Christopher Girard (born December 21, 1985) is an American

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 ...

currently signed to

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as a coach at their Performance Center. Previously he performed on the

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under the

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Oney Lorcan. He is a former

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with

Danny Burch Martin Harris (born 31 December 1981) is an English professional wrestler best known for his time with WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand under the ring name Danny Burch. He is a former one time NXT Tag Team Champion with Oney Lorcan. He ...

. He has worked frequently for

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s 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 sh ...

(CZW),

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(PWG),

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(TRP), and

Chaotic Wrestling Chaotic Wrestling (CW) is an American independent wrestling promotion, which has been operating throughout New England since 2000; with its current home base in North Andover, Massachusetts. Chaotic Wrestling is known for producing successful, ...

(CW) under the ring name Biff Busick. He is a one-time

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. In addition, he has appeared in notable independent promotions like

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(wXw), Evolve, and

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(DGUSA).

Early life

Christopher Girard was born on December 21, 1985, in

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Professional wrestling career

Early career (2008–2012)

Girard began training at the Chaotic Training Center in August 2008. After two years of training and working for

, he moved to

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and Lorcan enrolled in the

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in September 2010. After training with

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for three months, he moved to

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, and received additional training from

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Combat Zone Wrestling (2012–2015)

Using the

Biff Busick, he debuted in Combat Zone Wrestling at ''CZW Cerebral'', on October 13, 2012, in a

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and he joined The Front. Busick gained exposure in 2014 at the '' CZW Best of the Best XIII'' tournament, where Busick defeated Azrieal,

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, and Chuck Taylor to advance to the finals. However, Busick was defeated by

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. Next, Busick feuded with the

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. At ''CZW To Infinity'', on April 27, 2014, Busick was defeated by Gulak in a title match. The following month, at ''CZW Proving Grounds'', Busick defeated Gulak to win the CZW World Heavyweight Championship. Over 161 days, Busick defended the title against wrestlers including

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, Mike Bailey, and

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. At ''CZW Tangled Web 7'', Bussick defeated Chris Dickinson to retain the title. After the match, his stablemate Sozio turned on him and challenged him to a match. Sozio defeated Busick to win the title. On November 11, 2014, at ''CZW Cerebral'', Busick challenged Sozio for the title in a No Rope Barbed Wire match, but he was defeated. At CZW Cage of Death XVI, Busick participated in a four-way Cage of Death match for the title against Sozio,

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, and Drew Gulak, but the match was won by Jeez.

Evolve (2013–2015)

Busick made his debut in Evolve at "Evolve 23" winning a four-way elimination match against Green Ant,

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, and Maxwell Chicago advancing in the "Style Battle 2013 Tournament". At "Evolve 24" Busick was defeated by Drew Gulak in the finals of the "Style Battle 2013 Tournament". At "Evolve 28", Busick defeated Drew Gulak. From November 10 to 16, 2014, Evolve's parent company,

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, held four events in a ten-day tour of China. Busick ended the tour with a record of 2 wins (against

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and Jody Kristofferson) and 2 losses (to

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and Thatcher).

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2014–2015)

On August 29, 2014, Busick made his debut for

(PWG), participating in their annual ''

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'' tournament losing to

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in the first round. He also wrestled the following night teaming with Drew Gulak coming up short against ReDRagon. He returned the following show at ''Untitled II'' losing to

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and ''Black Cole Sun'' losing a four-way to

Brian Cage Brian Christopher Button

which also involved

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and Ciampa. On February 27, 2015, at ''From Out of Nowhere'', Busick picked up his first win in PWG by defeating old rival "Speedball" Mike Bailey, before losing to Brian Cage at ''Don't Sweat the Technique''. He also reunited with Gulak to compete in DDT4 losing in the first round to

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and

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. He appeared at ''Mystery Vortex III'' defeating Timothy Thatcher before getting into a confrontation with the newly formed Mount Rushmore 2.0 and specifically

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before getting

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ed by

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. He then participated in the 2015 Battle of Los Angeles defeating

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in the first round. The following night, he would team with Everett and

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in a losing effort against Super Dragon and The Young Bucks in the very first six-man tag team Guerilla Warfare match. He would then wrestle his final PWG match losing to

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the next night in the second round.

