Ray Rosas
Encyclopedia
Ray Rosas is a Mexican-American professional wrestler
, who is currently working for several independent wrestling promotions
but is best known for his work with NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
.
He was trained at Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy and was the final EWF Cruiserweight Champion
and Wrestling Society X
superstar “The Rock Superstar” kAos
.
Later that year, he wrestled on the XPW X: Tenth Anniversary Show. Teaming with Joey “Rico” Dynamite and Oso Loco defeating Lucha Machine, “Playboy” Clay Motley and “The Rookie” 88 in the opening match.
on June 13. Ray would then go onto feud with former champion, Jeremy Jaeger. With help from other members of the A List, Jeremy literally stole the Cruiserweight Championship belt from Ray Rosas. The feud culminated in TLC Match voted by the fans, with Ray retaining and gaining back his Cruiserweight Championship. This match would also go on to be voted Match of the year by the EWF fans.
Ray also joined forces with the Lucha Machine to form a tag team called the Silver Heart Radicalz. Later in the year, together they started their own web series called The Silver Heart Radicalz: Tequila Cantina. They also competed in their first tag team championship match in a losing effort for Battleground Pro Wrestling. They also perform regularly at Legion Championship Wrestling.
He also participated in the World Record breaking 3 Ring Battle Royal presented by the Alternative Wrestling Show.
Later that year, Ray debuted on NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
on KDOC-TV losing to his head trainer from Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy, “The Rock Superstar” kAos
. Ray would have similar results against Babi Slymm
. Ray's losing streak would continue after a lose in a very close and competitive match against fellow Santino Bros. student, Famous B. After the match, Ray hit Famous B with a low blow
following a hand shake.
debut on New Year's Day, to compete as a last minute replacement for Candice LeRae in the junior heavyweight New Year's Cup tournament. However, Ray would lose in the first round to Joey Ryan.
On N.W.A Hollywood, Ray would conitnue to low blow his opponents and sometimes his own team mates after matches. Victims included the Manimal and Lucha Machine. Ray would also attempt to low blow Ryan Taylor
after a match, but Taylor had Rosas scouted and countered with roundhouse kick to back of the Ray's head.
The following week, Ray attacked Ryan Tayor by sneaking through the audience. Taylor was saved before Rosas could do any serious damage by Famous B and the debuting Bolo. Bolo would go on to defeat Ray the next week. After the match, Rosas then tried to lure Bolo into his trademark groin kick but it merely served as a distraction. Suddenly, "Pretty" Peter Avalon and Rico Dynamite with his manager Sylvia rush to the ring and attack Bolo only to be chased off by Ryan Taylor and Famous B.
The two factions would all trade singles victories until the team of Rosas, Avalon and Dynamite would defeat Famous B, Taylor and Bolo in a six man tag team match using underhanded tactics. Famous B and Bolo got a small measure of revenge by defeating Ray and Rico Dynamite in a Tag team match.
A few weeks later, Ray faced Ryan Taylor again in a singles match with Taylor squeezing a victory over Rosas. Peter Avalon and Rico Dynamite attacked Taylor as he celebrated. The trio then cut locks of hair off the unconscious Ryan Taylor. The feud culminated in hair vs. hair six man elimination tag team match with Taylor's team winning the match.
After breaking out on his own in NWA Hollywood, Ray would challenge Scorpio Sky
for the NWA International Televsion Championship in a losing effort.
In Legion Championship Wrestling, Ray Rosas and The Lucha Machine feuded with hated rivals, Order 66 members Robbie Phoenix and Damien Arsenik along with their manager Roscoe P. Tucker. The seven month feud culminated in a tag team ladder match
for the contract of the manager of Order 66, Roscoe P. Tucker. In this match, Ray suffered a dislocated shoulder.
Ray Rosas would also debut for the National Wrestling Alliance
's Pro Wrestling Revolution (PWR) promotion. He would wrestle long-time rival Famous B and then PWR Junior Heavyweight Champion, Mr. Wrestling IV. Though Ray lost to the defending champion, his performance earned his official spot on the PWR roster.
Ray also debuted for the Insane Wrestling League feuding with Chris Kadillak. After two matches, Ray failed to defeat Kadillak. At New Era 6, they faced each other again in a Tables Match, with the winner receiving a title shot of the choosing. The match ended in a draw after both men crashed through both tables at the same time.
