Christopher Heyward III is an American

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

, better known by his

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Calvin Tankman. He is currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenures with

Major League Wrestling Major League Wrestling (MLW), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in New Rochelle, New York. The promotion was founded in 2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by former WWE writer Court Bauer. The promotion markets its product a ...

and

IWA Mid-South Independent Wrestling Association (IWA) Mid-South (also known as IWA Mid-South, IWA-MS, and IWA Mid South Wrestling) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in New Albany, Indiana. It was formed by Ian Rotten in ...

Professional wrestling career

IWA Mid-South (2016–present)

One of his first matches as a

was at

's ''20th Anniversary Show'' on October 6, 2016, where he competed in a 20-man rumble match against other superstars such as the winner Randi West,

Ian Rotten John Benson Williams (born June 1, 1970) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Ian Rotten. He has wrestled in the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), the United States Wrestlin ...

and

Trey Miguel Trey McBrayer (born August 30, 1994) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where he performs under the ring name Trey Miguel, and is the current Impact X Division Champion in his second reign. Early life Tr ...

. Heyward is known for his tenure with

, where he was a former IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion, title which he won at ''IWA Mid-South Spring Heat 2018 '' on April 12 after defeating

Mance Warner Mance Warner is an American professional wrestler currently performing for Major League Wrestling. He has previously competed in Combat Zone Wrestling where he is a former CZW World Heavyweight Champion and with IWA Mid-South where he has held ...

. At ''IWA Mid-South A Hard Day's Night'' on January 19, 2018, he unsuccessfully defended

Eddie Kingston Edward Moore (born December 12, 1981), better known by his ring name Eddie Kingston, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Kingston started his wrestling career in 2002, and has wrestled for numerous ...

and

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IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship The IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship is a tag team title in the IWA Mid-South promotion. The title debuted in 1997, but was abandoned before the year was out, and had a brief revival in 2002. The title was brought back from 2004 to 2008 and the ...

alone against Unfortunate Pairing (Elliott Paul and Pat Monix) in a 2-on-1 handicap match, being still unknown if he was recognized champion or not. He did have another successful defense alongside at

''IWA Mid-South Simply The Best 11'' December 14, 2017 against

Jake Parnell Jake Parnell is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Warhorse. He is the former IWTV Champion and has performed in various independent wrestling promotions across the United States and internationally. He is well known i ...

and Shane Mercer. His last appearance for IWA was at ''IWA Mid-South Card Subject To Change'' on December 19, 2020, where he fell short to Vincent Nothing.

Major League Wrestling (2020–present)

Heyward made his first appearance for

(MLW) on the November 25, 2020 episode of '' Fusion'', where he scored a victory against

enhancement talent In professional wrestling slang, a job is a losing performance in a wrestling match. It is derived from the euphemism "doing one's job", which was employed to protect information related to kayfabe from being revealed. The term can be used a numb ...

Robert Martyr. He was heavily

push Push may refer to: Music * Mike Dierickx (born 1973), a Belgian producer also known as Push Albums * ''Push'' (Bros album), 1988 * ''Push'' (Gruntruck album), 1992 * ''Push'' (Jacky Terrasson album), 2010 Songs * "Push" (Enrique Iglesias ...

ed with wins over Zenshi and the AAA World Cruiserweight Champion

Laredo Kid Laredo Kid (born December 30, 1986) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He is currently signed to both Impact Wrestling and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, but is currently inactive due to abdominal surgery. La ...

in a non-title match on ''Fusion''. At Never Say Never on March 31, 2021, Heyward unsuccessfully challenged

Jacob Fatu Jacob Fatu is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Major League Wrestling. He is a former one-time MLW World Heavyweight Champion and his reign is the longest in the title's history at 819 days. He also performs on the independe ...

for the

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Game Changer Wrestling (2020–present)

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's ''

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'' from October 10, 2020, Heyward participated in a 30-person battle royal where he competed against various wrestlers such as the winner Nate Webb,

Shark Boy Dean Matthew Roll (born January 28, 1975) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Shark Boy. Prior to his appearances in TNA, Roll competed on the independen ...

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and

Joey Janela Joseph Janela (born July 3, 1989) is an American professional wrestler. Janela is most known for his work with promotions such as All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) ...

. He also competed at '' GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 3'' on October 11, 2020, an event produced by

in partnership with

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, where he defeated Alexander James by way of

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. At '' GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 4'' February 13, 2021, he fell short to Davey Boy Smith Jr. by way of

submission Deference (also called submission or passivity) is the condition of submitting to the espoused, legitimate influence of one's superior or superiors. Deference implies a yielding or submitting to the judgment of a recognized superior, out of re ...

. At '' GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 5'' from February 20, 2021, Heyward scored a victory against Nolan Edward by way of

Championships and accomplishments

*AAW: Wrestling Redefined **AAW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Jah-C *Bizarro Lucha **Bizarro Lucha Luchaversal Championship (1 time, current) *Black Label Pro **BLP Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current) *

Deadlock Pro-Wrestling Deadlock Pro-Wrestling (DPW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion, founded on November 1, 2021, by Anthony Douglas, James Darnell, and John Blud. On December 11, DPW taped the first episode of their broadcast show, ''Fire' ...

**DPW National Championship (1 time) **DPW National Championship Tournament (2022) *Freelance Underground **FU Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current) *

IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship The IWA World Championship is the major title in the Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South based in Louisville, Kentucky. The title debuted at the "Crowning of a Champion" event on April 3, 1997, when Tower of Doom won a twelve man tournamen ...

( 1 time) *

MLW World Tag Team Championship The MLW World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship which is owned by the Major League Wrestling (MLW) promotion. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which particip ...

( 1 time, current) - with E. J. Nduka *New Wave Pro Wrestling **NWP Crossroads Championship (1 time) *Paradigm Pro Wrestling **MidwestTerritory.com Championship (1 time) **MidwestTerritory.com Interim Championship (1 time) *''

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'' ** Ranked No. 134 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

PWI 500 ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publis ...

'' in 2021 ** Ranked No. 138 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

'' in 2022 *Wild Championship Wrestling Outlaws **WCWO Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dale Patricks *Wrestling Theology Fellowship **WTF Championship (1 time) **Blizzard Brawl (2018)

References

External links

Calvin Tankman
on MLW.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tankman, Calvin 1994 births Living people American male professional wrestlers African-American professional wrestlers Sportspeople from Muncie, Indiana Professional wrestlers from Indiana MLW World Tag Team Champions