Max Barsky (born February 19, 1991) is an American retired
professional wrestler
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best known by his ring name David Starr. Starr has wrestled for
promotions including
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent wrestling promotion. In 1998, John Zandig and five of his students, Ric Blade, T.C.K, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain, along with trainer Jon Dahmer, began to run professional wrestling ...
,
Evolve,
Progress Wrestling
Progress Wrestling (stylized as PROGRESS) is a British professional wrestling promotion that was established in 2011 by comedian Jim Smallman, events and comedy promoter Jon Briley, and later, actor Glen Robinson (professionally known as Glen ...
,
Revolution Pro Wrestling
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Revolution Pro Wrestling currently has partnershi ...
,
Westside Xtreme Wrestling
Westside Xtreme Wrestling, commonly shortened to wXw, is a German professional wrestling promotion based in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. wXw has been one of the leading professional wrestling promotions in Germany, and most of its eve ...
,
Over the Top Wrestling
Over the Top Wrestling, commonly abbreviated to OTT, is an Irish professional wrestling promotion based in Dublin, Ireland, that was founded in 2014. The promotion mixes elements of traditional pro wrestling, comedy and sports entertainment. Ove ...
,
Ring of Honor, and
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promo ...
. He has held championships and won tournaments for companies based in Australia, North America, France, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Early life
Starr began
amateur wrestling at age seven.
He continued with wrestling a
Abington High School Starr graduated in 2009 and was third all-time with 92 wins, and placed in the top 16 at the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) Nationals between 149 and 157 pounds.
He attended
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College (informally E-town) is a private college in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
History
Founding and early years
Founded in 1899, Elizabethtown College is one of many higher learning institutions founded in the 19th century by ...
, before transferring to
West Chester University
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.
Starr transferred back to Elizabethtown College before dropping out in 2012. He was a
National Collegiate Wrestling Association
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(NCWA) National qualifier at 157 pounds.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2012–2019)
Starr started wrestling in 2012, when he debuted in
World Xtreme Wrestling
World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) is a Florida-based independent professional wrestling promotion which has held events across the United States and toured in Japan, the Middle East and South Pacific region including American Samoa and Guam.
The pr ...
. His first match was against
Supreme Lee Great in February 2012. On February 2, 2013, he unsuccessfully challenged Tommy Suede for the WXW Ultimate Hybrid Championship.
Starr debuted for Beyond Wrestling in 2013, losing to Latin Dragon in a four-way
dark match
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in 2013 at ''Beyond Americana.'' He was eliminated by
Shane Strickland
Stephon Strickland (born September 30, 1990) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Swerve Strickland and is a former AEW World Tag Team Champion (with Keith Lee). ...
On November 16 and 17, Starr wrestled at Beyond Tournament For Tomorrow II. He lost to
Christina Von Eerie
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in block B on the first night. He lost to John Silver on the second night in a four-way match which also included Matthew Palmer and Rory Mondo. On August 28, 2016, Starr defeated
Eddie Edwards at ''Beyond Battle Of Who Could Care Less.'' At Americanrana 2017, he defeated
Donovan Dijak
Christopher James Dijak (born April 23, 1987) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Dijak.
Dijak began his professional wrestling career in 2013 under the ring nam ...
.
Starr defeated
Eddie Kingston
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Kingston started his wrestling career in 2002, and has wrestled for numerou ...
in an
I Quit match
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at
AAW Wrestling's AAW: Professional Wrestling Redefined's United We Stand in July 2017. Starr defeated
Mike Quackenbush
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He has hosted several ...
after hitting him with a lariat at
Game Changer Wrestling
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's
Joey Janela's Spring Break
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Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), formerly known as Jersey Championship Wrestling (JCW), is an American independent professional wrest ...
2 during
WrestleMania 34
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weekend, on April 6, 2018. The same day, Starr defeated
Martin Stone at a
RevPro event. Starr challenged for the
AAW Heavyweight Championship
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on May 11, 2019, when he was defeated by
Sami Callihan
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.
In April 2019,
Israeli Pro Wrestling Association
Israeli Pro Wrestling Association is an independent wrestling promotion, operating from Israel.
History
IPWA was founded on October 17, 2001 by Gery Roif and ran a few exhibition matches on national TV before holding the initial ''Summer Splash' ...
's Passover Bash event, was announced to feature
Jay Lethal
Jamar Shipman (born April 29, 1985), better known by the ring name Jay Lethal, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
Dubbed "The Franchise" of Ring of Honor, Lethal is a two-time ROH World Champio ...
defending the
ROH World Championship against Starr. In March, Starr released a video on his feelings on the match, which
Ring of Honor ordered to have taken down. A couple of weeks prior to the match, Lethal lost the championship at
G1 Supercard
G1 Supercard was a professional wrestling supershow co-produced by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotions. It was the 13th annual Supercard of Honor event and took place on April 6, 2019, at Madis ...
