Edwin Carlos ColónCoates (born December 21, 1982)^[1] is a Puerto Ricanprofessional wrestler. He works withTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) asEddie Colón and is in atag team with his cousinOrlando Colón. He is best known for his tenure inWWE, where he performed under thering namePrimo Colón.

Primo Colón
Colón in 2019
Birth name	Edwin Carlos Colón Coates
Born	(1982-12-21)December 21, 1982 (age 42) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Parent	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]

He is the son ofCarlos Colón and the younger brother ofCarlos (Carly) Colón Jr. (who performs in WWE under the ring name Carlito) and Stacy Colón. He began wrestling in the World Wrestling Council (WWC), where he won theWWC Universal Heavyweight Championship five times, as well as numerous secondary and tertiary titles. In 2007, Colón signed adevelopmental contract with WWE, being assigned toFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW). He was teamed withEric Pérez, forming a tag team known as The Puerto Rican Nightmares, and they became the first wrestlers to hold theFCW Florida Tag Team Championship. Upon being promoted to the main roster in 2008, he was teamed with Carlito. Subsequently,The Colóns became the first team to hold theWWE Tag Team Championship andWorld Tag Team Championship at the same time, making them the first Unified WWE Tag Team Champions.^[3] After Carlito left the promotion, he began teaming with his cousinOrlando Colón (best known in WWE as Epico), with whom he held the WWE Tag Team Championship once. After two years of inactivity, Colón left WWE in 2020.

Colón debuted in 1999, wrestling in thecruiserweight division. He won the first title on February 10, 2001, when he defeatedDamian Steele for theWWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship.^[4] His feud with Steele continued for a month, during which he dropped and recovered the title on March 10, 2001.^[4] He feuded over the title for six months, losing and winning it once. By autumn, Colón was involved in a storyline involvingJustin McCully, continuing a similar pattern. In early 2002, Colón was involved in a storyline withRey Mysterio Jr, who defeated Colón for the title on January 6, 2002.^[4] Mysterio held the title for two months before dropping it back on April 6, 2002, which marked Colón's final Junior Championship reign. Following a long feud with Rico Casanova and thenKid Kash, the belt was held up and Colón ascended to the Heavyweight division.^[4]

Shortly after Carly Colón signed with WWE, a tournament was organized to determine the new champion. Colón was considered an early favorite and reached the final, but lost.^[5] Colón then entered a feud with El Diamante over theWWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship.^[5] In late 2004, Colón was involved in abattle royal for the first contender's position.^[5] One week later on November 6, 2004, Colón defeatedEl Bronco and won the Universal Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career.^[5] He then entered a feud with El Diamante, eventually dropping the title to him.^[5] On July 31, 2005, he formed a tag team with his father as part of theFunking Conservatory‘s television show,!Bang!, competing againstDory Funk, Jr. and Johnny Magnum. The team was victorious, winning the promotion’s Television Tag Team Championship. On March 5, 2006, he participated inWCW Saturday Night tribute showWorld Wrestling Legends: 6:05 - The Reunion, he was defeated byVampiro.^[6] On July 13, 2007 at World Wrestling Council’s anniversary event, ‘’Aniversario 2007’', Colón wrestledChristian Cage in a match that resulted in adouble-countout.^[7]

After signing with WWE, Primo would make occasional appearances with WWC while working for WWE until 2016.

