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Robert Evans (wrestler)
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Robert Evans is a Canadian professional wrestler, also known by the ring names Archibald Peck and R. D. Evans. Evans is currently signed to WWE as a writer, Evans, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, was trained in professional wrestling by American wrestlers Skandor Akbar and Slam Shady, making the state of Texas his new home. He made his wrestling debut on February 10,2001, facing Jonny Tek at a Super Stars of Wrestling event in Sulpher Springs. On February 26,2005, Evans made his debut for Arlington, Evans won his first title in PCW just two months later on May 6, when he defeated Mace Malone in a No Disqualification match to win the PCW Uncut Heavyweight Championship. Evans lost the Cruiserweight Championship to James Johnson the following August, on December 9,2005, Evans lost the Uncut Heavyweight Championship to Trey Man in a four-way elimination match, which also included Chris Richter and Triple XXX-treme. However, the day, he defeated Claudia, Damien, J. T. LaMotta and Wally Darkmon in a five-way Tables, Ladders. He again lost the title to James Johnson on March 11,2006, in a Hair vs. Hair match, on September 23, Evans teamed with Johnson to defeat Aaron Eagle and Wally Darkmon for the PCW Uncut Tag Team Championship. However, the rivals decided they could not reign together, which led to a seven days later. Evans and Eagle, dubbed collectively Best Friends Forever, lost the title to Darkmon, on April 12,2008, Evans defeated Eagle in a TLC match to win the PCW Cruiserweight Championship for the third time. On March 27,2010, Evans made his debut for Ring of Honor, working in a dark match, Evans continued managing Ciampa until August, when Ciampa was sidelined with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. On the October 20 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Evans ended his partnership with Ciampa, meanwhile, Evans started a storyline rivalry with former boss, Prince Nana, and, after suffering multiple attacks at the hands of Nana, filed a restraining order against him. At the internet pay-per-view on December 16, Evans was victorious, after the match, the returning Tommaso Ciampa tried to get his hands on Evans, but was held back by security. In April 2013, Evans began wrestling regularly for ROH. The team of Evans and Marshall was eventually named Marshall Law, in August, Evans and his manager Veda Scott were joined by Moose, who helped Evans extend his win streak in tag team matches. However, on November 15 at Glory By Honor XIII, Moose turned on Evans, costing him his match for the ROH World Television Championship against Jay Lethal and ending the New Streak in the process. This led to a match on December 7 at Final Battle 2014, where Moose defeated Evans. Evans has not returned to ROH since, on January 28,2011, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Chikara began airing videos on the promotions official YouTube channel, hyping the upcoming debut of The Band. The videos eventually led to Evans debut as marching band leader Archibald Peck, in his debut appearance on March 12, Peck was defeated by Eddie Kingston
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Swansea, Massachusetts
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Swansea is a town in Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts. It is located at the mouth of the Taunton River, just west of Fall River,47 miles south of Boston, the population was 15,865 at the 2010 census. The villages of Hortonville, Barneyville and Ocean Grove are located in the town, Swansea was named for the Welsh town of Swansea, which had been the hometown of some original settlers. John Miles, the founder of the first Baptist Church in Wales, william Brenton had purchased the land from Native Americans. Parts of its territory were part of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. In 1667 the first Baptist church in Massachusetts relocated to Swansea from Rehoboth after experiencing religious intolerance there, on June 20,1675, the first Indian attack of King Philips War had all 70 settlers confined to their stockade. By June 25 the entire town had burned, although a handful of the colonists escaped to Taunton. When the active war ended in 1676, the town was soon rebuilt, after the war, many small industries, such as forges, ironworks and fisheries, opened up in the town. Many would later leave, and there remains an agricultural sector. What is now Barrington, Rhode Island was separated from the rest of Swansea in 1717, in the late 1890s, trolleys connected the town to Providence, Fall River and Taunton, and the town has retained a suburban residential feel. Today Swansea is well known for its retail areas, Swansea gained national attention in 1985 when Mark Hoyle, a young hemophiliac who had contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion, was allowed to attend public schools. It was the first time in the U. S. that a student known to have the disease was allowed to enter public schools. The case came to national attention around the time as that of Ryan White in Indiana. Hoyle died one year later, and a new school was named in his honor. The town has an area of 25.5 square miles, of which 23.1 square miles is land and 2.5 square miles. Part of the border with Somerset is made up of the Lees River. The Cole, Kickamuit and Palmer rivers also pass through the town on their way south to Mount Hope Bay, the entire town is a part of the Narragansett Bay watershed area. The towns neighborhoods include Barneyville, North Swansea, Swansea Village, Birch Swamp Corner, Hortonville, Luther Corner, South Swansea, Touissett, Ocean Grove, Swansea is 12 miles southeast of Providence and 47 miles south of Boston
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Professional wrestling
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Professional wrestling is a dramatized athletic performance that portrays a combat sport. Various forms of weaponry are sometimes used, the content – including match outcomes – is scripted and choreographed, and the combative actions and reactions are performed to appear violent without injuring the wrestlers. Before the 1980s, these facts were considered trade secrets, in the mid-90s, the presentation of scripted events as legitimate is known as kayfabe. Although the combative content is staged and communicated between the wrestlers, there are physical hazards involved - including permanent injury and death. While it has declined in Europe, in North America it has experienced several different periods of prominent cultural popularity during its century. The advent of television gave professional wrestling a new outlet, unlike in Europe, show wrestling has become especially prominent in Japan and in North America. In Brazil, there was a popular wrestling television program from the 1960s to the early 1980s called Telecatch. High-profile figures in the sport have become celebrities or cultural icons in their native or adopted home countries, although professional wrestling started out as petty acts in sideshows, traveling circuses and carnivals, today it is a billion-dollar industry. Revenue is drawn from live event ticket sales, network television broadcasts, pay-per-view broadcasts, personal appearances by performers, branded merchandise, pro wrestling was also instrumental in making pay-per-view a viable method of content delivery. Annual shows such as WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, and formerly Bash at the Beach, Halloween Havoc, home video sales dominate the Billboard charts Recreational Sports DVD sales, with wrestling holding anywhere from 3 to 9 of the top 10 spots every week. Due to its persistent cultural presence and to its novelty within the performing arts, there have also been many fictional depictions of wrestling, the 2008 film The Wrestler received several Oscar nominations and began a career revival for star Mickey Rourke. Because actual events are often co-opted by writers for incorporation into storylines for the performers, special care must be taken when talking about people who perform under their own name. The actions of the character should be considered fictional events, wholly separate from the life of the performer and this is similar to other entertainers who perform with a persona that shares their own name. Some wrestlers will incorporate elements of their real-life personalities into their characters, even if they and those who participated felt that it was necessary that spectators should be kept in a constant and complete illusion of a real competition to keep audience interest. For decades, up until the mid-1980s, wrestlers lived their lives as though they were their characters. Wrestlers, bookers and promoters all rigorously enforced the illusion and very few were allowed into the society of professional wrestling to maintain suspension of disbelief. The practice of keeping the illusion, and the methods used to do so, came to be known as kayfabe within wrestling circles. An entire lexicon of slang jargon and euphemism developed to allow performers to communicate without outsiders knowledge of what was being said, occasionally a performer will deviate from the intended sequence of events
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Personal trainer
