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Nick: La Artillería de la Familia (2004)

Early career
In January 2001, Rico Suave and Ricky Santana defeated Thunder and Lightning to win the World Tag Team Championship.

On March 30, 2001, the team defeated Eddie Watts & Rico Suave in a non-title match. As part of this feud, Thunder and Lightning won a series where the members of both teams wrestled individually, but were assaulted afterwards. On April 7, 2001, both members entered the Copa Alcalde, which was ultimately won by Carly Colón, whom they saved from an assault by González afterwards. They defeated Rico Suave and Eddie Watts in a hardcore match. Thunder and Lightning defeated El Nene and Jungle Jim Steele. Continuing their feud with La Familia del Milenio, they defeated the team of El Nene and Jungle Jim Steele. During the following months, the team defeated the teams that represented La Familia, including Alpha Phi Slam (Billy Brooks and Brett Blair). On June 9, 2001, Thunder and Lightning dropped the titles to Rico Suave and Ricky Santana. The team won a rematch held a week later to earn an opportunity for the titles. Thunder and Lightning defeated two of the recent main eventers, Ricky Frontán and José Huertas González. The team then migrated to a feud against Carly and Eddie Colón, wrestling them to a no contest on August 4, 2001. In February 2002, Habana helped Víctor Rodríguez and Jeff Jablonski defeat Thunder and Lightning.

At Venganza Boricua, Thunder and Lightning defeated the Broncos by disqualification to retain the titles. The second night of the event, the third Bronco, Ramón Álvarez, caused a disqualification in their favor. Both defeated the Broncos in singles. Thunder and Lightning went on to defeat Atroman and Muhhamad Hassan, also members of this stable. The team then feuded with the Broncos, retaining the titles in their first encounter due to the intervention of the heel manager. On June 6, 2003, they dropped the titles to Bronco 2 & Bronco 3 in a cage match. Both made a brief singles run, where they defeated Chris Candido and Mark Falk respectively.

Thunder vs. Lightning
Parallel to this, WWC began running a storyline where frictions occurred between both members, which was elaborated when Thunder saved Lightning from being hit with a foreign object during a singles match, but this resulted in the latter being disqualified. On June 21, 2003, Lightning turned on Thunder, beginning a feud between them. Following this angle, Lightning was pushed and picked Víctories over masked wrestler Vengador Boricua and Julio Estrada. The first night of Aniversario, both wrestled individually in anticipation to their encounter, Lightning lost a disqualification to Carly Colón, who was returning after joining WWE, while Thunder defeated the leader of the heel stable, Ramón Álvarez. On July 17, 2003, both appeared in Club sunshine in order to promote the event. The following night, Lightning defeated Carlos Colón and Eddie Colón in the final of a tournament to crown a new Universal Heavyweight Championship, while Thunder was eliminated after wrestling Mike Awesome to a double disqualification in the first round. The encounter between both ended in a double disqualification, when the referee lost control of the action. Thunder was able to win a rematch. Despite both competing against wrestlers such as Ricky Frontán and Álvarez in singles, they continued intervening in each other’s matches. In their following encounter Thunder got the disqualification win. The team’s former trainer was involved in backstage segments, where he expressed dissatisfaction with the situation. On August 16, 2003, while both wrestled for the Universal Heavyweight Championship, Rosario entered the ring in an attempt to convince Lightning to join his former partner. Following intervention from his stable he turned on the heels by chokes laming Tigresa, marking the end of their feud. The team then feuded with several members of the heel stable, including the makeshift team of José Rivera, Jr. and Diamante Dominicano. Both also expressed their intention to expand beyond the tag team division and, if possible, win all the titles of WWC. The team also resumed their feud with the Broncos with a win. However, during this timeframe their matches often featured the intervention of heel and ended in losses. During this timeframe, they continued gathering wins over the Broncos. A rivalry between the team and José Rivera, Jr. and Dominican Boy concluded in individual wins over the former, but Lightning losing the Universal Heavyweight Championship to the latter. Encounters between both teams also concluded without a clear winner or with one of the parts cheating for a dirty win. Both teams also clashed in singles, with mixed results. Thunder and Lightning were then involved in a feud with the Shane Twins, against whom they exchanged win as singles. One of the Shane Twins was replaced for the first titular match of this feud, which Thunder and Lightning won.

IWA-PR
The jump of Thunder and Lightning from WWC reinvigorated a new version of La Familia, who quickly joined Ray González in a stable match against the representatives of La Compañía. Soon afterwards, the team was involved in confrontations with Los Boricuas. The team dominated in the first match of this series. Soon afterwards, they resumed their role as González’s team partners in the ongoing stable feud. At the Armed and Dangerous PPV, Los Boricuas lost to Thunder and Lightning. Castillo tried other partners, but lost rematches. On February 7, 2004, Los Boricuas successfully defended the World Tag Team Championship against Thunder and Lightning. However, the team remained in the winning side of this feud in non-title matches. On February 21, 2004, a tournament was held for the World Tag Team Championships following a confrontation between several teams, with Thunder and Lightning defeating Los Boricuas in the finals. Víctor and Jett Jablonski defeated Thunder and Lightning. On November 6, 2004, after defeating the representatives of La Compañía yet again, the team joined Ray González in a sudden heel turn. The team was then involved in a series with Carlos Cotto and Daniel García. At IWA Extravaganza, Thunder and Lightning defeated KC James and Shane. At Juicio Final 2004, Thunder and Lightning retained their titles over Vampiro and Sinn. On April 24, 2004, the team retained over Cotto and his new partner, KC James. After interfering on behalf of Ray González during a match, Thunder and Lightning were confronted by Miguel Pérez, Jr. and KC James, but lost the first encounter between both teams. However, Thunder and Lightning dominated subsequent encounters. The team defended the titles against Sewell and KC James twice, winning the first but wrestling to a double draw. On June 19, 2004, the team dropped the titles in another rematch. Thunder and Lightning jumped right back in the chase for the titles. Individually, both teams exchanged victories. At Summer Attitude, Thunder and Lightning retained the titles when James turned on Sewell. On July 25, 2004, they lost a non-title match to Cotto and Venom. Thunder and Lightning then won a mask vs. layoff match, where Venom was pinned and expelled from the promotion. Thunder and Lightning then defeated the makeshift tag team of main eventers Apolo and Ricky Banderas.

