John Stagikas (born July 31, 1979) is an American

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, better known by his

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, R. J. Brewer. Brewer is known for his appearances with

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, where he portrayed a

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supporter of

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and

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opposed to

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. He is also known for his appearances elsewhere on the

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as "Hurricane" John Walters, including with

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, where he is a one time Pure Champion.

Early life

Stagikas attended

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, where he was a wide receiver on the

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team and graduated in 1997. He also played volleyball and basketball in high school. He then attended Assumption College in

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, where he played football for a further two years as a wide receiver until his career was ended by an operation to remove a

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from his neck in his junior year. Stagikas graduated in 2001 with a

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Professional wrestling career

Training and early career

After his neck surgery forced an end to his football career, Stagikas applied to several wrestling schools, and eventually joined

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's school in

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on January 27, 2001. He trained under Kowalski for five months. Stagikas adopted the

"John Walters" as a tribute to Kowalski, and later prefixed his name with "Hurricane" at the suggestion of a college roommate. He debuted in mid-2001 in battle royals, with his singles debut coming in August 2001, and began wrestling regularly on the Bostonian

, for promotions such as the World Wrestling Alliance,

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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, ...

Chaotic Wrestling (2001–2006)

(CW), based in Stagikas' home state of Massachusetts, was the first promotion where he got regular bookings. Here, he received supplementary training from Mike Hollow, a former trainer under Kowalski who had become the head trainer of the Chaotic Training Center. On September 7, 2001 in

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, Walters defeated

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in a match for the

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. He lost the championship to CW Light Heavyweight Champion Dukes Dalton in

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on February 16, 2002 in a

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match. In the course of his Television Championship reign, Walters formed a

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known as 12 Pack with "Good Time" Vince Vicallo. The tag team partners were the epitome of a personality clash, as Walters had the wrestling gimmick of being a strait-laced, well-conditioned athlete, while Vicallo was known as a

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-drinking "party animal". On December 14, 2001 in Lawrence, 12 Pack defeated Edward G. Xtasy and Aaron Stevens for the CW Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Adam Booker and Frankie Armadillo on July 13, 2002 in Lawrence. The former teammates then feuded for several months. Walters challenged for the

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at ''Summer Chaos'' on August 16, 2002 in

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and defeated Aaron Stevens for the title. Following a successful

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title defence against Vicallo, he began a lengthy feud with Luis Ortiz. Walters lost the belt to Ortiz on April 5, 2003, but regained it from Billy Kryptonite on January 16, 2004 in a "loser leaves Chaotic Wrestling" match. His second reign ended on March 13 of that year when he lost to Arch Kincaid. Walters was a regular performer in Chaotic Wrestling until leaving the promotion in January 2006. Walters later returned to Chaotic Wrestling for one night in 2008 to wrestle Bryan Logan for the CW Heavyweight Championship. Walters was inducted into the Chaotic Wrestling Hall of Fame in February 2009. The same night, he defeated Chase Del Monte.

Ring of Honor (2003–2005, 2006)

Following the formation of

in early 2002, Stagikas sent a

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of his work to the owners of ROH, but did not hear from them. After he met ROH ring announcer

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at a Chaotic Wrestling show, Stagikas sent his

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to ROH once more, and was contacted by booker Gabe Sapolsky in May 2003. Walters debuted in ROH on May 31, 2003 as a

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, wrestling against Andy Anderson at ''Do Or Die''. Walters entered the 2003 Field of Honor event, but was eliminated by

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. He then began feuding with Xavier, facing him for the first time on September 20 at ''Glory By Honor II'', and defeating him decisively on December 27 at ''Final Battle 2003'' in a

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". On February 14, 2004 Walters entered a one-night tournament for the

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, but was eliminated by

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in the opening round. In mid-2004, he began a feud with

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, a stable of young wrestlers with no respect for tradition. At ''Generation Next'' on May 22, 2004, Walters teamed with

