Edward Chastain is an American

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, better known by his ring name, Iceberg. Iceberg has competed for several professional wrestling promotions, including

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(TNA) and Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING) in Japan. He later wrestled as part of The Extreme Freebird alliance. He has also held the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship.

Professional wrestling career

Chastain was mentored by

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, who inspired him to use a fork as a foreign object during matches. Early in his career, Chastain faced and defeated such wrestlers as

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and Abdullah the Butcher. In TNA Wrestling, he was brought in by

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to feuded with The Sandman. At TNA's fifty-third weekly pay-per-view event, Chastain defeated

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. 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. In 2003, he was one third of the alliance The Extreme Freebirds, with Tank and

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. After winning the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship, he defended it against

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and

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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. During this match, he wore a dress shirt and tie, and the fans chanted "You're a legend!" after Chastain won the match.

Championships and accomplishments

* Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment **AWE Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Tank *Continental Championship Wrestling :*CCW Heavyweight Championship :*CCW Brass Knuckles Championship *Extreme Wrestling Alliance :*EWA Heavyweight Championship :*EWA United States Championship *IWA-Deep South :*IWA-Deep South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tank *Pro Wrestling Evolution :*PWE World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Peachstate Wrestling Alliance :*PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rick Michaels *National Wrestling Alliance :*NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

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https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=857864177618376&id=835725516498909 *National Wrestling Federation :*NWF Heavyweight Championship *Anarchy Wrestling :*NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) :*NWA Anarchy Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Slim J. *

NWA Wildside NWA Wildside was an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cornelia, Georgia, with an office in Atlanta, Georgia, operating between September 1999 and April 2005. It was originally formed when National Championship Wrestlin ...

:* NWA Wildside Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) :*

NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship The NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship was the top tag team championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling from 1968 to 1980, when it was replaced with the NWA National Tag Team Championship. The title was revived in 1998 by Music City Wrestling ...

( 2 times) - with Tank *New Age Wrestling Alliance :*NEWA Hardcore Champion Championship *Starsouth Championship Wrestling Alliance :*SCWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (2 times) :*SCWA Heavyweight Championship :*SCWA Tag Team Championship (4 times) *Ultimate Extreme Wrestling :*UEW Tag Team Championship *

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:*W*ING Hardcore Championship

Footnotes

References

External links

Online World of Wrestling profile
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