colóns (2002–2010).

Primo and Epico Colón are a Puerto Rican professional wrestling tag team. The team, composed of real-life cousins, are former WWE Tag Team Champions, with the title won during their first run as Primo and Epico from 2011 to 2013. They also formerly performed as Diego and Fernando, respectively, of Los Matadores from 2013 to 2015, and were billed as The Shining Stars from 2016 to 2017 before assuming their current tag team name of The Colóns.

Primo and Epico
Primo (right) and Epico (left) in 2016
Tag team
MembersEddie Colón / Diego / Primo Colón / Primo
Epico Colón / Epico / Fernando / Orlando Colón
Name(s)Los Matadores
Primo and Epico
The Shining Stars
The Colóns
The Colon Dynasty
Billed heightsPrimo:
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Epico:
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Combined
billed weight		440 lb (200 kg)[2][1]
Billed fromPlaza de Toros
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Former
member(s)		A.W. (manager)
El Torito (mascot)
La Vaquita (mascot)
Rosa Mendes (valet)
DebutNovember 11, 2011[3]
Years active2011–present

History edit

Primo and Epico (2011–2013) edit

On the November 4, 2011, episode of SmackDown, Epico debuted on the main roster as a heel and realigned with Hunico, his former partner from when both were masked in FCW.[4] On the November 11 episode of Smackdown, Primo, Epico's real-life cousin,[5] was in the corner of Epico when he teamed with Hunico in a winning effort against The Usos.[3] On the November 17 episode of Superstars, Primo and Epico beat the Usos.[6] On the December 1 episode of Superstars, Rosa Mendes aligned herself with the group as their valet, as they were quietly disassociated from Hunico.[7]

Primo and Epico then began a feud with WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom, beating both Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston in singles matches,[8] followed by two victories for Primo and Epico against Air Boom during non-title tag team matches on December 13 at WWE Tribute to the Troops[9] and the December 15 Superstars.[10] This earned Primo and Epico a shot at the titles at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view, but were unsuccessful.[11] Primo and Epico's feud with Air Boom continued with Air Boom triumphant in singles matches,[12][13] while Primo and Epico obtained yet another victory in a non-title tag match.[14]

 
Primo and Epico with Rosa Mendes at WrestleMania XXVIII

At a Raw live event on January 15, 2012, Primo and Epico defeated Air Boom to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.[15] The following night on Raw, Primo and Epico successfully defended their titles in a rematch.[16] Primo and Epico would go on to earn victories in non-title matches, defeating various teams such as Jim Duggan and Santino Marella, Mason Ryan and Alex Riley and The Usos; however, Primo and Epico would suffer non-title losses against the team of Kofi Kingston and R-Truth.[17] On the February 27 edition of Raw, Primo and Epico successfully defended their titles in a Triple Threat tag team match against the teams of Kingston and R-Truth & Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger.[18] In the pre-show of WrestleMania XXVIII, Primo and Epico successfully defended their titles in a triple threat tag team match against the Usos and Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd.[19] After WrestleMania, Primo and Epico suffered non-title losses to the teams of Big Show & The Great Khali and Santino Marella & Zack Ryder. Also, A.W. began offering his managerial services to the team, pointing out that the tag champions had been treated like jokes, being left off WrestleMania and Extreme Rules.[20] At the April 30 Raw, Primo and Epico lost the tag titles to Kingston & R-Truth.[21]

After losing the titles, Primo, Epico and Mendes joined A.W.'s talent agency in May.[22] However, after joining "All World Promotions", Primo and Epico would not wrestle on television until the No Way Out pay-per-view on 17 June. At No Way Out, it was revealed that Primo and Epico's 30-day rematch clause for the tag titles had expired, and that the duo had to compete in a four-way match against the teams of Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd, the Usos and The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) to earn another title shot. During the match, A. W. betrayed Primo and Epico, directly costing them the match and aligning with the match winners, the Prime Time Players.[23] At the following Raw, Primo and Epico defeated the Players by count-out after O'Neil and Young walked out of the match.[24] Primo and Epico would wrestle as babyfaces for their feud against the Prime Time Players.[25] The tag teams would continue their feud on Superstars with Epico losing to Young and Primo beating both O'Neil and Young in singles matches.[26][27] At Money in the Bank, Primo and Epico defeated the Prime Time Players.[28] On the August 10 SmackDown, Primo and Epico faced the Players in a #1 contender match and were disqualified when champions Kingston & Truth attacked the Players; A.W. was released from WWE between that episode's taping and airing.[29]

