Epico

In this article, the first or paternal family name is Colón and the second or maternal family name is Nieves.

Orlando Tito Colón Nieves (born March 24, 1982) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Epico (Colón), and Fernando. He spent most of his WWE career in a tag team with his real-life cousin Primo.

Epico
Epico in April 2019
Birth name	Orlando Tito Colón Nieves[1]
Born	(1982-03-24) March 24, 1982 (age 43) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Alma mater	Western Michigan University[2]
Relatives	Carlos Colón Sr. (uncle) Carlito (cousin) Primo Colón (cousin)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Dos Equis[3] Dynamico Epico Epico Colon[2] Fernando[4] Fire Blaze[3] Orlando Colón[3] Tito Colon[3] Tito Nieves[3]
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[5]
Billed weight	230 lb (100 kg)[2]
Billed from	San Juan, Puerto Rico[2][5] Plaza de Toros[4]
Trained by	Carlos Colón Sr. Dan Severn
Debut	2005
Retired	2021

Career

On the November 4 2011 episode of SmackDown, Colón debuted on the main roster as a heel under the ring name Epico. He faced Sin Cara but lost by disqualification after Hunico ran in and attacked Sin Cara.^[6]

Epico then began teaming with Primo, with Rosa Mendes as their manager. Epico and Primo defeated Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) at a Raw live event on January 15, 2012, in Oakland, California to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.^[7] They lost the championships to Kofi Kingston and R-Truth on the April 30 episode of Raw.^[8]

On the September 30 edition of Raw, Epico and Primo changed their gimmicks and debuted as Los Matadores, as a face team of two masked Spanish bullfighters with El Torito as their mascot. They defeated 3MB in their debut.^[9]

Championships

Epico with Primo and Rosa Mendes as the WWE Tag Team Champions

• Coastal Championship Wrestling
  • CCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Eddie Colón^[10]
• Florida Championship Wrestling
  • FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Hunico^[11][12]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #75 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2008^[13]
  • Ranked No. 151 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019^[14]
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (6 times)
• WWE
  • WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Primo^[15]