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A personal trainer is an individual certified to have a varying degree of knowledge of general fitness involved in exercise prescription and instruction. They motivate clients by setting goals and providing feedback and accountability to clients, Trainers also measure their clients strengths and weaknesses with fitness assessments. These fitness assessments may also be performed before and after a program to measure their clients improvements in physical fitness. They may also educate their clients in other aspects of wellness besides exercise, including general health. Qualified personal trainers recognize their own areas of expertise, the scope of practice for a personal trainer is to enhance the components of fitness for the general, healthy population. Proper exercise prescription may result in improved body composition, physical performance, heart condition, the decision to hire a trainer may be related to a perceived ability to facilitate these factors through proper prescription and instruction or factors related to motivation and adherence. A trainer pays close attention to their clients exercise form, workout routine, Personal training results in higher strength, higher workout intensities, and higher perceived exertion during exercise in women. Although women working with personal trainers do self-select heavier loads than women who did not, the profession is generally not restricted by venue, and personal trainers may work in fitness facilities, in their personal homes, in client homes, over live video, or outdoors. Personal training is not regulated in any jurisdiction in the United States except for Washington D. C. which adopted registration requirements for personal trainers in February 2014. Personal trainers may specialize in a certain training type, training philosophy, performance type, exercise modality, in general, most personal trainers develop exercise prescription plans for aerobic exercise, resistance exercise, and/or flexibility training. With aerobic exercise prescription, personal trainers determine the type of exercise, duration of exercise, for resistance exercise prescription, the type of exercise, total session volume, rest period, frequency, and intensity are determined. Personal trainers may also be involved in prescription of stretching routines or other approaches, Personal trainer accreditation is a process that provides certification of competency as a personal trainer. Qualification standards for personal trainers vary between countries, in Australia, personal trainers may work independently with suitable insurance or choose to be a member of a registering body. The qualifications levels include, Level 1 - Certificate III in Fitness, Level 2 - Certificate IV in Fitness and these can be obtained from nationally accredited colleges. Once working in the industry, trainers who are members of associations are also required to complete short courses to obtain continuing education credit points they need to keep their registration, a minimum of 20 CEC points every two years is required. Many personal trainers also have additional qualifications in weight loss, strength training, kids fitness, and nutrition, CEC courses can cover a wide variety of topics such as different training techniques, nutrition, exercise styles, health conditions, physiology, lifestyle and rehabilitation. In Canada, the certifying bodies are Canadian Fitness Education Services, Canadian Fitness Professionals, Certified Personal Trainers Network. CSEP requires a diploma or degree in the field, most require experience and/or workshops
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Ring of Honor
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Ring of Honor is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by RF Video owner Rob Feinstein. ROH holds TV tapings, pay-per-view events, live events, and Internet pay-per-view events throughout the United States and it has also held shows in the United Kingdom and Japan. Annual shows include the Anniversary Show, Supercard of Honor, Best in the World, Global Wars, Death Before Dishonor, Glory By Honor, and Final Battle. ROH records all of its shows and sells them on DVD through mail order via its online store, in 2009, ROH signed a television deal with HDNet, which aired shows every week until 2011. As of September 2011, ROHs flagship broadcast Ring of Honor Wrestling has been syndicated by parent company Sinclair Broadcasting, ROH is also broadcast on Samurai TV in Japan, and is the third-largest professional wrestling promotion in the United States, behind WWE and after Impact Wrestling. On June 22,2014, ROH had its first live pay-per-view broadcast, Best in the World, from Nashville and it was followed-up on December 7 with their biggest show of the year Final Battle, from Terminal 5 in New York City. Their next pay-per-view aired March 1,2015, which was their 13th Anniversary Show, from Las Vegas, RF Video also videotaped events held by other, less-popular, regional wrestling promotions, it sold these through its catalog and website. The first event, titled The Era of Honor Begins, took place on February 23,2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the former home area of ECW. In its first year of operation, Ring of Honor confined itself to staging live events in a number of venues and cities – primarily in the northeastern United States. Ten shows ran in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, two in Wakefield, Massachusetts, one in metro Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and, one in Queens, in 2003, ROH expanded to other areas of the United States, including Ohio, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland. It also began to build its international identity by co-promoting an event with Frontier Wrestling Alliance in London, England on May 17,2003. In 2004, Feinstein was caught in a sting operation. After this was publicized by some outlets, Feinstein resigned from ROH in March 2004. J. Styles and Christopher Daniels, who each either held or were about to hold ROH championships, doug Gentry eventually bought Feinsteins stake in ROH, and later sold it to Cary Silkin. Under Silkin, ROH branched out across the world, on January 23,2007, ROH announced plans for a Japanese tour, resulting in a show on July 16 in Tokyo co-promoted with Pro Wrestling Noah and a show on July 17 in Osaka co-promoted with Dragon Gate. Shortly before this, in March 2007, ROH had become the first U. S. On May 2,2007, Ring of Honor announced the signing of a PPV and VOD deal with G-Funk Sports & Entertainment to bring ROH into homes with In Demand Networks, TVN, the deal called for six taped pay-per-view events to air every 60 days. Because of the move to pay-per-view, TNA Wrestling immediately pulled its contracted stars from ROH shows, the first pay-per-view, titled Respect is Earned, taped on May 12, first aired on July 1 on Dish Network
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Power League Wrestling
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Power League Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It was founded in Swansea, Massachusetts by Bob Evans and Mark Amaral in 1991, and later taken over by Amaral, Carlos Arenas, Paul Lauzon, and Tommy Degnan. It is the first and longest running promotion in the state of Rhode Island. PLW holds wrestling events exclusively for charities and is one of the few wrestling promotions to operate as a non-profit organization in the United States. PLW has been praised for its shows to raise money for victims of the September 11 attacks, The Station nightclub fire, former Extreme Championship Wrestling star Spike Dudley, a native of Lincoln, Rhode Island, has made multiple appearances for the promotion. Several PLW alumni have been inducted into the New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame since 2008, the final ten minutes of the show would highlight bouts from the promotion. The OWF received its due to Boyns hosting its earliest events in his own backyard. A wrestling ring was built and the matches were moved indoors to the television studio in 1991. Inspired by their time in the OWF, Brutal Bob Evans, the promotion held its first television taping at Joseph G. Luther Elementary School in Swansea, Massachusetts in October 1991. The Fighter Joe O. and The Brutal Brigade won championship tournaments in November to become the inaugural PLW Heavyweight, Scott Z. was crowned the first-ever PLW New England Champion after winning a tournament at Luther School the following month. The promotions weekly half-hour television series was first on Heritage Cable, Evans was the producer of Power League Wrestling TV until he turned his position over to Tommy Degnan in September 1992. In addition to becoming PLWs ring announcer, Degnan would remain a key figure in the promotion for many years, Carlos Arenas and Paul Lauzon joined Amaral as co-bookers following Evens departure from the company. The initial quality of the show was described by Degnan as very bush league due to budget limitations. The wrestlers performed in a wooden ring, with the audience made up of the other wrestlers. These shows were shot on location and later edited at the home where voice over commentary was added. Episodes also included recorded interviews and music videos highlighting past matches, some of their on-air interviews were filmed at T. F. Green Airport and Saint Annes Hospital. As the roster was still high school and college age youths. Many of the gimmicks and angles were inspired by what was seen in the World Wrestling Federation
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New England Championship Wrestling
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New England Championship Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in the Northeastern United States and has promoted events since 2000. It is currently owned and operated by promoter Sheldon Goldberg and is one of the top independent wrestling promotions in the New England- area. World Wrestling Entertainment wrestlers Kofi Kingston, John Cena, Kenny Dykstra, Sasha Banks, former WWE announcer/current Ring of Honor announcer Kevin Kelly was also involved at one time as a booker for the promotion. In 2004, the became the first to produce a weekly wrestling TV show specifically produced for distribution on the Internet through its affiliate NECW. tv website. Its weekly internet broadcasts eventually grew to an average of over 20,000 viewers per week in over 40 countries around the world and its exposure was further increased through DVD releases of yearly supercards such as the popular Iron 8 Championship Tournament. In March 2006, New England Championship Wrestling merged with PWF Mayhem, on August 16,2006, the merged companies unified their championship titles in an interpromotional event in Quincy, Massachusetts. The event saw PWF Mayhem Tag Team Champions The Canadian Superstars defeat The Wild Boys for the NECW Unified Tag Team Championship, richter defeated Big Guns Frankie Arion for the NECW Unified Television Championship and PWF Mayhem Heavyweight Champion The Human Nightmare Evan Siks defeated D. C. Dillinger for the NECW Undisputed Triple Crown Championship, also in March 2006, the company launched World Womens Wrestling, an all-female offshoot of the main NECW promotion. Following its Toxic Waltz event on November 6,2010, the company ceased operations due to a split between founder, Sheldon Goldberg and the PWF faction of Matt West, Kyle White and Roy Rossi. NECW was dormant until May 14,2011, when the returned with a benefit show in Carver. The Iron 8 Championship is a annual event hosted by NECW. The 2014 winner also became NECW Heavyweight Champion after previous titleholder Slyck Wagner Brown suffered an injury, the event was not held in 2015. The Toxic Waltz is an event that originated in PWF Mayhem. The Toxic Waltz is a ten-man gauntlet in which the winner would receive a Triple Crown Championship match at the winter showcase, the match begins with two men in the ring, and contrary to a traditional gauntlet, the loser of each fall picks the winners next opponent. The tenth man selected could be anyone in or out of NECW, the last man standing would be the winner. On November 7,2010, news began to spread that the 2010 Toxic Waltz would be the last event for NECW. Therefore,2010 Toxic Waltz winner Handsome Johnny Hayes went on to face The Real Deal Brandon Locke for the PWF Northeast Heavyweight Championship after PWF Northeast resumed operations in 2011, in October 2013, PWF Northeast closed its doors. 1Arion was the 9th man to lose in the match, but because the man who pinned him revealed himself to be Max Bauer, the Tag Team Classic is a one-night, tag team tournament for an NECW Tag Team title shot
