In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.

Specific promotions on the independent circuit are referred to as indy promotions or indies. A wrestler is said to be in the indies or working the indies if he or she is wrestling in one of the independent promotions, or working the indy circuit if he or she is performing in different independent promotions.

Origins

The indie scene in the United States dates back to the days of regional territories. When a promoter ran opposition in even one town controlled by a National Wrestling Alliance sanctioned territory, they were often called an ''outlaw'' territory. This is considered by some to be a forerunner to indies since some stars of the past got their start in these low quality local rivals to the big regional territories.

The modern definition of the independent circuit came about in the middle to late 1980s and fully formed and flourished after 1990. These promotions initially sought to revive the feel of old school territorial wrestling after former territories either went national, such as WWF and WCW, or went out of business. Several indies did in fact manage to tour different towns within a region and maintain a consistent schedule.

After Vince McMahon gave a 1989 testimony in front of The New Jersey State Athletic Commission where he revealed wrestling was in fact entertainment, many state athletic commission stopped regulating wrestling for promoters and wrestlers. After the business was exposed, just about anyone could be a promoter or a wrestler. Many thought they could save money by holding shows in lesser towns and smaller arenas with little to no televised exposure, leading to many shows being held only once a week or once a month in local towns.

Differences between "the old territories" and the current independent scene

Territories held shows in a certain town each week while also going to a different town night after night with several towns covering a certain region. Most of today's indie promoters struggle to hold a show on a monthly basis in a single town. Promoters in those days could fill big arenas up into the thousands, while indie promoters struggle to draw a few hundred people at a high school gym or local fairground.

Wrestlers in the territories could afford to make a good living in the wrestling business for years at a time (despite still needing a day job for insurance and retirement benefits) while current day indie wrestlers struggle to pay their bills, much less risk living out of their car. Territories also had weekly television shows on local stations in each town while most indies cannot afford such exposure.

Many of today's wrestlers learn their trade in a wrestling school, but scrape by learning their craft on occasional indie bookings with no consistency in developing their skills the way many wrestlers during the era of the territories had been able to do. Many wrestlers would learn the basics by setting up the ring or having a job at the arena setting up chairs and selling merchandise, refereeing matches, or some other way of being trained and entering the business.

They would then wrestle night after night in a different town wrestling in front of the same crowd each week when they debuted, and then go to other territories to learn something new from experience. Many young wrestlers in this era do not have this kind of tough education in the business or that luxury of learning their craft from experience.

Focus of U.S. indies

Independent promotions are usually local in focus and, lacking national TV contracts, are much more dependent on revenue from house show attendance. Due to their lower budgets, most independent promotions offer low salaries (it is not unusual for a wrestler to be paid only $5 to $20 per match). Most cannot afford to regularly rent large venues, and would not be able to attract a large enough crowd to fill such a venue.

They have to make use of any open space (such as fields, ballrooms, or gymnasiums) to put on their performances. Some independent promotions are attached to professional wrestling schools, serving as a venue for students to gain experience in front of an audience.

As independent matches are usually not televised, indy wrestlers who have not already gained recognition in other promotions tend to remain in obscurity. However, scouts from major promotions attend indy shows, and an indy wrestler who makes a good impression may be offered a developmental or even a professional contract.

The advent of the internet has allowed independent wrestlers and promotions to reach a wider audience, and it is possible for wrestlers regularly working the indy circuit to gain some measure of fame among wrestling fans online. Additionally, some of the more successful indies have video distribution deals, giving them an additional source of income and allowing them to reach a larger audience outside of their local areas.

Growing national exposure

Such promotions are Jersey All Pro Wrestling,, Lucha Libre USA,, World Xtreme Wrestling, CHIKARA, Combat Zone Wrestling, Heartland Wrestling Association, Maryland Championship Wrestling, Memphis Wrestling, Chaotic Wrestling, East Coast Wrestling Alliance, Ohio Valley Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Ring of Honor and its sister promotions Full Impact Pro and SHIMMER Women Athletes.

There is some debate over whether or not Ring of Honor should even be called an indie promotion, since it is not restricted to holding one monthly show in a local town. Some believe it to be a modern day regional territory, considering they have several shows a month across The Northeast and The Midwest. There are those who even dare to call it a national or worldwide promotion on a niche level due to their presence on DVD, in merchandising, The Internet, and exchanges with talent from Great Britain and Japan. Furthermore, ROH has recently been bought out by a major company (The Sinclair Broadcasting Group), leaving it in the possession of another business, much like TNA (Panda Energy), and World Championship Wrestling (Time Warner).

They also had a development league in Florida called Full Impact Pro, which although is still active as an independent promotion, has been somewhat replaced by Pro Wrestling Respect. The promotion has also experienced limited coverage on television such as The Fight Network in Canada, the now defunct TWC Fight! in the United Kingdom, and Samurai TV in Japan along limited pay per views every two months in addition to a TV deal with HDNet Fights in the United States.

Independent promotions in other countries

In Mexico and Japan, which have recognized major circuits, the concept of independent circuits also exists. The reliance on major promotions to acquire talent from them, however, varies widely from each other and from the North American system.

Mexico

Lucha libre has many more independent wrestlers in proportion than the rest of North America, because of the weight classes prevalent in the Mexican league system as well as its emphasis on multiple person tag matches; just about anyone with ability can emerge from an independent promotion into either Asistencia Asesoría y Administración or Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and be a champion there. Independent Mexican wrestlers may use a lot of gimmicks, including some that may be based on copyrighted characters from American television shows, such as Thundercats and X-Men. (These gimmicks are often changed if the wrestler playing them makes it into AAA or CMLL; the most prominent example of non-compliance with this method is midget wrestler Chucky from AAA, whose gimmick is based on the Child's Play movies.)

Japan

Until 1984, no independent puroresu promotion per se existed in Japan; potential talent went directly into the training dojos of either New Japan Pro Wrestling or All Japan Pro Wrestling. (International Pro Wrestling also was a third-party promotion until 1981.) The advent of the Japanese UWF offered a long-sought third alternative.

From 1986 to 1988 the Japanese system went back to the two-promotion system, but then the UWF was reformed and another promotion Pioneer Senshi, was started. Because of Japanese societal mores which implied that a wrestler was a lifelong employee of a company and thus identified with it wherever he went, neither AJPW nor NJPW made an effort to acquire wrestlers trained in other promotions; wrestlers from the major promotions who left, such as Genichiro Tenryu, Gran Hamada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Atsushi Onita, and Nobuhiko Takada had to start their own independent promotions in order to keep themselves in the limelight.

As the 1990s ended, though, things began to change. Independent promotions began gaining more prominence as they were featured in major specialized media such as ''Shukan Puroresu'' and ''Shukan Gong'' magazines. With the death of Giant Baba and retirement of Antonio Inoki, which effectively broke their control over the promotions they founded, the major promotions began looking to the smaller promotions for talent.

In 2000, the first major signing from an independent, Minoru Tanaka by NJPW from BattlARTS, took place; soon after NJPW stocked the junior heavyweight division with independent talent such as Masayuki Naruse, Tiger Mask IV, Gedo, and Jado. On the same year, following the Pro Wrestling Noah split, AJPW was forced to fill its ranks with independent talent; Nobutaka Araya, Shigeo Okumura and Mitsuya Nagai signed up (Araya is the only one who remains, but other signings since then have been Kaz Hayashi, Tomoaki Honma, Hideki Hosaka, and Ryuji Hijikata.)

Noah admitted one wrestler from the independents, Daisuke Ikeda, to its ranks as well (Ikeda has since left, but other wrestlers from the independents that were signed included Akitoshi Saito, Takahiro Suwa, and Taiji Ishimori). Although AJPW, NJPW, and Noah remain committed to their dojos, the reliance on independents is growing as obscure talent is recognized for its ability.

See also

List of professional wrestling terms

List of independent circuit, unaffiliated or retired wrestlers

List of independent wrestling promotions in the United States

List of professional wrestling memorial shows

External links

IndyWrestlingNews.com

IndyWrestling.net

Midwest Independents

Category:Professional wrestling

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Name	Jerry Lynn
Names	Jerry the RamGorgada CrossJerry LynnMr. J.L.Sultan Gargola
Height
Weight
Birth date	June 12, 1963
Birth place	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Billed	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Trainer	Francisco AbarcaBrad RheingansEddie Sharkey
Debut	March 1988
Retired	}}

Jeremy "Jerry" Lynn (born June 12, 1963) is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He has also worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and Ring of Honor (ROH). Lynn is a ten-time world champion, having won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once, the ROH World Championship once, the HWA World Heavyweight Championship 4 times, the NWS World Championship 3 times, and the AEW Premier World Championship once.