On May 7, 2007, Colón had a closed door workout match before the ‘’Raw‘’ television tapings where he was evaluated by the personnel responsible for talent management.^[8] The following day, Colón participated in adark match before that night’s ‘’SmackDown‘’ television tapings, where he defeatedShannon Moore.^[9]

On January 26, 2008, Colón made hisFlorida Championship Wrestling debut, defeating Shawn Osbourne. On February 23, Colón andEric Pérez, collectively known as The Puerto Rican Nightmares, defeatedHeath Miller andSteve Lewington in a tournament final to become the inauguralFCW Florida Tag Team Champions.^[10] The team lost the title to Brad Allen andNic Nemeth on March 23, 2008, before winning them back via disqualification on April 15, 2008.^[10] They lost the title toDrew McIntyre andStu Sanders on May 6, 2008.^[10] On July 17, Colón and Pérez reclaimed the title by defeating McIntyre and Sanders.^[10] On August 16, Colón and Perez lost the title to Nic Nemeth andGavin Spears.^[10]

On August 18, 2008 episode of ‘’Raw‘’, Colón made his main roster debut under thering name ‘’'Primo Colón’'’ and was involved in a backstage segment with Raw General Manager,Mike Adamle, talking about his dislike for his brotherCarlito‘s attitude and how he was nothing like him.^[11] His in-ring wrestling debut on the Raw brand took place on August 25, when he defeatedCharlie Haas, dressed as Carlito and named Charlito, in singles competition.^[12]

After only one match on ‘’Raw’', Primo Colón, now billed as simply ‘’'Primo’'’, was moved to theSmackDown brand where his animosity for his brother was dropped and they formed a tag team. On the September 12 episode of ‘’SmackDown‘’, he teamed with his brother Carlito to defeatWWE Tag Team ChampionsCurt Hawkins and Zack Ryder in a non-title match. Two weeks later, both teams competed in a title rematch, with The Colóns winning to become WWE Tag Team Champions.^[3] In January 2009, The Colóns entered a feud withWorld Tag Team ChampionsJohn Morrison and The Miz. On theWrestleMania 25 pre-show, The Colóns defeated John Morrison and The Miz in a tag team unification match, becoming the first team to hold the newly dubbed “Unified WWE Tag Team Championship”.^[13] On the April 6 episode ofRaw, they successfully defended their titles for the first time in a rematch.^[14]

On April 15, both Primo and Carlito were drafted back to the Raw brand as part of the2009 Supplemental draft.^[15] AtThe Bash, they lost the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship 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.^[16] The Colóns invoked their rematch clause the next night on ‘’Raw’', but were unsuccessful.^[17] On the July 6 episode of ‘’Raw’', they lost again to Edge and Jericho, and afterwards Carlito attacked Primo, leading to a feud between the two which ended after Carlito defeated Primo on the August 3 episode of ‘’Raw’'. AtNight of Champions, Primo competed in aSix-pack challenge for theUnited States Championship, whichKofi Kingston won to retain his title. On the May 6, 2010 episode of ‘’Superstars‘’, Carlito stopped their match against each other and asked him to work as a team again, thus turning Primo into aheel in the process. On the May 10 episode of ‘’Raw’', Primo and Carlito brutally attackedR-Truth forTed DiBiase, who paid them straight after the attack. The team was split up again after Carlito was released from his contract on May 21.^[18]

In September, Primo was one of the WWE Pros for thethird season ofNXT, withAJ as his NXT rookie. On the November 23 episode of ‘’NXT’', A.J. was eliminated from the competition. Primo then mainly featured on Superstars.

On the November 11, 2011 episode of ‘’SmackDown’', Primo returned to the brand by accompanyingHunico and his real-life cousinEpico to the ring for their tag team match againstThe Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso).^[19] Primo then began teaming with Epico, withRosa Mendes as their manager, where they defeated The Usos on the November 17 episode of ‘’Superstars’'.^[20] They began a feud withWWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom (Evan Bourne andKofi Kingston), trading victories.^{[21][22][23][24]} AtTables, Ladders & Chairs, Primo and Epico failed to capture the WWE Tag Team Championships from Air Boom.^[25] The feud continued in singles and non-title matches, with both teams trading wins.^[26][27][28] At alive event on January 15, 2012, Primo and Epico defeated Air Boom to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.^[29] The following night on ‘’Raw’', Primo and Epico successfully defended their titles against Air Boom in a rematch.^[30] On the February 27 episode of ‘’Raw’', Primo and Epico successfully defended their titles in a Triple Threat tag team match against the teams of Kofi Kingston and R-Truth, andDolph Ziggler andJack Swagger.^[31] In the pre-show ofWrestleMania XXVIII, Primo and Epico successfully defended the title against The Usos, andJustin Gabriel andTyson Kidd in a triple threat tag team match.^[32] On the April 30 episode of ‘’Raw’', Primo and Epico lost the tag team titles to Kofi Kingston and R-Truth.^[33]