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Slyck Wagner Brown
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Wagner Brown is a Jamaican born professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, SWB or Slyck Wagner Brown. Brown currently wrestles on the Independent circuit in the Northeastern United States and he is a one-time 3PW Champion. He has competed for major companies including WWE, TNA, NJPW as well as top Independent promotions, including Ring of Honor, Squared Circle Wrestling, and Big Time Wrestling. Brown would also have an association with former nWo Girls member April Hunter. SWB also has experience wrestling overseas including Canada and Puerto Rico, Brown returned to England to wrestle for Superstars of Wrestling in October 2016. Brown runs a professional wrestling academy in called Test of Strength Wrestling, official website Slyck Wagner Brown on Online World of Wrestling
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Maverick Wild
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Scott Cameron Despres is an American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter. He is a former Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Champion and 2-time NECW Heavyweight Champion, Despres is the second-longest reigning NECW champion of all time, Max Bauer had a 22-month reign before losing the title to Brandon Locke in 2010. In 2003, Despres started Front Row Wrestling which became the wrestling promotion in the state of New Hampshire after the close of Steve Bradleys Wrestling Federation of America. He later became co-owner of Eastern Wrestling Alliance with fellow wrestler Dr. Reginald Heresy, as one-half of the tag team Mind Over Matter, the two are former EWA Tag Team Champions. Early in his career, Despres was a preliminary wrestler for both World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation during the early-to mid 1990s. In his near-20 year career, he has held almost every championship in the New England region. In 2010, he was inducted into the New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame with a number of longtime regional. Scott Cameron Despres was born in Utica, New York on September 4,1970 and he and his family later moved to Ashburnham, Massachusetts where he graduated from Oakmont Regional High School in 1988. It was during high school that Despres first became interested in wrestling when, in his sophomore year. While Danny was hospitalized with broken arms and legs, the two looked through wrestling magazines when Despres visited him, Despres began attending local wrestling matches with high school friends and soon developed an interest in becoming a wrestler himself. He started training with Brian Walsh, a wrestler from Braintree. Without a ring or crash mats, Despres was taught the older European-style of wrestling and he also started weightlifting three to four times a week. Despres made his wrestling debut in mid-1988. He used the name Maverick Wild, a name he would use for the majority of his career. He also worked part-time at his fathers roofing company which he used to support himself. In September 1988, he became the first heavyweight champion of Joe Eugenios New England Wrestling Association and he would win the title twice more, as well as the NEWA Interstate Championship, during the next three years. In 1991, Despres got his first big break working for promoter Joe Savoldi in International World Class Championship Wrestling, among his first opponents was Flex Lavender. In the summer of 1993, he started wrestling as a wrestler for the World Wrestling Federation appearing for shows in the Northeastern United States
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WWE
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Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. was an American professional wrestling promotion and the sanctioning body for the World Wide Wrestling Federation and later World Wrestling Federation. Founded by Jess McMahon and Toots Mondt in 1953, Capitol Wrestling Corporation is the precursor to todays WWE, run by Jess grandson, Jess McMahon was a successful boxing promoter who began working with Tex Rickard in 1926. With the help of Rickard, he began promoting boxing at the third Madison Square Garden, a few years prior, professional wrestler Toots Mondt had created a new challenge of professional wrestling that he called “Slam Bang Western Style Wrestling”. He convinced wrestler Ed Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow to implement this new solution, after much success, a disagreement over power caused the trio to dissolve and, with it, their promotion. Mondt later formed partnerships with other promoters, including Jack Curley in New York City. Mondt eventually took over the New York wrestling scene, due to the fact Curley was dying, with the aid of several bookers, together, McMahon and Mondt created the Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. which later joined the National Wrestling Alliance in 1953. In November 1954, Jess McMahon died and Ray Fabiani, one of Mondts associates, both men left the company in protest following the incident and formed the WWWF in the process, awarding Rogers the new WWWF World Heavyweight Championship in April of that year. He lost the championship to Bruno Sammartino a month later on May 17,1963, after gaining a television program deal and turning preliminary wrestler Lou Albano as a manager for Sammartinos heel opponents, the WWWF was doing sell out business by 1970. Mondt left the company in the late 1960s and although the WWWF had withdrawn from the NWA, Vince McMahon, at the annual meeting of the NWA in 1983, the McMahons and WWF employee Jim Barnett all withdrew from the organization. By March 1979, for marketing purposes, the World Wide Wrestling Federation was renamed the World Wrestling Federation and that same year, Vincent J. McMahons son, Vincent K. McMahon, founded Titan Sports, Inc. incorporated on February 21,1980, originally in Massachusetts. In 1982, Titan Sports Inc. acquired Capitols operations, effectively relocating its headquarters to Greenwich, in an attempt to make the WWF the premier wrestling promotion in the world, McMahon began an expansion that fundamentally changed the industry. In the end, the elder McMahon would never live to see his company grow from a promotion to what is now a worldwide organization. He died from cancer at 69 years old on May 24,1984. By 1985, Titan moved to Stamford, Connecticut then establishing a new entity in 1987 in Delaware which later merged with the old company in 1988. Titan later changed its name to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. before finally becoming World Wrestling Entertainment, list of independent wrestling promotions in the United States
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WWF Wrestling Challenge
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WWF Wrestling Challenge was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, known at the time as the World Wrestling Federation. It was syndicated weekly and aired from 1986 to 1995, the show became simply known as WWF Challenge in 1995. The show featured matches, pre-match interviews, and occasionally, summarized weekly events in WWF programming, matches primarily saw top tier and mid-level talent versus jobbers. At times, there was a match between main WWF talent. As with other syndicated WWF programming, the show promoted WWF event dates, Wrestling Challenge premiered on September 7,1986, replacing All-Star Wrestling. Following the shows debut, The Snake Pit, hosted by Jake The Snake Roberts, the Snake Pit was an in-ring interview segment modeled after Roddy Pipers Pipers Pit, which aired on WWF Superstars of Wrestling. Wrestling Challenge also featured the similarly formatted The Brother Love Show and this segment, which debuted in 1988, was later moved to Superstars of Wrestling. After this, the feature was a podium interview featuring Gene Okerlund. Starting in 1991, The Barber Shop debuted with host Brutus The Barber Beefcake, while The Kings Court, the hosts for the first three episodes were Gorilla Monsoon, Ernie Ladd, and Luscious Johnny V. After that, Ladd was replaced by the host Bobby The Brain Heenan while Johnny V continued to do commentary solely for matches where Heenan was managing, the show began to be hosted by Dok Hendrix and occasionally Mr. Perfect until its discontinuation in 1995. This repackaging allowed the program to count as Canadian content, certain ITV areas also screened a batch of 10 months worth of episodes in a late night timeslot, erroneously announced in TV listings as Superstars Of Wrestling. The late night ITV slot would be replaced in 1990 by tapes of WCW, the Sky transmission continued to air in the UK until 1997, when it was repackaged as WWF Shotgun Challenge. WWF Challenge at the Internet Movie Database WWF Challenge at TV. com
