archytele The Vault

Riley Vigier

Acting Born Oct 24, 1986 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 24 credits

Biography

Riley Vigier, better known by his ring name El Phantasmo, is a Canadian professional wrestler who debuted in 2005 and gained recognition in the UK with Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) before joining New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in 2019.

In NJPW, he won the Super J-Cup in 2019 and 2020, made his G1 Climax debut in 2022, became a two-time NJPW World Television Champion, a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Taiji Ishimori, a two-time NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Champion and a one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, both alongside Hikuleo.

Outside NJPW, he has held the RevPro Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship, three ECCW Championships, the ECCW Tag Team Championship with Amazing Halo as The Masked Dudes of Doom, and the WrestleCore Infinity Championship.

Ask the Vault

Ask anything about Riley Vigier.

Known for

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

as El Phantasmo

New Japan Pro Wrestling

as El Phantasmo
Film

Hot Fuzz

as El Phantasmo
Film

Hot Fuzz

2007
Film

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)

as El Phantasmo

Frequent co-stars

Keiji Takayama 2 shared titles
Yoshihiro Yamazaki 2 shared titles
Shigeki Sato 2 shared titles
Masashi Takeda 1 shared title
Rina Yamashita 1 shared title
Kyosuke Mikami 1 shared title
Jun Kasai 1 shared title
Matthew Tremont 1 shared title
Nicholas W. Wilson 1 shared title
Daisuke Sasaki 1 shared title

Career timeline

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026NJPW Dominion 6.14 In Osaka-Jo HallNJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 2NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 3NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 3
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
NJPW Royal Quest IIINJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2IMPACT Wrestling: Under Siege 2021NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2
All Elite Wrestling: DynamiteNJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8
NJPW New Japan Cup
TNA iMPACT!TNA iMPACT!
New Japan Pro Wrestling

Full filmography

  • All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2019) as El Phantasmo
  • New Japan Pro Wrestling (1972) as El Phantasmo
  • TNA iMPACT! (2004) as El Phantasmo
  • TNA iMPACT! (2004)
  • NJPW New Japan Cup (2005) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final) (2019) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 2 (2025) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3 (2025) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2 (2021) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1 (2025) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026 (2026) as El Phantasmo
  • GWF Three Count - Die Wrestling-Serie as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW Royal Quest III (2023) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW Dominion 6.14 In Osaka-Jo Hall (2026) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8 (2019) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14 (2022) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final) (2026) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2 (2023) as El Phantasmo
  • AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022 (2022) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1 (2024) as El Phantasmo
  • IMPACT Wrestling: Under Siege 2021 (2021) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2 (2021) as Riley Vigier
  • NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 3 (2025) as El Phantasmo
  • NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 3 (2025) as El Phantasmo - English Commentary