Professional wrestling career

Early years (1988–1995)

Lynn started wrestling in March 1988 in various independent promotions in the Minnesota and Michigan areas, one being Pro Wrestling America, and a brief stop in the Tennessee-based Smoky Mountain Wrestling. After the PWA folded, Lynn wrestled for the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF) based in Dallas, Texas. While in GWF, Lynn captured the GWF Light Heavyweight Championship. Lynn also engaged in a two year feud with The Lightning Kid which gave both men considerable exposure.

World Championship Wrestling (1995–1997)

Lynn first became known to a larger wrestling audience in World Championship Wrestling as the masked Mr. J.L. The high-flying Lynn joined the WCW cruiserweight division, where he competed against the Mexican luchadores and a variety of wrestlers from around the world such as Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Sabu, Chris Jericho and Alex Wright. He also wrestled a couple of matches on ''Saturday Night'' as himself, most notably wrestling Lex Luger. One of his last major matches took place at the Clash of the Champions XXXV, where he suffered a six-man tag team loss while teaming with Konnan and La Parka against Chris Jericho, Super Calo and Chavo Guerrero, Jr.. While he was injured, Eric Bischoff fired him from WCW.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1997–2001)

After leaving WCW, Lynn joined Extreme Championship Wrestling. Upon arriving, Lynn was involved in a "respect" feud with Justin Credible, resulting in the two being booked in a series of matches, which saw Credible winning the last match at the Heatwave '98 pay-per-view. After this, Lynn was involved in a feud with Lance Storm and Mikey Whipwreck, a feud that was shortened when Whipwreck left for WCW.

Once the feud with Lance Storm was ended, Lynn was booked in a match for the ECW World Television Championship with Rob Van Dam at Living Dangerously in 1999. The finish saw Lynn win the title from Van Dam (the time limit expired and Lynn was awarded the title by referee decision instead of by pinfall or submission). Despite this win, he asked for a five-minute time extension, in which he was pinned by Van Dam after a Five-Star Frog splash. Though Lynn did not win the match, he from then on refer to himself as "The New F'N Show", mocking Van Dam's nickname, "The Whole F'N Show", as well as claiming he would be the wrestler to deprive Van Dam of the ECW World Television title. Though Lynn received several more title opportunities with Van Dam, he was not successful in winning the World Television Title before Van Dam was stripped of the title after suffering a legitimate broken ankle. Around the same time, Lynn also suffered a broken ankle, taking him out of action. On his return to ECW TV, Lynn challenged Van Dam to one more match at Hardcore Heaven, which Lynn won.

On October 1, 2000 at the Anarchy Rulz, Lynn defeated Justin Credible for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. He held the title for one month, making a successful title defense against Steve Corino, to whom he lost the title to in a re-match. At the last ECW pay-per-view, Guilty as Charged in 2001, Lynn was in the main event, losing to Rob Van Dam via a Van Terminator.

World Wrestling Federation (2001–2002)

Following the bankruptcy of ECW in April 2001, Lynn was hired by the World Wrestling Federation. Lynn made his TV debut on the April 29, 2001 episode of ''Sunday Night Heat'', where he defeated Crash Holly for the Light Heavyweight Championship in his debut match. He eventually lost the title to Jeff Hardy and had a notable match with Rob Van Dam on an episode of WWF Sunday Night Heat before being released in February 2002. He then had a brief stint in the World Wrestling All-Stars promotion, where he won its Cruiserweight title.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2007)

In 2002, Lynn signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), taking part in the first ever TNA match as part of a six-man tag match against the Flying Elvises. He won the TNA X Division Championship twice, as well as the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice (once with A.J. Styles, once with Amazing Red). He feuded with A.J. Styles and Don Callis, and was an X Division mainstay. However, in February 2004 he suffered a severe shoulder injury, tearing the tendon from the bone in his rotator cuff, when Juventud Guerrera botched a Juvi Driver. Lynn became a TNA road agent, planning matches and coaching younger talent.

Lynn made his return to the ring on June 10, 2005 when he faced Justin Credible at Hardcore Homecoming, an ECW reunion show organized by ECW alumnus Shane Douglas. On July 17 at No Surrender, Lynn refereed a match between Sean Waltman and A.J. Styles, refusing to allow Waltman to cheat in the course of the match. This led to a match between Lynn and Waltman at Sacrifice on August 14, which Lynn won. After the match, Waltman initially celebrated with Lynn before attacking his former partner. The following week on ''Impact!'', it was announced that Lynn had re-injured his shoulder (this is believed to be an angle designed to fuel the feud between Lynn and Waltman rather than a legitimate aggravation of the existing injury).

In January 2006, he began making on-screen appearances once more as a road agent. He came out at Final Resolution to watch a match which was Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and Matt Bentley taking on the team of Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong and Austin Aries. Lynn continued to make several other appearances throughout the rest of 2006, and even faced Bobby Roode in a losing effort during TNA's first house show in Detroit.

On January 14, 2007, Lynn made his return to regular in ring competition returning to TNA to compete for the TNA X Division Championship against Chris Sabin and then-champion Christopher Daniels at Final Resolution, in which he delivered his trademark cradle piledriver to Daniels and subsequently got pinned by Chris Sabin. Lynn carried on to feud with Sabin over the X Division title. On an episode of ''Impact!'', Lynn won a ladder match to become the number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship. At Destination X, Lynn was defeated by Chris Sabin in a two out of three falls match. After the match, a masked man (later revealed to be Christopher Daniels) performed the Angel's Wings on Sabin, but also hit Lynn with the title belt. At Lockdown, Daniels defeated Lynn in a Six Sides of Steel match. At Sacrifice, Jerry Lynn won a four-way X-Division battle between himself, Alex Shelley, Senshi, and Tiger Mask IV (New Japan Pro Wrestling star also making his TNA debut). On June 17, 2007 at Slammiversary, Jerry Lynn teamed up with former NFL tight end Frank Wycheck to defeat the team of James Storm and Ron Killings. Wycheck pinned Storm after using Lynn's signature move, the cradle piledriver. At Victory Road in July, Jerry Lynn teamed up with former WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund against the tag team of The Motor City Machine Guns, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, with Kevin Nash in their corner. Lynn wrestled the majority of the match and was knocked out cold by an interfering Kevin Nash, followed by a pinfall by Chris Sabin. In August 2007, Lynn asked for and received his release from TNA.

Independent circuit (2003–present)

Lynn worked for the All World Wrestling League presents Big Time Wrestling in late 2003/early 2004.

Lynn participated in the East Coast Wrestling Association's 11th-annual Super 8 Tournament, which he won, defeating Sonjay Dutt in the finals on November 10, 2007 in Newark, Delaware.

One of Amarillo's independent promotions, West-Texas Wrestling Association, announced January 12, 2008 at their second anniversary show that Jerry Lynn would face Kaos "The Rock Superstar" at WWA's Collision Course 3 on April 12, 2008 at The Nat "Brawl Room", hyping the fact they have two nationally known names facing off in a one-on-one match for Indy supremacy. Lynn would face local star, Mark Wilson, instead, due to a injury sustained by Joey Munoz. Jerry Lynn would return to WWA frequently to face local Amarillo stars. He would also face, and defeat, Justin Credible and Raven, in separate matches in WWA.

Lynn defeated Shawn Shultz on February 21, 2008 to become the UWA Heavyweight Champion in Seymour, Tennessee.

Lynn participated in Pro Wrestling Syndicate's Majestic Twelve Tournament on March 22, 2008 in Yonkers NY. Lynn teamed with Kenny Omega in the first round defeating Tommy Suede and Kevin Matthews. Omega eliminated Lynn in Round 2. Lynn's most recent PWS match was on May 8, 2010 when he defeated Vampiro in White Plains NY.

Lynn wrestled in Next Era Wrestling in Rochester, New York on March 29, 2008. Lynn and Jerrelle Clark lost to Al Snow and Johnny Swift. On April 25, 2008, Lynn defeated Jason Gory, Shiima Xion, and Davey Richards to win the Super Indy VII Tournament that is held by International Wrestling Cartel. Traditionally, the winner of the tournament is awarded the IWC Super Indy Championship. However, Lynn refused to accept the belt and instead challenged the champion Larry Sweeney to a title match at the next show. On May 17, 2008, Lynn defeated Sweeney to officially become IWC Super Indy Champion. On September 13, 2008, Lynn lost the Super Indy title to kayfabe apprentice Johnny Gargano in a 3 Way Dance, which also included Super HENTAI. Since then, Lynn has not appeared in IWC.

