Halloween (wrestler) explained

Halloween
Birth Name:Manuel Ortiz Partida
Names:Ciclope
Cyclope
Halloween
Elvis González
Rocky Boy
El Giro
Height:1.75 m[1]
Weight:94 kg
Birth Date:22 May 1971
Birth Place:Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Billed:Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Trainer:Rey Misterio
Fobia
Debut:April 3, 1987
Retired:April 17, 2021

Manuel Ortiz Partida (born May 22, 1971) is a Mexican retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Halloween. He is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling as Ciclope from 1996 to 1999.

Professional wrestling career

Partida debuted in 1987. In the early-1990s, he adopted the ring name "Halloween" which he would use for most of his career.[2]

In 1996, Ortiz joined World Championship Wrestling where he took the name "Ciclope". His biggest moment in wrestling was part of the feud between Chris Jericho and Dean Malenko. Malenko, who had been inactive for a few months prior, dressed up as Ciclope to win a Cruiserweight battle royale to determine the number one contendership to Chris Jericho's WCW Cruiserweight Championship. Jericho had been refusing to grant Malenko contendership, making the disguise necessary.

After his time in World Championship Wrestling was over, he lost the Ciclope mask to Antifaz del Norte early in 1999. He quickly reverted to his Halloween character but lost his mask again on December 24, 1999, in a match against Super Parka.

In 2002, Halloween joined Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico City along with La Familia de Tijuana (a group consisting of himself, Damián 666, Nicho el Millonario, Rey Misterio, Sr. and their valet Lady Victoria, although Rey did not come for the tour). The trio won the National Trios title but Nicho had a falling out with management and La Familia soon left entirely. They continued to work for independent promoters until CMLL called them back in 2005 to wrestle against Negro Casas, Heavy Metal and Felino on a show celebrating Negro's 25 years of wrestling. Perro Aguayo, Jr. recruited him and Damián for his Los Perros del Mal group. However, Halloween suffered a leg injury and his role was minimalized. After Universo 2000 used the illegal martinete on Damián 666, Halloween challenged Univeso to a hair vs. hair match on the December 2 show. After losing the match and his hair, Halloween underwent knee surgery that put him out of action for several months after which he was released from CMLL.

In 2009, Halloween joined Aguayo's Perros del Mal Producciones, where he reunited with Damián 666.[3] In June 2010, Halloween became a major part of a storyline, where Los Perros del Mal invaded AAA.[4] On June 18, 2011, at Triplemanía XIX, Halloween, Damián 666 and X-Fly defeated Los Psycho Circus in a tournament final to become the first ever AAA World Trios Champions.[5] On July 31 at Verano de Escándalo, Los Perros del Mal faced Los Psycho Circus in a steel cage match, where the last person left in the cage would lose either his hair or mask. The match ended with Psycho Clown escaping the cage, leaving X-Fly inside and forcing him to have his hair shaved off.[6] On October 9 at Héroes Inmortales, Los Perros del Mal and Los Psycho Circus ended their year long rivalry, when Halloween, Damián 666 and Nicho el Millonario were defeated in a Masks vs. Hairs steel cage match and were all shaved bald.[7] After a five-month break from the rivalry, Los Perros del Mal lost the AAA World Trios Championship to Los Psycho Circus on March 11, 2012.[8] The following day, Halloween, Damián 666 and X-Fly announced that they had quit Los Perros del Mal.[9]

On March 13, 2012, Halloween, Bestia 666, Damián 666, Super Nova and X-Fly announced that they were forming La Familia de Tijuana, a group of independent wrestlers, much like Los Perros del Mal, with the exception that they were not looking to form their own promotion.[10] On March 29, International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) was officially announced as La Familia de Tijuanas new home promotion.[11] Afterwards, Halloween was the only member of La Familia de Tijuana, who kept appearing on AAA events. After initially teasing dissension with El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Halloween reunited with Los Perros del Mal on April 1.[12] On April 19, Halloween officially severed his ties with the rest of La Familia de Tijuana and returned to Los Perros del Mal.[13] On August 5 at Triplemanía XX, Halloween reunited with former partner Extreme Tiger for one night to take part in a Parejas Suicidas steel cage match, featuring three other former tag teams. However, both Halloween and Tiger managed to escape the cage and avoid having to face each other in a Hair vs. Mask match.[14] In late 2012, Halloween started a romance storyline with Mari Apache, which led to the two winning the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship on October 7.[15] Later, in the main event of the same evening, Halloween lost his hair to Dark Cuervo in an eight man tag team Domo de la Muerte.[16] [17] Halloween and Apache lost the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship to Drago and Faby Apache on July 19, 2013.[18]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

