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John Watson (born June 4, 1973), better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck, is a American professional wrestler best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling ^[1] where he became the third ECW Triple Crown Champion.

Career highlights[link]

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1993–1998)[link]

Whipwreck was part of the ECW ring crew. Whipwreck joined Extreme Championship Wrestling. Booker Paul Heyman hired him after he watched Whipwreck practice a variety of aerial maneuvers before the show began (Joey Styles states on an episode of The History of ECW it was he who suggested that Heyman check Whipwreck out). The short, lightly built Whipwreck made a natural underdog who would absorb a great deal of damage in the course of his matches. Despite this, his great technical in-ring skills led him to success. While in ECW, he received further training from fellow ECW wrestlers Taz, Perry Saturn, Tommy Dreamer and Mick Foley among others. On May 15, 1994, Whipwreck defeated Pitbull #1 for the World Television Championship, his first title in ECW. He would hold the title until August 13 of that year.

Only two weeks after losing the World Television Title, Whipwreck's big break came on August 27, 1994, when Terry Funk canceled his appearance and, thus, his scheduled tag team match with Cactus Jack against The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock). Whipwreck substituted for Funk and managed to pin Rock, thus winning the World Tag Team Championship. The unlikely duo held the titles for just over five weeks before being defeated for the title by Public Enemy.

Following the title loss, Whipwreck began to ascend the ranks, while also expanding his moveset in the meantime. On October 28, 1995, Whipwreck scored the biggest victory of his career by defeating The Sandman in a ladder match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, becoming the youngest ECW Champion in history. During his reign as World Heavyweight Champion, Whipwreck defeated future WWF Champion and Hall of Famer "The Extreme Superstar" Steve Austin with a sunset flip. On December 9, 1995, Whipwreck lost the title back to Sandman in a three way dance also involving Austin.

On December 29, 1995 in Rego Park, New York at Holiday Hell, Whipwreck defeated 2 Cold Scorpio in a singles match in which the World Television and World Tag Team Titles were all on the line. Immediately afterwards, Cactus Jack declared himself to be Whipwreck's partner and the pair became two time World Tag Team Champions together. On January 5, 1996 Scorpio regained the World Television Title and two months later, Whipwreck and Jack lost their titles to The Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus). Soon afterwards, Cactus Jack turned on Whipwreck, blaming him for their loss and starting a feud between the two. Because Cactus Jack was soon set to leave ECW to debut for the World Wrestling Federation, the fans began to heavily support Whipwreck during this feud. After Whipwreck attacked Cactus Jack during a bout with Shane Douglas, a singles match between the two was scheduled for March. However, Whipwreck was defeated following several chair shots and a piledriver.

World Championship Wrestling (1999)[link]

Mikey Whipwreck was an important part of ECW for the next two years before leaving for World Championship Wrestling in late 1998. He made his WCW debut at Uncensored, unsuccessfully challenging Billy Kidman for the Cruiserweight Championship. He also had a stint teaming with Lash Leroux as a tag team known as Whiplash. He later left WCW after several months, disillusioned by his lack of a push. While in WCW, he generally wrestled in the cruiserweight division or competed against fellow ECW alumni.

His release came shortly after a booking meeting where his name was brought up and, then booker, Kevin Nash responded with "who is Mikey Whipwreck?"^{[citation needed]}

Return to ECW (1999–2001)[link]

Along with The Sandman, Whipwreck returned to ECW in 1999. Aligning himself with The Sinister Minister, Whipwreck changed his gimmick from that of a lovable loser to a pyromaniac. After going through a losing streak, Whipwreck won his third and final World Tag Team Championship with Yoshihiro Tajiri as his tag team partner, with both men forming The Unholy Alliance. Rather than competing for the World Heavyweight Championship, Whipwreck primarily fought against lighter, faster wrestlers, giving rise to some of the most well-received matches of his career. He and Tajiri eventually lost the titles to The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke). Soon afterwards, ECW went bankrupt.

Semi-retirement[link]

In early 2001, Whipwreck announced his intention to retire in May 2002 if he was not hired by the World Wrestling Federation or BRC in the interim, expressing an interest in pursuing a career in pyrotechnics. By June 11 he had decided to retire by September of that year, as his wrestling style had begun resulting in a number of nagging injuries, including two herniated discs, damaged knees, a damaged right shoulder and a jaw cracked to the point of not even being able to eat hard food. In tribute to Whipwreck, Border City Wrestling hosted "The Mikey Whipwreck Retirement Bash" on August 29, 2001 at the Cicciaro Club in Windsor, Ontario and featured a number of prominent ECW performers, such as Tommy Dreamer and Sabu. Whipwreck wrestled his American retirement match on October 20, 2001, defeating Little Guido.