After Primo and Epico ended their feud with the Prime Time Players in August, they reverted to being heels during a victory over the Usos.[30] Primo and Epico then went on to lose every televised match for the rest of 2012, with losses to Kingston & Truth, the Players, Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara, Team Co-Bro (Santino Marella & Zack Ryder), Team Rhodes Scholars, The Usos and to both Ryback and The Great Khali in handicap matches.[31] At the Survivor Series pay-per-view, Primo and Epico took part in a 10 man elimination tag team match, but were eliminated by Rey Mysterio and Tyson Kidd.[32] By the first SmackDown of 2013, Primo was on a 20 match losing streak, and Epico was at 17.[33] On the January 9 NXT episode, Primo and Epico broke their losing streaks with a win over Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty, their first win in months.[34] However, Dallas and McGillicutty gained revenge by defeating Primo and Epico in the first round of the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champions.[35]

Los Matadores (2013–2015) edit

 
Los Matadores with El Torito in November 2013

In August 2013, WWE hyped the debut of "Los Matadores",[36] and on the September 30 episode of Raw, Primo and Epico debuted new characters, as Diego and Fernando of Los Matadores, a face team of two masked Spanish bullfighters with El Torito as mascot as they defeated 3MB.[37][38] Primo and Epico adopted their ring names from Diego Columbus and Ferdinand Columbus, the real life sons of Christopher Columbus (In Spanish, Cristobal Colón, Los Matadores' real last name).[39] It was the start of a winning streak that featured nine wins over 3MB (Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal, with El Torito wrestling in some matches), and also over the Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger) at Hell in a Cell.[40] Also, El Torito was able to interfere in matches without incurring a disqualification for Los Matadores.[41][42] Los Matadores' winning streak was finally snapped on the January 24 episode of SmackDown in 2014, courtesy of RybAxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel).[40]

On the March 5 episode of Main Event, Los Matadores received a tag team championship match against The Usos in which they were defeated. They also made an appearance as Primo and Epico alongside Carlito to induct Carlos Colón into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2014. At the WrestleMania XXX pre-show, they received a WWE Tag Team Championship shot against The Usos, RybAxel and The Real Americans, in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination Tag Team match, but lost after being the first team eliminated when Fernando submitted to Jack Swagger's Patriot Lock. On the June 23, WWE.com reported that Fernando was injured at a live event that past weekend. Despite this, Diego and El Torito would then start a short feud with Fandango.

After 3MB broke up, their former mascot Hornswoggle joined Los Matadores as "La Vaquita", a midget cow mascot accompanying Torito's bull on the August 19 edition of Main Event. Fernando made his return as well in a losing effort to Slater-Gator (Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil).[43] At the WrestleMania 31 pre-show, Los Matadores competed in the Fatal Four Way tag team match, but they failed to win the titles. At Elimination Chamber, Los Matadores participated in the first-ever WWE Tag Team Championship Elimination Chamber, but failed and got eliminated first by The Ascension. At SummerSlam, Los Matadores competed in a Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a losing effort when they were pinned by The New Day. On September 7, 2015 episode of Raw after losing to The Dudley Boyz, Los Matadores turned heel when Diego attacked El Torito after the match, however he was then put through a table by the Dudley Boyz. They were last seen on Main Event that week, minus El Torito, where they lost to The Prime Time Players.

The Shining Stars (2016–2017) edit

From April to May 2016, several videos aired on Raw promoting the return of Primo and Epico, who revived their Puerto Rican gimmick under the new name The Shining Stars.[44] They were presented as arrogant heels, urging viewers to come to Puerto Rico, calling it the "Shining Star of the Caribbean."[45] On the May 16 episode of Raw, The Shining Stars debuted by defeating a local tag team in a squash match.[46] On the July 25 episode of Raw, the team returned to television where they were defeated by Enzo and Cass. On the September 5 episode of Raw, The Shining Stars defeated Enzo and Cass. The week after, Epico, accompanied by Primo defeated Enzo Amore, who was accompanied by Big Cass.[47] They then began showing tendencies of con men, trying to persuade various superstars to purchase timeshares to their Puerto Rican resort. This led to an alliance with Titus O'Neil, who was looking to cross-promote with them for his new "Titus Brand." The trio would enter a feud with The Golden Truth (Goldust and R-Truth) and Mark Henry.[48] On the November 7 edition of Raw, after R-Truth sold The Golden Truth's Survivor Series spot for a stay at a timeshare to The Shining Stars, both teams competed to qualify for the 10–on–10 Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination match, which Primo and Epico won.[49][50] On February 6, The New Day defeated The Shining Stars. On the February 27 edition of Raw, Big Show defeated The Shining Stars in a 2-on-1 handicap match. The Shining Stars were later defeated by The New Day on March 6. The Shining Stars were confirmed to enter the 2017 André the Giant Memorial battle royal at WrestleMania 33, however neither one of them were successful in winning.

