them meeting in two number one contendership matches both of which were won by Apolo. On May 12, 2007 in WWC's annual event Summer Madness, Apolo faced Alofa "The Samoan tank" in a match where Colón served as guest referee, Apolo applied his finishing move to Alofa gaining a pinfall victory in the process becoming the WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion. Figueroa would lose the title on May 19, 2007 in a twelve-man Royal Rumble where Eddie Colón would be booked to become the new champion. World Wrestling Entertainment (2007) On December 21, 2007, the company announced that Figueroa had signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, in this announcement they informed that Figueroa would wrestle in Florida Championship Wrestling, one of the company's development territories before being promoted to one of the main rosters. On March 4, 2008, it was reported that Figueroa had been released from his contract. Various promotions (2007–present) Figueroa returned to the International Wrestling Association after working several months in the World Wrestling Council and wrestled there during the final months of 2007. After being released from his contract Figueroa remained inactive for several months. On June 7, 2008, he returned to action in the Puerto Rico Wrestling Association, winning a three-way match. On November 16, 2008, Figueroa performed in a card presented by the IWA. Subsequently, Figueroa began competing for NWA On Fire, one of the independent promotions that form part of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). On December 27, 2008, Figueroa was booked to win the NWA On Fire Heavyweight Championship by defeating Danny Inferno. On May 2, 2009, Figueroa defeated Mike DiBiase II to win the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship, becoming a dual-champion within the NWA. After being released, Figueroa returned to wrestling at WWC's Aniversario 2012 event, where he defeated "The Precious One" Gilbert Cruz to win his second Universal Heavyweight Championship. While working for WWC, Figueroa was recruited by the World Wrestling League as a member of the interpromotional Team Puerto Rico, joining Banderas and Joe "Hercules" Gómez with Rico Casanova as the GM of the promotion. On June 25, 2013, Figueroa defeated a masked luchador known as Apocalipsis to win the Maximum Heavyweight championship of the Peru-based Leader Wrestling Association. This was the main event of Campeones del Ring: Hacedores de Proezas 2013 and it marked the first instance that a foreign wrestler won the belt. He dropped the