 Both members trained in various small independent Puerto Rico wrestling federations, before signing with Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council, the major wrestling federation on the island at the time, in April 2000 where the two men would join together under the "Thunder and Lightning" gimmick.They won 10 WWC Tag Team titles together from April 2000 to August 2003 when they left the company for the IWA.Both men returned to WWC joined by their former manager Barrabás on June 23, 2007 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.