Tristan Gallo
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Martin Casaus is an American
professional wrestler of Mexican American
descent from West Jordan, Utah
. He was a contestant on WWE Tough Enough
.
In his career, Casaus has been a three time UCW Heavyweight Champion, seven time UCW Ultra X Champion, four time UCW Tag Team Champion, and ACW Midwest Champion.
-based Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero (UCW). He was trained mainly by Derrick Jannetty and Steve Nielson. Adopting the ring name
"Tristan Gallo", he was placed in Stevie Slick's faction, "The Dynasty", as an arrogant heel and cronie to Slick. He made his debut in a singles match against Mochi Pedro in October 2003 at "Hallowicked". Setting up a tag team with Justin Wilde called Double Cross and beginning a feud against the masked group Los Mochis.
of TNA
in his first title defense. Tristan Gallo was pushed into Young's spinebuster by Devon Payne and lost the Heavyweight Title. The tensions in Stevie slicks Dynasty grew when at Stevie slick hit Tristan with a chair in a match vs Jean Martell. Tristan soon began getting mixed reactions from fans because of the tension between him and his colleagues, Devon Payne and Stevie Slick. Devon Payne won the UCW heavyweight match at "Ring of Rage" on February 17, 2007 against David Young
. The match was a lumberjack match with only high risk as David Young's lumberjacks.
On March 24, High risk (Radical Ricky and Derrick Jannetty) teamed with former World Wrestling Entertainment
superstar Marty Jannetty
to take on Total Control (Tristan Gallo and Devon Payne) and Validus. The team lost to a superkick by Marty Jannetty
and challenged High risk to a TLC match for the tag titles. On April 14, 2007 at "TLC Carnage" High Risk retained their tag titles when Devon Payne blatantly turned on Tristan Gallo pushing him off of a 12 foot ladder to the floor. Tristan Gallo was formally kicked out of the Dynasty when Devon Payne, Magnus, Validus, and Stevie Slick pummeled him after the match. David Young
, Derrick Jannetty, and Radical Ricky made the save. Tristan was granted a title shot at Revenge with a match choice Tristan said he would have the fans choose.
On May 12, 2007 at "Revenge" Gallo faced Payne in a fan picked "no dq, no holds barred, last man standing match". Tristan with the help of Derrick Jannetty and Radical Ricky fought back every member of Stevie Slicks dynasty to win the UCW heavyweight championship back for the second time. Devon Payne was unable to get up to a 10 count from a "Perfector" from the top rope through a table. At "Summer Assault" Tristan was hit with the UCW heavyweight title y Validus and lost the belt. He was granted a rematch and won the UCW Heavyweight title for the third time by defeating Validus at "Survival Quest".
Tristan Gallo faced one of his toughest title defenses against former Wrestling Society X
star Kaos
was hired as a hitman by Stevie Slick to end Tristan Gallo's career. Tristan was preparing to face Devon Payne and Stevie Slick in a cage match with Commissioner Mike at "Incarceration" when Commissioner Mike passed. "Incarceration" was dedicated to the memory of Commissioner Mike. Tristan Gallo teamed with Jeff Orcut and wore a symbolic pink strip in his hair to honor his fallen friend. The team was successful e scaping the cage and sending Stevie Slick to the hospital for stitches.
for the National Wrestling Alliance
. He made his NWA
"Showcase" debut on episode 6 when he was successful in pinning Brandon Gatson with the "Perfector". In the summer of 2008, he was involved in a innatural force of relations with a friend of several years. Although he is not considered to be a man of any reputation, this forceable act thus enforced his ill-natured reputation as any sort of of a man. He wrestled TJ Perkins on Episode 7 of the NWA
Showcase but was pinned with a 450 splash by Perkins. On March 15, Tristan Gallo teamed with Navajo Warrior to take on Misterioso
and Super Parka
in ACW, only to have the match thrown out due to the teams fighting their teammates.
From July 7 through the 11, Tristan was sent to Florida Championship Wrestling
to train at World Wrestling Entertainment
developmental for a tryout.
which began airing on April 4, 2011. He was forced to leave due to injury close to the end of the competition.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional wrestler of Mexican American
Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...
descent from West Jordan, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
. He was a contestant on WWE Tough Enough
WWE Tough Enough
WWE Tough Enough is a professional wrestling reality television program produced by WWE wherein participants undergo professional wrestling training and compete for a contract with WWE. There were two winners per season for the first three seasons, all of which aired on MTV...
.
In his career, Casaus has been a three time UCW Heavyweight Champion, seven time UCW Ultra X Champion, four time UCW Tag Team Champion, and ACW Midwest Champion.
Wrestling training
Casaus first started training to become a wrestler in 2003 at the UtahUtah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
-based Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero (UCW). He was trained mainly by Derrick Jannetty and Steve Nielson. Adopting the ring name
Ring name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...
"Tristan Gallo", he was placed in Stevie Slick's faction, "The Dynasty", as an arrogant heel and cronie to Slick. He made his debut in a singles match against Mochi Pedro in October 2003 at "Hallowicked". Setting up a tag team with Justin Wilde called Double Cross and beginning a feud against the masked group Los Mochis.
2004
Gallo teamed with UCW-Zero wrestler Khan Kussion to win his first wrestling title, the UCW-Zero Tag Team titles. He won them against the same Los Mochis, Mochi Paco and Mochi Damien. He lost them to the Mochis again in a rematch the next show. After Khan Kussion was fired from UCW; Tristan teamed with cousin, GQ Gallo, to win the UCW Tag Team titles a second time from the Mochis. He Won the first ever UCW Ultra X title match in a four way elimination match with Derrick Jannetty, Mochi Paco, and Nature Boy X. This began a lasting feud against Mochi Paco.2005
Tristan Gallo had his first Heavyweight Title Match against trainer Derrick Jannetty. He was unsuccessful even with the help of CEO Stevie Slick. Tristan Gallo and GQ Gallo won back the UCW Tag Team Titles from the Mochis once more only to lose them from the team of Tyson Ferrari and JMB. Tristan Gallo wrestles in American Championship Wrestling feuding with Jaden and won the ACW Midwest title. He won match of the year when he fought Jaden and Navajo Warrior. Due to booking issues, Tristan Gallo was unable to compete in a title defense and lost the Midwest title2006
In 2006, Tristan Gallo got his second chance to win the UCW heavyweight title against JMB. He once more fell short. Tristan set his sights back on the heavyweight title. It was now on his former trainer Derrick Jannetty. On his third attempt he won the UCW heavyweight Title at "Survival Quest" on July 28, 2006. At the rematch for the title Tristan was successful once again with the help of Stevie Slick. After his partner GQ Gallo and former partner Khan Kussion began a feud, he found a new tag team partner in Devon Payne. They won the UCW Tag Titles for Tristan's fourth time. They teamed up to form the team "Total Control" because they were holding 3 0f the 4 belts in UCW. They began a feud with Derrick Jannetty and Radical Ricky, the team called themselves "High Risk". High risk ended up winning the tag titles on "Season Beatings 5" December 2, 2006 in a 30 minute tag team iron man match. Tensions built between Devon Payne and Tristan Gallo.2007
On January 20, 2007 Tristan Gallo faced David YoungDavid Young (wrestler)
David Williams , better known by his ring name, David Young, is an American professional wrestler. Though he has mainly appeared with NWA Wildside and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Young has also competed for Ring of Honor, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and ZERO-ONE...
of TNA
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
in his first title defense. Tristan Gallo was pushed into Young's spinebuster by Devon Payne and lost the Heavyweight Title. The tensions in Stevie slicks Dynasty grew when at Stevie slick hit Tristan with a chair in a match vs Jean Martell. Tristan soon began getting mixed reactions from fans because of the tension between him and his colleagues, Devon Payne and Stevie Slick. Devon Payne won the UCW heavyweight match at "Ring of Rage" on February 17, 2007 against David Young
David Young (wrestler)
David Williams , better known by his ring name, David Young, is an American professional wrestler. Though he has mainly appeared with NWA Wildside and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Young has also competed for Ring of Honor, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and ZERO-ONE...
. The match was a lumberjack match with only high risk as David Young's lumberjacks.
On March 24, High risk (Radical Ricky and Derrick Jannetty) teamed with former World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
superstar Marty Jannetty
Marty Jannetty
Frederick Marty Jannetty is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as part of tag team The Rockers with partner Shawn Michaels, and later as a singles competitor. While in the WWF, he became a one time Intercontinental Champion and a one time...
to take on Total Control (Tristan Gallo and Devon Payne) and Validus. The team lost to a superkick by Marty Jannetty
Marty Jannetty
Frederick Marty Jannetty is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as part of tag team The Rockers with partner Shawn Michaels, and later as a singles competitor. While in the WWF, he became a one time Intercontinental Champion and a one time...
and challenged High risk to a TLC match for the tag titles. On April 14, 2007 at "TLC Carnage" High Risk retained their tag titles when Devon Payne blatantly turned on Tristan Gallo pushing him off of a 12 foot ladder to the floor. Tristan Gallo was formally kicked out of the Dynasty when Devon Payne, Magnus, Validus, and Stevie Slick pummeled him after the match. David Young
David Young (wrestler)
David Williams , better known by his ring name, David Young, is an American professional wrestler. Though he has mainly appeared with NWA Wildside and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Young has also competed for Ring of Honor, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and ZERO-ONE...
, Derrick Jannetty, and Radical Ricky made the save. Tristan was granted a title shot at Revenge with a match choice Tristan said he would have the fans choose.
On May 12, 2007 at "Revenge" Gallo faced Payne in a fan picked "no dq, no holds barred, last man standing match". Tristan with the help of Derrick Jannetty and Radical Ricky fought back every member of Stevie Slicks dynasty to win the UCW heavyweight championship back for the second time. Devon Payne was unable to get up to a 10 count from a "Perfector" from the top rope through a table. At "Summer Assault" Tristan was hit with the UCW heavyweight title y Validus and lost the belt. He was granted a rematch and won the UCW Heavyweight title for the third time by defeating Validus at "Survival Quest".
Tristan Gallo faced one of his toughest title defenses against former Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X was a short-lived professional wrestling-based television series produced in 2006 by Big Vision Entertainment. The weekly television series formerly aired on MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, and over a dozen other MTV outlets throughout the world...
star Kaos
Joey Munoz
Joseph "Joey" Muñoz is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Kaos...
was hired as a hitman by Stevie Slick to end Tristan Gallo's career. Tristan was preparing to face Devon Payne and Stevie Slick in a cage match with Commissioner Mike at "Incarceration" when Commissioner Mike passed. "Incarceration" was dedicated to the memory of Commissioner Mike. Tristan Gallo teamed with Jeff Orcut and wore a symbolic pink strip in his hair to honor his fallen friend. The team was successful e scaping the cage and sending Stevie Slick to the hospital for stitches.
2008
In 2008, Tristan Gallo has been wrestling in Las VegasLas Vegas Strip
The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada; adjacent to, but outside the city limits of Las Vegas proper. The Strip lies within the unincorporated townships of Paradise and Winchester...
for the National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
. He made his NWA
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
"Showcase" debut on episode 6 when he was successful in pinning Brandon Gatson with the "Perfector". In the summer of 2008, he was involved in a innatural force of relations with a friend of several years. Although he is not considered to be a man of any reputation, this forceable act thus enforced his ill-natured reputation as any sort of of a man. He wrestled TJ Perkins on Episode 7 of the NWA
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
Showcase but was pinned with a 450 splash by Perkins. On March 15, Tristan Gallo teamed with Navajo Warrior to take on Misterioso
Misterioso (wrestler)
Roberto Castillo is a Mexican-American Luchador or professional wrestler currently working on the independent circuit in Mexico and Southern California under the ring name Misterioso...
and Super Parka
Super Parka
Ramón Ibarra Banda is a Mexican Luchador, or Professional wrestler currently working under the ring name Super Parka. Ibarra previously worked as Volador from 1990 until 1997 and as Super Parka ever since. Ibarra is the father of Luchador Volador, Jr. and the uncle of L.A. Park, who was the...
in ACW, only to have the match thrown out due to the teams fighting their teammates.
From July 7 through the 11, Tristan was sent to Florida Championship Wrestling
Florida Championship Wrestling
Championship 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...
to train at World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
developmental for a tryout.
2011
Gallo was announced as a competitor on the revival of WWE Tough EnoughWWE Tough Enough
WWE Tough Enough is a professional wrestling reality television program produced by WWE wherein participants undergo professional wrestling training and compete for a contract with WWE. There were two winners per season for the first three seasons, all of which aired on MTV...
which began airing on April 4, 2011. He was forced to leave due to injury close to the end of the competition.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Perfector (Spinning TKO)
- SharpshooterSharpshooter (professional wrestling)The Sharpshooter, originally named Sasori-gatame, Scorpion Hold in English, is a professional wrestling submission hold. The move is also known by several other names: cloverleaf leg-lace Boston crab, standing reverse figure-four leglock, and, the most commonly known alternative, Scorpion Deathlock...
- Spear
- Signature moves
- Diving leg drop bulldog
- Northern lights suplex
- Rolling German suplexes
- Twisting belly to belly side slam
- 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...
- Stevie Slick
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "The Reflection of Perfection"
- "The man men want to be and women want to be with"
- "The Halfbreed Heart Throb"
Championships and accomplishments
- Ultra Championship Wrestling-ZeroUltra Championship Wrestling-ZeroUltra Championship Wrestling-Zero is an American Independent professional wrestling promotion based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded by promoter Steve Neilson in 2002 which was originally American Professional Wrestling until January of 2003 when it was changed to Ultra Championship Wrestling Zero...
- UCW-Zero Heavyweight ChampionshipUCW-Zero Heavyweight ChampionshipThe UCW-Zero Heavyweight Championship is the primary singles championship title in Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero. It was first won by Blitz Mason in March 2003 and defended throughout the state of Utah, most often Salt Lake City, Utah, but also in the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest United...
(4 times) - UCW-Zero Tag Team ChampionshipUCW-Zero Tag Team ChampionshipThe UCW-Zero Tag Team Championship is the primary tag team title in Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero. It was first won by Los Mochis in March 2003 and defended throughout the state of Utah, most often in Salt Lake City, but also in the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest United States...
(3 times) with Justin Wilde (1), G.Q. Gallo (1), Devan Payne (1) - UCW-Zero Ultra-X ChampionshipUCW-Zero Ultra-X ChampionshipThe UCW-Zero Ultra-X Championship is the secondary singles title in Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero. It was first won by Tristan Gallo in 2004 and has been defended throughout the state of Utah, most often in Salt Lake City, but also in the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest United States...
(1 time)
- UCW-Zero Heavyweight Championship
- American Championship Wrestling
- ACW Midwest Championship (1 time)
- ACW Match of the Year 2005
External links
- Official Facebook Page for Martin Casaus
- http://www.myspace.com/tristangallo
- http://www.ucw-zero.com/