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Brian Pillman Jr.
Brian Zachary Pillman (born September 9, 1993) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Lexis King. Pillman is known for his time in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) from 2019 to 2023 and Major League Wrestling (MLW) from 2018 to 2021, where he worked under his real name. A second-generation wrestler, he is the son of Brian Pillman. Early life and education Brian Zachary Pillman is the son of professional wrestler Brian William Pillman (1962–1997) and model Melanie Diane Pillman ( Lawrence; 1965–2022). He had four sisters: Danielle, Brittany, Alexis Reed, and Skylar King, as well as one brother, Jesse Morgan. His sister Alexis became a professional wrestling valet under the ring name Lexi Pillman, but died in 2009 in a car accident. Pillman attended Dixie Heights High School in Edgewood, Kentucky, where he played football. He graduated in 2011 and furthered his education by attending college. Pillman ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erlanger, Kentucky
Erlanger is a List of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It had a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 19,611. Erlanger is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Erlanger was founded in the 1880s. The city was named after the Parisian family bank Emile Erlanger & Co. and its founder, Baron Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger, who helped finance the town's early development. In current usage, the name is pronounced in an anglicized way, with neither a French nor German accent. Nearby Elsmere, Kentucky, Elsmere was originally known as "South Erlanger". Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.19%, is water. Demographics As of the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census, there were 16,676 people, 6,597 households, and 4,406 families living in the city. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cincinnati Enquirer
''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' is a morning daily newspaper published by Gannett in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. First published in 1841, the ''Enquirer'' is the last remaining daily newspaper in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, although the daily ''Journal-News'' competes with the ''Enquirer'' in the northern suburbs. The ''Enquirer'' has the highest circulation of any print publication in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. A daily local edition for Northern Kentucky is published as ''The Kentucky Enquirer''. In addition to the ''Cincinnati Enquirer'' and ''Kentucky Enquirer'', Gannett publishes a variety of print and electronic periodicals in the Cincinnati area, including 16 ''Community Press'' weekly newspapers, 10 ''Community Recorder'' weekly newspapers, and ''OurTown'' magazine. The ''Enquirer'' is available online at the ''Cincinnati.com'' website. The paper has won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1991 and 2018. Content ''The Kentucky Enquirer'' consists of an additiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Taurus
The Beast Mortos (born March 11, 1987), also known by his former ring name Black Taurus, is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of La Faccion Ingobernable. He also works in their sister company Ring of Honor (ROH). He is also known for his work for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), International Wrestling Revolution Group, Lucha Libre Elite, The Crash Lucha Libre, Impact Wrestling, Major League Wrestling (MLW), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) as well as on the Mexican and independent circuit. Professional wrestling career Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2008–2011) After wrestling for years in the Torreón area under the name Semental, he would move to Mexico City in 2008. After a short stint with International Wrestling Revolution Group, he would start working in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in March 2008. He wrestled regularly for CMLL for over three years, generally working op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Archer
Lance Hoyt (born February 28, 1977), better known by his ring name Lance Archer, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where is a member of The Don Callis Family and one-half of The Murder Machines with Brian Cage. He also makes appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is also known for his time with WWE as Vance Archer, and Impact Wrestling (TNA) under his real name and as Lance Rock. Hoyt began his career in 2000 and worked in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2004 until 2009. In TNA, he wrestled first as Dallas, winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice with Kid Kash. After Diamond Dallas Page signed with TNA, he changed his name to Lance Hoyt and formed a rock band themed tag team with Jimmy Rave and Christy Hemme, the Rock N Rave Infection, eventually changing his name to Lance Rock in 2008. After Hoyt left TNA, he signed with WWE, where he worked until 2010 as Vance Archer. After he left WWE, he sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Adonis
Samuel Elias Polinsky (born August 9, 1989) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, performing on the independent circuit and for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) under the ring name Sam Adonis. Adonis formerly worked in Mexico's (CMLL) as a heel pro-Trump character and currently works for DTU, IWRG, Toryumon Mexico and the Mexican Independent circuit. He has also competed in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Polinsky has briefly worked for WWE, in their Florida Championship Wrestling developmental league, under the name Buddy Stretcher and worked a match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the name Bill Callous, but has spent the majority of his pro wrestling career in England working for various promotions such as All Star Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Early career (2008–2011) Polinsky made his professional wrestling debut in early 2008, working primarily on the independent circuit in his native Pennsylvania. He would often team with his broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IWC Heavyweight Championship