Then owner of IWL, Eric Cross forced them to team up and take on the IWL Tag Team Champions, The Young Bucks
. However, Ray and Kadillak were unable to coexist as a team and failed to win the championships.
After Vic Luna regained control of the company, He granted both Ray and Kadillak one more title shot of their choosing. They both ended up choosing the IWL Heavyweight Championship which resulted in a triple threat match with champion, Paul London
. Paul would go on to successfully defend the title by pinning Ray.
In Battleground Pro Wrestling, Ray would make it the finals of the BPW Ring Warrior Championship tournament. He would lose the match after his partner, Lucha Machine made Seville Alvarez submit. Ray would show signs of jealousy and tried to prove he was better than Lucha Machine.
It looked as if the Ring Warrior Championship would tear the two friends apart when Ray would defeat Chris Kadillak and Lucha Machine for the title by pinning Kadillak. After the match, Lucha Machine would leave the ring visibly upset. The two would reconcile after Ray successfully retained against Lucha Machine.
The following month, Ray would lose the Ring Warrior Championship to B-Boy in a triple threat with Scorpio Sky. After the match, all three men shook hands out of respect and left the ring together. With their focus back on the tag division, The Silver Heart Radicalz reunited and finally captured the BPW Tag Team Championship. The following night, The Silver Heart Radicalz won the New Wave Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship.
Ray Rosas made his biggest debut of the year at Steen Wolf for Pro Wrestling Guerilla. He teamed with "Pretty" Peter Avalon and Freddy Bravo to take on Candice LaRae and two of his biggest rivals, Chris Kadillak and Famous B.
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...
, who is currently working for several independent wrestling promotions
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
but is best known for his work with NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood is a professional wrestling television program for the National Wrestling Alliance that currently airs on KDOC-TV Los Angeles in the United States. The series premiere was on September 17, 2010....
.
He was trained at Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy and was the final EWF Cruiserweight Champion
EWF Cruiserweight Championship
The EWF Cruiserweight Championship is the top professional wrestling title for the cruiserweight division in the Southern California-based Empire Wrestling Federation independent promotion. It was established in 2004, with Liger Rivera as the first champion, who defeated Kid Karnage, Ryan Taylor...
Early career
Like most professional wrestlers in the Southern California area, Ray started as a backyard wrestler. At the age of 22, Ray Rosas began his professional wrestling training on December 28, 2008 at the Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy run by former 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,...
and 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...
superstar “The Rock Superstar” kAos
Joey Munoz
Joseph "Joey" Muñoz is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Kaos...
.
2009
He made his professional debut on June 14, 2009 for a Lucha Libre company called Mexican Wrestling Federation.Later that year, he wrestled on the XPW X: Tenth Anniversary Show. Teaming with Joey “Rico” Dynamite and Oso Loco defeating Lucha Machine, “Playboy” Clay Motley and “The Rookie” 88 in the opening match.
2010
Ray debuted in Empire Wrestling Federation on January 9, losing to Orion. He would later find success by winning the EWF Cruiserweight Championship from Brandon ParkerBrandon Parker
Brandon Parker is an American professional wrestler. Brandon is best known for his work with NWA Pro Wrestling and their Southern California associates Alternative Wrestling Show, Mach One Wrestling and primarily for the Empire Wrestling Federation.-Career:Brandon Parker trained under the...
on June 13. Ray would then go onto feud with former champion, Jeremy Jaeger. With help from other members of the A List, Jeremy literally stole the Cruiserweight Championship belt from Ray Rosas. The feud culminated in TLC Match voted by the fans, with Ray retaining and gaining back his Cruiserweight Championship. This match would also go on to be voted Match of the year by the EWF fans.
Ray also joined forces with the Lucha Machine to form a tag team called the Silver Heart Radicalz. Later in the year, together they started their own web series called The Silver Heart Radicalz: Tequila Cantina. They also competed in their first tag team championship match in a losing effort for Battleground Pro Wrestling. They also perform regularly at Legion Championship Wrestling.
He also participated in the World Record breaking 3 Ring Battle Royal presented by the Alternative Wrestling Show.
Later that year, Ray debuted on NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood is a professional wrestling television program for the National Wrestling Alliance that currently airs on KDOC-TV Los Angeles in the United States. The series premiere was on September 17, 2010....
on KDOC-TV losing to his head trainer from Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy, “The Rock Superstar” kAos
Joey Munoz
Joseph "Joey" Muñoz is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Kaos...
