Omar Amir

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Omar Amir
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Born Nassau, Bahamas [1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Omar Amir
Omar Francis
Tommie Bahama
Billed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight225 lb (102 kg; 16.1 st)
Billed from Nassau, Bahamas
Trained by The Dudley Boyz
Debut2012

Omar Amir is a Bahamian professional wrestler who wrestles for the Ohio Valley Wrestling under the ring name Omar Amir, where he is a former two-time OVW Heavyweight Champion. [2]

Contents

Professional wrestling career

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2020–present)

Amir made his Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) debut on September 1, 2020 in a losing effort against Gustavo. [3]

Amir continued to work dark matches for OVW until November 7, 2020, where he teamed with KTD in the Nightmare Cup Tag Team Tournament losing in the first round to the team of Amon and Sinn Bodhi. [4]

On January 9, 2021, Amir won the Nightmare Rumble which was for the vacant OVW Heavyweight Championship. [5] On May 6, 2021, Amir lost the OVW Heavyweight Championship to Ca$h Flo. [6] On June 26, 2021, at OVW Chained Carnage, Amir defeated Ca$h Flo in a chained carnage match to become a two-time OVW Heavyweight Champion. [7] [8]

On January 15, 2022, Amir won the Nightmare Rumble for the second year in a row to earn a OVW Heavyweight Championship match. [9] On March 24, Amir defeated Tony Bizo to become the new OVW Kentucky Heavyweight Champion.

Impact Wrestling (2022)

On March 6, 2022, Amir debuted for Impact Wrestling competing in a dark match losing to Raj Singh. [10]

Championships and accomplishments

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