Halloween

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Halloween

Name Halloween Real name Manuel Ortiz Partida Nicknames La Calabacita (The Little Pumpkin), La Calabaza Asesina (The Killer Pumpkin) Manny la Calabaza (Manny the Pumpkin) Name history Rocky Boy (debut - 08/93), Halloween (08/93 - ), Ciclope/Cyclope (03/97 - 99), El Grio (WCW 05/17/98), Elvis González (a "brilliant" WCW idea, 12/04/98) Family none Maestro(s) Fobia, Rey Misterio Birth date, location May 22, 1971 - Tijuana, Baja California Obituary date Debut, location 1990 - Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California Lost mask to Super Parka - December 24, 1999 - Auditorio de Tijuana; Antifaz - 1999 (as Ciclope) Height 5'9"/174 cms Weight 207 lbs/94 kg Signature moves La Calabaza, Michinoku Driver II, Power Bomb, Spear, F-5, Double Underhook Piledriver, various other WWE finishers Titles: AAA World Tag Team Championship (w/Extreme Tiger), AAA Baja California Light Heavyweight Title, LAWA World Middleweight Title, WWO Tag Team Titles (w/ Damian 666), WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title, IWC Middleweight Title, WWEA Extreme Title, XLAW Tag Team Titles (w/ Damian 666) (2), National Trios Titles (w/Damian 666 & Mr. Aguila and w/ Damian 666 & Nicho), Revolution Pro Tag Team Titles (w/ Damian 666), NGX Tag Team Championship (w/ Damian 666), XPW Tag Team Championships (2) (w/ Damian 666)

Notes

Grew to fame in AAA and was one of many luchadors who ended up underutilized in WCW, though mostly as the masked Ciclope. Reinvented himself in his post WCW career, best known as a member of various Familia de Tijuana combination. In CMLL, Halloween's was an upper midcarder rudo, relying on brawling, famous WWE moves, and his partner Damian 666 in the ring. Halloween's also a member of Perros del Mal, joining early on, and later rejoining the group on the independent scene in 2009.

While most of his Ciclope career in WCW fits with the luchador rank and file pattern of occasional great matches but rarely great achievements, one of his days not as Ciclope was has an interesting sidenote. At WCW Slamboree '98, Halloween wrestled in a cruiserweight #1 battle royal as unknown El Grio. Meanwhile, Ciclope also participated and won the battle royal, only to reveal himself to actually be the returning Dean Malenko, seeking (and gaining) revenge on Chris Jericho.

In his December 2, 2005 hair match with Universo 2000, Halloween took a tombstone for the loss. That's the storyline explanation for his absence, but it appeared as if Halloween also got knee surgery at the same time. Halloween made one more appearance in CMLL following his injury, bandaged and in a wheel cheer, selling his injuries. Halloween also talked about retirement in a late December 2005 interview with Box Y Lucha, but was back regularly in the ring by Spring. Returned to CMLL in September of 2006, rejoining the Perros del Mal faction. Won the Mexican National Trios Championship with Mr. Aguila and Damian 666, but soon wanted out of CMLL and left in August 2007.

Halloween returned to AAA, teaming up with Xtreme Tiger and Nicho el Millonario in a new "Familia de Tijuana" Stable. Nicho didn't last, but the group got some traction as a midcard extreme rudo faction, peaking with Halloween and Extreme Tiger winning the AAA World Tag Team Championship. Their title reign was not particularly impressive. Battling personal issues, Halloween missed scheduled appearances and eventually showed up on final time to drop the AAA tag titles on October 1, 2008.

Completely disappeared from the wrestling scene for half a year before resurfacing with his old Perros del Mal friends as part of their ongoing promotion.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
96/01/18	mask	Halloween	León Negro	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
96/01/26	mask (1)	Halloween	León Negro	Gimnasio Municipal - San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora
96/10/18	mask	Halloween	Thunderbird	Palenque de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
99/??/??	mask	Antifaz del Norte	Ciclope	Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.
99/10/15	hair (2)	Halloween	Super Parka	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
99/11/26	hair (3)	Halloween	Super Muñeco	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
99/12/06	hair	Halloween	La Máscara (not current)	Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.
99/12/24	mask	Super Parka	Halloween	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
01/06/29	hair	Damian 666	Halloween	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
02/03/15	hair (4)	Halloween	Bestia Salvaje	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
04/06/25	hair	Halloween	Brazo de Plata	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
04/09/10	hair	Shocker	Halloween	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
05/12/02	hair	Universo 2000	Halloween	Arena México - Mexico City, Mexico
(1) Triangle match with Damian 666; (2) Hair vs. hair even though both were masked; (3) Hair vs. hair even though both were masked; (4) Guapos vs. Familia hair match

Gallery

as Rocky Boy with Ricky Boy

as Ciclope in WCW

Masked as Halloween

Masked as Halloween

2000

NGX tag champ, w/Damian 666

WCW trading card as Ciclope

masked with Damian 666 & Lady Victoria

older photo

In DTU