Whipwreck broke his retirement before long, returning in 2003. He wrestled in several different promotions, such as Ring of Honor, where he would often team with or against some of the wrestlers he has trained. He also made a one time appearance in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he teamed with The Sandman at one of TNA's weekly pay-per-views against The Gathering (CM Punk and Julio Dinero) in a losing effort. He later appeared at Hardcore Homecoming, ECW reunion tour organized by fellow ECW alum Shane Douglas, in mid-2005. On the Extreme Reunion portion of the tour, he teamed with Chris Chetti to defeat Simon Diamond and C.W. Anderson on June 10. Two days later at the first-ever ECW One Night Stand, Whipwreck, Yoshihiro Tajiri and The Sinister Minister reunited for one night only as Whipwreck and The Minister stood in Tajiri's corner during his three way dance against Little Guido and Super Crazy.

During April 2006, Whipwreck worked as an agent for Liberty States Wrestling. At the second ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view on June 11, 2006, Whipwreck was seen on camera celebrating with other ECW wrestlers after Rob Van Dam won the WWE Championship.

On February 21, 2008, in his final New England wrestling appearance, Whipwreck was set to team with The Blue Meanie to challenge for the NECW Tag Team Championship at New England Championship Wrestling's Genesis 8 event in Quincy, Massachusetts, but due to car troubles Whipwreck was unable to attend the event, causing The Blue Meanie to pick a replacement in Nick Westgate.

In 2010 Whipwreck declined any involvement in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice.^[2]

On September 11, 2010, Whipwreck and Syther defeated Big Time Rush (Tony Burma and Ryan Rush) to win the New York Wrestling Connection Tag Team Championship.^[3]

On May 24, 2012, Whipwreck made his debut for Tajiri's new Wrestling New Classic (WNC) promotion in Tokyo, teaming with Tajiri in a tag team hardcore match, where they defeated Gedo and Jado.^[4] Two days later, Whipwreck and Tajiri defeated Yo-Hey and Yusuke Kodama in another tag team hardcore match in Osaka.^[5] Whipwreck's tour of WNC concluded on May 27, when he, Tajiri and Kana were defeated in a six person main event by Akira, Dave Finlay and Syuri.^[6]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • Whipper-Snapper^[1] (Three-quarter facelock jawbreaker, sometimes while diving off the top rope^[1] or while twisting the opponent)

• Signature moves
  • Double underhook backbreaker drop^[1]
  • Franken-Mikey (Hurricanrana^[7] sometimes while diving off the top rope)^[1]
  • Inverted suplex^[1]
  • Kneeling belly to belly piledriver
  • Slingshot crossbody^[8]
  • Slingshot guillotine leg drop^[7]
  • Springboard crossbody^[7]
  • Unholy Driver^[1] (Fireman's carry dropped into a wheelbarrow facebuster)
  • Vertical suplex^[1]

• Managers
  • Lou E. Dangerously
  • The Sinister Minister
  • Tara Charisma
  • Don Callis

• Entrance themes
  • "Pepper" by Butthole Surfers
  • "Loser" by Beck
  • "Bombtrack" by Rage Against the Machine
  • "Cyanide" by Deathstars

Wrestlers trained by Whipwreck[link]

• Stockade

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Border City Wrestling
  • BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• European Wrestling Association
  • EWA European Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Eastern Championship Wrestling / Extreme Championship Wrestling
  • ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • ECW World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Cactus Jack (2) and Yoshihiro Tajiri (1)
  • ECW World Television Championship (2 times)
  • Third ECW Triple Crown Champion

• Impact Championship Wrestling
  • ICW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Jersey All Pro Wrestling
  • JAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with JT Jobber

• Maryland Championship Wrestling
  • MCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

• New York Wrestling Connection
  • NYWC Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[9]
  • NYWC Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Wayne (1) and Syther (1)^[3]

• USA Pro Wrestling
  • USA Pro Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Wayne^[10]

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Rookie of the Year (1994)

• Xtreme Wrestling Coalition
  • XWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Mikey Whipwreck career retrospective on Hardcore Memories
• An interview with Mikey Whipwreck, conducted by Alex Marvez
• An interview with Mikey Whipwreck, conducted by Genickbruch.com
• Mikey Whipwreck at Online World of Wrestling
• Mikey Whipwreck at Bodyslamming.com

Peter Polaco
Ring name(s)	Aldo Montoya Justin Credible Justin Time PG-187 P.G. Walker P.J. Polaco P.J. Walker
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Billed weight	225 lb (102 kg)[1]
Born	(1973-10-16) October 16, 1973 (age 38) Ozone Park, New York[2]
Resides	Waterbury, Connecticut
Billed from	Ozone Park, New York[1]
Trained by	Stu Hart Keith Hart Lance Storm
Debut	October 16, 1992

Peter Joseph Polaco (born October 16, 1973) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Justin Credible. He is also known for his earlier stint with the WWF under the ringname Aldo Montoya.

