Ray Samalonis (born January 31, 1968) is an American

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

, better known by his

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"Surfer" Ray Odyssey.

Professional wrestling career

Odyssey competes primarily in Northeastern and

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. Odyssey has had successful stints in

Mid-South Wrestling The Universal Wrestling Federation was a 1986 re-branding of wrestler-turned-owner Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling promotion. Watts' goal was to elevate his promotion from a relatively smaller, regional-level business, to a national-level riv ...

American Wrestling Association The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 until 1991. It was founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo. The promotion was born out of the Minneapolis ...

International World Class Championship Wrestling International World Class Championship Wrestling (IWCCW, originally known as International Championship Wrestling) was an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was promoted by Angelo Savoldi and his son ...

Extreme Championship Wrestling Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was an American professional wrestling promotion that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and operated by its parent company HHG Corporation. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as Nationa ...

and the

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during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s and he also made a brief television appearance in the

World Wrestling Federation World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, ...

and defeated Tazz in a dark match in 1991. In addition to wrestling as a singles competitor, Odyssey also formed several successful tag teams with partners such as

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, Chris Evans and most notably with The Inferno Kid (as "The Beach Bullies") and Jimmy Deo (as "Surf and Turf").

Championships and accomplishments

*Can-Am Wrestling **Can-Am Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

Century Wrestling Alliance The Century Wrestling Alliance, formerly known as NWA Cold Front and NWA New England, was a New England–based American independent wrestling promotion located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded by Tony Rumble in 1989, a retired wrestle ...

** CWA Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times) **

CWA Tag Team Championship The CWA Tag Team Championship was a major professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association. It lasted from 1988 through 1990, when it was abandoned and replaced with the United States Wrestling Association Ta ...

(1 time) – with

** IWCCW Light Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) *

NWA United States Tag Team Championship The NWA United States Tag Team Championship is a name used for several secondary tag team championship used by various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) members since 1958. There are eleven different versions of the NWA United States Tag Team Champ ...

( 1 time) – with The Inferno Kid * NWA Northeast Wrestling **NWA Northeast Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling **PCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Defeated Kane **PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Deo *

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**PWI ranked him # 170 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992 *World Wrestling Association **WWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)

References

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