Angélico
| Angélico | |
|---|---|
 Angélico making his entrance at a Smash Wrestling event in November 2015 | |
| Born | 7 May 1987 Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Adam Angel Adam Bridle Adam Croft Angélico Backpacker Joe El Angélico |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Billed weight | 214 lb (97 kg) |
| Billed from | Barcelona, Spain Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Trained by | Último Dragón Negro Navarro Black Terry |
| Debut | 2007 |
Adam Bridle (born 7 May 1987) is a South African professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and competes under the ring name Angélico. He also wrestles for their sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH).
He is also known for his time wrestling in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Lucha Underground and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG).
Career[change | change source]
All Elite Wrestling[change | change source]
On 8 May 2019, it was confirmed that Angélico had signed a contract to be a member of All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[1]
At Double or Nothing on 25 May, Angélico made his AEW in-ring debut. He would team with his The Hybrid2 tag team partner Jack Evans. They would lose to Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta).[2] At Fight for the Fallen, The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson) would defeat The Hybrid2 and Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) in a three-way tag team match.[3]
On the 8 October debut episode of Dark, The Hybrid2 teamed with the Lucha Brothers (Fénix and Pentagón Jr.) and the defeated Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) and Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) for Angélico's first win in AEW.[4]
On the 19 Feburary episode of Dynamite, The Hybrid2 would enter a battle royal to determine would would become the number one contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championships. The match was won by The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson).[5]
On the 8 September episode of Dark, Angélico would defeat Griff Garrison to earn his first solo victory in AEW.[6]
On the 7 November episode of Dynamite, The Hybrid2 would face FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) for the AEW World Tag Team Championships but were defeated.[7]
At Holiday Bash, Angélico teamed with Luther and Serpentico in a team known as Spanish Announce Project. They would compete in the $300,000 Three Kings Christmas Casino Trios Royale but they lost to AR Fox and Top Flight (Dante Martin and Darius Martin).[8]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Angelico signs with All Elite Wrestling". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Double Or Nothing results: Powell's live review of Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho, The Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. and Fenix for the AAA Tag Titles, Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes, Britt Baker vs. Nyla Rose vs. Kylie Rae". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ↑ "7/13 AEW Fight For The Fallen results: Powell's live review of Cody and Dustin Rhodes vs. The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega vs. Cima, Chris Jericho promo, Hangman Page vs. Kip Sabian, Pentagon Jr. and Fenix vs. Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ↑ "10/8/2019 AEW Dark Results: An All Out Rematch Headlines, Plus Darby Allin Gets His First AEW Win". Fightful. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite 2/19/20 Results: A Steel Cage Match, A Tag Title Match & A Battle Royal". Fightful. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ↑ "9/8 AEW Dark results: Starr's review of Brian Cage vs. Tony Dontati, Eddie Kingston vs. Lee Johnson, Anna Jay vs. Skyler Moore, Serpentico vs. Sonny Kiss, Griff Garrison vs. Angelico, Will Hobbs vs. Sean Legacy, Ricky Starks vs. Ben Carter". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite 10/7/20 Results: 30 Years Of Chris Jericho & 3 Title Matches". Fightful. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ↑ "12/23 AEW Rampage results: McGuire's review of Three Kings Christmas Casino Trios Battle Royale, TBS Champion Jade Cargill vs. Vertvixen in an eliminator match, Anthony Bowens and Billy Gunn vs. Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 22, 2023.