[3] Colón began his training at Dan "The Beast" Severn's, Michigan Sports Camps and competing in Price of Glory Wrestling (Coldwater, MI) in 2004.

He was given a villainous persona, which noted his lineage as a member of the Colón family, as well as a gimmick of "winning by any means necessary", emphasizing his heel character.

The team began a feud with Jayson Quick and Josh Abercrombie, which was scheduled to conclude at a special event titled Phase: One.

Under this ring name he won his first title in the promotion, the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship, being booked to defeat "El Bronco" Ramón Álvarez.

[11] In December 2009, Colón appeared in a spot where he signed a legal document that allowed El Bronco to return to the promotion, in order to fight against González, who had now received a face persona.

The angle continued, with La Pesadilla performing multiple attacks and interventions against González, who offered a ransom of $5,000 for the wrestler's identity and contracted a private investigator.

After WWC closed its 2009 season, he participated in a tryout for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) held in December, signing a developmental contract immediately after concluding his performance.

[16] His inclusion was as part of a heel faction named "Premium Wrestling Federation" or P.W.F., led by Steve Corino, which was "invading" the company.

The company avoided mentioning Colón's heel character in Pro Wrestling Zero1, and continued booking him as a face until Camino a la Gloria 2009.

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 (Spanish for "The Aviators") On June 3, 2010 Los Aviadores defeated the Uso Brothers to win the Florida Tag Team Championship.

In mid-2011, he joined a stable known as The Ascension or La Ascención led by Ricardo Rodriguez, which also consists of Conor O'Brian, Kenneth Cameron, and Raquel Diaz.

[23] Epico then began teaming with Primo, with Rosa Mendes as their manager, where they defeated The Usos on the November 17 episode of WWE Superstars.

[25][26][27] On December 18 at Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Epico and Primo failed to capture the WWE Tag Team Championships from Air Boom.

[29][30][31] At a Raw live event on January 15, 2012, in Oakland, California, Epico and Primo defeated Air Boom to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.

[34] In the pre-show of WrestleMania XXVIII, Epico and Primo successfully defended their titles against the Usos and Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd in a triple threat tag team match.

turned on them during their #1 contender Fatal Four-Way tag team match and aligned with the Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil and Darren Young).

[38] The following night on Raw, Primo and Epico defeated the Prime Time Players by count-out after O'Neil and Young walked out of the match.

[39] The teams continued their feud on WWE Superstars, where Epico lost to Young and Primo beat O'Neil in singles matches.

[45] On the January 9, 2013 episode of NXT, Primo & Epico broke their losing streaks with a win over Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty.

[46] However, Dallas & McGillicutty gained revenge by defeating Primo & Epico in the first round of the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champions.

[49][50] On April 6, 2014, Los Matadores faced The Usos, Rybaxel, and The Real Americans on the WrestleMania XXX Pre-show in a Fatal four-way Elimination match for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a losing effort.

He returned to action on the August 19 episode of Main Event, teaming with Diego in a loss to Slater-Gator (Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil).

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[52][53] under the new name The Shining Stars.

On April 15, 2020, Epico was released along with Primo from his WWE contract due to the budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, ending his 10-year tenure with the company.

[59] By the summer, Colón was harassed by another wrestler posing as La Pesadilla, and eventually retook the mantle (albeit unmasked most of the time).

He himself played a role, together with El Torito and Diego, the three of them joined in the racing team Pamplona Especial in the animated movie Scooby-Doo!