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Bryan Clark
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Bryan Emmett Clark is an American retired professional wrestler. He is a former WCW World Tag Team Champion and AJPW World Tag Team Champion, Clark made his wrestling debut in 1989 under the ring name The Nightstalker, competing in the Minnesota-based American Wrestling Association. When the AWA folded in 1991, Clark began competing for World Championship Wrestling and he replaced an injured Diamond Studd at Starrcade to team with Rick Steiner in a losing effort to Vader and Mr. Hughes. Clark joined Smoky Mountain Wrestling and defeated Tracy Smothers to become the promotions second-ever Beat The Champ Television Champion on February 2,1993 and he lost the title to Tim Horner six days later. He also briefly wrestled in Herb Abrams Universal Wrestling Federation, in May 1993, Clark debuted in the World Wrestling Federation as Adam Bomb, the newest client of Johnny Polo. Wearing luminous green contact lenses, and sporting a red tongue, Bombs gimmick was that of a survivor of the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown accident, which was further emphasized by his ring name being a pun on the atom bomb. Seven months after his debut, Harvey Wippleman replaced Polo as Bombs manager because Polo wanted to focus on managing WWF Tag Team Champions The Quebecers, the Adam Bomb concept and costume was designed and created by Tom Fleming. His team went on to lose the match, though he was the last remaining wrestler for his team before being pinned by Jannetty after a roll-up, following this, he participated in the 1994 Royal Rumble, where he was the final entrant in the match. However, he lasted less than five minutes before being eliminated by Lex Luger and he also was one of nine wrestlers who helped Yokozuna beat Undertaker during a Casket match. Following the Rumble and a feud with Earthquake, Bomb turned face after his manager Harvey Wippleman turned on him, as a face, he would throw rubber nuclear missiles into the audience as he walked to the ring and after he won a match. After briefly feuding with Kwang and Bam Bam Bigelow, Bomb was moved down the card, in 1997, Clark rejoined WCW as Wrath at Uncensored, a helmeted martial artist who, along with Mortis, battled Glacier and Ernest Miller. The four characters, collectively known as Blood Runs Cold, was WCWs attempt to tap into the popularity of the Mortal Kombat video games, the angle continued until 1998 when Clark suffered an injury. After recovery, he returned to action later in the year as a face. After a lengthy undefeated streak, Clark tore his ACL in a match against Jerry Flynn on April 15,1999, Clark returned to the ring in April 2000, now using his real name. He formed a tag team with Brian Adams known as KroniK and they later lost the title on May 30 to New Blood members Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo. KroniK was granted a rematch for the title at Bash at the Beach on July 9, and was successful in reclaiming World Tag Team Championship. KroniK then entered a feud with the entire Natural Born Thrillers stable, following the title loss, KroniK turned heel after Vince Russo managed to bribe them in order to have them attack Bill Goldberg, who would be fired if he lost a single match. However, Goldberg managed to overcome the odds and pinned both Clark and Adams in a match at Halloween Havoc
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WWF Jakked/Metal
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WWF Jakked and WWF Metal were professional wrestling television programs produced by the World Wrestling Federation. Both shows aired syndicated weekly from 1999 until 2002 and replaced WWF Shotgun Saturday Night, originally produced under the World Wrestling Federation banner, they were replaced by the similarly formatted WWE Bottom Line and WWE Afterburn in syndication. Jakked aired on Saturday nights while Metal aired in the afternoon, both shows featured matches from the weeks events. In late May, WWE Velocity premiered and began to serve a purpose for the SmackDown brand. Metal aired in the United Kingdom on Sky1 until also being replaced by WWE After Burn in May 2002, Jakked and Metal were hosted by many commentators and interviewers. Frequent commentators and hosts included Michael Cole, Kevin Kelly, Tom Prichard, Jonathan Coachman, Chris Leary, Marc Lloyd, and Al Snow
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Glossary of professional wrestling terms
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Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable nomenclature throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the origins in the days of carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the nature of the business. In recent years, widespread discussion on the Internet has popularized these terms, many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of professional wrestling in addition to performance-related terms. A-show A wrestling event where a companys biggest draws wrestle, a-team A group of a wrestling promotions top stars who compete at an A-show. Abort To discontinue a feud, angle, or gimmick suddenly, usually without explanation or due to a lack of fan interest, ace A term typically only used in Japanese puroresu for a wrestler designated as the face of the promotion. Not necessarily the same as the top champion, examples of modern aces include Hiroshi Tanahashi in New Japan Pro Wrestling and Suwama in All Japan Pro Wrestling. Agent A management employee, often a former wrestler, who helps set up matches, plans storylines. Often acts as a liaison between wrestlers and higher-level management, referred to as producers by WWE and sometimes by other companies. Sometimes they help train and teach younger active wrestlers and give criticism, Alliance A cooperative relationship developed between two or more wrestlers, whether wrestling as a tag team or in individual matches. Alliances are often formed for the purpose of retaining titles between the members of the alliance, or to counter a specific foe or group of foes. The formation of an alliance can be a storyline of its own, an angle usually begins when one wrestler attacks another, which results in revenge. An angle may be as small as a match or a vendetta that lasts for years. It is not uncommon to see an angle become retconned due to it not getting over with the fans, Apter mag An old-style professional wrestling magazine that sticks to kayfabe articles. The term refers to the magazines at one time connected to journalist Bill Apter, B-show A wrestling event featuring the middle and lower-level talent of a wrestling promotion. Sometimes includes well-known wrestlers making a return or finishing up their career, b-team The group of wrestlers on a B-show. Babyface A wrestler positioned as a hero, who the crowd are typically cheering for in a match, often simply known as a face. Beat down A situation in which a wrestler or other performer is the recipient of a one-sided beating, blading A wrestler intentionally cutting themself to provoke bleeding
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Gangrel (wrestler)
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David William Heath is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation from 1998 to 2001, Heath was trained by Boris Malenko in Florida. When his training was complete, he began performing in various independent promotions in the Florida area and they won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship as a team. During that time, the marriage between Nash and Luna broke up and Heath and Luna became romantically involved and they eventually married on Halloween 1994. The World Wrestling Federation, where Luna worked at the time, under this moniker, he won the USWA Southern Championship and the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year award in 1993. In 1995, Heath appeared in Extreme Championship Wrestling for a short period, in early 1998, Heath appeared with World Championship Wrestling on WCW Worldwide, teaming with Michael Nova in a losing effort against the Faces of Fear. In 1998, Heath was hired by the World Wrestling Federation due to the support of then writers Bruce Prichard and Vince Russo, Heath was given the name Gangrel, which was derived from a vampire clan from the role-playing game Vampire, The Masquerade. The gimmick involved an entrance which saw him rising from a ring of fire on stage and he also carried a goblet of blood with him and, during his entrance, would stop on the ring steps, take a drink, and spit it into the air. This was supposed to imply him drinking the blood of his former victims as a practicing vampire. Gangrel made his TV debut on the August 16,1998 episode of Sunday Night Heat and he would go on to be undefeated for several months into his WWF career. He then formed a faction, called The Brood, with Edge. The Brood became known for their baths, which involved the lights going out for a moment, and when they came back on. The three temporarily joined up with The Undertaker and his Ministry of Darkness faction, Gangrel got one of his first title shots at the 1999 Royal Rumble. He challenged D-Generation X member X-Pac for his WWF European Championship in a losing effort and he competed in the Royal Rumble match later that night and again the following year. After splitting from the Ministry, The Brood began a feud with the Hardy Boyz, during the feud, Gangrel suddenly turned on Edge and Christian and aligned himself with Matt and Jeff Hardy. He called the group The New Brood, terri Runnels also began to show interest in the Hardy Boyz, however, and they eventually would win Terris services as a manager, thus dumping Gangrel as a manager. Gangrel became a wrestler following the breakup of The New Brood. In late 1999, he brought in his real-life wife Luna Vachon as his manager until she was fired, Gangrel continued working for the WWF until he was released in 2001, reportedly for weight problems
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Perry Saturn