, and wound up losing in the non-title match. So the match would still take place, but with no title on the line.
He later blasted Ring of Honor, saying they lied to the promotion and the fans, by not having the title defended like they said.
[
]
Combat Zone Wrestling (2013−2018)
On January 12, 2013, Starr debuted for Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent wrestling promotion. In 1998, John Zandig and five of his students, Ric Blade, T.C.K, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain, along with trainer Jon Dahmer, began to run professional wrestling ...
at CZW Ascension. Later that year at CZW Night of Infamy 12 he unsuccessfully challenged for the CZW Wired TV Championship
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History
Th ...
. At CZW Best Of The Best XIII The Juicy Product defeated OI4K in a CZW World Tag Team Championship
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number one contendership match. Later that month The Juicy Product defeated The Beaver Boys to capture the CZW World Tag Team Championships for the first time. The Juicy Product lost the titles to OI4K at CZW Deja Vu 2014. At Night Of Infamy 2014, Starr lost to Drew Gulak
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. In 2016 at CZW Best of the Best
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, Starr made it to the finals only to lose to 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 Pu ...
.
On April 14, 2018; Starr participated in Best of the Best 17. Both Starr and Tessa Blanchard
Tessa Blanchard (born July 26, 1995) is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in Impact Wrestling, where she became the first female wrestler to win the Impact World Championship and is also a former Impact Knockouts ...
advanced to the semi-finals after both applied submissions on Peter Avalon
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. Starr advanced to the finals after he defeated Blanchard and Matt Riddle
Matthew Fredrick Riddle (born January 14, 1986, in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand, but is currently inactive due ...
in a triple-threat match. He went on to the finals and defeated Zachary Wentz
Zachary Green (born April 29, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand under the ring name Nash Carter and in Impact Wrestling under the ring name Zachary Wentz (or ...
to win the Best of the Best 17.
WWE tryout (2014)
Between March 26 and 28, 2014, Starr competed in a WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and vari ...
tryout at the WWE Performance Center
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alongside Michael Elgin
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, Roderick Strong
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, Kevin Steen
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Steen began his career in 2000, at the age of 16. Prior to joining WWE in lat ...
, A. C. H.
Albert Christian Hardie Jr. (born December 7, 1987), is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, currently known by his ring name A. C. H.
He has wrestled for several American promotions, like Ring of Honor, Ring of Honor Wrestl ...
, Willie Mack
Willie McClinton Jr. (born January 5, 1987) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Willie Mack, currently appearing in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. He is best known for his tenure with Impact Wrestling, where he is a ...
, and Zane Dawson.
Total-Nonstop Action Wrestling (2016)
On July 13–14, Starr made his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promo ...
debut at One Night Only: X-Travaganza 2016 tapings. Starr was one of five outside independent wrestlers taking on various X Division stars. Starr lost to Suicide in a ladder match qualifying match to determine an X Division Championship number one contender. Starr was also one of seven lumberjacks in the opening contest in which Chuck Taylor defeated Rockstar Spud
James Michael Curtin (born 30 January 1983) is an English former professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE as a writer on Raw. During his time as an on screen performer in the company, he worked under the ring name Drake Maverick. ...
.
Ring of Honor (2016–2017)
On January 9, 2016, Starr was involved in a dark match
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which was fatal four-way against Leon St. Giovanni, Ken Phoenix, and Foxx Vinyer to qualify for 2016 ROH Top Prospect Tournament The Top Prospect Tournament is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Ring of Honor since 2011. The inaugural tournament took place in 2011 and has occurred every year since except for 2012 and 2018.
Format
Aspiring ROH wrestlers compe ...
in which St. Giovanni won.
In a match for ''Ring of Honor Wrestling
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'' which was taped on July 16, 2016; Starr was in a four-corner survival match against Cheeseburger
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, Joey Daddiego, and Tim Hughes. It ended in a no-contest as Punishment Martinez
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was summoned by B. J. Whitmer
Benjamin Whitmer (born January 25, 1978), better known by the ring name B. J. Whitmer, is an American professional wrestler, producer, trainer, and color commentator. He is currently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a producer. He is bes ...
to attack all four participants in the match.
Starr made his return to ROH on the April 23 episode of ''Ring of Honor Wrestling'' attacking 2017 Top Prospect Tournament winner Josh Woods. On Night 4 of ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Starr was defeated by Josh Woods. Later that month, Starr would go on to lose again to Woods.
Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2016–2020)
On October 2, 2016, Starr and Shane Strickland
Stephon Strickland (born September 30, 1990) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Swerve Strickland and is a former AEW World Tag Team Champion (with Keith Lee). ...
defeated Zack Sabre Jr
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and Marty Scurll
Martin Scurll (born 26 July 1988) is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Ring of Honor (ROH) as the leader of the stable Villain Enterprises, where he was a one-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship and a o ...
in the final of World Tag Team League 2016 to win the wXw World Tag Team Championship
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. On November 18, 2016, Starr defeated Tyler Bate
Tyler Bate (born 7 March 1997) is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the NXT brand.
