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Fresno, California
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Fresno (/ˈfrɛznoʊ/ FREZ-no is a city in California, United States, and the county seat of Fresno County. It covers about 112 square miles in the center of the San Joaquin Valley, named for the abundant ash trees lining the San Joaquin River, Fresno was founded in 1872 as a railway station of the Central Pacific Railroad before it was incorporated in 1885. The population of Fresno proper soared in the half of the 20th century. It was here in Fresno in 1958 that Bank of America first launched the BankAmericard credit card, Fresno is near the geographical center of California. It lies approximately 220 miles northeast of Los Angeles,170 miles south of the capital, Sacramento. Yosemite National Park is about 60 miles to the north, Kings Canyon National Park is 60 miles to the east, the county of Fresno was formed in 1856 after the California Gold Rush. It was named for the abundant ash trees lining the San Joaquin River, Millerton, then on the banks of the free-flowing San Joaquin River and close to Fort Miller, became the county seat after becoming a focal point for settlers. Other early county settlements included Firebaughs Ferry, Scottsburg and Elkhorn Springs, the San Joaquin River flooded on December 24,1867, inundating Millerton. Flooding also destroyed the town of Scottsburg on the nearby Kings River that winter, rebuilt on higher ground, Scottsburg was renamed Centerville. In 1867, Anthony McQeen Easterby purchased land bounded by the present Chestnut, Belmont, Clovis and California avenues, unable to grow wheat for lack of water, he hired sheep man Moses J. Church in 1871 to create an irrigation system. Building new canals and purchasing existing ditches, Church then formed the Fresno Canal and Irrigation Company, in 1872, the Central Pacific Railroad established a station near Easterbys—by now a hugely productive wheat farm—for its new Southern Pacific line. Soon there was a store around the station and the store grew the town of Fresno Station, many Millerton residents, drawn by the convenience of the railroad and worried about flooding, moved to the new community. Fresno became a city in 1885. By 1931 the Fresno Traction Company operated 47 streetcars over 49 miles of track, in 1877, William Helm made Fresno his home with a five-acre tract of land at the corner of Fresno and R streets. Helm was the largest individual sheep grower in Fresno County, in carrying his wool to market at Stockton, he used three wagons, each drawn by ten mules, and spent twelve days in making the round trip. Two years after the station was established, county residents voted to move the county seat from Millerton to Fresno, when the Friant Dam was completed in 1944, the site of Millerton became inundated by the waters of Millerton Lake. In extreme droughts, when the reservoir shrinks, ruins of the county seat can still be observed. In the nineteenth century, with so much wooden construction and in the absence of sophisticated firefighting resources, fires often ravaged American frontier towns, the greatest of Fresnos early-day fires, in 1882, destroyed an entire block of the city
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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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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Area code 559
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Area code 559 is a California telephone area code that was split from area code 209 on November 14,1998. The 559 area code serves the Central California counties of Fresno, Madera, Kings, yet by 2002, number blocking was being enforced in the 209 and 559 area codes. Instead of handing out numbers in blocks of 10,000 to private companies, for example, instead of granting Pacific Bell all numbers 330-xxxx, only numbers 330-0xxx, or 330-1xxx or 330-2xxx, and so on, would be granted
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Sacramento, California
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Sacramento is the capital city of the U. S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. It is at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the portion of Californias expansive Central Valley. Its estimated 2014 population of 485,199 made it the sixth-largest city in California, Sacramento is the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which includes seven counties with a 2010 population of 2,414,783. In 2002, the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University conducted for Time magazine named Sacramento Americas Most Diverse City, Sacramento became a city through the efforts of the Swiss immigrant John Sutter, Sr. his son John Augustus Sutter, Jr. and James W. Marshall. Sacramento grew quickly thanks to the protection of Sutters Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839, the city was named after the Sacramento River, which forms its western border. The river was named by Spanish cavalry officer Gabriel Moraga for the Santísimo Sacramento, California State University, Sacramento, is the largest university in the city and one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. University of the Pacific is a university with one of its three campuses in Sacramento. In addition, the University of California, Davis, located in nearby Davis, operates its UC Davis Medical Center, nisenan and Plains Miwok Native Americans had lived in the area for perhaps thousands of years. Unlike the settlers who would eventually make Sacramento their home, these Native Americans left little evidence of their existence. Traditionally, their diet was dominated by acorns taken from the oak trees in the region, and by fruits, bulbs, seeds. In 1808, the Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga discovered and named the Sacramento Valley, a Spanish writer with the Moraga expedition wrote, Canopies of oaks and cottonwoods, many festooned with grapevines, overhung both sides of the blue current. Birds chattered in the trees and big fish darted through the pellucid depths, the air was like champagne, and drank deep of it, drank in the beauty around them. The valley and the river were then christened after the Most Holy Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, John Sutter first arrived on August 13,1839 at the divergence of the American and Sacramento Rivers with a Mexican land grant of 50,000 acres. The next year, he and his party established Sutters Fort, representing Mexico, Sutter called his colony New Helvetia, a Swiss inspired name, and was the political authority and dispenser of justice in the new settlement. Soon, the colony began to grow as more and more pioneers headed west, within just a few short years, John Sutter had become a grand success, owning a ten-acre orchard and a herd of thirteen thousand cattle. Fort Sutter became a stop for the increasing number of immigrants coming through the valley. In 1847, Sutter hired James Marshall to build a sawmill so that he could continue to expand his empire, Sutter received 2,000 fruit trees in 1847, which started the agriculture industry in the Sacramento Valley. In 1848, when gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutters Mill in Coloma and he hired topographical engineer William H
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Norman Smiley
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Norman Anthony Smiley is an English/American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the American professional wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling from 1997 to 2001 and he is currently working for WWE as a trainer for WWE NXT. Championships held by Smiley over the course of his include the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. Smiley was born in Northampton, England in the United Kingdom, in the early 1970s, his parents divorced and Smiley and his mother emigrated to Miami, Florida in the United States. Smiley attended Miami Beach Senior High School, where he took part in wrestling and powerlifting. Norman Smiley trained under Boris Malenko and Dean Malenko before making his debut in 1985 on the Floridian independent circuit and he was originally known as Black Magic, then as the hated Lord Henry Norman. Smiley wrestled in the Japanese shoot-style group UWF International in 1988 and 1989, in 1990 Smiley competed at the World Championship Wrestling Starrcade 1990 event teaming with Chris Adams against the team of Konnan and Rey Misterio, Sr. In 1991, he began wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico as Black Magic, winning the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, in 1995 and 1996, he briefly competed in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion. Smiley joined World Championship Wrestling in 1997, wrestling primarily on WCW Saturday Night, after being removed from television, he returned several months later with a new gimmick. His new character saw him add the Big Wiggle to his repertoire of moves, prior to this, his signature taunt was a mimed bow-and-arrow motion, after knocking an opponent down, Smiley would perform a dance that he called the Big Wiggle. He later added the Smiley Spank, which saw him double an opponent over, straddle him, during his tenure in WCW, Smiley often teamed with Chris Adams. The duo had previously teamed together as the British participants in the 1990 NWA Pat OConnor tag team tournament and he would insult the fans who mispronounced his name at establishments such as Waffle House and Piggly Wiggly. He then feuded with Chavo Guerrero, Jr. on one occasion destroying Guerreros hobby horse mascot, Pepè, despite Smileys attempts to be a heel, fans seemed to enjoy his big wiggle and comedy antics, effectively turning him face. In 1999, Smiley entered the hardcore division, Smileys character was nicknamed Screamin Norman Smiley due to his fear of being hit by weapons. Smiley would also come to the ring wearing the jersey of a professional sports team, along with padding. This comedic gimmick caused Smileys popularity to soar, and he became the first WCW Hardcore Champion by defeating Brian Knobs in a tournament final. During his two reigns, Smiley was a reluctant champion, even attempting to lose matches. Smiley is the twice-longest WCW Hardcore Championship titleholder, at 51 and 42 days, Smiley feuded with Brian Knobs, Meng and Terry Funk during his tenures as WCW Hardcore Champion, recruiting Chris Jerichos former associate Ralphus to be his manager
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Tom Prichard
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Thomas Dr. Tom Prichard is an American professional wrestler and author. He is the brother of Chris and Bruce Prichard, Prichard joined the Continental Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s, and feuded with The Dirty White Boy Tony Anthony. On October 3,1988 in Birmingham, Alabama, he defeated Anthony in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant CWF Heavyweight Championship. Prichard lost the title to Wendell Cooley on April 7,1989 in Knoxville, Tennessee and he lost the title to Dennis Condrey a month later on July 22 in Dothan, Alabama, before once again regaining it after defeating Condrey on December 6 of that same year. Prichard held the title until the CWF closed later that month and they feuded with the other top babyfaces, including Jeff Jarrett, Bill Dundee, Robert Fuller, and others. Afterwards, Prichard competed in the Memphis end of the USWA before the opening of Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1992. They continued to feud with The Fantastics throughout mid-1992, and were defeated for the titles on August 8,1992 in a barbed wire cage match in Johnson City. They traded the titles with the Rock N Roll Express three times in a variety of matches over the following year before Lane left the promotion. On November 24,1993 in Boston on the World Wrestling Federations pay-per-view Survivor Series 1993, Prichard and Del Ray defeated the Rock N Roll Express. The Rock N Roll Express regained the titles on February 18,1994 in Port Huron, Michigan, at WrestleMania X the Heavenly Bodies defeated the Bushwhackers in a dark match. Prichard fought in a couple of matches against Bret Hart. They held the titles until the promotion folded on November 26,1995, after SMW folded, the Heavenly Bodies briefly wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling, until Prichard returned to the WWF. Prichard competed under his own name with his Heavenly Bodies attire at the Survivor Series 1995, Prichard was the first man eliminated as the Bodydonnas defeated Barry Horowitzs Underdogs team. Before this appearance he had cut off his trademark long brown locks into a blond crew cut. On the WrestleMania XII pre-show, on March 31,1996 and they held the titles until May 19,1996, when they were defeated by the Godwinns in Madison Square Garden in New York City. After Skip left the WWF in fall of 1996, Prichard became a jobber named Dr. X. Dr. X fought mainly on house shows but made a few TV appearances on Superstars, Dr. X lost to Brakkus at In Your House 12, Its Time. By 1997, he became a trainer for the company, responsible for training such future stars as The Rock, Kurt Angle, on September 27,1999, Prichard teamed up with Jeff Jarrett to face against Chyna and Debra on Raw Is War
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Chris Kanyon
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Christopher Morgan Chris Klucsarits was an American professional wrestler. After college, he began training under Pete McKay Gonzalez, Ismael Gerena, Kanyon worked as a physical therapist for the next three years, wrestling on weekends and in the evenings, before finally deciding to become a full-time professional wrestler in 1995. Early in his career, Kanyon formed a tag team with Billy Kidman which saw both men wrestle in hockey uniforms. In late 1994, he made appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as a jobber, facing wrestlers such as Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Tatanka. His friend and future manager James Mitchell saw potential in him and sent him for training with The Fabulous Moolah in South Carolina, Kanyon debuted in World Championship Wrestling as a jobber. After several months he was placed with Mark Starr in a tag team called Men at Work, Kanyon was replaced with Mike Winner before the team disbanded altogether. In 1997, Kanyon donned a mask and was repackaged as Mortis, managed by James Vandenberg, Kanyon feuded with Glacier. Kanyon faced Glacier at Uncensored on March 16 in his pay-per-view debut, following the match, Wrath debuted, siding with Kanyon and assaulting Glacier. Glacier defeated Kanyon in a match at Slamboree on May 18. After the match, Wrath and Mortis once again attacked Glacier, however, Glacier was spared a post-match beating when Ernest Miller ran to the ring to defend him. The four men fought one another over the weeks, culminating in a match at Bash at the Beach on July 13 which was won by Kanyon. Kanyon and Wrath continued to team together until the angle was dropped in late 1997. Kanyon failed to defeat Page for the title on the February 12 episode of Thunder, the Triad feuded with Saturn and Chris Benoit over the Tag Team Championship, defeating them for the title on June 13 in the Baltimore Arena at The Great American Bash. During their reign, they were given dispensation by WCW President Ric Flair to defend the title as a three-man unit. However, the ruling was overturned by Flairs replacement Sting, and Kanyon, Kanyon returned to WCW in late 1999 as Chris Champagne Kanyon, abbreviated to C. C. K. Accompanied by J. Biggs, his agent, and two former Nitro Girls, Baby and Chameleon and he claimed that he had become acclimatised to the glamor of Hollywood and thus began indulging in luxuries such as champagne, women, and expensive cars. He feuded briefly with Bigelow and Page before being removed from WCW by interim booker Kevin Sullivan, Kanyon returned to WCW once more on April 10,2000, when Vince Russo replaced Sullivan. Kanyon saved Page, but Awesome turned his attention to Kanyon, throwing him off the cage onto the ramp below