The Colóns (2017–2020) edit

On April 11, leaving the Shining Stars moniker behind for a new look, The Colóns, as they were now billed, debuted on SmackDown Live during the Superstar Shake-up, when they attacked American Alpha following their loss to The Usos. On April 18, The Colóns defeated American Alpha.[51][52] On April 25, The Colóns were defeated by American Alpha in a "Beat The Clock" Challenge. On June 18, The Colóns were defeated by The Hype Bros in a Money in the Bank Kickoff match. In June, Primo suffered a knee injury, putting the team on a temporary hiatus. The team returned in November, two nights after Survivor Series, where they were among the many lumberjacks in The New Day's match against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. On the August 28, 2018 episode of SmackDown Live, The Colóns returned in a triple threat match involving The Bar & Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, with a victory for The Bar.

During the pre-show of 2018's Survivor Series, Primo and Epico won the 10-on-10 Survivor Series tag team elimination match as part of Team SmackDown's tag teams[53] Their most recent WWE match was a January 2019 dark match. Since then they have been wrestling in World Wrestling Council, helping their father with a rebranding of the promotion.[54]

On April 15, 2020, The Colóns were officially released from their WWE contracts due to budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Championships and accomplishments edit

 
Primo and Epico as WWE Tag Team Champions
  • Coastal Championship Wrestling
    • CCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[55]