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Perry Arthur Satullo is an American professional wrestler known by his ring name, Perry Saturn. Since debuting in 1990, Saturn has wrestled for promotions including Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and he is a former ECW World Tag Team Champion, WCW World Tag Team Champion, WCW World Television Champion, WWF European Champion and WWF Hardcore Champion. Satullo enlisted in the United States Army for four years at the age of seventeen, Satullo finished a bachelors degree before he became a full-time wrestler. He debuted on October 27,1990 in Waltham, Massachusetts, Satullo also wrestled in Kowalskis International Wrestling Federation as The Iron Horseman, a cowboy complete with black leather stetson and chaps. Satullo eventually won the IWF Light Heavyweight Championship, Satullo began wrestling for independent promotions throughout New England, as well as touring Japan with New Japan Pro Wrestling in 1993. In 1992 he worked as a jobber in WWF, while working as the manager of a nightclub in Boston, Satullo met bouncer George Caiazzo, who expressed an interest in becoming a wrestler. Satullo sent Caiazzo to Kowalskis school to train, and then offered to form a tag team with him, the Greek equivalent of the god Saturn was Cronus, so Satullo chose the ring name John Kronus for Caiazzo. As Saturn and Cronus were their cultures respective gods of the harvest, promoter Jerry Lawler advised Satullo that the significance of the name would not be evident to many fans, so they became known as The Eliminators. The Eliminators wrestled their first match together at a USWA house show in 1993 and they were hired at a starting salary of $40 a week, and shared an apartment with four other wrestlers. The Eliminators won the World Tag Team Championship on May 2,1994 from Satullos mentor, Eddie Gilbert and they held the titles until June 13 when they were defeated by PG-13. The Eliminators captured the ECW Tag Team Titles three times between 1996 and 1997, and feuded with such as The Gangstas and The Pitbulls. After The Pitbulls manager Francine cut Saturns hair, he shaved his head in a homage to Mickey Knox, Satullo was a trainer in the ECW House of Hardcore, a professional wrestling school at which Taz and Mikey Whipwreck also taught. Saturn was respected for his focus and drive on fundamentals and technical wrestling, on May 31,1997 in Trenton, New Jersey, Satullo tore his ACL when he landed on a crutch while executing a kick on Big Dick Dudley. After intense reconstructive surgery, Satullo was given a time of up to a year. He began rehabilitating after two months and returned to action in August, Satullo, however, had become impatient with what he regarded as Caiazzos lack of motivation and dedication, and refused to reform the Eliminators. Paul Heyman offered to him from his contract if he could find alternate employment. On August 28,1997 Satullo was offered a job by WCW road agent Terry Taylor and he debuted in WCW on September 8, facing Billy Kidman, but was sidelined for a month afterwards as his knee had still not entirely healed. Later that year, both Saturn and Kidman would go on to join The Flock, a stable of misfits and misanthropists led by the nihilistic Raven
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Damien Sandow
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Aaron Steven Haddad is an American professional wrestler best known for his tenure with WWE under the ring name Damien Sandow. He also worked in Impact Wrestling under the ring name Aron Rex, Haddad started wrestling in 2001, and began appearing for WWE in 2002 as Aaron Stevens on Heat. From 2003 to 2006, Haddad wrestled in WWEs developmental territory, in 2006, Haddad reappeared on the WWE main roster as Idol Stevens, teaming with KC James and allying with Michelle McCool. Signing again with WWE in 2010, he was assigned to a territory, Florida Championship Wrestling. In 2012, Sandow returned to WWEs main roster as an arrogant intellectual, in 2013, Sandow won the Money in the Bank match for a World Heavyweight Championship opportunity, and became the first to lose the cashed-in title match. In 2014, Sandow became a comedic impersonator, leading up to an alliance with The Miz, the duo won the WWE Tag Team Championship while Mizdow became one of WWEs most popular wrestlers. In 2015, Sandow lost the breakup feud to Miz, was put into a team with Curtis Axel, after his return with sporadic appearances, Sandow was released in 2016. Haddad started training under Killer Kowalski at the age of 16, three years later, Haddad made his debut as Aaron Stevens on June 23,2001, with a loss to Chris Harvey in Chaotic Wrestling. From November 2002 to May 2003, Stevens also wrestled for World Wrestling Alliance, during this period, he also received two singles title shots for the Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship and one for the Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship, but lost them all. Stevens signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment after receiving numerous try-out matches on Heat against opponents such as Steven Richards, Sandow had his WWEs pay-per-view debut match in 2003 at Vengeance as the Easter Bunny in a match with the APA. He also participated in an angle where he had his fingers broken by Raven on Heat, Stevens, now with the tweaked name Aaron The Idol Stevens, was assigned to WWEs developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. At a house show in 2004, Stevens and Nova beat Chris Cage, on January 4,2006, Stevens won the OVW Television Championship after replacing Ken Doane in a three-way match with Brent Albright and then-champion CM Punk. Doane was injured halfway through the match and Stevens came out to replace him, at the March 8 television taping, Paul Burchill cost Stevens the Television Championship against Seth Skyfire. On August 4,2006, Stevens made his SmackDown, debut as Idol Stevens when he was introduced by Michelle McCool as one of her favorite teachers pets. The two went on to defeat Funaki and Scotty 2 Hotty with the help of McCool, the following week, Stevens and James defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick in a non-title match. On the August 18 show, Stevens and James ambushed the Tag Team Champions, the two teams began feuding, with London and Kendrick bringing in Ashley Massaro to counteract McCool. The feud briefly encompassed the team of Jamie Noble and Kid Kash, Stevens and James got their WWE Tag Team Championship shot at No Mercy on October 8, but failed to win the titles. Soon after, both Stevens and James were taken off television and sent back to Ohio Valley Wrestling, after being removed from the SmackDown
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Mike Kanellis
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Bennett and Taven operate a wrestling school in West Warwick, Rhode Island. Bennett made his wrestling debut in 2002. The following year, Bennett made an appearance for the East Coast Wrestling Association. Bennett and Brian Rogers were the men left, and later that night Bennett defeated Rogers to win the NEWA Heavyweight Championship. Bennett also wrestled for Eastern Pro Wrestling, on April 27,2007, Bennett lost to Derek Destiny. On February 29,2008, Bennett lost to Nick Westgate, the following day, Bennett, who was accompanied by Gia Savitz, defeated Thom Kane. On January 16,2010, Bennett unsuccessfully challenged Nick Westagte for the EPW Television Championship, on March 5, Bennett won the Rhodes Island Rumble battle royal to become the number one contender to the EPW Heavyweight Championship. Bennett and Bryce Andrews appeared on the April 9,2007, episode of WWE Heat, on October 6,2009, Bennett competed in dark match in losing effort against Kip James at the TNA Impact. In a match for the Northeast Wrestling promotion in March 2010, Bennett was a participant in a match for the NEW Heavyweight Championship. At NEWs Spring Slam show on April 15,2011, Bennett lost to Matt Hardy, in 2010, Bennett debuted for Squared Circle Wrestling by defeating Matt Taven on September 25. Three months later at 2CWs Nightmare Before Christmas show in December, the following day, Team ROH advanced to the semifinals with a win over The Extreme Trio. Team ROH opened the third and final day of the tournament by defeating the all-female Team Sendai Girls in the semifinals, in the finals of the tournament, Team ROH was defeated by the Spectral Envoy, when Bennett submitted to Hallowickeds Chikara Special. Bennett debuted for New England Championship Wrestling on November 14,2003, the following March, Bennett earned his first win in NECW by defeating Bob Evans. In August 2004, Bennett began feuding with Ru Starr, trading victories with him, in March, Bennett moved into a feud with Michael Sain, losing to him in two singles match that month, and again in a Stretcher match on April 16. He earned his first victory over Sain in June and he spent the next several months wrestling against competitors including Frankie Arion, Pat Masters, and Fergal Devitt, before taking a four-year hiatus from NECW. He returned at Spring Breakdown on April 18,2009, teaming with Guy Alexander to defeat TJ Richter, at the NECW television tapings on January 23,2010, Bennett defeated David Cash. Bennett debuted for Top Rope Promotions on February 17,2006, on March 24, Bennett, as part of NRG, defeated Freightrain. The following month Bennett defeated Billy Warhawk, Bennett continued on a winning streak, defeating Joe Chece, Spike Dudley, DC Drake, and on June 23, he competed in the 2006 Kowalski Cup
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ROH World Television Championship