. Ray would have similar results against Babi Slymm
Tony Drake
Tony Drake is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in the short-lived Wrestling Society X. He currently competes on the independent circuit using the ring name Babi Slymm.-Professional wrestling career:...
. Ray's losing streak would continue after a lose in a very close and competitive match against fellow Santino Bros. student, Famous B. After the match, Ray hit Famous B with a low blow
Low Blow
Low Blow is an album by Victor Bailey released in 1999. "Graham Cracker" is a tribute to Larry Graham.-Track listing:# "Low Blow" – 3:11# "Sweet Tooth" – 5:58# "City Living" – 6:11# "Do You Know Who/Continuum" – 5:17...
following a hand shake.
2011
Ray would make his Mach 1 WrestlingMach One Wrestling
Mach One Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Anaheim, California and promoting events throughout Southern California. The company is owned by Jon Ian.-History:...
debut on New Year's Day, to compete as a last minute replacement for Candice LeRae in the junior heavyweight New Year's Cup tournament. However, Ray would lose in the first round to Joey Ryan.
On N.W.A Hollywood, Ray would conitnue to low blow his opponents and sometimes his own team mates after matches. Victims included the Manimal and Lucha Machine. Ray would also attempt to low blow Ryan Taylor
Ryan Taylor
Ryan Anthony David Taylor is an English footballer from Liverpool who plays for Newcastle United of the Premier League. He usually plays on the right wing as a right back or right midfielder but has most recently been playing in a less familiar left back role for Newcastle United.-Tranmere...
after a match, but Taylor had Rosas scouted and countered with roundhouse kick to back of the Ray's head.
The following week, Ray attacked Ryan Tayor by sneaking through the audience. Taylor was saved before Rosas could do any serious damage by Famous B and the debuting Bolo. Bolo would go on to defeat Ray the next week. After the match, Rosas then tried to lure Bolo into his trademark groin kick but it merely served as a distraction. Suddenly, "Pretty" Peter Avalon and Rico Dynamite with his manager Sylvia rush to the ring and attack Bolo only to be chased off by Ryan Taylor and Famous B.
The two factions would all trade singles victories until the team of Rosas, Avalon and Dynamite would defeat Famous B, Taylor and Bolo in a six man tag team match using underhanded tactics. Famous B and Bolo got a small measure of revenge by defeating Ray and Rico Dynamite in a Tag team match.
A few weeks later, Ray faced Ryan Taylor again in a singles match with Taylor squeezing a victory over Rosas. Peter Avalon and Rico Dynamite attacked Taylor as he celebrated. The trio then cut locks of hair off the unconscious Ryan Taylor. The feud culminated in hair vs. hair six man elimination tag team match with Taylor's team winning the match.
After breaking out on his own in NWA Hollywood, Ray would challenge Scorpio Sky
Scorpio Sky
Schuyler Andrews, better known as Scorpio Sky, is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is best known for his appearances on MTV's Wrestling Society X, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and Lucha Vavoom, but has also worked in Japan, Germany and England. Sky has held titles in the...
for the NWA International Televsion Championship in a losing effort.
In Legion Championship Wrestling, Ray Rosas and The Lucha Machine feuded with hated rivals, Order 66 members Robbie Phoenix and Damien Arsenik along with their manager Roscoe P. Tucker. The seven month feud culminated in a tag team ladder match
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...
for the contract of the manager of Order 66, Roscoe P. Tucker. In this match, Ray suffered a dislocated shoulder.
Ray Rosas would also debut for the National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
's Pro Wrestling Revolution (PWR) promotion. He would wrestle long-time rival Famous B and then PWR Junior Heavyweight Champion, Mr. Wrestling IV. Though Ray lost to the defending champion, his performance earned his official spot on the PWR roster.
Ray also debuted for the Insane Wrestling League feuding with Chris Kadillak. After two matches, Ray failed to defeat Kadillak. At New Era 6, they faced each other again in a Tables Match, with the winner receiving a title shot of the choosing. The match ended in a draw after both men crashed through both tables at the same time.
Then owner of IWL, Eric Cross forced them to team up and take on the IWL Tag Team Champions, The Young Bucks
The Young Bucks
The Young Bucks is an American professional wrestling tag team, consisting of real life brothers Matt and Nick Massie from Southern California...
