Amazing Red

Jonathan Figueroa, (born April 26, 1982) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, (The) Amazing Red, or simply Red for short. He currently wrestles for NWA Shockwave as well as working on the American Independent circuit. Red took a year and a half hiatus from wrestling to have surgeries done to his knees. He is currently training for a comeback sometime in 2009.

Career

Red, who was already known for his work in the United States independent circuit, joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at its 2002 inception, quickly establishing himself in its X Division. While working for TNA he also wrestled for Ring of Honor as a member of the three man tag team The S.A.T.[1] with cousins, Jose and Joel Maximo. Eventually he began to team with "The Phenomenonal" A.J. Styles, becoming known together as Amazing Phenomenon [2].

Through late 2003 Amazing Red, wrestled as Misterio Red as well as Airwalk Spriggan while on a tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling. During the tour he suffered a near career-ending knee injury, tearing his anterior cruciate ligament and having to undergo surgery which kept him on the sideline for an entire year. [3]

Red returned to TNA to wrestle in March 2004, staying there for the majority of the year. When he left TNA he went back to the independents, only returning on occasion to TNA throughout 2005 and 2006. He also wrestled CM Punk in a dark match at a WWE Smackdown taping in May 2005.

On October 15th, 2005, Red was forced to cancel his Uniting Champions booking in Tulsa, OK at the last minute, and his replacement, a local by the name of X-Cal was dubbed as the "Amazing Blue". Red's last appearance was at a New York Wrestling Connection event at the beginning of 2006, where he lost his match to Javi-Air and re-injured his knee.

It was made official on the Pro Wrestling Unplugged Website that he will be making his return to their "Haunted" event although he requested off since it was announced that his wife was expecting their child on March 14, 2008.[4]

Red is currently training for an in-ring comeback later this year. Red left the wrestling business and took on a full-time job to heal his knee after several surgeries. After being on the sidelines with his injury. The Amazing Red will return to professional wrestling on Saturday, December 13 for Jersey All Pro Wrestling at the Rahway, NJ Rec Center.[5]

Amazing Red made his long awaited return on December 13, 2008 at Jersey All Pro Wrestling's Best of the Light Heavyweights, the match was won by Archadia as he defeated Amazing Red, Flip Kendrick, Louis Lyndon

* Finishing and signature moves

* Infrared (Corkscrew senton) * 718 (Tiger feint kick) * Code Red (Leg trap sunset flip powerbomb) * Red Star Press (Running standing shooting star press) * Red Alert (Springboard swinging reverse STO) * Red Edge (Running sitout one shoulder powerbomb) * Red Eye (Side slam lifted and flipped into a sitout facebuster) * Red Spike (Back to belly piledriver) * Red Fusion (Double springboard corkscrew 450° splash) * Seeing Red (Red lifts the opponent with a hip toss, lands them on their feet and then hits them with a full nelson facebuster) * Satellite DDT (Tilt-a-whirl headscissors transitioned into a DDT) * Running 360º spinning heel kick * Wheelbarrow bodyscissors counter into a sitout bulldog * Cartwheel into an over the top rope corkscrew moonsault * Diving clothesline * Brainbuster

* Entrance themes o Nookie by Limp Bizkit o Rock Superstar by Cypress Hill

Championships and accomplishments

* East Coast Wrestling Association

* ECWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[6]

* Maryland Championship Wrestling

* MCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[7]

* New York Wrestling Connection

* NYWC Interstate Champion (1 time)[8]

* Ring of Honor

* ROH Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with A.J. Styles

* Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

* TNA X Division Championship (1 time) * NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jerry Lynn[9]

* Other titles

* ICW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * PWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) * UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * UXW United States Championship (2 times) * ERA Intercontinental Championship (1 time)

References

1. ^ Online World of Wrestling 2. ^ Online World of Wrestling 3. ^ "Exclusive Interview with The Amazing Red". tnawrestling.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. 4. ^ "PWU Haunted". Prowrestlingunplugged.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-26. 5. ^ [{cite web | url = http://www.japw.net/events/event.php?a=31 | title = Jersey All Pro Wrestling 11th Anniversary Show | publisher = JAPW.net | accessdate = 2008-11-21}} 6. ^ Solie's Title Histories: ECWA - EAST COAST WRESTLING ASSOCIATION 7. ^ Solie's Title Histories: MCW - Maryland Championship Wrestling 8. ^ "New York Wrestling Connection". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-07. 9. ^ Solie's Title Histories: ROH - RING OF HONOR