Scott Francis D'Amore (born August 8, 1974) is a

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retired

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, promoter, booker and

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. He is the current Executive Vice President of

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, where he also worked from 2003 to 2010 as an on-screen manager.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1991–1996)

D'Amore began training with Doug Chevalier in 1991 at the age of sixteen. He debuted on June 14, 1992, defeating Otis Apollo in Amherstburg, Ontario. In 1993 he underwent further training under "Irish" Mickey Doyle, Denny Kass and

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. He went on to work for

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and the

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as an

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from June 1993 to early 1996. While working for WCW, he frequently trained at the

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. Ric Flair's manager D'Amore worked for a range of independent promotions. In 1995 D'Amore toured

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with the World Cup of Wrestling. In 1996 he toured

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with

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and

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with the English Wrestling Federation. Later that year he formed a

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with Dave Clark as "Scott Hunter" known as "Gross Misconduct", with the duo depicting

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players. In 1996 he briefly traded his

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for a

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and became "Chip Birdy", a

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er. D'Amore began working as a booker and producer for promotions throughout Canada.

Border City Wrestling (1993–Present)

D'Amore founded

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in 1993 along with Doug Chevalier and Chuck Fader. He began

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in 1994 when Chevalier left the area, and took over the promotion of the company when Fader resigned in 2000, leaving D'Amore as the sole owner. In February 2000, D'Amore formed a

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known as The Syndicate when he allied himself with

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to defeat

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. The Syndicate eventually expanded to include "Arrogant" Otis Apollo,

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, Fantasy and

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. BCW ceased operations for several months in late 2000, before coming back in 2001. The first show of 2001 was held on March 7, and featured former

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talent including

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, Johnny Swinger,

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, Sabu, Don "Cyrus" Callis and

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(D'Amore had a tryout match with ECW in 1998, and befriended many ECW employees). All the aforementioned held titles in BCW. In addition to promoting and wrestling, D'Amore operates the Can-Am

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and trained dozens of wrestlers. He later turned

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and began a heated feud with one of his students,

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, in January 2005 after A-1 interrupted a

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ceremony. After being mostly inactive from 2005 to 2007, D'Amore started running events again regularly under the Border City Wrestling banner in 2008. During that time BCW was still in operation, with less of a presence from D'Amore. BCW took a hiatus in 2010-2011 but returned with small shows in 2012. D'Amore then turned heel again by betraying one of his students of the CAN-AM Wrestling School and BCW Champion, Phil Atlas. At this time, ''The Syndicate'' re-emerged with a new group featuring

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, and eventually

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. BCW still runs shows in Windsor and Michigan and is partnered with

. D'Amore very occasionally wrestles for the promotion, but is often seen in a managers role for ''The Syndicate''.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003–2010)

D'Amore began working with

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, TNA, as a road agent in 2003, and brought in Chris Sabin, one of his former pupils. In 2004, D'Amore took an onscreen role as the coach of Team Canada. The propensity of the TNA character of "Coach D'Amore" to interfere on Team Canada's behalf led to commentator

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often referring to him as a "big fat load" and "Canadian bacon". D'Amore led Team Canada to numerous victories, feuding with

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and

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. He also began working backstage as a creative team member and trainer, operating the TNA Academy along with

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. On December 12, 2004, D'Amore organised a benefit show for Sabu, who was incapacitated with a serious back injury. "

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" was held in

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and featured wrestlers from TNA, BCW and ECW. In May 2005, D'Amore was appointed head of the TNA booking team. As a result of his increased offscreen workload, D'Amore opted to reduce his onscreen appearances. To explain his absence, D'Amore was attacked by

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at the

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PPV. Hoyt choke-slammed D'Amore and then hit him with a moonsault. D'Amore was taken on a stretcher as Team Canada spent weeks afterward talking about him being in the hospital. He came back as an on-screen force, however, when he used his BCW promotion in a plot to get

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back the

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. After that, he and Team Canada became fixtures in the

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stable. On November 13 at

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, D'Amore tried to get the premiering

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, a longtime friend, to join Team Canada, and gave him a T-shirt to signify membership. At the end of the night, when Team Canada came out to help Jeff Jarrett beat down

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, Christian came down. Under his Captain Charisma jacket, he was wearing the Team Canada shirt. After hugging D'Amore, however, he gave him the Unprettier and helped Team 3D put Jarrett through a table, doublecrossing his former friend. An all-or-nothing 8-man tag team match happened on the July 13 edition with them going against

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, and

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, with a stipulation that the disbanding order would be null and void if Team Canada won; Jay Lethal pinned A-1, ending Team Canada's run as a group in TNA. Afterwards at Victory Road, D'Amore would say goodbye to the team once and for all, saying his farewells to all 4 members while blaming Young saying it was his fault they are disbanded. D'Amore has not been seen on ''Impact!'' until two years later on June 19, 2008, billed simply as a TNA Road Agent discussing

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. D'Amore then appeared on the July 17 episode of ''Impact!'', only to get whipped by James Storm and

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. In July 2008 D'Amore's contract with TNA expired and he left to work in Border City Wrestling. However, in August 2009 D'Amore was hired back to TNA as the primary road agent for the Knockouts division. D'Amore left TNA on February 3, 2010, just as it was announced that BCW would be merging with

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to form Maximum Pro Wrestling.

Global Force Wrestling (2014–2017)

In 2014, D'Amore became the Vice President of International Relations with Jeff Jarrett's new

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(GFW) promotion. On August 10, D'Amore and Jarrett made an appearance for

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(NJPW), taking part in a ceremony, where Jarrett signed a working agreement between GFW and NJPW.

Return to Impact Wrestling (2017–present)

Following the purchase of Impact Wrestling,

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appointed

to run the promotion, Jeff brought back many former members of the TNA backstage personnel, this included

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and Scott D'Amore. Jarrett appointed D'Amore with the position he had been working in

: Vice President of International Relations. After Impact Wrestling terminated its relationship with Jarrett, D'Amore took on the role as Head of Creative with Impact. On December 5, D'Amore and

were announced as Impact Wrestling's new executive vice presidents. From May 2021, D'Amore has held this role alone, after Callis left his position.

Wrestlers trained

Some notable wrestlers trained by D'Amore at ''Can-Am Wrestling School'' in

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Personal life

D'Amore holds a

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from the

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where he played on the

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.http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/damore.html He has owned various bars and restaurants in Windsor and his family owns D'Amore Construction in

Championships and accomplishments

BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship The BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship is the top title contested for in the Ontario-based professional wrestling promotion Border City Wrestling. On March 18, 2010 the BCW Can-Am Championship was unified with the BSE Pro and Neo Spirit Pro-Wre ...

( 5 times) **

BCW Can-Am Tag Team Championship The BCW Can-Am Tag Team Championship is the tag team title contested for in the Ontario-based professional wrestling promotion Border City Wrestling. Title history Combined reigns As of , . By team By wrestler Notes See also *Prof ...

( 1 time) – with Bobby Clancy **BCW Hall of Fame (class of 2009) *Elite Wrestling Federation **EWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

*Michigan Championship Wrestling **MCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Ultimate Championship Wrestling **UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *World Wrestling Superstars **WWS Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Midwest Territorial Wrestling **MTW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Otis Apollo *Grand Prix Wrestling **Grand Prix Tag Team Championship (1 time)

References

External links

ScottDamore.com (Official Website)Border City Wrestling - the promotion owned by Scott D'AmoreOfficial Twitter
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