In May, Primo and Epico joinedA.W.‘s talent agency.^[34] AtNo Way Out, A.W. turned on them during their number one contender Fatal Four-Waytag team match, aligned withThe Prime Time Players (Darren Young andTitus O'Neil).^[35] The following night on ‘’Raw’', Primo and Epico defeated The Prime Time Players by count-out after Young and O’Neil walked out of the match.^[36] The feud continued on ‘’Superstars’', where Epico lost to Young and Primo beat O’Neil in singles matches.^[37][38] AtMoney in the Bank, Primo and Epico defeated Young and O’Neil.^[39] The feud ended in August when A.W. was released from WWE.^[40] AtSurvivor Series, Primo took part in a10–man elimination tag team match, but was eliminated byRey Mysterio.^[41] Primo and Epico could not find any wins after August 2012, and by the first ‘’SmackDown’' of 2013, Primo was on a 20 match losing streak, and Epico was at 17.^[42] On the January 9, 2013 episode of ‘’NXT’', Primo and Epico broke their losing streaks with a win overBo Dallas andMichael McGillicutty.^[43] However, Dallas and McGillicutty gained revenge by defeating Primo and Epico in the first round of theNXT Tag Team Championship tournament.^[44]

On the August 19, 2013 episode of Raw, a vignette was aired introducing the debut of ‘’'Los Matadores’'’,^[45] and on the September 30 episode of ‘’Raw’', Primo and Epico debuted new characters, as Diego and Fernando of Los Matadores, aface team of two masked Spanishbullfighters withEl Torito as mascot as they defeated 3MB (Heath Slater,Drew McIntyre andJinder Mahal.^[46][47] It was the start of a winning streak that featured nine wins over 3MB, (with El Torito wrestling in some matches), and also over The Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro andJack Swagger) atHell in a Cell.^[48] Los Matadores’ winning streak was snapped on the January 24, 2014 episode of ‘’SmackDown’', courtesy of RybAxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel). On theWrestleMania XXX pre-show, Los Matadores received a WWE Tag Team Championship shot against The Usos, RybAxel and The Real Americans, in a Fatal Four-Way tag team elimination match, but lost after eliminated by The Real Americans. AtBattleground, Diego competed in a battle royal for the vacantIntercontinental Championship, but was eliminated byRyback. On March 29, 2015, at theWrestleMania 31 pre-show, Los Matadores were in a Fatal 4-way match for the WWE Tag Team Championship, but failed to win the titles. Diego participated in theAndré the Giant Memorial Battle Royal but was eliminated byKane. After months of chasing the WWE Tag Team Championship, Los Matadores fell out and seemingly broke up, as they no longer appeared on TV.

From April 4 to May 9, 2016, several videos aired on ‘’Raw’' promoted the return of Primo and Epico, who revived their Puerto Rican gimmick^[49][50] under the new name ‘’'The Shining Stars’'’.^[51] On the May 16 episode of ‘’Raw’', The Shining Stars debuted by defeating a local tag team Scott Jackson and Brian Kennedy in a squash match. They then began showing tendencies ofcon men, trying to persuade various superstars to purchasetimeshares to their Puerto Rican resort. This led to a feud with The Golden Truth (Goldust and R-Truth)^[52] On the November 7 episode of ‘’Raw’', after R-Truth sold his team'sSurvivor Series spot for a stay at atimeshare to The Shining Stars, both teams competed to qualify for the10–on–10 Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination match, which Primo and Epico won.^[53][54] At the event, Team Raw defeated Team SmackDown. AtWrestleMania 33, Primo participated in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal but was eliminated byBraun Strowman.

On April 11, 2017, they were traded to the SmackDown brand as part of the2017 Superstar Shake-up when they attackedAmerican Alpha (Chad Gable andJason Jordan). The following week onSmackDown Live, the team were officially renamedThe Colóns, after defeating American Alpha. In June, Colón suffered a knee injury. After a long hiatus, Colón returned on the April 3, 2018 episode ofSmackDown Live, teaming withBaron Corbin,Dolph Ziggler andMojo Rawley in a winning effort against Breezango (Tyler Breeze andFandango),Tye Dillinger andZack Ryder. AtWrestleMania 34, Colón participated in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which he failed to win. Following this, the team rarely appeared on TV or at live events, virtually disappearing.^[55] On December 10, 2019, Colón was suspended for 30 days, for violating of WWE's Wellness Policy.^[56] Primo claimed that he didn't fail the test and was suspended due to missing the test, as he was in Puerto Rico at the time and stated that he plans to appeal the decision.^[57] On April 15, 2020, Primo was released from his WWE contract due to the budget cuts stemming from theCOVID-19 pandemic, ending his 13-year tenure with the company.^[58]

While still part of WWE's roster (yet inactive), The Colóns returned to WWC, working in both administrative roles and as in-ring talent in 2019.^[59] By the summer, Epico was harassed by a wrestler sporting his former mantle of La Pesadilla, but this did not prevent him from earning his first reign as Universal Heavyweight Champion.^[60] Afterwards, a storyline began where both Primo and Carlito began pursuing the title.^[61] In the first intrafamiliar match, Colón failed to capture the title at Septiembre Negro. At Noche de Campeones, all three cousins wrestled each other for the first time in their careers. Epico retained, but Colón turned on the family and rebranded himself Eddie "La Maravilla" Colón, forming a faction known as The Dynasty alongGilbert andPeter John Ramos. The three then began a campaign to dethrone the champion. In the process, Colón was faced with the new allies of his cousin, losing to a returning Apollo (part of the "Dream Team", along Ricky Banderas) when the rest of The Dynasty intervened.^[62]

Colón made hisvideo game debut inWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 and has appeared inWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011,WWE '13,WWE 2K18 andWWE 2K19 as Primo and inWWE 2K16 (asDLC) andWWE 2K17 as Diego.

Colón acted as a role for Diego in aScooby-Doo animated movie, with his cousinFernando and El Torito.

Colón is the son of retired wrestlerCarlos Colón and the third youngest of four siblings, includingCarlos Jr. and Stacy Colón, both of whom have performed in theWorld Wrestling Council.^[63] A second sister, Melissa did not enter the wrestling business.^[64] Other members of Colón’s family have also been involved in the World Wrestling Council, including his uncle José Colón and cousinOrlando Colón, who have been involved in severalangles within the company.

• Coastal Championship Wrestling
  • CCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - withOrlando Colón^[65]
• Florida Championship Wrestling
  • Florida Tag Team Championship (3 times) – withEric Pérez^[10]
• Funking Conservatory
  • FC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withCarlos Colón^[1]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 72 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in thePWI 500 in 2012^[66]
  • Ranked No. 147 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ‘’PWI 500‘’ in 2019^[67]
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (5 times)^[68]
  • WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (5 times)^[69]
  • WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (6 times)^[70]
  • WWC World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withCarly Colón^[71]
• World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE
  • World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Carlito^[72]
  • WWE Tag Team Championship (2 times) – withCarlito (1)^[73] andEpico (1)^[74]

• Primo Colón onWWE.com 
• Primo Colón's profile atWWE.com ,Cagematch.net ,Internet Wrestling Database