La Capitol
On April 25, 2004, Cotto and Venom won the World tag Team Championship in a cage match. After gaining control of the IWA and trying to change its name to Capitol Sports (in reference to Capitol Sports Promotions, WWC’s original name), González spent weeks trying to frame Savio Vega for attacking Huertas in order to recruit him into his faction. However, on October 2, 2004, Rivera aired a video that revealed that Thunder and Lightning had attacked him and left behind a bat to frame him. At Golpe de Estado 2004, Savio Vega and Huertas defeated Thunder and Lightning by disqualification. In singles Thunder helped Lightning defeat Cotto, but lost himself to Slash Venom. At Christmas in PR, Gonzales lost to Huertas by disqualification when Thunder and Lightning interfered on his behalf. Later in the event, they teamed with Billy Gunn in a loss to Vega, Shane and Banderas. The following date, Thunder and Lightning retained the World Tag Team Championship when Rivera (wrestling as El Hombre que Ellos Llaman TNT) turned on Invader. The final night of the tour, the team lost to Tonga Kid and Spectro. At Histeria Boricua 2005, thunder and Lightning retain the World tag Team Championship over Konnan and Ron Killings. During the match, Thunder received a legitimate knee injury during a spot where Killings jumped on him. During this time, he was replaced by jobber Anarchy. A subsequent MRI came back with serious tendon damage and he underwent surgery. Lightning continued pairing with random partners, such as KC James. He also issued special challenges. He defeated Abbad in a series. On January 29, 2005, Rivera declared that Lightning and Anarchy were the new World Tag Team Champions. Lightning’s individual series with Abbad continued with a win. The champions also exchanged wins against the team of Golden Boy and Noriega.

In July it was announced that their return as a team would be postponed. On February 4, 2006, Thunder and Lightning dropped the titles to Banderas and Cruz. An angle was developed where both Banderas and Cruz wanted an opportunity for the World Heavyweight Champion, and General manager Orlando Toledo chose the latter, prompting the other members of La Cruz del Diablo to distance from him. The team then dropped the titles to Thunder and Lightning when Banderas allowed Cruz to be pinned after an outside intervention. Despite the animosity, both teamed again the following week in a rematch. Apolo and Mr. Big then teamed to defeat Thunder and Lightning. Banderas had to wrestle Lightning, but lost when his former partner interfered. Meanwhile, Thunder defeated Apolo by disqualification. At IWA Uncensored, Apolo defeated Lightning in singles.

Lightning singles push
Los Inhumanos began Juicio Final by facing Thunder and Lightning. Later in the event, they retained the titles over Konnan and Ron Killings. On April 8, 2006, Thunder and Lightning lost a match to the team of Mr. Big and Cruz, who challenged them for the titles. The champions rebounded with a win in a non-title match. On June 10, 2006, Los Inhumanos and Big defeated Thunder and Lightning and Slash Venom, leading to a singles challenge where each of them would face Rivera and Huertas. At Summer Attitude, Huertas defeated Thunder with two heart punches, but Lighting defeated Rivera to win the World Heavyweight Championship. On June 24, 2006, Huertas challenged Lightning for the World Heavyweight Championship, with Miguel Pérez imposing himself as special referee. This allowed Lightning to retain the title. Meanwhile, Thunder and Cotto teamed to defeat big and Bad Boy Bradley. On July 15, 2006, Thunder and Lightning dropped the titles to this team. The team continued allied to Pérez, but was unable to win the titles in a rematch. On July 29, 2006, Lightning dropped the title to Mikael Judas. Thunder and Lightning then defeated the new champion and Mr. Big in tag team matches. Judas won a rematch, but due to the intervention of Vega a challenge for the first contendership was issued for a tag team match the following week, which they won. While IWA and WWS held a talent exchange, Thunder and Lightning made appearances there. The team defeated Big and Judas. It was later revealed that Lightning had surrendered the first contendership to a returning González. At Golpe de Estado, the team defeated Mr. Big and Judas. Later in the tour, they defeated big and Bradley. The third date they lost to the British Militya. Thunder and Lightning concluded the event with a win over Big and Bradley. The team then defeated Cruz and Big and went back to tile contention. On September 15, 2006, Cruz defeated Thunder with the help of Big. This rivalry continued when Thunder defeated Cruz in singles, but big won a rematch the same night. On September 23, 2006, lightning confronted Ray González and requested an opportunity for the title. The following event, Thunder and Lightning were more vocal about this opportunity, confronting Miguel Pérez about it. Thunder suffered a heel fracture that kept him away from the ring. After defeating González in a four corner evaluation match, it was apparent that Rivera was backing his bid. To open the tour, he teamed with Cotto in a non-titular win over the British Militia, during which his heel turn was made apparent as he cheated. The main night of Hardcore Weekend, González retained but the confrontations between both continued. More brawls took place the following day, when both were forced to team in a Lethal Lottery Match. Despite this, he continued wrestling against heels. González and Lightning were then forced to team, but ended losing to the British Militia after they were discussing outside the ring and the champion was attacked by Judas. Lightning then teamed with Sewell in a win over the tag team champions. In November Lightning defeated Judas to become the first contender. On November 11, 2006, the IWA aired a segment where Lightning attacked González during a reunion, signifying the end of La Familia. Afterwards lightning teamed with Judas. At Armageddon, González retained the title when lightning used an illegal object. Prior to Christmas in PR, Pérez ignored a challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship that González and Lightning had agreed to and included Sewell in a three way match, causing frictions with both the faces and the heels. The confrontations with Sewell and González continued after the latter was being forced to act as special referee between both. At Christmas in PR, Sewell won a three way over González and Lightning to become the World Heavyweight Champion. Later in the tour, Las Caras del Miedo defeated Sewell and Smith. At Histeria Boricua, Sewell and the returning Banderas defeated González and Lightning. The following night he was confronted by Judas after losing to Smith. To close the tour, Los Hermanos en Dolor defeated González and Lightning. Las Caras del Miedo suffered the same fate before Los Hermanos en Dolor. On January 21, 2007, Big lost the Intercontinental Championship to Lightning. The following week, Lightning disobeyed the orders of Toledo to continue attacking Díaz after defeating him and of González to join an attack on Hermanos en Dolor. His differences with the heels were fueled by a series of mishaps.

