Matthew Prince (born July 13, 1973) is an American former

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

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Wifebeater. He is best known for his tenure in

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 (wrestler), Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain, along with trainer Jon Dahmer, began to run professio ...

from 1999 to 2004. He is known for his ring attire (a wifebeater and jeans) and a

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that he brought to the ring with him, and sometimes used on his opponents.

Professional wrestling career

Wifebeater debuted in

in August 1999, on the show that was called "Pyramid of Hell" in a match against

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. In September 1999 Wifebeater defeated

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to win his first World Heavyweight Championship. Wifebeater held the title until December 1999, when he lost it to

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. Wifebeater went on to win the World Heavyweight Title two more times and the Iron Man Championship four times. He would also team up with Justice Pain to form the H8 Club and win the

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. Wifebeater and Justice Pain lost the titles to Nick Gage and Nate Hatred, who later also referred to themselves as the hate club. After this, Wifebeater and Justice Pain broke up and began feuding. This feud ended at ''Cage of Death III'' inside the Cage of Death for the world title where Pain defeated Wifebeater. During one period in 2001 he was a member of the stable "Big Dealz" along with

, Nick Mondo,

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, Z-Barr and

. In 2002, Wifebeater won the first-ever CZW Tournament of Death after defeating Nick Mondo in the finals. He wrestled his

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match in November 2002, but made a return a year later in the same month to join Zandig's team for ''

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''. In 2004, he won the third Tournament of Death after defeating

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in the finals. Later in the year, Justice Pain returned and rejoined Wifebeater to reform the H8 Club. They targeted the H8 Club of Gage and Hatred and wrestled in what would be his final "official" CZW match in December 2004 at ''Cage Of Death 6''. That night, Justice Pain turned on Wifebeater. Since then, Prince has made some appearances back in the Combat Zone. One was a run in on the ROH wrestlers during a big brawl between CZW and ROH at ROH's "Arena Warfare" in early 2006. His next appearance was at CZW's event ''Trapped'' in August 2006, filling in for a vacant J.C. Bailey. In this contest, Wifebeater went up against Danny Havoc in a match with the Cage of Death surrounding the ring.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) – with Justice Pain *

**CZW Death Match Championship (1 time) **

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(

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) **

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( 3 times) **

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( 1 time) – with Justice Pain ** Tournament of Death ( I, III) **Match of the Year (2002) vs. Nick Mondo ** CZW Hall of Fame (2009)

References

External links

Other Superstars - Wifebeater
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wifebeater Living people Sportspeople from Dallas American male professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Texas United States Marines 1973 births CZW World Heavyweight Champions 20th-century professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers BJW Tag Team Champions CZW Iron Man Champions