On October 24, 2009, Jerry would return to West-Texas Wrestling Association in Amarillo, Tx to face off against WWA Champion El Gringo Loco in the main event of the WWA Dreadball 2009 event for the title. Earlier on in the night, Amarillo's Elite Wrestling and AEW President Willie Simple would win a 5-on-5 tag match against WWA and their president, Bill Barnett, to win complete control of WWA. Jerry Lynn would win his contest, and become the final WWA Champion. He would lose the belt to Raul Torrez in a match in AEW on December 11, but would then win the AEW Massacre Championship the next night. He would vacate the belt due to his limited schedule with AEW.

On October 25, 2009 Jerry Lynn competed in a tag team match in Denver, Colorado for the Primos Hardcore & Wrestling Tag Team Championship. This match would emulate the movie "The Wrestler" and Jerry Lynn would take on the persona of Jerry "The Ram" as he would team with Adrian Grimm taking on the persona of Grimmy Jam to form team "Ram-Jam". They faced the PH&W; Tag Team champions California's Only Cool Kids (C.O.C.K.) consisting of Hoodlum and The Miracle That is Tony. At the end of the hardcore match both members of team Ram-Jam would climb up to the top rope and delivered a pair of Ramjams to C.O.C.K. and pin them both to win the belts.

On February 22, 2009 Jerry Lynn wrestled for IWF Premier Pro Wrestling facing " The Reaper" Adrian Grimm in a IWF Championship Tournament.

In July of 2010, Jerry Lynn returned to IWF Premier Pro Wrestling to take on "The Denver Daredevil" Rob Ryzin which Lynn won.

On March 13, 2010, Jerry would take part in AEW's "The Dimmitt Rumble" event, facing off against Premier World Champion A-Will. He would win, and become the NEW AEW Premier World Champion. In August of 2010 he lost that championship to Jerry One.

Ring of Honor (2008–2011)

Lynn made several appearances for Ring of Honor, prior to becoming a full-time roster member. Lynn made an appearance for Ring of Honor, where he wrestled ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness in a non-title match, which he lost. He has also wrestled in ROH's sister promotion Full Impact Pro on two occasions, wrestling Austin Aries and Roderick Strong in a Three Way Dance, before taking on Aries the next night in a singles match. Lynn has wrestled on ROH's PPV taping on September 19, 2008 in a losing effort to Chris Hero. Then next night Lynn returned to the ECW Arena for ROH's ''Glory By Honor VII'' by defeating Kenny King. On September 22, 2008 Lynn was named a full time member of the ROH roster. Soon after, Lynn was a participant in the inaugural match of TV show ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'' on HDNet, pinning Delirious for the win.

At ''Supercard of Honor IV'', he defeated Nigel McGuinness to win his first ROH world title. Jerry Lynn is the first person from the Original ECW to win the ROH title. At ''Manhattan Mayhem III'', Lynn lost the ROH World Title to Austin Aries in a Three Way Dance, which also involved Tyler Black, on June 13, 2009. He would later enter in a rivalry with Austin Aries, Kenny King and Rhett Titus, leading to an alliance with Delirious.

Return to TNA Wrestling (2010, 2011)

Lynn returned to TNA on the August 5, 2010, edition of ''Impact!'', announcing that he would take on Rob Van Dam one more time at the ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice, on August 8. However, on August 7 it was reported that Lynn was forced to pull out of the event due to a back injury and was replaced by Sabu. Lynn reappeared on ''Impact Wrestling'' on June 23, 2011, again confronting Van Dam, after which it was announced that the two would face each other on July 10 at Destination X. Lynn wrestled his TNA return match on the July 7 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', losing to Van Dam in a four-way match, which also included A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels. At Destination X, Lynn was defeated by Van Dam in a singles match. Lynn made his next appearance on August 7 at Hardcore Justice, where accompanied Van Dam to the ring for his match with Crimson. After Van Dam was hit with Crimson's finishing maneuver, Lynn entered the ring and broke up the following pin, causing the referee to disqualify Van Dam. On the August 18 edition of ''Impact Wrestling'', Lynn cost Van Dam another Bound for Glory Series match against A.J. Styles in similar fashion.

Personal life

Lynn is married to his third wife and has two daughters, the youngest was born August 28, 2006.

In wrestling

Finishing moves

*Cradle piledriver

Cross armbar – WCW

*TKO

Tornado DDT - WWF

Signature moves

*Alley Oop

*Brainbuster

Bridging German suplex

Diving crossbody

Fireman's carry cutter

Gory special

*Lariat

Moonsault

Over the shoulder belly to back piledriver

Rope hung guillotine leg drop

Running sitout powerbomb

*Spike DDT

Springboard dropkick

*Sunset flip powerbomb

*Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker

Tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown

*Wheelbarrow facebuster

Managers

*Cyrus

*James Mitchell

*Amy Vitale

Nicknames

"Dynamic"

"The New F'n Show"

'''Entrance themes

*"El Cu Cuy" by Coal Chamber (ECW, 2000)

*"Replica" by Fear Factory (ECW, 1997)

*"Scapegoat" by Fear Factory (ECW, 1998)

*"A Test of Faith" by Dividing Light (ROH)

*"Trust (Instrumental)" by Megadeth (ECW, 1998)

*"The Wonders at Your Feet" by Dark Tranquility

Championships and accomplishments

All American Wrestling

AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Anarchy Championship Wrestling

*ACW-IWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (8 time)

*ACW-IWA Texas Tag Team Championship (19 time) – with Scot Summers

Continental Wrestling Association

*CWA Heavyweight Championship (6 time)

East Coast Wrestling Association

*ECWA Super 8 Tournament (2007)

Extreme Championship Wrestling

ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

*Hardcore Hall of Fame (2010)

Gateway Championship Wrestling

GCW Heavyweight Championship (5 time)

Global Wrestling Federation

GWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Hardcore Wrestling Association

*HWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)

*HWA Championship (2 time)

Independent Wrestling Association East Coast

*IWA East Coast Heavyweight Championship (5 time)

Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South

IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

International Wrestling Cartel

*IWC Super Indy Championship (5 time)

*Super Indy Tournament (2008)

New Era Pro Wrestling

NEPW Triple Crown Championship (1 time)

New Wrestling Society

*NWS World Championship (3 times)

New York Wrestling Connection

NYWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

NYWC Interstate Championship (1 time)

Primos Hardcore & Wrestling

*PH&W; Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Grimmy Jam

Pro Wrestling America

PWA Heavyweight Championship (5 time)

PWA Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)

PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Lightning Kid

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

*PWI Comeback of the Year (2009)

PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1999)

PWI ranked him #29 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2003

Ring Of Honor

ROH World Championship (1 time)

Showtime Allstar Wrestling

*SAW International Championship (1 time)

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with A.J. Styles (1), Amazing Red (1)

TNA X Division Championship (2 times)

*World X Cup (2004) – with Chris Sabin, Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper

United Wrestling Association

*UWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)

United States Wrestling Organization

USWO Television Championship (1 time)

West-Texas Wrestling Association/Amarillo Elite Wrestling

*WWA Champion (1 time, final)

*AEW Massacre Champion (1 time)

*AEW Premier World Champion (1 time, final)

World Wrestling All-Stars

WWA International Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

World Wrestling Federation

WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

External links

Ring of Honor profile

Slam! Sports Bio

Jerry Lynn's interview with John Kline and Elevation Radio

Tha O Show Episode 165 Jerry Lynn Interview

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Name	Christy Hemme
Names	Christy Hemme Christy Kristy Hemme
Height
Weight
Birth date	October 28, 1980
Birth place	Poway, California
Resides	Los Angeles, California
Billed	Los Angeles, California
Trainer	Dave FinlayDean MalenkoRicky SteamboatScott D'AmoreA.J. Styles
Debut	November 15, 2004
Retired	December 16, 2009 }}

Christina Lee "Christy" Hemme (born October 28, 1980) is an American actress, singer, model, professional wrestling valet and former professional wrestler. Hemme is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, as a backstage interviewer and ring announcer.

Early life

Hemme was born in Poway, California, but she grew up in Temecula, California. She enjoyed racing street bikes and dirt bikes. She was a "self-described" tomboy. She grew up watching wrestling and favored The Undertaker.

She was a cheerleader for two years at Temecula Valley High. She graduated in 1998 at age seventeen. Hemme attended Mt. San Jacinto College, where she majored in dance.

Modeling career

After graduating, she relocated to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in modeling. Hemme initially joined a burlesque dance team known as "The Purrfect Angelz". She performed at Easyrider tours and Harley motorcycle rallies. She went on to appear in magazines such as ''Maxim'', ''Playboy'', ''Rolling Stone'', and ''Stuff''. In addition, she appeared in the music video of the Trace Adkins songs "Chrome", and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" and in videos for bands Blink-182 and Sonic. She also had parts in commercials for AT&T; and TrimSpa, and she was a spokesmodel for Hawaiian Tropic. Other early jobs included a waitressing job at Hooters.

