Matthew Prince (born July 13, 1973) is an American former

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, better known by his

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Wifebeater. He is best known for his tenure in

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 ...

from 1999 to 2004. He is known for his ring attire (a wifebeater and jeans) and a weed whacker that he brought to the ring with him, and sometimes used on his opponents.

Professional wrestling career

Wifebeater debuted in

on August 21, 1999, at "Pyramid of Hell" on the losing end of a match against

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. On September 18, 1999, Wifebeater defeated

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to win his first World Heavyweight Championship. Wifebeater held the title until November 20, 1999, when he lost it to

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. Wifebeater went on to win the CZW Heavyweight Championship two more times and the Iron Man Championship four times. He also teamed up with

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to form the H8 Club and win the

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. Wifebeater and Justice Pain lost the titles to Nick Gage and Nate Hatred, who later also referred to themselves as the H8 Club. After their title loss and failure to regain the titles in a rematch, Wifebeater and Justice Pain broke up and began feuding. This feud ended at ''Cage of Death III'' inside the Cage of Death for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship where Pain defeated Wifebeater. During one period in 2001, Wifebeater was a member of the stable "Big Dealz" along with

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, Z-Barr, and

. In 2002, Wifebeater won the first-ever CZW Tournament of Death after defeating

in the finals. He wrestled a

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match in November 2002, but made a return a year later in the same month to join Zandig's team for ''

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''. In 2004, he won the third Tournament of Death after defeating

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in the finals. Later in the year, Justice Pain returned and rejoined Wifebeater to reform the H8 Club. They targeted the H8 Club of Gage and Hatred and defeated the pair at ''Cage Of Death 6'' on December 11, though after their victory Justice Pain turned on Wifebeater. Prince subsequently made infrequent appearances in CZW, including a run in on the ROH wrestlers during a big brawl between CZW and ROH at ROH's "Arena Warfare" in early 2006. His final match to date was at CZW's event ''Trapped'' on August 12, 2006, filling in for a vacant J.C. Bailey, where Wifebeater defeated Danny Havoc in a barbed wire cage.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) – with

**CZW Death Match Championship (1 time) **

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(

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) **

CZW World Heavyweight Championship The CZW World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the professional wrestling promotion Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). It debuted on March 27, 1999 at CZW's The Staple Gun event ...

( 3 times) **

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( 1 time) – with Justice Pain ** Tournament of Death ( I, III) **Match of the Year (2002) vs.

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(2009)

References

External links

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Wifebeater at Online World of Wrestling
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wifebeater Living people Professional wrestlers from Dallas American male professional wrestlers United States Marines 1973 births CZW World Heavyweight Champions 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century American professional wrestlers 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century American professional wrestlers BJW Tag Team Champions CZW Iron Man Champions CZW Tournament of Death winners CZW World Tag Team Champions