Vampiro is one of, if not the most unique talents in the WCW roster. A top Hockey player in Canada, decided to move to California to become a wrestler, as you do... Moved south to Mexico where he became the top heel in a couple of promotions down there.
Was in a band as well, and made a real life enemy of Konnan, who trashed him with WCW so much that they, and WWF steered clear. His work was so impressive that they couldn’t ignore him forever. They finally signed him to a deal in 1998, and from then on when he was given TV time, he was jobbed constantly, packaged with ICP, or the Misfits (who he still has bad blood in real life with) or simply just wasted.
Finally got a good angle when he teamed up with Sting to become the Brothers In Paint, but the WCW inner turmoil took hold once again, and they were split, and indeed ended up feuding. The feud led into one of the daftest moments of recent wrestling history when they were locked into a Human Torch Match, and an obvious stunt double took Sting’s place for the final bump. You would have thought this would have been Vampiro in the big time? Wrong.
He was pushed into a ludicrous feud with The Demon & Asya, including a farcical graveyard match. He looked good in the ring, and was starting to come good on the mic, you’d think that a push would have been in evidence. Took some time off to recover from some injuries and be around his wife while she gave birth, he returned to feud with Mike Awesome.
Vampiro ended up with a series of concussions, he announced to the world that he was done with WCW, and wrestling altogether, preferring to become the bass player for the Insane Clown Posse, although he has been working some shows in Mexico, and on the Vans Warped tour.