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The ROH World Television Championship is a professional wrestling world television championship in the Ring of Honor promotion. With the introduction of the ROH World Television Championship, the television type championship returned to national exposure, there has been a total of thirteen reigns shared between eleven champions. The first champion was crowned on March 5,2010, when Eddie Edwards defeated Davey Richards in the finals of a tournament, the current champion is Marty Scurll, who is in his first reign. Jay Lethals second reign is the longest in the titles history, during that reign, Lethal also won the ROH World Championship in a Title vs. Title match at Best in the World 2015. The creation of the ROH World Television Championship was announced via ROHs official website on January 20,2010, an eight-man single elimination tournament was then planned to determine the inaugural champion. The tournament was to start on February 4 and conclude on February 6,2010 at The Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the tapings of ROHs television program Ring of Honor Wrestling. Regarding the new addition, ROH President Cary Silkin said. We’re happy to give thanks to HDNet for giving us the chance to add this title to the television show. It is ROHs second secondary singles championship in their history, the ROH Pure Championship was used from February 14,2004 to August 12,2006, prior its unification with the ROH World Championship. After the championship announcement, wrestling columnist James Caldwell gave his comments and it gives mid-card wrestlers on ROHs roster something to fight for in the context of trying to win a wrestling match to move up the company ladder. Caldwell further remarked that ROH bringing back the TV Title to national TV is consistent with ROHs current marketing under Jim Cornette to re-capture an old-school flavor to their product, after the Ring of Honor Wrestling show was cancelled in March 2011, the title became inactive. Although Daniels stopped defending it, he carried the belt with him as part of his villainous character. With the sale of ROH to the Sinclair Broadcast Group and a new television show scheduled to air in September, ROH reinstated the title for Junes Best in The World event. The tournament was scheduled to span over a weekend, starting on February 5. However, due to weather conditions in the Philadelphia area. It was not until almost a month later, on March 5, that ROH held the recorded event. The first four seeds of eight in the tournament were announced on January 22,2010, Rhett Titus, El Generico, Eddie Edwards, the other four seeds were announced on January 26,2010, Kevin Steen, Kenny King, Colt Cabana, and Davey Richards. The first round was determined at the first event on February 5, with Steen, King, Richards, on March 5, Edwards and Richards both advanced to the finals, where Edwards defeat Richards to be crowned the first ROH World Television Champion
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Eddie Edwards (wrestler)
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He won ROHs Survival of the Fittest tournament in November 2010 which propelled him to win the World Championship. His World Championship victory made him the first wrestler to win the ROH Triple Crown, and he was also a regular for the Southern California-based promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and has made several tours of Japan with Pro Wrestling Noah. He has also competed for MXW Pro Wrestling, Defiant Pro Wrestling, Power League Wrestling, Showcase Pro Wrestling, on February 5,2003, Edwards became the first MWF Television Champion, by defeating Jerelle Clark in the final of a tournament to crown the inaugural champion. He held the title for two and a half years, before losing it to Tommaso Ciampa in a three-way match. In January 2007, Edwards started wrestling for Squared Circle Wrestling, as part of 2CW he wrestled against John Walters, C. W. Anderson, Samoa Joe, and challenged Slyck Wagner Brown for the 2CW Title in August 2008. Edwards won his first title in 2CW, the 2CW Tag Team Championship alongside Davey Richards and they held the championship for four months before losing it to Colin Delaney and Jimmy Olsen on August 22. On June 9,2007, Edwards competed in NECWs annual Iron 8 Championship Tournament, later that night, he beat Bobby Fish, Brandon Locke, and Brian Fury in the final, in a four-way Iron Man match, to win the Tournament. The time limit had been reached with a tie with each wrestler on two pinfalls, so Edwards won in sudden death overtime, during which Fish broke his ankle. On October 30,2011, Edwards made an appearance in Chikara, on November 30,2012, he and Roderick Strong, billed as the Dojo Bros. won the Premiere Wrestling Xperiences Tag Team Championship. At House of Hardcore VII, Edwards made his debut in the promotion, in August 2013, after their contracts with ROH had expired, Edwards and Davey Richards took part in a tryout camp for WWE, where they were described as standing out. On November 18, Edwards and Richards entered the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, on August 20,2005, Edwards started his first tour with Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. During the tour, which lasted until September 18, Edwards wrestled mainly opening matches, during 2006, Edwards made two more tours with Noah, first in April and the second in November. On December 2, Edwards picked up his first win in Noah, during the next years, Edwards continued making two tours of Noah per year and now had begun earning himself title matches in the promotion. On May 25,2007, Edwards and Ted DiBiase, Jr, in the 2010 edition of the tournament, Edwards and Roderick Strong made it to the finals, before losing to the team of Atsushi Aoki and Kenta. On January 29,2011, Edwards received his shot at the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. In April 2012, Edwards took part in his first Global Tag League, after two wins, one draw and four losses, the team was eliminated from the tournament, but was afterward awarded the Technique award. Edwards then formed a new partnership with Bobby Fish, with whom he took part in the 2012 Nippon TV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League and 2013 Global Tag League, Edwards returned to Noah in late October 2013 to take part in the 2013 Global League Tournament. Despite big wins over reigning GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta and Katsuhiko Nakajima, Edwards made his Ring of Honor debut on December 22,2006 at International Challenge, losing to Austin Aries
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Christopher Daniels
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Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Christopher Daniels and as the masked wrestler Curry Man. He is currently signed with Ring of Honor, where he is the current ROH World Champion in his first reign, Covell has spent the bulk of his career wrestling for Impact Wrestling and ROH, but has also has worked extensively in Japan and on the American independent circuit. He is known as The King of Indies for his work with independent promotions across the world, including Frontier Wrestling Alliance, International Wrestling Cartel, Covell was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on March 24,1971. When Covell was three, his family relocated to Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he became an fan of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. After he graduated from Methodist College with a degree in theater, Covell and his moved to Chicago, Illinois. After being trained by Sam DeCero, Mike Anthony and Kevin Quinn, Daniels made his debut for Windy City Pro Wrestling in April 1993, losing a tag match with Titan to The Manson Brothers. The following month he defeated Trevor Blanchard for the WCPW Light Heavyweight Championship and they lost the titles a month later to The Canadian Glamour Boys. Back in Windy City, Daniels defeated Bret Sanders for the WCPW Middleweight Championship, around this time, he also wrestled for the Empire Wrestling Federation, where he won the EWF Heavyweight Championship. He participated in the 3rd Annual ECWA Super 8 Tournament, reaching the finals where he lost to Steve Bradley. After a short stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling he traveled to Japan, where developed his masked persona, Curry Man, on December 19,1999, he defeated Minoru Fujita in Michinoku Pro Wrestling for the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship. Back in the U. S. he defeated Michael Modest for the APW Worldwide Internet Championship in All Pro Wrestling, on January 14,2000, Daniels received a tryout match with World Championship Wrestling, defeating Mikey Henderson. The original idea was for Daniels to portray Vampiros dark master, Syndrome, but his WCW debut was continually postponed and he then won APWs King of the Indies tournament, the WCPW League Championship, and the UPW Heavyweight Championship. In 1998, Daniels signed a deal with the World Wrestling Federation and trained at Dory Funk. He also made appearances for ECW, like facing Rhino on the October 2,1999 edition of Hardcore TV #336, in 2000, he donned a mask and teamed with Aaron Aguilera as Los Conquistadores, as part of The Hardy Boyz feud with Edge and Christian. He made several appearances on WWF Jakked during the spring of 2001, including a loss to Jerry Lynn. Throughout 2001 and 2002, he continued wrestling on the independent circuit, winning titles and tournaments and debuting in Canada. On the January 23,2001 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, during the match, he attempted a springboard moonsault, but his left foot missed the ring rope. Unable to sufficiently push off to complete the rotation, he botched the move and landed on his head, though he was able to finish the match, his left arm was impaired throughout it
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Adam Cole
