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| Eddie Valentine | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 20, 1978 [1] Skippack, Pennsylvania [2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Fast Eddie Eddie Valentine |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) [3] |
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Trained by | Glen Osbourne Afa Anoa'i |
| Debut | 1998 |
Thomas Weiss, better known by his ring name Eddie Valentine, is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). [4]
Weiss participated in the BJW Go Way Series 2002, a multiple-night event promoted by Big Japan Pro-Wrestling, where on February 3, 2002, he teamed up with Z-Barr in a losing effort to Daisaku Shimoda and Ryuji Yamakawa. [5] He competed against other wrestlers on other nights of the event such as on the third, from February 8, where he fell short to Bad Boy Hido or the sixth night, on February 11, where he teamed up again with Z-Barr in a losing effort to Ryuji Yamakawa and Kintaro Kanemura. [6] He worked at a house show match promoted by Pro Warrior Alliance on August 5, 2017, where he defeated Core. [7] On July 10, 2011, Weiss participated in the Acid Fest - A Tribute To Trent Acid [8] event created in memoriam of Trent Acid, where he competed in a battle royal against multiple wrestlers such as the winner Helter Skelter, Balls Mahoney, The Messiah, Adam Flash, Rockin' Rebel and Darren Wyse. [9] At ACW/Rogue Fallout, an event promoted by Atomic Championship Wrestling on September 19, 2019, Weiss competed in a four-way match for the ACW Heavyweight Championship unsuccessfully against the champion Shatter, Nate Hared and Hayne. [10]
Weiss made his debut for Combat Zone Wrestling at CZW Delaware Invasion on January 20, 2001, where he teamed up with The Briscoe Brothers (Mark Briscoe and Jay Briscoe) and lost to Trent Acid in a 3-on-1 handicap match. [11] Weiss also teamed up with John Dahmer as VD at CZW Out With The Old, In With The New 2002 on March 9, to defeat The Backseat Boyz (Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid) to win the CZW World Tag Team Championship. [12] They challenged again for the titles at CZW Un F'n Believable on April 14, 2001, unsuccessfully battling The H8 Club (Nate Hatred and Nick Gage). [13] Weiss participated in a 19-man battle royal for the no.1 contendership at the CZW Iron Man Championship at CZW Best Of The Best II on June 8, 2002, competing against other popular wrestlers such as the winner Justice Pain, Adam Flash and The Messiah. [14] On August 10, 2002, at CZW No Excuses, Weiss competed in a loser leaves promotion match in which he lost to Ian Knoxx resulting in Weiss leaving CZW. [15]
Weiss is openly gay and fights against intolerance and hatred as he stated back in 2009. [16] He was married to his husband Chase from 2005 until the latter's death on November 28, 2019. [17] [18]
Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion founded in 1999 by John Zandig. Commonly associated with the 2000s hardcore wrestling genre, early CZW shows showcased a brand of wrestling dubbed by the promotion as "ultraviolence". Early CZW matches featured items such as ladders, tables, steel folding chairs, thumbtacks, barbed wire-covered baseball bats, weed whackers, light tubes, and panes of glass. The promotion filled a niche for hardcore wrestling fans that had been left open by the folding of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 2001.
The Backseat Boyz were a professional wrestling tag team that consisted of Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere who competed in Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Unplugged, Combat Zone Wrestling, Assault Championship Wrestling, the Premier Wrestling Federation, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, and Japan together. They were the first team in history to hold both the ROH Tag Team Championship and the CZW Tag Team Championship.
Christopher Jonathan Bauman Jr. was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chri$ Ca$h. Bauman wrestled in many independent promotions, but is known for his time in Combat Zone Wrestling, where he was a CZW World Tag Team Champion. On August 18, 2005, Bauman was killed in a motorcycle accident.
Brigham Paul Doane, better known by his ring name Masada, is an American professional wrestler currently competing in Xtreme Pro Wrestling, where he is a former XPW World Heavyweight Champion.