In past years, her image has also been found on Bench Warmer trading cards as Christy "Sunni" Hemme. As Sunni, she was Bullz-eye.com's featured model in September 2002. Her modeling career led to her joining the cast of Comedy Central's ''The Man Show'' as a member of the "Juggy Dance Squad" in 2003. Hemme remained with the series for a year, during which she appeared on ''The Commies'', a Comedy Central produced award show, on December 7, 2003.

Hemme took part in the 2004 Lingerie Bowl. She appeared on the cover of the April 2005 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine. Before appearing nude in the magazine, Hemme got the permission of her father, who had previously requested that she never pose nude. She also competed as a quarterback for the Chicago Bliss Lingerie Football League team in the 2006 Lingerie Bowl.

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Entertainment (2004–2005)

In the mid-2004, Hemme participated in the Diva Search, a competition held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in order to recruit new Divas. In the course of the competition, Hemme and the five other finalists faced seven existing Divas in a game of dodgeball at SummerSlam on August 15, eliminating all eight Divas with the loss of just one finalist, Joy Giovanni. Hemme was announced as the winner of the competition on September 20, with a prize of a one year contract with WWE with remuneration of $250,000. Hemme began her WWE career as a member of the ''Raw'' roster. She quickly began a feud with Carmella DeCesare, the runner-up of the Diva Search. The feud culminated in a "lingerie pillow fight" at Taboo Tuesday on October 19, with Hemme defeating her opponent by pinfall.

Following her feud with DeCesare, Hemme began a rivalry with WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus. Stratus along with Molly Holly and Gail Kim threw Hemme an initiation party but, it soon turned into a 3-on-1 Bra and Panties Handicap match, Hemme was easily beaten. Stratus was ostensibly scornful of Hemme's appearance in the April 2005 issue of ''Playboy''. Stratus interrupted Hemme's Playboy unveiling and spray painted all over the cover, Hemme responded by slapping her, this resulted in Stratus delivering a Chick Kick to her and spraying the word ''Slut'' on her back. Hemme eventually challenged Stratus to a match at WrestleMania 21, with Stratus's nemesis Lita training her in the weeks preceding the event. At WrestleMania 21 on April 3, Stratus defeated Hemme to retain her title. In the months after WrestleMania, Hemme began another feud with Victoria, who claimed to be jealous of the opportunities afforded to Hemme. The feud culminated in a bout at Vengeance on June 26, which Victoria won after countering Hemme's sunset flip move by using the ropes to pin Hemme. With her feud with Victoria over, Hemme briefly aligned herself with Eugene before she and Stacy Keibler were traded to ''SmackDown!'' in exchange for Candice Michelle and Torrie Wilson on August 25. Hemme then feuded with Melina, the valet of MNM, in the process joining forces with the Legion of Doom. At No Mercy on October 9, Hemme and the Legion of Doom defeated MNM in a six-person intergender tag team match. Her feud with Melina continued into November, with Melina defeating Hemme in two televised singles bouts.

On November 30, Hemme debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), a WWE developmental territory, aligning herself with Matt Cappotelli in opposition to Aaron Stevens, Beth Phoenix, and Shelly Martinez. On December 5, 2005 she was released from her WWE contract. The release happened shortly after WWE asked her to relocate to Louisville, Kentucky to train at OVW. The company cited budget cuts and the creative team having nothing for her as the reason for her dismissal.

Years later in November 2008 in her column for TNAwrestling.com Hemme stated her departure from WWE was on her own terms because: "I stuck to my guns on my morals and values as a human being. I knew in my gut that it would be the end, but I also knew that carrying guilt for knowingly doing something against what I believed wasn't worth getting ahead. Leaving broke my heart... but doing the right thing is something I will always be proud of."

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Managing (2006–2008)

Hemme signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in April 2006, and she debuted on April 23 at Lockdown. In addition to her hosting role on ''Impact!'', she was also the co-host of the Internet show ''TNA Global Impact!'' with Jeremy Borash. At Hardcore War, Hemme refereed a match between Traci and Gail Kim. In July 2006, she was featured on the ''Women of Action'' special. She also began traveling to Windsor, Ontario to train under TNA agent Scott D'Amore in between TNA TV tapings. She was also Knockout of the Year for 2006.

On January 14, 2007 at Final Resolution, Christy came out and interrupted the Voodoo Kin Mafia (VKM) and cut a promo about the involvement of women in wrestling. She said that she wanted to wrestle too—and the mostly male crowd in the TNA arena jeered her. Kip James called her a slut, which garnered him a slap from Hemme, while B.G. James attempted to play peacemaker. In the following weeks, Kip and Hemme got into a few arguments over his lack of respect for her and women as a whole. Hemme made her TNA in-ring debut at Against All Odds where she wrestled and defeated "The Big Fat Oily Guy" in a Tuxedo match, but after his match Kip James stripped her. On the March 8 version of ''Impact'', Hemme asked Jim Cornette for a match pitting VKM against her new, previously undisclosed, team, at Destination X. Cornette consented and booked the match. On the pay-per-view, Hemme introduced The Heartbreakers. Despite Hemme's attempts to give Kip a low blow, VKM defeated her team, who she later browbeat at ringside. Hemme later announced that she had found another team to face the VKM. At the preshow prior to the Lockdown pay-per-view, the mystery team was revealed to be Serotonin (Havok and Kaz), but VKM defeated them as well. She then brought in Basham and Damaja as her new permanent tag team in her battle with VKM. They beat Kip in a handicap match at Sacrifice as B.G. had been attacked by them earlier in the night. At Slammiversary, VKM beat Basham and Damaja, but VKM's associate Lance Hoyt turned on them and kissed Hemme.

Basham and Damaja were then released from the company, and Hoyt formed a partnership with Jimmy Rave, named The Rock 'n Rave Infection, with Hemme as their manager. In the winter of 2007, Hemme, Rave, and Hoyt entered into a feud with The Latin American Xchange (LAX) faction after being attacked several times by a mysterious assailant. The assailant was revealed to be Salinas (Shelly Martinez) at Final Resolution following LAX's victory over the Infection. Shortly after Final Resolution, The Rock 'n Rave Infection began a new gimmick, acting as though they were a rock band with Hemme portraying the lead singer. On the March 13 episode of ''Impact'', Hemme, Rave and Hoyt won a six-person tag team match against LAX after Hemme hit Salinas with a guitar. At No Surrender, Hemme, Hoyt, and Rave lost in an intergender six person tag team match against the Prince Justice Brotherhood (Shark Boy, Curry Man, and Super Eric).

Singles competition (2008–2009)

Hemme turned into a fan favorite on the October 16, 2008 episode of ''Impact'' when she was attacked by The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) backstage. She feuded with them, which resulted in two consecutive tag team matches with ODB and Sojourner Bolt respectively. After showcasing improved wrestling skills, Hemme was then placed into a more active in-ring role, being pushed to challenge Awesome Kong at Final Resolution after defeating Raisha Saeed on the November 27 edition of ''TNA Impact!''. Hemme then teamed with A.J. Styles in a mixed tag team match against Awesome Kong and Scott Steiner, where Hemme pinned Kong. At Final Resolution, it appeared Hemme was about to win the title, but was attacked by Saeed and Rhaka Khan, thus winning on a disqualification. Hemme was then granted a re-match at Genesis. A week later Hemme teamed with ODB against Khan and Saeed in a winning effort. On January 2009, Hemme sustained a neck injury while training in the ring with Styles for her match and would be unable to compete at Genesis against Awesome Kong. Her injury required surgery and she was out of action for about seven months.

Hemme returned to TNA programming on the August 13, 2009 episode of ''Impact!'' defeating Sojournor Bolt via pinfall. The next week on ''Impact'' she formed an alliance with Tara, when they helped save Madison Rayne from the Beautiful People. Later that night Hemme competed in a four-way match against Sarita, Awesome Kong and Traci Brooks. Brooks won the match after she pinned Hemme. On the September 3 edition of ''Impact'', Hemme competed in the first round of the tournament for the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship alongside her tag partner Tara against Sojourner Bolt and Hamada, which Hemme and Tara won. On September 17 they however lost in the semi finals to the Beautiful People due to interference from Madison Rayne. On October 1 on ''Impact!'' she faced Traci Brooks in a battle of the playboy playmates which she won, but was attacked by Traci after the match. On the October 29 edition of ''Impact!'', Hemme teamed with Hamada and ODB in a six knockout tag team match, where they were defeated by Madison Rayne, Velvet Sky and Lacey Von Erich, after Von Erich pinned Hemme. This would turn out to be her final TNA match.

