Perry Arthur Satullo (born October 25, 1966) is an American retired

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known by his

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, Perry Saturn. Since debuting in 1990, Saturn wrestled for promotions including

Extreme Championship Wrestling HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wrest ...

(ECW),

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(WCW), the

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(WWF) and

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the prom ...

(TNA). He was a former ECW World Tag Team Champion, WCW World Tag Team Champion, WCW World Television Champion, WWF European Champion and WWF Hardcore Champion. He has been recognized by commentators as one of the more relevant stars in WCW and ECW in the late 1990s.

Early life

Satullo enlisted in the

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for four years at the age of seventeen, before eventually embarking on a career in professional wrestling.Cagematch Profile: Perry Saturn
/ref> Satullo finished a

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before he became a full-time wrestler. Satullo is also a certified graduate of the

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and has served in the

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Professional wrestling career

Early career (1990–1995)

Satullo began training as a professional wrestler at

Killer Kowalski Walter Kowalski (born Edward Władysław Spulnik; October 13, 1926 – August 30, 2008), known professionally as Killer Kowalski, was a Polish-Canadian professional wrestler. Kowalski wrestled for numerous promotions during his career, includin ...

's school in

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around 1988, taking the

Saturn from the Roman god of the same name before later tweaking it to Perry Saturn. He debuted on October 27, 1990, in

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, wrestling for the

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(USWA). Satullo also wrestled in Kowalski's International Wrestling Federation as "The Iron Horseman", a

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complete with black leather stetson and

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. Satullo eventually won the IWF Light Heavyweight Championship. Satullo began wrestling for

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promotions throughout

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, as well as touring

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with

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in 1993. In 1992 he worked as enhancement talent in WWF. While working as the manager of a nightclub in

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, Satullo met bouncer George Caiazzo, who expressed an interest in becoming a wrestler. Satullo sent Caiazzo to Kowalski's school to train, and then offered to form a

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with him. The

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equivalent of the god Saturn was

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, so Satullo chose the ring name "John Kronus" for Caiazzo. As Saturn and Cronus were their cultures' respective gods of the harvest, Satullo proposed that they be known as "The Harvesters of Sorrow". Promoter

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advised Satullo that the significance of the name would not be evident to many fans, so they became known as

The Eliminators The Eliminators were a professional wrestling tag team that consisted of Perry Saturn and John Kronus who were best known for their time in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) between 1995 and 1997. History Formation While working as the m ...

. The Eliminators wrestled their first match together at a USWA

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in 1993. They were hired at a starting salary of $40 a week (they later successfully negotiated a 100% pay raise), and shared an apartment with four other wrestlers. The Eliminators won the World Tag Team Championship on May 2, 1994, from Satullo's mentor, Eddie Gilbert, and Brian Christopher. They held the titles until June 13 when they were defeated by PG-13. Satullo later traveled to Japan with Caiazzo to wrestle for Wrestle Association "R". On March 22, 1994, Saturn wrestled a dark match at a

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taping in Lowell, MA.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995–1997)

The compactly-built and heavily

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ed Satullo and the high-flying Caiazzo caught the attention of

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(ECW) when they were brought in to job to the Steiner Brothers (

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and

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), and the Eliminators were hired by ECW in 1995. Heyman quickly abandoned plans to give them a sadism and masochism

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and instead booked them as an unstoppable force in the ECW tag division, giving them a

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. The Eliminators captured the ECW Tag Team Titles three times between 1996 and 1997, and feuded with teams such as The Gangstas and The Pitbulls. After The Pitbulls' manager Francine cut Saturn's hair, he shaved his head in a homage to Mickey Knox, the character depicted by

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in '' Natural Born Killers'' (in reality, Satullo was beginning to go bald). Satullo was a trainer in the ECW House of Hardcore, a professional wrestling school at which Taz and

Mikey Whipwreck John Michael Watson (born June 4, 1973), better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler working for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a trainer, and global ambassador. He is best known for his career w ...

also taught. Saturn was respected for his focus and drive on fundamentals and technical wrestling. On May 31, 1997, in

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(WCW).

World Championship Wrestling (1997–2000)

Raven's Flock (1997–1998)

On August 28, 1997, Satullo was offered a job by WCW road agent Terry Taylor, who had been impressed by a bump that Satullo had taken in a scaffold match. He debuted in WCW on September 8, facing

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, but was sidelined for a month afterward as his knee had not entirely healed. Later that year, he and Kidman joined The Flock, a

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of misfits and misanthropists led by the

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. Saturn's childhood was referenced, with Raven bringing up the violence Saturn incurred at the hands of his stepfather. The enforcer of The Flock, Saturn won gold on November 3, 1997, when he defeated

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to win the World Television Championship. He held the title for a month before losing it back to Inferno in a rematch. Beginning in 1998, Saturn began feuding with

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after Saturn's usage of the Super Kick offended Glacier, who deemed it a plagiarism of his Cryonic Kick finisher. Later in the year, Saturn was defeated by fellow Flock member Van Hammer in a "Loser Leaves The Flock" match. Raven threw Hammer out of the Flock instead. Problems arose between Raven and Saturn, and the latter eventually left The Flock,

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by standing up to the domineering Raven. Raven held all the other Flock members in thrall, so Saturn challenged him to match for the September 13

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. If Saturn won, The Flock would be freed, but if Raven won, Saturn would become his slave. In the meantime, on ''

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'', Raven's lackey Lodi challenged him to a match, with the stipulation that Lodi would leave The Flock if Saturn won, and Saturn would become Lodi's servant until Fall Brawl if he lost. Saturn unexpectedly lost following copious interference from The Flock, and Lodi forced Saturn to carry his bags, made him hold up pro-Lodi signs at ringside, and ordered him to chant Lodi's name while Lodi wrestled. Lodi also used Saturn to defeat the enemies of The Flock. Raven began questioning whether Saturn could "hurt those he wants to free so badly" and forced him to face

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. Saturn won cleanly, but refused Raven's order to break Riggs' fingers. When Saturn refused, Raven broke his fingers (Saturn would not break his agreement with Lodi because of a personal honor code, and Lodi ordered him to allow Raven to harm him). Raven repeatedly tried to goad Saturn into breaking his word, but was unable to do so. Finally, on September 13 at Fall Brawl, Saturn defeated Raven with help from Kidman, disbanding The Flock forever.

The Revolution (1999–2000)

Saturn went on to feud with

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and

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before beginning a rivalry with

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. After Jericho cost Saturn a number of matches with the help of crooked referee Scott Dickinson, he mocked Saturn's complaints and accused him of crying "like a schoolgirl." This led to Jericho challenging Saturn to a "loser wears a dress for ninety days" match at

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on January 17, 1999, which he won after some suspect officiating from Dickinson. Taking on a bizarre, goth

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, Saturn began wearing a variety of dresses to the ring and using a variation of Marilyn Manson's " The Beautiful People" as his entrance music. He appeared to begin enjoying wearing dresses and even wore

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to complement them. Saturn finally stopped wearing them after defeating Jericho in a dog collar match at Uncensored on March 14, 1999. Raven and Saturn reunited in March 1999, feuding with Dean Malenko and

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, members of the Four Horsemen. At

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the former Flock members defeated Benoit and Malenko and champions

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and

for the

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. After Raven was injured, Saturn lost the titles to

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and

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when Chris Kanyon, who substituted for Raven, betrayed him. He then teamed with Benoit in order to regain the titles. They were successful, but lost the titles several days later to Page and Kanyon. Benoit and Saturn continued to team together, and eventually formed a stable with

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and Dean Malenko known as The Revolution. After Benoit left the Revolution to align himself with

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, the remainder of the stable began feuding with him. They then moved on to feuds with Jim Duggan and The Filthy Animals before disbanding. Booker Kevin Sullivan opined that Saturn was incapable of getting

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with fans, prompting the wrestler to negotiate with the

(WWF). In January 2000, Saturn, along with Benoit, Malenko and

, was granted a release from WCW and signed a three-year contract with the WWF.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2000–2002)

The Radicalz (2000–2001)

Benoit, Guerrero, Saturn, and Malenko, dubbed The Radicalz, debuted in the WWF on January 31, 2000. They appeared in the front row of a live episode of '' Raw'' and brawled with the New Age Outlaws after The Road Dogg literally fell into their laps. Cactus Jack urged them to help him fight the heel McMahon-Helmsley Faction, but they quickly turned on Jack in order to gain employment from

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, who was then controlling the WWF. Benoit left the group on amicable terms when he became sidetracked by his feud with

, and the three remaining Radicalz began feuding with Too Cool and

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. After Guerrero left to be with Chyna, Saturn and Malenko teamed together for a while before disbanding. Saturn moved into the Hardcore division, pursuing then-champion

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. After Malenko tried to win the Hardcore Championship for himself, the former partners turned on one another. Guerrero was drawn into their feud, leading to a

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with Guerrero's European Championship on the line. Guerrero was able to retain with the assistance of Chyna. Saturn was later joined by

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, who became his manager and onscreen girlfriend. After failing to proceed in the

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tournament, Saturn went after the European Championship once more, finally beating Guerrero at Fully Loaded on July 23. Terri's rivalry with

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led to a feud between Saturn and Al Snow, and on the August 31 episode of ''SmackDown!'' Snow defeated Saturn for the European Championship. The Radicalz reformed in late 2000, feuding with the revived

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and defeating them at

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. That same evening, the Radicalz attacked

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during his match with Triple H, briefly reforging their alliance with Triple H. Dean Malenko began trying to win the affections of Lita, the

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of The

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. This led to a feud between the Radicalz and The Hardy Boyz, with the former defeating the latter at

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. Saturn helped Guerrero defeat

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, but Guerrero later left the Radicalz once more, again reducing the faction to just Saturn and Malenko (Benoit had left in early 2001), with Terri still accompanying Saturn. The remaining Radicalz returned to the tag team division.

Final feuds and departure (2001–2002)

After a match on the May 17, 2001 episode of

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, in which he legitimately attacked jobber Mike Bell, Saturn immediately underwent a significant gimmick change and, possibly as punishment for his actions, was involved in storylines about his becoming infatuated with a mop. After receiving head trauma in matches against The Acolytes Protection Agency and Raven, Saturn began acting eccentrically and speaking nonsensically, allegedly as the result of a

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. Saturn began uttering the phrase "you're welcome" at inopportune intervals, and then fell in love with Moppy, an inanimate

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which he believed was alive, similar to

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in the 2000 film ''

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''. This gimmick went over well with the fans, leading to a face turn. Terri Runnels told Saturn to choose between Moppy and her, and was infuriated when Saturn chose the mop. She left Saturn for Raven, who helped her enact vengeance on Saturn by stealing Moppy and feeding her into a

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. Saturn in turn gained a measure of revenge when he defeated Raven at

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on September 23. After this, Saturn dropped the gimmick, but still remained a face, casually wrestling in tag matches at ''Sunday Night Heat''. In March 2002 the WWF initiated its brand extension in which Raw and SmackDown had their own rosters of WWF wrestlers. During the draft, Saturn was SmackDowns 29th pick, the 58th pick overall and the final pick of the entire draft. Then just a month later Saturn reinjured his ACL, sidelining him for four months, before being released by the company in November 2002.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003)

Saturn debuted in the

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-based promotion NWA-

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on March 26, 2003, teaming with The Sandman and

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( Brian Lee and

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) to defeat the Harris Brothers and Triple X (

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and

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). Saturn and The Sandman formed a short-lived stable known as "Team Extreme" with fellow ECW alumni

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and

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. On April 16, 2003, Saturn faced the debuting

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, losing by disqualification after his stablemates interfered on his behalf. One week later, Saturn, New Jack and The Sandman defeated Awesome and The New Church in a hardcore match. Saturn wrestled his final match with NWA-TNA on June 18, 2003, defeating

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by disqualification.

International promotions (2002–2004)

Immediately after leaving the WWF, Saturn toured Europe with the

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promotion in their European tour, mainly working against Sabu. Saturn worked for

and on the American independent circuit before retiring from professional wrestling due to injuries in 2004.

Return to wrestling (2011–2012)

Saturn returned to wrestling in 2011, wrestling his first match in over seven years on October 15, 2011, at the AWE Night of the Legends

show from

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facing

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. Saturn won the match. Saturn won his first championship in over a decade as he defeated Arik Cannon & Sir Bradley Charles in a Triple Threat match for the 3XW Pure Wrestling championship on April 27 in

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. In March 2013, Saturn wrestled at

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's retirement show for Heavy On Wrestling in

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. He competed in the opening six-man tag match, where his team came out victorious. Saturn entered the Extreme Rising World Championship tournament which was eventually won by

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, he was defeated in the first round by

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Other appearances

In October 2021, Saturn appeared at Awesome Wrestling Entertainment's Night of the Legends in

Personal life

Satullo married Lisa Marie Kuhlemeier in June 2009. He has been married on three prior occasions. Satullo was involved in an April 2004 altercation with two men when he came to the aid of a woman they were in the process of raping. He fought the men and was shot with a .25 caliber handgun in the back of the neck and in the right shoulder, to which he originally thought he had received a punch, (as stated in a YouShoot) as a result of the scuffle. After being shot, Satullo became addicted to

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and was

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for two and a half years. Satullo disappeared from public view and was not seen for several years, with his family and friends unaware of his whereabouts. Satullo re-emerged in 2010, having resolved his addiction. During an interview with Bill Apter in September 2016, Satullo revealed that he was dealing with a "traumatic brain injury" that limited his abilities. In November 2016, ''

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'' reported that Satullo had joined a

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lawsuit against WWE, litigated by Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against them, alleging that "he is suffering from multiple symptoms of repetitive traumatic brain injuries and is undergoing neurological care." US District judge

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dismissed the lawsuit in late 2018.

Championships and accomplishments

*3XWrestling **3XW Pure Wrestling Championship (1 time) *

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( 3 times) – with John Kronus *Impact Pro Wrestling **IPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with James Jeffries * International Wrestling Federation **

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(2 times) **

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(1 time) **

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(1 time) - with Terra Ryzing * New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame **Class of 2018 *''

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'' **PWI ranked him No. 47 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the " PWI 500" in 1999 **PWI ranked him No. 227 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the " PWI Years" in 2003 **PWI ranked him No. 89 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with John Kronus in 2003 *

** USWA World Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with John Kronus *

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(

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) – with

(1) and

(1) **

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( 1 time) *

** WWF European Championship ( 1 time) ** WWF Hardcore Championship (

)Official WWE Hardcore Championship history
/ref> *Universal Championship Wrestling **Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

External links

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