The Mexicools

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The (original) Mexicools. Juventud (seated) with Super Crazy and Psicosis (left-right)

The Mexicools were a stable and tag team on World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown! brand. The team consisted of Three well-known Mexican wrestlers of the late 1990s: Super Crazy, Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera. The stable became a tag team when their unofficial leader Juventud was released from WWE on January 6, 2006.

The team's gimmick was that of a group of Mexican wrestlers who were fed up with the stereotypical portrayals of Mexicans in the United States as laborers for the "gringos." They frequently parodied this view of Mexicans with their interviews and skits.

1 History
- 1.1 Split
2 Ring entrance
3 Double team moves

[edit] History

The Mexicools made their debut as heels on June 23, 2005 when all three members rode to the ring on a John Deere lawn mower, with the sticker saying with the more Mexican name Juan Deere, wearing matching coveralls and attacked both participants of a Chavo Guerrero and Paul London's WWE Cruiserweight Championship match.

Juventud cut a promo questioning the lack of "true Mexican Luchadores" in WWE's cruiserweight division, before going on to deride the current state of Mexican Americans in general. Psicosis dubbed the lawnmower they arrived on a "Mexican Limo 2005" and the group claimed that even Mexico's President mocks Mexicans in the United States (referring to Vicente Fox's controversial remark that Mexican immigrants do the jobs "not even the blacks want to do"). Juventud then stated that they were "no longer there to clean toilets and work for "them" (the "gringos") but "they" were going to be working for "us" (The Mexicools)", before dubbing the team "not Mexicans but Mexicools!" In the following weeks, they would continue to interfere in matches and mock the stereotypical image of Mexicans in the United States, even coming to the ring each with their own riding lawnmower.

They had their debut match on the July 14 episode of SmackDown!, a victory over Paul London, Funaki and Scotty 2 Hotty. They made their PPV debut at 2005s Great American Bash, defeating the reunited bWo. In the following weeks, they would interfere in matches involving William Regal and in Christian's "Peep Show" interview segment.

A feud with the Full Blooded Italians saw the group turn face. Juventud won a Cruiserweight Battle Royal that included all three Mexicools, thus earning a match for the Cruiserweight Title at 2005s WWE No Mercy. Juventud would win the match at No Mercy and the title. Afterward, the Mexicools were interviewed by the Spanish commentators and they cut a promo in Spanish.

The Mexicools would then turn their attention to winning the WWE Tag Team Championship. Juventud lost the Cruiserweight Title at a house show in Italy. That week, on the SmackDown! Tribute Show to Eddie Guerrero all three Mexicools participated in an interpromotional battle royal, which Juventud won. On the November 25 SmackDown!, Juventud defeated Nunzio to become the Cruiserweight Champion once more. On the December 2 SmackDown!, Psicosis and Super Crazy won a number one contenders match to face tag champions MNM at Armageddon 2005. This became just a regular tag match after MNM lost the WWE Tag Team Championship on the last SmackDown! before Armageddon to Rey Mysterio and Batista who lost to World Tag Team Champions Big Show and Kane later that night.

At Armageddon Juventud lost his Cruiserweight Title to Kid Kash, and MNM defeated Super Crazy and Psicosis with help from Melina. On February 3, 2006, Super Crazy and Psicosis bounced back by nearly defeating MNM in a tag title defense. They appeared to have the gold in the grasp, but their dreams of winning the titles went up in smoke when Melina hit Super Crazy with her boot as he went for a Moonsault. MNM capitalized and retained.

After repeated backstage problems, Juventud was released from WWE on January 6, 2006, leaving Psicosis and Super Crazy as the only remaining team members, but not before having one final match against Kid Kash. During this match Juventud would use many high flying moves that WWE told its cruiserweights to tone down and the 450 splash, a move WWE outright banned. The match would end up going long over its assigned time.

Following Juventud's departure from WWE, Psicosis and Super Crazy would slowly started to diminish as a tag team. Crazy would see success as a singles superstar, winning most of his major matches, such as a triple threat #1 contendership for the Cruiserweight title against Nunzio and Kid Kash in which Crazy was successful. Psicosis failed to appear on WWE television for several weeks. Following Super Crazy's loss to Gregory Helms for the title at Judgment Day 2006, he and Psicosis reunited. Psicosis hadn't appeared in a while, and Super Crazy had lied low on his appearances as well.

[edit] Split

Seeds of a split seemed to appear in mid 2006 around the same time as the redevelopement of the ECW brand. During a tag team match on Velocity the Mexicools would face the reigning tag champions London and Kendrick, though both teams respected each other during the match. Psicosis would use the ropes to pick up and illegal pinfall to win the match. something which left Super Crazy questioning Psicosis' actions. Next, during a SmackDown! broadcast, Psicosis would leave Crazy to be attacked by The Great Khali after a match, saving his own skin and leaving his tag team partner to fend for himself. Psicosis would later abandon Crazy during a handicap match against The Great Khali. On the June 23 edition of Smackdown!, Super Crazy and Psicosis got into a fist-fight after various miscommunications throughout the match, marking the split of the team. The two would still be billed as members of the faction in the following weeks, until they had a match on an episode of SmackDown! which was won by Super Crazy. Since the split, Super Crazy was moved to the RAW brand, while Psicosis has stayed on SmackDown!. Of all the Mexicools, Super Crazy is the only wrestler left, on the RAW brand. Juventud was released on January 6, 2006, while Psicosis was arrested after holding up a man at gun point, then stealing his car. He lead police on a high-speed chase eventually hitting another car which contained a pregnant woman. She and her baby were alright. After he was caught it was found out that the gun was only a water pistol. This lead to his release on November 1, 2006.

[edit] Ring entrance

Even if only one member of the Mexicools was scheduled to wrestle, all members came to the ring on "Juan Deere" lawnmowers, a play on the John Deere brand, with their entrance music featuring the sound of a cutting lawnmower. The mowers, themselves a stereotype of Mexicans working in the landscaping business, have been "customized" with various items which are also considered stereotypical of the Mexican community, such as: