| The Colóns | |
|---|---|
 Primo (left) and Carlito (right) as Unified Tag Team Champions | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Carlito/Carly Colón Primo/Eddie Colón |
| Name(s) | Carlito and Primo The Colón Brothers The Colóns |
| Billed heights | Carlito: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] Primo: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] |
| Combined billed weight | 430 lb (200 kg) |
| Hometown | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Billed from | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Debut | 2002 |
| Disbanded | 2010 |
| Years active | 2002–2010 |
The Colóns were a Puerto Ricanprofessional wrestlingtag team who consisted of real-life brothers,Carlito andPrimo. The team worked forWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). They were the first-ever Unified WWE Tag Team Champions, being holders of both theWWE Tag Team Championship andWorld Tag Team Championship.
Their father is former professional wrestlerCarlos Colón Sr., and they initially began teaming together in his promotion,World Wrestling Council and held theWWC World Tag Team Championship. In 2008, they began teaming together in WWE, when Primo debuted onSmackDown alongside his brother. In their debut as a tag team within the promotion, they defeated then-WWE Tag Team ChampionsCurt Hawkins and Zack Ryder. This win earned them a title opportunity two weeks later, in which they were also successful. AtWrestleMania XXV they became the first team tounify both tag team title sets by defeatingJohn Morrison and The Miz.
The Colóns initially began teaming in their father's company,World Wrestling Council (WWC) to defeat the tag team ofThunder and Lightning for theWWC World Tag Team Championship on March 16, 2002. They lost the title to Thunder and Lightning the following day. At Lockout 2009, the brothers performed in the promotion for the first time since teaming in WWE. Although they were not booked in a match, The Colóns hosted a segment of Carlito's Cabana withDavid Sierra as the invited guest. In this segment, the promotion tried to explain why Eddie was renamed to "Primo", claiming that he wanted to preserveEddie Guerrero's legacy by not using his actual name. On May 20, 2009, The Colóns issued an open challenge to any tag team for Aniversario 2009, the promotion's anniversary event.
Soon after Primo debuted in WWE, he became a full-time member of theSmackDown roster, along with his brother. They defeatedWWE Tag Team ChampionsCurt Hawkins and Zack Ryder in their first match as a team to gain victory on September 12, 2008.[3] Two weeks later, both teams competed in a title match, with The Colóns winning to become tag team champions.[4][5]
Starting in November, The Colóns developed an on-screen relationship withThe Bella Twins (Nikki and Brie), appearing in numerous backstage segments with them and The Bellas accompanied them to the ring.[6] This relationship with the Bella Twins subsequently led to a feud with theWorld Tag Team ChampionsJohn Morrison and The Miz, as Morrison and The Miz flirted with The Bella Twins, and then defeated Carlito and Primo to win a date with them onValentine's Day.[7] The Bella were seemingly unable to choose between the teams, leading to Morrison and The Miz challenging The Colóns for the WWE Tag Team Championship, and The Colóns challenging Morrison and The Miz for the World Tag Team Championship, although each team retained their respective championship.[8][9] The rivalry between the teams led The Bella Twins to fall out with each other, with Brie siding with the Colóns, and Nikki siding with Morrison and The Miz.[10] On theWrestleMania 25 pre-show, The Colóns defeated Morrison and The Miz to win the World Tag Team Championship and become the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions, and they successfully defended the championships the following night onRaw.[11][12]
On April 15, the Colóns were drafted back to theRaw brand as part of the2009 Supplemental Draft.[13] On April 27, the Colóns made their debut onRaw, defeatingJamie Noble andChavo Guerrero. The team's collectiveWWE Superstars debut took place on May 28, 2009, when they defeatedThe World's Greatest Tag Team by pinfall.[14]
They lost the championship atThe Bash to the team ofEdge andChris Jericho, who were added to a standard tag team match between the Colóns andThe Legacy (Cody Rhodes andTed DiBiase) moments before the match started.[15] Carlito and Primo invoked their rematch clause the next night onRaw, but were unsuccessful, and on the July 6 episode ofRaw, they lost again to Jericho and Edge.[16][17] One week later, the team officially disbanded when Carlito attacked Primo.
The team reunited on the May 6, 2010 episode ofSuperstars when Carlito stopped the match and offered Primo to reform as a team. Primo accepted the offer, turning him heel in the process. On the May 10 episode ofRaw, Colóns brutally attackedR-Truth. The duo then shook hands withTed DiBiase after getting paid with DiBiase's "Trust Fund." The reunion of the team would be short lived, as on May 21, Carlito was released due to a violation of the WWE Wellness Program and subsequent refusal to attend a rehabilitation facility.[18]
While Primo went on to formthe second incarnation of The Colóns, with their cousinEpico. On April 5, 2014, Carlito, Primo and Epico inducted Carlos Colon Sr. into theWWE Hall of Fame.