1. El Phantasmo is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he performs under the ring name El Phantasmo.
37 Facts About El Phantasmo
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In NJPW, Phantasmo was a former member of Bullet Club and became a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and a two-time Super J-Cup winner while in the stable.
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El Phantasmo won his first NJPW singles title, the NJPW World Television Championship, at Wrestle Kingdom 19 in January 2025.
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El Phantasmo has worked for Impact Wrestling, and various independent promotions in Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom.
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El Phantasmo's wrestling training group in 2005 included Kyle O'Reilly and Gurv Sihra.
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El Phantasmo's ring name is a reference to a song on White Zombie's Astro-Creep: 2000.
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El Phantasmo formed a tag team with Halo known as the Masked Dudes of Doom.
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In 2009, El Phantasmo finally won the Pacific Cup by beating Rick The Weapon X and Azeem The Dream in the finals.
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In 2010 El Phantasmo lost to eventual tournament winner Artemis Spencer in the semi-finals.
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El Phantasmo won his first ECCW Championship on July 6,2013.
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El Phantasmo lost the championship to "Ravenous" Randy Myers on January 18,2014, at Ballroom Brawl 1 in a ladder match.
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El Phantasmo won the ECCW Championship for the second time on January 16,2016, at Ballroom Brawl 5 by defeating Scotty Mac in a steel cage match.
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El Phantasmo lost the title to O'Reilly on January 14,2017, at Ballroom Brawl 7, in an open challenge to any TV wrestler.
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El Phantasmo debuted for Revolution Pro Wrestling at the Cockpit 17 on June 4,2017, and was defeated by David Starr.
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On February 14,2020, El Phantasmo lost the title to Michael Oku, ending his reign at 280 days.
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El Phantasmo then entered the Best of the Super Juniors and ended third in his block ending with 6 wins and 3 losses with a total of 12 points.
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At King of Pro-Wrestling, El Phantasmo lost to Ospreay in an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match.
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Immediately after the match, El Phantasmo called out Hiromu Takahashi and accepted his challenge to a match at Wrestle Kingdom 15, where the winner would face IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Ishimori on the second night of Wrestle Kingdom for the title.
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On night one, El Phantasmo lost to Takahashi, who earnt the title match on night two.
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At Castle Attack, El Phantasmo failed to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, losing a three-way match to Bushi and Desperado.
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At Kizuna Road, El Phantasmo and Ishimori, defeated Roppongi 3K to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championships, after El Phantasmo hit a superkick which was questioned to be loaded with an metal slug, which was a foreign, illegal weapon.
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Around this time, El Phantasmo expressed interest in competing as a heavyweight wrestler.
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El Phantasmo received a bye to the second round, but was defeated by Will Ospreay.
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El Phantasmo continued to be classed as a Junior Heavyweight, as he entered the Best of the Super Juniors, finishing the tournament with 12 points, with a record of 6 wins and 3 losses and the last match loss to El Desperado, preventing him making the finals.
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At Forbidden Door, El Phantasmo teamed with former Bullet Club members The Young Bucks to take on Dudes with Attitude, where they were defeated.
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El Phantasmo finished the tournament with 6 points, failing to advance to the semi-finals.
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On January 4,2023, at Wrestle Kingdom 17, El Phantasmo competed in the New Japan Ranbo, but failed to last till the final 4.
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At Wrestling Dontaku, El Phantasmo made his return to the promotion and turned face by attacking Finlay.
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At Dominion, El Phantasmo unsuccessfully challenged Finlay for the NEVER Openweight Championship.
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El Phantasmo competed in the B Block, finishing with 6 points, narrowly missing out on a place in the quarterfinals, following a loss to Will Ospreay in his final block match.
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El Phantasmo officially joined the stable on the final day of the G1 tournament.
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From November 25 until December 6, Hikuleo and El Phantasmo took part in the 2023 World Tag League, where they won their block with a record of five wins and two losses, advancing to the semifinals of the tournament.
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On January 4,2025, at Wrestle Kingdom 19, El Phantasmo won the title in a Four-way match.
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El Phantasmo lost the title to Great-O-Khan at Sakura Genesis.
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The week afterwards, El Phantasmo won a six-way, number-one contender's match for the right to challenge Josh Alexander for the Impact X Division Championship at Under Siege.
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On May 7,2022, at Under Siege, El Phantasmo made his return to the company by teaming with Bullet Club for a 10-man tag team match against Honor No More in a losing effort.
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El Phantasmo has designed posters for NJPW Strong events and his own merchandise.