{"id":72169,"date":"2020-07-08T08:28:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T12:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=72169"},"modified":"2020-07-08T08:28:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T12:28:48","slug":"los-federales-santos-jr-steps-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/07\/08\/los-federales-santos-jr-steps-away\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Indie Star Los Federales Santos Jr Steps Away From Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Los Federales Santos Jr\u00a0<\/strong>mostly known for his work as one half of the Anti Fun Police has made a Twitter post stating that he will be stepping away from wrestling as his heart just isn&#8217;t in it anymore.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey all, so I took some time off from Twitter, I wanted to make sure in myself that I wanted to do this and now I\u2019m sure that I am, I\u2019m going to concentrate on my home and family life, something that I didn\u2019t realise I was missing out on until C19, thank you and I love you all! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gCpPLGc3RZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gCpPLGc3RZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Santos (@Santos_Jr_1987) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santos_Jr_1987\/status\/1280795630907068416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As part of the Anti Fun Police, Santos Jr competed all around the UK and Europe for almost every top company in the scene including\u00a0<strong>ATTACK! Pro Wrestling<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>PROGRESS Wrestling<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Over The Top\u00a0<\/strong>(OTT)\u00a0<strong>Wrestling,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Fight Club: Pro\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Insane Championship Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>among many many others.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their name the two had some incredibly fun comedy matches including a fantastic clash in OTT with\u00a0<strong>Club Tropicana\u00a0<\/strong>that any fan of comedy wrestling should seek out.\u00a0 They also embraced their sillier side on\u00a0<em>Tuesday Night Graps\u00a0<\/em>events which only got wackier with each passing show.\u00a0 Los Federales Santos Jr was always there to back up his captain often in the funniest ways.<\/p>\n<p>When not doing comedy the two were capable of being a good heel act as hating fun never went down well with fans.\u00a0 Santos will surely be missed as he was someone incapable of having a poor performance in any match.\u00a0 Add to that his fantastic character work and you had a recipe for one of the most consistently good performers in the UK scene.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always a pity to see someone so good step away but Santos is making the choice that is right for him.\u00a0 We can only hope to see him again down the line.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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