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he is best known for his time with

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under the ring name Beer City Bruiser.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2000-present)

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Ring of Honor (2015-2021)

After a non-televised match in 2013, Winchester debuted in Ring of Honor on January 3, 2015, participating in the 2015 Top Prospect Tournament. He defeated Mikey Webb before being eliminated in the semi-finals by

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. Soon thereafter, Winchester formed his now long-standing tag team with

Silas Young Caleb DeWall (born September,9,1980) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Silas Young. He was last contracted for Ring of Honor, where he is a two-time ROH World Television Champion, and has ...

. Bruiser lost to Dalton Castle on September 12 and a week later, he and Silas Young defeated The Boys, the former 'servants' of Dalton Castle. Bruiser made his

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debut at Glory By Honor XIV on October 24, teaming with Young in a losing effort to The All-Night Express ( Kenny King and

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). At supercard of Honor X April 2, 2016, Bruiser and Young wrestled for the

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against War Machine (Hanson and

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). At ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds 2016 on May 9, BCB and Young lost to A. C. H. and

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. On June 12, they won the 2016 Tag Wars tournament, defeating the All-Night Express and the

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, becoming number one contenders to the ROH Tag Team titles. On June 25, they lost to defending champions The Addiction (

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and

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). In September 2016 BCB was injured, forcing the cancellation of his ROH and independent commitments. He made his return at Glory By Honor XV, losing in a three-way match against

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and winner

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. BCB and Silas Young teamed again the following night against

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. On March 4, 2017 at Manhattan Mayhem VI, Bruiser participated in an ROH World title number one contendership 20-man battle royal. On April 1 at

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, he and Silas Young defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Vinny Marseglia. On May 10 - the second day of ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds 2017 - Bruiser competed in a seven-man TV title number one contendership match, which was won by

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. On July 29, Bruiser lost against Jay Lethal in a no disqualification match. In 2018 Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas formed the tag team called The Bouncers after a falling out with Silas Young. On ROH television, Silas Young defeated Beer City Bruiser in a no disqualification match to end their feud.

Championships and accomplishments

*Allied Independent Wrestling Federations **AIWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *POWW Entertainment **POWW Tag Team Championship (1 time)– with Nick Colucci *Brew City Wrestling **BCW Heavyweight Championship (4 times) **BCW Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Brandon Tatum (1) and Nick Colucci (3) **BCW Legacy Championship (1 time) *ComPro **ComPro X Division Championship (1 time) *Insane Championship Wrestling (USA) **ICW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **ICW West Central Championship (1 time) **ICW Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Brandon Blaze *

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**NWA Heartland States Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *

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**Ranked No. 318 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017 *

** Tag Wars (2016) - with

*UPW Pro Wrestling **UPW International Championship (1 time) *America's Most Liked Wrestling **AML Prestige Championship (1 time) *Wisconsin Pro Wrestling/All-Star Championship Wrestling **ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Nick Colucci **WPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Nick Colucci **NWA Wisconsin Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **NWA Wisconsin Team Championship (3 times) - with Jose Guerrero (1), Nick Colucci (2) **NWA Unleashed Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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(2 times) - with Brandon Tatum (1) and Brian Breaker (1)

References

External links

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