Backstage interviewer and ring announcer (2009–present)

On the December 10 edition of ''Impact!'' Hemme debuted in her new role as a backstage interviewer. On December 16, 2009, Hemme announced her retirement from in-ring competition after her last match in a gauntlet. On April 7, 2010, Dixie Carter announced on her Twitter account that Hemme had signed a new multi-year deal with the company. On the December 2 edition on ''Impact!'' Hemme was involved in a small backstage catfight with Cookie during a brawl with Cookie's cohort X Division Champion Robbie E and Jay Lethal. On the December 16 edition of ''Impact!'' Hemme came out during an X Division Championship match between Robbie E and Lethal and handcuffed herself to Cookie, thus preventing her from interfering in the match and subsequently costing Robbie the X Division Championship. After the match Hemme and Lethal celebrated, which led to a kiss between the two. On the April 28 edition of ''Impact!'', Hemme served in her new role as a ring announcer.

Independent circuit

In November 2006, Hemme participated in the Queens of Chaos shows in Paris, France. She wrestled two matches with April Hunter; Hemme won the first match, but lost the second. She then defeated British wrestler Minx to earn the right to referee the championship match, which was eventually won by Hunter. On July 21, 2007, Hemme defeated Ann Brookstone at a Heavy on Wrestling event in Superior, Wisconsin with Nora Greenwald acting as Special Guest Referee. She has also competed in Women Superstars Uncensored under the ring name Kristy Hemme.

Music and acting

In September 2006, Hemme recorded a song entitled "Society Box", which was featured on TNA's November 21, 2006 music release, ''3rd Degree Burns''. Hemme is also the founder and lead singer in HEMME. The band released five songs on their MySpace: "In This Moment", "Visit Me Mom", "Shine", "Dear You", and "Dirty"; the songs have since been removed following the departure of original members Randy "Slick" Ramirez, Steve "Slide" Goodwin, Roland "Rollin" Maniago, and Rocky "Rock" Ramirez, all from the band POLARIS. Christy has now released another song, Don't Give Up on her official Myspace , and a HEMME EP Named "Where are You" which is available on iTunes. Hemme is Christy Hemme on vocals, Eric "Erock" Friedman on guitar, Tim Miller on bass, and Garrett Whitlock on drums.

In December 2006, Hemme recorded a scene for ''Bloodstained Memoirs'', a wrestling documentary. Her scene however was removed from the finished product. Hemme made her acting debut in the film ''Fallen Angels'', portraying the deadly sin "Lust". She also filmed a role in another horror film tentatively titled ''Bubba's Chili Parlor'', playing a zombie.

In November 2010 she was a contestant on an all TNA week of ''Family Feud'', teaming with Angelina Love, Lacey Von Erich, Tara and Velvet Sky against Jay Lethal, Matt Morgan, Mick Foley, Mr. Anderson and Rob Van Dam.

Personal life

Hemme has a brother, David, and a sister, Deena Hemme, who is also a model. Her father, Robert, owns an insurance agency in her hometown of Temecula. Her mother Susan died in 2002. Christy stated in the DVD ''Viva Las Divas'' that the week she won the WWE Raw Diva Search was on the anniversary of her mom's death.

Hemme is an avid motorcyclist. She owns a Harley-Davidson Dyna Low Rider.

In wrestling

Finishing moves

''FFG – Flying Firecrotch Guillotine'' (Diving split-legged guillotine leg drop pin) – TNA

Reverse Twist of Fate – WWE; adopted from Lita

Signature moves

*Diving crossbody

Leaping clothesline

Inverted DDT

*Modified axe kick

Snap DDT

*Spear

*Spinning facebuster

Split-legged sunset flip from out of the corner, as a counter to an oncoming opponent

Victory roll

Managers

Lita

Tara

Wrestlers managed

Basham and Damaja

Eugene

Hardcore Holly

The Heart Throbs (Romeo and Antonio)

Lance Hoyt

Legion of Doom (Animal and Heidenreich)

The Rock 'n Rave Infection (Lance Rock and Jimmy Rave)

Serotonin (Havok and Kaz)

Tiana Ringer

Traci Brooks

*Tara

Entrance themes

*"Walk Idiot Walk" by The Hives (WWE)

*"Pour Some Sugar on Me" by Def Leppard (OVW)

*"Wasting Away" by Manic Drive (TNA)

"Society Box" performed by Christy Hemme

"Infection" by Dale Oliver (Used while managing The Rock 'n Rave Infection)

*"Sassy" by Dale Oliver

Championships and accomplishments

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI ranked her #42 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2008

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Knockout of the Year (2006)

World Wrestling Entertainment

WWE Diva Search (2004)

References

External links

Interview with HitTheRopes.com

TNA profile

Online World of Wrestling profile

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Name	Archie Van Winkle
Birth date	March 17, 1925
Death date	May 22, 1986
Birth place	Juneau, Alaska
Death place	Ketchikan, Alaska
Placeofburial	cremated and scattered at sea
Placeofburial label	Place of burial
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Serviceyears	1942-1945, 1948-1974
Rank	Colonel
Commands	2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
Unit	1st Battalion, 7th Marines
Battles	World War IIKorean WarVietnam War
Awards	Medal of HonorDistinguished Flying CrossBronze Star (2)Air MedalPurple Heart (3)
Laterwork	}}

Colonel Archie Van Winkle (March 17, 1925–May 22, 1986) was a United States Marine who was awarded Medal of Honor for his actions as a Staff Sergeant during the Korean War.

A combat veteran of World War II, he was called to active duty with the Marine Corps Reserve after the outbreak of hostilities in Korea and was released to inactive duty on July 16, 1951. Van Winkle again returned to active duty and served in combat during the Vietnam War.

Early life and World War II

Born March 17, 1925 in Juneau, Alaska, Archie Van Winkle attended public school in Darrington, Washington. An ardent athlete, he captained both the boxing and football teams at Darrington High School, where he also played baseball and basketball. He entered the University of Washington in Seattle to study physical education, but left after a few months to enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve on December 14, 1942.

During almost three years of active duty, he served as an aviation radioman-gunner and mechanic, participating in the Solomons, Philippines and Emirau operations. On October 22, 1945, he received his honorable discharge.

He continued his studies in physical education for two years at Everett Junior College and for another year at the University of Washington. In March 1948, he rejoined the Marine Corps Reserve and became a member of Company A, 11th Infantry Battalion, in Seattle.

Korean War and after

The battalion was mobilized and ordered to Camp Pendleton, California, on August 7, 1950. Late that month he arrived in Korea and participated in the Inchon landing.

By November 2, 1950, Van Winkle had reached the rank of staff sergeant and was serving as an infantry platoon sergeant. On that night, near Sudong, Korea, he led a charge through withering enemy fire. A bullet shattered his arm and he was seriously wounded in the chest by a direct hit from a hand grenade. He refused to be evacuated and continued to shout orders and encouragement to his men while lying on the ground, weak from loss of blood. His leadership enabled the outnumbered platoon to repulse an enemy attack. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Evacuated to Japan and later to the United States, he subsequently served for several months with the Marine guards at the Naval Base, Bremerton, Washington. He was released from active duty on July 16, 1951 and was attached to the 10th Infantry Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, in Seattle.

President Harry S. Truman presented Van Winkle with the Medal of Honor during ceremonies at the White House on February 6, 1952. The following day he was sworn in as a Second Lieutenant by General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps, having qualified under the "meritorious noncommissioned officer" program.

Later recalled to active duty, Van Winkle attended Basic School at Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia, from November 1952 to May 1953. First Lieutenant Van Winkle completed Air Observation School at Quantico that November and was assigned as an Air Observer with the 3rd Marine Division then at Camp Pendleton. He was later Assistant G-3 of Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, then served as a company executive officer and company commander, respectively, with the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. He was promoted to captain on December 31, 1954 and in 1955, he was assigned as Regimental Liaison Officer, 9th Marines.

From November 1955 until April 1958, he served as Assistant Officer in Charge of the Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Indianapolis, Indiana. In May 1958, he was named Commanding Officer of the Marine Detachment aboard the . Following two years in this assignment, he was assigned to the college degree program at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history in June 1961.

Transferred to Hawaii that month, Capt Van Winkle was assigned as a company commander with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade. In April 1962, he became Director of the 1st Marine Brigade Schools and was credited with the establishment of a brigade guerilla warfare school. Earlier, as part of a special observer group sent to Vietnam in late February 1962, he was commended by General Paul D. Harkins, U.S. Army, head of the United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam, and Admirals H.D. Felt and J.H. Sides, CINCPAC, and CINCPAC Fleet commanders, respectively. He was promoted to major in August 1962.