width=20% scope="col"Winner (wager)width=20% scope="col"Loser (wager)width=20% scope="col"Locationwidth=20% scope="col"Eventwidth=15% scope="col"DateNotes
Halloween (mask) León Negro (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event [28]
Halloween (mask) León Negro (mask) San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora Live event [29]
Halloween (mask) Thunderbird (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event
Antifaz del Norte (mask) Ciclope (mask) Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Live event 1999 [30]
Halloween (hair) Super Parka (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event [31]
Halloween (hair) Super Muñeco (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event [32]
Halloween (mask) La Máscara[33] (hair) Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Live event
Super Parka (mask) Halloween (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event
Damián 666 (hair) Halloween (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event  
Halloween (hair) Bestia Salvaje (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event [34] [35]
Halloween (hair) Brazo de Plata (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event  
Shocker (hair) Halloween (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event  
Universo 2000 (hair) Halloween (hair) Mexico City Juicio Final [36]
Super Nova (mask) Halloween (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event [37] [38]
Halloween (hair) Coco Rojo (hair) Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico Live event [39] [40]
Los Psycho Circus (masks)
(Monster Clown, Murder Clown and Psycho Clown) 		Los Perros del Mal (hair)
(Halloween, Damián 666 and Nicho el Millonario) 		Monterrey, Nuevo León Héroes Inmortales [41]
Dark Cuervo (hair) Halloween (hair) San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí Héroes Inmortales [42]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Statistics for Professional wrestlers. PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. 2008 Edition. 66–79.
  2. Web site: Halloween. February 6, 2010. Online World of Wrestling.
  3. Web site: Halloween, Pequeño Halloween, Mr. Aguilita y Cosmico a los Perros del Mal. Ocampo, Jorge. Súper Luchas. February 18, 2009. July 8, 2009. es.
  4. Web site: Triplemanía XVIII: Fiesta de Fiestas. https://web.archive.org/web/20100815092851/http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/triplemaniaxviii.html. August 15, 2010. June 7, 2010. November 6, 2010. es. Lucha Libre AAA World Wide.
  5. Web site: Triplemania XIX (Cobertura y resultados 18 de Junio de 2011) – LA Park vs El Mesias Mascara vs Cabellera, TNA invade Triple A. Cano Vela, Eduardo. June 17, 2011. June 18, 2011. Súper Luchas. es.
  6. Web site: X-Fly fue rapado en Verano de Escándalo. June 30, 2011. August 1, 2011. Récord. es. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120615141634/http://www.record.com.mx/luchalibre/2011-07-31/x-fly-fue-rapado-en-verano-de-escandalo-0. June 15, 2012.
  7. Web site: AAA Héroes Inmortales (Cobertura y resultados 9 de Octubre de 2011) – Mesias y Sting empatan y unen sus fuerzas contra Konnan, Jarrett y sus aliados, Wagner gana pero Octagón y La Parka lo traicionan, los perros pierden las cabelleras. Cano Vela. Eduardo. October 9, 2011. October 9, 2011. Súper Luchas. es.
  8. Web site: Psycho Circus nuevos campeones de tercias AAA. March 12, 2012. March 12, 2012. Lucha Libre AAA World Wide. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120514133533/http://luchalibreaaa.com/psycho-circus-nuevos-campeones-de-tercias-aaa.php. May 14, 2012. dead.
  9. Web site: ¿X-Fly, Damián 666 y Halloween fuera de los Perros del Mal?. Ruiz Glez. Alex. March 12, 2012. March 12, 2012. Súper Luchas. es.
  10. Web site: Renace la Familia de Tijuana. March 13, 2012. March 14, 2012. Medio Tiempo. es.
  11. Web site: La Familia de Tijuana se integra a las filas de IWRG 2012-03-29. March 29, 2012. March 31, 2012. International Wrestling Revolution Group. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20131102104222/http://www.iwrg.mx/modulos/noticias.php?id=182. November 2, 2013. dead.