Feuding with La Familia, La Rabia
After turning heel, González was joined by Thunder and Lightning, Judas and Gorbea. However, there were soon differences between him and Lightning after he bullied his underling. On February 24, 2007, the IWA aired segments where Lightning ignored González in the heel locker-room, while Rivera contacted Thunder in the face lockeroom. Tired of being bossed around, Lightning turned face, while González and Toledo tried to contact Thunder about the situation. On March 3, 2007, Thunder appeared in a match between González and Lightning for the Intercontinental Championship, siding with his long time partner against the leader of La Familia. despite the reunion, Lightning continued feuding with Judas in secondary cards. In their return as a team, Thunder and Lightning defeated González and Joe Bravo. Thunder then defeated González in a revenge match. On March 23, Lightning defeated Joe Bravo in a match for the Intercontinental Championship. Afterwards, they defeated Los Caballeros in a match with Dominican Rules. Thunder and Lightning continued their dominance over the Dominicans. They then unsuccessfully challenged Guzmán and Diamante for the World Tag Team Championship. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Zona Ilegal, with confrontations emerging between Cotto and Lightning. On April 20, 2007, it was reported that the team had requested their release from the IWA. The team then entered in conversations with WWC. Thunder and Lightning made their official return on June 23, 2007, brought by Barrabás who issued a challenge to Bryan and Black Pain for Aniversario. At Aniversario Thunder and Lightning defeated Bryan and Black Pain. The second night of Aniversario, Black Pain and Abyss defeated Thunder and Lightning. Afterwards, Thunder and lightning wrestled Black Pain and Bryan to a no contest. In singles, both teams divided matches. On August 4, 2007, Thunder and Lightning became the first contenders to the World Tag Team Championship with the help of a group of hooded figures. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Estrada, Jr. and Black Pain. Backstage, the team then investigated who had attacked both Orlando and Eddie Colón during the last weeks. Thunder and Lightning then wrestled World Tag Team Champions la Legion del Armagedon to a no contest. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Estrada, Jr. and Bryan. Afterwards, WWC aired a segment where hector Meléndez offered them a deal. The team then lost another match to Legion del Armagedon due to the intervention of their manager, Profe. Thunder and Lightning then defeated La Legion del Armagedon with the help of Los Encapuchados. However, they failed to capture the titles when Los Templarios interfered. In September, the team was distant from both and heels, scouting the situation with Los Encapuchados by themselves. The team then defeated the champions in a non title match. At Septiembre Negro, Thunder and Lightning defeated Bryan and Black Pain following the intervention of La Legion del Armagedon and the hooded stable, now known as La Rabia. WWC continued airing segments where Meléndez approached them, causing suspicion within Juventud Boricua. At Septiembre Negro, Thunder and Lightning defeated Juventud Boricua and La Legion del Armagedon to win the world Tag Team Championship. Thunder and Lightning responded to the call of Meléndez when a brawl erupted. Thunder and Lightning retained the title in a rematch where Profe replaced a member of La legion del Armagedon. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Los Templarios. After the heels interrupted a match, Big joined Thunder and Lightning to defeat Estrada, Jr., Bravo and Black Pain. The team then defeated La Legion del Armagedon in another rematch. WWC also aired segments where Thunder let Meléndez known that they were working together, but were not necessarily in the same team. After Bravo and Bryan lost a match to Thunder and Lightning, Estrada, Jr. insulted the former. After Colón defeated Black Pain to become the first contender, La Rabia turned on him, Colón, Sr. and Rudy, revealing that they were financed by Jovica. However, Thunder and Lightning turned on La Rabia. Thunder then lost a handicap match to Castillo and Jeffereys. Thunder and Lightning then retained the titles over Big and Jeffreys. La Rabia won a rematch. At Halloween Wrestling Xtravanganza, Thunder and Lightning retained the titles, but Juventud Boricua turned after the match. Thunder and Lightning won a rematch. Estrada, Jr. joined Thunder and Lightning to defeat Bravo, Noriega and Jeffreys. Thunder and Lightning then retained the titles against Juventud Rebelde (formerly Juventud Boricua) and Bravo & Black Pain. WWC then aired segments where Eddie Colón approached Juventud Rebelde about remaining in the face locker room and Thunder and Lightning about the situation, with both teams declaring that they intended to deal with each other. On November 24, 2007, Juventud Rebelde defeated Thunder and Lightning to become the champions. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Juventud Rebelde in a non-title match. La Rabia was placed in a rivalry with Los Templarios and Meléndez introduced another member, later revealed to be Lightning. Juventud Rebelde and Thunder and Lightning then wrestled to a no contest in a handcuff liberation match due to heel intervention. At Lockout, Juventud Rebelde retained the titles. However, afterwards there was a brawl that concluded with Meléndez offering a suspicious Thunder the chance to join La Rabia.

