Eddie Colón

Edwin Carlos Colón Coates (born December 21, 1982)^[1] is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring names Primo (Colón) and Diego.^[2] He is currently signed to World Wrestling Council (WWC) under his real name, Eddie Colón.

Eddie Colón
Colón in April 2019
Birth name	Edwin Carlos Colón Coates
Born	(1982-12-21) December 21, 1982 (age 41) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Parent(s)	Carlos Colón (father)
Relatives	Carlito (brother) Epico Colón (cousin)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Diego Eddie Colón[1] Primo[2] Primo Colón[2]
Billed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Billed weight	210 lb (95 kg)[2]
Billed from	San Juan, Puerto Rico[2] Plaza de toros
Trained by	Carlos Colón Sr.[1]
Debut	1999[1]

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

He is the son of Carlos Colón, Sr. and the younger brother of pro wrestlers Stacy and Carly Colón, who wrestles as Carlito in WWE. The brothers, known as The Colóns, were the first team to win the WWE Tag Team Championship and the World Tag Team Championship at the same time, making them the first Unified WWE Tag Team Champions.^[3] He later won the WWE Tag Team Championship a second time with his cousin Epico.

Championships and accomplishments

• Coastal Championship Wrestling
  • CCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Orlando Colón^[4]
• Florida Championship Wrestling
  • Florida Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Eric Pérez
• Funking Conservatory
  • FC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Carlos Colón^[1]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 72 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012^[5]
  • Ranked No. 147 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ‘’PWI 500‘’ in 2019^[6]
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (5 times)^[7]
  • WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (5 times)^[8]
  • WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (6 times)^[9]
  • WWC World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Carly Colón^[10]
  • WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE
  • World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Carlito^[11]
  • WWE Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Carlito (1)^[12] and Epico (1)^[13]

References

1. "Primo Colon Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
2. "Primo profile". WWE. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
3. Martin, Adam (September 22, 2008). "Friday Night Smackdown Tapings - Columbus (Last show on CW)". WrestleView.com. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
4. "CCW Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on February 13, 2015.
5. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2012". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
6. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2019 - the Internet Wrestling Database".
7. "WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title History". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
8. "Independent Wrestling Results – November 2004". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
9. "WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title History". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on August 21, 2001. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
10. "WWC tag team championships lineage". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved May 7, 2008.
11. "Carlito and Primo's first World Tag Team Championship reign". WWE. Archived from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
12. "Carlito & Primo Colon's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
13. "Primo & Epico's first reign". WWE. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2012.

Other websites

• Eddie Colón on WWE.com
• Eddie Colón on IMDb