Joey Munoz
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Joseph "Joey" Muñoz is an American
professional wrestler
better known by his ring name Kaos (sometimes spelled as KAOS or kAos). He is best known for his work in Xtreme Pro Wrestling
, Combat Zone Wrestling
, Wrestling Society X
and NWA Hollywood.
on July 31, 1999, using the ring name
Kid Kaos, and the nickname
"The Rock Superstar". He was trained by his uncle, fellow XPW star Supreme. On August 27, 2001, he won the Television Champion
would go on to become the longest reigning champion, holding the title for 18 months.
(CZW) on September 11, 2004, at High Stakes: Always Bet on Black!, challenging CZW Champion The Messiah
. His first major storyline was a feud
with Adam Flash
, and on November 14 at Night of Infamy, a match between the two of them ended in a no contest. In a three-way ladders
and scaffold match for the CZW Championship on December 11, The Messiah defeated Kaos and Flash to retain. he also challenged B-Boy for the CZW Iron Man Championship
on January 8, 2005, at GenZ: The Transfusion, but was unsuccessful. In his last CZW appearance he lost to Flash in a falls count anywhere match at Only the Strong: Scarred for Life on February 5.
's Wrestling Society X
(WSX), using the name Joey "Kaos" Munoz, and the episodes aired in 2007. While in WSX, he was member of the tag team Los Pochos Guapos with Aaron Aguilera
. On the inaugural episode of WSZ, which aired on January 30, 2007, Munoz comepted in the WSX Rumble
. On the third episode of WSX, which aired on February 13, Los Pochos Guapos lost a Tables, Ladders and Cerveza match
to Alkatrazz
and Luke Hawx
, when Alkatrazz pinned Munoz after a powerbomb
through a table
. Munoz gained his first WSX win when he and Aguilera defeated The Filth and The Fury (Teddy Hart
and M-Dogg 20) on an episode aired on March 14. On another episode aired that day, Los Pochos Guapos lost to The Cartel (Delikado and Lil Cholo) in their final appearance for WSX.
, using the name "Joey" in a losing effort against Snitsky
.
Joey Munoz and Russ Taylor participated in a losing effort against Vladimir Kozlov on the May 26, 2009 edition of ECW on Sci Fi.
SBWA is a well respected and the elite pro wrestling school in Southern CA. Trainers include, Kaos, The Ballard Bros Shane & Shannon and Los Luchas
Zokre & Phoenix Star.
" This is the top school in the country. It has Big Bill Anderson and Superstar's [Billy Graham] endorsement. If you are thinking of going to a wrestling school. Go to a place that teaches respect as well as wrestling." -Bill Anderson, Pro Wrestling Vetern & Trainer of Champions
"If you are looking to enter the world of professional wrestling, I gotta give a shout out to the Santino Bros Wrestling Academy. Much respect to Joey Kaos & Mongol Santino for doing things the right way. The way they [Alumni] carry themselves and have respect is incredible & I cannot thank you engough for instilling that kind of ethic in today's young wrestlers." -Adam Pearce
, NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion
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professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
better known by his ring name Kaos (sometimes spelled as KAOS or kAos). He is best known for his work in Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Xtreme Pro Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion formerly owned by Extreme Associates CEO and director Rob Zicari, who appeared on shows under the name Rob Black. Zicari appeared on-camera as owner alongside his wife Lizzy Borden. The promotion focuses on hardcore wrestling,...
, Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...
, Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X was a short-lived professional wrestling-based television series produced in 2006 by Big Vision Entertainment. The weekly television series formerly aired on MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, and over a dozen other MTV outlets throughout the world...
and NWA Hollywood.
Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Muñoz debuted in Xtreme Pro WrestlingXtreme Pro Wrestling
Xtreme Pro Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion formerly owned by Extreme Associates CEO and director Rob Zicari, who appeared on shows under the name Rob Black. Zicari appeared on-camera as owner alongside his wife Lizzy Borden. The promotion focuses on hardcore wrestling,...
on July 31, 1999, using the ring name
Ring name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...