. However, Ray and Kadillak were unable to coexist as a team and failed to win the championships.
After Vic Luna regained control of the company, He granted both Ray and Kadillak one more title shot of their choosing. They both ended up choosing the IWL Heavyweight Championship which resulted in a triple threat match with champion, Paul London
Paul London
Paul Michael London is an American professional wrestler best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment ....
. Paul would go on to successfully defend the title by pinning Ray.
In Battleground Pro Wrestling, Ray would make it the finals of the BPW Ring Warrior Championship tournament. He would lose the match after his partner, Lucha Machine made Seville Alvarez submit. Ray would show signs of jealousy and tried to prove he was better than Lucha Machine.
It looked as if the Ring Warrior Championship would tear the two friends apart when Ray would defeat Chris Kadillak and Lucha Machine for the title by pinning Kadillak. After the match, Lucha Machine would leave the ring visibly upset. The two would reconcile after Ray successfully retained against Lucha Machine.
The following month, Ray would lose the Ring Warrior Championship to B-Boy in a triple threat with Scorpio Sky. After the match, all three men shook hands out of respect and left the ring together. With their focus back on the tag division, The Silver Heart Radicalz reunited and finally captured the BPW Tag Team Championship. The following night, The Silver Heart Radicalz won the New Wave Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship.
Ray Rosas made his biggest debut of the year at Steen Wolf for Pro Wrestling Guerilla. He teamed with "Pretty" Peter Avalon and Freddy Bravo to take on Candice LaRae and two of his biggest rivals, Chris Kadillak and Famous B.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Dazed and Confused (Fisherman driver)
- Springboard Tornado DDT
- Ego Trip (Double Arm DDT)
- Signature moves
- Rose Royce (Rolling fireman's carry slam)
- Crazy Train (STO backbreaker followed by either a Russian legsweep or a neckbreakerNeckbreakerIn professional wrestling a neckbreaker is any throw or slam that focuses its attack on the opponent’s neck. One type of neckbreaker involves the wrestler slamming an opponent's neck against a part of the wrestler's body, usually the knee, head or shoulder...
) - Spear
- Multiple crossbody variations
- Diving
- Running
- Slingshot (Plancha)
- Springboard, sometimes from the second rope
- Multiple suplexSuplexA suplex is an offensive move used in professional sport wrestling . The move consists of one wrestler picking up his or her opponent off the ground and then using a large portion of his or her own body weight to drive the opponent down on the mat. Nearly all suplexes have the attacker going down...
variations- German
- Northern lights
- Super
- Butterfly
- Missile dropkick
- Frankensteiner
- Boston CrabBoston crabThe Boston crab is a professional wrestling hold that typically starts with the opponent lying supine on the mat, with the wrestler standing and facing them. It is a type of spinal lock where the wrestler hooks each of the opponent’s legs in one of his arms, and then turns the opponent face-down,...
- European uppercut
- Nicknames
- El Galán
- Romantic
- The Epitome of Enlightenment
- La Una Rosa Perfecta
- The Long-Haired Livewire
- The Leader of the Groove Nation
Championships and accomplishments
- BattleGround Pro Wrestling
- BPW Ring Warrior Championship (1 time)
- BPW Tag Team Championship (Current) - with Lucha Machine
- Empire Wrestling FederationEmpire Wrestling FederationThe Empire Wrestling Federation is an independent wrestling promotion based in San Bernardino, California. It is owned and operated by Jesse Hernandez). The EWF is also tied to Hernandez's wrestling school, The School Of Hard Knocks. The EWF is the longest running promotion in Southern California,...
- EWF Cruiserweight ChampionshipEWF Cruiserweight ChampionshipThe EWF Cruiserweight Championship is the top professional wrestling title for the cruiserweight division in the Southern California-based Empire Wrestling Federation independent promotion. It was established in 2004, with Liger Rivera as the first champion, who defeated Kid Karnage, Ryan Taylor...
(1 time) (Final) - Rookie of the Year (2010)
- Match of the Year (2010) vs. Jeremy Jaeger in TLC Match at Jingle Slam
- EWF Cruiserweight Championship
- New Wave Pro Wrestling
- NWPW Tag Team Championship (Current) - with Lucha Machine
- Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy
- Student of the Year (2010)