See also edit

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January 01, 1970
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This article is about the current professional wrestling tag team For the former professional wrestling tag team known as The Colons see The Colons 2002 2010 Primo and Epico Colon are a Puerto Rican professional wrestling tag team The team composed of real life cousins are former WWE Tag Team Champions with the title won during their first run as Primo and Epico from 2011 to 2013 They also formerly performed as Diego and Fernando respectively of Los Matadores from 2013 to 2015 and were billed as The Shining Stars from 2016 to 2017 before assuming their current tag team name of The Colons Primo and EpicoPrimo right and Epico left in 2016Tag teamMembersEddie Colon Diego Primo Colon PrimoEpico Colon Epico Fernando Orlando ColonName s Los MatadoresPrimo and EpicoThe Shining StarsThe ColonsThe Colon DynastyBilled heightsPrimo 5 ft 10 in 1 78 m 1 Epico 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 2 Combinedbilled weight440 lb 200 kg 2 1 Billed fromPlaza de TorosSan Juan Puerto RicoFormermember s A W manager El Torito mascot La Vaquita mascot Rosa Mendes valet DebutNovember 11 2011 3 Years active2011 present Contents 1 History 1 1 Primo and Epico 2011 2013 1 2 Los Matadores 2013 2015 1 3 The Shining Stars 2016 2017 1 4 The Colons 2017 2020 2 Championships and accomplishments 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editPrimo and Epico 2011 2013 edit On the November 4 2011 episode of SmackDown Epico debuted on the main roster as a heel and realigned with Hunico his former partner from when both were masked in FCW 4 On the November 11 episode of Smackdown Primo Epico s real life cousin 5 was in the corner of Epico when he teamed with Hunico in a winning effort against The Usos 3 On the November 17 episode of Superstars Primo and Epico beat the Usos 6 On the December 1 episode of Superstars Rosa Mendes aligned herself with the group as their valet as they were quietly disassociated from Hunico 7 Primo and Epico then began a feud with WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom beating both Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston in singles matches 8 followed by two victories for Primo and Epico against Air Boom during non title tag team matches on December 13 at WWE Tribute to the Troops 9 and the December 15 Superstars 10 This earned Primo and Epico a shot at the titles at TLC Tables Ladders amp Chairs pay per view but were unsuccessful 11 Primo and Epico s feud with Air Boom continued with Air Boom triumphant in singles matches 12 13 while Primo and Epico obtained yet another victory in a non title tag match 14 nbsp Primo and Epico with Rosa Mendes at WrestleMania XXVIII At a Raw live event on January 15 2012 Primo and Epico defeated Air Boom to win the WWE Tag Team Championship 15 The following night on Raw Primo and Epico successfully defended their titles in a rematch 16 Primo and Epico would go on to earn victories in non title matches defeating various teams such as Jim Duggan and Santino Marella Mason Ryan and Alex Riley and The Usos however Primo and Epico would suffer non title losses against the team of Kofi Kingston and R Truth 17 On the February 27 edition of Raw Primo and Epico successfully defended their titles in a Triple Threat tag team match against the teams of Kingston and R Truth amp Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger 18 In the pre show of WrestleMania XXVIII Primo and Epico successfully defended their titles in a triple threat tag team match against the Usos and Justin Gabriel amp Tyson Kidd 19 After WrestleMania Primo and Epico suffered non title losses to the teams of Big Show amp The Great Khali and Santino Marella amp Zack Ryder Also A W began offering his managerial services to the team pointing out that the tag champions had been treated like jokes being left off WrestleMania and Extreme Rules 20 At the April 30 Raw Primo and Epico lost the tag titles to Kingston amp R Truth 21 After losing the titles Primo Epico and Mendes joined A W s talent agency in May 22 However after joining All World Promotions Primo and Epico would not wrestle on television until the No Way Out pay per view on 17 June At No Way Out it was revealed that Primo and Epico s 30 day rematch clause for the tag titles had expired and that the duo had to compete in a four way match against the teams of Justin Gabriel amp Tyson Kidd the Usos and The Prime Time Players Darren Young and Titus O Neil to earn another title shot During the match A W betrayed Primo and Epico directly costing them the match and aligning with the match winners the Prime Time Players 23 At the following Raw Primo and Epico defeated the Players by count out after O Neil and Young walked out of the match 24 Primo and Epico would wrestle as babyfaces for their feud against the Prime Time Players 25 The tag teams would continue their feud on Superstars with Epico losing to Young and Primo beating both O Neil and Young in singles matches 26 27 At Money in the Bank Primo and Epico defeated the Prime Time Players 28 On the August 10 SmackDown Primo and Epico faced the Players in a 1 contender match and were disqualified when champions Kingston amp Truth attacked the Players A W was released from WWE between that episode s taping and airing 29 After Primo and Epico ended their feud with the Prime Time Players in August they reverted to being heels during a victory over the Usos 30 Primo and Epico then went on to lose every televised match for the rest of 2012 with losses to Kingston amp Truth the Players Rey Mysterio amp Sin Cara Team Co Bro Santino Marella amp Zack Ryder Team Rhodes Scholars The Usos and to both Ryback and The Great Khali in handicap matches 31 At the Survivor Series pay per view Primo and Epico took part in a 10 man elimination tag team match but were eliminated by Rey Mysterio and Tyson Kidd 32 By the first SmackDown of 2013 Primo was on a 20 match losing streak and Epico was at 17 33 On the January 9 NXT episode Primo and Epico broke their losing streaks with a win over Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty their first win in months 34 However Dallas and McGillicutty gained revenge by defeating Primo and Epico in the first round of the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champions 35 Los Matadores 2013 2015 edit nbsp Los Matadores with El Torito in November 2013 In August 2013 WWE hyped the debut of Los Matadores 36 and on the September 30 episode of Raw Primo and Epico debuted new characters as Diego and Fernando of Los Matadores a face team of two masked Spanish bullfighters with El Torito as mascot as they defeated 3MB 37 38 Primo and Epico adopted their ring names from Diego Columbus and Ferdinand Columbus the real life sons of Christopher Columbus In Spanish Cristobal Colon Los Matadores real last name 39 It was the start of a winning streak that featured nine wins over 3MB Heath Slater Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal with El Torito wrestling in some matches and also over the Real Americans Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger at Hell in a Cell 40 Also El Torito was able to interfere in matches without incurring a disqualification for Los Matadores 41 42 Los Matadores winning streak was finally snapped on the January 24 episode of SmackDown in 2014 courtesy of RybAxel Ryback and Curtis Axel 40 On the March 5 episode of Main Event Los Matadores received a tag team championship match against The Usos in which they were defeated They also made an appearance as Primo and Epico alongside Carlito to induct Carlos Colon into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2014 At the WrestleMania XXX pre show they received a WWE Tag Team Championship shot against The Usos RybAxel and The Real Americans in a Fatal Four Way Elimination Tag Team match but lost after being the first team eliminated when Fernando submitted to Jack Swagger s Patriot Lock On the June 23 WWE com reported that Fernando was injured at a live event that past weekend Despite this Diego and El Torito would then start a short feud with Fandango After 3MB broke up their former mascot Hornswoggle joined Los Matadores as La Vaquita a midget cow mascot accompanying Torito s bull on the August 19 edition of Main Event Fernando made his return as well in a losing effort to Slater Gator Heath Slater and Titus O Neil 43 At the WrestleMania 31 pre show Los Matadores competed in the Fatal Four Way tag team match but they failed to win the titles At Elimination Chamber Los Matadores participated in the first ever WWE Tag Team Championship Elimination Chamber but failed and got eliminated first by The Ascension At SummerSlam Los Matadores competed in a Fatal 4 Way Tag Team Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a losing effort when they were pinned by The New Day On September 7 2015 episode of Raw after losing to The Dudley Boyz Los Matadores turned heel when Diego attacked El Torito after the match however he was then put through a table by the Dudley Boyz They were last seen on Main Event that week minus El Torito where they lost to The Prime Time Players The Shining Stars 2016 2017 edit From April to May 2016 several videos aired on Raw promoting the return of Primo and Epico who revived their Puerto Rican gimmick under the new name The Shining Stars 44 They were presented as arrogant heels urging viewers to come to Puerto Rico calling it the Shining Star of the Caribbean 45 On the May 16 episode of Raw The Shining Stars debuted by defeating a local tag team in a squash match 46 On the July 25 episode of Raw the team returned to television where they were defeated by Enzo and Cass On the September 5 episode of Raw The Shining Stars defeated Enzo and Cass The week after Epico accompanied by Primo defeated Enzo Amore who was accompanied by Big Cass 47 They then began showing tendencies of con men trying to persuade various superstars to purchase timeshares to their Puerto Rican resort This led to an alliance with Titus O Neil who was looking to cross promote with them for his new Titus Brand The trio would enter a feud with The Golden Truth Goldust and R Truth and Mark Henry 48 On the November 7 edition of Raw after R Truth sold The Golden Truth s Survivor Series spot for a stay at a timeshare to The Shining Stars both teams competed to qualify for the 10 on 10 Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination match which Primo and Epico won 49 50 On February 6 The New Day defeated The Shining Stars On the February 27 edition of Raw Big Show defeated The Shining Stars in a 2 on 1 handicap match The Shining Stars were later defeated by The New Day on March 6 The Shining Stars were confirmed to enter the 2017 Andre the Giant Memorial battle royal at WrestleMania 33 however neither one of them were successful in winning The Colons 2017 2020 edit On April 11 leaving the Shining Stars moniker behind for a new look The Colons as they were now billed debuted on SmackDown Live during the Superstar Shake up when they attacked American Alpha following their loss to The Usos On April 18 The Colons defeated American Alpha 51 52 On April 25 The Colons were defeated by American Alpha in a Beat The Clock Challenge On June 18 The Colons were defeated by The Hype Bros in a Money in the Bank Kickoff match In June Primo suffered a knee injury putting the team on a temporary hiatus The team returned in November two nights after Survivor Series where they were among the many lumberjacks in The New Day s match against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn On the August 28 2018 episode of SmackDown Live The Colons returned in a triple threat match involving The Bar amp Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson with a victory for The Bar During the pre show of 2018 s Survivor Series Primo and Epico won the 10 on 10 Survivor Series tag team elimination match as part of Team SmackDown s tag teams 53 Their most recent WWE match was a January 2019 dark match Since then they have been wrestling in World Wrestling Council helping their father with a rebranding of the promotion 54 On April 15 2020 The Colons were officially released from their