In WWF/WWE, he was an eight-time WWF/E Hardcore Champion. In ECW, he was a one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion and a two-time ECW World Tag Team Champion with Lance Storm as the Impact Players.^[3]

Career[link]

Polaco traveled to Canada in order to train at the famous Hart Dungeon in Calgary, Alberta with Stu Hart, Keith Hart, and his future tag team partner, Lance Storm. He wrestled his first match on his birthday against Jake Steele. Polaco returned to America soon after his training was complete and began working for New England based wrestling promotions.

World Wrestling Federation (1993–1997)[link]

After having wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation as a jobber under the name P.J. Walker throughout 1993 and 1994 (scoring also a victory against Irwin R. Schyster), he was hired full time by WWF agent Pat Patterson in late 1994. His Portuguese ethnicity inspired the WWF to give him first the character of Aldo Montoya, the "Portuguese Man O' War". Polaco befriended The Kliq, an influential group of upper card wrestlers, after Scott Hall offered to mentor him. He had feuds with Jeff Jarrett and Ted DiBiase, but asked for his release in 1997 when he was only being booked twice a month. The WWF initially declined and sent him to a developmental promotion in Memphis to hone his skills, where he remained for seven weeks. He was then released on the condition that he could not work for World Championship Wrestling, which was then luring wrestlers away from the Federation with the promise of larger salaries.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1997–2001)[link]

Credible in ECW in 1999

Polaco left the Federation and joined Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he debuted with booker Paul Heyman, who promised to make him a star. Polaco shaved his head and switched to a grunge style of dress, and adopted a cocky, sneering, egomaniacal attitude, renaming himself Justin Credible ("Just Incredible"). Jason Knight became his manager, along with Chastity and Nicole Bass.

He quickly ascended the ranks, eventually forming a tag team, the Impact Players, with his trainer, Lance Storm. The teaming was successful, as the Players won the ECW World Tag Team Championship on January 9, 2000. Justin Credible said to Shane Douglas, "Because, the next franchise he's not just the coolest, the next franchise he's not just the best, the next franchise he's Justin Credible!" He then went into solo feuds against The Sandman, Sabu, Shane Douglas, and Tommy Dreamer, before once again winning the tag team titles with Storm on March 3, 2000. Polaco ascended to main event level by winning the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on April 22, 2000 at CyberSlam from Tommy Dreamer and threw down the ECW World Tag Team Championship belts. The team split and Storm left for WCW soon after. He held the title for over five months, defeated Lance Storm at Hardcore Heaven, and defeated Dreamer in a Stairway To Hell match at Heat Wave. He finally lost the title to Jerry Lynn on October 1, 2000. At the final ECW PPV, he formed the New Impact Players with Steve Corino. He wrestled in the last ever ECW match where he was pinned by the Sandman.

Return to the WWF/E (2001–2003)[link]

With ECW facing imminent bankruptcy and Paul Heyman becoming unable to pay the roster, Polaco returned to the WWF in February 2001, immediately forming an alliance with X-Pac and assisting him in his pursuit of the Intercontinental Championship. The duo eventually formed a stable with Albert known as X-Factor. X-Pac and Polaco tried several times to win the Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful. The team split when Polaco aligned himself with Paul Heyman's band of ECW insurgents and helped form The Alliance with WCW. Polaco remained on the Company's "B" shows, forming a team with Raven, until Team Alliance lost at Survivor Series; Polaco was fired along with the rest of the Alliance roster (in kayfabe) by Vince McMahon until Ric Flair was able to save his job and get him drafted over to the Raw brand.

On the Raw brand, Credible wrestled mostly on Sunday Night Heat and lost many singles matches he was in, but managed to become an eight-time Hardcore Champion. His last match on Raw was a squash match in which he was defeated by Batista. Polaco was released in January 2003, with his final televised WWE appearance being a loss to Test on the December 8, 2002 episode of Heat.^[4]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ring of Honor (2002–2005)[link]

Credible in 2007

Polaco wrestled for numerous independent promotions. He has appeared several times for Ring of Honor, where he was a member of The Carnage Crew, and for Xtreme Pro Wrestling, where he feuded with Shane Douglas.^[5] He also appeared with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, forming a stable with several other ex-ECW wrestlers and reviving his feud with Jerry Lynn.^[5] He was also briefly a member of the Xtreme Horsemen in Major League Wrestling with C.W. Anderson, Steve Corino, and Simon Diamond, who were briefly managed by J.J. Dillon. In June 2005, Polaco made appearances on both the Hardcore Homecoming and ECW One Night Stand ECW reunion shows.

