The Embassy (wrestling)
The Embassy is a professional wrestling stable in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where they are the current ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. History Ring of Honor The Embassy is led by Prince Nana, a real-life Ashanti prince, who has taken his real-life status as a prince of a nation as a part of his heel manager gimmick. In storylines, Nana used his wealth gained from the taxes of people of Ghana to hire wrestlers to wrestle the Embassy's opponents and rivals, although he did once use winnings from betting on Ghana in a match (against the United States) in the 2006 FIFA World Cup to hire one. In 2004 Nana formed The Embassy in Ring of Honor, Nana used his wealth gained from the taxes of people of Ghana to hire wrestlers to wrestle his opponents and rivals. Under his management John Walters defended his ROH Pure Championship and Jimmy Rave, Alex Shelley and Abyss won the Trios Tournament in 2006. On July 23, 2022, at Deat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Members
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a Club (organization), club or learned society See also * * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jimmy Rave
James Michael Guffey (December 8, 1982 – December 12, 2021), better known by the ring name Jimmy Rave, was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with Ring of Honor (ROH) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Early life James Michael Guffey was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 8, 1982. Professional wrestling career Early career (1999–2005) Trained by Murder One, Guffey debuted in October 1999 as the masked Mr. XTC. He later adopted the ring name Jimmy Rave. Rave wrestled for numerous professional wrestling promotions on the independent circuit, amongst them Combat Zone Wrestling, Full Impact Pro and NWA Wildside, where he won both the NWA Wildside Junior Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship twice, toured Japan with the Dragon Gate promotion on two occasions and competed in the Best of the Super Juniors for New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 2008, and made several appearances with Total Nonstop Action W ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tate Twins
The Tate Twins are a professional wrestling tag team made up of brothers Brandon and Brent Tate. They are currently signed with Ring of Honor, where they teamed with Dalton Castle as The Boys and are two-time former ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. History Ohio Valley Wrestling (2012) On March 24, 2012, The Baronis Brothers made their Ohio Valley Wrestling debut in a dark match losing to the team of Raphael Constantine and Sean Casey. They continued to work various dark matches and televised matches until their final match with the promotion on June 7, 2012, in a dark match loss to the team of Jayce King and LMC. Ring of Honor (2014–2019) On July 19, 2014, edition of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'' The Tate Twins made their ROH debut taking on War Machine in a losing effort. In 2015, The Tate Twins began going by the name The Boys joining Dalton Castle as a stable. On September 18, 2015, at All Star Extravaganza VII with the stipulations that if Castle lost, Silas Young woul ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dalton Castle (wrestler)
Brett Giehl (born March 4, 1986), better known by the ring name Dalton Castle, is an American professional wrestler who is best known for his tenure in Ring of Honor (ROH) where he was a ROH World Champion. Giehl is a two-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion, a ROH World Television Champion and a one time ROH World Champion He is also known for his tenure in Chikara, where he wrestled under the ring names Ashley Remington and Dalton Caroline Castle. He also currently wrestles for AEW. Early life As a child, Giehl loved professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage, with other favorites including Curt Hennig, Davey Boy Smith, and Frank Gotch. Giehl wrestled more than 10 years from middle school to college, representing the Greece Athena High School Trojans in 2003 and winning a varsity wrestling tournament in the 171 pound weight class in 2004. He was an amateur and NCAA wrestler, winning a New York championship in Greco-Roman wrestling and competing three time ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Final Battle (2022)
The 2022 Final Battle was the 21st Final Battle professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on December 10, 2022 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. It was ROH's second live event under the full ownership of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) president Tony Khan. Twelve matches were contested at the event, including four on the pre-show. In the main event, Claudio Castagnoli defeated Chris Jericho by submission to win the ROH World Championship. In other prominent matches, The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) by referee stoppage in a Double Dog Collar match to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship, Wheeler Yuta defeated Daniel Garcia in a Pure Wrestling Rules match to win the ROH Pure Championship, and Athena defeated Mercedes Martinez to win the ROH Women's World Championship. The event received positive reviews, with the Double Dog Collar Match receiving undi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tony Deppen
Anthony "Tony" Deppen, is an American professional wrestler, currently working for the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) where he is a former ROH World Television Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2013–present) Chikara (2018–2019) Deppen is known for his tenure with Chikara, promotion for which he made his first appearance at ''CHIKARA National Pro Wrestling Day 2018'' from February 17, where he unsuccessfully challenged The Whisper for the Chikara Young Lions Cup. He continued to wrestle for Chikara as part of the FIST stable, having Travis Huckabee as a tag team partner, both competing on house shows such as the ''CHIKARA Chikarasaurus Rex: A Deadly Secret'' from August 11, 2018, where they defeated The Colony ( Green Ant and Thief Ant), The Creatures Of The Deep (Cajun Crawdad and Hermit Crab), and Xyberhawx2000 (Nytehawk and Razerhawk). Other notable appearances made by Deppen are at the King of Trios tournament ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alex Zayne