In June 1964, Van Winkle reported to the Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Upon graduation in June 1965, he was assigned duty as Manpower Analyst and, later, Head, Operating Forces Section, Manpower Control Branch, G-1 Division, at Headquarters Marine Corps. While serving in his capacity, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on July 1, 1967.

Vietnam War

Van Winkle's next duty assignment was in the Republic of Vietnam. He served consecutively as Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines; G-3 Operations Officer, 1st Marine Division; and as Assistant G-3, Task Force X-Ray, Sub Unit #1, 1st Marine Division, from August 1967 to September 1968, and earned the Bronze Star with Combat "V". A gold star in lieu of a second Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" was awarded him for his actions on July 6, 1968, on Hill 689 near Khe Sanh Combat Base. He also received the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Gold Star.

He was commanding officer of 1st Battalion 1st Marines from June 1968 to September 1968.

Later life and memorials

After his return to the United States, he was again assigned to the G-1 Division at Headquarters Marine Corps, this time as Head, Standards and Utilization Section, Manpower Control Branch. He then served as Provost Marshal at Camp Pendleton Californian them Provost marshal General of the Marine Corp. He retired from service in February 1974.

In his retirement, Van Winkle lived on a boat in Bar Harbor near Ketchikan, Alaska. He died there on May 22, 1986, and his remains were cremated and scattered at sea in the Tongass Narrows, on which Ketchikan sits. A memorial headstone was placed in Sitka National Cemetery in Alaska.

On October 1, 1997, a granite monument in Juneau, Alaska was dedicated memorializing Archie Van Winkle, Alaska's only Medal of Honor recipient.

Van Winkle is also honored at the University of Washington Medal of Honor veterans Memorial.

The events for which he received the Medal of Honor, and the story of his unit there is related in the book, "Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir" by Joseph R. Owen, published by Presdio Press in 1996.

Awards

A complete list of his medals and decorations include:

60px  Bronze Star (with Combat “V” and Gold Star in lieu of a second award)

60px  Navy Unit Commendation (with one bronze star)

60px  Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with three bronze stars)

60px  National Defense Service Medal (with one bronze star)

60px  Korean Service Medal (with two bronze stars)

60px  Vietnam Gallantry Cross (with Gold Star)

60px  Vietnam Service Medal (with three bronze stars)

60px  Korean Presidential Unit Citation (second award)

Medal of Honor citation

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to STAFF SERGEANT ARCHIE VAN WINKLE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a Platoon Sergeant in Company B, First Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in the vicinity of Sudong, Korea, on November 2, 1950. Immediately rallying the men in his area after a fanatical and numerically superior enemy force penetrated the center of the line under cover of darkness and pinned down the platoon with a devastating barrage of deadly, automatic weapons and grenade fire, Staff Sergeant Van Winkle boldly spearheaded a determined attack through withering fire against hostile frontal positions and, though he and all the others who charged with him were wounded, succeeded in enabling his platoon to gain the fire superiority and the opportunity to reorganize. Realizing that the left-flank squad was isolated from the rest of the unit, he rushed through forty yards of fierce enemy fire to reunite his troops despite an elbow wound which rendered one of his arms totally useless. Severely wounded a second time when a direct hit in the chest from a hostile hand grenade caused serious and painful wounds, he staunchly refused evacuation and continued to shout orders and words of encouragement to his depleted and battered platoon. Finally carried from his position unconscious from shock and loss of blood, Staff Sergeant Van Winkle served to inspire all who observed him to heroic efforts in successfully repulsing the enemy attack. His superb leadership, valiant fighting spirit and unfaltering devotion to duty in the face of heavy odds reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.

/S/ HARRY S. TRUMAN

See also

List of Korean War Medal of Honor recipients

List of Korean War veterans who are recipients of the Bronze Star

Notes

References

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External links

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Names	X-Pac1-2-3 Kid6-PacPacThe Lightning KidThe Kamikaze KidThe Cannonball KidThe Hardluck KidThe KidSean WaltmanSyxxSyxx-PacX-Pack
Height
Weight
Birth date	July 13, 1972
Birth place	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Resides	St. Petersburg, Florida
Billed	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Trainer	Eddie SharkeyBoris Malenko
Debut	March 16, 1992 }}

Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13, 1972) is an American professional wrestler Waltman was signed with the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment under the ring names 1-2-3 Kid and X-Pac off and on from 1993-2002, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name Syxx, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Syxx-Pac and also under his real name. Waltman is the only wrestler in history to have held the TNA X Division Championship, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, and the WWE Light Heavyweight Championship. Waltman is a member of the group known in wrestling as The Kliq, which also consists of Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

After being trained by former professional wrestling brothers Boris and Joe Malenko, Waltman began his career as The Lightning Kid, working his way through various independent organizations such as Pro Wrestling America (PWA) and the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), winning the PWA Light Heavyweight title, the PWA Iron Horse TV Title and the GWF Light Heavyweight Championship. Throughout the early part of his career, Waltman worked extensively with wrestler Jerry Lynn in both North America and Japan. The duo even teamed up to win the PWA Tag Team titles twice in 1993.

World Wrestling Federation (1993–1996)

Waltman signed a contract in 1993 with the World Wrestling Federation (WWE), debuting as the Lightning Kid and losing his debut match to Rad Radford. After several weeks as a jobber, he upset Razor Ramon on the May 17, 1993 episode of ''WWF Monday Night Raw''. Waltman was given a number of different names such as the Kamikaze Kid, Cannonball Kid, and The Kid. Waltman was then renamed the 1-2-3 Kid. Waltman was worked into Ramon's feud with Ted DiBiase. DiBiase taunted Ramon repeatedly over losing to a nobody until he too was pinned by the Kid. Ramon turned face shortly after and took The Kid under his wing.

For the next two years, Waltman's character played the role of the natural underdog and displayed a rebellious attitude until the ''Raw'' before the 1995 Survivor Series pay-per-view where he was the guest referee in a match between Razor Ramon and Sycho Sid. As Ramon was attempting his finisher, the Razor's Edge, The Kid pulled Sid down and fast counted him, giving Sid the win and thus turning heel. After this event, the Kid joined Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation faction. The 1-2-3 Kid remained with this group until the end of Waltman's first WWF run. In his first run, he held two WWF World Tag Team titles, once each with Marty Jannetty and Bob Holly, and came close to defeating Bret Hart for the WWF title in July 1994.

World Championship Wrestling (1996–1998)

He continued using the 1-2-3 Kid name until his departure for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1996. Upon joining WCW, he immediately became a part of the nWo group. Waltman appeared, sitting at ringside, during a live episode of ''WCW Monday Nitro'' on September 16, 1996. At one point in the show, he stood up and used a remote control to release nWo propaganda from the ceiling, revealing himself as the newest member of the recently-formed villain faction. To play upon his previous on screen character of 1-2-3 Kid, he was given the name Syxx, supposedly because he was the sixth member of the nWo. Waltman, now known as Syxx, immediately began taunting the cruiserweights, going as far as to steal Eddy Guerrero's WCW United States Heavyweight Championship title belt, an act that led to a ladder match for the title at the 1997 January event Souled Out, which Syxx lost.

In February 1997 at SuperBrawl VII, Syxx had another opportunity for championship gold, against Dean Malenko. Syxx won the match by submission to officially become the Cruiserweight Champion. In June 1997, he lost the Cruiserweight Title to Chris Jericho at a non-televised webcast house show in Los Angeles, California minutes after a successful defense against Rey Mysterio, Jr. Syxx then began a feud with Ric Flair, losing to Flair at Road Wild in August. Syxx was then involved in a parody of the Four Horsemen stable, where he portrayed Ric Flair. This led to the WarGames match at Fall Brawl, with Syxx teaming with Kevin Nash, Buff Bagwell, and Konnan to face the Four Horseman team of Flair, Steve McMichael, Chris Benoit, and Curt Hennig. The nWo won the match after Hennig betrayed the Horsemen and joined the nWo.

During the Fall of 1997, the nWo invoked "Wolfpac Rules" and named Syxx as a replacement for the injured Kevin Nash as part of the Outsiders with Scott Hall in defending the WCW World Tag Team Championship. On October 13, 1997, Hall and Syxx lost the titles to the Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott).

During that October Waltman injured his neck and was forced out of action, but continued to appear on camera for several weeks after. While recuperating from his injury, Waltman was fired by then WCW President Eric Bischoff as a show of force to keep Hall and Nash in check due to locker room instability caused by the three, as well as Waltman's lack of commitment. Bischoff claimed that Waltman was a competent performer "when sober," but that these periods were "few and far between." He asserted that "in many ways, Sean was lucky to even have a job." The fact that he was fired by a FedEx message still annoys Waltman to this day.

