Amazing Red

Jonathan Figueroa, (born April 26 1982) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, (The) Amazing Red, or simply Red for short. He currently wrestles for NWA Shockwave as well as working on the American Independent circuit. Red took a year and a half hiatus from wrestling to have surgeries done to his knees. He is currently training for a comeback sometime in 2008.

Career

Red, who was already known for his work in the United States independent circuit, joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at its 2002 inception, quickly establishing himself in its X Division. While working for TNA he also wrestled for Ring of Honor as a member of the three man tag team The S.A.T. with cousins, Jose and Joel Maximo. Eventually he began to team with "The Phenomenonal" A.J. Styles, becoming known together as Amazing Phenomenon .

Through late 2003 Amazing Red, wrestled as Misterio Red as well as Airwalk Spriggan while on a tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling. During the tour he suffered a near career-ending knee injury, tearing his anterior cruciate ligament and having to undergo surgery which kept him on the sideline for an entire year.

Red returned to TNA to wrestle in March 2004, staying there for the majority of the year. When he left TNA he went back to the independents, only returning on occasion to TNA throughout 2005 and 2006. He also wrestled CM Punk in a dark match at a WWE Smackdown taping in May 2005.

On October 15th, 2005, Red was forced to cancel his Uniting Champions booking in Tulsa, OK at the last minute, and his replacement, a local by the name of X-Cal was dubbed as the "Amazing Blue". Red's last appearance was at a New York Wrestling Connection event at the beginning of 2006, where he lost his match to Javi-Air and re-injured his knee.

Red is currently training for an in-ring comeback later this year. Red left the wrestling business and took on a full-time job to heal his knee after several surgeries. Red worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Ring of Honor and All Japan Pro Wrestling in the past along with several Northeastern indy groups.

It was made official on the Pro Wrestling Unplugged Website that he will be making his return to their "Haunted" event although he requested off since it was announced that his wife was expecting their child on March 14, 2008.