WWE contracts due to budget cuts stemming from the COVID 19 pandemic Championships and accomplishments edit nbsp Primo and Epico as WWE Tag Team Champions Coastal Championship Wrestling CCW Tag Team Championship 1 time 55 Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked Primo 72 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012 PWI ranked Epico 76 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012 WWE WWE Tag Team Championship 1 time See also editThe Colons 2002 2010 References edit a b Primo Colon profile World Wrestling Entertainment Retrieved 2009 04 15 a b Tito Colon Florida Championship Wrestling Archived from the original on 21 July 2011 Retrieved 3 February 2012 a b Tedesco Mike Smackdown Results 11 11 11 Wrestleview Retrieved 26 November 2011 Parks Greg 2011 11 04 Parks WWE Smackdown report 11 4 Ongoing virtual time coverage of the show including Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes in a Street Fight Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 2011 11 05 Epico CageMatch Profile CageMatch Retrieved 26 November 2011 Namako Jason Superstars Results 11 17 11 Wrestleview Retrieved 26 November 2011 James 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Parks Greg Parks WWE Smackdown Report 1 6 Ongoing virtual time coverage of the show including Daniel Bryan vs Big Show for the World Title Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 17 January 2012 Primo and Epico crowned WWE Tag Team Champions at WWE Live Event WWE Retrieved 16 January 2012 Caldwell James Caldwell s WWE Raw Results 1 16 Complete virtual time coverage of live Raw Kane Cena latest Jericho Week 3 Clay Week 2 Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 17 January 2012 Epico Matches 2012 The Internet Wrestling Database Archived from the original on 29 July 2013 Retrieved 26 March 2012 Stephens David Raw Results 2 27 12 Wrestleview Caldwell James Pre WM28 update Tag Title result Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 1 April 2012 Caldwell James Caldwell s WWE Raw Results 4 23 Ongoing virtual time coverage of live three hour Raw Cena Lesnar contract signing surprise appearance in opening segment Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 1 May 2012 Caldwell James 30 April 2012 Caldwell s WWE Raw Results 4 30 Ongoing virtual time coverage of live Raw Starring Brock Lesnar PPV fall out Triple H returns Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 1 May 2012 Caldwell James WWE storyline A W signs talent trio Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 13 May 2012 Caldwell James Caldwell s WWE No Way Out PPV Report 6 17 Ongoing virtual time coverage of live PPV Cena vs Show potential firings who will A J choose Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 23 June 2012 Caldwell James Caldwell s WWE Raw Results 6 18 Ongoing virtual time coverage of live Raw 994 PPV fall out Johnny says good bye Hunter Heyman Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 23 June 2012 Raw Storyline Tracker 7 16 Raw 1 000 hype Punk Cena A J amp Bryan plan a wedding Mysterio returns Jericho Ziggler Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 13 January 2013 Now Primo and Epico are babyfaces and they lost their title shot that they re entitled to shouldn t Kingston and Truth offer them a re match It seems to me to be the honorable thing to do Namako Jason Superstars Results 6 28 12 Wrestleview Retrieved 8 July 2012 Namako Jason Superstars Results 7 5 12 Wrestleview Retrieved 8 July 2012 Caldwell James Caldwell s WWE MITB PPV Report 7 15 Complete virtual time coverage of live PPV Punk vs Bryan Sheamus vs Del Rio two MITB matches Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 4 August 2012 Parks Greg Parks WWE Smackdown Report 8 10 Complete virtual time coverage of the Friday night show including Dolph Ziggler as guest on Jericho s Highlight Reel Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 12 January 2013 James Justin James s WWE Superstars Report 8 30 Ryback feasts Primo and Epico vs Usos Mahal main event Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 13 January 2013 Primo in 2012 The Internet Wrestling Database Retrieved 13 January 2013 Caldwell James Caldwell s WWE Survivior Series PPV Report 11 18 Complete virtual time coverage of live PPV Punk Cena Ryback Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 19 November 2012 Parks Greg Parks WWE Smackdown Report 1 4 Complete coverage of Friday night show including Sheamus amp Orton vs Big 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Retrieved 11 January 2014 Parks Greg Parks s WWE SmackDown report 1 10 Ongoing virtual time coverage of Friday show including Big E Langston vs Randy Orton in a champion vs champion match Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 11 January 2014 WWE Main Event Aug 19 2014 WON F4W WWE news Pro Wrestling News WWE Results UFC News UFC results The Shining Stars arrive next week Raw May 9 2016 WWE 2016 05 09 Retrieved 2016 05 10 Shining Stars arrive on Raw WWE Monday Night Raw Results Winners Analysis Reaction and Highlights From September 12 www forbes com Raw results Oct 24 2016 Kevin Owens tears down The Architect before WWE Hell in a Cell Could The Golden Truth save their Survivor Series spot Baker William 8 November 2016 The Golden Truth vs The Shining Stars Raw Nov 7 2016 ProWrestling com American Alpha look for payback against The Colons Baker William 18 April 2017 American Alpha vs The Colons SmackDown LIVE April 18 2017 ProWrestling com Powell Jason 18 November 2018 Powell s WWE Survivor Series 2018 Kickoff Show coverage Raw vs Smackdown 10 team Survivor Series elimination match Pro Wrestling Dot Net Retrieved November 18 2018 Epico Colon Wins WWC Universal Title Set to Defend Against Primo 19 August 2019 CCW Tag Team Championship History External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Shining Stars Primo Colon on WWE com Epico Colon on WWE com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Primo and Epico amp oldid 1219846289, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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