Claude Marrow Jr. is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Ruckus. He performs in Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Maryland Championship Wrestling, Chikara and Jersey All Pro Wrestling. While often appearing at a number of other independent promotions, Ruckus is a member of the Blackout/BLKOUT stable with Eddie Kingston, Sabian, Joker, James Ellsworth, and Robbie Mireno.
Michael Verdi, best known by his ring name Trent Acid, was an American professional wrestler.
Matthew Prince is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Wifebeater. He is best known for his tenure in Combat Zone Wrestling from 1999 to 2004. He is known for his ring attire and a weed whacker that he brought to the ring with him, and sometimes used on his opponents.
William Posada is an American independent professional wrestler best known under the ring name Joker. He worked for the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion, IWA Mid-South, Chikara and UWA Hardcore Wrestling.
Blackout is a professional wrestling stable appearing in Combat Zone Wrestling, Adrenaline Championship Wrestling, and other independent companies. Though the current members are Ruckus, James Ellsworth, BLK Jeez, Robby Mireno, the team also competes in companies with other members, such as Joker and Eddie Kingston.
Nicholas William Wilson, better known by his ring name Nick Gage, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), where he is a former 3-time GCW World Champion. He also wrestles for various other promotions on the independent circuit. He is the only man to win the "big three" of American deathmatch tournaments: the CZW Tournament of Death, the IWA Mid-South King of the Deathmatch, and the GCW Tournament of Survival.
John Kashmer, better known by the ring name Johnny Kashmere, is an American professional wrestler. Kashmere has competed in Ring of Honor, Combat Zone Wrestling, Assault Championship Wrestling, and NWA New Jersey, and in Japan, Central America, Europe and Alaska. For much of his early career, he wrestled as one-half of The Backseat Boyz alongside Trent Acid.
Jun Kasai is a Japanese professional wrestler, primarily competing for Pro Wrestling Freedoms. Dubbed the Crazy Monkey for his violent and often self-harmful style of hardcore wrestling, Kasai is considered a breakthrough talent in Japanese wrestling, able to work both hardcore and technical styles. Outside Freedoms, Kasai has worked for the original Pro Wrestling Zero-One, Hustle, Ice Ribbon, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Darnell Kittrell is an American professional wrestler. He currently performs for the National Wrestling Alliance under the ring name BLK Jeez.
The Cage of Death is Combat Zone Wrestling's biggest show since 1999. It always features the Cage of Death match, a steel cage with various weapons littered in the cage. Electrified cage walls, cacti, tables, light tubes, glass, thumbtacks, baseball bats, barbed wire, fire and numerous other weapons and objects have been used in it. The first two were simple either pin and/or submit to win cage matches with weapons littered in and around the cage. The Cage of Death also has different formats and stipulations: singles, tag team, or gauntlet. Each Cage of Death features two or more wrestlers in the cage. For Cage of Death 5, 6, and 7, WarGames stipulations were used.
Mark Pugh is an American professional wrestler best known as Mark Briscoe. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), the latter promotion being where he made a name teaming with his brother Jay as the Briscoe Brothers. In ROH, he is the ROH World Champion in his first reign. He held the ROH World Tag Team Championship with his brother Jay Briscoe a record 13 times, and was one third of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions with Jay and Bully Ray. In January 2022, the Briscoe Brothers were honored as inaugural inductees into the ROH Hall of Fame.
Naotake Hoshino is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his time with the Japanese professional wrestling promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and Dramatic Dream Team (DDT). He performs under the ring name Kankuro Hoshino.
Takumi Tsukamoto is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Yoshihito Sasaki is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his time with the Japanese professional wrestling promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1).
Masato Inaba is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
Ante Up was a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). The event took place on December 2, 2001, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The event was themed around BJW's interpromotional rivalry with American promotion Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW).
