Simon James Musk (January 7, 1985), better known by his ring name El Ligero, previously Ligero, is a British professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the NXT UK brand. He is best known for his work on the independent circuit in the United Kingdom, wrestling for One Pro Wrestling, Real Quality Wrestling, Triple X Wrestling, among many others. He has been regarded as one of the top wrestlers currently wrestling in the United Kingdom.
Professional wrestling career
El Ligero has been a professional wrestler since his debut in 2001. He has wrestled in the US, Italy, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Spain and many times in the UK, for over 80 different wrestling companies. He has also worked as a referee for Revolution British Wrestling.
Some of the more prominent companies he has worked for include: Pro Wrestling Noah (on their 2008 UK tour), 1PW, All-Star Wrestling, FWA, WAW, IPW:UK, IWW (Ireland), NWA Wildside (USA), EWF (Italy), EWE (Spain), PBW (Scotland), 2FC (France), DCW (Holland), XWA, 3CW and over 65 other companies.
He has wrestled the likes of Ultimo Dragon, Little Guido/Nunzio, Doug Basham, Jimmy Rave, Doug Williams, El Generico, Delirious, Martin Stone, Tracy Smothers, Jonny Storm, Jody Fleisch and many many more, including the best the UK has to offer. He has also teamed with Nova (Simon Dean)
He occasionally wrestles as one half of the tag team Hubba-Bubba Lucha alongside Bubblegum.
Pro Wrestling Noah
On June 21, 2008, El Ligero took part in an exclusive British six-man tag team match, on the pre-show of Pro Wrestling Noah's UK event at the Coventry Skydome. The team of Hubba-Bubba Lucha (El Ligero and Bubblegum) along with Luke "Dragon" Phoenix defeated Zack Sabre Jr., Dave Moralez and Mark Haskins. The match was voted UK Match Of The Year 2008 by renowned British forum, the UKFF, and received rave reviews in publications such as Fighting Spirit Magazine.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
During October 20, 2014, Ligero participated in TNA's British Boot Camp 2 along with other British talent including Kay Lee Ray, Nikki Storm, Kris Travis, Mark Andrews, Noam Dar and Rampage Brown. Before the end of year, the contest was decided and it was announced that Mark Andrews had won British Boot Camp 2.
In wrestling
- Tag Teams & Stables
- The Prestige (w/ Joe Hendry, Joe Coffey, BT Gunn & Travis Banks)
- Finishing moves
- El Booto (Diving big boot)
- Mexican Splash (Diving splash)
- Mexican Wave (Springboard back flip three–quarter facelock diving inverted DDT)
- C4L Springboard tornado DDT
- Signature moves
- Air Carumba (Somersault plancha)
- El Booto Dos (Running low–angle dropkick to an opponent trapped in the tree of woe)
- High–angle senton bomb
- Sunset flip powerbomb
- Nickname
- "The Mexican Sensation"
- "The Prestigious Mexican Sensation"
Championships and accomplishments
- 3 Count Wrestling
- 3CW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Anglian Championship Wrestling
- ACW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- British Hybrid Wrestling
- BHW Championship (1 time)
- British Real Attitude Wrestling League
- BRAWL Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- Gerry Norton Promotions
- GNP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cameron Kraze
- Northern Wrestling League
- NWL Elite Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bubblegum
- Norton British Wrestling
- NBW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- One Pro Wrestling
- 1PW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bubblegum
- Power Trip Wrestling
- PTW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Progress Wrestling
- PROGRESS World Championship (1 time)
- PROGRESS Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Nathan Cruz
- Real Deal Wrestling
- RDW European Championship (1 time)
- RDW Lightweight Championship (1 time)
- RDW Lincolnshire Regional Championship (1 time)
- RDW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Martin Kirby
- Blitz League (2008)
- Money in the Bank (2008)
- SAS Wrestling
- SAS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bubblegum
- Triple X Wrestling
- TWX Ax Championship (1 time)
- TWX Crush Championship (1 time)
- X Wrestling Alliance
- XWA British Flyweight Championship (1 time)
External links
| 2018 WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament participants |
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| Amir Jordan • Ashton Smith • Dave Mastiff • Drew Gulak • Jack Gallagher • James Drake • Joe Coffey • Jordan Devlin • Joseph Conners • Kenny Williams • Ligero • Morgan Webster • T-Bone • Travis Banks • Tucker • Zack Gibson |