John Klinger (born May 14, 1984) is a German

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

better known by his ring name Bad Bones. Klinger has worked internationally across various independent promotions ranging from Europe, England, Japan, Israel and the United States.

Career

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2011, 2014, 2017)

Bad Bones first appeared in TNA during the September 29 TNA First Impact Tour where he defeated Karsten Kretschmer. He participated in and won the January 2011 edition of

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held in London, England. Bad Bones returned to TNA in February 2014, during this time, Bad Bones worked in several matches for TNA. On February 1, Bones faced

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in a dark match, losing to Daniels. On that same night, during the regular broadcast of Impact Wrestling, he lost to

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. The following night on February 2, at TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2, Bones teamed with

, to defeat Christopher Daniels and

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in a qualifying match for the Joker's Wild Gauntlet match. The $100,000 Joker's Wild Gauntlet was later won by

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. During the February 27 edition of Impact Wrestling, Bones was selected by

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to be the opponent of Magnus' rival Samoa Joe. He was defeated by Joe in the brief match that followed. On the February 24, 2017 edition of ''

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'', Bad Bones returned to TNA in a losing effort against the debuting

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Championships and accomplishments

*Art of Wrestling **AOW Championship (1 time, current) *Athletik Club Wrestling **ACW German Championship (1 time) **ACW World Wrestling Championship (2 times) *Catch Wrestling Norddeutschland **Deutsche Meisterschaft Championship (1 time) *Defiant Wrestling **Ringmaster Tournament (2018) *Deutsche Wrestling Allianz **DWA European Championship (1 time) *East Side Wrestling **ESW Europameisterschaft Championship (1 time) *European Wrestling Promotion **Spree Cup (2019) *Fighting Spirit Federation **FSF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Steve Douglas *Fiend Wrestling Germany **FWG Championship (1 time) *German Hurricane Wrestling **GHW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **GHW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Carnage **GHW Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2009) **GHW Tag Team Championship Tournament (2013) - with Carnage *German Stampede Wrestling **GSW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **GSW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Steve Allison *

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**GWF Middleweight Championship (1 time) **GWF World Championship (1 time) **GWF Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Tarkan Aslan *German Wrestling Promotion **GWP World Championship (1 time) **WrestlingCorner.de Championship (1 time) *International Catch Wrestling Alliance **ICWA European Championship (1 time) **ICWA Tournament (2007) * International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom ** IPW:UK World Championship (2 times) *

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** NWA European Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * Power Of Wrestling **POW Intercontinental Championship (1 time) * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 279 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2019 *Swiss Wrestling Entertainment **SWE Championship (1 time) **SWE King of Switzerland Championship (1 time) *Union of European Wrestling Alliances **

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(1 time) *Unlimited Wrestling **

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(1 time, current) *

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(3 times) **

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(2 times) – with Carnage (1) and

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(1) **

wXw Shotgun Championship The wXw Shotgun Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling. All title matches are broadcast on YouTube. The first champion was crowned on August 18, 2013. Ilja Drag ...

(2 times) **Strong Style Tournament (2007) ** wXw World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2008) **

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(2008) **Shortcut to the Top Battle Royal (2013, 2017) **Catch Roulette Tournament (2014) **Mitteldeutschland Cup (2016) *WrestlingKULT **WrestlingKULT Championship (1 time)

References

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