Perennial champions
At Euphoria, Thunder and Lightning defeated La Legion del Armagedon. Later in the tout Thunder and Lightning defeated Juventud Rebelde to become the World Tag Team Champions. Pain was then paired with a jobber in a loss to Thunder and Lightning. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Juventud Rebelde. On January 26, 2008, Juventud Rebelde defeated Thunder and Lightning with the help of Jovica to become the new World Tag Team Champions. On February 2, 2008, WWC aired a segment where the Commission stripped Juventud Rebelde and gave the titles back. Thunder and Lightning won a two referee rematch for the titles. They then retained the titles against the Texas Outlaws. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Black Pain and one of the Texas Outlaws. On February 16, 2008, the Texas Outlaws won the titles due to the intervention of Barrabás, who was later attacked by Thunder and Lightning and suffered an scripted heart attack. The team showed remorse, but Barrabás, Jr. blamed his father for the attack. On February 23, 2008, The Texas Outlaws retained the titles by using a cowbell. The following day, Thunder and Lightning defeated Juventud Rebelde. On March 1, 2008, Thunder and Lightning defeated the Texas Outlaws in a match where the cowbell was legal to win the titles. On March 15, 2008, the Texas Outlaws won a rematch to become World Tag Team Champions. Meanwhile, WWC continued airing segments where they expressed concern for what happened to Barrabás. The first night of Camino a la Gloria, Thunder and Lightning defeated the Texas Outlaws to win the tag team titles. Later in the tour, Juventud Rebelde defeated Thunder and Lightning to win the World Tag Team Championship. Both teams then wrestled to a no contest. Thunder and Lightning then won a disqualification over Juventud Rebelde in a match for the titles. In singles, Thunder defeated Todd Dean while Lightning lost to a returning Ray González (wrestling as El Cóndor). Orlando Colón approached the team about joining to face González, but they shrugged it off with concerns about their former manager’s health. Meanwhile, González pursued a deal with Barrabás. Thunder and Lightning then lost to the Texas Outlaws with the intervention of El Profe. On April 20, 2008, Thunder defeated Juventud Rebelde in a handicap match to win the World Tag Team Championship. On April 26, 2008, the Texas Outlaws defeated Thunder and Lightning with the help of González to become the tag team champions. In singles, González defeated Thunder by cheating and interrupted in Lightning’s match against Noriega. Noriega then wrestled Lightning to a no contest, earning a point each. González then won a three way match over Bryan and Thunder to win 4 points. Thunder and Bryan then wrestled to a double countout winning a point each. In television, WWC aired segments where the team tried to contact Barrabás. Thunder then defeated Bryan in a qualification match. Lightning also defeated Joel to win more points. Thunder then defeated Castillo, while Lightning won a disqualification over Bryan in a qualificatory match. Thunder and Lightning then defeated the Texas Outlaws. The team then accompanied Barabbas in a homage, only to later be betrayed by him and attacked by the Shane Twins. In singles, Thunder defeated Todd Dean. On June 28, 2008, Thunder and Lightning got disqualified in a match for the titles. The team then spent some weeks inactive, waiting for WWC to confirm the appearance of the Shane Twins at Aniversario. At Aniversario, the intervention costed them their match. A rematch concluded in a double disqualification. Noriega and González then teamed and wrestled Thunder and Lightning to a double disqualification. Thunder and Lightning then defeated the Shane Twins in a cage. They then defeated makeshift teams where Bradley or Dean were paired with midcarders or jobbers. An angle was then ran where Orlando Colón was attacked backstage and Lightning replaced him in an open challenge, defeating González by disqualification. In singles, Thunder defeated Bradley. The team continued defeating random pairings of The Texas Outlaws. the team then lost to Los Renegados del Infierno. On September 13, 2008, Thunder and Lightning defeated The Texas Outlaws to win the World Tag Team Championship. On September 20, 2008, Los Renegados del Infierno defeated Thunder and Lighting with the help of Laureano, winning the World Tag Team Championship. The team then defeated teams compossed by part of Los Renegados and random jobbers. The team was then involved in a battle royale, in which Lightning suffered a leg injury. In a rematch for the titles, Laureano interfered and allowed Los Renegados del Infierno to retain.