In 2017, he became the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion (later renamed NXT United Kingdom Championship) ...
to become wXw Shotgun Champion. On December 10, Starr defeated Chris Brookes to become the Shotgun Champion for a second time.
On March 10, 2017, Starr entered the 2017 16 Carat Gold Tournament. He was eliminated in the first round by Walter. On July 1, Starr defeated Angélico
Adam Bridle (born 7 May 1987), better known by the ring name Angélico (), is a South African professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his work in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Lucha Undergroun ...
to win the Shotgun Championship for a third time.
On March 7, 2020, Starr put his wXw career on the line against Bobby Gunns at 16 Carat Gold Night 2, with the wXw World Championship also on the line. Gunns ultimately retained the title and Starr was forced to leave the company.
European promotions (2016–2020)
On November 10, 2016, at Revolution Pro Wrestling
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Revolution Pro Wrestling currently has partnershi ...
(RevPro)'s "Global Wars: Night One" in London, England, Starr teamed with Tyler Bate
Tyler Bate (born 7 March 1997) is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the NXT brand.
In 2017, he became the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion (later renamed NXT United Kingdom Championship) ...
and Trent Seven
Benjamin Maurice Webb (born 21 August 1981), better known by the ring name Trent Seven, is an English professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, and actor. He was signed to WWE on their NXT UK brand, where he is a former NXT UK Tag Team Champi ...
, losing to Evil
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, Tetsuya Naito
is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the leader of the ''Los Ingobernables de Japón'' faction.
Tetsuya Naito began training for a professional wrestling career in 2000, initially under Anim ...
, and Sanada Sanada is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Asami Sanada (born 1977), Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese shogi player
* Juzo Sanada (1923–1994), Japanese baseball player
* Hiroki Sanada (born 1984), Japanese basebal ...
. Evil got the pin on Starr. Starr won the RevPro British Cruiserweight Championship on May 11, 2018, at RevPro Epic Encounter 2018. He defeated Kip Sabian at a RevPro event on January 11, 2019, to successfully defend his title. He would go on to hold the title 364 days, until losing it May 11, 2019, at RevPro Epic Encounter 2019 to El Phantasmo
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in a ladder match.
In July 2017, Starr defeated Bobby Fish
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to qualify for What Culture Pro Wrestling's (WCPW) Pro Wrestling World Cup after hitting Fish with a '' Product Placement''. Starr was eliminated by Jay Lethal
Jamar Shipman (born April 29, 1985), better known by the ring name Jay Lethal, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
Dubbed "The Franchise" of Ring of Honor, Lethal is a two-time ROH World Champio ...
. Around the same time WCPW turned into Defiant Wrestling, Starr joined the heel stable The Prestige with Joe Hendry
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and El Ligero
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Professional wre ...
. On January 5, 2019, Starr wrestled Pac in Pac's debut match for Defiant Wrestling. At Built to Destroy'19, Starr defeated Rampage to win the Defiant World Championship.
On February 11, 2018, in a match for International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom, Starr challenged Nick Aldis
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A ...
for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
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. Starr was the fifth challenger in The Aldis Crusade. Starr tapped out to a Cloverleaf.
At Super Strong Style 16 for Progress Wrestling
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, Starr won the SSS16 tournament that took place on May 6, 2019. In a promo leading up to the event he called out Progress for their reliance on WWE contracted superstars, saying they lost their identity as an independent wrestling company. Due to him winning the tournament he will receive a match for the Progress Wrestling World Championship against NXT UK
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's Walter. Starr captured the Over the Top Wrestling
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World Championship from long-time rival and friend Jordan Devlin
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on October 26 in Dublin, Ireland. On June 18, 2020, Over the Top Wrestling announced Starr was stripped of the championship amidst allegations of sexual abuse against him.
Sexual abuse allegation
On June 17, 2020, Starr was accused of sexual abuse by a former girlfriend of his, which he denied. After the allegation came out, many promotions cut ties with Starr and/or stripped him of titles as part of the #SpeakingOut movement.
Personal life
Starr paid homage to his amateur wrestling career with a tattoo of the United States Wrestling logo on his right thigh. Starr's favorite wrestlers as a child were "Superstar" Billy Graham
Eldridge Wayne Coleman (born June 7, 1943), better known by his ring name "Superstar" Billy Graham, is an American former professional wrestler. He gained recognition for his tenure as the WWWF Heavyweight Champion in 1977–1978. He is a three- ...
, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes
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, Chris Jericho
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler and singer. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of the Jerich ...