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Bodybuilding
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Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance exercise to control and develop ones musculature. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder, the winner of the annual IFBB Mr. Olympia contest is generally recognized as the worlds top male professional bodybuilder. The title is held by Phil Heath, who has won every year from 2011 to 2016. The winner of the Womens Physique portion of the competition is widely regarded as the top female professional bodybuilder. The title is held by Juliana Malacarne, who has won every year since 2014. Since 1950, the NABBA Universe Championships have been considered the top amateur bodybuilding contests, with notable winners such as Reg Park, Lee Priest, Steve Reeves, stone-lifting traditions were practised in ancient Egypt and Greece. Western weightlifting developed in Europe from 1880 to 1953, with strongmen displaying feats of strength for the public, the focus was not on their physique, and they often had large bellies and fatty limbs. Bodybuilding developed in the late 19th century, promoted in England by German Eugen Sandow, now called the Father of Modern Bodybuilding and he allowed audiences to enjoy viewing his physique in muscle display performances. Although audiences were thrilled to see a well-developed physique, the men simply displayed their bodies as part of demonstrations or wrestling matches. Sandow had a stage show built around these displays through his manager, the Oscar-winning 1936 musical film The Great Ziegfeld depicts this beginning of modern bodybuilding, when Sandow began to display his body for carnivals. Sandow was so successful at flexing and posing his physique that he created several businesses around his fame. He was credited with inventing and selling the first exercise equipment for the masses, machined dumbbells, spring pulleys, even his image was sold by the thousands in cabinet cards and other prints. Sandow was a perfect gracilian, a standard of ideal body proportions close to those of ancient Greek, men were judged by how closely they matched these proportions. Sandow organised the first bodybuilding contest on September 14,1901 and it was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Judged by Sandow, Sir Charles Lawes, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the trophy presented to the winner was a gold statue of Sandow sculpted by Frederick Pomeroy. The winner was William L. Murray of Nottingham, the silver Sandow trophy was presented to second-place winner D. Cooper. The bronze Sandow trophy, now the most famous of all, was presented to third-place winner A. C. Smythe, in 1950, this same bronze trophy was presented to Steve Reeves for winning the inaugural NABBA Mr. Universe. It would not resurface again until 1977, when the winner of the IFBB Mr. Olympia contest, Frank Zane, was presented with the bronze trophy, since then, Mr. Olympia winners have been awarded a replica of the bronze trophy
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Impact Wrestling
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Impact Wrestling is a privately held American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee and founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002. The promotion was known as NWA, Total Nonstop Action and was associated with the National Wrestling Alliance. After the agreement ended in 2007, the company created its own TNA World Heavyweight and it is the only major American promotion to predominantly make use of a six-sided wrestling ring. The concept of TNA originated shortly after World Championship Wrestling ended in 2001, bob Ryder, Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett went on a fishing trip and contemplated their futures in the professional wrestling business. Only one wrestling product remained on United States national television, the World Wrestling Federation, the Jarretts found the financial backing they needed and the company put on its first show on June 19,2002. That night, however, in a match just before they went on the air. The estimated repair time was 30–60 minutes, which they did not have because the schedule called for them to go live in a few minutes, whether the ring was ready or not. Backstage, the producers shuffled the schedule so that some non-wrestling segments went first to give the crew some more time. The ring crew fixed the rope with the help of Ron and Don Harris, initially, TNAs weekly pay-per-view show operated as the companys main source of revenue, in place of monthly pay-per-view events used by other promotions. These shows took place mostly at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, after 27 months and 111 pay-per-view events, TNA began holding a weekly television show and monthly three-hour pay-per-views. The last weekly pay-per-view took place on September 8,2004, Xplosion launched on November 27,2002 as TNAs first regular cable show and featured exclusive matches from the TNA Asylum as well as exclusive interviews with TNA wrestlers. On November 18,2004, the became a recap show of the previous weeks Impact. in light of alterations in the taping schedule. Xplosion resumed airing exclusive matches once more on October 7,2005 in addition to recapping Impact, the Xplosion Xclusives also aired on the now-ceased TNA Global Impact. Airing of Xplosion in the United States ceased at the end of 2006, in May 2004, TNA introduced a television program, Impact. produced at Soundstage 21 at Universal Studios Florida and broadcast on Fox Sports. In November 2004, TNA held the first of these pay-per-views, Victory Road, the television contract with Fox Sports expired in May 2005 and was not renegotiated, leaving TNA without television exposure. This prompted TNA to air Impact, via webcasts – originally made available via BitTorrent and eventually via RealPlayer – and on Urban America Television replacing Xplosion. During this time, TNA continued pursuing a television deal for regular broadcasting, would later secured a deal with Spike TV. In October 2006, TNA began holding select pay-per-views outside of its filming location
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Lucha Underground
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Lucha Underground is a professional wrestling promotion and serial drama television series owned and produced by the United Artists Media Group. AAA also owns a percentage of Lucha Underground, the series premiered with its first season on October 29,2014, that ran for 39 episodes. The second season of Lucha Underground started on January 27,2016, prior to the taping of the last Lucha Underground episode for season 2, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a third season which premiered on September 7,2016. It was also revealed that episodes from the show would be available on iTunes for purchase, on February 1,2017, it was announced that Lucha Underground had signed a deal with Netflix in the US & Canada. Season 1 and season 2 of the series available on March 15,2017. In July 2014, the show was tentatively called Lucha, Uprising. In August 2014, the show was renamed as Lucha Underground, and it was announced that five AAA wrestlers would join the show, namely Blue Demon Jr. Sexy Star, Fénix, Drago, and Pentagón Jr. The show would be taped in front of an audience in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. The series premiered on October 29,2014, on the El Rey Network and airs on Wednesdays at 8,00 p. m. ET. and in Spanish on November 1,2014, on UniMás where it aired on Saturdays at 4,00 p. m. El Rey is available through cable and satellite television companies Comcast, Time Warner, Cox Communications, DirecTV, Bright House Networks, Dish Network, UniMás is available on DirecTV and Dish Network. Unlike other promotions, matches are shown in their entirety without commercials, with the exception of the Aztec Warfare matches. Johnny Mundo won the event of the seriess debut episode on October 29,2014. On January 7,2015, Prince Puma was crowned the first Lucha Underground Champion when he won the Aztec Warfare match, on April 22,2015, Angélico, Ivelisse, and Son of Havoc were crowned the first Lucha Underground Trios Champions when they won the Trios Tournament. On March 25,2015, it was announced that Lucha Underground would be holding their first major event in early August 2015 entitled Ultima Lucha. as Team Lucha Underground. During Ultima Lucha, it was established that Lucha Underground would be moving out of the Temple in Boyle Heights to Find someplace safe as a war has been started, following the death of El Dragon Azteca. Dario Cueto took Lotus and his brother and got into an SUV, leaving the Temple, on September 21,2015, it was announced that Lucha Underground would be returning for a second season. The first tapings for season 2 took place on November 14/15,2015, in the storyline, Dario Cueto is missing and in his absence Catrina & Mil Muertes are in charge of The Temple. However, it is revealed that he has been secretly training his brother Matanza at another temple hundreds of miles away
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Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
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Asistencia Asesoría y Administración LLC is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico. This left CMLL with a roster and a seemingly bleak future. AAA also looked for talent from other markets, as found and signed Tijuana natives Rey Mysterio, Jr. The promotion flourished with top talent like El Hijo del Santo, Octagón, Blue Panther, the Casas brothers and possessed top draws in Los Gringos Locos, Cien Caras, Konnan, and Perro Aguayo. The rising popularity of AAA soon caused rival Universal Wrestling Association to go out of business, AAAs golden years peaked with the When Worlds Collide pay-per-view, promoted in conjunction with World Championship Wrestling and broadcast in the United States in 1994. Weeks after the show, Art Barr died while visiting his family, as a result, AAA vacated the AAA Tag Team Championships, and this led to the departure of fellow stable-mates Eddie Guerrero and Madonnas Boyfriend. El Hijo del Santo also departed as a result of creative problems, many wrestlers, including Rey Misterio, Jr. Psicosis, La Parka, and Juventud Guerrera, would also depart to WCW in 1996, as well as Konnans short-lived Promo Azteca promotion. In early 1997, AAA established an agreement with WWE. AAA broadcasts shows regularly on Gala TV in Mexico and Univision TDN in Mexico, on October 6,2006, founder Antonio Peña died of a heart attack. Following Peñas death his sister Marisela manages AAA financially, while Peñas brother-in-law Joaquín Roldán and his son, in 2008 Lucha Libre USA presented AAAs second U. S. pay-per-view, Legendary Battles of Triplemania. In 2009 AAA announced the release of a video game originally entitled AAA El Videojuego. The game was later retitled Lucha Libre AAA, Héroes del Ring by the publisher of the game, AAA developed a working relationship with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2004. Team Mexico dominated the Americas X-Cup Tournament, defeating Team USA in the first round before retaining the Cup against both Team Canada and Team Britain. They eventually lost at the World X-Cup, which saw Team USA defeat Team Canada, for multiple reasons TNA and AAA broke off their working relationship late in 2004. After Konnan left TNA in June 2007 any chance of a working relationship disappeared especially given that Konnan has filed a discrimination lawsuit against TNA. Afterwards TNA started a relationship with AAAs rival CMLL. However, in February 2010 the companies once again began a working relationship, in April 2014, after Jeff Jarrett, the man behind the AAA-TNA relationship, had left TNA, he announced that his new Global Force Wrestling was now working with the Mexican promotion. On January 12,2014, it was announced that, with the backing of Mark Burnett, the one-hour weekly program would be accompanied by monthly and quarterly specials as well as live pay-per-views
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Sleep Train Arena
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Sleep Train Arena, originally ARCO Arena and later Power Balance Pavilion, is an indoor arena located in Sacramento, California, United States. Opened in 1988, it was the home of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association from 1988 to 2016 and it hosted nearly 200 spectator events each year. The arena is named for The Sleep Train, a chain of mattress and bed retailers based in Rocklin, the original ARCO Arena, where the Kings played their home games for three seasons, after moving from Kansas City had a capacity of 10,333 seats. Sleep Train Arena is located in an isolated area on the expanding northern outskirts of the city. It was constructed at a cost of just $40 million, the lowest of any venue in the NBA and it is the smallest arena in the NBA with a seating capacity of 17,317, and has 30 luxury suites and 412 club seats. It can host such varied events as concerts, ice shows, rodeos, nearly two million spectators from throughout Northern California visited Sleep Train Arena last year. The configuration for ice shows and ice hockey actually runs perpendicular to the court with the normal sideline seating being retractable to allow for an international standard ice rink. The original namesake sponsor of the arena was ARCO, on March 19,2007, the Maloof brothers announced a multi-year agreement extending the naming rights of ARCO Arena. ARCOs sponsorship agreement ran out in February 2011, the arena was renamed Power Balance Pavilion on March 1,2011 for its new sponsor, Power Balance, a manufacturer of sports wristbands. On October 15,2012, the arena assumed its current name when The Sleep Train purchased the naming rights, the arenas center-hung scoreboard was designed as a joint venture between Panasonic and White Way Sign. Sleep Train Arena is still in use, though the Kings, there are no immediate plans on what to do with the arena or land surrounding it after the new arena opens. Sleep Train Arena has hosted several high school basketball championship games Sleep Train Arena hosts many graduation celebrations for local high schools. This was also the home for the WNBAs Sacramento Monarchs until they folded in 2009, Sleep Train Arena has hosted several WWE events including the 1993 Royal Rumble, Judgment Day 2001, and The Bash in 2009. Other notable events include the five-day 1995 Billy Graham Greater Sacramento Crusade, the arena has also hosted NCAA Mens Basketball Tournaments multiple times and was the host site for the 2007 NCAA Volleyball Championships. It has also hosted a PBR Built Ford Tough Series bull riding event every year since 2005, Sleep Train Arena has played host to four Ultimate Fighting Championship events, UFC65, UFC73, UFC on Fox, Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 and UFC177. The arena hosted World Extreme Cagefightings first ever event, WEC48. It also hosted the WECs two biggest events ever, WEC34, Faber vs. Pulver 1, and WEC41, Brown vs. Faber 2, with an average of 1,300,500 viewers on Versus each. It also hosted WEC The last Kings home game at Sleep Train Arena was on April 9,2016, the last points scored in the arena were two free throws by the Kings Rudy Gay with one second left to clinch the game for the Kings
