Max the Impaler | |
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![]() Max the Impaler in 2023 | |
Professional wrestling career | |
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Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg) |
Billed from | The Wasteland |
Trained by | Ohio Pro Wrestling Academy |
Debut | December 15, 2018 |
Max the Impaler is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the reigning NWA World Television Champion in their first reign. They have also appeared in Ring of Honor, Impact Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling, and Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, the latter in which they held the Princess Tag Team Championship and the International Princess Championship.
Max made their in-ring debut on December 15, 2018. They won the IWA Mid-South Women's Championship twice in the first half of 2019. [1] On February 22, 2020, Max appeared on the pre-show of Impact Wrestling's Sacrifice, defeating Cali Young. [2]
In August 2021, Max entered the ROH Women's World Championship tournament, defeating Holidead in the first round. [3] In the following round, however, they lost to Angelina Love by disqualification. [4]
Max made their National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) debut on the May 24, 2022 episode of NWA Powerrr , defeating Ella Envy. [5] On August 27, at night 1 of the NWA 74th Anniversary Show, they won the Burke Invitational gauntlet match, which earned them the right to face Kamille for NWA World Women's Championship match on night 2. [6] [7] However, Kamille successfully defended their title. [8] On November 12, at NWA Hard Times 3, Max defeated Natalia Markova in a casket match. [9]
On the February 14, 2023 episode of Powerrr, with the announcement of NWA 312, it was announced that the NWA Women's Television Championship tournament would be held to determine the inaugural champion, with the finals set to take place at the event. [10] [11] On the March 21 episode of Powerrr, Max defeated Taya Valkyrie to reach the final. [12] [13] On April 7, at NWA 312, however, Max lost to Kenzie Paige in the tournament final. [14]
On August 26, 2023, night one of the NWA 75th Anniversary Show, Max defeated Kenzie Paige to win the NWA World Women's Television Championship. [15] On night two, Max retained the title by successfully defending against Ruthie Jay. [16] On the February 13, 2024 episode of Powerrr, Max defeated Mims to win the NWA World Television Championship, unifying the NWA men's and women's world television titles in the process. [17]
On January 4, 2023, at Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling Tokyo Joshi Pro '23, Max and Heidi Howitzer won the Princess Tag Team Championship, defeating Saki Akai and Yuki Arai. [18] [19] They lost the titles to 121000000 (Maki Itoh and Miyu Yamashita) on March 18, at Grand Princess '23. [20] [21] On October 9, at Wrestle Princess IV, Max defeated Rika Tatsumi to win the International Princess Championship, in a Winner-takes-all match, in where Max defended their NWA World Women's Television Championship. [22]
Max identifies as non-binary and transmasculine [23] and uses they/them pronouns. [24] [19]
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