On November 13, 2005, Polaco, wrestling as P.J. Polaco, was announced as the "mystery opponent" for Raven on the TNA pay-per view, Genesis. Polaco lost the match after Raven hit a DDT.^[6]

Wrestling Society X (2006)[link]

Polaco at an ECW event in 1998.

Credible signed a contract with the MTV "Wrestling Society X" stating that if MTV decided to turn the "one time special" into a full season, he would complete the season and would be un-able to compete anywhere else for that time period. He was released from his contract on June 5, 2006.

Polaco was in the main event of the first Wrestling Society X Show, the WSX Rumble. He was the first person in the match and the last one eliminated.

Return to WWE (2006)[link]

Polaco was rehired by World Wrestling Entertainment in June 2006. He returned to WWE television at the June 7 WWE vs. ECW Head to Head event as a member of the ECW on Sci Fi brand of WWE, taking part in a 20 man battle royal.^[7] He made several appearances on ECW on Sci Fi before being released from his WWE contract on September 28, 2006. During this brief run he won two matches, both by disqualification.^[8]

Independent circuit (2007–present)[link]

Polaco returned to the independent circuit in 2007 using the name "Justin Time". He can mostly be found wrestling for the Pro Wrestling Syndicate promotion, along with fellow original ECW wrestlers Sabu, Danny Doring and Julio Dinero, as well as making appearances for the Insane Clown Posse owned Juggalo Championship Wrestling. On March 29, 2009 he became the Big Time Wrestling Champion, defeating "Hurricane" John Walters. Ric Flair was special guest referee. Credible was stripped of the title in August of the same year.

Justin is also the topic of an upcoming documentary The Price of Fame which also includes Ted DiBiase and Sean Waltman. He was inducted into the New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame on July 12, 2009.

On September 24, 2011 Polaco defeated Don Vega to become the Powerhouse Wrestling Champion.

On January 14, 2012, Credible returned to the former ECW Arena, when he was defeated by Sabu at an Evolve event in the venue's final professional wrestling match.^[9]

On February 18, 2012 Polaco tagged with Lil Daddy C to defeat Anarchy, and his partner the owner of ECPW Mr. Italy Gino Caruso, in a tag team streetfight at an East Coast Pro Wrestling event in Sidney ny.

On April 28, 2012, Polaco was scheduled to wrestle on Shane Douglas' Extreme Reunion show, but was removed from the card, as well as the building several times after being found “slumped over, passed out asleep” in a chair. While he begged management to be let back on the show, they denied his request and kicked him out a second time.^[10]

Return to TNA[link]

On August 8, 2010, Polaco returned to TNA to take part in the ECW-themed pay-per-view Hardcore Justice where he performed as P.J. Polaco due to the WWE owning the rights to the Justin Credible name; Polaco was defeated by Stevie Richards. Afterwards, he was assaulted by former rival The Sandman with a Singapore cane.^[11]

Personal life[link]

Polaco and his wife Jill Marie Polaco née Jurecki were married on 4 June 1997. They have a son Nicholas (born April 2000).^[12]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • That's Incredible! (Jumping or spinning tombstone piledriver) - ECW / Independent circuit / TNA^[2]
  • Lifting DDT - WWF
  • InCredible Kick (Superkick)

• Signature moves
  • Cutter
  • Diving elbow drop
  • Dropkick
  • Reverse DDT, sometimes while falling forward
  • Russian legsweep, sometimes with a kendo stick across the opponent's throat^[13]
  • 187! (Spinning fall forward implant DDT)
  • Corner sitout powerbomb
  • Scoop powerslam

• Managers
  • Jason Knight^[14]
  • Dawn Marie^[14]
  • Francine Fournier^[2]

• Theme music
  • "Man O War" by Jim Johnston (WWF; as Aldo Montoya)
  • "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" by Prong and then later Grinspoon (ECW)
  • "Surfette's Debut" from the Extreme Music library (WWF; as Justin Credible)
  • "Whatchu Looking At?" by Uncle Kracker (WWF; while part of X-Factor)
  • "Snap This!" by Dale Oliver (TNA)

Championships and accomplishments[link]

Polaco as Big Time Wrestling Heavyweight Champion.