Alex Zayne is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with WWE where he wrestled on the NXT and WWE 205 Live brands under the ring name Ari Sterling. He has also appeared on Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor, NJPW Strong and Game Changer Wrestling. Early life Zayne worked at Taco Bell before he became a pro wrestler. He was Employee of the Month for 16 months in a row, a feat he considers his life's greatest accomplishment. A broken hand forced him to retire from his Taco Bell career and fall back on wrestling, but he still pays homage to his life's calling as taco artist by naming his signature moves after the Taco Bell menu. Professional wrestling career New Japan Pro Wrestling (2019-2021; 2021-Present) Zayne made his debut in NJPW on November 11, 2019 at New Japan Showdown, in a tag team match, where he and Aaron Solow lost against Amazing Red and T. J. Perkins. Since March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Zayne was unab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jonathan Gresham
Jonathan Gresham (born March 20, 1988) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling. He has previously wrestled for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former ROH World Champion, ROH Pure Champion, and ROH World Tag Team Champion with Jay Lethal. Earlier in his career, Gresham wrestled regularly on the independent circuit, in such promotions as Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) where he is a former CZW World Heavyweight Champion as well as Chikara, IWA Mid-South, Full Impact Pro (FIP), and Evolve among others. He also has international experience, having wrestled in over 15 countries, including in Germany with Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), and in England for Progress Wrestling, where he is a former Progress World Champion. Early life Joanathan Gresham was born on March 20, 1988 in Atlanta, Georgia. Gresham competed in amateur wrestling until he was 17. Some of Gresham's influences were Rey Mysterio, Hayabusa, Bam Bam Bi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Toa Liona
Bruce Orlando Leaupepe (born January 30, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Toa Liona. He also wrestles for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH), where as a part of The Embassy, he is one-third of the current ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. Professional wrestling career Liona began wrestling on the independent circuit in Los Angeles and Las Vegas in 2020. On 23 October, he made his All Elite Wrestling debut on AEW Dark: Elevation, teaming with Mike Reed in a loss to FTR. On 24 October, he appeared on AEW Dark teaming with Bison XL, losing to 2point0. On 1 April 2022, Liona was named as one of Tully Blanchard's new clients, teaming with Kaun to form The Gates of Agony. The team defeated Shinobi Shadow Squad (Cheeseburger and Eli Isom) at the event. On 25 May, Liona teamed with Juicy Finau in a GCW Tag Team Championship match, losing to BUSSY. On 6 July Gates o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jasper Kaun
Bishop Kaun is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH), where he wrestles under the ring name Kaun and is a member of The Embassy stable. He is currently one-third of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions with his Embassy stablemates, Brian Cage and Toa Liona. He has also wrestled for ROH's parent company All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Professional wrestling career Kaun was trained at the Maryland Championship Wrestling professional wrestling school, debuting in 2017. He spent the early years of his career primarily wrestling for Maryland Championship Wrestling, where he won the MCW Tag Team Championship with Malcolm Moses. Kaun debuted in Ring of Honor in 2018, teaming with Moses as the Soldiers of Savagery. In 2021, he and Moses formed the stable Shane Taylor Promotions with Shane Taylor. In February 2021, the trio defeated MexiSquad to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. They held the title until December 2021 when th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brian Cage
Brian Christopher ButtonBirth Dates California 1905-1995 Retrieved 2-28-2012Brian Cage Profile , Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 6-19-2010. (born February 2, 1984), better known by the Brian Cage, is an American and [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tully Blanchard
Tully Arthur Blanchard (born January 22, 1954) is an American-Canadian professional wrestler and manager. He is best known for his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions and the World Wrestling Federation in the mid-to-late 1980s as a member of The Four Horsemen and The Brain Busters. Championships held by Blanchard over his career include the NWA World Television Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship, WWF World Tag Team Championship, and NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. He was inducted into the NWA Hall of Fame in 2009 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012. Early life As the son of wrestling promoter and former American Wrestling Association star Joe Blanchard, Tully Blanchard was involved in professional wrestling at a very young age. He began selling programs and refreshments at the arenas at the age of ten, and worked as a referee when he was older. Blanchard attended West Texas State University, where he played American football, first as a quarterback and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |