Christopher Wilson (May 16, 1978 – January 24, 2020) was an American

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better known by his ring name, Justice Pain. Pain was best known for his time in

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, as well as

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and Pro Wrestling Unplugged. He held numerous titles in his CZW stint and was the real life brother of CZW wrestler and one-time tag team partner

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Career

Justice Pain was trained by

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at the

CZW 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 s ...

Wrestling School. He began his career as one of the main wrestlers in the company along with other graduates from the school, such as Lobo and

. Pain feuded with Lobo, and wrestled him at the first ever ''Cage of Death'' in the first ever Cage of Death match. Pain won the match and defeated Lobo for the

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. Justice Pain would also compete against Lobo in the Cage of Death at ''Cage of Death II'' and defeated him for the CZW Heavyweight Championship. Justice Pain was well known for forming the original H8 Club with

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. While still holding the heavyweight championship, Justice Pain also won the tag team championship with Wifebeater. Around this time, a new H8 Club was formed with Nick Gage and Nate Hatred. This new team defeated Justice Pain and Wifebeater for the tag championship. After losing the titles, Justice Pain began teaming with

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and started a feud with Wifebeater. The feud ended at ''Cage of Death III'' where Pain defeated Wifebeater in the Cage of Death. Justice Pain continued feuding with Nick Gage and Nate Hatred, but left CZW in 2003 to join

. During his tenure in

(XPW) he feuded with

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, defeating Candido twice with the final bout being on the last show in the history of XPW. When he returned in 2004, he reformed the H8 Club with Wifebeater. They teamed up to face Nick Gage and Nate Hatred at ''Cage of Death VI'' with the winners having the right to call themselves the H8 Club. At the end of the match, Nick Gage turned on Nate Hatred and allowed Justice Pain to pin Hatred. After this, Pain turned on Wifebeater and joined his real life brother as the new H8 Club. They won the tag team titles by defeating Team Cash in February 2005. At the end of 2005, Justice Pain once again competed in the Cage of Death match and came out on the winning side with partners Zandig and Nick Gage. That night, Lobo returned and joined them as well. During the next months, Pain teamed up with Nick Gage, Zandig, Lobo, and Dewey Donovan as The Forefathers of CZW. The Forefathers would later break up due to problems between Gage, Zandig, and Lobo. At ''Night of Infamy V'', Justice Pain got a shot at

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for the world title, but did not win. Due to interference in the match, Pain was granted another shot at ''Cage of Death 8'' in a triple threat elimination match which also included Chris Hero. Pain eliminated Kingston by submission after Kingston's ankle was severely injured early in the match. After hitting Hero with the Pain Thriller, Justice Pain pinned him to win the title for a fifth time. Pain retired in 2007 at the age of 29.

Death

Wilson died on January 24, 2020, by jumping off the

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after being chased by police. He was 41 years old. Wilson had suffered from drug addiction and paranoia.411’s Dark Side of The Ring Report: ‘The Ultra-Violence of Nick Gage’
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Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) – with

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CZW World Heavyweight Championship The CZW World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the professional wrestling promotion Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). It debuted on March 27, 1999 at CZW's The Staple Gun event. ...

( 5 times) **

CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship The CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling junior heavyweight championship owned by the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promotion. The championship was created and debuted on February 19, 1999 at CZW's Opening Night e ...

( 1 time) **

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( 3 times) – with himself (1), Wifebeater (1) and

(1) ** First Triple Crown Champion

References

External links

Online World of Wrestling profile
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