Return to the WWF

D-Generation X (1998–2000)

Waltman returned to WWF programming on March 30, 1998, the night after WrestleMania XIV and days after being released from WCW. With Shawn Michaels out of action following his title loss and back injury, which kept him inactive for four years, Triple H was now the leader of D-Generation X (DX). He stated that he was forming a DX army and "when you start an army, you look to your blood ... you look to your buddies ... you look to your friends ... you look to The Kliq." Waltman appeared on the stage and commented on Bischoff and Hogan, as well as claiming that if contractually free to do so, Hall and Nash would have been joining him in returning to the WWF. This comment actually prompted Bischoff to respond on ''Nitro'' the following week, telling Waltman to "bite me."

Following that ''Raw'' episode, Waltman was initially being billed as "The Kid" on the WWF homepage but became known as "X-Pac" by the next broadcast. As a member of DX, Waltman feuded with many wrestlers such as Jeff Jarrett, and he eventually won the WWF European Championship from D'Lo Brown in 1998. He and Brown traded the title a couple of times with Waltman ultimately winning the championship at Judgment Day: In Your House in October 1998. Waltman held the European Championship until February 1999 when he lost the title to Shane McMahon. At WrestleMania XV in 1999, he had a rematch with McMahon for the European Championship, but Triple H betrayed him and cost Waltman the title.

Waltman then paired off with Road Dogg against Triple H, Chyna and Billy Gunn, after the temporary demise of DX. Waltman and Road Dogg wanted DX to be about rebellion while Triple H, Chyna and Billy Gunn wanted it to be about making money. A few weeks after WrestleMania, he became a fan favorite and formed an alliance with Kane; a mute, brooding, menacing loner. Waltman and Kane went on to hold the WWF Tag Team Championship two times. After DX was reunited in late 1999 as a villainous group, Waltman led Kane to believe that he would be inducted into DX but instead betrayed him and eventually stole his girlfriend, Tori.

In 2000 he feuded with fellow DX member Road Dogg and Chris Jericho. Waltman would then be out of action for three months due to a neck injury caused when Jericho botched a powerbomb later that year.

X-Factor, nWo and departure (2001–2002)

Upon his return to action, Waltman found himself without an angle. His most notable actions in the next two years were forming the short-lived faction X-Factor along with Justin Credible and Albert. During this time, he won the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship and the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, held by Billy Kidman, and became the first and only person to hold both belts simultaneously; despite X-Pac being a part of Team WWF during the Invasion angle, the fans were still not cheering for him and eventually the reaction he was getting began to bear his name, "X-Pac heat", which has since been applied to any wrestler who the fans have no desire in watching. (The term had long been referred to as "go home heat" or "go away heat" before Waltman.)

When X-Factor broke up due to Credible joining The ECW/WCW Alliance, he feuded with Kidman and Tajiri, until he had to take time off for another injury, after losing the WCW Cruiserweight Title to Kidman. The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was abandoned upon his return to WWF television, although he defended the belt on several house shows just before his return to television.

When Hall, Nash and Hogan returned to the WWF in 2002, Hogan was removed from the latest incarnation of the nWo. Waltman, who had been out with an injury, returned and immediately attacked Hogan, claiming he had been waiting four years to do so, stemming from shoot comments from Hogan on ''WCW Thunder'' in 1998 after he was fired that he could not "cut the mustard." This storyline was immediately dropped with the nWo members being drafted to Raw while Hogan being drafted to SmackDown! in the first ever WWE Draft Lottery.

During the nWo's feud with the tag team of Booker T and Goldust, Waltman was often misrepresented as refusing to lose to Booker T, but he denied this in an interview in November 2006, referencing a botched spine buster giving him an injury and keeping him from participating. On August 25, 2002 Raw commentator Jim Ross announced that WWE and Waltman had parted ways.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Xtreme Pro Wrestling (2002–2003)

After departure from WWE, Waltman joined TNA Wrestling on September 18, 2002, wrestling under the ring name Syxx-Pac. Teaming with his former tag team partners Scott Hall and B.G. James, Waltman feuded with Jeff Jarrett and Brian Lawler. On October 9, 2002, Waltman made his X Division debut, defeating six other wrestlers to win the vacant TNA X Division Championship in a ladder match. He held the title for two weeks before losing to A.J. Styles on October 23, 2002 in a no disqualification match. He remained in TNA until November 2002, and is said to have left due to the arrival of Vince Russo, who, it is said, Waltman did not like. Waltman has stated in interviews, however, that he has no problem with Russo.

Waltman debuted in Xtreme Pro Wrestling on February 28, 2003, winning the XPW Television Championship from Kaos. He retained the title in a bout with Juventud Guerrera on March 1, 2003 and held the title until the promotion closed in April 2003.

Return to TNA (2003, 2005–2006)

Waltman returned to TNA for a single night on June 18, 2003 at the TNA first anniversary pay-per-view, where A.J. Styles was to team with a mystery partner against Jeff Jarrett and Sting. Styles' manager Vince Russo described the mystery partner as being "a dirtbag," "a degenerate," and "the scum of the Earth" before adding that he was "just like [him]." Russo then announced the return of Sean Waltman. Waltman and Styles went on to lose the match.

Russo left TNA in November 2004, and Waltman returned to the promotion on February 13, 2005 at Against All Odds, attacking Jeff Jarrett during his NWA World Heavyweight Championship match with Kevin Nash. Nash, Waltman and Diamond Dallas Page formed an alliance against Planet Jarrett (Jarrett, The Outlaw and Monty Brown) which disbanded when Nash and Page left TNA to focus on their respective acting careers.

At TNA's Hard Justice in 2005, Waltman substituted for Jeff Hardy, who no-showed, and faced Raven in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. Waltman lost the match after Raven back-dropped him through a steel cage. On June 19 at Slammiversary, Waltman took part in a five man King of the Mountain match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. In the course of the match, Waltman cost the incumbent and defending champion A.J. Styles the title, by delivering an X-Factor off a ladder. As a result, Waltman turned heel. The heel turn eventually lead to a match between Styles and Waltman at No Surrender, which Styles won after guest referee Jerry Lynn prevented Waltman from cheating. As a result, Waltman challenged his former partner to a match at Sacrifice. After Lynn won the match with a victory roll, Waltman attacked him and endeavored to re-injure his shoulder.

After Sacrifice, Waltman was partnered with Alex Shelley, and together they won the Chris Candido Cup. As a result of their tournament victory, Waltman and Shelley received a shot at the NWA World Tag Team Championship at Unbreakable. At Unbreakable, however, Waltman was announced as having no-showed the event. He was not heard from until September 19, 2005 when he was reported to have contacted a family member in Florida. Waltman made a final appearance with TNA at Final Resolution on January 15, 2006, defeating Raven with the assistance of Larry Zbyszko.

On September 15, 2006, Waltman made an appearance at a live WWE show in Tampa, celebrating with the newly reformed DX after their match, performing the crotch chop with them.

Wrestling Society X and National Wrestling Alliance (2006–2008)

In February 2006, Waltman joined MTV's newly formed Wrestling Society X (WSX) promotion. At the inaugural WSX tapings on February 9, 2006, Waltman (wrestling as 6-PAC) faced nine other wrestlers in a hardcore battle royal ladder match, which both Waltman and Vampiro won by climbing the ladder to take possession of WSX contracts. Waltman lost a WSX Championship title match to Vampiro the following week. Waltman challenged Vampiro during Episode four, as a ruse to introduce Ricky Banderas, who attacked Vampiro from behind. Afterwards, Waltman defeated Human Tornado and Scorpio Sky in singles competition, and teased an affair with Lizzy Valentine (the valet and girlfriend of Matt Sydal), though WSX folded before the angle could go on any further.

On July 8, 2007, Waltman teamed up with Chyna as part of a triple threat match in McAllen, Texas to crown the new NWA World Tag Team Champions. The title was previously vacated by Team 3D after the National Wrestling Alliance severed its working relationship with TNA Wrestling. They lost the match to Karl Anderson and Joey Ryan.

Waltman re-appeared on the May 14, 2008 edition of ''NWA Wrestling Showcase'', facing Adam Pearce for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The match came to a quick end when Waltman legitimately injured his knee five minutes into the match. Waltman won by disqualification when The Real American Heroes attacked him, along with Pearce. On June 1, 2008 Waltman and The Sandman wrestled in a tag team match for the NWA against the Illuminati which resulted in a defeat for Waltman and the Sandman.