Various feuds
On October 11, 2008, Thunder and Lightning defeated Los Renegados del Infierno to win the World Tag Team Championship. On October 24, 2008, Thunder and Lightning retained over Los Adorabels and Gorbea. González then retained in a match where Thunder acted as referee, leading to a confrontation between both. Thunder then defeated González in a non-title match, while Lightning defeated Charles Evans. On November 15, 2008, González retained by defeating Thunder in a no-disqualification match. They continued feuding with La Familia, both in tag teams and singles. For Lockout, WWC brought Team 3D (a.k.a. The Dudley Boyz) for a match that was heavily promoted in its programming. Thunder and Lightning won by disqualification when manager Armando Alejandro Estrada and Elijah Burke interfered. At Euphoria, they defeated Estrada and Burke. Thunder and Lightning were then involved in a standoff with first contenders Estrada and Castillo. On January 10, 2009, Castillo and Estrada defeated Thunder and Lightning with the help of a heel referee to win the World Tag Team Championship. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Gorbea and Charles Evans. Castillo and Estrada then retained the World Tag Team Championship over Thunder and Lightning by cheating. They won a rematch by using increasingly dirty tactics. In singles, Thunder and Lightning defeated Castillo and Estrada, respectively. A rematch between both teams concluded without a winner. Castillo, Estrada and Mr. Mac then defeated Thunder, Lightning and Laureano, after hitting the latter with a title belt. Thunder and Lightning then teamed with Laureano to defeat Castillo, Estrada and Mr. Mac. On March 7, 2009, Thunder and Lightning defeated Castillo and Estrada in a TLC match to win the World Tag Team Championship. Thunder and Lightning then retained over Castillo and Idol Stevens. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Estrada and Romeo. Estrada then joined Idol Stevens and defeated Thunder and Lightning. Thunder and Lightning won a rematch. At Camino a la Gloria, Thunder and Lightning defeated Estrada and Stevens. Both then made a brief singles stay, where Lightning was indirectly involved with La Pesadilla, the main storyline of the promotion. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Estrada and Gorbea. Both then made another brief incursion in the singles division. At Honor vs. Traición, they were placed over Spears and a jobber. Multiple run ins during a singles match then concluded with Gorbea, Estrada and Styles wrestling Thunder and Lightning and Angel. La Pesadilla and Idol Stevens then defeated Thunder and Lightning by cheating. La Pesadilla then defeated Thunder, who tried to unmask him, by using brass knuckles. Laureano, BJ and Lightning then defeated Corino, Mac and Stevens. González also costed La Pesadilla and Stevens a match against Thunder and Lightning. This singles alternation continued, with Thunder defeating Stevens. Thunder and Lightning then retained the World Tag Team Championship over La Pesadilla and Stevens, due to outside intervention. La Pesadilla, Mac and Idol Steven then defeated Thunder and Lightning and Laureano, after Gorbea attacked the latter. At Aniversario, Thunder and Lightning defeated The Colóns (who reunited despite actively feuding at WWE) in a match where Isaac Rosario served as special referee. Noriega then teamed with Shawn Spears to face Thunder and Lightning. Los Traidores then wrestled Thunder and Lightning in tag team action, while Colón faced Sewell in singles. Thunder then joined Abbad to face Los Traidores. To open Septiembre Negro 2009, they defeated Spears and Stevens in singles. Thunder and Lightning then challenged Stevens and Spears for the titles, winning by disqualification after one of them was unmasked. The team then lost another titular match to the American Family when Stevens used a chloroform-soaked towel. Forced to win both matches to get a title shot, Lightning defeated Spears by Stevens cheated Thunder. Another titular match never happened, when the American Family attacked and unmasked both. Colón then defeated Lightning and Thunder defeated Bronco in singles. At Halloween wrestling Xtravaganza, Thunder and Lightning won the titles by defeating the American family in a match where their masks were also on the line. Lightning then wrestled the debuting Bison Smith to a double countout. Both teams then exchanged singles wins. They then wrestled to a time limit draw in a titular match. At Crossfire, Thunder and Lightning retained over The American Family, after which Stevens turned on Spears ending the feud. At Euphoria 2010, Bryan and Cotto defeated Thunder and Lightning in a titular match.

Zona Urbana
Thunder and Lightning then wrestled Cotto and the returning Niche Marrero to a double disqualification. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Niche and Lynx. In February 2010, Thunder and Lightning vs. Idol Stevens & King Tonga Jr. They the defeated Doom Patrol. Thunder and Lightning challenged Chicano and Idol Stevens for the WWC World Tag Team Championship, winning by disqualification. The heels won a rematch due to outside intervention. Ray González won an eliminatory over Cotto, Thunder, Lightning, Black Pain, King Tonga Jr. and Idol Stevens. Thunder and Lightning defeated Cotto and Stevens to win the WWC World Tag Team Championship. At Camino a la Gloria, Thunder and Lightning defeated Tonga Jr. and Idol Stevens. The heels attacked Thunder prior to a show, forcing Lightning to unsuccessfully defend against Tonga Jr. and Idol Stevens by himself. They spent the following month inactive due to backstage issues, returning for Aniversario. The first night of Aniversario 2010, Thunder and Lightning defeated Abbad and Idol Stevens. The following night, the reunited The Colóns defeated Thunder and Lightning. To close Aniversario, Thunder and Lightning defeated Idol Stevens & Abbad and Zona Urbana (Cotto & BJ). In the lead up to Septiembre Negro 2010, Zona Urbana defied Thunder and Lightning, who mocked their urban clothing and accepted the challenge. At Septiembre Negro 2010, BJ cheated by unmasking Lightning and Zona Urbana won the match. In October 2010, Lightining used brass knuckles during a title vs. mask match to win the WWC World Tag Team Championship. Zona Urbana won a rematch to win a shot at the titles. Zona Urbana defeated Thunder and Lightning to win the WWC World Tag Team Championship. In singles, BJ defeated Lightning. While Cotto was abroad wrestling for AAA, BJ was forced to face Thunder and Lightning, being aided by a returned Mr. Big who also attacked referee Angel Fashion. BJ did not appear for a scheduled match against Thunder and Lightning, with Blitz making his debut and the save. To close Lockout, Los Rabiosos defeated Thunder and Lightning to win the WWC World Tag Team Championship. At Euphoria 2011, BJ and Joe Bravo defeated Thunder and Lightning by disqualification. The second date, Los Rabiosos retained by wrestling Thunder and Lightning to a double disqualification. To close the event, both teams faced each other in a match with the same result. Thunder and Lightning defeated Los Rabiosos with the help of Joe Don Smith.