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Chico, CA
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Chico is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 86,187, Bidwell Park makes up over 17% of the city. Other cities in close proximity to the Chico Metropolitan Area include Paradise and Oroville, while towns and villages include Durham, Cohasset, Dayton, Nord. The Chico Metropolitan Area is the 14th largest Metropolitan Statistical Area in California, the nickname City of Roses appears on the Seal of the City of Chico. The city has designated a Tree City USA for 31 years by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The original inhabitants of the now known as Chico were the Mechoopda Maidu Native Americans. The City of Chico was founded in 1860 by John Bidwell, a member of one of the first wagon trains to reach California in 1843. During the American Civil War, Camp Bidwell, was established a mile outside Chico, by Lt. Col. A. E. Hooker with a company of cavalry and two of infantry, on August 26,1863. By early 1865 it was being referred to as Camp Chico when a post called Camp Bidwell was established in northeast California, the city became incorporated January 8,1872. Chico was home to a significant Chinese American community when it was first incorporated, old Hutch Hutchinson identified five events as the most seminal in Chico history. Several other significant events have unfolded in Chico more recently, Chico is at the northeast edge of the Sacramento Valley, one of the richest agricultural areas in the world. The Sierra Nevada mountains lie to the east, with Chicos city limits venturing several miles into the foothills, to the west, the Sacramento River lies 5 miles from the city limits. Chico sits on the Sacramento Valley floor close to the foothills of the Cascade Range to the north, Big Chico Creek is the demarcation line between the ranges. The citys terrain is flat with increasingly hilly terrain beginning at the eastern city limits. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 27.8 square miles. The city is bisected by Bidwell Park, which runs 5 miles from the city center deep into the foothills. The city is traversed by two creeks and a flood channel, which feeds the Sacramento River. They are named Big Chico Creek, Little Chico Creek, the downtown area of Chico is located generally between Big Chico Creek and Little Chico Creek
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Deep South Wrestling
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Deep South Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based in McDonough, Georgia. Deep South worked in tandem with World Wrestling Entertainment as a territory from 2005 until April 18,2007. Deep South was owned by Jody Hamilton, former director of the WCW Power Plant, a previous version of Deep South, which had a working agreement with the American Wrestling Association, was also run by Hamilton from 1986 to October 1988. Deep South Wrestling held their show on September 1,2005. Two months later, the promotion crowned Mike Mizanin as their first Deep South Heavyweight Champion, the promotion gained a timeslot on Comcast Sports South on Sunday nights at 11,30 p. m. On July 9,2006, the promotion debuted a live event at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell and it was announced that DSW would begin performing live shows at venues other than Six Flags, starting in the nearby town of Griffin, Georgia. On May 18, High Impact won a tournament to crown the first Deep South Tag Team Champions and it was announced on October 18,2006, that Deep South Wrestling had landed a television deal with MavTV. On April 18,2007, WWE announced that they were ending its relationship with Deep South, Deep South confirmed the cancellation of their April 19,2007 television taping on their website. The closure of the promotion was announced on Deep Souths website on April 19, because of Deep South parting ways, talent not under WWE developmental contracts left the promotion. Those that remained under contract were reassigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling, on April 30,2009, it was announced to the wrestling media that Hamilton, under the DSW banner, had filed a lawsuit against WWE. The suit claims WWE committed breach of contract and intentional interference with contractual, the suit was filed on April 20 and is pending in Fulton County, Georgia. Deep South Wrestling Title Histories The Wrestling Follower Results Archive, Deep South Wrestling Deep South Wrestling at Online World of Wrestling
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Florida Championship Wrestling
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Florida Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based on the former independent Championship Wrestling from Florida promotion, which operated from 1961 until 1987. From October 2007 to August 2012, the served as the official developmental territory for WWE. In August 2012, WWE re-branded Florida Championship Wrestling into NXT for their territory, with storylines. The promotion was started by Steve Keirn in 2007 and became WWEs second developmental territory when they ended their relationship with the Georgia-based Deep South Wrestling in April 2007 and it became their sole developmental territory in early 2008 when they ceased affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling. FCWs debut show was on June 26,2007 at Tampa, a 21-man Battle Royal was held during the show, to crown the first ever FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion. The next year, the Florida Heavyweight Championship was introduced, with Jake Hager becoming the first champion at a February 15 show after surviving a Battle Royal and defeating Ted DiBiase, Jr. The Florida Tag Team Championship was also introduced in February, with the Puerto Rican Nightmares beating Steven Lewington, the singles titles were later unified, keeping the Florida Heavyweight name and championship. On July 7,2008, WWE confirmed that FCW was based on the original independent Championship Wrestling from Florida promotion, in August 2012, WWE dropped the FCW name, deactivated the titles, and began running all of its developmental events and operations under the NXT Wrestling banner. The Queen of FCW title was a professional wrestling title contested for in the divas division of Florida Championship Wrestling. A crown was held by the holder, rather than a championship belt that is primarily used in professional wrestling. The Florida Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship contested for in their division of Florida Championship Wrestling. It has since retired in favor for the NXT Championship. The Florida Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the tag team division of Florida Championship Wrestling, the FCW Divas Championship was a professional wrestling womens championship contested for in the divas division of Florida Championship Wrestling. The FCW Jack Brisco 15 Championship was a wrestling championship contested in 15 minute ironman matches. A medal was held by the holder, rather than a championship belt that is primarily used in professional wrestling. The FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship contested for in the division of Florida Championship Wrestling. It has since been retired after being unified with the Florida Heavyweight Championship, the following is a list of notable FCW alumni that have gone on to accomplished a name for themselves on the main roster of WWE. Wrestlers with a * at the end of their names are no longer with WWE, WWE NXT, the developmental promotion that replaced Florida Championship Wrestling, now currently a developmental branch within WWE called NXT
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Wolverine (character)
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Wolverine is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, mostly in association with the X-Men. He is a mutant who possesses animal-keen senses, enhanced capabilities, powerful regenerative ability known as a healing factor. Wolverine has been depicted variously as a member of the X-Men, Alpha Flight, the character first appeared in the last panel of The Incredible Hulk #180, with his first full appearance in #181. He was created by writer Len Wein and Marvel art director John Romita, Sr. who designed the character, as a result, the character became a fan favorite of the increasingly popular X-Men franchise, and has been featured in his own solo comic since 1988. Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas asked writer Len Wein to devise a character specifically named Wolverine, John Romita, Sr. designed the first Wolverine costume, and believes he introduced the retractable claws, saying, When I make a design, I want it to be practical and functional. I thought, If a man has claws like that, how does he scratch his nose or tie his shoelaces, Wolverine first appeared in the final teaser panel of The Incredible Hulk #180 written by Wein and penciled by Herb Trimpe. The character then appeared in a number of advertisements in various Marvel Comics publications before making his first major appearance in The Incredible Hulk #181 again by the Wein–Trimpe team. In 2009, Trimpe said he distinctly remembers Romitas sketch and that, The way I see it, sewed the monster together and I shocked it to life. It was just one of secondary or tertiary characters, actually. We did characters in The Hulk all the time that were in issues, though often credited as co-creator, Trimpe adamantly denies having had any role in Wolverines creation. The characters introduction was ambiguous, revealing little beyond his being an agent of the Canadian government. In these appearances, he does not retract his claws, although Wein stated they had always envisioned as retractable. He appears briefly in the finale to this story in The Incredible Hulk #182, Wolverines next appearance was in 1975s Giant-Size X-Men #1, written by Wein and penciled by Dave Cockrum, in which Wolverine is recruited for a new squad. Gil Kane illustrated the artwork but incorrectly drew Wolverines mask with larger headpieces. Dave Cockrum liked Kanes accidental alteration and incorporated it into his own artwork for the actual story, Cockrum was also the first artist to draw Wolverine without his mask, and the distinctive hairstyle became a trademark of the character. A revival of X-Men followed, beginning with X-Men #94, drawn by Cockrum, in X-Men and Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine is initially overshadowed by the other characters, although he does create tension in the team as he is attracted to Cyclops girlfriend, Jean Grey. Byrne modeled his rendition of Wolverine on actor Paul D’Amato, who played Dr. Hook in the 1977 sports film Slap Shot, Byrne also created Alpha Flight, a group of Canadian superheroes who try to recapture Wolverine due to the expense their government incurred training him. Later stories gradually establish Wolverines murky past and unstable nature, which he battles to keep in check, Byrne also designed a new brown-and-tan costume for Wolverine, but retained the distinctive Cockrum cowl
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Justin Gabriel
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Paul Lloyd Jr. is a South African professional wrestler, best known for his six year stint in WWE, where he competed as Justin Gabriel. He also competed in Lucha Underground, TNA and GFW under the name PJ Black, a second-generation wrestler, Lloyd was initially trained by his father. In February 2010, he competed in the first season of NXT, finishing third and he joined The Corre in 2011. Teaming regularly with Heath Slater, the duo won the WWE Tag Team Championship three times in 2010 and 2011, which was the apex of Gabriels success with WWE and he also won the TNA King of the Mountain Championship during his brief GFW crossover appearances with TNA in 2015. He was recently appointed as South Africas best wrestler for 2015, along with long time friend Ananzi, Lloyd is the first and only wrestler to have won championships in WWE, TNA, GFW, and Lucha Underground. Lloyd was originally trained by his father, Paul Lloyd, Sr. a promoter and wrestler in South Africa and his grandfather was a professional boxer and amateur wrestler. Lloyd grew up watching his father wrestle and in the part of his training he used to practice in the backyard of his home. He made his wrestling debut at the age of 16. Using the ring name PJ Black, he formed a tag team with Ray Leppan called Pure Juice. His father was shot and killed in front of him during Lloyds final year in school. Lloyd spent five years in the United Kingdom, where he trained with Frontier Wrestling Alliance and he was trained by Alex Shane and Mark Sloan. In 2003 he made his FWA debut and he also made an appearance in International Pro Wrestling, United Kingdom. He debuted for the South African promotion World Wrestling Professionals in 2005, in 2006, he returned to South Africa full-time, and returned to WWP. His most notable feuds during his tenure in WWP were against Tornado, Dameon Duke, Mikey Whiplash, on 1 November 2007, Black became the promotions inaugural World Cruiserweight Champion, by defeating The Playa in a match to determine the inaugural champion. After holding the championship for 13 days, he lost it to Lizzard on 14 November and he then declared his intentions to compete in WWPs heavyweight division. Lloyd challenged unsuccessfully for the WWP World Heavyweight Championship against Joe E Legend on a WWP Thunderstrike episode that aired on 10 January 2009. During the match he suffered burns to the face after a fireball spot did not go as originally planned. His final match in South Africa took place on 8 November 2008 at WWPs bi-annual Carnival City Casino show, in 2008, Lloyd signed a three-year developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment, becoming the first South African person to do so