  12. Web site: Los Perros se refuerzan en Pachuca. April 2, 2012. April 2, 2012. Lucha Libre AAA World Wide. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20120511043128/http://luchalibreaaa.com/los-perros-se-refuerzan-en-pachuca.php. May 11, 2012. dead.
  13. Web site: Estoy contento de estar donde estoy por que es donde quiero estar. April 19, 2012. April 20, 2012. The Gladiatores. es.
  14. Web site: Triplemania XX "El día ha llegado" (Cobertura y resultados 5 de agosto de 2012) – Máscara vs máscara: Dr. Wagner vs Máscara Año 2000 Jr. – ¡Kurt Angle en México!. August 5, 2012. August 5, 2012. Cano Vela. Eduardo. Súper Luchas. es.
  15. Web site: Héroes Inmortales (VI): ¡Halloween y Mary Apache, nuevos Campeones de Parejas Mixtas AAA!. Mexicool. Rey. October 7, 2012. October 7, 2012. Súper Luchas. es.
  16. Web site: Héroes Inmortales (VI): ¡Halloween pelón en el Domo de la Muerte!. Mexicool. Rey. October 7, 2012. October 7, 2012. Súper Luchas. es.
  17. Web site: Cae Halloween en Héroes Inmortales. October 8, 2012. October 8, 2012. Medio Tiempo. es.
  18. Web site: Feliz Bicampeona de AAA, Faby Apache. July 22, 2013. July 23, 2012. Medio Tiempo. es.
  19. News: Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales. Lucha 2000. Especial 21. 2004-12-20. es.
  20. News: Arturo Rosas Plata. Los Perros del campeones!. Ovaciones. Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.. Mexico, D.F.. Número 20843 Año LX. 21. 2007-04-26. 2009-04-12. es.
  21. Web site: DTU Consagrado Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307131137/http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=2321. 2016-03-07.
  22. Web site: AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20130510123633/http://luchalibreaaa.com/historia/campeonatos/item/42-campeonato-parejas-mixtas-aaa.html. May 27, 2020. 2013-05-10.
  23. News: Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008. Súper Luchas. issue 296. January 6, 2008. July 11, 2009. es.
  24. Web site: Perros del Mal (Resultados 14 de feb.): Héctor Garza, nuevo Campeón Nacional Completo – Halloween gana la Copa Extrema de la jauría. Mexicool. Rey. February 15, 2012. February 16, 2012. Súper Luchas. es.
  25. News: The "PWI" 500. PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. 2008 Edition. 62–63.
  26. Web site: Mexico's Most Wanted. 2009-07-07. Online World of Wrestling.
  27. Web site: Independent Wrestling Results – July 2003. 2008-07-05. Online World of Wrestling.
  28. News: Enciclopedia de las Mascaras. Halloween. Mexico City, Mexico. Tomo II. 35. September 2007. es.
  29. Triangle match that included Damián 666
  30. News: Enciclopedia de las Mascaras. Ciclope. Mexico City, Mexico. Tomo II. 53. September 2007. es.
  31. Hair vs. hair between two masked wrestlers.
  32. Hair vs. hair between two masked wrestlers
  33. This was not the current La Máscara
  34. Los Guapos vs. La Familia de Tijuana hair match.
  35. Web site: 5 importantes cabelleras ganadas por idolos Tijuanenses . Alejandro . Guzmán . November 8, 2018 . November 8, 2018 . TJ Sports . es.
  36. News: 2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana. Súper Luchas. Issue 140. January 3, 2006. es.
  37. [Steel cage match]
  38. Web site: Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly. May 7, 2010. May 8, 2010. Boutwell, Josh. WrestleView.
  39. [Steel cage match]
  40. Web site: Halloween despeluca a Coco Rojo. July 11, 2011. July 12, 2011. Récord. es. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120404014640/http://www.record.com.mx/luchalibre/2011-07-11/halloween-despeluca-coco-rojo. April 4, 2012.
  41. Steel cage Masks vs. Hairs match.
  42. Domo de la Muerte, where Los Perros del Mal (Halloween, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Psicosis and Teddy Hart) faced Dark Cuervo, Cibernético, Dark Ozz and Jack Evans.

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