IWA-PR, La Invasión
Afterwards, Thunder and Lightning left WWC for IWA, being placed opposite Ray González, Eric Escobar and Bryan. They made a final appearance, where Los Rabiosos defeated Thunder and Lightning in a barb wire match to win the WWC World Tag Team Championship. Meanwhile, Thunder and Lightning confronted Ray González and La Amenaza del Cartel. At Payback, La Amenaza del Cartel defeated Thunder and Lightning with the help of guest referee González. Thunder and Lightning defeated La Amenaza del Cartel to become the first contenders to the World Tag Team Championship. At Juicio Final, Ray González turned on La Amenaza del Cartel, joining The Academy and Thunder and Lightning. At Juicio Final, Thunder and Lightning defeated Spectro and Damián to win the World Tag Team Championship. Thunder and Lightning defeated Spectro in a handicap match. At the José Miguel Pérez Cup, Los Dueños de la Malicia defeated Cotto and Abbad and Thunder and Lightning to win the World Tag Team Championship. Days before the celebration of Aniversario 2011, WWC began teasing about an “explosive” storyline. Savio Vega initially denied the implication that he was involved. Instead, as references were made to IWA in Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre, Thunder and Lightning appeared. Vega once again denied that the “invasion” was going on. Despite this, both sides continued in negotiations and ultimately reached an agreement late in the final week, with Vega appearing in Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre. Thunder and Lightning remained the storyline representatives of IWA in WWC. The main night of Aniversario, Los Fujitivos wrestled Thunder and Lightning to a no contest in a match were two referees, representing WWC and IWA, counted at the same time. Afterwards, Savio Vega accompanied by a host of IWA wrestlers including Dennis Rivera, Noel Rodríguez, Spectro, Hiram Tua and Carlos Cotto attacked them. He insulted Shane Sewell, Mr. Big and Blitz due to their association with WWC at the moment. A titular match between los Fujitivos and Thunder y Lightning was promoted as “inter promotional”. After the collaboration ended, Thunder and Lightning remained in WWC and wrestled BJ and Mad Man Manson to a time limit draw. They appeared in NPW’s anniversary show. Thunder and Lightning defeated Los Fujitivos by cheating. Both teams exchanged matches in singles. Thunder, Lightning and Pelayo defeated Los Fujitivos and El Artache. At Halloween Wrestling Xtravaganza, Los Fujitivos defeated Thunder and Lightning by disqualification. Later in the event, they participated in a battle royale won by Chris Masters. Thunder and Lightning won the titles of independent promotion NPW, after which they were challenged by Los Dueños de la Malicia. At Crossfire, Los Fujitivos defeated Thunder and Lightning to retain. At Lockout, Los Fujitivos defeated Thunder y Lightning in a Texas death match. At NPW’s The Final Countdown, Thunder and Lightning and Los Dueños de la Malicia wrestled to a no contest. At Noche de Campeones, Los Fujitivos defeated Thunder and Lightning to win a shot at the titles. WWC then ran an angle where Barrabás, Thunder and Lightning tried to convince Carlito to reform La Familia del Milenio. Ray González declined the offer, believing that the group was a thing of the past.

Rejoining Barrabás
At La Revolución, a disguised Thunder and Lightning attacked Ray González to help Gilbert retain. Under the same clothing, they defeated WWE World Tag Team Champions Primo and Epico later in the event. Hosting Carlitos’ Cabana, Colón declined Barrabás’ offer, leading to an attack on himself and González after which Thunder and Lightning revealed themselves. Thunder and Lightning defeated Xavant and Mad Man Manson. They later helped Barrabás attack and almost cut Ray González’s hair. Superstar Romeo abandoned Bryan, allowing Thunder and Lightning to win. Tommy Diablo and Cuervo defeated Thunder and Lightning by disqualification. To open Aniversario 2012, Carlito defeated John Morrison by disqualification due to the intervention of Thunder and Lightning. Later in the event they defeated Apolo and Eddie Colón. The main night of Aniversario, Huertas was the special referee of a match where Ray and Carlito defeated Thunder and Lightning to win their masks. To close Aniversario, Thunder and Lightning won a rematch and, at the behest of Barrabás, attacked them. Thunder and Lightning defeated Xavant and Wes Brisco. Primo and Epico were brought in as surprise challengers for Thunder and Lightning, but the match was inconclusive when Barrabás led an attack against the WWE superstars. Thunder and Lightning defeated Xavant and Black Thunder. In singles, Thunder defeated Xavant while Lightning lost to Ray González. Lightning then defeated Chris Angel, while Thunder got disqualified against González. Both Barrabás and Lightning were banned from the building during the match, but ultimately arrived trough the general entrance and attacked both González and Carlos Colón until Carlito made the save. At Septiembre Negro 2012, Carlito turned on González during a match against Thunder and Lightning, pushing Carlos Colón after confronting him. Gilbert and González formed an uneasy alliance to face Thunder and Lightning. Gilbert and González defeated Thunder and Lightning. Thunder and Lightning defeated Xavant and Apolo. The first night of Halloween Wrestling Xtravaganza Gilbert, Ray González and Carlos Colón defeated Barrabás, Thunder and Lightning. To continue the event, Thunder and Lightning defeated Gilbert and Apolo. To open Honor vs. Traición, Sons of Samoa defeated Thunder and Lightning. To continue the tour, both teams wrestled to a double disqualification. A tournament to crown a new Puerto Rico Heavyweight Champion began, with Apolo defeating Sebastian Guerra, Lightning defeating Xavant, Gilbert defeating Thunder and Samson Walker receiving a bye. In the second round, Apolo defeated Walker and Gilbert defeated Lightning. At Lockout 2012, Thunder and Lightning defeated the Sons of Samoa to win the WWC World Tag Team Championship. At Euphoria, Thunder and Lightning defeated Sons of Samoa. Xavant and Chris Angel then defeated Thunder and Lightning. After the Sons of Samoa defeated Thunder and Lightning, Barrabás turned on his pupils. Later in the event González retained over Carlito, later forming a new alliance with Thunder and Lightning in an effort to fend off the Cool Family. Thunder and Lightning defeated Samson Walker and Andy Levine. They made independent appearances for NRW. Later in the event, he won the eponymous cup. In March 2013, Abbad replaced Apolo in a loss to Thunder and Lightning. Huertas and Carlito betrayed Savio Vega during a match against Thunder and Lightning. At Camino a la Gloria, Thunder and Lightning defeated the Sons of Samoa to win the World Tag Team Championship, mocking Barrabás afterwards. Andy Levine and Samson Walker defeated Thunder and Lightning to win the titles. They failed in a titular rematch. At Summer Madness 2013, Sons of Samoa defeated Thunder and Lightning and Samson Walker and Andy Levine to win the World Tag Team Championship. Thunder and Lightning unsuccessfully challenged Sons of Samoa. Thunder and Lightning then defeated Samson Walker and Andy Levine, who proceeded to expel Toledo as their manager. They answered an open challenge issued by Universal Heavyweight Champion Chris Angel, but were unable to dethrone him. At Noche de Campeones, Sons of Samoa retained in a match where both teams were chained.