The IWC World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the wrestling promotion, International Wrestling Cartel. The championship was first awarded March 17, 2001 when Powerhouse Hughes defeated Bubba the Bulldog, Guido Corleone, Homicyde, Orion, and Paul Atlas in a Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches, six-way elimination match last eliminating Orion. During Hughes' reign, the title was defended on Championship Wrestling Federation shows as Hughes was the owner of the promotion. As of March 9, 2022, there are 44 reigns among 28 wrestlers with five vacancies. The inaugural champion was Powerhouse Hughes. Dennis Gregory has the most reigns at five. Shirley Doe has the longest singular reign at 545 days. Dennis Gregory, RJ City, and DJZ have the shortest singular reign at less than one day. John McChesney has the longest combined reign at 805 days. Bill Collier is the current champion in his second reign. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Wrestling Cartel
International Wrestling Cartel is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is owned and operated by Justin Plummer, has become the longest tenured owner. Norm Connors ran the promotion for 9 years until he handed the reins to then announcer Chuck Roberts. Roberts owned the International Wrestling Cartel till 2015 before being sold to Justin Plummer. IWC holds live events and pay-per-views now exclusively on their streaming network, the IWC Network. Annual PPV events include Winner Takes All, Caged Fury, Reloaded, Night of the Superstars, and the long lasting Super Indy Tournament. IWC aired 56 episodes of a weekly television show called IWC Ignition. In 2019, the promotion unveiled the IWC Network, which allowed streaming of live events and a back-catalog of past events as far back as 2002. Produced by 2:1 Media, events began streaming live for IWC Network subscribers or available as one-time purchases. The IWC is best kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Royal (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal (sometimes battle royale; plural battles royal or battle royals) is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared the winner. Typical battles royal begin with a number of participants in the ring, who are then eliminated by going over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor. Variations Battlebowl In a two-ring variation on a battle royal, the wrestlers start in one ring and try to throw wrestlers into the second ring, after which they can be eliminated by being thrown out of that ring. The last remaining wrestler in the first ring can rest until only one wrestler is left in the second ring, after which they fight in both rings until one is eliminated and a winner is declared, in similar fashion to a double elimination tournament. The two-ring version was held in World Championship Wrestling's 1991 Starrcade event. Subsequent Battlebowl matches occurred under normal battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Hart
Edward Ellsworth Annis (born February 2, 1980) is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He currently wrestles on the independent circuit. He is one-half of the RCW (Real Canadian Wrestling) Tag Team Champions with Steven Styles. He wrestled on a National scale for Major League Wrestling (MLW) as the leader of The Hart Foundation, where he held the MLW World Middleweight Championship, MLW World Middleweight and MLW World Tag Team Championship, MLW Tag Team championships. He has also wrestled for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide, AAA, the short-lived Wrestling Society X, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, and Dragon Gate USA. He operates a Glossary of professional wrestling terms#School, wrestling school in Edmonton. He is the son of Hart wrestling family#Sons and daughters of Stu and Helen, Georgia Hart of the Hart wrestling family and wrestler B. J. Annis. He is also the nephew of former professional wrestlers Bret Hart and Owen Hart. Hart achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CZW Medal Of Valor Championship
The CZW Medal of Valor Championship was a championship contested at the Combat Zone Wrestling Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion founded in 1999 by John Zandig. Commonly associated with the 2000s hardcore wrestling genre, early CZW shows showcased a brand of wrestling dubbed by the p ... (CZW) training dojo. Being a professional wrestling championship, it was not won via direct competition; it was instead won via a predetermined ending to a match. Each Medal of Valor match was a 2 out of 3 falls contest, until this stipulation was suspended by Mike Del upon him becoming champion. There were thirteen reigns by eleven different wrestlers. Title history Combined reigns References External links *CZWrestling.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Czw Wired Tv Championship Combat Zone Wrestling championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion founded in 1999 by John Zandig. Commonly associated with the 2000s hardcore wrestling genre, early CZW shows showcased a brand of wrestling dubbed by the promotion as "ultraviolence". Early CZW matches featured items such as ladders, tables, steel folding chairs, thumbtacks, barbed wire-covered baseball bats, weed whackers, light tubes, and panes of glass. The promotion filled a niche for hardcore wrestling fans that had been left open by the folding of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 2001. In 2009, CZW's founder John Zandig sold the promotion to CZW wrestler D. J. Hyde. Although hardcore wrestling continued to be a prominent part of CZW shows, under Hyde the frequency of hardcore matches would gradually decrease. By the start of the 2010s, CZW had diversified its image by mixing its roster of homegrown wrestlers with international talent and began to showcase additional sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Name
A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting the wrong image. Since the advent of the Internet, it is relatively easy to discover a fighter's real name. Professional wrestling Ring names are much more common in professional wrestling than any other sport; famous examples include Terry Bollea becoming Hulk Hogan, Shawn Hickenbottom becoming Shawn Michaels, Roderick Toombs becoming Roddy Piper, Dwayne Johnson becoming The Rock, Christopher Irvine becoming Chris Jericho, and Phillip Jack Brooks becoming CM Punk. A number of wrestlers adopted their real name or a variation of it, sometimes modifying the spelling to better fit their gimmick, such as Dave Bautista becoming Batista (later reverting to his real name for his Hollywood acting career), Patricia Stratigea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