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and the

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to face Generation Next in an eight-man tag match, which Walters' team lost. At ''Testing the Limit'' in early August, Walters defeated

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to earn a match for the ROH Pure Championship. Walters won the ROH Pure Championship from Doug Williams on August 28, and went on to successfully defend it against McGuinness,

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, and

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. During this time, Walters joined

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, known as The Embassy. After losing the Pure Championship to

on March 5, 2005, Walters left ROH in order to heal from several nagging injuries. Walters returned to Ring of Honor for one match on November 3, 2006 in

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, competing in a losing effort to

Lucha Libre USA (2010–2013)

In 2010 Stagikas began wrestling for

. Under the ring name "R. J. Brewer", he adopted an anti-illegal immigration character who vows to "clean it up" and take the Mexican style out of the company. As part of the gimmick, he has wrestled in tights bearing SB1070, a reference to the

Act, frequently enters the ring with the

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draped around his shoulders, and claims to be the son of

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. The

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has garnered him much

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for his anti-illegal immigrant promos. He participated in a number of matches in Season One feuding with Magno as well as a four-way match on the Season finale for the Lucha Libre USA Championship in which he was unsuccessful. In season two, Brewer formed an anti-Mexican stable called The Right with

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and Jon Rekon. At the tapings of the season finale on June 18, 2011, Brewer defeated

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and

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in a three-way match, with help from the newest member of The Right,

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, to win the Lucha Libre USA Championship. On October 20, 2013, Brewer lost the title to

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, but regained it later that same day. Brewer has claimed to turn down offers working for lucha libre companies in

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. Brewer was featured on ABC Nightline in January 2013. He has also had appearances on Fox News, CNN, The Geraldo Rivera Radio Show as well as being front page on publications like The LA Times and Harper's Magazine.

Other promotions (2002–present)

After then-WWE employee

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held a training seminar at Chaotic Wrestling in 2003, Stagikas began working sporadically for

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as a

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, facing

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mainstay Aaron Stevens in his first match for the company in April 2003. The following night, he faced Team Angle. His most prominent appearance was a loss to

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on the episode of ''

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'' preceding

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. At WrestleMania itself, on March 14, 2004 at

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, he accompanied

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to the ring while dressed as a black-clad

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and wielding a flaming

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. Walters has also wrestled for the

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-based Eastern Wrestling Alliance, winning both the EWA New England Heavyweight Championship and the EWA Heavyweight Championship. He has appeared for

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, and

(NECW), where he won the NECW Heavyweight Championship by defeating Paul Lombardi on March 18, 2006. Walters has also worked for Big Time Wrestling, where he has held the BTW Heavyweight Championship. In 2003, Walters began working for the

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(ECWA). After winning a six-man qualifying bout on February 28, 2003, Walters took part in the eighth annual

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on April 3, 2003. He defeated

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in the first round of the tournament, but lost to

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in the semi-finals. On May 1, 2004 in

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, Walters challenged

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, who had won the ECWA Heavyweight Championship in the Super 8 Tournament semi-finals. Walters won a four-way match which also included Aries and Mike Kruel to become the new ECWA Heavyweight Champion. His reign lasted nine months, before he lost the title to

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in a five-way match on February 12, 2005 in

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. In November 2020, he announced his return as a full-time wrestler.

Personal life

Stagikas owns a villa in

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. After graduating, Stagikas trained shelter dogs and worked in

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Championships and accomplishments

*Big Time Wrestling **BTW Heavyweight Championship (3 times) *

(

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) ** CW Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Vince Vicallo **

( 1 time) ** Second Triple Crown Champion ** Chaotic Wrestling Hall of Fame (2009) *

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( 1 time) *Eastern Wrestling Alliance **EWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **EWA New England Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

** Lucha Libre USA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *National Wrestling Superstars ** Chris Candido Memorial J-Cup Tournament (2010) *

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( 1 time) *

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**PWI ranked him #144 of the top 500 wrestlers in the

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in 2012 *

( 1 time) *Squared Circle Wrestling **2CW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

References

External links

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