Phantasio wore a black and white mime mask (which he handed to a young fan sitting at ringside) that revealed matching facepaint when removed.
Rios returned in 1997, appearing in a dark match on the March 17, 1997 episode of Monday Night Raw held in Syracuse, NY.
[8] He wrestled as Del Rios (essentially a rip-off of Scott Steiner and his "Big Poppa Pump" character), but was not used by TNA after the initial broadcast.
In the December 2006 issue of WWE Magazine, there is a short interview with Harry Del Rios concerning the Phantasio character.
Del Rios claims that the idea originated as a combination of the Ultimate Warrior and the Legion of Doom gimmicks.
On June 2, 2012 Del Rios revived The Phantasio character at Pro Wrestling Syndicate in a winning effort against Simon Dean in Rahway, NJ.