Iceberg (wrestler)

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Iceberg
Birth nameEdward Chastain
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Edward Chastain
Iceberg
Billed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight385 lb (175 kg) [1]
Billed from"Places Men Fear to Tread"
Trained by Abdullah the Butcher

Edward Chastain is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Iceberg. Iceberg has competed for several professional wrestling promotions, including Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Ring Of Honor, World Wrestling Council and Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING) in Japan. [2] He later wrestled as part of The Extreme Freebird Alliance. He was NWA Wildside Heavyweight Champion, NWA Wildside Tag Team Champion 3 times. He has also held the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Anarchy Tag Team Championships 2 times.

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Professional wrestling career

Chastain was mentored by Abdullah the Butcher, who inspired him to use a fork as a foreign object during matches. [1] Early in his career, Chastain faced and defeated such wrestlers as Mr. Pogo and Abdullah the Butcher. [3] In TNA Wrestling, he was brought in by manager Don Callis to feuded with The Sandman. [4] [5] At TNA's fifty-third weekly pay-per-view event, Chastain defeated Norman Smiley. [2] Chastain later lost a pay-per-view match against The Sandman. After the match, Callis ended his business arrangement with Chastain, putting on a rubber glove and then shaking his hand. [6]

In 2003, he was one third of the alliance The Extreme Freebirds, with Tank and Ray Gordy. [7]

After winning the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship, he defended it against Mikael Judas and Phill Shatter at the NWA 60th Anniversary Show. In NWA in September 2009, he wrestled in a match which carried a stipulation that he would be forced to retire if he lost. Iceberg lost the match but then wrestled one final match under his real name, Edward Chastain, claiming that only the Iceberg character had to retire. [3] During this match, he wore a dress shirt and tie, and the fans chanted "You're a legend!" after Chastain won the match. [3] [8]

Championships and accomplishments

  • CCW Heavyweight Championship
  • CCW Brass Knuckles Championship
  • EWA Heavyweight Championship
  • EWA United States Championship
  • IWA-Deep South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tank
  • PWE World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rick Michaels
  • NWF Heavyweight Championship
  • NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA Anarchy Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Slim J.
  • NEWA Hardcore Champion Championship
  • SCWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • SCWA Heavyweight Championship
  • SCWA Tag Team Championship (4 times)
  • UEW Tag Team Championship
  • W*ING Hardcore Championship

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Jarvis, Jenny (2008-01-07). "Georgia wrangles over rules for pro wrestling". SFGate.com. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  2. 1 2 Abreu, Donnie (2003-07-17). "TNA: Blood, masks and many happy returns". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved 2010-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. 1 2 3 "NWA News & Notes". NWA Wrestling. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  4. ↑ Baines, Tim (2003-07-13). "Hart attack still felt in Montreal". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2010-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ Abreu, Donnie (2003-07-10). "TNA: Legend makes an impact, Callis debuts". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2010-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ Abreu, Donnie (2003-07-31). "TNA: The Fallen Angel returns". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved 2010-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ↑ Renwick, Meredith (September 16, 2003). "Ray Gordy's A Freebird Too". Slam Wrestling. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  8. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (2009-11-09). "Mon. Update: Huge TV Night, DX VS. JeriShow; Danielson; Couture; Angle Legal; Hogan vs. Flair". Wrestling Observer Newsletter/Figure Four Online. Retrieved 2010-03-19. Edward Chastain (Iceberg wrestling in a dress shirt for his final match) & Truitt Fields b Phil Shatter & Shaun Tempers. When the show was over, all the babyfaces surrounded the ring and fans chanted "You're a legend" at Chastain.
  9. ↑ "AWE Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
  10. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=857864177618376&id=835725516498909 [ user-generated source ]

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