Kid Kaos, and the nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
"The Rock Superstar". He was trained by his uncle, fellow XPW star Supreme. On August 27, 2001, he won the Television Champion
XPW Television Championship
-Title history:...
would go on to become the longest reigning champion, holding the title for 18 months.
Santino Bros.
In addition to teaming with Supreme, Muñoz formed the Fighting Santino Brothers tag team with long time friend and training partner El Mongol which sees both men wear black masks as well be accompanied by their manager Jezebel. Muñoz also wrestles as a singles wrestler under his real name or by the ring name Kaos.Post-XPW
Using the name Kaos, Munoz debuted in Combat Zone WrestlingCombat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...
(CZW) on September 11, 2004, at High Stakes: Always Bet on Black!, challenging CZW Champion The Messiah
William Welch
William C. Welch is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Messiah.-Professional wrestling career:...
. His first major storyline was a feud
Feud (professional wrestling)
A professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or alliances of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised...
with Adam Flash
Adam Flash
Douglas Adam Becker in York, Pennsylvania is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Adam Flash. Over his career, he has worked for various independent promotions, including Maryland Championship Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, and Combat Zone...
, and on November 14 at Night of Infamy, a match between the two of them ended in a no contest. In a three-way ladders
Ladder match
A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling that is most commonly used to describe a match where an item is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item...
and scaffold match for the CZW Championship on December 11, The Messiah defeated Kaos and Flash to retain. he also challenged B-Boy for the CZW Iron Man Championship
CZW Iron Man Championship
The CZW Iron Man Championship was a professional wrestling title in the Philadelphia-based promotion Combat Zone Wrestling . It was established in 1999 at CZW's first show, Opening Night with Derek Domino as the first champion. Despite the name, the Iron Man title is not exclusively defended in...
on January 8, 2005, at GenZ: The Transfusion, but was unsuccessful. In his last CZW appearance he lost to Flash in a falls count anywhere match at Only the Strong: Scarred for Life on February 5.
Wrestling Society X
In 2006, Muñoz taped MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X was a short-lived professional wrestling-based television series produced in 2006 by Big Vision Entertainment. The weekly television series formerly aired on MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, and over a dozen other MTV outlets throughout the world...
(WSX), using the name Joey "Kaos" Munoz, and the episodes aired in 2007. While in WSX, he was member of the tag team Los Pochos Guapos with Aaron Aguilera
Aaron Aguilera
Aaron Aguilera , is a Mexican American professional wrestler and actor best known as Jesús and Uno on World Wrestling Entertainment and MTV's Wrestling Society X...
. On the inaugural episode of WSZ, which aired on January 30, 2007, Munoz comepted in the WSX Rumble
Battle royal (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...
. On the third episode of WSX, which aired on February 13, Los Pochos Guapos lost a Tables, Ladders and Cerveza match
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
A Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, often abbreviated as a TLC, is a type of professional wrestling match originated within WWE, but can be seen under different variations in other wrestling promotions....
to Alkatrazz
Alkatrazz
Brian Fleming is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name Al Katrazz, which is a word play on the name of Alcatraz Prison...
and Luke Hawx
Oren Hawxhurst
Oren Hawxhurst is an American professional wrestler, actor and stuntman. He is best known as Luke Hawx and is also known for his time in Xtreme Pro Wrestling under the ring name Altar Boy Luke.-Professional wrestling career:...
, when Alkatrazz pinned Munoz after a powerbomb
Powerbomb
A powerbomb is a professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up and then slammed back-first down to the mat. The standard powerbomb sees an opponent first placed in a standing headscissors position...
through a table
Table (furniture)
A table is a form of furniture with a flat and satisfactory horizontal upper surface used to support objects of interest, for storage, show, and/or manipulation...
. Munoz gained his first WSX win when he and Aguilera defeated The Filth and The Fury (Teddy Hart
Teddy Hart
Teddy Annis , is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He is currently working on the American independent circuit for promotions such as Jersey All Pro Wrestling and Dragon Gate USA...
and M-Dogg 20) on an episode aired on March 14. On another episode aired that day, Los Pochos Guapos lost to The Cartel (Delikado and Lil Cholo) in their final appearance for WSX.
World Wrestling Entertainment
On November 5, 2007, Muñoz made an appearance on RawWWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
, using the name "Joey" in a losing effort against Snitsky
Gene Snitsky
Eugene Alan "Gene" Snisky is a professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Snitsky, who is best known for his time spent with World Wrestling Entertainment. He had played college football at the University of Missouri and was on the pre-season roster in 1995 for the Birmingham Barracudas...
.
Joey Munoz and Russ Taylor participated in a losing effort against Vladimir Kozlov on the May 26, 2009 edition of ECW on Sci Fi.
NWA Hollywood
Kaos was in the main event on the November 26, 2010 episode of NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood vs Joey Ryan. One of the highest rated in the shows short history. Kaos has since been in a feud with Dark Chocolate Willie Mack, main eventing the March 4, 2011 and March 26, 2011 episodes of the Television show.Wrestling School
In January 2008, Kaos founded The Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy, named after his tag team.SBWA is a well respected and the elite pro wrestling school in Southern CA. Trainers include, Kaos, The Ballard Bros Shane & Shannon and Los Luchas
Los Luchas
Los Luchas is a Mexican professional wrestling tag team that consists of Phoenix Star and Zokre. They are best known for their reign as NWA World Tag Team Champions and their tenure in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .-History:...
Zokre & Phoenix Star.
" This is the top school in the country. It has Big Bill Anderson and Superstar's [Billy Graham] endorsement. If you are thinking of going to a wrestling school. Go to a place that teaches respect as well as wrestling." -Bill Anderson, Pro Wrestling Vetern & Trainer of Champions
"If you are looking to enter the world of professional wrestling, I gotta give a shout out to the Santino Bros Wrestling Academy. Much respect to Joey Kaos & Mongol Santino for doing things the right way. The way they [Alumni] carry themselves and have respect is incredible & I cannot thank you engough for instilling that kind of ethic in today's young wrestlers." -Adam Pearce
Adam Pearce
Adam Pearce is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is the current NWA World Heavyweight Champion in his fourth reign and the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. He is also a former PWG Champion....
, NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Kaostrophe (Sitout inverted suplex slam)
- Signature moves
- 450° splash
- Corkscrew senton
- DDTDDT (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler has the opponent in a front facelock, and falls down or backwards to drive the opponent's head into the mat...
- Diving crossbody
- DropkickDropkickA dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as he or she jumps so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than...
- Falling Star (Crucifix lift flipped into a piledriver)
- Frog splash
- Hurricanrana
- MoonsaultMoonsaultA moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique. Much of its popularity in American wrestling is attributed to The Great Muta, despite it being used in North America by "Leaping" Lanny Poffo years before Muta came from Japan.In a standard moonsault,...
, sometimes while springboarding - Standing three-quarter facelock diving inverted DDT
- Superkick
- Entrance musicMusic in professional wrestlingMusic in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
- "Rock Superstar" by Cypress HillCypress HillCypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide...
- "Rock Superstar" by Cypress Hill
Championships and accomplishments
- Xtreme Pro WrestlingXtreme Pro WrestlingXtreme Pro Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion formerly owned by Extreme Associates CEO and director Rob Zicari, who appeared on shows under the name Rob Black. Zicari appeared on-camera as owner alongside his wife Lizzy Borden. The promotion focuses on hardcore wrestling,...
- XPW Television ChampionshipXPW Television Championship-Title history:...
(1 time, 2001)
- XPW Television Championship
- Vendetta Pro Wrestling
- Vendetta Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 time, 2011)
- New Generacion Xtreme
- NGX Tag Team Championship w/Supreme (1 time, 2007)
- New Wave Pro Wrestling
- NWPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time, 2007)
- Battle Ground Pro Wrestling
- BiGPro Heavyweight Championship (1 time, 2007)
- Mexican Wrestling Federation
- Trophy: Surprise heel of the year (2009)