In the launch show of AWA, a throwback-style promotion, Los Dueños de la Malicia and Thunder and Lightning wrestled in a inconclusive match that ended without intervention. They then faced Fear Inc. Thunder and Lightning faced Abbad and Cotto in an inconclusive match to determine the first contenders for the WWC World Tag Team Championship. Both teams faced the incumbent Sons of Samoa at Aniversario. At Euphoria, Los Matadores defeated Thunder and Lightning. Chicano and Xavant retained over Thunder and Lightning. Cotto and Xavant defeated Thunder and Lightning in a match where referee Angel Fashion favored the heels. At Camino a la Gloria Thunder and Lightning defeated Chicky Starr and Miguel Pérez. Thunder and Lightning and Los Templarios wrestled to a draw. Los Templarios defeated Thunder and Lightning by cheating.

Joining WWL
Prior to WWL’s event Insurrection, Thunder and Lightning were revealed as joining the roster. At WWL Insurrection, Thunder and Lightning defeated Mr. E and Abbad (in substitution of an injured Bryan) to win the WWL World Tag Team Championship after El Profe handed them their old masks back. At Navidad Corporativa Thunder and Lightning defeated James Storm and Abbyss. At Guerra de Reyes El Profe turned on Thunder and Lightning, allowing Legio to win the WWL World Tag Team Championship. Legio got disqualified against Thunder and Lightning when El Profe intervened. Thunder and Lightning defeated Legio to win the WWL World Tag Team Championship. At WWL Sin Piedad, a pair of impersonators known as La Verdadera Artilleria Pesada defeated Thunder and Lightning for the World Tag Team Championship. At WWL WrestleFest, the impersonators retained in a rematch.

Return to WWC
At Lockout 2015, Thunder, Lightning and Roger Díaz faced La Revolución and Toledo. To continue the tour, La Revolución defeated Thunder and Lightning to retain the World Tag Team Championship. At Euphoria, La Revolución defended against Thunder and Lightning and Sons of Samoa. Lightning was attacked backstage. In singles, Thunder faced Mighty Ursus. Thunder participated in a battle royale where an opportunity for any title was in play. Ursus defeated Thunder in a rematch by using a chain. At La Hora de la Verdad, Thunder and Lightning defeated the Banker’s Club, which later joined La Revolución. The Banker’s Club defeated OT Fernández, Thunder and Lightning. In singles Lightning wrestled Súper Gladiador. Thunder and Lightning defeated Peter the Bad Romance and Joe Bravo to become the first contenders for the World Tag Team Championship. Mendoza and El Cuervo faced Thunder and Lightning in an inconclusive match where La Revolución attacked both teams. Juventud Extrema defended against The Banker’s Club, Thunder and Lightning and La Revolución. Juventud Extrema and La Revolución wrestled in an inconclusive liberation match, only for Thunder and Lightning to jump both teams. At Noche de Campeones, La Revolución retained over Thunder and Lightning with the help of Toledo. After Lightning won a battle royale to win the opportunity, Cotto retained the Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship. On the same night, La Revolución and Thunder and Lightning were scheduled to wrestle for the titles. Cotto and Lightning wrestled to a double disqualification. Cotto retained over Lightning in an extreme rules match. Thunder clashed with La Otra Parte. In singles, Lightning faced Ursus. At Aniversario 2016, Thunder and Lightning wrestled WWE’s The Shinning Stars in an inconclusive match. To continue the tour, Thunder and Lightning defeated The Banker’s Club. To close the tour, Thunder and Lightning defeated The Mighty Ursus and Black Pain in singles. To open Lockout 2016, Thunder and Lightning faced Noriega and El Diabólico. To continue the tour, Thunder and Lightning defeated Las Revolución to win the World Tag Team Championship. To open the 2017 season, Thunder and Lightning defeated La Revolución. To close Euphoria, Ray González Jr. joined Thunder and Lightning to face La Revolución. In singles, González defeated Thunder with the help of El Sindicato, while Mendoza faced Lightning in singles. Thunder and Lightning joined La Familia to face El Sindicato. In singles, they faced González and Mendoza. González Jr. served as guest referee in a match where his father defeated Lightning. Cotto and Thunder wrestled to a time limit draw. González wrestled Lightning in singles. Thunder and Mendoza clashed in singles. The tournament began on March 19, 2017; In the opening rounds, 450 defeated Cotto and Apolo defeated Thunder. Apolo and Thunder clashed, Lightning continued feuding with Mendoza. Continuing his singles run, Thunder defeated 450 to win the title in an impromptu match where González and Apolo also participated. Ray González Jr. turned on Thunder, helping his father win the Universal Heavyweight Championship. Los González cheated to defeat Thunder and Lightning. In singles, Thunder defeated González Jr. and Gilbert defeated Lightning to win the Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship. Thunder defeated Gilbert in a non-title match. Thunder won a rematch over Gilbert by disqualification.

