The Shining Stars The Shining Stars ( formerly Los Matadores and Primo & Epico ) are a professional wrestling tag team performing in WWE consisting of Primo and Epico . The duo , who are real life cousins hailing from Puerto Rico , are former WWE Tag Team Champions , with the title won during their first run as Primo & Epico , from 2011 to 2013 . ( Can someone please change the name from Los Matadores to The Shining Stars ) History . Primo & Epico ; Tag Team Champions ( 2011 – 2013 ) . On the November 4 episode of " SmackDown " , Epico debuted on the main roster as a heel and realigned with Hunico , his former partner from when both were masked in FCW . On the November 11 episode of " Smackdown " , Primo , Epico ' s real - life cousin , was in the corner of Epico when he teamed with Hunico in a winning effort against The Usos . On the November 17 episode of " Superstars " , Epico and Primo beat The Usos . On the December 1 episode of " Superstars " , Rosa Mendes aligned herself with the group as their valet , as they were officially moved to the Raw brand and quietly disassociated from Hunico . Epico and Primo then began a feud with WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom , beating both Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston in singles matches , followed by two victories for Epico and Primo against Air Boom during non - title tag team matches on December 13 at WWE Tribute to the Troops and the December 15 episode of " Superstars " . This earned Epico and Primo a shot at the titles at pay - per - view , but were unsuccessful . Epico and Primo ' s feud with Air Boom continued with Air Boom triumphant in singles matches , while Epico and Primo obtained yet another victory in an non - title tag match . At a " Raw " live event on January 15 , 2012 , Epico and Primo defeated Air Boom to win the WWE Tag Team Championship . The following night on " Raw " , Epico and Primo successfully defended their titles in a rematch . On the January 20 episode of " SmackDown " , Epico and Primo defeated The Usos in a non - title tornado tag team match . Primo & Epico would go on earn victories in non - title matches , defeating various teams such as Jim Duggan & Santino Marella , Mason Ryan & Alex Riley and The Usos ; however , Primo & Epico would suffer non - title losses against the team of Kofi Kingston & R - Truth . On the February 27 edition of Raw , Primo & Epico successfully defended their titles in a Triple Threat tag team match against the teams of Kingston & R - Truth and Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger . In the pre - show of WrestleMania XXVIII , Primo & Epico successfully defended their titles in a triple threat tag team match against the Usos and Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd . After WrestleMania , Primo & Epico suffered non - title losses to the teams of Big Show & The Great Khali and Santino Marella & Zack Ryder . Also , A . W . began offering his managerial services to the team , pointing out that the tag champions had been treated like jokes , being left off WrestleMania and Extreme Rules . At the April 30 Raw , Primo & Epico lost the tag titles to Kingston & Truth . After losing the titles , Primo , Epico and Mendes joined A . W . ' s talent agency in May . However , after joining " All World Promotions " , Primo & Epico would not wrestle on television until the No Way Out pay - per - view on 17 June . At No Way Out , it was revealed that Primo & Epico ' s 30 - day rematch clause for the tag titles had expired , and that the duo had to compete in a four - way match against the teams of Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd , the Usos and the Prime Time Players ( Titus O ' Neil & Darren Young ) to earn another title shot . During the match , A . W . betrayed Primo & Epico , directly costing them the match and aligning with the match winners , the Prime Time Players . At the following Raw , Primo & Epico defeated the Players by count - out after O ' Neil and Young walked out of the match . Primo & Epico would wrestle as babyfaces for their feud against the Prime Time Players . The tag teams would continue their feud on Superstars with Epico losing to Young and Primo beating both O ' Neil and Young in singles matches . At Money in the Bank , Primo & Epico defeated the Prime Time Players . On the August 10 SmackDown , Primo & Epico faced the Players in a # 1 contender match and were disqualified when champions Kingston & Truth attacked the Players ; A . W . was released from WWE between that episode ' s taping and airing . After Primo & Epico ended their feud with the Prime Time Players in August , they reverted to being heels during a victory over the Usos . Primo & Epico then went on to lose every televised match for the rest of 2012 , with losses to Kingston & Truth , the Players , Rey Mysterio , Jr . & Sin Cara , Team Co - Bro ( Santino Marella & Zack Ryder ) , Team Rhodes Scholars , The Usos and to both Ryback and The Great Khali in handicap matches . At the Survivor Series pay - per - view , Primo & Epico took part in a 10 - man elimination tag team match , but were eliminated by Tyson Kidd and Rey Mysterio . By the first SmackDown of 2013 , Primo was on a 20 match losing streak , and Epico was at 17 . On the January 9 NXT , Primo & Epico broke their losing streaks with a win over Bo Dallas & Michael McGillicutty , their first win in months . 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 . Los Matadores ( 2013 – 2015 ) . In August 2013 , WWE hyped the debut of Los Matadores , and on the September 30 Raw , Primo and Epico debuted new characters , as Diego and Fernando of Los Matadores , a face team of two masked Spanish bullfighters with El Torito as mascot as they defeated 3MB . It was the start of a winning streak that featured nine wins over 3MB ( with El Torito wrestling in some matches ) , and also over The Real Americans ( Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger ) at Hell in a Cell . Also , El Torito was able to interfere in matches without incurring a disqualification for Los Matadores . Los Matadores ' winning streak was finally snapped on the January 24 SmackDown in 2014 , courtesy of Curtis Axel and Ryback . On the March 5 edition of WWE Main Event , Los Matadores received a tag team championship match against The Usos in which they were defeated . They also made an appearance as Primo and Epico alongside Carlito to induct Carlos Colon into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2014 . On the WrestleMania XXX pre - show , they received a WWE Tag Team Championship shot against The Usos , RybAxel , and The Real Americans , in a Fatal Four - Way Elimination Tag Team match , but lost after being the first team eliminated when Fernando submitted to Jack Swagger ' s Patriot Lock . On June 23 WWE . com reported that Fernando was injured at a live event that past weekend . The team would return on August 19 on an edition of Main Event in a losing effort against Titus O ' Neil and Heath Slater . On October 7 , Los Matadores competed on the 15th Anniversary of Smackdown , alongside their mascot El Torito , The Usos , Jack Swagger , Mark Henry , and Sheamus in a winning effort against Goldust , Stardust , Heath Slater , Titus O ' Neil , Bo Dallas , The Miz , and Hornswoggle . They later competed at Survivor Series in a fatal four - way tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship . Los Matadores were unsuccessful as The Miz and Damien Mizdow were victorious and became the new WWE Tag Team Champions . On March 5 , 2015 , Los Matadores challenged Cesaro and Tyson Kidd for the WWE Tag Team Championship on an edition of Smackdown in a losing effort . A few weeks later , Los Matadores competed on the pre - show of Wrestlemania XXXI in the fatal four - way tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship . Once again , Cesaro and Tyson Kidd were victorious . Los Matadores then competed in the Andre the Battle Royal later on in the pre - show . Diego and Fernando were both eliminated by Kane . On May 31 , Los Matadores competed in the first - ever tag team Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Tag Team Championship . Los Matadores were the first team eliminated , being eliminated by The Ascension . At SummerSlam ( 2015 ) , Los Matadores competed in a Fatal 4 - Way Tag Team Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a losing effort when they were pinned by The New Day to lose the Prime Time Players their titles . On September 7 , 2015 episode on Raw after losing to the Dudley Boyz , Los Matadores turned heel when Diego attacked El Torito after the match , however he was then put through a table by the Dudleys . They were last seen on Main Event that week , minus El Torito , where they were defeated by The Prime Time Players . The Shining Stars ( 2016 – present ) . On the April 4 , 2016 episode of Raw , a promotional video aired to promote the return of the duo , who were no longer under the Los Matadores masks and revived their Puerto Rican gimmick . Two weeks later , another video confirmed they had reverted to the names of Primo & Epico . On the May 9 , 2016 episode of Raw , another video confirmed that they would return the following week , under the new tag team name The Shining Stars . On the May 16 episode of Raw , The Shining Stars debuted by defeating a local tag team Scott Jackson and Brian Kennedy ( actually independent tag team that regularly appear in NXT , John Skyler and Corey Hollis ) in a squash match . They finished the match with their tag team finishing move , " The Shining Star " .