Asistencia Asesoria y Administraction (2007–2008)

In June 2007, Waltman began wrestling as a regular in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) as alternatively 6-Pac or X-Pack as a member of Konnan's ''La Legión Extranjera'' (Foreign Legion). He was managed by girlfriend Alicia Webb. Waltman usually used the D-Generation X theme music when he came out to the ring. He briefly left to go into rehab back in mid-2008, but returned at the ''Verano de Escándalo'' event in September 2008, turning against the Foreign Legion and announcing the creation of D-Generation Mex, a parody of WWE's D-Generation X, alongside Rocky Romero and Alex Koslov. Afterwards, Waltman started a feud with one of the top figures of the organization, El Zorro.

Waltman can be briefly glimpsed in Justin Lee Collins' 2009 reality series - Justin Lee Collins: The Wrestler, when Collins attends an AAA event.

Independent circuit

On August 8, 2009 at GLCW Slamfest, Waltman became the new GLCW Heavyweight Champion after defeating Skull Crusher. Al Snow was stripped of the title as he was unable to make it to the show.

On March 5, 2011 Waltman reunited with former D-Generation X members Road Dogg and Billy Gunn at Pro Wrestling Syndicate in Long Island, New York. At the event, he landed on the guard rail resulting in a serious chest wound that put Waltman in the emergency room.

On March 15, 2011, Chikara announced that Waltman, billed as the 1-2-3 Kid, would be making his debut for the promotion on April 15, when he would enter the 2011 King of Trios tournament, teaming with Arik Cannon and Darin Corbin. On April 15, Team Minnesota was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Team Michinoku Pro (Dick Togo, Great Sasuke and Jinsei Shinzaki). The following day Waltman entered the ''Rey de Voladores'' tournament, defeating Amazing Red, Frightmare and Obariyon in a four–way elimination semifinal match to make it to the following day's finals. On April 17, Waltman was defeated in the ''Rey de Voladores'' finals by El Generico. After the match Waltman announced that he believes 2011 will be his last year in professional wrestling, put Chikara over as the "future of wrestling" and thanked the promotion for a weekend he claimed he would never forget.

Return to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2010)

January 4, 2010, special live, three-hour Monday night edition of ''Impact!'' Waltman and Scott Hall returned to TNA on the night Hulk Hogan made his debut for the company. Kevin Nash, Hall and Waltman quickly reformed their alliance, but Hogan kept himself out of the group, claiming that times have changed. At Genesis Waltman, renamed Syxx-Pac, replaced Hall and teamed up with Nash in a losing effort against Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm). On the following edition of ''Impact!'' Hogan, disgusted by the actions of the Band, had security remove Waltman and Hall from the Impact! Zone, since they were not under contract with the company. Waltman and Hall appeared the following week anyway, attacking Kurt Angle from behind. The week after that Hall and Waltman returned again, but this time they turned on their longtime friend Kevin Nash and beat him down. At Destination X Syxx-Pac and Hall faced Nash and Eric Young in a tag team match, where the Band's TNA futures were on the line. In the end Nash turned on Young and helped the Band pick up the victory, which finally gave them contracts with the company. On the March 29 edition of ''Impact!'' the Band lost a six man tag team steel cage match against Eric Young, Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy. Waltman was scheduled for a tag team match at Lockdown, but was absent from the event and was replaced by Nash. It was later reported that Waltman had let TNA know days in advance that he was not cleared to wrestle by the Missouri State Commission due to his hepatitis C diagnosis and was not going to be able to attend the event. On the April 26 edition of ''Impact!'', Waltman was found on the floor backstage in a pool of his own blood by Team 3D. It was later reported that this would be his last TNA appearance for an undetermined period with Eric Young taking his position in The Band. On June 15, 2010, it was reported that Waltman had been released by TNA. Months after he went to PWI for one night. He won his match in a tag team match.

Personal life

Waltman was married to a woman called Terry. Together they have two children: a son Jesse (born 1992) and a daughter Kaitlyn (born 25 January 1995) before divorcing in 2002. Waltman was also in a relationship with and eventually engaged to Joanie Laurer, who formerly competed as Chyna in the WWF. Before Laurer and Waltman split, they filmed a sex tape which was later released under the name ''1 Night in China'' in late 2004. Since WWE still owned the rights of the name Chyna, the video included footage of Waltman in China walking over to the Great Wall to spare Red Light District Video any legal issues. As a result, Waltman made his porn star debut. In March 2005, Waltman appeared on the VH1 reality TV show ''The Surreal Life'' when he visited Laurer in an attempt to reconcile with her. After Laurer refused to reconcile, Waltman was eventually ejected from the house by the other guests. Three days after that episode was aired, Waltman posted a statement about the episode in his forums, where he also revealed that Laurer was upset with him after, in part, learning about his sexual relations with Jenna Jameson, "four years prior" to the two of them getting together.

In an early 2008 interview at inyourheadonline.com, Juventud Guerrera, who had been working with Waltman in AAA, claimed Waltman had recently tried to commit suicide due to depression. This was confirmed by ''The Wrestling Observer'', which reported that Alicia Webb had found Waltman hanging by his neck in his Mexico City apartment, on the verge of death. He was subsequently taken back to the U.S. for treatment. Reportedly, Waltman had been speaking positively of his experiences in AAA, and he has denied attempting suicide, claiming the incident was a result of mixing alcohol and anti-depressants. Following the incident, long-time friend Kevin Nash flew to Texas to check Waltman into a rehabilitation facility for both his addiction and his psychiatric state. Nash also contacted friend Paul "Triple H" Levesque to discuss the new WWE policy of financing rehab for ex-employees.

Sean is currently shooting a documentary called The Price of Fame about his past, present and future in and outside of the ring. The film also stars Ted DiBiase Sr and will be released sometime in 2011.

In wrestling

Finishing moves

''1-2-3 Kick'' (Superkick) – WWF

''Buzzkiller'' (Crossface chickenwing) – WCW

''X-Factor'' (WWF/E / Independent circuit/ TNA) / ''6-Factor'' (WSX / Independent circuit) (Sitout facebuster), sometimes from the top rope

Signature moves

*Backhand chop

Bronco buster

*Diving leg drop

*High speed leg drop

Moonsault

*Multiple kick variations

**Drop

*Roundhouse

*Spinning heel

*Running leaping clothesline

*Senton bomb

Single leg Boston crab

Managers

*Albert

*Chyna

*Ted DiBiase

*Tori

*Alicia Webb

*Scott Hall

Entrance themes

*"1-2-3" by Jim Johnston (WWF; 1993–1996)

*"Break it Down" by Chris Warren and Jim Johnston (WWF/WWE/AAA; used while a part Of D-Generation X; 1998–2000, currently used as his normal entrance theme 2011-)

*"Break it Down V2" by Chris Warren and J Johnston (WWF; used while a part of D-Generation X; 2000)

*"Make Some Noise" By Chris Warren and J.Johnston (WWF; 1998–2001)

*"The Kings" By Run DMC (used while part of D-Generation X) (WWF; 2000)

*"Rockhouse" by Frank Shelley (used while a part of the New World Order) (WCW/WWF/WWE; 1996–1997, 2002)

*"Tear It Up" by Jimmy Hart (WCW; used while part of the New World Order; 1996–1997)

*"What 'Chu Lookin' At?" by Uncle Kracker (WWF; used while a part of X-Factor; 2001)

*"The Band Theme" by Dale Oliver (TNA; 2010)

*"Wolfpac Theme (Instrumental)" by Dale Oliver (TNA; 2010)

Championships and accomplishments

Great Lakes Championship Wrestling

*GLCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Global Wrestling Federation

GWF Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation

MEWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

NWA Pro Wrestling

NWA Heritage Championship (1 time)

'''Nevermore Championship Wrestling

*NCW World Championship (1 time)

*NCW World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Pro Wrestling America

PWA Iron Horse Television Championship (1 time)

PWA Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jerry Lynn

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI Comeback of the Year (1998)

PWI Tag Team of the Year (1999) with Kane

PWI ranked him #21 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1997

PWI ranked him #177 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003

South Eastern Wrestling Alliance

SEWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

TNA X Division Championship (1 time)

Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament – with Alex Shelley

World Championship Wrestling

WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

*WCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall¹

World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment

WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

WWF European Championship (2 times)

WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

WWF Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Marty Jannetty (1), Bob Holly (1), and Kane (2)

Xtreme Pro Wrestling

XPW Television Championship (1 time)

¹ - Due to an injury to Kevin Nash, the nWo invoked Wolfpac Rules and named Syxx as Scott Hall's replacement partner.

Lucha de Apuesta record

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References

External links

Professional wrestling record for Sean Waltman from The Internet Wrestling Database

Online World of Wrestling profile

Sean Waltman at the Internet Movie Database

AAA official website article about Waltman

Sean Waltman's official site

Category:1972 births Category:American professional wrestlers Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Minneapolis, Minnesota

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