• Big Time Wrestling (Northeast)
  • BTW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Extreme Championship Wrestling^[3]
  • ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • ECW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Lance Storm

• Impact Championship Wrestling
  • ICW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2009

• New England Wrestling Association
  • NEWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Garfield Quinn^[15]

• Premier Wrestling Federation
  • PWF Universal Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
  • 3PW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #6 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000^[16]

• Renegade Wrestling Federation
  • RWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[15]

• Texas Wrestling Academy
  • TWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Top Rope Promotions
  • TRP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• No Show Champion X 2

Powerhouse Wrestling PHW Heavyweight Champion (1 time)

• World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment^[3]
  • WWF/E Hardcore Championship (8 times)

References[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Peter Polaco

• SLAM! Bio and story archive
• Peter Polaco at the Internet Movie Database
• EWRWrestling.com - Justin Credible currently wrestles for EWR Wrestling

Super Crazy
Super Crazy holding the Mexican flag
Ring name(s)	Histeria[1] El Locco[1] Super Crazy[1] Super Crazzy[2][2] Super Loco[2] Super Virus[1]
Billed height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Billed weight	95 kg (210 lb)[3]
Born	(1973-12-03) December 3, 1973 (age 38)[2] Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico[2]
Resides	Tupelo, Mississippi
Billed from	Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico[3]
Trained by	Rey Cuervero[1] Rey Pantera[2]
Debut	February 4, 1988[3]

Francisco Islas Rueda^[1] (born December 3, 1973) is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador, best known by his ring name Super Crazy. Islas is most known for his three year run in the original ECW. In Mexico Islas has worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and made appearances for various independent promotions but is not currently associated with one specific Mexican promotion. As Super Crazy, Islas first got American exposure by working for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) between 1998 and 2000. He has also toured Japan on several occasions working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE (Zero-1) and most recently for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) where he participated in the 2009 Junior League.

Professional wrestling career[link]

Francisco Islas made his professional wrestling debut in February 1988, at just 14 years of age, after being trained by his older brother Rey Pantera. Islas took the ring name "Super Crazy". He initially worked as an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, but lost the mask just over a month after his debut when he lost a Luchas de Apuestas (a "bet match") to El Seminarista in March, 1988.^[4] From 1988 until 1995 Super Crazy was a mainstay on the Mexican independent circuit working for various promotions, including appearances for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) in the year leading up to its closure. In the UWA Super Crazy won the UWA World Welterweight Championship on November 17, 1995 and held the title when the UWA closed in December 1995.^[5] After the UWA closed Super Crazy still used and defended the UWA title on various independent shows but once he signed with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion in 1996 the title was not mentioned. In AAA he was given a new gimmick, a masked Rudo (villain or heel) character called "Histeria" (sometimes Anglicised as "Hysteria"). Together with Abismo Negro, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced I and Mach-1 he comprised a wrestling group called Rudos de la Galaxia (Spanish for "The bad guys of the universe"), a group that was involved in a storyline feud with a tecnico (good guy or face) group called Los Cadetos del Espacio (Spanish for "the Space Cadets"). In the spring of 1997 Islas, as Histeria, made a couple of appearances for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) due to an AAA/WWF working agreement. Histeria worked mainly against Los Cadetos del Espacio, especially Venum in his appearances on RAW is WAR and Shotgun. In September 1997 Islas left AAA, giving the "Histeria" name and outfit to another AAA wrestler who had worked as "Quarterback" up until that time, he still wrestles as Histeria today.^[6]

Islas resumed working as "Super Crazy" when he left AAA to join the newly created Promo Azteca. Super Crazy also continued his feud with Venum, who now worked as "Venum Black" after leaving AAA, a feud that culminated in a "mask vs. hair" Luchas de Apuesta that Super Crazy won, unmasking Venum Black.^[7] After leaving AAA Super Crazy began defending the UWA World Welterweight title, losing it to Kid Guzmán in 1997.^[5] Super Crazy regained the title on June 15, 1998 during a show in Japan and successfully defended the title until October 13, 2000 where he lost it to El Orientál.^[5] In November 1997 Islas began working for WWF under the name "Super Loco", mainly on their Super Astros shows, his only "Main show" appearance was a loss to El Águila in the first round of the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship tournament.^[8]

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1998–2001)[link]

Super Crazy was signed to a contract by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) owner Paul Heyman after having seen Super Crazy work for the WWF and on the recommendation of Konnan who had worked for Heyman. Super Crazy was signed in 1998 and was paired with other smaller wrestlers, such as Yoshihiro Tajiri and Little Guido Maritato, producing a series of very well received matches between 1998 and 2000. Crazy won the ECW World Television Championship at Living Dangerously 2000 Pay-Per-View (PPV). The title had been vacated by Rob Van Dam due to an injury, and a tournament was held to crown a new champion which Super Crazy won. After defeating Little Guido in the semi-finals earlier in the night, Super Crazy went on to defeat Rhino in the tournament final.^[9] Crazy lost the title a month later to Tajiri.^[9] Super Crazy kept working for ECW until it closed in early 2001.

