Fred Yehi is an American

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. He is best known for his appearances in

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, Evolve,

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and

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Professional wrestling career

Evolve and Full Impact Pro (2015–2020)

Yehi made his Evolve debut at Evolve 51 losing to Lio Rush. Yehi returned to Evolve in early 2016 in the Style Battle 2016 Tournament Round Robin Challenge losing to Tracy Williams and

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. At Evolve 55 he lost to Anthony Nese in a four-way match. At Evolve 56, Yehi joined Catch Point after a loss to

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. At Evolve 61, Yehi lost a

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qualifying match to T. J. Perkins. Yehi defeated Anthony Nese at Evolve 62 after applying a Koji Clutch after Nese attempted a 450 Splash, this was Yehi's first win in Evolve. At Evolve 65, Catch Point defeat

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, Darby Allin and Chris Dickinson. At Evolve 73, Yehi and Tracy Williams became the Evolve tag team champions for the first time after defeating

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(replacement for

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) and DUSTIN, Tony Nese and Drew Gulak, and The Gatekeepers. Catch Point successfully defended the Evolve Tag Team titles at Evolve 74, defeating Peter Kaasa and

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. Yehi debuted for

at Everything Burns in 2016 teaming with Gary Jay and defeating Aaron Solo and Jason Cade. Yehi defeated Caleb Konley at Accelerate 2016 to win the FIP World Heavyweight Championship. Yehi successfully retained his championship by defeating Aaron Solow at Declaration Of Independence in July, 2016. On December 10, 2017, Yehi lost the FIP World Title against Austin Theory at EVOLVE 97.

Independent circuit (2018–2023)

In 2018 Yehi debuted with

(MLW), a promotion owned by former WWE creative team member Court Bauer, which has a weekly televised program '' MLW Fusion'' on the

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network. During his time, he was a member of Team Filthy. In 2018, Yehi defeated Simon Grimm in his debut for Black Label Pro. In 2018, Yehi debuted for

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promotion,

(RevPro) defeating Josh Bodom. In his second match, he defeated Chris Brookes. In 2020, Yehi wrestled a one hour Iron Man Match defeating Jeremy Wyatt in a charity event put on by Journey Pro and Saint Louis Anarchy.

Ring of Honor (2020–2021)

On September 26, 2020 on

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, Yehi made an appearance wrestling Silas Young in the ROH Pure Tournament and defeated Young and On October 17, 2020, Yehi wrestled Tracy Williams in the tournament, but was defeated by Williams, Yehi was eliminated from the tournament. During year 2021 Fred Yehi stopped making appearance's in ROH assuming that was possibly a release.

Championships and accomplishments

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** AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Allied Independent Wrestling Federations/Deep South Championship Wrestling **AIWF America's Heavyweight Champion (1 time) **Indie Wrestling Championship (1 time, inaugural) **Indie Wrestling Title Tournament (2015) *Anarchy Wrestling **Anarchy Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Slim J * Evolve ** Evolve Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Tracy Williams *World Wrestling Network **Style Battle#6 Tournament (2017) *

** FIP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Peachstate Wrestling Alliance **PWA No Limits Championship (1 time) *Pro Wrestling Bushido/Livewire Wrestling **King Of Bushido 4 Tournament (2018) * Premiere Wrestling Xperience **PWX Innovative Television Championship (1 time) *''

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'' **PWI ranked him #107 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2021

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yehi, Fred Year of birth missing (living people) Living people African-American professional wrestlers American male professional wrestlers 21st-century African-American people Professional wrestlers from Georgia (U.S. state) FIP World Heavyweight Champions AAW Heavyweight Champions Evolve Tag Team Champions