26 Facts About Carlos Cotto

On June 11,2005, Carlos Cotto defeated Shane Sewell and Ricky Banderas in a three-way, in the process winning the IWA World Heavyweight Championship for the first time.

Carlos Cotto informed Jumping Jeff Jeffrey of his intention of abandoning the IWA, who supported the choice and accompanied him to the promotion.

On January 6,2009, Carlos Cotto was booked to defend the championship against Total Nonstop Action's Legends Champion, Booker T, in a "champion vs champion" contest.

The conclusion came when Carlos Cotto inverted a "Book End" attempt, scoring a pinfall victory.

On March 5,2011, Carlos Cotto returned to IWA in a live event alongside Abbad and the WWC Women's Champion La Morena.

Carlos Cotto continued to feud for the tag team championships, but once the opportunity took place, he was removed, in order to introduce Savio Vega's student, Diego de Jesus.

Carlos Cotto was fired as part of a storyline, returning masked under his El Illegal character.

Carlos Cotto continued wrestling unmasked in the independent circuit, even challenging for the Extreme Wrestling Organization's heavyweight title under his common character, in a contest that ended in a double disqualification.

Carlos Cotto went on to pursue a feud with the Intercontinental and Undisputed Heavyweight Champion, Chris Angel.

Carlos Cotto was initially awarded the Intercontinental belt and Angel's undefeated record, but the result was revoked due to external interference from a second masked "Illegal" and an unclean pin.

On December 17,2011, Carlos Cotto won the EWO World Heavyweight Championship, only to be interrupted by IWA president Miguel Perez.

On February 25,2012, following more intervention from the IWA, Carlos Cotto issued a challenge to end the conflict, an unification match for the EWO World Heavyweight Championship and IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship.

At Clash of the Titans, Carlos Cotto lost the EWO World Championship, losing to a masked wrestler only known as "Bonecrusher", whom he had defeated to win this belt and had since gained the IWA Undisputed Heavyweight Champion.

On May 26,2012, Perez made a face turn when Rondon insulted his father, which resulted in the entirety of Zona 101, led by Carlos Cotto, joining him and becoming part of Team IWA.

Carlos Cotto joined the municipal gymnasium of Aguas Buenas, where he began training along Efrain Roman, Armando Alamo, Jonuel Tapia and one of his cousins, Abner Cotto.

Carlos Cotto made his amateur debut on September 28,2012, defeating his opponent by RSC after 30 seconds of the first round, earning the recognition of "Most Spectacular Fight" of the night.

Carlos Cotto won his second fight in the same fashion, this time over Jesus J Gonzalez.

Carlos Cotto passed the first round for the first time in his third fight, defeating Victor Pizarro by technical knockout in the second.

Carlos Cotto then made his first fight outside Puerto Rico, defeating Sandy Antonio Soto by unanimous decision in four rounds.

Carlos Cotto's next fight was transitional and featured Los Boricuas as his entrance act, with him scoring a technical knockout over a win-less Oscar Adorno.

Carlos Cotto repeated the same feat accomplished before, traveling from Caguas to Bayamon in order to compete in a WWC card later in the night.

Carlos Cotto's next fight was against Suarez, who was returning from a suspension issues due to his actions in the previous fight, but managed to surprise him and score a first-round technical knockout.

Carlos Cotto was frustrated by the result, arguing that he was hit with several rabbit punches and that referee Ramon Pena failed to notice them, immediately beginning the negotiations for a third fight between them.

Carlos Cotto was married with Poison Ivy, who performed alongside him in professional wrestling.

Carlos Cotto has three children, Doris, Victor Javier and Darielys Paola.

Outside of wrestling, Carlos Cotto has worked as a supervisor in a private security company.