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Caylen Croft
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Kris Pavone is an American elementary school teacher, retired professional wrestler childrens book author and illustrator, and in February 2017 launched his official website VisualFaithWorks. com. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment and he was one half of the DudeBusters tag team with Trent Barreta. Pavone debuted in 2001 using the name Chris Cage, after two years on the independent circuit, he signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to the Ohio Valley Wrestling territory. In OVW, he won the Southern Tag Team Championship four times and he was released from his WWE developmental contract in March 2006 before being re-signed in 2008. He competed for the Florida Championship Wrestling developmental territory, where he won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship twice, Pavone made his debut in 2001 as a student of Danny Davis and Nick Dinsmore. Within two years, he appeared at the ECWA Super 8 Tournament in April 2003 and began competing in Ohio Valley Wrestling several weeks later. After forming a tag team with Nova, using the ring name Chris Cage. Together, they went on to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship three times during 2003 and 2004. Pavone later won his first and only OVW Heavyweight Championship after defeating Matt Morgan before losing it a few months later to Chad Toland, Pavone later won his fourth and final OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, this time with newcomer Mike Mizanin. Together, they feuded with the Toland Cousins and The Throwbacks, Pavone, however, was released from his contract due to behavior problems, leaving Mizanin to defend and ultimately lose the Tag Team Championship to The Throwbacks. Soon after debuting in FCW, he formed a tag team with Trent Barreta called The Dude Busters, on May 30,2009, Barreta and Croft won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship from Tyler Reks in a handicap match when his partner Johnny Curtis failed to appear. On July 23, Croft and Barreta lost the championship to Justin Angel, on November 19, Croft won his second FCW Florida Tag Team Championship, this time with Curt Hawkins, after they defeated The Rotundos. While they were champions, Croft and Hawkins would defend the title with Barreta via the Freebird Rule, on January 14,2010 at an FCW television taping, the Dude Busters lost the Florida Tag Team Championship to The Fortunate Sons. On the December 1,2009 episode of ECW on SyFy, Croft and Barreta, no using the Dude Busters name, debuted as villains, defeating Tyler Hilton and Bobby Shields. When the ECW brand ended in February 2010, its roster became free agents, Barreta and Croft signed with SmackDown, making their debut for the brand on February 19 in a losing effort against Cryme Tyme. Baretta and Croft would then feud with The Hart Dynasty, in April, they began using their Dude Busters name again, which they had seemingly dropped since debuting in ECW. The Dude Busters then turned face when they entered into a feud with the Gatecrashers in August, the Dude Busters then earned their first tag team victory since joining the SmackDown roster when they defeated the Gatecrashers on the August 26 edition of Superstars. On November 19,2010, Pavone was released from his contract, Pavone grew up in Youngstown, Ohio
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Trent Barreta
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Gregory Greg Marasciulo is an American professional wrestler, currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor under the ring name Beretta. He currently teams with Rocky Romero as Roppongi Vice, where they are former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and he also wrestles for Pro Wrestling Guerilla and various independent promotions under the ring name Trent. Marasciulo began his wrestling career at New York Wrestling Connection in 2004 before signing to World Wrestling Entertainment. He worked in WWEs developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling in drag as The Girl from Mexico, Marasciulo debuted on WWEs main roster in 2009 as Trent Barreta and was one half of the Dude Busters with Caylen Croft. After teaming with Croft, he began wrestling as a singles competitor and was released from his WWE contract in 2013. After his release from WWE, Marasciulo started wrestling in wrestling promotions including Pro Wrestling Guerilla, Marasciulo made his professional debut for New York Wrestling Connection on July 10,2004, under the ring name Plazma in a losing effort to Dan Barry. On February 25, Plazma retained the title against Maverick in his first title defense, on March 18, Plazma lost the title to Mike Spinelli. Plazma would defeat Spinelli in a rematch for the title on May 20, the team would retain the title on several occasions before losing them to MEGA and Prince Nana on December 15. Between August 2007 and January 2008, Marasciulo had several matches for WWE. He was signed to a WWE contract and began wrestling in Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Greg Jackson and his name was later changed to Trent Baretta, then tweaked to Trent Beretta. He also competed under a mask as The Girl From Mexico in an attempt to become the first Queen of FCW, Beretta would soon form a tag team with Caylen Croft called The Dude Busters. Together, they would defeat Tyler Reks on May 30,2009 to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship after Reks tag team partner, Johnny Curtis, on July 23, Baretta and Croft lost the title to Justin Angel and Kris Logan. The Dude Busters reclaimed the title when Croft and Curt Hawkins, their new ally, Baretta was officially recognized as a champion alongside Croft and Hawkins, and was allowed to defend the title alongside either Croft or Hawkins via the Freebird Rule. On January 14,2010 at an FCW television taping, the Dude Busters lost the Florida Tag Team Championship to The Fortunate Sons. On the December 1,2009 episode of ECW on Syfy, Marasciulo, under the name of Trent Barreta. When the ECW brand ended in February 2010, its roster became free agents, Barreta and Croft signed with SmackDown, making their debut for the brand on February 19 in a losing effort against Cryme Tyme. Baretta and Croft would then feud with The Hart Dynasty, in April, they began using their Dude Busters name again, which they had seemingly dropped since debuting in ECW. The Dude Busters then turned into fan favorites when they entered into a feud with the Gatecrashers in August, the Dude Busters then earned their first tag team victory since joining the SmackDown roster when they defeated the Gatecrashers on the August 26 episode of Superstars
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Bo Dallas
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Taylor Michael Rotunda is an American professional wrestler and actor signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Bo Dallas. Rotunda is a third generation wrestler, his grandfather Blackjack Mulligan, father Mike Rotunda and uncles Barry. His brother Windham Rotunda is also a wrestler, better known as Bray Wyatt. Rotunda attended Hernando High School, and graduated in 2008, during his final two years of high school, he qualified for the state wrestling championships. He also played football as a linebacker, originally, he was offered a football scholarship at Webber International University in Babson Park, Florida, but when the offer fell through, he decided to become a wrestler instead. In 2008, Rotunda signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling. On December 16,2008, Rotunda, wrestling under his real name teamed with Kris Logan to defeat Ryback, throughout early 2009, Rotunda continued wrestling in tag team matches, and changed his name to Tank Rotunda in February. In June, he began wrestling as Bo Rotunda and later Bo Rotundo, at the FCW television tapings on June 23, The Rotundo Brothers defeated The Dude Busters to become the number one contenders to the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship. That same night, they defeated Justin Angel and Kris Logan for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship and they went on to successfully defend the championship against Dylan Klein and Vance Archer and the team of Curt Hawkins and Heath Slater. At the FCW television tapings on November 19, the Rotundos lost the championship to The Dude Busters, in early 2010, the Rotundos began feuding with The Usos, and their manager, Sarona Snuka. In April, they moved into a feud with Jackson Andrews and Curt Hawkins, Rotunda was then absent from FCW due to injury, making his return in June. He moved into competition, defeating wrestlers including Derrick Bateman, Hawkins, Tyler Reks. In August, FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Mason Ryan issued an open challenge and he lost the subsequent championship match by submission. On February 3,2011, Rotundo defeated Ryan to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship for the first time and he regained the championship from Cannon three months later, on May 19. In July and August, Rotundo appeared in multiple untelevised matches before Raw, on September 1, Rotundo vacated the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship due to injury. Later that month, it was reported that Rotundo had suffered a lacerated kidney, Rotundo returned at the tapings of the January 29,2012, episode of FCW television, declaring his intentions to reclaim the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship. On February 2, Rotundo and his brother, renamed Husky Harris, defeated Brad Maddox, the brothers held the championship until March 15, when they lost it to Corey Graves and Jake Carter. In May 2012, Rotundo made several appearances at WWE house shows, at an FCW live event on June 16 Rotundo defeated Rick Victor to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship for the third time, right after Victor had just defeated Seth Rollins for the title
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Bray Wyatt
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Windham Lawrence Rotunda is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Bray Wyatt. He is a former WWE Champion and SmackDown Tag Team Champion, Rotunda is a third generation professional wrestler, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, his father, and two of his uncles. His younger brother Taylor Rotunda also performs in WWE under the ring name Bo Dallas and he also briefly wrestled on WWEs main roster from 2010 to 2011, most notably as a member of The Nexus. Wyatt then went on to win the WWE Championship at the Elimination Chamber event in February 2017 before losing the title to Orton at WrestleMania 33, Rotunda attended Hernando High School, where he won a state wrestling championship at 275 pounds in 2005. He graduated from school in 2005. He also played football as a tackle and guard. Rotunda played at the College of the Sequoias for two seasons, earning second-team All-American honors as an offensive guard. He earned a scholarship to Troy University, where he played collegiate football for two years. He left Troy 27 credit hours short of earning a Bachelors degree after deciding to become a wrestler and he debuted in Florida Championship Wrestling in April 2009 with a victory, using the name Alex Rotundo. He later changed his name to Duke Rotundo, in June 2009, he began teaming with his brother Bo. At the FCW television tapings on July 23, The Rotundo Brothers defeated The Dude Busters to become the number one contenders to the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship and that same night, they defeated Justin Angel and Kris Logan for the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship. They went on to defend the championship against Dylan Klein and Vance Archer. At the FCW television tapings on November 19, The Rotundo Brothers lost the championship to The Dude Busters, on June 1,2010, he was announced as a competitor in the second season of NXT under the name Husky Harris, with Cody Rhodes as his WWE Pro. Harris made his debut on the June 8 episode of NXT, competing in a tag match with Rhodes against Montel Vontavious Porter and Percy Watson. Harris turned into a villain on the June 22 episode of NXT by attacking announcer Matt Striker, the following week on NXT, Harris lost to Montel Vontavious Porter in a singles match, and was ranked seventh out of the eight rookies in the first poll. In the second poll, Harris moved up to sixth place, on August 9, the rookies appeared in a six-man tag team match on Raw, which Harris team won when he pinned Kaval, but his team lost a rematch the following night on NXT. In the poll later that night, Harris climbed to fourth place out of the six rookies, Harris reappeared in the season finale of NXT with the other eliminated rookies and joined in on the attack on the NXT winner, Kaval. While on NXT, Rotunda continued wrestling in FCW while retaining the Husky Harris ring name, when Harris and Watson faced off in a match, they were both counted out as they brawled out of the arena, which led to a no disqualification match that Harris lost
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Gregory Helms
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Gregory Shane Helms is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to Impact Wrestling. In 1999, he signed with WCW, and gained fame as Sugar Shane Helms, during his time there he won both the WCW Hardcore Championship and the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. When WCW was bought by the World Wrestling Federation, Helms contract was kept by WWF, Helms renamed himself The Hurricane and won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. He later picked up a sidekick, Rosey, and they won the World Tag Team Championship together and he dropped the superhero gimmick in 2005, and began wrestling under his real name. In mid-2009, he brought back The Hurricane character, and appeared as both Gregory Helms and The Hurricane on the ECW brand, after the ECW brand ended, Helms was released by WWE on February 26,2010, and returned to the independent circuit. Helms began wrestling at the age of 16 in 1991 and he won his first championship shortly afterwards, by defeating Playboy T. C. Cruise to become the Southern Wrestling Alliance Light Heavyweight Champion, Helms spent the majority of his early career in his home state of North Carolina, winning numerous light heavyweight championships. Helms began calling himself The Show Shane Helms, and teamed with Big Daddy Mike Maverick, initially using the team name Assault and they later dubbed themselves The Serial Thrillaz, and won several independent tag championships. The pair also began wrestling in the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, the Serial Thrillaz won the OMEGA Tag Team Championship twice between 1997 and 1998, before they began competing for Southern Championship Wrestling. They won the SCW Tag Team Championship, and Helms also won the SCW Heavyweight Championship, SCW would mark the end of the Serial Thrillaz, as Helms vacated both titles before moving on to NWA Worldwide. Once there, Helms joined the Bad Street Boys with Shannon Moore, Christian York, Helms and his friend Shannon Moore signed with World Championship Wrestling in May 1999. In WCW, Helms, along with Moore and Evan Karagias, formed the heel stable 3 Count, the trio was a parody of the boy bands N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, and their gimmick involved making music videos and performing songs before their matches. 3 Count collectively won the WCW Hardcore Championship on WCW Monday Nitro in February 2000 and this win made 3 Count the first trio to win the Hardcore Championship. At Uncensored, Brian Knobbs defeated all members of 3 Count to win the Hardcore Championship, during a match, Helms suffered a broken nose, and was sidelined while he recovered. Upon his return, Tank Abbott had been added to the group, as a fan,3 Count had a long-running feud with The Jung Dragons, with the Dragons attempting to steal 3 Counts fictional recording contract. This led to a match between the two teams at New Blood Rising, which 3 Count won due to Abbotts interference. As a result, Abbott claimed that he should be the singer of 3 Count. 3 Count later disbanded as Moore and Helms kicked Karagias out of the group for attempting to steal the spotlight, at the same time, the Jung Dragons turned on Jamie Noble, who formed a team with Karagias
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Ryan Taylor (wrestler)
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Russell Gene Taylor, better known by the ring name Ryan Taylor, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently working for independent promotions in the United States, Mexico. He occasionally works for the WWE, while never being under contract, at 16 years old he began training at the EWFs training school, Jesse Hernandezs School of Hard Knocks and had his first match for the EWF on March 27,2004. Taylor wrestled to gain experience and won the 2004 Rookie of the award in the company. In the spring of 2006 Taylor had his first feud with Joey Harder and after a series of hard matches, Taylor also won the 2006 Most Improved Award, becoming the first recipient of it. Taylors reign as the Cruiserweight Champion lasted for 399 days until ending on July 13,2007 when Markus Riot defeated Taylor in a Best of 3 Falls match to win the EWF Cruiserweight Championship, Ryan won back the EWF Cruiserweight Championship after only 22 days at EFWs Meltdown. Taylors second reign as the EWF Cruiserweight Champion lasted only 77 days until October 10,2007 when Maximo defeated Ryan Taylor, in November, Ryan Taylor competed in the EWFs Inland Title Series Tournament against J. T. Blackstar, Scorpio Sky, and Brandon Gatson. He placed third with a score of 1-2-0. Taylor also won the 2007 Match of the Year Award for his match against Marcus Riot at the Covina Classic on June 9, in the early part of 2008 Taylor formed a stable known as the KOS alongside Mondo Vega and Hook Bomberry. On October 30,2009, after returning from Japan, Taylor defeated Brandon Gatson to win the EWF Heavyweight Championship. Taylor began to feud with his former stable the KOS in late 2009, Taylor would win the EWF Wrestler of the Year for a second time in 2010. Taylor holds the record for the longest title reign in EWF history at 567 as EWF Heavyweight Champion, on May 20,2011 Taylor lost the EWF Heavyweight Championship to Johnny Starr. On August 12, he would regain the championship, only to lose it 21 days later to Shaun Ricker. Taylor then participated in Inland Title Series Tournament for a time in November 2012 and made it to the finals, wrestling 3 matches in 1 night. Taylor and Mondo Vega came together again but not as the KOS group, in 2013 they would win the EWF Tag Team Championship in San Bernardino, Ca, that match would win the EWF MOTY for 2013. The two would have 2 championship runs as EWF Tag Champs until losing the belts to Tyshon Prince and Tommy Wilson in January 2015. On October 14,2008, Taylor made his debut for WWE, on its Smackdown brand as Ryan Taylor, where he was defeated by the heel character of Big Show in a I Quit Match. He returned to WWE in an appearance on the May 26,2009, episode of ECW brand
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Joey Ryan (wrestler)
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Joseph Ryan Meehan, better known by the ring name Joey Ryan, is an American professional wrestler. He is a former NWA World Tag Team Champion with Karl Anderson, Meehan is the youngest of three brothers and he remembers watching WrestleMania 2, when Jake Roberts used his snake. His favourite wrestlers were Hulk Hogan, Ricky Steamboat and the British Bulldogs, however, he didnt watch wrestling until the 1990s, because his school friends were fans. When WWF came to Anaheim, a man gave them tickets to an independent show, after watching the show, he decided to train. Meehan started his wrestling training in February 2000 with Jesse Hernandezs Empire Wrestling Federation in San Bernardino. During this time, Ryan was part of a stable, teaming with fellow trainees Sid Shadow. He returned to training in 2004 at the Inoki Dojo in Santa Monica, after training at the Inoki Dojo, Ryan received his first television exposure from NJPW-USA Toukon Fighting Spirit. Although mostly used as an enhancement talent, he was able to get exposure by competing in matches against Bryan Danielson with CM Punk on commentary. On May 19,2006, he competed in The Best of American Super Juniors Tournament, Joey Ryan is one of the six founders of SoCal promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, collectively known as the PWG Six. Meehan said that went in with low expectations, never exceeding more than one show but if enough money was attained. He began in PWG as part of the X-Foundation with Funky Billy Kim and they teamed together at PWGs first show, losing to the team of Adam Pearce, Hardcore Kidd, and Al Katrazz. Ryan then took part in the Bad Ass Mother 3000 tournament to determine the first PWG Champion, Ryan made it to the finals, but lost to Frankie Kazarian. Ryan then teamed with Scott Lost in the Tango & Cash Invitational tournament for the PWG Tag Team Championship and they made it to the semi-finals, but lost to Super Dragon and American Dragon. Ryan and Lost won the titles at the show by defeating inaugural champions Homicide and B-Boy. Ryan continued teaming with the X-Foundation, and regained the tag titles with Scott Lost on June 19,2004 at Rocktoberfest. Problems began within the X-Foundation, leading to a match between Joey Ryan and Scott Lost for the titles. Scott Lost won the match and chose Chris Bosh as his new partner, at Use Your Illusion 4, Ryan lost a 60 Minute Iron Man match to Super Dragon. Ryan then had an absence from PWG
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T. J. Perkins
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Teddy James T. J. Perkins is a Filipino-American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, performing on the Raw brand where he was the Former WWE Cruiserweight Champion. He is also known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, in TNA, he used the ring name Manik, which is based on the Suicide gimmick. He also worked on the independent circuit, sometimes under his initials TJP or under a mask as Puma, Perkins first began his training at the age of 13, at a local lucha libre school in his hometown of Los Angeles, California. Perkins debuted in August 1998, under a mask as promoters felt he looked too young to be wrestling, initially, he wrestled under the ring name T. J. Perkins, utilizing Pinoy Boy as a nickname, in order to attend shows, he had to not attend school most Fridays. He wrestled on independent cards in California, Nevada, Arizona, in 2001, Perkins began training at New Japan Pro Wrestlings Inoki Dojo in Los Angeles along with friends Ricky Reyes, Rocky Romero, and Bryan Danielson. They all made their debut in NJPW on the same Korakuen Hall card in October 2002, in NJPW, he holds the record of the youngest non-Japanese wrestler to compete for the promotion, at 18 years and 3 weeks old. He would also go on to become a boy in the New Japan system in Tokyo in the same dojo class as Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto. He has stated that his first dorm room in the Tokyo Dojo was the same room Chris Benoit also lived in previously. At the age of 18 in 2003, following his tour with NJPW, he was given the gimmick of Puma, a masked character with similarities to Tiger Mask. In late May and early June 2011, Perkins, under the ring name TJP, after winning three of his eight matches in the round robin stage of the tournament, TJP finished seventh out of the nine wrestlers in his block and did not advance to the semifinals. In 2003, Perkins spent time in Mexico with Rocky Romero and Bobby Quance, Perkins first began competing in the Southern California promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla in 2003 as Pinoy Boy T. J. Perkins, appearing at Are You Adequately Prepared To Rock, where he pinned Vito Thomaselli and An Inch Longer Than Average where he was on the losing end of a six-man tag team match. After changing his name to Puma in December 2003, he entered the Tango. The pair made it to the round before being eliminated. Throughout the remainder of 2004, Puma competed regularly in singles matches, defeating competitors including Ricky Reyes, Tony Kozina, Brad Bradley, in the first half of the following year, he competed sporadically in PWG, mainly in elimination matches. Perkins went on to lose a match to Shelley at After School Special. Perkins finished out the year in tag matches with various partners
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Kenny Dykstra
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Kenneth George Doane Jr. is an American professional wrestler. He previously performed for WWE as Kenny Dykstra and Kenny, Doane was trained by former professional wrestler Killer Kowalski, and made his wrestling debut at the age of fifteen in 2001. He began working for Ohio Valley Wrestling, per WWE request, in May 2003, Doane made his WWE television debut as Ken Phoenix. During his time in OVW, he won the Television Championship once, after losing the title, Doane became part of The Spirit Squad faction. The team debuted on Raw in January 2006, and won the World Tag Team Championship three months later, following the split of the Spirit Squad, Doane was the only member to remain on WWE television. He debuted to a new ring name Kenny Dykstra, in June 2007, he was drafted to the SmackDown. Brand, but was released from his WWE contract in November 2008 and he later began working on the independent circuit, wrestling for promotions including Dragon Gate USA and Evolve. Doane made his wrestling debut in 2001 at the age of fifteen. He started his wrestling career in the New England area under the name Broadway Kenn Phoenix. He was later trained by professional wrestler and trainer Killer Kowalski in Malden, after being contacted by World Wrestling Entertainment, he was asked to make appearances for their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. Doane made his first national appearance in WWE at the age of 17 on the May 12,2003 episode of WWE Raw as Ken Phoenix. Along with his brother, Mike Phoenix, he was a participant in Rodney Macks ongoing 5-Minute White Boy Challenge where Mack defeated Caucasian wrestlers in under five minutes, Mack defeated the pair in 1,31, forcing them both to submit to his new Blackout finishing hold. He made another appearance, losing to Lance Storm on an episode of Sunday Night Heat before being signed to a developmental deal. On June 3,2005, Doane had his first match, at the promotion, against Kenzo Suzuki, three weeks later, on June 25,2005, he won the Television Championship from Deuce Shade. He had successful defenses, but Doane lost the title to CM Punk on November 9,2005. After losing the Television Championship, Doane became a part of the Spirit Squad, on the January 23,2006, episode of Raw, the group helped Jonathan Coachman win a Royal Rumble qualifying match against Jerry The King Lawler by performing cheers for Coachman and distracting Lawler. They later became a part of the scripted feud between WWE chairman Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels. The villainous McMahon brought in the Squad to attack Michaels on numerous occasions, after winning the championship, all five members of the team were recognized as the champions, allowing any combination of them to defend the championship
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Paul Bearer
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William Alvin Moody, better known by his ring names Paul Bearer, and Percival Pringle III, was an American professional wrestling manager. He is best known for his time in World Class Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation, where he performed as the manager of such as The Undertaker, Kane. Moody was born in Mobile, Alabama on April 10,1954 and he attended San Antonio College and The University of South Alabama. He entered the business in his teenage years as a ringside photographer. After high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving four years on duty, during this time, in 1979, he began managing as Percival Percy Pringle, III in southeastern independent promotions. There had been previous Percy Pringles in wrestling who were not William Moody, immediately after his first sons birth, he cut back his involvement in the wrestling business in order to obtain a degree in mortuary science and earn certification as an embalmer and mortician. During this time, he served as manager for wrestlers, he notably managed Rick Rude, Stunning Steve Austin. As Percy Pringle, he was associated with the careers of Lex Luger, Eric Embry. He joined the World Wrestling Federation in December 1990, after being mentioned by Rick Rude to WWF owner Vince McMahon. Moody made his first appearance in February 1991, as a heel, when Brother Love, Bearer took on a spookier, ghastlier character. Bearer also hosted the WWF talk show segment entitled The Funeral Parlor, in 1992, The Undertaker and Bearer turned face, when Undertaker stopped former ally Jake The Snake Roberts from ambushing Randy Macho Man Savage and Miss Elizabeth with a chair backstage. Eventually Bearer turned heel again by betraying his long-time protege at SummerSlam 1996 to align himself with The Undertakers arch-enemy, during this time, Bearer also hired The Executioner and Vader to battle The Undertaker. In April 1997 at In Your House 14, Revenge of the Taker, as a result, Bearers head was bandaged for a time before changing his looks, shedding the makeup of ghostly pallor and jet-black color to his natural auburn hair and less make-up. No longer using his appearance and mannerisms, he became loudmouthed. Around mid-1997, Paul Bearer coerced Undertaker into being his protégé again with the ultimatum of revealing a deep, in these moments, discussing the secret, Bearer often made references to the fires of hell. Feeling he had no choice, The Undertaker eventually accepted after several weeks of resistance, while managing Undertaker this time around, Bearer engaged in tyrannical behaviors towards him, harassing and nagging at him constantly. Eventually, Undertaker lost his patience and refused to allow Bearer to continue being his manager, the secret suggested that Bearer had a traumatic past with The Undertaker which long preceded Brother Loves joining the two in January 1991. The secret, which involved the Undertakers family, was, The Undertakers mother had an affair with Paul Bearer and as a result, gave birth to a younger half-brother of The Undertaker, named Kane
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WWE Tough Enough
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WWE Tough Enough is a professional wrestling reality television series produced by WWE, wherein participants undergo professional wrestling training and compete for a contract with WWE. There were two winners per season for the first three seasons, all of which aired on MTV, a fourth competition was held in 2004, with only a single winner, who was integrated into UPNs SmackDown. As revealed in October 2010, the USA Network, revived Tough Enough to air it immediately prior to Raw, starting on April 4,2011, the first three seasons were co-produced with MTV, while the revival is a co-production with Shed Media. Repeat broadcasts of the series are shown on Universal HD and have also aired recently on Oxygen. Past episodes of Tough Enough have been re-aired on WWE Network since January 2015, Maven Huffman and Nidia Guenard won the first season of Tough Enough. Only two contestants were cut from the competition, the others eliminated voluntarily exited. Of the final five contestants, four would join the WWE. Nidia was released from WWE on November 3,2004, while Maven was released on July 5,2005, future WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts sent in an audition tape, which aired in a season one teaser on the January 25,2001 edition of SmackDown. The first season of Tough Enough was released on DVD in 2002 and this season became available for viewing on the WWE Network on January 12,2015. Episode 3 Jason quit because he could not handle the road life, episode 4 Bobbie Jo and Victoria quit together because they could not handle the physicality. Episode 5 Darryl was cut for poor ability and attitude, episode 6 Shadrick was cut due to ring struggles. Episode 7 Paulina dropped out due to leg and knee injuries sustained in the second episode. Episode 9 Greg was forced to quit due to three herniated discs, episode 10 Chris Nifong quit after feeling it was not his time. Episode 13 Taylor, Chris Nowinski, and Josh were runners up after Nidia, the second season winners were Linda Miles and Jackie Gayda. The result offended members of the finalists, who claimed that when they signed forms to compete on Tough Enough. Eventually, Linda and Jackie were released on November 12,2004 and July 5,2005, Gayda later married wrestler Charlie Haas. Eventual season 3 winner John Hennigan auditioned and survived the first cut down to 25 contestants and it would be another year before Hennigan would make the show. Al Snow Hardcore Holly Ivory Tazz Chavo Guerrero Jr and that caused him to pass out on the beach while exercising
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Matt Hardy
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Matt, along with his real-life brother Jeff, gained notoriety in WWEs tag team division due to their participation in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches. Aside from his success as a tag team wrestler, Hardy is a world heavyweight champion, having held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice. He has also won the WWE United States Championship, the WWE European Championship, the WWE Hardcore Championship, altogether, Hardy has won 18 championships between WWE, ROH, and TNA, as well as 44 championships in his overall career. Hardy was born in Cameron, North Carolina, the son of Gilbert and he is the older brother of Jeff Hardy. Their mother died of cancer in 1986. Hardy played baseball as a child and throughout high school, but had stopped by his senior year and he also played football, either as a linebacker or a defensive end. Hardy was a student at Union Pines High School in North Carolina, and was a nominee for the Morehead Award. Hardy attended University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he majored in engineering, after a year, however and he then attended Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst to gain his associate degree. Hardy, along with his brother Jeff and friends, started their own federation, the Trampoline Wrestling Federation and mimicked the moves they saw on television. A few years later, it was revealed to him by Chris Kanyon that the tape had been kept in the WCW Power Plant, watched multiple times, beginning in 1994, The Hardys wrestled for several North Carolina-based independent circuit promotions and adapted a number of alter-egos. As The Wolverine, Hardy captured the New England Wrestling Alliance Championship in May 1994, as High Voltage, he teamed with Venom to claim the New Frontier Wrestling Association Tag Team Championship in March 1995. A month later, High Voltage defeated the Willow for the NFWA Championship, Matt would continue to wrestle in various independent promotions until 2001. In 1997, Matt and Jeff created their own wrestling promotion, The Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, the Hardys launched the promotion because, at the time, there werent many places to wrestle, nor did they know anyone who could help. Both Matt and Jeff would take apart the ring and put it together at every event they had. The promotion would fold in October 1999, after both Matt and Jeff signed with the World Wrestling Federation, Hardy worked as a jobber for the World Wrestling Federation from 1994 up until he signed a full-time contract. His first WWF match was against Nikolai Volkoff on May 23,1994 and he wrestled sporadically throughout 1994 in the WWF, losing matches against Crush, Razor Ramon, Hakushi, Owen Hart and the imposter Undertaker. Hardy continued wrestling with the WWF sporadically, including matches against Hunter Hearst Helmsley and it was not until 1998, however, that the Hardy brothers were given full-time WWF contracts, and sent to train with former wrestler Dory Funk, Jr. The Hardy Boyz used a cruiserweight, fast-paced high flying style in their matches, although Jeff was better known for his extreme moves, Hardy was a prodigious high-flier himself
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Chuck Taylor (wrestler)
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Dustin Howard is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chuck Taylor. He most notably wrestles for Chikara, Evolve Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and he also serves as an assistant trainer at The Wrestle Factory, operated by Chikara founder Mike Quackenbush. Howard began his training at age 15 under the tutelage of Brandon Walker at the Old School Wrestling Training Academy in Hardin. Due to age requirements for wrestling licenses in Kentucky, he was unable to wrestle during shows in-state until age 18, during which time he wrestled for promotions in Tennessee and Illinois. The most prominent of these was the then-newly restarted Chaos Pro Wrestling in Brookport, Illinois, the next night, he teamed up with Cloudy to defeat Ricochet and Player Uno in a non-tournament tag team match, with the four receiving a standing ovation after the match. However, Taylor would quickly become a villain during his match with Eddie Kingston at the Brick event on November 17, gaining an upset victory with some help from an interfering Larry Sweeney. After impressing Sweeney, Taylor was allowed to replace Chris Hero in the 2007 King of Trios tournament, the Kings made it to the semi-final round before losing to the team of Miyawaki, Yoshiaki Yago and Kudo. I. S. T. Once again became a separate team, event in May, the Kings and F. I. S. T. Met in a tag team match, which F. I. S. T. Despite losing, the Kings reunited with F. I. S. T. Taylor would win the match, seemingly ridding his rival for good. However, Taylors momentum would come to a halt after he was eliminated in the Torneo Cibernetico match by Lince Dorado, a month later, he was defeated by Claudio Castagnoli in singles competition at the October 26 event Bruised. Later that night, Taylor replaced an inactive Icarus to team with Akuma in a Campeonatos de Parejas title defense against Incoherence, the next night, Taylor lost his Young Lions Cup to the debuting newcomer, Helios, who bore a striking resemblance to Ricochet. Taylor once again teamed up with Icarus and Akuma in the 2008 King of Trios tournament, following the King of Trios, Taylor returned singles competition but still remained a member of F. I. S. T. Occasionally tagging with either Akuma or Icarus, for the first half of 2009, Taylor, Icarus and Akuma feuded with The Colony, defeating them on February 20 in a King of Trios qualifying match. After the match Taylor gave Worker Ant the Awful Waffle on the floor of the arena, entered their third King of Trios, defeating The Death Match Kings in the first round of the tournament. After defeating The F1rst Family in the quarter-finals, F. I. S. T, advanced to the semifinals of the tournament, where they would defeat the team of Equinox, Lince Dorado and Helios, the team known collectively as The Future is Now. Defeated Team Uppercut in the finals, when Taylor forced Danielson to tap out to the Cross Crab, on May 24,2009, at Aniversario Yang F. I. S. T. Ended their feud with The Colony, when Taylor and Icarus lost a Double Mask vs, Double Hair match against Fire Ant and Soldier Ant, and were both shaved bald
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Tag team
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Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, in most team matches, only one competitor per team is allowed in the ring at a time. This status as the active or legal wrestler may be transferred by physical contact, the team-based match has been a mainstay of professional wrestling since the mid twentieth century, and most promotions have sanctioned a championship division for tag teams. g. A couple tag-teaming in an argument with another person, in 1901 the first tag team match was held in the United States, in San Francisco. San Francisco promoters introduced tag team wrestling as a way of improving the sport’s entertainment value, while tag team wrestling is now almost traditional in American professional wrestling, the innovation didnt become especially popular outside San Francisco until the 1930s. The first World tag team championship was also crowned in San Francisco in the early 1950s, typically, a tag team championship is awarded to and defended by team of two. In kayfabe, this made it difficult for challengers to prepare for their title fights. This was a gimmick, and is still utilized by other wrestling companies. The stipulation has become known as the freebird rule. A common storyline is former tag team partners turning on each other and this can be used when one member is being called on to develop a new gimmick. The basic tag team match has two teams of two facing off against each other. All standard rules for singles wrestling apply to a team match, however, only one wrestler from each team, called the legal man is allowed in the ring at a time. All other members of the team wait outside the ropes in the teams specified corner, only an active/legal wrestler is allowed to score a fall or have a fall scored against him/her. But any wrestler, legal or outside, may face disqualification for himself or his team for violating rules, once a tag is made, the wrestler tagging out has a grace period to leave the ring before risking disqualification. The wrestler outside the ring must be touching the tag rope tied in the corner, tags are legal as long as the two team members touch. The referee has to see and/or hear the contact between the two wrestlers in order for the tag to be legal. As the ultimate authority over the match, a referee may overlook any of these at his discretion, in some multi-man tag matches in lucha libre, a wrestler can make himself the teams legal man simply by setting foot in the ring, and his partner then leaves. This allows for action to become nearly continuous, two referees, one stationed inside the ring and one on the floor, are employed to maintain order for this type of match
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PWG World Championship
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The PWG World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla professional wrestling promotion. It was first introduced in 2003 as the PWG Championship, the championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. The title became known under its current name in February 2006, the title was later defended by Chris Hero in Queensland, Australia on two occasions. The inaugural champion was Frankie Kazarian, who won the championship by defeating Joey Ryan in the finals of a sixteen man tournament on August 30,2003, at 538 days, Adam Coles only reign is the longest in the titles history. Bryan Danielson is the shortest reigning champion in history by vacating it immediately after winning it for the second time, kevin Steen holds the record for most reigns, with 3. As of April 2017, Zack Sabre Jr. is the current champion in his first reign, after defeating Roderick Strong on March 5,2016, overall, there have been 24 reigns among 18 different wrestlers
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Kevin Owens
