Los Conquistadores (professional wrestling)
| Los Conquistadors | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Members | Numerous wrestlers have portrayed |
| Name(s) | The Conquistadors Conquistador #1 & #2 Los Conquistadores Uno & Dos |
| Debut | 1987, 2000, 2003 |
| Disbanded | 2004 |
| Promotions | ASCW WWE |
Los Conquistadores (Spanish for: "The Conquerors") was the name of a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation consisting of two masked wrestlers known as 1 (or Uno Spanish for "One") and 2 (or Dos Spanish for: "Two"). The original team consisted of José Estrada Sr. and Jose Luis Rivera, but several other wrestlers made use of the gimmick in 2000 and 2003. The original costumes were golden spandex bodysuits and golden masks, but later teams have varied it to blue and gold wrestling masks while still using the name including Christopher Daniels and Aaron Aguilera.
Edge and Christian and The Hardy Boyz both won the WWF World Tag Team Championship wrestling as Los Conquistadores, although their reigns were later credited under their actual team names.
The original Conquistadors were a masked foreign heel team consisting of Puerto Rican wrestlers José Estrada Sr. and José Luis Rivera, billed as being "from somewhere in Latin America," who were used mainly as enhancement talent. Prior to forming the Conquistadors, José Luis Rivera had been a member of another masked jobber tag team in the WWF called The Shadows. The Conquistadors won so few matches that it was considered an upset if they beat fellow jobber teams such as The Young Stallions. The sole highlight of the Conquistadors' 1980s stint was their first and only pay-per-view appearance, as part of the 10-team elimination match at the Survivor Series 1988, where The Conquistadors and The Powers of Pain were the last two teams left in the ring. They were bit players in the double turn of The Powers of Pain and Demolition, which came about when Mr. Fuji attacked Demolition and joined forces with The Powers of Pain. Fuji pulled down a rope causing Smash to fall out of the ring, and thus Demolition, to be eliminated by count out. The Conquistadors remained standing in the ring for over five minutes while a ringside argument between Fuji and his men took place, a fight broke out where Fuji hit Ax with his cane, Fuji was beaten up by Demolition until they walked away in disgust, the Powers of Pain stepped off the ring apron down to ringside, helped Fuji to get up and regain his composure, and guided him to their corner, at which point the match with the Conquistadors finally resumed. The Conquistadors eventually lost when Mr. Fuji tripped up Uno and The Barbarian hit him with a headbutt to win the match for The Powers of Pain. The Conquistadors spent the rest of 1988 and 1989 jobbing to established teams, except some rare victories including a win over the Young Stallions, two wins over the Rockers, a win over The Killer Bees, wins over the teams of Terry Taylor and Sam Houston, jobber tag teams Brady Boone and Omar Atlas, and John Latu and Bob Emory, and a victory over The Fabulous Rougeaus in Canada in a heel vs heel match. In 1989, Conquistador #1 (Estrada) started to appear on his own as “The Conquistador” while #2 (Rivera) appeared only sporadically before both men left the WWF. In April 1991 The Conquistadors wrestled in All Star Championship Wrestling in a match against The Power Twins, The Conquistadors won the match by DQ.
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