[1] Among them was Shane Sewell, with whom Gorbea struck a friendship and who referred him to Isaac Rosario's school in the municipality of Vega Alta.

[1] While attending an IWA-PR card as a fan, Gorbea met founder Víctor Quiñones, who gave him backstage work assembling the ring, setting up the cameras and selling tickets.

[6] On August 4, 2001, Gorbea won the IWA Hardcore Championship by randomly intervening in a match due to the 24/7 rule, dropping it back immediately.

Tommy Diablo was part of La Invasion Dominicana a heel faction led by El Bronco and Chicky Starr.

After losing to Noriega during the first night of Juicio Final 2003, Tocotón Team joined him in an attack over the former, until Anarchy and Chris Devine made the save.

[30] At Golpe de Estado 2003, Gorbea lost to García, leading to a confrontation with referee José Vázquez, against whom he exchanged wins the other nights of the event.

[44] The main night of the tour, Lozada won a three-way match for the Junior Heavyweight Championship against Gorbea and Chris Sabin.

[47] Gorbea entered a series with mixed results against masked wrestler Super Atomo, before making a brief run in the heavyweights, being squashed by Eric Pérez.

[48][49][50] On February 14, 2004, Gorbea briefly resumed his alliance with Tapia and his feud with García, helping him win the Junior Heavyweight Championship but losing to the second.

[60] During the following month, Gorbea stagnated in the low card, facing Golden Boy and winning the occasional title defense.

[63] During the Summer Attitude tour, Lozada retained the Junior Heavyweight Championship by defeating Gorbea in a ladder match.

[64] His stay in IWA-PR allowed him to travel to Japan, where he joined Taka Michinoku’s Kaientai Dojo, being accompanied by other young talents.

[1] In Puerto Rico, he underwent a character change and adopted the moniker of Mr. Japan, but Lozada continued dominating their feud.

[74] On February 12, 2005, they were involved in an angle where the team sabotaged a gift that Carlos Cotto had left for a woman, only for Gorbea to intervene and be attacked instead.

[111] Towards the year's end, Lozada and Big were rebranded as “Los Rabiosos”, a pair of deadbeats that spent their time drinking beer, partying and playing basketball.

[119] On December 30, 2006, the IWA aired a backstage segment where Gorbea encountered the promotional poster for Histeria Boricua 2007 and left frustrated that he was not in it.

[130] In early 2007, Gorbea turned heel and became part of a stable named “Las Estrellas“ led by general manager Orlando Toledo.

[209] A rematch between Mulero and Reyes for the Junior Heavyweight Championship ended with Gorbea cheating to help his associate retain and another confrontation between Los Aéreos, when Díaz made the save but was confused as the attacker.

[210] A match between Díaz and Gorbea then ended in a time limit draw due to a brawl between Mulero and Reyes, leading to more clashes within Los Aéreos.

[222] Prior to Aniversario, Gorbea complained that he did not even have a match for the event and challenged Laureano, only to be confronted by Reyes, Mulero, Styles, Angel and Díaz.

[224] Gorbea was then involved in a storyline where he dropped his gimmick of Tommy Diablo and appropriated José Laureano's Chicky Starr persona.

[231] At Halloween Wrestling Xtravaganza, Gorbea participated in a four-way match for the Junior Heavyweight Championship won by Ricochet.

[256] Tommy Diablo made an open challenge for the Junior Heavyweight Championship but refused to accept El Comandante, whom he believe was not a cruiserweight wrestler, being forced by referee Angel Fashion and retaining.

[268] At Summer Madness, Tommy Diablo won a battle royale to win the WWC Junior Heavyweight Championship, last eliminating Ricochet.

[299] After El Cuervo left WWC for EWO, Diablo lost the titles to Diabólico and Enyel in a handicap match.

[318][319] The team of Angel Fashion, Samuel Adams and David Montes defeated Tommy Diablo, AJ and Ricochet by cheating.

[324] Ricochet defeated Fashion for the Junior Heavyweight Championship in a match where he was favored by Gorbea and Pelayo Vázquez returned to make the count.

[331] Tommy Diablo, Rikochet and Peter the Bad Romance clashed in a three-way match for the Junior Heavyweight Championship.

He was part of the heel stable that joined Thunder and Lightning when they turned on their “Councilor” El Bronco, who requested help from a reluctant Huertas.

[1] Later in life, Gorbea earned a Juris Doctor and was admitted into the BAR, where he litigates civil, penal and family law cases.