Piranha (RLS CAS)

Oscar Pavon Ramos (born 4th August 1991 in Guadalajara, Mexico) is a professional wrestler, a luchador, who has performed for his entire career under the masked gimmick of Piranha. He is currently signed to UNION Wrestling, having previously been a stalwart of Exhibition Wrestling, and through them also appeared occasionally for PRIZE Wrestling League.
A contemporary, good friend and kayfabe rival of PRIZE founder Mikey Ace, the two famously both lied about their age to spearhead the now infamous Juniors Division of Eddie Hamer Presents: Pro Wrestling, in Texas.
== Career ==
=== EHP: Pro Wrestling Junior Champion (2006-2009) ===
After being trained by family friend and fellow luchador El Velo, Piranha joined Eddie Hamer Presents: Pro Wrestling to head up it's Juniors Division, lying alongside Mikey Ace about his age in the process. Piranha and Ace (then under the name Dynamite) would battle at many shows together, sometimes for honour and sometimes for the officially unrecognised Junior Championship1. Both held the title numerous times.
=== Exhibition Wrestling: Mexico/Canada (2010-2021) ===
Piranha joined Exhibition Wrestling in 2010, splitting his time between the Mexican and Canadian branches of the promotion. He had highly rated matches in the former against his trainer's son El Hijo del Velo and Azteka, and against Ace (now performing as Justice) and his Deck Stable, Mayhem and The Maverick, in the latter.
He has held the Interbrand Championship of Exhibition Wrestling, which is defended on all EW brands, twice (in 2014 and 2017), however he has never appeared outside of the two North American brands. This was criticised by several former champions, who believed the title should also grace the promotions' other brands like Japan and India, but Piranha insists this was a management issue and not something he intended.
He took a short leave of absence in 2017, alongside fellow EW:C talent Chris Wayland, to perform in the Fight for MIGHT! Tournament with Japan MIGHTY! Wrestling. This was surprising given EW's Japan brand's status as a rival of JMW. 
He'd return in 2018, exclusively to Mexico, feuding for the majority of the year with El Velo, Jr. and Marcos Estevez. In late 2019, during a match with Rinaldo, he would break his jaw in two places, leading to him spending the next year out. 
His injury, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, led to him being released at the end of his contract. During his final appearance, for a local promotion near his home in Guadalajara, he debuted a new mask necessitated by the complications of his jaw injury.2 
=== PRIZE Wrestling League (2018-2020) ===
Piranha was, again along with Chris Wayland, confirmed to be taking part in the PRIZE June Special 2018, in Birmingham, marking his first match in England since a battle against Mikey Ace (as Dynamite) in Spring 2007. After being challenged on social media by Grayson Gage, the two fought at the event, with Gage using underhand tactics (attempting to unmask the lucha star) to earn the victory.
Although a rematch was apparently planned for the second special in Hamburg, Germany, UNION Wrestling's legal challenge to the use of the Gage gimmick seemingly put this idea to bed. He'd appear at a pre-show meet and greet, but otherwise didn't appear for the promotion until the debut episode of PRIZE Fights in late-October 2018, where he defeated Lenroy Steede.
His appearances over the next few months were sporadic, although he had several well-received matches during this time with old rival Mikey Ace. Following the WCE takeover, he'd open an episode of PRIZE Championship Wrestling against fellow EW: Mexico star Gigabyte. His final match of this spell came against Welterweight Champion British Samurai, who was injured in their bout. Despite BritSam, PRIZE and WCE confirming that they didn't hold Piranha responsible for the injury, he wouldn't appear again for the promotion.
=== UNION Wrestling (2022-present) ===
In January 2022, Piranha was confirmed as one of four signings- alongside Harry Daniels, The Trick and Nick Logan- to bolster UNION Wrestling's men's division. He debut at the Aberdeen show at the end of the month, defeating Bobby the Fan before leading the crowd in an "Omnívoro!" chant. He'd make his Reboot Era debut on the first episode of UNION Charged, in a Lucha Celebration Triple Threat also featuring Doscara and El Jefe, with the latter pinning the former while Piranha was outside the ring.
Piranha would challenge new UNION British Champion Harry Daniels in the build-up to UNION Hardcore Brawl 2023, being brutally beaten several times including at the event, itself, which would lead to Piranha's friend and fellow luchador El Jefe involving himself in the feud. Piranha would later be in Jefe's corner as he won the championship from Daniels at UNION London Calling 2024. 
After a short absence, Piranha would stun his friend by answering the challenge for the British Championship at UNION Open Challenge 2024, running the champion close but ultimately coming up short. He'd engage in a stare-down with the victor, teasing a potential heel turn, before leaving the arena. Piranha would be granted a second chance at Bring Down The House '24, again losing, before brutally attack Jef several times over the next few weeks, leading to a final showdown between the two at UNION Uneasy Alliance 2024, the first time a championship was on the line during UNION's now-traditional Grudge Match. Jef would defeat him again in a brutal contest to end the feud.
== In-Wrestling ==
=== Signatures ===
Standing Shooting Star
Standing Shiranui
=== Finishers ===
Frenesí (Moonstomp)
=== Nicknames ===
Mano Derecha del Velo ("Right Hand of The Veil")
Omnívoro ("Omnivore")
== Accomplishments ==
EW Interbrand Championship (x2)
EW: Mexico Señor de Lidiando (x2, 2014 and 2016)
== Trivia ==
* Despite growing up steeped in the luchador culture, Ramos himself doesn't hide his identity and hasn't ever actively done so. Nonetheless, no publicly available pictures of him without the mask exist. His adherence to wearing the mask in public was made abundantly clear before the PRIZE June 2018 Special, when he was interviewed in a mask that wasn't the one he wore to compete later in the night.3
* Ramos, much to the chagrin of several of his family, is an outspoken atheist.4
== Behind-the-Scenes/Notes ==
# The Junior Championship was "unrecognised" because it was in the days before Create-a-Championship existed, and there actually wasn't a physical belt for it. So, it isn't listed on the Accomplishments either.
# I actually changed up his mask in 2K20, and felt it's differences to his previous one warranted some kind of in-universe explanation.
# In truth, I changed the colour scheme and pattern of his mask just before I played through the event.
# I decided this while creating his attires in the early days, wanting a luchador character who defied any potential stereotype. He's taken more inspiration from real-life lucha stars over the years, but this detail for whatever reason has stuck.
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