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{{Infobox professional wrestler
 
{{Infobox professional wrestler
 
| name = El Phantasmo
 
| name = El Phantasmo
| names = '''El Phantasmo'''
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| names = '''El Phantasmo'''<br>Riley Vincent
 
| image = PHANTASMObc.jpg
 
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| caption =Phantasmo in May 2019.
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| caption = Phantasmo in May 2019
 
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| weight = {{convert|196|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
 
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| billed = Northern Mexico
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| trainer = Aaron Idol<br />Disco Fury<br />Scotty Mac
 
| trainer = Aaron Idol<br />Disco Fury<br />Scotty Mac
 
| debut = October 2005
 
| debut = October 2005
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|birth_name=Riley Vigier
 
|birth_name=Riley Vigier
 
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'''Riley Vigier''' (born October 24, 1986), otherwise known as '''El Phantasmo (ELP)''', is a Canadian professional wrestler currently working for Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), where he's in his first reign as the British Cruiserweight Champion, and for [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] (NJPW), where is he is currently working in the Junior Heavyweight division as part of [[Bullet Club]] and current co-holder of the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]]s with [[Taiji Ishimori]].
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'''Riley Vigier''' (born October 24, 1986), otherwise known as '''El Phantasmo (ELP)''', is a Canadian professional wrestler currently working for [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] (NJPW) and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), where he is the current British Cruiserweight Champion in his first reign, while also being a former one-time [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]].
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Phantasmo started his career in 2005 in Canada making his debut for Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling and later started working in the Canadian independent circuit. In 2012, Phantasmo he was set to perform and train in the United States, but he had border problems and he was involved in a serious motorcycle crash, which almost derailed, but in 2016, Phantasmo expanded his career in the United Kingdom working throughout the British independent circuit, most notably for Revolution Pro Wrestling, where in his third year at RPW, he won the British J-Cup and later the British Cruiserweight Championship. During this time, Phantasmo began working for NJPW in May 2019 and became the newest member of [[Bullet Club]]. Two months later, Phantasmo won the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]]. Two months later, he would win the [[Super J-Cup (2019)|2019]] [[Super J-Cup]].
   
 
==Professional wrestling career==
 
==Professional wrestling career==
 
=== New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2019–present)===
 
=== New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2019–present)===
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{{main|Bullet Club}}
During the first night of the New Japan Cup 2019, a vignette was shown promoting El Phantasmo's debut. In doing so, he was announced as the newest member of [[Bullet Club]]. In his debut, he pinned [[Will Ospreay]] in a tag team match. His first singles win came against Bandido shortly after. On June 16, 2019, El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori defeated [[Roppongi 3K]] to win the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]]s at the third night of the [[2019 Kizuna Road|Kizuna Road 2019]], El Phantasmo, [[Yujiro Takahashi]] and [[Chase Owens]] competed for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship but were defeated by [[Ryusuke Taguchi]], [[Togi Makabe]] and [[Toru Yano]].
 
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During the first night of the [[New Japan Cup#2019|New Japan Cup 2019]], a vignette was shown teasing new member for [[Bullet Club]]. On May 4, 2019, at [[Wrestling Dontaku 2019|Wrestling Dontaku]], Phantasmo made his debut in NJPW being revealed as the newest member of Bullet Club, which had previously had been teased. In his debut match, Phantasmo teamed with Bullet Club stablemate [[Taiji Ishimori]] in a winning effort against [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]] [[Dragon Lee]] and [[Will Ospreay]]. Later that month, Phantasmo took part in the [[Best of the Super Juniors#2019|2019 Best of the Super Juniors]], finishing with a record of six wins and three losses, but failed to advance to the finals due to losing to [[Ryusuke Taguchi]] in their head-to-head match. During the tournament, Phantasmo started feuding with Bullet Club stablemate [[Robbie Eagles]], where Phantasmo helped Eagles to defeat Will Ospreay, but Eagles didn't want it, while also challenging with Ishimori for the IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship, despite Ishimori's being Eagles partner. On June 16 at [[Kizuna Road 2019|Kizuna Road]], Ishimori and Phantasmo defeated [[Roppongi 3K]] ([[Sho]] and [[Yoh]]) to win the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]]. The following day, Phantasmo along with Bullet Club stablemates [[Chase Owens]] and [[Yujiro Takahashi]] unsuccessfully challenged Ryusuke Taguchi, [[Togi Makabe]] and [[Toru Yano]] for the [[NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship]]. Later that month, Phantasmo and Eagles feud culminated in Eagles turning on him and later joining [[CHAOS]], after refusing to attack [[Will Ospreay]]. On August 22, Phantasmo entered the [[Super J-Cup (2019)|2019 Super J-Cup]] tournament, defeating Robbie Eagles in his first round match. On August 24, Phantasmo defeated [[TJP]], in the second round. On August 26, Phantasmo defeated Will Ospreay and then Dragon Lee, in the semifinals and finals, respectively, to win the 2019 Super J-Cup. After winning the tournament, Phantasmo challenged Ospreay to a match. On August 31 at [[Royal Quest]], after Phantasmo and Ishimori lost to Ospreay and Robbie Eagles, Phatasmo challenged Ospreay again to a match for the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]. He received his championship match on October 14 at [[King of Pro-Wrestling (2019)|King of Pro-Wrestling]], unsuccessfully challenging Will Ospreay for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. From October 16 until November 1, Phantasmo and Ishimori took part in the [[Super Jr. Tag League#2019|2019 Super Jr. Tag League]], finishing the tournament with a record of five wins and two losses, but failed to advance to the finals due to losing to Sho and Yoh in their head-to-head match. On January 5, 2020 in the second night of [[Wrestle Kingdom 14|Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome]], Phantasmo and Ishimori lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship back to Sho and Yoh.
   
