The Puerto Rican Nightmares
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The Puerto Rican Nightmares were a professional tag team. The team consisted of Eddie Colón and Eric Pérez
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formed a team called The Puerto Rican Nightmares and was entered in a tag team title tournament for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship
. In the first round, they defeated Johnny Curtis and Bryan Kelly. On February 23, 2008, they defeated Rycklon and Gabe Tuft in the second round. On the same day, they defeated Brad Allen and Nic Nemeth
in the Semi-Finals to meet Steve Lewington
and Heath Miller
in the Final which they defeated to become the first-ever team in Florida Championship Wrestling to become the FCW Florida Tag Team Champions.
On March 4, 2008, they defended the titles for the first time against Nic Nemeth and Brad Allen. They lost the match by DQ but still retained the titles. This led to a 6-Person Tag Team Match on March 11 when Nic Nemeth, Brad Allen and Taryn Terrell beat The Puerto Rican Nightmares and Miss Angela
. On March 22, in their second title defence, they lost the titles to Nic Nemeth and Brad Allen. On April 15, however, The Puerto Rican Nightmares won the titles back from Nemeth and Allen via disqualification, when FCW allowed the titles to change hands via DQ. On May 6 they lost the tag titles to Drew McIntyre and Stu Sanders. On July 17 they reclaimed the titles for a third time by defeating McIntyre and Sanders. The team would disband in August 2008 when they lost the titles to Nic Nemeth and Shawn Spears
on August 16 and Colón was promoted to the Raw
brand
.
Eric Perez
Eric Alexander Pérez is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler who currently performs under the ring name Eric Escobar. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment , where he spent most of his career in developmental territories...
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Florida Championship Wrestling (2008)
On February 19, 2008, Eddie Colón and Eric PérezEric Perez
Eric Alexander Pérez is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler who currently performs under the ring name Eric Escobar. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment , where he spent most of his career in developmental territories...
formed a team called The Puerto Rican Nightmares and was entered in a tag team title tournament for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship
FCW Florida Tag Team Championship
The Florida Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned and promoted by Florida Championship Wrestling , the developmental territory of WWE. It is contested for in their tag team division...
. In the first round, they defeated Johnny Curtis and Bryan Kelly. On February 23, 2008, they defeated Rycklon and Gabe Tuft in the second round. On the same day, they defeated Brad Allen and Nic Nemeth
Nick Nemeth
Nicholas Theodore "Nick" Nemeth is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE performing on its Raw brand under the ring name Dolph Ziggler. He is the reigning WWE United States Champion...
in the Semi-Finals to meet Steve Lewington
Steven Lewington
Steven Paul Lewington is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment where he competed as DJ Gabriel.- All Star Promotions and Ohio Valley Wrestling :...
and Heath Miller
Heath Miller (wrestler)
Heath Miller is an American professional wrestler working for WWE. He performs on the SmackDown brand under the name Heath Slater. He was a contestant in the first season of WWE NXT, where he finished fourth...
in the Final which they defeated to become the first-ever team in Florida Championship Wrestling to become the FCW Florida Tag Team Champions.
On March 4, 2008, they defended the titles for the first time against Nic Nemeth and Brad Allen. They lost the match by DQ but still retained the titles. This led to a 6-Person Tag Team Match on March 11 when Nic Nemeth, Brad Allen and Taryn Terrell beat The Puerto Rican Nightmares and Miss Angela
Angela Fong
Angela Carolyn Fong is a Canadian professional wrestler, model, cheerleader for the CFL's British Columbia Lions and actress best known for her time at World Wrestling Entertainment as known by her former ring names Miss Angela during her time at the developmental territory FCW and as Savannah...
. On March 22, in their second title defence, they lost the titles to Nic Nemeth and Brad Allen. On April 15, however, The Puerto Rican Nightmares won the titles back from Nemeth and Allen via disqualification, when FCW allowed the titles to change hands via DQ. On May 6 they lost the tag titles to Drew McIntyre and Stu Sanders. On July 17 they reclaimed the titles for a third time by defeating McIntyre and Sanders. The team would disband in August 2008 when they lost the titles to Nic Nemeth and Shawn Spears
Ronnie Arniell
Ronnie William Arneill is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name as Shawn Spears. He is perhaps best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand, where he briefly performed under the ring name Gavin Spears.-Early life:Born and raised in St...
on August 16 and Colón was promoted to the Raw
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
brand
WWE Brand Extension
WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation and World Wrestling Entertainment , currently promotes its core business of professional wrestling through two "brands" named after their two major television shows Raw and SmackDown...
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In wrestling
- ManagersManager (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
- Miss AngelaAngela FongAngela Carolyn Fong is a Canadian professional wrestler, model, cheerleader for the CFL's British Columbia Lions and actress best known for her time at World Wrestling Entertainment as known by her former ring names Miss Angela during her time at the developmental territory FCW and as Savannah...
- Miss Angela
Championships and accomplishments
- Florida Championship WrestlingFlorida Championship WrestlingChampionship Wrestling from Florida was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa, Florida wrestling office existing from 1961, when Eddie Graham first bought into the promotion, until 1987, when it closed down. It is also referred to as Florida Championship Wrestling...
- FCW Florida Tag Team ChampionshipFCW Florida Tag Team ChampionshipThe Florida Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned and promoted by Florida Championship Wrestling , the developmental territory of WWE. It is contested for in their tag team division...
(3 times)
- FCW Florida Tag Team Championship