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Steen began his career in 2000 at the age of 16. Prior to joining WWE in late 2014, from 2007 Steen wrestled under his name for Ring of Honor. Along with CM Punk, Daniel Bryan and Seth Rollins, he is one of four men to have held a championship in both WWE and ROH. Born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, and raised in Marieville, Quebec, Steen is of French-Canadian heritage, Steen learned to speak English as a teenager from watching Monday Night Raw and mimicking the promos and commentary that he heard. When Steen was 14, his parents allowed him to training with Serge Jodoin. The following year, Steen began training with Jacques Rougeau and he also trained with Terry Taylor, whom he has called his main trainer. Steen had his first match on his 16th birthday in LAssomption, Steen trained with Rougeau and wrestled for Rougeaus promotion for four years, before beginning to wrestle with several other Canadian promotions. On August 16,2003, Steen made his International Wrestling Syndicate debut at Born to Bleed, pierre Carl Ouellet defeated El Generico and Steen at Blood, Sweat and Beers in a triple threat match on October 18,2003. On November 15,2003 at Paybacks A Bitch, El Generico defeated Steen in their singles match against each other. Steen defeated El Generico, also winning his first IWS World Heavyweight Championship, on September 22,2007 at Blood, Sweat & Beers, Steen defeated Jay Briscoe. On February 16,2008 at Violent Valentine, El Generico defeated Steen for the IWS World Heavyweight Championship, on March 22,2008 at Know Your Enemies, Steen regained the IWS World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Max Boyer & former champion El Generico in a 3-Way Match. On September 27,2008 at Un FN Sanctioned, Steen retained the IWS World Heavyweight Championship against Joey Mercury and he continued to make appearances with CZW and soon began teaming with El Generico against Super Dragon and Excalibur. On May 14,2005, Steen took part in the CZW Best of the Best tournament and he advanced to the finals after defeating Kenny The Bastard in the first round and Chris Hero in the second round. He was unable to clench the trophy, however, as he lost in the finals, which was a fatal four-way match involving B-Boy, Super Dragon, a few months later in August, Steen won his first championship in CZW. He pinned Franky The Mobster to win the CZW Iron Man Championship and he went on to defend the championship in individual matches against Nate Webb, El Generico, Chris Sabin, and Super Dragon. He also defended it in a match involving Necro Butcher, D. J, hyde, B. J. Whitmer, and The Messiah. In a steel cage match held at CZW Trapped involving The Canadians, The Blackout, The Forefathers of CZW and he lost the championship one day shy of having a year-long reign. He then departed for a tour with Dragon Gate, and didnt return to CZW until February 2008 when he made a one–time appearance, while wrestling in CZW, Steen also began working for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
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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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B-Boy
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Benito Benny Cuntapay is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, B-Boy. He is best known for his work in the independent circuit and he is a former CZW World Heavyweight Champion, one-time CZW Iron Man Champion and three-times PWG World Tag Team Champion. He also won the CZW2003 Best of the Best tournament and he also wrestled as Bael for Lucha Underground, but was killed by Matanza as part of the storyline. After being trained by numerous wrestlers, including Christopher Daniels, Cuntapay began working on the independent circuit, using the name Benny Chong, he quickly formed a tag team with Funky Billy Kim in Ultimate Pro Wrestling known as The Manilla Thrillaz. From 1999 to 2003, he worked for promotions, including Revolution Pro Wrestling, EPIC Pro Wrestling. He also wrestled for the United Independent Wrestling Alliance, where he won the UIWA Cruiserweight Championship, Cholo won the four-way final to win the tournament. A month later, on August 16, at an All Pro Wrestling show, less than a week later, he appeared for Major League Wrestling, teaming with Nosawa in a loss to Jose and Joel Maximo. In June he competed in the JCW J-Cup Tournament, making it to the final by defeating Chris Idol and Josh Daniels, before losing to Super Dragon. The next month, he made his first appearance for Ring of Honor, on August 6,2004, he competed in the WPW Best of the West Tournament for the second consecutive year, defeating Jardi Frantz in the final to win. In 2005, B-Boy teamed up with Super Dragon, as Team PWG and they defeated the Mystery Team of Glenn Spectre and Ken the Box in the first round, before losing to Team Osaka Pro, Ebessan and Billyken Kid, in the second. He also returned to ROH, defeating Kevin Steen in a match on February 19 at Do or Die IV. He made his Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling debut on June 18,2005 and he made another appearance in ROH on October 29 at This Means War, losing to Colt Cabana. In 2006, he returned to APW, losing to Mr. Prime Time at APW Gym Wars on April 1, in Combat Zone Wrestling, Cuntapay, using the name B-Boy, joined the Hi V faction, with Messiah and The Backseat Boys, managed by Dewey Donovan. On April 12,2003, B-Boy defeated Deranged, Lil Cholo, Jay Briscoe, on July 20, Hi V turned on CZW owner John Zandig, leading to the rest of the roster chasing them out of the building. This allowed the Hi V members to take a hiatus from CZW. He continued working throughout the end of 2003 and 2004, gaining numerous title matches. On July 10,2004, B-Boy competed in the fourth annual Best of the Best tournament in an attempt to win it for the consecutive time. After another short hiatus from CZW, B-Boy defeated Dan Maff on December 11 to win the Xtreme Strong Style Tournament and this earned him a match that night against the CZW Iron Man Champion, Chris Hero, who he then defeated to win the championship
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Ricochet (wrestler)
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Trevor Mann is an American professional wrestler best known by the ring name Ricochet. He also wrestled as Prince Puma for Lucha Underground, where he was the inaugural, other promotions he has worked for include Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, where he won the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles, and Chikara, where he mainly worked under a mask as Helios. Ricochet was the final wrestler eliminated as Taylor pinned him to win the match, on that same day, Ricochet also competed at Insanity Pro Wrestlings event Mischief, Mayhem and Revenge, where he lost to Taylor for the promotions Junior Heavyweight Championship. On June 24, Ricochet made his Chikara debut as he lost in the first round of the fourth Young Lions Cup tournament against Chuck Taylor, the following day, he teamed with Player Uno in a losing effort to Taylor and Cloudy. The following day, Ricochet again lost to Taylor at the event Talent Borrows, on February 16,2007 at the King of Trios event, Ricochet made his first challenge for the Young Lions Cup, but was unable to defeat Max Boyer for the title. Two days later, he lost to Claudio Castagnoli, on June 23, Ricochet won his first round match of the fifth Young Lions Cup tournament after he defeated Chrisjen Hayme. Later on in the day, Ricochet won an elimination match in the semi-finals to advance to the finals. The next day, Ricochet lost to Chuck Taylor for the vacant Young Lions Cup. On August 18 at the event Here Come The International Invaders, Ricochet faced and lost to Taylor in a Young Lions Cup vs. Career match, however, Taylor disputed Helios win by claiming that Helios was actually Ricochet in disguise. Despite Taylors claims, Helios win was still ruled as valid and was still the official new champion. On November 16 at Battle Of Who Could Care Less, Helios retained his Young Lions Cup title after defeating Hydra, the following day at The Sordid Perils Of Everyday Existence, Helios again retained his title, this time against Fire Ant. On February 29,2008, Helios teamed with Incoherence and the three became The Golden Trio in order to participate in the 2008 King of Trios tournament, on April 19 at Deuces Wild, Helios successfully retained the Young Lions Cup against Lince Dorado. At Grit And Glory on May 15, Helios advanced to the finals of the Rey de Voladores tournament, on June 15, Helios lost his Young Lions Cup after Fire Ant defeated Vin Gerard in the finals of the sixth Young Lions Cup tournament. On September 6, Helios teamed up with Tim Donst to take part in the first-ever La Lotería Letal tournament, on November 11 at Cibernetico Begins, Helios was a part of Team Equinox as they defeated Team Vin Gerard in a 16-man elimination tag team match. At Face With A View on December 12, Helios formed The Future is Now with Equinox and Lince Dorado, on January 1,2009, The Future is Now lost their first match together against Team F. I. S. T. At the 2009 King of Trios tournament, The Future is Now defeated Team DDT and The Osirian Portal in the first and quarterfinal rounds, respectively, before losing to Team F. I. S. T. in the semi-finals. On the first show of 2010, Lince Dorado turned on Equinox, Helios and Equinox received their title shot on June 27 at Faded Scars and Lines, but were defeated by the defending champions BDK in two straight falls, after a pre–match assault. The Future is Now came to its end on September 19,2010 and this event also marked Helios final appearance for Chikara as he began working regularly for both Dragon Gate and Dragon Gate USA
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Michael Elgin
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Aaron Frobel is a Canadian professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name Michael Elgin. He is signed with New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a one-time IWGP Intercontinental and he is also known for his work in Ring of Honor, where he is a one-time ROH World Champion. He has also worked for the Southern California-based company Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Frobel debuted in late 2004 using his ring name Michael Elgin, and by the age of 18, he was a regular on the independent circuit. Elgin first appeared for Ring of Honor in 2007 and he started competing regularly in 2010 as part of the House of Truth, and signed a contract with the company in 2011. That November, Elgin won the 2011 Survival of the Fittest tournament, in 2015, Elgin won the 2015 Survival of the Fittest tournament and became the first wrestler to win the tournament twice. In 2015, Elgin made his debut for NJPW, signing a contract with the promotion the following year, Frobel had begun training at a wrestling school at the age of 14. He later moved to training at Squared Circle Training in Toronto, Ontario, in late 2004, Frobel made his professional wrestling debut in Hamtramck, Michigan using the ring name Michael Elgin. By the age of 16, Frobel, as Elgin, was a competitor on the independent circuit. Frobel, as Elgin, has been a mainstay in several independent promotions and he has wrestled for the Pure Wrestling Association since 2005. That same year, he made two appearances for Empire State Wrestling, and a third in 2009 and he made a single appearance for Ultimate Championship Wrestling on November 12,2005, losing to Alcatraz. He also made an appearance for World League Wrestling, wrestling at an October 19,2008 show in a tag team match. In 2011, Elgin appeared at a CRW show, losing a triple threat match to Jake Matthews, in 2009, he competed in Independent Wrestling Association, Deep Souths Southern Classic Invitational tournament, making it to the three-way final, where he lost to Chrisjen Hayme. Elgin debuted for Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South in September 2006, at Lethal Lottery 2006 and his next IWA Mid-South appearance was in February 2007, when he and Ryan Ash lost to Blackout. The team of Elgin and Ash named themselves The Pretty Unreals and continued to feud with members of The Naptown Dragons faction. At Summer Scorcher in June, The Pretty Unreals suffered their first loss to The Naptown Dragons, after a hiatus, Elgin returned to IWA Mid-South in October as a singles wrestler, wrestling against Drake Younger, Roderick Strong, Eddie Kingston, and 2 Cold Scorpio. On March 1,2008, Elgin defeated Strong, Younger, in September, Elgin was a competitor in the 2008 Ted Petty Invitational, where he defeated Ricochet in the first round, before losing to Younger in the quarter-finals. On March 9,2009, Elgin unsuccessfully challenged Dingo for the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship at 2009 King of the Death Matches Night One. Throughout 2009, Elgin formed a tag team with Sami Callihan
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Player Uno
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Nicolas Dansereau is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Player Uno. He regularly teams with Stupefied/Player Dos/Stu Grayson as the Super Smash Bros, together they are former one-time Chikara Campeones de Parejas, one-time PWG World Tag Team Champions and winners of PWGs 2012 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament. Player Uno became popular for basing his gimmick, moveset, and attire around video games and he was also famous for wearing gear in the color schemes of characters such as Mario, Luigi, and Wario. In recent years, Player Uno has stopped using both distinctive traits, in 2015, Dansereau repackaged himself as Evil Uno. Dansereau first began wrestling at the age of 14, at the time, he went under the name El PoPo. On an episode of Colt Cabanas podcast, The Art of Wrestling, he explained that the decision to change his name came, Uno changed it around and picked the name Uno. He originally planned to learn Spanish after choosing the name, Uno made his debut in the Canadian wrestling promotion International Wrestling Syndicate. Uno quickly found a tag partner in Stupefied as the Super Smash Brothers. The team found success as they won the IWS Tag Team Championship. Uno also found success as a competitor as he also won the IWS Canadian Championship. He remained with the promotion until it folded on October 9,2010, in 2007 the team started competing in Chikara. The team only held the titles for a month before losing it to The Osirian Portal, on October 24,2010 Uno wrestled to date his last Chikara match with Dos with Sara Del Rey and Daizee Haze, which Uno and Dos lost. Uno, along with Player Dos, made his ROH debut on May 8,2009 in Boston, MA, in an effort against Rhett Titus. On July 25 in Toronto, Ontario, at Death Before Dishonor VII Night 2 they scored a victory over former ROH World Tag Team Champions Kevin Steen. On the November 9 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet, Uno and Dos debuted on the show in a return match, ever since the summer of 2010 Uno hasnt appeared in any Ring of Honor shows. On September 10,2011, Uno debuted in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as a member of the Super Smash Bros. with Stupefied, in their debut match, they faced the RockNES Monsters, a tag team with a similar video game-themed gimmick, in a losing effort. The Super Smash Bros. returned on December 10,2011, this time losing a match against the American Wolves. The Super Smash Bros. picked up their first win in PWG on March 17,2012, by defeating former two-time PWG World Tag Team Champions, The Young Bucks, on April 21, the Super Smash Bros
