Joaquin Wilde

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling

X Division Champion (2011–2013)

On June 23, 2011, Paris made an appearance on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Impact Wrestling television show, working under the ring name Zema Ion, defeating Dakota Darsow and Federico Palacios in a three–way X Division match to advance to the tournament finals at Destination X, where a contract with the promotion would be at stake. At the pay-per-view, Ion competed in a four-way match against Jack Evans, Low Ki and the eventual winner of the match, Austin Aries. On July 24 it was reported that Paris had signed a contract with TNA. Zema Ion made his return to TNA on the August 11 edition of Impact Wrestling, appearing in a backstage segment, where Eric Bischoff introduced new rules to the X Division. The following week, Ion took part in a gauntlet match to determine the X Division rankings. After eliminating Mark Haskins from the match, Ion was himself eliminated by Jesse Sorensen, placing him fifth in the rankings. Ion returned on the September 28 episode of Impact Wrestling, working in a five-man ladder match, which was won by Brian Kendrick.

On the December 15 edition of Impact Wrestling, Ion started Best of Three Series with Anthony Nese to determine the third and final challenger for the X Division Championship at Genesis. Ion, now wrestling as a heel, won the first match of the series. Two weeks later, Ion defeated Nese in a Contract on a Pole match to win the series 2-1 and advance to the pay-per-view. On January 8, 2012, at Genesis, Ion was the second man eliminated from the X Division Championship match, which also included Austin Aries, Jesse Sorensen and Kid Kash. Ion then helped Aries defeat Sorensen and retain his title. On February 12 at Against All Odds, Ion defeated Sorensen in an X Division number one contender's match, after Sorensen was unable to continue after suffering a legitimate injury and was counted out. Ion received his shot at the X Division Championship on the March 8 edition of Impact Wrestling, winning the match via disqualification, after champion Austin Aries was caught using Ion's hair spray on him; as a result, Aries retained his title. Ion received another title shot on March 18 at Victory Road, but was defeated by Aries via submission. On the following edition of Impact Wrestling, Ion failed again to capture the X Division Championship after he fought Aries, Kid Kash and Anthony Neese to a no contest, following interference from Bully Ray. Ion received another shot at the X Division Championship on the May 10 episode of Impact Wrestling, but was again defeated by Aries. On the June 14 episode of Impact Wrestling, Ion competed in his first Ultimate X match, where he and Chris Sabin unsuccessfully challenged Aries for the X Division Championship.

On July 8, at Destination X, Ion won a tournament to become the new X Division Champion, defeating Kenny King, Mason Andrews and Sonjay Dutt in an Ultimate X match. He would retain the title against wrestlers like Kenny King, Sonjay Dutt and Douglas Williams until Bound for Glory, where Ion lost the title to Rob Van Dam. Ion received his rematch for the title on the October 25 episode of Impact Wrestling, but was again defeated by Van Dam. Ion tried to regain the title, but he lost every match he had.

The BroMans (2013–2015)

After several months out injured, he returned to Impact on a regular basis and on the November 28 edition of Impact, Zema joined The BroMans as their personal DJ. Ion won the Feast or Fired TNA X Division Championship briefcase. On January 30, 2014 (Airing on February 6, 2014), unsuccessfully cashed in his briefcase against TNA X Division Champion, Austin Aries. This made him the first person to unsuccessfully cash in the X Division Feast or Fired briefcase. In February 2014, his ring name changed to DJZ. On February 23, 2014 The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) defeated The BroMans (Jessie Godderz and Robbie E) for the TNA World Tag Team Championship only to lose them the following week to The Bromans during the TNA/Wrestle-1 Kaisen: Outbreak supershow event on March 2. Since then, the Wolves have had numerous rematches for the titles on Impact Wrestling, with the BroMans either using excuses to avoid defending the belts, having the third member of the team DJZ fill in for defenses, or by getting blatantly disqualified. At the PPV, all three BroMans defended the championships against the Wolves in a three-on-two handicap match. On May 29, 2014, TNA announced on their website that Texas wrestling legend Kevin Von Erich would accompany his two sons Marshall and Ross for their first ever nationally televised match at the pay-per-view. At the Slammiversary XII The BroMans fought the Von Erichs and lost disqualification when Jessie Godderz attacked Ross and Marshal with a steel chair however Kevin ran into the ring and made the save.

On the April 17, 2015, episode of Impact Wrestling, after losing a tag team match to Dirty Heels, The BroMans ended when Godderz attacked DJZ and Robbie E. On the May 29 episode of Impact Wrestling, DJZ officially started his singles run as a face, challenging for the X Division Championship in a losing effort. On June 10 episode of Impact Wrestling, DJZ competed in a X Division Championship tournament along with Tigre Uno and Mandrews which the match was won by Tigre Uno. After the match, DJZ was viciously attacked by Jessie Godderz with that setting up a match the next week which DJZ failed to win. At Slammiversary, he competed in a three-way match for the X Division Championship but lost the match. At Bound for Glory, he competed in an Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship in a losing effort. During October and November, he competed in the TNA World Title Series he ended of his first block by defeating Mandrews and Tigre Uno (with the only exception of Manik), however he finally gained 6 points in pinning Manik in the following weeks, which also involved Uno, to advance in the round of 16, where he was defeated by Ethan Carter III in the first round, failing to advance to the quarterfinals and being eliminated from the tournament.

Championship reigns (2016–2018) On the April 12, 2016, episode of Impact Wrestling, DJZ defeated X Division Champion Trevor Lee in a non-title match. After the match, He was attacked by Gregory Shane Helms but was saved by Eddie Edwards. At Slammiversary, he participated in a four-way match for the X Division Championship, but lost the match. At Destination X, he won a ladder match to earn a title shot for the X Division Championship. Later, he defeated Mike Bennett with the help of the X Division wrestlers.

On the September 1 episode of Impact Wrestling, DJZ defeated Rockstar Spud, Mandrews, Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett and Braxton Sutter in an Ultimate X gauntlet match to win the TNA X Division Championship. On the September 22 episode of Impact Wrestling, he successfully defended his title against Trevor Lee and against Eddie Edwards on the October 29 episode of Impact Wrestling. He successfully defended his title against Trevor Lee at Bound for Glory. On the October 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, DJZ took part in Team X Gold, teaming with Braxton Sutter and Mandrews, to defeat The Helms Dynasty and Marshe Rockett. On the October 13 episode of Impact Wrestling, he successfully defended his title against Marshe Rockett. On the October 27 episode of Impact Wrestling, the team defeated Decay and Rockstar Spud. On the November 3 episode of Impact Wrestling, the team defeated The Helms Dynasty and Marshe Rockett and Rockstar Spud and Decay in a three-way tag team match. They defeated once again the two teams, this time in an Elimination match on the October 24 episode of Impact Wrestling. On the December 1 episode of Impact Wrestling, DJZ successfully defended his title against Braxton Sutter and Mandrews. After the match, he was attacked by Mandrews.

On January 6, 2017, at the event One Night Only: Live!, DJZ successfully defended his title against Andrew Everett, Braxton Sutter and Trevor Lee, in a four-way elimination match. On January 11, DJZ lost his X Division Championship to Trevor Lee. DJZ was not used by Impact Wrestling between the March 5 taping of Impact, which aired on April 13, where he lost to Davey Richards, and Impact vs Lucha Underground on April 6, 2018. He said he did not know his status with the company and if or when Impact would utilize him again. In the meantime, he has been working for several independent and Impact-partnership promotions in the US, Japan and Mexico, including Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.

DJZ would eventually return to an Impact branded event at their co-promoted show with Lucha Underground during WrestleCon 2018, and his official return in a six-way match at Impact Wrestling Redemption later that month. On April 24, 2018, DJZ and Andrew Everett (billed as Z&E) defeated Eli Drake and Scott Steiner to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship. On December 31, DJZ announced that his contract with Impact had expired and would depart from the company, ending his seven-year tenure with Impact Wrestling.

WWE (2019–present)

Early beginnings (2019–2020) On March 18, 2019, it was reported that WWE was attempting to sign DJZ. On May 14, 2019, WWE confirmed that DJZ had signed a contract. The following month, it was revealed he would be changing his ring name to Joaquin Wilde. In June, it was announced that Wilde would compete in a tournament named NXT Breakout Tournament, where he made his debut on the June 26 episode of NXT, losing to Angel Garza in the first round of the tournament. On the December 13 episode of 205 Live, Wilde made his debut on the brand defeating James Tapia.

Legado Del Fantasma (2020–2022)

On the April 1 episode of NXT, after a match with Kushida, Wilde was abducted in the parking lot by a van full of men in black clothes and luchadore masks, continuing a previous storyline started when the same happened to Raul Mendoza weeks prior. On the June 10 episode of NXT, Wilde made his return as he along with Mendoza were revealed as the mysterious masked men and they aligned themselves with El Hijo del Fantasma as they attacked Drake Maverick, thus turning heel. On the June 17 episode of NXT, El Hijo del Fantasma, now known as Santos Escobar, would reveal the name of his new faction with Wilde and Mendoza to be Legado Del Fantasma. Escobar, Wilde and Mendoza would once again attack Maverick as Escobar put Maverick through a table. In their first match as a team, Legado del Fantasma defeated Maverick and Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze) in a six-man tag team match on the second night of The Great American Bash.

Wilde and Mendoza began competing in NXT's tag team division and on 205 Live. At NXT TakeOver XXX, Wilde and Mendoza faced Breezango and the team of Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch in a triple threat match to determine the #1 contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championship but Wilde and Mendoza would be unsuccessful. At the night one of Super Tuesday, Legado lost to Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and Breezango in a street fight when Scott pinned Escobar, leading up to a match between Escobar and Scott for Escobar's Cruiserweight Championship at NXT TakeOver 31, where Wilde and Mendoza assisted Escobar in retaining the title.

In 2021, Wilde and Mendoza entered the 2021 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic in which they lost to the eventual winners MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) in the semifinal round. They also faced MSK and Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) on night one of NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver in a match with the Tag Team titles on the line, which MSK won. On the night two of Stand & Deliver, Wilde and Mendoza assisted Escobar in defeating the reigning Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin in a ladder match to become the undisputed Cruiserweight Champion. At NXT Takeover: In Your House, Legado del Fantasma would face NXT North American Champion, Bronson Reed and NXT Tag Team Champions, MSK in a winners take all, six man tag team match in which, Legado del Fantasma would lose the match. On the August 24 episode of NXT, Elektra Lopez made her debut assisting Legado Del Fantasma to a win against Hit Row.

On the October 7 episode of SmackDown, Legado Del Fantasma (with Zelina Vega replacing Lopez) attacked Hit Row during their entrance, marking the group's main roster debut.

Latino World Order (2023–present)

On the March 10 episode of SmackDown, Wilde alongside the rest of Legado Del Fantasma helped Rey Mysterio against The Judgment Day, turning face in the process. On the March 31 episode of SmackDown, Rey reformed the Latino World Order and invited Legado Del Fantasma to join as a token of appreciation for aiding him in his fight against his son, Dominik, and The Judgement Day. On the November 10 episode of SmackDown, Escobar defected from LWO and removed Vega, Wilde and Del Toro from Legado del Fantasma the following week. On the December 1 episode of SmackDown, Wilde wrestled his first main roster singles match against Escobar but was defeated. Wilde and Del Toro participated in the 2024 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, defeating Chase University's Duke Hudson and Riley Osborne on the January 16, 2024 episode of NXT but lost to Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams in the semifinals two weeks later. At Night 2 of the 2024 WWE Draft, LWO were drafted to the Raw brand.

On June 2, 2025 taping of WWE Speed, Wilde was knocked out during a match causing him to be pulled from the six-man tag match at the WWE and AAA event Worlds Collide.

Personal life Paris is of Filipino descent, being raised by a single mother who emigrated from the Philippines. He went to high school at Oak Glen High School in New Cumberland, West Virginia and attended West Virginia University, where he majored in journalism. This injury resulted in thousands of dollars of debt related to hospital bills and an estimated $10,000 in lost revenue from missed bookings. They got married in October 2019. Their first child, a daughter, was born in 2021.

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Championships and accomplishments AAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined AAW Heritage Championship (2 times) Absolute Intense Wrestling AIW Absolute Championship (1 time) AIW Intense Championship (1 time) AIW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shawn Blaze Todd Pettengill Invitational (2011) Triple Crown Champion Championship Wrestling Experience CWE Undisputed Championship (1 time) Far North Wrestling FNW Cruiserweight Championship (2 times) IWC Super Indy Championship (2 times) IWC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jason Gory IWC Super Indy IX Tournament (2010) International Pro Wrestling IPW Texas Heavyweight Championship (3 times) New Era Pro Wrestling NEPW United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jason Gory Real Championship Wrestling RCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling Impact World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Andrew Everett TNA / Impact X Division Championship (2 times) TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2012) Feast or Fired (2013 – X Division Championship contract)