 Torres as Sweet Papi Sanchez in 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | José Torres[1] 1982 (age 42–43)[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Big Papi Sanchez[1] Black Pain[1] Monster Pain[2] Sweet Papi Sanchez[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)[3] |
| Billed weight | 389 lb (176 kg) |
| Trained by | Cruzz[1] Florida Championship Wrestling[1] |
| Debut | 2004[1] |
| Retired | 2015 |
José Torres (born 1982) is aPuerto Rican formerprofessional wrestler, who worked in World Wrestling League (WWL) under thering nameMonster Pain. He was the reigningWWL Extreme Champion. Under his previous ring nameBlack Pain, Torres is a one-timeWorld Wrestling Council (WWC)Universal Heavyweight and two-timeWorld Tag Team Champion with his partnerHannibal. Their team was known as Terror Incorporated and they were managed byRico Suave.
In 2004, Torres under the name Black Pain made his debut forWorld Wrestling Council (WWC). After La Amenaza Bryan was stripped of theWWC Universal Heavyweight Championship, Black Pain won the vacant title by defeatingLance Hoyt in the finals of a tournament.[4] He lost the title to La Amenaza Bryan on August 12, 2006 inBayamón, Puerto Rico[5]
On November 23, 2006, Pain andHannibal, collectively known as Terror Inc. defeated The New Starr Corporation (Huracán Castillo and Chris Joel) to win theWWC World Tag Team Championship.[1] They lost the titles to Noriega and Chris Joel on January 20, 2007.[1] On March 17, 2007, Terror Inc. won back the titles from Chris Joel and Noriega.[1] They lost the titles again to Juventud Rebelde (Chris Joel and Noriega).[1]
In 2008, Torres signed a developmental contract withWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was later assigned toFlorida Championship Wrestling (FCW).[1]
On June 3, 2008, afterByron Saxtoncut a promo for Torres, he later became Torres'manager.[6] Black Pain was managed by Saxton regularly, accompanying him for matches, and also teaming occasionally with him.[7][8] He became part of The Saxton Conglomerate, afaction composed of Tarver, Black Pain,Stu Sanders and led byByron Saxton. Black Pain had his first match with the Conglomerate on October 30, where he teamed withMichael Tarver andStu Sanders in a losing effort againstJohnny Prime,Kafu andSinn Bowdee.[9] In January 2009, Black Pain broke away from the Conglomerate, and changed his ring name to Sweet Papi Sanchez, prompting a feud with the remaining Conglomerate members.[10][11][12]
On January 9, 2010, Torres was released from his developmental contract.[1]
On January 16, 2010, Black Pain returned to the WWC defeatingEl Bronco in asingles match atWWC Euphoria.[1] On February 13, 2010, he competed in a match againstOrlando Colón for theWWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort. In November 2011, Torres joined New Pro Wrestling and was immediately pushed to the main event. The following month, he defeated Michael Rivera to win the NPW World Heavyweight Championship at Cierre de Temporada.Shane Sewell was scheduled as the first contender for the title, with a match being scheduled for January 28, 2012. However, Torres left the promotion under unknown circumstances, being stripped of the championship in the process.
On April 21, 2013, at the inaugural event of World Wrestling League (WWL), Torres, working as Monster Pain, defeatedBobby Lashley to win a battle royal and become the inauguralWWL World Heavyweight Champion.[2][13] On September 6, 2013, Torres defended the WWL World Heavyweight Championship, retaining after losing a countout toJohn Morrison. Two days later, he retained by disqualification in a rematch, winning when Morrison removed his mask. On March 7, 2014, he retained the title by wrestlingMil Máscaras to a no contest.[14] Two days later, Torres defeatedCarly Colón andChavo Guerrero in a triple-threat match to remain champion. On October 18, 2014, at Insurrection, Pain lost the title against Shane Sewell.[15] At Guerra de Reyes, on January 6, 2015, Pain defeated Sabu for the WWL Extreme Championship. On 2015, Pain left WWL and vacated the Extreme title