Anthony "Tony" Deppen, is an American

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, currently working for the

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(ROH) where he is a former ROH World Television Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2013–present)

Chikara (2018–2019)

Deppen is known for his tenure with Chikara, promotion for which he made his first appearance at ''CHIKARA National Pro Wrestling Day 2018'' from February 17, where he unsuccessfully challenged The Whisper for the

Chikara Young Lions Cup The Young Lions Cup was a professional wrestling championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Chikara. History A tournament is held every year to determine the champion. Originally, experience level was the prima ...

. He continued to wrestle for Chikara as part of the FIST stable, having Travis Huckabee as a tag team partner, both competing on house shows such as the ''CHIKARA Chikarasaurus Rex: A Deadly Secret'' from August 11, 2018, where they defeated The Colony ( Green Ant and Thief Ant), The Creatures Of The Deep (Cajun Crawdad and Hermit Crab), and Xyberhawx2000 (Nytehawk and Razerhawk). Other notable appearances made by Deppen are at the King of Trios tournament of the promotion. At the 2018 edition of the event, he teamed up with fellow FIST stablemates

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and Travis Huckabee, defeating Galactic Wildlife Commission (ThunderFrog, Air Wolf, and Wildcat) in the first-round match, but later fell short to The ResistANTce (

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, Green Ant I and Thief Ant) in the quarter-finals. One year later at the 2019 edition of the event, he teamed up again with

and Huckabee and defeated The Embassy ( Prince Nana,

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, and Sal Rinauro) in the first-round, The Carnies (Nick Iggy, Kerry Awful, and Tripp Cassidy) in the quarter-finals, but stopped in the semi-finals where thet got defeated by The Nations (Mick Moretti, Jack Bonza, and Adam Hoffman). At ''CHIKARA Fright Knight'' on April 27, 2019, Deppen teamed up with Travis Huckabee and defeated

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and The Whisper to win the

Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas The Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas (''Chikara Tag Team championship'') was a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based promotion Chikara. History The Campeonatos de Parejas was introduced ...

Combat Zone Wrestling (2016–2017)

Deppen worked for

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for a brief period of time, making his first appearance at ''CZW Down With The Sickness 2016'' on September 10, where he scored a victory against Anthony Henry, Ryan Taylor and Joey Lynch in a

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. One month later at ''CZW Tangled Web 9'', a show which took place on October 8, 2016, he unsuccessfully challenged

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for the CZW Wired Championship. Deppen continued to compete in CZW's pay-per-views such as '' CZW Cage of Death 18'' from December 10, 2016, where he fell short to Dave Crist, A. R. Fox,

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, Tim Donst, Alexander James and Jimmy Lloyd in a six-man scramble match. At '' CZW Best of the Best 16'' on April 1, 2017, he took part in an Ultimate opportunity eight-man match, coming short to

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defeated Ace Austin, Alexander James, Caleb Konley, Ethan Case,

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and

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Game Changer Wrestling (2016–present)

Deppen is also currently working for

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. At ''GCW Worst Behavior'' on October 28, 2017, he defeated Eli Everfly, Smiley and Zenshi in a

to win the GCW Extreme Championship. He participated at '' Joey Janela's Spring Break 2018'', an event created and promoted by

on April 6, 2018, where he unsuccessfully faced Eli Everfly, DJ Z, Gringo Loco, Kyle The Beast and

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in a

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. At '' Joey Janela's Spring Break 3 Part 2'', Deppen participated in a 72-man battle royal also involving other popular superstars such as A-Kid, Australian Suicide,

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, Jake Atlas, JTG,

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and others. At ''GCW Crushed Up'' on June 20, 2019, he unsuccessfully faced

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for the

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Ring of Honor (2020–present)

Deppen made his debut in

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at ''ROH Wrestling #472'' from October 2, 2020, in a

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tournament first-round match in which he fell short to

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. He continued to make sporadic appearances for the promotion, such as at ''ROH Wrestling #476'' where he competed in a three-way dark match against Dak Draper and Wheeler Yuta. At '' Final Battle 2020'' from December 10, he defeated LSG, Josh Woods and Dak Draper in a

to earn a shot at the

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. Later that night, he unsuccessfully challenged Dragon Lee for the title. On March 12, 2021 at ''ROH Wrestling #495'', Deppen pulled out an upset victory against

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. At ''ROH Wrestling #502'', a show which aired on May 1, 2021, Deppen defeated

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to win the

, although the exact date the match took place is unknown due to ROH holding closed door tapings at the

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since August 2020, after resuming operations following a five-month hiatus due to the

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Championships and accomplishments

* Chikara **

( 1 time) - with Travis Huckabee *

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( 1 time) *

** GCW Extreme Championship (1 time) **WOMBAT Television Championship (1 time) *On Point Wrestling **OPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 64 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2021 *

( 1 time) *TRUE Wrestling **TRUE Championship (1 time)

References

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