, Stone Cold Steve Austin
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, and The Rock. Outside of wrestling, Starr is also a big fan of Floyd Mayweather
Floyd may refer to:
As a name
* Floyd (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Floyd (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
Places in the United States
* Floyd, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Floyd, I ...
, Conor McGregor
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, and Muhammad Ali.
Starr is a member of Democratic Socialists of America
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and a passionate supporter of Bernie Sanders. Starr is Jewish.
Starr was also a vocal supporter for the unionization of professional wrestlers and in 2019, he collaborated with Equity to form We the Independent, an organization made to help raise funds for wrestlers to unionize. In the ensuing months of its founding, Starr's efforts were gaining attention from mainstream media, and allegedly WWE
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pressured independent wrestling promotions Progress Wrestling
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and Westside Xtreme Wrestling
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to cease booking Starr over his pro-union stances. However, since his sexual abuse allegation came into light in June 2020, We the Independent severed ties with Starr and has abandoned their social media and website. Starr also deleted his Facebook account.
Championships and accomplishments
* AAW Professional Wrestling
** AAW Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Eddie Kingston
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Kingston started his wrestling career in 2002, and has wrestled for numerou ...
and Jeff Cobb
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*Association les Professionnels du Catch
**APC/wXw Fight for Paris Tournament (2020)
* Combat Zone Wrestling
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**CZW World Heavyweight Championship
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( 1 time)
** CZW World Tag Team Championship
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( 1 time) – with J. T. Dunn
** Best of the Best 17 (2018
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)[
* Defiant Wrestling
**Defiant World Championship (1 time, final)
**No Regrets Rumble (2019)
*East Coast Pro Wrestling
**ECPW Keystone Heavyweight Championship (1 time)]
* Full Impact Pro
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** FIP World Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with J. T. Dunn
*International Wrestling Cartel
**IWC Super Indy Championship (1 time)
* International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
** IPW:UK World Championship ( 1 time)
*Kamikaze Pro
**Relentless Division Championship (1 time)
*New Horizon Pro Wrestling
**NHPW Hi-Fi Championship (1 time)
*New York Wrestling Connection
**NYWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with J. T. Dunn
*Over the Top Wrestling
Over the Top Wrestling, commonly abbreviated to OTT, is an Irish professional wrestling promotion based in Dublin, Ireland, that was founded in 2014. The promotion mixes elements of traditional pro wrestling, comedy and sports entertainment. Ove ...
** OTT World Championship ( 1 time)
*Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling
**PPW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
**PPW Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2013)
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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** Ranked No. 99 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500
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in 2019.
*Progress Wrestling
Progress Wrestling (stylized as PROGRESS) is a British professional wrestling promotion that was established in 2011 by comedian Jim Smallman, events and comedy promoter Jon Briley, and later, actor Glen Robinson (professionally known as Glen ...
** Super Strong Style 16 (2019)[
*]Revolution Pro Wrestling
Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro/RPW) is a British professional wrestling promotion founded on 26 August 2012 by Andy Quildan after separating from International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom.
Revolution Pro Wrestling currently has partnershi ...
**RPW British Cruiserweight Championship
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( 1 time)
** SWE World Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time)
*Rockstar Pro Wrestling
**Rockstar Pro Championship (1 time)
*Tier 1 Wrestling
**Tier 1 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mike Verna
*TNT Extreme Wrestling
**TNT World Championship (1 time)
**Male Wrestler of the Year Award (2019)
*Ultimate Pro Wrestling
**UPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*Westside Xtreme Wrestling
Westside Xtreme Wrestling, commonly shortened to wXw, is a German professional wrestling promotion based in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. wXw has been one of the leading professional wrestling promotions in Germany, and most of its eve ...
**wXw Shotgun Championship
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( 3 times)
**wXw World Tag Team Championship
The wXw World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the German professional wrestling promotion, Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). The inaugural champions was Swi$$ Money Holding (Claudio C ...
( 1 time) – with Shane Strickland
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**World Tag League (2016) – with Shane Strickland
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*Women Superstars Uncensored
Women Superstars United (WSU; formerly ''Women Superstars Uncensored'') is an American, New Jersey based women's professional wrestling promotion which held its first event in 2006. Shows combine wrestling interspersed with both serious and c ...
**WSU Tag Team Championship
The WSU Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Women Superstars United (WSU). It is competed for in Women Superstars United, and has been defended on shows of sister promotion National Wrestling Superstars. Cham ...
( 1 time) – with J. T. Dunn
*Xtreme Wrestling Alliance
**XWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**Xtreme Rumble (2014)
See also
* List of Jewish professional wrestlers
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References
External links
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American male professional wrestlers
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1991 births
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Elizabethtown College alumni
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CZW World Heavyweight Champions
21st-century professional wrestlers
AAW Tag Team Champions
Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champions