WWE

Sporadic appearances (2015–2017)

Girard appeared on January 1, 2010, episode of ''

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'' under the

The Carolina Panther, losing to

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. He also appeared on the October 10, 2011 episode of ''

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'' and October 28, 2011, episode of ''SmackDown'', as a paper bags assistant during

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' undashing gimmick. On September 1, 2015, it was reported that Girard had signed a developmental contract with

and would be reporting to

the following month. He made his debut at an NXT

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on October 30, in a Halloween

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, which was won by Bayley. On January 9, 2016, he made his singles match debut under his real name, losing to

. At a set of television tapings held on January 22, he made his televised debut (which aired on February 24), in a losing effort against

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. He then wrestled in a dark match before NXT TakeOver: Dallas, where he lost to Manny Andrade. In June, Girard debuted the new ring name Oney Lorcan.

Teaming with Danny Burch (2017–2021)

From August, Lorcan feuded with

; after the two traded victories, they formed a tag team and feuded with

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and

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. In early 2018, they took part in the

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, but were eliminated in the first round by team of

and

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. Lorcan suffered an

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fracture during his tag team match with Burch against

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(

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and Roderick Strong) at NXT Takeover: Chicago, requiring facial surgery. Lorcan returned two months to the day of his injury on August 16, losing to War Raiders at an NXT live event. Lorcan spent the latter part of 2018 bouncing between the NXT and

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brands. In February 2019, Lorcan and Burch were participants in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, but were eliminated in the first round by The Forgotten Sons. In March 2019, Lorcan took part in a tournament on

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to name a challenger for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship at

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. He defeated

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in the first round, but lost to

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in the second round. On March 26, 2019, it was announced that he was moving to the 205 Live brand, but would still wrestle for NXT. He then redebuted on that night's episode of ''205 Live'', costing Alexander a match against

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and attacking him after the match, establishing himself as a

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in the process. On the April 16 episode of ''205 Live'', he defeated Alexander in Alexander's final match on 205 Live. After the match, Lorcan shook Alexander's hand as a sign of respect, turning Lorcan

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in the process. On the September 18 episode of ''NXT'', Lorcan was defeated by

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in a number one contender's match for the Cruiserweight Championship. On December 6, 2019, Oney Lorcan announced on his Twitter that he signed a multi-year contract with WWE. On the February 13, 2020 episode of

, Lorcan teamed up with

in a tag team match defeating The Hunt (Primate and Wild Boar). They then teamed up again on the February 13 episode of NXT UK in a non-title match against the NXT UK Tag Team Champions Gallus (

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and

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) but failed to beat them. On the May 20 episode of NXT, Lorcan and Burch defeated Ever-Rise and proceeded to call out the NXT Tag Team Champions

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(

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and

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) afterwards by mocking their signature pose. The following week, they challenged them for the NXT Tag Team Championship, but were defeated by Breezango (

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and

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) in a number one contender's match. On the October 21 episode of ''NXT'', after Undisputed Era members

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and Roderick Strong were taken out, Lorcan and Burch replaced them in an

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match. They won the titles by defeating Breezango (

and

) with help from Pat McAfee, turning heel for the second time in his

career. On March 23, 2021,

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vacated the NXT Tag Team Championship after Burch suffered a shoulder injury in a title defense vs

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and

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on the March 17, 2021 edition of NXT. Lorcan at some point requested his release from his WWE contract, which he was granted on November 4, disbanding their team.

Return to WWE (2022–present)

On 8 October 2022, it was announced that Lorcan returned to WWE as a coach at their Performance Center.

Other media

As Oney Lorcan, he made his

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debut as a playable character in ''

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'' and also appears in ''

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'' and ''

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''. The

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used his WWE song "Combative" by

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as its official goal song from 2017 to 2019.

Championships and accomplishments

*Beyond Wrestling **Greatest Rivals Round Robin Tournament (2015) **Tournament For Tomorrow 3:16 (2014) – with

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( 1 time) *Premier Wrestling Federation Northeast **PWF Northeast Lightning Cup Championship (1 time) *''

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'' **Ranked No. 157 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2014 *River City Wrestling **RCW Championship (1 time) *

**TRP Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **TRP Interstate Championship (1 time) **TRP Kowalski Cup Tournament (2013) *Wrestling Is Respect **Quest to the Best (2013) *

( 1 time) – with

References

External links

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