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Stupefied
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Marc Dionne is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring names Stupefied and Player Dos. He currently competes for various independent promotions across North America, including Alpha-1 Wrestling, Capital City Championship Combat and he regularly teams with Player Uno as the Super Smash Bros. Together they are former one-time Chikara Campeones de Parejas, one-time PWG World Tag Team Champions, Stupefied bases his gimmick, moveset, and attire around video games, more specifically games for the NES and SNES consoles. In recent years, he has switched to regular tights, Stupefied made his debut in the Canadian wrestling promotion International Wrestling Syndicate. He quickly found a tag partner in Player Uno as the Super Smash Bros. The team found success as they won the IWS Tag Team Championship. He remained with the promotion until it folded on October 9,2010, Stupefied debuted in Chikara in 2007 as one half of the Super Smash Bros. for the November triple-shot weekend. Stupefied was brought back for King of Trios, and became a wrestler at the fed. The tag team became a fan favorite, however, they had trouble picking up wins, however, their reign came to an abrupt end on October 19,2008, at the hands of the Osirian Portal in only their first defense. On August 16,2009, Player Dos won the seventh annual Young Lions Cup and he would lose the title to Tim Donst on January 31,2010. On October 24,2010, Player Dos teamed with Player Uno and wrestled to date his last Chikara match with BDK members Sara Del Rey and Daizee Haze in a losing effort. The Super Smash Brothers made their ROH debut as a team on May 8,2009, at Never Say Die, losing to the team of Titus and King. On July 25 in Toronto, Ontario, at Death Before Dishonor VII Night 2 they scored a victory over former ROH World Tag Team Champions Kevin Steen. On the November 9 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet, Dos and Uno debuted on the show in a return match, on ROH Epic Encounter III Dos wrestled Kevin Steen in a losing effort. He had teamed with Uno on several HDNet episode wrestling teams like The American Wolves, since the Summer of 2010, Dos has not appeared in the company since. On September 10,2011, Stupefied debuted in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as a member of the Super Smash Bros. with Player Uno, in their debut match, they faced the RockNES Monsters, a tag team with a similar video game-themed gimmick, in a losing effort. The Super Smash Bros. returned on December 10,2011, this time losing a match against the American Wolves. The Super Smash Bros. picked up their first win in PWG on March 17,2012, by defeating former two-time PWG World Tag Team Champions, The Young Bucks, on April 21, the Super Smash Bros
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The Young Bucks
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The Young Bucks are an American professional wrestling tag team, consisting of real life brothers Matthew and Nicholas Massie from Southern California. They are signed to both New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor, while working for various American independent promotions. They are currently in their reign as the ROH World Tag Team Champions. They are known for their use of superkicks and high-flying moves as their offense. They are also known for their time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where they performed under the ring names Max and Jeremy Buck and the tag team name Generation Me. On two occasions, first in 2014 and again in 2016, they held the ROH World, PWG World, and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships simultaneously. In NJPW and ROH, The Young Bucks are members of the Bullet Club stable, in 2001, the Massie family put a wrestling ring in their backyard, where brothers Matt, Nick and Malachi taught themselves how to wrestle by impersonating what they saw on television. Matt attended the school with his good friend Dustin Cutler, eventually Nick joined his brother and attended a few sessions at the school. Matt, Nick and Dustin were involved in their first professional match at an Alternative Wrestling Show/C4/Revolution Pro joint event held on August 8,2004, Matt worked as Fluffy the Dog, Dustin dressed as a hillbilly and Nick was a high flying referee wearing a Santo mask. Afterward, Matt and Nick wrestled various times for Revolution Pro and Revolution X in chicken costumes, in October 2004, with the help of his family, Matt opened up his own independent wrestling company called High Risk Wrestling. Matt was originally the head owner of HRW, but had help from Nick and Malachi, the company ran shows twice a month and helped Matt and Nick learn their craft. In the main event of HRWs Highway 2 Hell on August 4,2007, Matt and Nick teamed up with Marty Jannetty ín a six-man tag, where they defeated Joey Ryan, Karl Anderson and Diablo. On February 26,2005, at a show for Full Contact Wrestling, Matt, originally, Matt was wrestling under the name Mr. Instant Replay, while Nick was called Slick Nick. That night The Young Bucks were defeated by the Kaos and Mongol, later on, another promoter decided that Matt and Nick needed a surname and came up with Jackson, which the two have used ever since. With the help of HRW, Matt and Nick eventually landed spots in several companies in Southern California. They also gained experience working in front of a camera doing television tapings for the National Wrestling Alliance starting in 2006. The Young Bucks filmed their very first matches for the NWA on Maverick Television on November 7,2006, the Young Bucks debuted for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla on June 10,2007, in Burbank, CA at Roger Dorn Night, losing to Arrogance. At the show Matt and Nick met Dragon Gate wrestler Cima and Dragon Gates American talent agent Satoshi Oji for the first time, both of whom were impressed by the brothers performance
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Robbie E
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Robert Rob Strauss is an American professional wrestler. Strauss began watching wrestling at the age of 4 and was a fan of The Ultimate Warrior, Sting. He saw his first live event at a wrestling show in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey headlined by Iron Mike Sharpe. For a few years, he taught at Woodbridge High School as a physical education teacher. Eckos spent his career in the Independent Wrestling Federation, a local promotion based in Woodland Park, New Jersey. On February 11, he lost to Kevin Knight and Damian Adams in two matches at an IWF show in West Peterson. He and Hadrian lost a tag match to Roman & Kevin Knight on March 4 and faced Kasey Coresh, Damian Adams. On May 20, he defeated Hadrian via disqualification and, on June 3, Eckos lost to Hadrian at the Brookwood Lounge Outdoor Car Show in Jackson, New Jersey, several days later. On July 7,2001, Eckos scored another win over Roman in Edison. The following night however, he lost to Roman in a match for the IWF Heavyweight Championship, on July 26, he beat Kasey Coresh and Ryan Lockhart in a three-way match and faced both in single matches during the next few weeks. On September 15, he and Josh Daniels lost to Damian Adams & Hadrian and he also lost to Josh Daniels the following night. Mike Winner, Hadrian, Josh Daniels, Damian Adams and Kevin Knight, losing to Roman in a three-way match with Kevin Knight on November 24, he defeated Erik Andretti the following night. On December 29,2001, Eckos and Dylan Black lost to Roman & Hadrian in a tag team match, the show was later broadcast on News 12 New Jersey. He also entered the 2-day IWF Tournament of Champions and defeated Shane OBrien in the opening rounds but was eliminated by Josh Daniels in the quarterfinals on December 30,2001. In January 2002, Eckos was one of independent wrestlers to star in a commercial for the 2002 Royal Rumble. On June 29,2002, Eckos made his debut in 3PW at A War Renewed losing to Josh Daniels at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 9, he also defeated Ryan Wing for the SSCW Lightweight Championship in Paramus, New Jersey. He was pinned by Matthews after a 12-minute match, at Year End Mayhem, he defeated Damian Adams in a singles match and, later on, in a tag team match with Matt Striker against Damian Adams & Josh Prohibition on December 28,2002. The following night, he won the JCW Junior Heavyweight title from Jay Lethal in Union City, New Jersey
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Jay Bradley
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Bradley Jayden Brad Thomas is an American professional wrestler who competed in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, under the ring name Aiden OShea he also wrestled under the ring name, Jay Bradley. He also appeared in WWE as Ryan Braddock in 2008, Bradley started his wrestling training at the Steel Domain Wrestling school in Chicago, where he trained with wrestlers including CM Punk and Colt Cabana. Bradley suffered several setbacks in his career as he suffered from an overactive thyroid and he worked for several independent promotions in the Mid-West, most notably for IWA Mid-South, before signing a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. He debuted in WWEs then-developmental territory Deep South Wrestling as The Monster of the Midway Bradley Jay, during his time in DSW he won the Deep South Heavyweight Championship on three occasions. He also wrestled matches for both the Raw and SmackDown. Occasionally, he made appearances on Heat as well, when WWE ended their relationship with DSW he was then sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling to continue his development. On May 16 he debuted in OVW under the name Jay Bradley, defeating former OVW Heavyweight Champion and he then lost the title to Paul Burchill in a match taped on June 27 and aired on June 30. He also wrestled at Raw house shows on August 11 and 12 and he wrestled in a dark match against DLo Brown before a SmackDown television taping in August 2007. On December 19, in OVW, he won the Love Thy Neighbor four corners tag match to win a future OVW Heavyweight title shot. He then was starting a feud with Matt Sydal and had defeated him in a tag match where he and Mike Kruel defeated Sydal. Unfortunately, before Bradley could exercise his title opportunity, OVW was dropped by World Wrestling Entertainment as a development territory, Bradley debuted on the main SmackDown. Roster on the August 15,2008 episode of the show and he was easily defeated by Big Show after a knockout hook. At the August 14,2008, Florida Championship Wrestling television taping, Bradley wrestled under the Ryan Braddock name once again, making it his permanent, on the August 22 episode of SmackDown. Braddock competed in a royal to qualify for the WWE Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven, but was eliminated by Big Show. On the September 2 episode of ECW, Braddock faced Ricky Ortiz in an effort after being pinned by Ortizs Big O finisher. On September 19 episode of SmackDown, Braddock competed in a one fall match-up with Festus, who was accompanied by Jesse. Braddock won the match as a result of a disqualification, after Jesse and Festus wrapped him in bubble wrap, following this match, Braddock returned to FCW before being released from WWE in March 2009. He held the title for five months, before losing it to Jimmy Jacobs on September 5 and he also worked for Florida-based Full Impact Pro, losing to T. J. Perkins in his debut match on June 6,2009
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Seiya Sanada
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Sanada is also known for his time in the Japanese Wrestle-1 and American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotions. Sanada was a one-time X Division Champion in TNA, winning the championship under The Great Sanada name and he is currently a freelancer, working most notably for New Japan Pro Wrestling as Sanada. In NJPW, he is a former two-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion, in 2005, Sanada tried to earn a training spot in the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo, but failed to pass an introductory test. Sanada took the test alongside future NJPW wrestlers Tetsuya Naito and Yoshi-Hashi, afterwards, Sanada began looking to other promotions for a training school. Within a few months into his career, Sanada won his first honor when he teamed with Kensuke Sasaki, TV Triple Arrow Tournament on May 29,2007. Following the tournament victory, Sanada spent the two years in opening match wrestling other up-and-comers and began teaming with Manabu Soya. By 2009, Sanada began moving up the card as he took part in his first Champion Carnival, in 2010, Sanada once again entered the Champion Carnival but the results were the same as he finished last in his block with no points. By the spring, Sanada helped form the New Generation Force stable with Suwama, Masayuki Kono, Ryota Hama, and Manabu Soya. On August 29,2010 at Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol.10, Sanada and Soya defeated Taru, Sanada and Soya entered the 2010 Worlds Strongest Tag Determination League in the fall where they finished in 6th place with 7 Points. Sanada and Soya would lose the All Asia Tag Team Championship to Daisuke Sekimoto, during the year 2011, Sanada reached his full potential by reaching the finals against Yuji Nagata, but loss to him in the finals. He also entered in 2011 Worlds Strongest Tag Determination League with Kai and won the tournament by defeating Masayuki Kono and they then challenged the All Japan World Tag Team Champions Dark Cuervo and Dark Ozz for a title shot but came up short. They then faced other in a singles match, which led to Sanada winning that match. After the match they both had an interview and Sanada decided that they should part ways and move on with their Tag Team which Kai also agreed on, in 2012 he then challenged All Japan ace Suwama to a 60-minute match but also fell short in that match. He then participated in 2012s Champion Carnival and lost to his tag partner Manabu Soya. But he then won his first match against Manabu Soyas brother Takumi Soya, on May 20,2012, Sanada and Joe Doering defeated Soya and Takao Omori to win the World Tag Team Championship. Sanada and Doering lost the back to Soya and Ōmori on June 17. On October 7,2012, Sanada defeated Yasufumi Nakanoue in a tournament final to become the inaugural Gaora TV Champion, during the excursion, Sanada lost the Gaora TV Championship to René Duprée on May 27. On July 1, while still in Canada, Sanada announced his resignation from All Japan, following his resignation, Sanada traveled to Mexico on his own expense to continue his training