Independent circuit (2001–2005)[link]

After ECW folded, Super Crazy wrestled for different promotions in the US, including the hardcore promotions Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), cementing his status as "the Extreme Luchador" or "the Insane Luchador". He also began working for Puerto Rico-based International Wrestling Association (IWA). At Ring of Honor's debut show, The Era of Honor Begins on February 23, 2002, Crazy defeated Eddie Guerrero to become the inaugural IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion. He was defeated for the title on April 6 by Andy Anderson. Crazy regained the title on April 13 when Anderson forfeited it due to injury. Crazy lost the title once more on April 20, when he was defeated by Anarchy.^[10] Super Crazy also held the IWA Hardcore Championship on nine occasions between 2002 and 2005.^[11] He also held the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship three times in that time period.^[12] On February 24, 2001 Super Crazy defeated Pablo Marquez to win the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, which like the UWA Welterweight title was still used on the independent scene in Mexico and Puerto Rico.^[13] By the end of 2001 Super Crazy vacated the UWA Junior Heavyweight title.^[13] Super Crazy made a couple of special appearances for his old company AAA, teaming with El Alebrije and Randy to defeat Máscara Magligna, Pentagón and Monsther at the 2001 Verano de Escandalo.^[14] At the following year's Verano de Escandalo Super Crazy teamed with Mr. Águila, La Parka and Latin Lover to defeat Cibernético, Heavy Metal, Héctor Garza and Leatherface.^[15]

He made four tours with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) in 2002 and 2003. His first tour lasted from November to December, 2002 and saw Super Crazy work mainly tag matches, teaming mainly with Koji Kanemoto and/or the Stampede Kid against a variety of opponents including Jushin Liger, El Samurai and Heat. His second tour took place in February, 2003 and saw Super Crazy team up mainly with Curry Man and Tiger Mask IV. Super Crazy mainly faced Jushin Liger's CTU faction. The third tour took place in May, 2003, this time Super Crazy often worked with other Luchadors touring NJPW at the time including Último Guerrero, Rey Bucanero and Sangre Azteca. His fourth, and so far final, NJPW tour took place in October and November, 2003, again Crazy mainly worked in tag team matches, siding with Koji Kanemoto or Tiger Mask IV against a variety of opponents.^[16] Super Crazy appeared on the March 5, 2003 edition of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's weekly PPV's as one of Konnan's luchador challengers, where he lost to Jerry Lynn.**REF** Between January and March 2005 Super Crazy worked for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, winning the ZERO-ONE/UPW/WORLD-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship from Tatsuhito Takaiwa on December 18, 2004.^[17] Crazy lost the title on Ikuto Hidaka on April 14, 2005 at Zero-1's Outburst Revolution show.^[17]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2005-2008)[link]

In 2005, Crazy signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He initially appeared at the WWE-promoted ECW One Night Stand on June 12, 2005 winning an international three-way dance by pinning Yoshihiro Tajiri in the final pinfall of the match. During the match, he performed a moonsault from a second story balcony.^[18]

SmackDown! (2005–2006)[link]

Crazy's first appearance on WWE television came during the June 18, 2005 airing of SmackDown!'s sister show WWE Velocity, teaming with Psicosis to defeat Akio and Billy Kidman. Psicosis, Super Crazy, and Juventud grouped together to form a stable known as The Mexicools. The group made their debut as heels on the June 23, edition of SmackDown! when all three members rode to the ring on John Deere lawn mowers with the decals altered to say Juan Deere (John in Spanish) and wearing matching coveralls.^[19][20] They then attacked Chavo Guerrero and Paul London during their Cruiserweight Championship match.^[19] Juventud cut a promo questioning the lack of "true Mexican luchadores" in the Cruiserweight Division, before going on to deride the current state of Mexican Americans in general. Psicosis dubbed the lawnmower they arrived on a "Mexican Limo 2005" and the group claimed that even Mexico's President mocks Mexicans in the United States (in reference to Vicente Fox's controversial remark that Mexican immigrants do the jobs "not even the blacks want to do"). Juventud then stated that they were "no longer there to clean toilets and work for "them" (the "gringos") but "they" were going to be working for "us" (The Mexicools)", before dubbing the team "not Mexicans but Mexicools!" In the following weeks, they continued to interfere in matches and mock the stereotypical image of Mexicans in the United States.

