Epico Complete Bio & Career
Epico’s actual name is Orlando Tito Colón. Colón attended Western Michigan University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in accounting. While attending, he played baseball for the Western Michigan Broncos.
Colón began wrestling on the independent circuit of the United States, performing in Hybrid Pro Wrestling, a promotion based in Schoolcraft, Michigan. In 2006, Colón joined the World Wrestling Council, a promotion owned by his uncle, Carlos Colón, Sr. He debuted as the mystery opponent in a stipulation match that promoted the debut of "another member of the Colón family". On March 4, 2009, Pro Wrestling Zero1 based in Japan, announced that Colón would debut in the company.
Colón debuted on March 11, 2010, teaming with Johnny Prime and Incognito and being booked to defeat Tyler Reks, Derrick Bateman, and Vance Archer.The promotion's creative team gave him a new ring name "Tito Nieves", which was quickly changed to "Tito Colon". Subsequently, his character was revamped as a masked wrestler called "Dos Equis" (After the Dos Equis beer), while Incognito was renamed Hunico and their team was named Los Aviadores.
On August 19, 2013, an episode of Raw, a vignette was aired introducing a new tag team known as Los Matadores, which was Primo and Epico wrestling as masked matadors. From April 4 to May 9, 2016, several videos aired on Raw promoted the return of Primo and Epico, who revived their Puerto Rican gimmick under the new name The Shining Stars. On the May 16 episode of Raw, The Shining Stars made their debut, defeating a team of local competitors.