Vampiro is the current JCW Heavyweight Champion in his third reign.
49 Facts About Vampiro
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Vampiro often set up the ring before events and would train with the wrestlers before their matches.
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Vampiro made his debut as a jobber in 1984 at the age of 16 with little training, although he has credited Abdullah the Butcher as his trainer.
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Vampiro wrestled under the names Ian Richards and Gene Anderson during this time.
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Vampiro met with Paco Alonso and Antonio Pena, who took him as a joke because of his unique look.
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In 1992, Vampiro would be part of multiple hair vs hair matches.
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In late 1992, Vampiro participated in the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship tournament and reached the semi-final before being defeated by Black Magic.
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In mid to late 1994, Vampiro would begin to team up with Pegasus Kid, along with El Rayo de Jalisco Jr, in the final of the Trios Tournament.
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Vampiro would go on to team up with Apolo Dantes and lost to Dr Wagner Jr.
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In July 1995, Vampiro reached the final of the Gran Prix 1995 before being defeated by Headhunter A In what was perhaps the biggest match of his career to this point, he took on Apolo Dantes in a best out of three falls match for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.
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The feud stems from Vampiro being offered a part in a Mexican soap opera, when the producers ended up changing their mind at the last minute as they learned that his command of the Spanish language was poor.
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Vampiro considered that Konnan had sabotaged his chance to parlay his ring success into mainstream stardom, as Konnan did become a mainstream star in Mexico as a result of the role.
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On January 31,1993, Vampiro defeated El Canek in a two out of three falls match to become the UWA World Heavyweight Champion.
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Vampiro would defend his Championship over the course of 1993 in both single promotion and joint promotion events.
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Vampiro returned for an appearance on September 8,1995 in a tag match just before the promotion went under.
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In June 1994, Vampiro would start on a two-month tour of Japan where he won almost all his matches and took part in a tag team tournament where he teamed up with Lionheart and The Warlord and would be knocked out in the first round.
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In 1998, after spending nearly his entire career to that point in Mexico, Vampiro was signed by WCW.
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The feud began when Vampiro beat Berlyn in the WCW World Title tournament on Nitro.
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Vampiro later brought The Misfits into WCW, and began a feud with Oklahoma and "Dr Death" Steve Williams.
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Surprisingly, Oklahoma was able to mount a bit of offense, until Vampiro took Oklahoma's cowboy hat and then pinned him following the Nail In The Coffin.
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At Spring Stampede 2000, Vampiro cost Sting the United States Championship in a match against Scott Steiner when he pulled Sting underneath the ring.
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Vampiro entered the vacant WCW United States Title tournament, losing to The Great Muta.
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Vampiro later joined Muta to attack Ernest 'The Cat' Miller.
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Vampiro won his first and only title in WCW with The Great Muta, by defeating KroniK in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on August 13,2000.
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Vampiro later turned his back on Muta, setting up a 3 Way match at Fall Brawl with himself, Sting and Muta, which was won by Sting.
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Vampiro then took time away from the sport as his wife had a baby.
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Vampiro returned a month later, where he defeated Crowbar in a Hardcore Match.
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Vampiro then challenged Mike Awesome at Halloween Havoc, losing via pinfall after a top rope Awesome Bomb.
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Vampiro was put out with an injury and did not recover before WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation.
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Vampiro had claimed that he planned on leaving WCW before he broke his neck.
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In 2002, Vampiro would appear on several Pay-per-views and mostly teamed up with top CMLL name Shocker.
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In 2002 Vampiro Toured in Puerto Rico for Puerto Rican Promotion World Wrestling Council Where he won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship once.
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Vampiro would go on two more tours of AJPW one in September 2006 and the second April 2007.
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The next week, Vampiro attacked Raven and tried to hang him but Raven was saved by the Gathering.
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Vampiro stated in interviews with the UK's Power Slam Magazine that he had no objection to joining TNA - although he suspected it would not happen due to the presence of Sting on their roster.
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Vampiro defeated Konnan at Rey de Reyes with the help of Marco Corleone.
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In January 2011, Vampiro was a guest at WrestleReunion 5 in Los Angeles, California.
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On February 23,2011, Vampiro officially came out of retirement and returned to Juggalo Championship Wrestling as both a wrestler and a company consultant.
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Vampiro raised hopes of developing talent, taking the company international, and, more specifically, bringing it to Latin America.
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Raven interfered in the match and attacked Vampiro, resulting in him losing by pinfall.
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Vampiro lost his rematch with Kong at Juggalo Championship Wrestling's first internet pay-per-view Hatchet Attacks.
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Vampiro returned August 12,2012, defeating Colt Cabana at Bloodymania 6.
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On September 5,2014, it was announced Vampiro signed with Lucha Underground as the color commentator for the English and Spanish-language airings.
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Vampiro made his in-ring debut for the promotion at the Ultima Lucha tapings on April 19,2015, where he was defeated by Pentagon Jr.
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Vampiro has a tattoo on his left arm that reads "Mexico City", where he had many of his matches.
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Vampiro has made a cameo appearance on Vanilla Ice's Bi-Polar as well as recording an intro to Psychopathic Records Twiztid's "Maniac Killa".
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Vampiro has since revealed that he eventually had an exorcism performed on him to have the spirits removed.
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Vampiro made his acting debut in La Mujer de Judas, 2012 telenovela produced by TV Azteca.
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Vampiro made his debut on the album FREEKSHOW by the band Twiztid on the track "Maniac Killa" where he recorded the introduction of the song.