Los Matadores?

A midget in a bull costume? Are you serious?

For those who missed their WWE RAW debut this past week, it appears Primo and Epico have a new gimmick, sans the lovely Rosa Mendez.

That’s like ordering ice cream without the fudge.

Although Primo and Epico are solid workers, the sultry Mendez was the reason why they won the tag team titles. There’s an absence of good-looking valets and she filled a void and was entertaining. Now, after weeks of vignettes and build up, it’s easy to see this rehashed tag team is nothing but fodder.

Aside from the absence of logic the gimmick possesses, it’s even geographically incorrect.

The Colon family is Puerto Rican, not Mexican. Any wrestling fan will the slightest clue knows that, making the gimmick a joke in more ways than one.

Who is writing this?

Fans deserve better than this nonsense.

Void of charisma, Primo and Epico would be better served in TNA, where they can get consistent ring and mic work. The only Colon that belongs in the WWE is Carlito. But that’s another story all together.

Why the WWE continues to have cartoon and comic book like characters on their roster is puzzling. Seeing the success of guys the likes of CM Punk and Daniel Bryan the past two years, the WWE Creative machine should push more realistic personas and less garbage like this. While it works for mid-careers like Santino, Brodus Clay and Tensai to a certain degree, chances are these matadors will get speared by Roman Reigns very soon.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13819 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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