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Jenkins was trained at the Combat Zone Wrestling Wrestling Academy by DJ Hyde and Jon Dahmer. He became a student at the Academy on November 14,2007. He made his CZW debut at No Pun Intended as Adam Cole on June 21,2008 and his next appearance was on September 13 at the Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show, when he defeated Tyler Veritas in a CZW Wrestling Academy showcase match. Cole then began to feud with GNC, facing them in matches with different partners. At the following show named Night of Infamy 7, Greed, GNC defeated Cole, Cole gained his first win over GNC at Cage of Death 10, Ultraviolent Anniversary on December 13, when he, Veritas and Cruz defeated GNC and EMO in a six-man tag team match. In 2009, Cole teamed regularly with Tyler Veritas and they won a tag team gauntlet match, L. J. Cruz and Izzy Kensington,2.0, All Money Is Legal and GNC at X, Decade of Destruction – 10th Anniversary in February. At the following show in March, they won a match against the team of Jagged and Cole Calloway, GNC. After Cole took a hiatus from CZW, he returned at A Tangled Web 2 on August 8, at Down With the Sickness Forever on September 13, Cole and Veritas challenged for The Best Around for the CZW World Tag Team Championship, but they were unsuccessful. At Walking on Pins and Needles in March 2010, Cole wrestled Sabian to a 15-minute time-limit draw, on May 8,2010, Cole won the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship by defeating defending champion Sabian and Ruckus in a three-way match at Fist Fight. Cole went on to defend the championship against Ryan Slater in both June and August and Blk Jeez in September. In November, Cole toured Germany with CZW and he retained the championship against Zack Sabre, in December, Cole gained Mia Yim as a manager and she helped him to retain the Junior Heavyweight Championship in two separate matches at Cage of Death XII. At Twelve, Anniversary in February 2011, Cole qualified for the Best of the Best X tournament by defeating Pinkie Sanchez, Cole then developed an alliance with his trainer DJ Hyde, with Hyde helping Cole to retain the championship against Fox in May. Further title defenses against Jonatham Gresham, Chuck Taylor and AJ Curcio followed throughout the year, at An Excellent Adventure in January 2012, Cole unsuccessfully challenged Devon Moore for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship. Coles alliance with Hyde ended at the Best of the Best 11 internet pay-per-view, Cole and Hyde began feuding briefly, with Hyde attacking Cole in May and Cole attacking Hyde the following month. In November 2012, Cole went on to feud with Sami Callihan, at Cage of Death 14, Shattered Dreams on December 8, Cole defeated Callihan in a No Hold Barred match. On April 13,2013, Cole defeated Callihan in what billed as the encounter between the longtime rivals. On August 7,2009, Carelle defeated Qenann Creed to win the MCW Rage Television Championship and he held the championship for over four months, before losing it to Ryan McBride on December 26. After changing his name to Adam Cole, he regained the championship from McBride two months later on February 27,2010
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Sara Del Rey
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Sara Amato is an American professional wrestling trainer and retired professional wrestler best known by her ring name Sara Del Rey. In 2012, Del Rey became only the woman to make it to Pro Wrestling Illustrateds list of top 500 wrestlers in the world. She is currently employed by World Wrestling Entertainment as the Assistant Head Coach and producer of their developmental territory NXT, based at the WWE Performance Center. As a child, Amato considered herself a fan of wrestling, citing Hulk Hogan. She did not watch it for years, but became interested again during high school. Amato admits that in school, she was really shy and kind of awkward and scared of social situations. She briefly attended college following her graduation from school, but disliked it. She initially trained with All Pro Wrestlings boot camp, in the beginning, Amato had to spend hours training, as wrestling did not come naturally to her. She later went on to train in Japan, in 2002, Amato tried out for the Japanese promotion Arsion founded by Aja Kong, and she considers it a highlight of her career. In early 2005, she won Impact Zone Wrestlings Womens Championship by defeating Adrenelyn on February 15, later in 2005, she toured Japan, and released a video that depicts six of her matches entitled Sara Del Rey Japan Tour 2005. She also wrestled in Mexico, using the gimmick The American Angel and she was unmasked in a match in the Lucha Libre Femenil promotion on December 16,2005. She later donned a mask once again as Nic Grimes, the sister of Vic Grimes for Wrestling Society X. On September 5,2009, Del Rey took part at the show of NCW Femmes Fatales. Later in the night, after LuFistos match, she attacked the owner of the promotion, Del Rey took part in the tournament to determine the inaugural NCW FF Champion, but lost to LuFisto in the first round on June 5,2010. Del Rey debuted for Berwyn, Illinois–based Shimmer Women Athletes at their show in 2005. At Volume 2, she won an elimination match against Daizee Haze, Lacey and Martinez. On February 12,2006, she was able to defeat Haze in the event of Volume 3. In the main event of Volume 5, Del Rey pinned Mercedes Martinez in a singles match, later in the night, The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew challenged Martinez to a tag team match, and Del Rey agreed to be Martinezs partner
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Oney Lorcan
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Christopher Chris Girard is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE on the Raw brand under the ring name Oney Lorcan. He has worked frequently for independent promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Top Rope Promotions and he is a former one-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion. In addition, he has appeared in independent promotions like Westside Xtreme Wrestling, EVOLVE. Lorcan began training at the Killer Kowalski School of Pro Wrestling/Chaotic Training Center in August 2008, after 2 years of training and working for Chaotic Wrestling, Lorcan left Boston, MA and moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In September 2010, Lorcan enrolled in the Storm Wrestling Academy, after going through Storms 3-month training camp, he moved to Dallas, TX and received additional training from Sho Funaki in San Antonio, Texas. Busick, after spending about a year in Texas, moved back to the Boston area in 2012, Lorcan debuted in Combat Zone Wrestling at CZW Cerebral, on October 13,2012 in a dark match and he joined The Front. Busick gained exposure in 2014 at the CZW Best of the Best XIII tournament, however, Busick was defeated by Drake Younger. Next, Busick feuded with the CZW World Heavyweight Champion Drew Gulak, at CZW To Infinity, on April 27,2014, Busick was defeated by Gulak in a title match. At CZW Proving Grounds, Busick defeated Gulak to win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship, over 161 days, Busick defended the title against wrestlers like Danny Havoc, Mike Bailey, and Dave Crist. At CZW Tangled Web|CZW Tangled Web 7, Bussick defeated Chris Dickinson to retain the title, after the match, his stablemate Sozio turned on him and challenged him in to a match. Sozio defeated Busick to win the title, on November 11,2014, at CZW Cerebral, Busick challenged Sozio for the title in a No Rope Barbed Wire match, but he was defeated. At CZW Cage of Death XVI, Busick participated in a Four Way Cage Of Death Match for the title against Sozio, BLK Jeez and Drew Gulak, but the match was won by Jeez. Busick made his debut in Evolve at Evolve 23 winning a four way match against Green Ant, Josh Alexander. At Evolve 24 Busick was defeated by Drew Gulak in the finals of the Style Battle 2013 Tournament, at Evolve 28, Busick defeated Drew Gulak. From November 10 to November 16,2014, Evolves parent company, WWNLive, Busick would end the tour with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses. On August 29,2014, Busick made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and he also wrestled the following night teaming with Drew Gulak coming up short against ReDRagon. He returned the show at Untitled II losing to Tommaso Ciampa and Black Cole Sun losing a 4-way to Brian Cage which also involved Uhaa Nation. On February 27,2015, at From Out of Nowhere, Busick picked up his first win in PWG by defeating old rival Speedball Mike Bailey and he also reunited with Gulak to compete in DDT4 losing in the first round to Ricochet and Rich Swann
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Antonio Thomas (wrestler)
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Thomas Tom Matera is an American professional wrestler and personal trainer, better known by his ring name Antonio Thomas. He is best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on the Raw brand as one half of The Heart Throbs, Matera made his debut in late 2001 under the name Antonio Thomas, and quickly became a mainstay on the New England independent circuit. Over the next few years, he wrestled for promotions, including New England Championship Wrestling, Chaotic Wrestling. In early 2003, Thomas began training with Rick Harrison, there he won the WFA Heavyweight Championship, and held it throughout most of 2003-2004. Thomas then began teaming with his long-time friend Romeo Roselli, who was wrestling as Johnny Heartbreaker, on January 23,2004, The Heartbreakers defeated Cueball and Nick McKenna to become the EWA Tag Team Champions. In July 2004, Thomas signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling. In OVW he continued to team with Heartbreaker, but it was not until February 2005 that Heartbreaker was officially signed to a contract with WWE. On April 18,2005, William Regal and Tajiri successfully defended the World Tag Team Championships against the debuting Heart Throbs and they went on to participate in a Tag Team Turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championship at the 2005 Backlash pay-per-view, although they were unsuccessful. The Heart Throbs, who have portrayed heels, mainly appeared on the Raw B-show and they had short-lived feuds with Eugene and William Regal, Rosey and The Hurricane, and V-Squared. During the first episode of Heat in 2006 the pair turned face, on February 10,2006, WWE announced that The Heart Throbs had been released from their contracts. After his release from WWE, Thomas returned to working on the New England independent circuit, on May 27,2006, Thomas debuted for MXW and pinned Jason Blade after the match was interrupted by Romeo Roselli. At InterPromotional Incident on July 8,2006, Thomas and Blade defeated the team of Roselli, on November 10,2006, Thomas wrestled Claudio Castagnoli in one half of the main event at Capital Collision in Albany, NY. His most recent appearance for MXW was at Brass City Battle on November 12,2006 where he took on Slyk Wagner Brown, on March 11,2007, Thomas and Roselli appeared at Total Nonstop Action Wrestlings Destination X pay-per-view as Christy Hemmes mystery team. Renamed The Heartbreakers, they lost to The Voodoo Kin Mafia, in June 2007, Thomas toured Italy with the Nu-Wrestling Evolution promotion. On February 22,2009, Thomas competed in a match for Ring of Honor, teaming with Prince Jaleel in a loss to Andy Ridge. In May 2009, Thomas won the NECW Iron 8 Tournament, the Heart Throbs returned to the promotion on November 18, losing to 1-2-3 Kid and Marty Jannetty in a tag team match. On February 1,2013 Thomas captured the vacant NECW Heavyweight Championship, the championship was vacated in the first place due to the previous title holder, Sean Burke, breaking his ankle during an NECW title defense with Antonio Thomas. Thomas and Burke would end in a time limit draw that night, Thomas has wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling
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Century Wrestling Alliance
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The Century Wrestling Alliance, formerly known as NWA Cold Front and NWA New England, is a New England-based American independent wrestling promotion located in Boston, Massachusetts. The promotion eventually replaced IWCCW as the dominant independent promotion in the Greater Boston area and, in 1997, as of 2007, it is the longest-running independent wrestling promotion operating in New England under a single owner, Ellen Magliaro. Among the wrestlers who followed Rumble to the CWA included The Pink Assassin, Surfer Ray Odyssey, Vic Steamboat, Sbraccia and Nelson later won the NWA World Tag Team Championship, as well as the NWA New England titles, while with the promotion. In 1989, veteran wrestler and longtime on-air IWCCW personality Tony Rumble opened a wrestling promotion. Many of its stars chose to leave the Savoldis for his new promotion including The Pink Assassin, Surfer Ray Odyssey, Vic Steamboat and Mr. USA Tony Atlas, then IWCCW Heavyweight Champion. As the IWCCW declined during the early 1990s, Rumble was able build up the CWA, Rumble also developed a collection of local wrestlers as unique or entertaining gimmick workers, referring to them as his personal whack pack. He also displayed an ability to pick up sold shows, events in which the promotion is hired by a school or private organization, within a few years, Rumble had carved out a sizable territory and was promoting shows throughout New England. While Rumble had already been a recognizable personality from his years in IWCCW, he also started a Public-access television show, Mass Madness. The series had high quality production and featured not only televised wrestling events. One of these segments, Tony Rumble’s Mike Lano Chronicles, featured a series of matches. He was a self-claimed NWA World Heavyweight Champion but that his belt was upstairs in the penthouse getting buffed by the Lano-ettes, the skits followed Lano as he attempted to convince Jim Cornette to become his manager. When Lano finally tracks down Cornette, who is seen stealing crackers from a hotel kitchen, following this, the skit ends with Lano going upstairs to the penthouse where he is attacked by Mae Young and the Fabulous Moolah. The promotion was mostly dominated by stars, and on occasion former WCW and WWF veterans. Between 1993 and 1995, the CWA Heavyweight Championship was traded between The Iron Sheik, Vic Steamboat, Tony Atlas and Kevin Sullivan. Similarly, the CWA Light Heavyweight Championship was dominated by Ray Odyssey and The Pink Assassin, Rumble, having seen them perform in IWCCW, had also used future Extreme Championship Wrestling stars The Tazmaniac and Tommy Dreamer. In fact, Dreamer became the promotions first heavyweight champion when he defeated Tony Atlas in a tournament final in Wallingford and they would eventually lose the titles to The Extremists in Worcester, Massachusetts on July 24,1996. The latter show was headlined by Kevin Sullivan, still a booker at WCW and he would eventually be stripped of the title after losing a Loser-Must-Retire match against Chris Benoit on July 14,1997. Rumble was so impressed by Goldberg that he offered him a position as the official CWA Commissioner, Goldberg had actually been working with Rumble since 1990
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Facebook
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Facebook is an American for-profit corporation and an online social media and social networking service based in Menlo Park, California. Facebook gradually added support for students at other universities. Since 2006, anyone age 13 and older has been allowed to become a user of Facebook, though variations exist in the minimum age requirement. The Facebook name comes from the face book directories often given to United States university students, Facebook may be accessed by a large range of desktops, laptops, tablet computers, and smartphones over the Internet and mobile networks. After registering to use the site, users can create a user profile indicating their name, occupation, schools attended and so on. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups organized by workplace, school, hobbies or other topics, in groups, editors can pin posts to top. Additionally, users can complain about or block unpleasant people, because of the large volume of data that users submit to the service, Facebook has come under scrutiny for its privacy policies. Facebook makes most of its revenue from advertisements which appear onscreen, Facebook, Inc. held its initial public offering in February 2012, and began selling stock to the public three months later, reaching an original peak market capitalization of $104 billion. On July 13,2015, Facebook became the fastest company in the Standard & Poors 500 Index to reach a market cap of $250 billion, Facebook has more than 1.86 billion monthly active users as of December 31,2016. As of April 2016, Facebook was the most popular social networking site in the world, Facebook classifies users from the ages of 13 to 18 as minors and therefore sets their profiles to share content with friends only. Zuckerberg wrote a program called Facemash on October 28,2003 while attending Harvard University as a sophomore, to accomplish this, Zuckerberg hacked into protected areas of Harvards computer network and copied private dormitory ID images. Facemash attracted 450 visitors and 22,000 photo-views in its first four hours online, the site was quickly forwarded to several campus group list-servers, but was shut down a few days later by the Harvard administration. Zuckerberg faced expulsion and was charged by the administration with breach of security, violating copyrights, Zuckerberg expanded on this initial project that semester by creating a social study tool ahead of an art history final exam. He uploaded 500 Augustan images to a website, each of which was featured with a corresponding comments section and he shared the site with his classmates, and people started sharing notes. The following semester, Zuckerberg began writing code for a new website in January 2004 and he said that he was inspired by an editorial about the Facemash incident in The Harvard Crimson. On February 4,2004, Zuckerberg launched Thefacebook, originally located at thefacebook. com. com and they claimed that he was instead using their ideas to build a competing product. The three complained to The Harvard Crimson and the newspaper began an investigation and they later filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg, subsequently settling in 2008 for 1.2 million shares. Membership was initially restricted to students of Harvard College, within the first month, eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum, and Chris Hughes joined Zuckerberg to help promote the website
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Twitter
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Twitter is an online news and social networking service where users post and interact with messages, tweets, restricted to 140 characters. Registered users can post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them, users access Twitter through its website interface, SMS or a mobile device app. Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco, California, United States, Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams and launched in July. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, in 2012, more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten most-visited websites and has described as the SMS of the Internet. As of 2016, Twitter had more than 319 million monthly active users. On the day of the 2016 U. S. presidential election, Twitter proved to be the largest source of breaking news, Twitters origins lie in a daylong brainstorming session held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo. Jack Dorsey, then a student at New York University. The original project name for the service was twttr, an idea that Williams later ascribed to Noah Glass, inspired by Flickr. The developers initially considered 10958 as a code, but later changed it to 40404 for ease of use. Work on the project started on March 21,2006, when Dorsey published the first Twitter message at 9,50 PM Pacific Standard Time, Dorsey has explained the origin of the Twitter title. we came across the word twitter, and it was just perfect. The definition was a short burst of inconsequential information, and chirps from birds, and thats exactly what the product was. The first Twitter prototype, developed by Dorsey and contractor Florian Weber, was used as a service for Odeo employees. Williams fired Glass, who was silent about his part in Twitters startup until 2011, Twitter spun off into its own company in April 2007. Williams provided insight into the ambiguity that defined this early period in a 2013 interview, With Twitter and they called it a social network, they called it microblogging, but it was hard to define, because it didnt replace anything. There was this path of discovery with something like that, where over time you figure out what it is, Twitter actually changed from what we thought it was in the beginning, which we described as status updates and a social utility. It is that, in part, but the insight we eventually came to was Twitter was really more of an information network than it is a social network, the tipping point for Twitters popularity was the 2007 South by Southwest Interactive conference. During the event, Twitter usage increased from 20,000 tweets per day to 60,000, the Twitter people cleverly placed two 60-inch plasma screens in the conference hallways, exclusively streaming Twitter messages, remarked Newsweeks Steven Levy