 
== Personal life ==
 
== Personal life ==
Vigier grew up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He has a step-father. He graduated from Westview Secondary School in 2004. He graduated from the Art Institute of Vancouver with a diploma for digital film and video program in 2006. He would help design event posters, intro videos, and individual match screens for ECCW. From 2010 to 2017, he was an animatic editor for Bardel Entertainment. He was involved in a serious motorcycle crash, which has caused problems with his hip.
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Vigier grew up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He has a step-father. He graduated from Westview Secondary School in 2004. He graduated from the Art Institute of Vancouver with a diploma for digital film and video program in 2006. He would help design event posters, intro videos, and individual match screens for ECCW. From 2010 to 2017, he was an animatic editor for Bardel Entertainment. In 2012, Phantasmo was involved in a border problem, after patrol officer suspected he was trying to move illegally and believed he could not prove that he had any plans on returning to Canada once his trip ended, being banned from entering in the United States. Shortly after, he was involved in a serious motorcycle crash, which has caused problems with his hip and took a full year of rehabilitation to recover. The police officer who described the incident stated that he had never seen somebody walk from that type of accident.
   
El Phantasmo's wrestling training group in 2005 included [[Kyle O'Reilly]], Gurv Sihra, and Sid Sylum. He is known as "Mr. Ballroom Brawl" since he, as of 2017, has had a match at every Ballroom Brawl. He has previously had border problems, but finally he was able to leave Canada for the UK in 2017 to expand his wrestling career.
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El Phantasmo's wrestling training group in 2005 included [[Kyle O'Reilly]], Gurv Sihra, and Sid Sylum. He is known as "Mr. Ballroom Brawl" since he, as of 2017, has had a match at every Ballroom Brawl.
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==In wrestling==
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*'''Finishing moves'''
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**''CRII - Canadian Revolution II ''(Double hammerlock inverted back to belly mat slam)
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**Senton bomb followed by a springboard moonsault
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*'''Signature moves'''
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**Bicycle kick
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**Escalera frankensteiner
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**''Canadian Destroyer ''(Somersault piledriver)
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**Facewash
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**Frog splash
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**Stepping handstand senton
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**Hurricanrana, sometimes from an elevated position
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**Kenka kick
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**Ropewalk Asai moonsault
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**''Sankakugeri ''(Step-up springboard enzuigiri to an elevated opponent)
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**Sole butt followed by a rising kick followed by an enzuigiri
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**Sleeper hold
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**Spin-out straight-jacket torture rack neckbreaker
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**Standing neckscissors snap
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**Suicide dive
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**Superkick
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**Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker
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**Tornado DDT
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*'''Nicknames'''
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**"ELP"
   
 
==Championships and accomplishments==
 
==Championships and accomplishments==
 
 
*'''[[New Japan Pro Wrestling]]'''
 
*'''[[New Japan Pro Wrestling]]'''
**[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]] (1 time, current) - with [[Taiji Ishimori]]
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**[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]] (1 time) - with [[Taiji Ishimori]]
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**[[Super J-Cup]] ([[Super J-Cup (2019)|2019]])
 
*'''Revolution Pro Wrestling'''
 
*'''Revolution Pro Wrestling'''
 
**British Cruiserweight Championship (1 time, current)
 
**British Cruiserweight Championship (1 time, current)
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**British J-Cup (2018)
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
* {{NJPW profile|id=48856|name=El Phantasmo|newlink=yes}}
 
* {{NJPW profile|id=48856|name=El Phantasmo|newlink=yes}}
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Riley Vigier (born October 24, 1986), otherwise known as El Phantasmo (ELP), is a Canadian professional wrestler currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), where he is the current British Cruiserweight Champion in his first reign, while also being a former one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion.