Various promotions
Abroad, Thunder and Lightning defeated Mr. Águila & Black Tauro at Lucha Conquest. At Camino a la Gloria 2018, Ursus defeated Cotto and Thunder to win the Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship. Gilbert and Lightning wrestled to a double disqualification. To close the tour, Thunder and Lightning faced Cotto and Gilbert. Thunder and Lightning then clashed with La Revolución. Ursus defeated Thunder with the help of González to win the Universal Heavyweight Championship, turning heel in the process and joining El Sindicato. When a charity card was held for wrestling personality Gustavo Rodríguez, they participated in the card. At Lucha Conquest III, Angel Fashion, Noriega and El Nazareno (representing Savio Vega) defeated Boricua Guerrero, Thunder and Lightning (representing Arturo Morales). At La Hora de la Verdad, Ursus got himself disqualified in a defense against Thunder. At Anivesario 2018, Thunder and Lightning defeated the Briscoes. Ursus retained the Universal Heavyweight Championship over Cotto and Thunder. Lightning faced a large wrestler who attacked him. At Septiembre Negro, El Comandante defeated Lightning to win the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship and Thunder faced Nihan. Gilbert and Peter the Bad Romance attacked them. Peter the Bad Romance was repackaged as Pedro Portillo and joined Gilbert to face Thunder and Lightning in an inconclusive match. At Halloween Wrestling Xtravaganza 2018, Thunder and Lightning defeated Portillo and Gilbert to win the World Tag Team Championship. At Tributo al Mesías, Thunder and Lightning managed by El Profe defeated Savio Vega and Shane Sewell by disqualification. At Lockout, Thunder and Lightning defeated Doom Patrol to retain. At Euphoria 2019, Lightning defeated Cold. To continue the tour, they retained over Doom Patrol. To open Impacto Total: El Tour, Savio Vega and Sewell faced Thunder and Lightning in a match that ended with the intervention of Puro Macho. In the continuation of the tour, Thunder and Lightning defeated Spectro and Vassago. To close the tour, Thunder and Lightning defeated Apolo & Slash Venom and West Side Mafia. Thunder and Lightning defeated Las Torres. Thunder and Lightning retained over La Revolución. At WWW, Díaz attacked Thunder & Lightning while they were wrestling Gilbert and Manny Ferno to complete a stable known as Clase HP. La Revolución won a three-way match over Thunder and Lightning and Doom Patrol. At IWA, Thunder and Lightning faced Spectro and Vassago. Abroad, Thunder & Lightning faced Legio, Señor C & Salazar and Fashion & Ángel Cotto for the NGCW tag team titles. At IWA, Thunder and Lightning faced Castillo and Sweet Nasty Papi in the semifinals of a tournament for the vacant Intercontinental Championship, but Savio Vega sabotaged them. For Golpe de Estado, they were paired against Bakano and Joe Bravo.

At Pena Capital, Thunder and Lightning wrestled Santana and Ortiz. At WWL, Tommy Diablo, Thunder and Lightning turned on their “Councilor” El Bronco, who requested help from a reluctant Huertas. This was followed by a match at WWL, where Huertas joined El Bronco to face Thunder and Lightning. At Hardcore Weekend, Thunder and Lightning clashed with Castillo and Joe Bravo. At WWL El Fin, Thunder and Lightning defended against Puro Macho, Los Primos Meléndez and West Side Mafia. At Histeria Boricua, Ferno joined Legio and faced Thunder and Lightning in a handicap match.

Retirement of Thunder
In August 2022, Artilleria Ilegal participated in a fund raiser for Genesis Bulerín, long-time IWA Women’s Champion. Artillería Ilegal debuted in WWC at Honor vs. Traicion 2023. At Camino a la Gloria, Mike Nice and La Artillería Ilegal defeated El Diabólico and La Seguridad del Campeon. In May 2023, Thunder confirmed that he would wrestle one last match. At Aniversario 50, Thunder and Lightning defeated La Maldita Revolución. Thunder retired afterwards. At Summer Madness 2023, Artilleria Ilegal defeated La Maldita Revolucion. At La Noche que no necesita Nombre, La Maldita Revolucion retained the titles over Artilleria Ilegal.

Outside wrestling
The team’s name was used by urban artist and part-time wrestler Bad Bunny as the title of the single “Thunder y Lightning” which was released as part of the album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana (2023). The artist has featured or mentioned several local and international talents in his work including Savio Vega, Ray González, Booker T and Ric Flair. Following the release of the single, Reynaldo Rodríguez thanked Bad Bunny for the homage on behalf of the team.

Personal life
Rodríguez was a law enforcement agent when he began training to become a professional wrestler. However, the Puerto Rico Police had internal rules that prevented involvement in some external activities, so he decided to adopt a mask. He also enjoyed the impact that being incognito granted them, admitting that he was conflicted when unmasking due to the element having been profoundly attached to the character of Thunder. He kept this job throughout his career, and due to the perceived stability disregard what he considered “experimenting” elsewhere, that being the reason he never pursued an international career. Rodríguez considers that the time that he spent away from his family while performing was the worse part of being a professional wrestler, even above broken bones, muscle tears, torn tendons and other injuries sustained in the ring.