Super Crazy

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Report Last Updated - 4/07 (Winter)
Real Name - Francisco Pantoja Islas
Birthdate - 12/3/73
5'8" 200 lbs. - Tulanlancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico

Aliases - Histeria, Hysteria, Super Loco, Super Lobo, Super Crazzy

Athletic background - n/a

Teachers - Rey Pantera

Professional background - Indies(`88-`9?), Wrestle Yume-Factory(`95), AAA(`95-`9?), Promo Azteca, ECW(`98-`01), CZW(`01), IWA[PR](`01-`02), ROH(`02), MLW(`02-`03), AAA(`02), CMLL(`02-`0?), New Japan(`02), NWA-TNA(`03), Zero-One MAX(`04), HUSTLE(`04), NOAH(`05), WWE(`05-)

Groups - Los Vipers, Mexicools

Career Highlights -
- Beats Rey Vacunelo to fill the UWA World Welterweight title's vacancy
- Defeats Hit Guzman to regain the Welterweight title again
- Takes the mask of Venum Black
- Upsets Rhino in the TV title tournament to fill the belt's vacancy
- Beats Sean Hill to win the IWA Junior Heavyweight title

Finisher(s) -
- Moonsault
- Crazy Special (Double-Spring Moonsault)
x Crazy Bomb (Azteca Bomb)
x Trifecta (Three-Story Moonsault)

Favorites -
- Crazy DDT (Jumping Swinging DDT)
- Missile Dropkick
- Spin Wheel Kick
- Corner Mounted Punches
- Dropkick

Ringwork Rating -
move set - 7
science - 2
aerial - 6
power - 6
strikes - 6

Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 6
selling - 7
bumping - 9
heat - 6
carrying - 7
push - 5
potential - 4

Outlook - Super Crazy was amongst the best highflyers as the 1990s came to a close. A better worker than many of his luchador peers, he was able to go from a spot machine from Mexico to one of the best highflyers in the US. Super Crazy's international career was propelled by a world class program with Yoshihiro Tajiri in ECW. While it might not have opened the big league doors, it allowed him to tour the US indies freely, become a top star in Puerto Rico, be even bigger in Mexico and finally get more chances in Japan. In Japan, Crazy looked very good, so the WWE brought him in full time as part of the short-lived Mexicools stable. He's had issues with weight and inconsistancy, but Super Crazy gets over and his stuff looks good when it counts, so he might be able to maintain a WWE spot very well for a luchador. As the WWE makes attempts to appeal to the Latin market, characters like Super Crazy help, but only if they are over. Super Crazy will perhaps continue to get periodic pushes, benefical pairings and typecast storylines.

Corner Mounted Punches, Springing Rana, Baseball Slide, Seated Dropkick (opp. sitting), Quebradora, Flying Head Scissors, Standing Moonsault,