Manuel Santiago

Born: 1968-08-11

The Headhunters is a professional wrestling tag team that consists of twin brothers Manuel and Victor Santiag, better known by their respective ring names, Headhunter A and Headhunter B. he Santiago brothers trained under Johnny Rodz and both debuted in 1987. In the early 1990s, The Headhunters travelled to Japan and began wrestling for W*ING. In August 1992, they were awarded the newly created W*ING International New Generation World Tag Team Championship. They held the titles until November 6, 1992, when they lost to Crash the Terminator and Mr. Pogo in Sapporo. The brothers regained the titles on May 19, 1993, defeating Miguelito Perez and Yukihiro Kanemura in Honjo, and held them until the promotion closed in March 1994. The Headhunters debuted in Eastern Championship Wrestling in August 1993, taking part in a tournament for the vacant ECW Tag Team Championship. The Headhunters were eliminated from the tournament after fighting their opponents, Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff, to a double disqualification. At ECW UltraClash on September 18, 1993, The Headhunters defeated Crash the Terminator and Miguelito Perez in a baseball bat match. The Headhunters began wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in the 1990s, and on June 30, 1995 in Mexico City they defeated El Texano and Silver King to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. They held the titles until November 3, 1995, when they were defeated by Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. The Headhunters returned to Japan in the mid-1990s. They joined the International Wrestling Association of Japan soon after its inception, and began the first IWA World Tag Team Champions by defeating Dick Slater and Nobutaka Araya on November 17, 1994 in Yokohama. They lost the titles to El Texano and Silver King on March 3, 1995 in Hiroshima, but regained them on August 20, 1995 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. Their second reign ended when they lost to Cactus Jack and Tracy Smothers on September 29, 1995 in Yokohama. The brothers also wrestled for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, and on March 30, 1996, they defeated Super Leather and Jason the Terrible in Tokyo to win the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship. They held the titles for over a year, finally losing to Hido and Kanemura on April 25, 1997 in Osaka. The Headhunters also held the FMW World Street Fight Six Man Tag Team Championship on two occasions in 1996, teaming with Super Leather and Hisakatsu Oya respectively.


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WWE Royal Rumble 1996

as Squat Team #1
Released: 1996-01-21

Thirty Superstars compete in the annual Royal Rumble with the winner advancing to WrestleMania...

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ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk

as Headhunter A
Released: 1997-09-11

Terry Funk's Wrestlefest 1997 was an event from Extreme Championship Wrestling. It took place on...

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ECW Big Ass Extreme Bash

as Headhunter A
Released: 1996-03-09

Raven defends the ECW World Title against "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. Juventud Guerrera takes...

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ECW Big Apple Blizzard Blast

as Headhunter 1
Released: 1996-02-03

Sandman teams with 2 Cold Scorpio to take on The Gangstas in the main event. Rob Van Dam goes...

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ECW Massacre on Queens Boulevard

as Headhunter B
Released: 1996-04-13

The main event sees 2 Cold Scorpio & Sandman battle The Gangstas and The Headhunters in a 3-Way...

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ECW CyberSlam 1996

as Headhunter 1
Released: 1996-02-17

Controversy is rampant as Brian Pillman makes a shocking appearance in ECW. Tommy Dreamer learns...

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ECW Ultra Clash '93

as HeadHunter #1
Released: 1993-09-18

Terry Funk & Stan "The Lariat" Hansen join forces to take on Kevin Sullivan & Abdullah the...

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IWA: King of The Deathmatch

as Headhunter 1
Released: 1995-08-18

A video of the one day tournament in 1995, featuring pro wrestling stars from around the globe...

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