Despite being introduced as heels, the group quickly became favorites of the audience and eventually began acting as faces. They received strong approval from the audience even during their debut, which occurred in Tucson, Arizona. On July 24 at The Great American Bash, Psicosis pinned Stevie Richards to secure the Mexicools' first PPV win in a six-man tag match with the bWo.^[21] During December 2 edition of SmackDown!, Super Crazy and Psicosis competed in an over the top rope battle royal against 5 other tag teams.^[22] The pair managed to win and earned themselves a match against MNM at Armageddon for the WWE Tag Team Championship.^[22] Unfortunately for the Mexicools, MNM lost the tag team titles before their match.^[23] Not long after, Super Crazy and Psicosis became the only Mexicools left in WWE, as Juventud was released from WWE on January 6, 2006. Super Crazy and Psicosis continued to wrestle as a tag team, but Crazy got his own push as a singles competitor, eventually earning himself #1 contendership for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. By June, 2006 Super Crazy's partnership with Psicosis on SmackDown! began to crumble when Psicosis repeatedly abandoned Crazy during incidents with a monster heel known as The Great Khali.^[24][25] This resulted in the pairing splitting up and then engaging in a short-lived feud after Psicosis turned heel.^[26][27] After the breakup, both Psicosis and Super Crazy disappeared off WWE programming.

Raw (2006–2008)[link]

On September 4, Super Crazy made his Raw debut with a victory over Chris Masters using his trademark moonsault.^[28] Crazy continued his feud with Masters throughout September, defeated him once more and competing with Masters, along with four other wrestlers (Johnny Nitro, Carlito, Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton) in a Six-Pack Challenge Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship on the September 18 edition of Raw, which neither Masters or Crazy were able to win.^[29] Crazy was then involved in angles with Nitro and Melina, during which he was aligned with Mickie James, who was feuding with Melina at the time.

Super Crazy suffered an injury to his left knee at a house show which occurred on April 21, 2007 in Oberhausen, Germany.^[30] The injury was believed to be a MCL tear.^[30] Super Crazy returned to action on June 1 in a match taped for Heat, losing to the returning William Regal. On the July 2 edition of Raw, Super Crazy was Mr. Kennedy's opponent in a Beat the Clock match.^[31] Before the match began, Super Crazy appeared to have agreed to let Kennedy win, however he defeated Kennedy with a roll-up shortly after the match began, while Kennedy was performing his introduction. Kennedy assaulted Super Crazy later that night.^[31] Kennedy then defeated Super Crazy in a grudge match two weeks later. In October 2007, Super Crazy formed a tag team with Jim Duggan. The team primarily competed on Heat to moderate success until Super Crazy was drafted to the ECW brand.

ECW and Departure (2008)[link]

As part of the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft, Super Crazy was drafted to the ECW brand.^[32] Super Crazy returned to SmackDown (although wearing an ECW shirt), losing to The Brian Kendrick. On the August 19 edition of ECW on Sci-Fi, Super Crazy debuted on the ECW brand, teaming with Evan Bourne and Tommy Dreamer in a losing effort to John Morrison, Chavo Guerrero and The Miz.^[33] On October 17 edition of SmackDown!, he was defeated by The Brian Kendrick's bodyguard, Ezekiel Jackson. The following week he was defeated by The Brian Kendrick as well, in what turned out to be his last televised match with WWE. On November 5, 2008 World Wrestling Entertainment announced on their website that Islas had been released from his WWE contract. According to the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Islas asked for his release on November 1 as he was unhappy with his place in the company.^[34][35]

Independent circuit (2008–present)[link]

Shortly after his release from the WWE Super Crazy returned to Mexico, working a series of shows for Perro Aguayo, Jr.'s Perros del Mal Producciones. Super Crazy wrestled several matches against the "Los Perros del Mal" group, as well as reuniting for one night with Juventud Guerrera.^[36][37] On January 10, 2009 Super Crazy defeated X-Fly (former Rudos del Galaxia teammate Mosco de la Merced under a new name) in a "Hair vs. Hair" Luchas de Apuestas^[38] His latest appearance for Los Perros del Mal saw Super Crazy side with Los Perros, teaming with Perro Aguayo, Jr. and Damian 666 in a losing effort against LA Par-K, Olímpico and Super Porky on June 20, 2009.^[39]

On February 14, 2009, Super Crazy made his return to International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico where he won the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship for a third time by defeating Joe Bravo. Super Crazy held the title until May 16, 2009 where he lost the title to Rick Stanley at IWA's Juicio Final Show.^[40] On May 2, 2009, he challenged Blue Demon, Jr. for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on an event in Tyler, Texas, but was defeated by Blue Demon, Jr.^[41] Super Crazy received a second shot at the World title on August 9, 2009 in a match that also included Oliver John but once again came up short^[42] In July 2009 Super Crazy traveled to Japan to participate in All Japan Pro Wrestling's Junior League. Super Crazy qualified for the semifinal by defeating NOSAWA Rongai and Toshizo and wrestling to a draw against Kaz Hayashi. In the semifinal Super Crazy defeated Minoru but was defeated by Shuji Kondo in the final on August 7.^[43] While in Japan Super Crazy also made an appearance for HUSTLE, working as "Super Virus", teaming with Devil Pierroth and Rey Ohara, losing to KG, Shiro Koshinaka and Taijiri.^[44]