Phantasmo started his career in 2005 in Canada making his debut for Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling and later started working in the Canadian independent circuit. In 2012, Phantasmo he was set to perform and train in the United States, but he had border problems and he was involved in a serious motorcycle crash, which almost derailed, but in 2016, Phantasmo expanded his career in the United Kingdom working throughout the British independent circuit, most notably for Revolution Pro Wrestling, where in his third year at RPW, he won the British J-Cup and later the British Cruiserweight Championship. During this time, Phantasmo began working for NJPW in May 2019 and became the newest member of Bullet Club. Two months later, Phantasmo won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Two months later, he would win the 2019 Super J-Cup.

Professional wrestling career

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2019–present)

During the first night of the New Japan Cup 2019, a vignette was shown teasing new member for Bullet Club. On May 4, 2019, at Wrestling Dontaku, Phantasmo made his debut in NJPW being revealed as the newest member of Bullet Club, which had previously had been teased. In his debut match, Phantasmo teamed with Bullet Club stablemate Taiji Ishimori in a winning effort against IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Dragon Lee and Will Ospreay. Later that month, Phantasmo took part in the 2019 Best of the Super Juniors, finishing with a record of six wins and three losses, but failed to advance to the finals due to losing to Ryusuke Taguchi in their head-to-head match. During the tournament, Phantasmo started feuding with Bullet Club stablemate Robbie Eagles, where Phantasmo helped Eagles to defeat Will Ospreay, but Eagles didn't want it, while also challenging with Ishimori for the IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship, despite Ishimori's being Eagles partner. On June 16 at Kizuna Road, Ishimori and Phantasmo defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. The following day, Phantasmo along with Bullet Club stablemates Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi unsuccessfully challenged Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Later that month, Phantasmo and Eagles feud culminated in Eagles turning on him and later joining CHAOS, after refusing to attack Will Ospreay. On August 22, Phantasmo entered the 2019 Super J-Cup tournament, defeating Robbie Eagles in his first round match. On August 24, Phantasmo defeated TJP, in the second round. On August 26, Phantasmo defeated Will Ospreay and then Dragon Lee, in the semifinals and finals, respectively, to win the 2019 Super J-Cup. After winning the tournament, Phantasmo challenged Ospreay to a match. On August 31 at Royal Quest, after Phantasmo and Ishimori lost to Ospreay and Robbie Eagles, Phatasmo challenged Ospreay again to a match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. He received his championship match on October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling, unsuccessfully challenging Will Ospreay for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. From October 16 until November 1, Phantasmo and Ishimori took part in the 2019 Super Jr. Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of five wins and two losses, but failed to advance to the finals due to losing to Sho and Yoh in their head-to-head match. On January 5, 2020 in the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome, Phantasmo and Ishimori lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship back to Sho and Yoh.

Personal life

Vigier grew up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He has a step-father. He graduated from Westview Secondary School in 2004. He graduated from the Art Institute of Vancouver with a diploma for digital film and video program in 2006. He would help design event posters, intro videos, and individual match screens for ECCW. From 2010 to 2017, he was an animatic editor for Bardel Entertainment. In 2012, Phantasmo was involved in a border problem, after patrol officer suspected he was trying to move illegally and believed he could not prove that he had any plans on returning to Canada once his trip ended, being banned from entering in the United States. Shortly after, he was involved in a serious motorcycle crash, which has caused problems with his hip and took a full year of rehabilitation to recover. The police officer who described the incident stated that he had never seen somebody walk from that type of accident.

El Phantasmo's wrestling training group in 2005 included Kyle O'Reilly, Gurv Sihra, and Sid Sylum. He is known as "Mr. Ballroom Brawl" since he, as of 2017, has had a match at every Ballroom Brawl.

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
    • CRII - Canadian Revolution II (Double hammerlock inverted back to belly mat slam)
    • Senton bomb followed by a springboard moonsault
  • Signature moves
    • Bicycle kick
    • Escalera frankensteiner
    • Canadian Destroyer (Somersault piledriver)
    • Facewash
    • Frog splash
    • Stepping handstand senton
    • Hurricanrana, sometimes from an elevated position
    • Kenka kick
    • Ropewalk Asai moonsault
    • Sankakugeri (Step-up springboard enzuigiri to an elevated opponent)
    • Sole butt followed by a rising kick followed by an enzuigiri
    • Sleeper hold
    • Spin-out straight-jacket torture rack neckbreaker
    • Standing neckscissors snap
    • Suicide dive
    • Superkick
    • Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker
    • Tornado DDT
  • Nicknames
    • "ELP"

Championships and accomplishments

External links