On August 8, 2009, Super Crazy made a surprise appearance for Xtreme Latin American Wrestling (X–LAW) where he defeated Panama Jack Daniels in an unannounced match to become the promotion's new Junior Heavyweight Champion.^[45] Super Crazy defended the X–LAW Junior Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2009 against Halloween and NOSAWA in a three-way death match.^[46]

On January 30, 2010, as part of WrestleReunion 4, Super Crazy made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla in a match, where he was defeated by Human Tornado.^[47]

On June 6, 2010, Super Crazy appeared at AAA's TripleManía XVIII as a representative of Perros del Mal Producciones.^[48] On June 20, 2010, Super Crazy was a surprise at AAA's television taping in Zapopan, Jalisco. He would team with Foreign Legion members Chessman and Alex Koslov losing to Extreme Tiger, Joe Lider and Nicho el Millonario.^[49] During the main event, Crazy along with Los Perros del Mal attacked Dr. Wagner Jr..^[49] On July 4, 2010 in Merida, Yucatan, Super Crazy, Damián 666 and Halloween faced Dr. Wagner Jr., Joe Lider and Nicho el Millonario in a victorious effort.^[50]

On December 5, 2010, Super Crazy wrestled for Xplosión Nacional de Lucha (XNL) in Chile, facing XL and Giger in a three–way, two–fall match, where the first fall would be contested for XL's XNL Championship and the second for Crazy's X–LAW Junior Heavyweight Championship. In the first fall Crazy pinned XL to win the XNL Championship, but the roles were reversed in the second fall, when XL pinned Crazy to win the X–LAW Junior Heavyweight Championship.^[51]

In 2010 and 2011, Super Crazy represented Los Perros del Mal in the group's feud with Los Psycho Circus. On May 29, 2011, at Perros del Mal Producciones' third anniversary show, the two groups faced each other in a six man tag team steel cage Masks vs. Hairs Lucha de Apuesta, which ended with Super Crazy being left in the cage, forcing him to have his head shaved bald.^[52]

Personal life[link]

Islas is married to Maria Ramírez and they have two children together. He has a tattoo of a sun on one of his upper biceps, as well as a Mexican designed signature tattoo on the other. Islas' brother, cousin and nephew are also professional wrestlers, and they compete under the ring names Rey Cuervero, Crazy Boy and Pesadilla, respectively.^[1]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves

• Crazy Bomb (Straight jacket powerbomb)^[1][2]
• Moonsault,^[1] sometimes while springboarding^[2]
• Trifecta (Three moonsaults in a row, one from each of the three turnbuckles in ascending order)^[1]

• Signature moves

• Corkscrew plancha^[2]
• Dropkick^[2]

• Nicknames

• "The Extreme Luchadore"^[1] (ECW)
• "The Insane Luchadore"^[1] (WWE)

• Entrance themes

• "Papercut" by Linkin Park^[53] (CMLL / AAA)
• "Roadhouse Blues" by The Doors^[53] (ECW)
• "Blue Roads" by Johnny Vicious^[53] (ECW)
• "El Guerrero Nomad" by Harry Slash & The Slashtones^[53] (ECW / WWE)
• "Muy Loco" by Jim Johnston^[53] (WWE)
• "Perros" by Cartel de Santa^[53][54] (CMLL/AAA; Used while a part of Los Perros del Mal)

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• All Japan Pro Wrestling

• AJPW Junior Tag League 2010 – with BUSHI^[55]

• Extreme Championship Wrestling

• ECW World Television Championship (1 time)^[9]

• International Wrestling Association

• IWA Hardcore Championship (9 times)^[11]
• IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[10]
• IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[12]

• International Wrestling League

• IWL International Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Scorpio, Jr.

• NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling

• NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[56]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him #198 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003
• PWI ranked him #37 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1999^[57]

• Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE

• ZERO-ONE/UPW/WORLD-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[17]

• Ring of Honor

• IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[10]

• Súper X

• NWE World Cruiserweight Championship (1 time, current)^[58]

• Universal Wrestling Association

• UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[13]
• UWA World Welterweight Championship (2 times)^[5]

• Xplosión Nacional de Lucha

• XNL Championship (1 time, current)^[51]

• Xtreme Latin American Wrestling

• X–LAW Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[45]

Luchas de apuestas record[link]

References[link]